Kirschner Joins REO Management Team

Rigaku Beijing Corporation, a subsidiary of Rigaku, a manufacturer of x-ray analysis, measurement, and testing instruments, has named Jeff Li CEO. Li previously served as vice president and head of...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS received a contract to produce its next-generation thermal weapon sights for the U.S. Army. The firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command is...

Monroe Community College received a $5.1 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Program (MEEP) to fund its optics and photonics associate degree...

Edmund Optics named Marisa Edmund chair of the board of directors, succeeding Robert Edmund, who will retire from the position. Marisa Edmund has more than 25 years of experience in the photonics...

The Thermal Module TM-1150 from Optikos Corp. tests lenses up to 150 mm for automotive applications. The thermal chamber extends the maximum size of lenses that may be tested over a range of...

The Meridian® Sol-55 projector from Optikos Corp. provides illumination through a high-intensity white LED, which can be remotely controlled for high dynamic range measurements in automotive...

The ColliMeter™ 350 and 50 from Optikos are measurement systems for the setup and qualification of collimators. The systems are made to measure larger collimators and collimators able to be...

The IS50A-1KW-RMT from Gentec-EO is a high-power joulemeter for laser energy measurement up to 1 kW average power. Designed to meet the requirements of high average power laser users in optics...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

Given the pace at which technology advances, there always seems to be a learning curve. With the abundance of consumer electronics available, there typically is no right or wrong way to use these...

Surface quality has become one of the most poorly understood specifications in the optics industry. A significant portion of the confusion stems from the two major competing (and largely...

With the understanding of aspheric lens manufacturing provided in part one of this article, designers have the tools to optimize their aspheres; the next step is to understand how to specify and...

A revolutionary and proprietary way to manufacture highly efficient DUV Gratings for High Volume — at a reasonable cost. New non-etched fused silica gratings from 190 to 400 nm.

This paper is ideal for those wanting an introductory guide to the various types of diffraction gratings and understanding their advantages and disadvantages as well as including some useful grating...

Nanoscale motion requires fastidious attention to instrumentation, passive controls, and experiment design. Most users have experience in motion control within the sphere of the microscale. In this...

Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. This paper outlines the results of...

The capabilities of multispectral filter arrays for Earth observation activities from space have changed significantly in the past 40 years. These capabilities have expanded from an initial offering...

IR windows and filters are used in packages for a variety of IR detectors, including thermopile, pyroelectric, microbolometer, and narrow-bandgap semiconductors. Windows and filters are optimized to...

Advanced optical thin-film coating technology is instrumental for the manufacturing of filters, mirrors, or beamsplitters with superior optical characteristics. Monitored control of the coating...

Spectroscopy employs photonic tools to ascertain certain characteristics of matter. The ever-increasing push towards studying matter within application spaces demanding low size, weight, power, and...

In the context of thin film deposition processes such as evaporation or sputtering, masks are used to selectively deposit material onto substrates, creating patterns or structures with precise...

Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique used for depositing thin films onto substrates. It involves bombarding a target material with a beam of energetic ions,...

An optical testing instrument is a device or system used to evaluate and measure the performance, quality, and characteristics of optical components, systems, and devices. These instruments play a...

Fused quartz and silica are closely related materials, both composed primarily of silicon dioxide (SiO2), but they are produced through different manufacturing processes and have distinct properties...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for some of the highlights from Optifab 2017, as distributors and buyers from all over the world met in the photonics industry hub of Rochester, New...

Luminate NY, the only optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator and investment fund in the world, announced the final winners at the Light Tomorrow with Today event in Rochester, NY. For the...

Rainbow Research Optics LLC Introduction Video

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at North America's largest optical fabrication exhibition and show – Optifab 2017. 188 companies filled the showroom floor of the...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...

The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have guided LaCroix Precision Optics to become the premier precision optics...

OHARA manufactures more than 130 environmentally safe optical glass types, free of both lead and arsenic. More than 300 tons of optical glass are melted per month, available in the following forms of...