Spectrometer Gratings Manufactured by Inprentus
New orders coming in from Australia and Asia underscore Inprentus’ expanding footprint in high-performance diffraction gratings used for ICP-OES applications
The exceptionally high quality, ultra precision, and consistency of Inprentus' master gratings are crucial to the performance of the replicated optics for demanding spectroscopy applications”— Subha Kumar, Chief Operating OfficerCHAMPAIGN, IL, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Inprentus, Inc., the global frontrunner in advanced manufacturing of precision blazed diffraction gratings, has reported increasing international traction within the spectroscopy market after shipping a master diffraction grating to a premier Australian spectroscopy firm and receiving a fresh order from an Asia-based company that produces replicated gratings for inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES).
These transactions point to a rising need for Inprentus’ skills in master grating creation, especially for spectroscopy uses that demand extremely strict efficiency standards and two-dimensional resolving power criteria. In such scenarios, master gratings serve as the basis for making replicas, meaning the quality, accuracy, and uniformity of the original master directly influences how well the replicated optics perform. For spectroscopy applications like ICP-OES, the specifications are extremely tight.
ICP-OES instruments rely on diffraction gratings to separate and distinguish emitted light for elemental analysis across scientific, industrial, and analytical fields. For spectroscopy firms and grating manufacturers, crafting a master grating that hits challenging optical performance targets remains a substantial technical hurdle.
Inprentus’ exclusive production techniques allow the company to engineer custom blazed diffraction gratings with the precision needed for cutting-edge spectroscopy systems. By supplying master gratings that enable high-quality replication, Inprentus assists clients in scaling up manufacturing while preserving the optical performance essential for demanding analytical instruments.
"Master grating features affect the performance of replicas made from it. The exceptionally high quality, ultra precision, and consistency of Inprentus' master gratings are crucial to the performance of the replicated optics", said Subha Kumar, Chief Operations Officer at Inprentus. "Customers rely on Inprentus for our exceptional masters across demanding spectroscopy applications."
These latest international orders further highlight Inprentus’ growing reach within global spectroscopy markets and bolster the company’s standing as a reliable partner for advanced diffraction grating design, mastering, and production.
About Inprentus
Inprentus, based in Champaign, Illinois, USA, designs and builds high-performance, custom grating-based solutions for advanced materials research used at synchrotron and free electron laser facilities around the world. The company specializes in products for soft x-ray synchrotron and FEL applications as well as OEM customers in EUV lithography and metrology, UVOIR spectroscopy, augmented reality (AR), and infrared sensors. Inprentus was established in June 2012 by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign physics professor Peter Abbamonte with an NSF SBIR (Phase 1 and 2) to bring to market a novel, nano-scale contact-lithography method. Inprentus runs a 12,000 sq. ft. manufacturing site that includes a cleanroom for producing state-of-the-art UHV-compatible optics, and is a key provider of blazed gratings to the worldwide optical industry, with domestic clients such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and NASA. The company is committed to growing high-tech employment in the Midwest while securing the United States’ technology leadership role.
Cynthia Ottemann
Inprentus, Inc.
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