Micro-Opto Electromechanics Could Revolutionize Photonic Systems

Because they separate light into its spectral components, diffraction gratings lie at the heart of modern spectrometers, hyperspectral imagers, optical coherence tomography systems, and similar...

From applications in ophthalmology, endoscopy, and microscopy — to use in head-up displays, lidar systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellites — freeform optics are enhancing the...

Earlier this year, at a major recruitment event at the University of Arizona’s Wyant College of Optical Sciences (OSC), the job openings listed outnumbered students in attendance. This...

Ten years ago, Tony Amarel’s recruitment firm in Rochester, New York, rarely heard from clients who were willing to pay a fee to fill optical technician positions. But by 2021, the six-county...

Gigajot Technology Inc.’s QIS41 camera, built around the GJ04122 sensor, pairs well with standard 4/3-in. microscopy optics, bringing high resolution and low-light performance to scientific and...

The EKM series of brushless AC servo motors from Kollmorgen Corp. are MilSpec 810E rated and IP67 sealed. The devices provide high power and torque density for use in harsh environmental...

The 800G ZR+ and 0dBm 400G ZR+ from Lumentum are compact transceivers that enable IP over DWDM by directly plugging into switches and routers. Available in QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors, they utilize...

Femto Sensing International has expanded its SX line of optical sensing interrogators for high-sensor-count fiber Bragg grating (FBG) applications. Designed for industrial, medical, civil,...

Some efforts in global optimization research for optical design center around probabilistic methods such as global search. While promising for small problems with few variables, these methods...

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...

Illumination design has developed rapidly to include not only automotive headlamps and street lamps, but also backlit displays, fluorescent panel lighting, light-emitting diode or laser sources, and...

Lenses come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. They can be made of a single piece of glass or have multiple elements; their surfaces can be spherical, aspheric or cylindrical; they can be...

While high laser-induced damage threshold is a buzzword when talking femtosecond & picosecond optics, it is not (only) the nominal LIDT value that matters. Color-change effect is an arch-enemy and a...

Learn the basics of how interference filters functions.

Sample LDT of IBS Coated 532 nm Laser Mirror.

A key task faced by engineers using nonlinear crystals is the correct selection and effective specification of the appropriate NLO crystal for a particular laser design or application. GAMDAN Optics...

Two challenging problems of photonic device modeling are addressed in this talk: multiscale modeling and optimization. When it comes to modeling an optically large system with subwavelength features,...

Which manufacturer of high-performance optical systems has not already faced the lack of reliability and repeatability of the unit-to-unit performance of the lens actuators built into their products?...

While they are considered the gold standard for disease diagnosis, including cancer, tissue biopsy and histological evaluation have significant limitations. Among these limitations are a biopsy's...

This presentation includes a brief overview of standard coating systems offered by Satisloh, special technology features, process capability examples, offerings in ancillary support equipment,...

A single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is a specialized type of photodetector designed to detect extremely weak optical signals, down to the level of single photons. SPADs are widely used in...

A liquid crystal light valve (LCLV), also known as a spatial light modulator (SLM), is an optical device that modulates the intensity, phase, or polarization of light passing through it using liquid...

Flow cytometry is a powerful technique used in biology and medicine for the quantitative analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of cells and particles suspended in a fluid. The method...

Q-switched operation, or q-switching, is a technique used in lasers to produce short and intense pulses of light. The term "Q" in q-switching stands for "quality factor," which is a measure of the...

The new VirtualLab Fusion 2023 thrills with a firework of new features. In this webinar we give an overview of the new features and put them into context with the development strategy and technical...

John Atkinson, Chroma Technology's Principal Product Engineer, provides some insight into future trends for our filters with applications in photometry and colorimetry, as well as their views on the...

Hear first-hand from our management team about the thought process behind Zygo's rebrand and how it went down.

To celebrate this milestone, we've created a video showcasing the journey to the new design. We invite everyone to #joinus and watch the video now! The new DayOptics image is a testament to our...

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

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...

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,...