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The U.S. Navy has tested a laser weapon designed to serve as a multidomain, multiplatform demonstration system. The Navy said that the system, developed by Lockheed Martin and called the Layered...

Electro Optic Systems (EOS) secured a conditional contract to supply remote weapon systems (RWS) to Ukraine valued at up to $80 million. EOS’ Defence Systems business secured the contract with...

Chalcogenide glasses — more commonly known as chalcogenides — have been around for some time and offer several benefits over other IR optical materials. They are comparatively...

G&H has made its second acquisition in less than a month, acquiring Artemis Optical, a developer and manufacturer of thin-film coatings. The deal is worth up to £8.9 million ($11.5...

Custom made Micro Imaging System for Endoscopy The optical requirements for endoscopic imaging are not in themselves extraordinarily challenging; the challenge comes from having to meet...

The LT-313 Video Capture Card from Enciris Technologies offers four 12G SDI inputs and dual HDMI 4K inputs. Featuring ultra-high-definition 4K up to 60 fps, dual SDI and HDMI 4K inputs, 3D,...

The Lautrec LT-311 video acquisition card from Enciris Technologies features ultra-HD 4K up to 60 fps, four 12-G SDI inputs, 3D, 10-bit video processing, less than one-frame latency, PCIe 4xGen 2...

Hermetically sealed, surface-mount device-packaged 1.7- and 2.6-μm InGaAs PIN ATLAS photodiodes from Marktech Optoelectronics Inc. are designed for spacecraft, aerospace, medical, defense,...

Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...

The common polycrystalline materials used for optical thin-film materials do not satisfy the requirements of telecommunications because of the instabilities caused by moisture absorption in their...

The first high-reflectance mirror coatings for the UV and vacuum UV (VUV) were of the Al + MgF2 type produced in the late 1950s. Coatings of this design are still used today for multigas cavity...

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...

MKS Newport spectral optics product overview providing a summary of competencies in diffraction gratings, optical filters, optical mirrors, OptoFlash multichannel spectrometer engines, and design &...

OPTOMAN offers high LIDT, environmentally stable laser optics featuring excellent spectral performance.

The Linear Apodizing filters are used to eliminate undesirable intensity variations in optical systems such as in spectrometers. Inserting a Linear Apodizing filter in front of a detector can be used...

OEM dpss laser from lumispot tech, in this file, we mentioned the datasheet of the cw and qcw diode pumped solid state lasers, including its features, working principle and applications.

Please download the above “associated file” for a pdf copy of this webinar. From military airborne applications to harsh industrial uses, optics can be subjected to considerable...

Alignment time is the largest contributor to the cost of silicon photonics and optical assemblies. New industrial automation technology dramatically shortens the time required to optimally align...

Andrew Bodkin, founder of Bodkin Design & Engineering, shares a technical overview of the process of machine vision sensing based on his 30 years of experience in electro-optics, custom...

Recent advancements in imaging sensors have allowed machine vision systems to achieve high levels of performance that were previously unattainable. However, these sensor advancements complicate the...

A fiber optic cable assembly refers to a complete unit consisting of optical fibers, connectors, protective jackets, and other components that are assembled together to facilitate the transmission of...

A fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) is a type of gyroscope that uses the interference of light waves to detect changes in orientation or rotation. It operates based on the principle of the Sagnac effect,...

An infrared camera, also known as a thermal imaging camera or IR camera, is a device that captures and visualizes the infrared radiation emitted by objects, revealing temperature variations across...

Ultraviolet (UV) fiber optics refers to optical fibers that are designed and optimized for the transmission of ultraviolet light, which is electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than...

Students from large and small size companies and bigger Department of Defense affiliates of the AIM Photonics Institute took part in the recent AIM Photonics Summer Academy at MIT. This was the third...

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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...

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...

A diode-pumped solid-state laser is a type of laser system that uses semiconductor diode lasers to pump energy into a solid gain medium, resulting in the generation of coherent light. This technology...

An infrared detector is a device that is used to detect and measure infrared radiation, which lies beyond the visible spectrum of light. Infrared detectors convert the infrared radiation into an...

Reynard Corporation has been a premier supplier of custom optics and thin-film coatings to a global customer base since 1984. Reynard focuses on manufacturing the highest quality products with...

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...

From engineering to volume production all from one source Founded in 1957, FISBA is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high precision micro-optics and optical system solutions. We...

LASER COMPONENTS USA is a trusted sales organization providing cutting-edge photonic components to a wide variety of markets. We specialize in lasers, detectors, optical components, and modules...