Essilor Buys 5 Optics Labs

Applications are open for the 2024 SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Jan. 31 during a gala evening at SPIE Photonics West. The awards, held annually by SPIE, the...

An optical isolator developed at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) could drastically improve optical systems for many practical applications. Many...

Researchers from Keio University developed a tool path generation method for driving an independently controlled fast tool servo (FTS) for freeform surface machining. Without necessity of trial and...

Much of the progress so far in quantum computing has been done on so-called gate-based quantum computers. These devices use physical components, most notably superconducting circuits, to host and...

The VL53L8 direct Time-of-Flight sensor from STMicroelectronics can be used for smartphones, smart speakers, human-machine interfaces, consumer lidar, augmented reality, and more. The sensor...

The Model 357-004 motorized radiation-tolerant zoom lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. is designed for use with a color, 2/3-in. tube and CMOS cameras in high-radiation environments. The optic...

Iridian designs and manufactures custom wavelength selective optical filters between 300 nm to 15 µm, providing “more signal, less background” to applications employing remote...

Custom radiation-tolerant lenses from Resolve Optics Ltd. can match any camera, sensor, or application nuclear power, reprocessing, and waste storage plants. Manufactured to high-quality...

A lens collects light from a point on an object and focuses it to a corresponding conjugate point on an image. Under most conditions, the lens fails at this task because of some error in the...

To the novice or casual user of optics, the acquisition of an optical system can be a very difficult experience. Failure to understand the ground rules can result in unnecessarily high cost, late...

Optics today needs alchemy, and the forces that motivate microchip technology are a key reason why. Today, light can transmit and process digital information as well as electricity can — in...

Discover the power of light guides with our free whitepaper! Learn about total internal reflection, surface features, and performance parameters with ease. Elevate your expertise and stay ahead in...

The ability to combine more than one spectral band into a single optical filter can enable flexibility of system design and reduce the number of components and the costs needed to achieve a desired...

We offer custom prisms, polygons, windows, mirrors, and wedges from one source. FISBA not only has the complete production chain in-house, we can also develop entire systems built-to-spec or support...

Mechanical, Optical, Thermal properties of single crystal Sapphire

Roughly 65 percent of people wear prescription lenses of some kind. This requires makers of AR/MR devices to consider the use of customizable optics that match each user’s unique prescription....

Metasurfaces are sub-wavelength spaced arrays of nanostructures that enable the design of ultrathin optical components with superior aberration control and ease of optical alignment compared to...

In this webinar, Edmund Optics’ asphere experts will discuss the benefits of using aspheres in optical system design and the factors to take into account during the design process. You will...

Metalenses — ultrathin planar lenses — represent a revolutionary step in lens design and fabrication, a technology that has remained essentially unchanged for centuries. Metalenses have...

A custom optic refers to an optical component that is designed, manufactured, and tailored to meet specific requirements or applications. These optics can include lenses, mirrors, prisms, filters, or...

A GRIN (gradient index) lens is a type of optical lens that utilizes a gradient in refractive index across its volume rather than having a uniform refractive index like conventional lenses. This...

An optical table, also known as an optical bench or an optical breadboard, is a specialized platform used in optics laboratories for mounting and aligning optical components. These tables provide a...

The focal length of a lens is the distance between the lens's optical center (or principal point) and the image sensor or film when the lens is focused at infinity. In simple terms, it is the...

Our optical design team employs DFM principles to ensure optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and timely production of our solutions. Our state-of-the-art metrology ensures thorough testing of each...

Evaluating the visual quality of displays as viewed through augmented and virtual reality headsets requires testing from the vantage point of the user. Radiant Vision Systems provides a comprehensive...

Meet the XRE Lens — designed to evaluate the visual quality of XR (extended reality) displays. Eric Eisenberg, Optics Development Manager at Radiant Vision Systems, demonstrates this solution’s...

From lenses to prisms, OPCO Laboratory Inc. manufactures a variety of optical products and components that can serve the needs of many applications.

Telecentric lenses are lenses in which the aperture stop is located at the front focus, resulting in the chief rays being parallel to the optical axis in image space; i.e., the exit pupil is at...

Conical lenses are lenses with a surface that is a cone instead of the usual sphere.

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...

ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 certified and D&B DUNS # 113515303 Shanghai Optics is an unparalleled custom system solution provider offering advance precision custom optical design, engineering,...

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...

Excelitas Technologies® Corp. is a leading industrial technology manufacturer focused on delivering innovative, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the illumination, optical, optronic,...