Precision Polymer Optics

Custom Circular Variable Neutral Density (CVND) filters change light intensity from 100% to less than 0.1%. Densities are supplied 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 as a standard linear or customized gradient...

The BA32-1KW beam sampler from Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. is designed for kW-level lasers. Allowing camera-based beam profiling for high-power lasers, the water-cooled device can be used for...

TECHSPEC® Aspheric Lenses are designed to focus light while eliminating spherical aberration from divergent light sources in applications, including focusing the output of a laser diode. These...

Etch and fill reticles are predominantly used in night-vision sights but have uses in numerous applications where a colored image is required against a background where a normal black image would not...

Light and sound are foundational to modern communication technology. Glass fibers — with laser light— form the bedrock of the internet. Nanoscale sound waves on chips serve to process...

Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics with colleagues from Stanford University and Oklahoma State University have introduced a quantum-inspired phase-imaging method based on...

Researchers at New York University (NYU) have devised a system of asynchronous, optically driven micro-rotors that could be used to study far-from-equilibrium phenomena such as turbulent weather and...

Organizers of VISION released the list of startups that will compete in the show’s now-annual Startup World event. Startups focused on image processing and computer vision will present their...

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...

Optics can be contaminated in many ways. Contamination can be kept to a minimum by returning the optics to their case after use or by covering the optics for protection from the outside environment....

What are thin-film coatings? The purpose of any optical thin-film coating is to modify the transmittance and reflectance properties of the substrate material to which they are applied. Most coatings...

Diffraction gratings are optical components with a periodic structure that separate light into beams traveling in predictable directions based on their wavelength. The grating acts as the dispersive...

OPTOMAN takes innovation very seriously and makes sure that optical components are able to resist the ongoing increase of laser power and decrease in pulse duration, thus high LIDT is OPTOMAN‘s bread...

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 new general purpose interferometer. Fizeau interferometer for surface and wavefront metrology. 1-Megapixel imaging and 4 optical sources.

We started developing FACs more than 15 years ago. The result is highly automated in-house processes which allow for competitive prices – even with high volumes. Diode lasers are efficient, compact,...

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...

Optical fibers made of fused silica have many applications, such as communication, sensing, and laser systems. The performance of optical fibers is highly sensitive to the manufacturing processes and...

Fiber-optic sensors (FOS) have been developed extensively over more than four decades. They have been refined to address a range of challenging industrial applications—usually where...

Using SWIR, MIR, and FIR lasers requires knowledge of their beam quality parameters. Many considerations significantly impact the laser process, such as mode structure, positional stability, and...

Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique used for depositing thin films onto substrates. It involves bombarding a target material with a beam of energetic ions,...

In surface height measurement of optics with steep slopes, the use of two short visible wavelengths to synthesize a longer, equivalent wavelength.

1. In optics, one of the exterior faces of an optical element. 2. The process of grinding or generating the face of an optical element.

1. In optics, the bending of rays away from each other. 2. In lasers, the spreading of a laser beam with increased distance from the exit aperture. Also called beam spread. 3. In a binocular...

At Avantier, we specialize in the design and production of cutting-edge optical solutions and high-performance optics for a diverse range of applications in optical metrology equipment. Our expertise...

Objective lenses are used in microscopy systems for a range of scientific research, industrial, and general lab applications. A microscope objective is typically composed of multiple lens elements...

Fluorescence filters like FISH products, single-band filters DAPI, FITC, TRITC, Texas Red, GFP, CFP, Cy5 are the other direction of Optolong. Filters we produce are with the dark background and bight...

LaCroix Precision Optics is a customer-driven, world-class manufacturer of custom precision optics. Our core competencies include spherical lenses, aspheres, achromats, windows, wedges, prisms,...

A binocular magnifier is a device having a pair of decentered lenses, one for each eye, that focuses on a single object as a magnifier. The simplest binocular magnifier is formed by cutting pieces...

A metallic coating is a thin layer of metals deposited on the surface of a substrate. The film may serve as a reflector, beamsplitter, neutral density filter or electromagnetic interference filter.

GS Plastic Optics specializes in the custom manufacture of precision polymer optics for use in imaging, scanning, detection and illumination applications worldwide. In-house capability to provide...

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...