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ImageMaster® Afocal - Telescope Test Bench
From: TRIOPTICS GmbH
With the enhanced ImageMaster® Afocal telescope test bench it is now possible to test binoculars and spotting scopes as well as riflescopes and telescopes. The system was specially developed for image quality testing of afocal optics and measures numerous parameters such as MTF, magnification and distortion. With the improved accuracy and repeatability riflescopes, spotting scopes, and binoculars with a magnification from 0.5x to 60x can be measured. Click Request Info and ask for a demo today.
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Pulse Compressor & Booster
From: OZ Optics Limited
OZ Optics now offers a Pulse Compressor and Peak-Field Booster. This compact device utilizes nonlinear effects from a fiber to surpass peak electric field limitations from an ultrafast source. After fixing the device to the output of the source, only minor adjustments are needed to increase the peak electric field. The pulse exiting this device contains more frequency content than the optical source and has a shorter pulse duration.
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Top-Tier Optics for Aerospace + Defense
From: Optikos Corporation
As modern defense systems migrate toward optically-based imaging, sensing, communications, and weapons, Optikos is well-positioned to meet those needs with top-tier capabilities that include design and contract manufacturing, metrology products, and testing services. We quickly provide a powerful team during any phase of an optically-based product development effort, or work with you from start to finish.
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Ruggedized PEMs for Remote Sensing
From: Hinds Instruments Inc.
Hinds Instruments manufactures ruggedized Photoelastic Modulators (PEMs) for use in remote sensing applications. With a Technology Readiness Level rating of TRL8, Hinds’ PEMs can be used either in aircraft or other sub-orbital installations. Applications include, but are not limited to, air pollution analysis and polarized light analysis of planets and stars. Contact Hinds for more information and references to research publications.
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High Precision Replicated Mirrors
From: Spectrum Scientific Inc., SSI Optics
Spectrum Scientific, Inc (SSI) manufactures freeform optics, off-axis paraboloids and ellipsoid mirrors with surface figures down to λ/10 or better. We also manufacture high precision retroreflectors and plane, concave, and convex holographic diffraction gratings, which can be supplied as blazed gratings using our proprietary blazing technique, which not only offers high efficiency in the UV, but lower stray light compared to conventional ion etched gratings.
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Multi-Band IR Coatings
From: Reynard Corporation
Infrared filters made from exotic materials offer superior spectral performance and enhanced characteristics such as non-linear functionality. These materials include binary/ternary crystals and ceramics, which can be in-house diamond turned into aspheric optical components. Exotic and more common IR materials, such as Si, Ge, ZnS, and ZnSe, are finished with high performance thin-film coatings that include anti-reflection (AR), single and multi-band filtering, blocking, metallization, and gradient neutral density. ISO 9001:2015
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