VERITAS

SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY

The VERITAS Collaboration (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is a leading gamma-ray astronomy research facility located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.

DOTI designs and manufactures precision optical mirrors and advanced optical coatings used in the facility’s four 12-meter telescope mirror arrays. These tessellated mirror systems play a critical role in enabling high-sensitivity observations for gamma-ray telescopes and astrophysics research.

The VERITAS team utilizes these high-performance optical components to study a wide range of cosmic phenomena, including black holes, pulsars, X-ray binaries, supernova remnants, globular clusters, galaxies and galaxy clusters, dark matter, and gamma-ray bursts. DOTI’s expertise in optical fabrication, mirror polishing, and coating technologies supports ongoing advancements in astroparticle physics and astronomical instrumentation.