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Maximizing light absorption is essential for photovoltaics and many other photonic applications. It is also difficult, especially when the light is being absorbed by a thin layer of material that...

Following its development by a team at Corning in 1970, low-loss optical fiber became the best means to efficiently transport information from one place to another over long distances without loss of...

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...

II-VI announced its corporate name change. The company, which finalized its acquisition of Coherent Inc. this summer, is now called Coherent Corp. The company also debuted a brand identity, which...

The optical transport solutions from Nokia are meant for optical transport, IP routing, and PON applications and include coherent optical transceivers, a photonic engine, and a multihaul transceiver....

The JENar™ Silverline™ 340-355-332-S from Jenoptik is an F-Theta objective lens for laser material processing that is specially designed to meet the requirements of solar cell production....

ADVA Optical Networking SE and II-VI Inc. have announced a 100ZR pluggable coherent transceiver for the optical network edge. The digital coherent optics transceiver is rated for both...

The Model 313 fixed-focus lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. has an aperture of f/1.4 to enable maximum light gathered and transmitted to a sensor. Its design is optimized for use with 2/3-in. image...

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...

The use of precision polymer optics is becoming an increasing necessity today as products demand sophisticated light handling components to achieve desired results. Polymer optics can be thought of...

Aspheric surfaces are powerful tools that combine the optical corrections of multiple lenses into a single element (Figure 1) and affect performance in ways that spherical optics cannot. For example,...

Photonics Rules of Thumb Scientists and engineers tend to want to answer simple relational questions with a blackboard covered with equations, even when questioners just want a rough estimate to...

We combine all resources for your successful micro imaging needs under one roof. We are specialists in ready-to-install, small and high-precision individual lenses and cemented elements. Our...

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...

The optical manufacturing tolerance chart outlines the general tolerance limits for spherical and aspherical lenses that we can accommodate. It also acts as a valuable reference tool when designing a...

Spectrometer optics is the process of measuring light intensity by separating light by wavelength using a spectrometer. Spectrometers have a wide range of applications, from studying distant galaxies...

The landscape of high-speed data transmission is in a constant state of evolution, as new technologies emerge to meet the ever-growing demands of bandwidth-intensive applications. Ethernet User...

Laser welding has developed into one of the most used joining techniques in sheet metals for applications such as car bodies, medical devices, sensors, batteries, and more. To create successful welds...

Photonics Media invites you to join us for our upcoming FREE digital conference, "Photonics for Ophthalmology." The event will feature several 15-minute online presentations on the use of light-based...

This webinar will discuss the concept of liquid lenses, which involves controlling the shape of a liquid to alter the properties of a lens, and how liquid lens technologies can provide fast and...

Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser light. Laser optics play a crucial role in shaping the characteristics of...

Nanophotonics is a branch of science and technology that explores the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, typically at dimensions smaller than the wavelength of light. It involves the study and...

Chalcogenide refers to a class of compounds containing elements from group 16 of the periodic table, which includes sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te). These elements are known as...

Plasmonics is a field of science and technology that focuses on the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and free electrons in a metal or semiconductor at the nanoscale. Specifically,...

Welcome to the movies and inside the home of laser optics and coatings! Get an impression of our daily routine and enjoy our thin films film stars ...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

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...

Aspheres have allowed optical designers to create systems and products that push the limitations of performance across several fields. In this presentation, we will explain the various processes...

A plastic-clad silica fiber optic fiber is an optical waveguide having a silica core and a plastic cladding.

An anamorphic lens is a lens, usually having one or more cylindrical surfaces, used to produce distorted images and later to restore them to true form.

Relay lenses are lenses or lens system used to transfer a real image from one point within an optical system to another, with or without magnifying it.

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

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,...

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