Inline Planetary Gearbox

The QM22 series of optical incremental encoders from Electromate Inc. offers a compact, robust solution for motion control and feedback applications. With a diameter of 22 mm, it provides...

The Galil DMC-3x01x Motion Controller series from Electromate Inc. are single-axis devices featuring Ethernet/RS232 communication and an optional 800-W servo drive. The controllers use a 32-bit...

The Helix 511 Edge Computer from OnLogic is a compact and fanless device designed for use in challenging industrial environments such as manufacturing, automation, and energy management. The...

The F-143 from PI is a multi-axis alignment system for silicon photonics automation. With an XYZ configuration, each of the system’s axis provides a travel range of 25 mm with a maximum travel...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, recognized the top innovations in new optics and photonics products at the 2024 Prism Awards held at Photonics West on Jan. 31. The gala...

Semiconductor laser specialist II-VI and imaging technology company Artilux demonstrated a next-generation 3D camera with longer range and higher image resolution, geared toward enhancing user...

University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst spinout company Myrias Optics has secured a $3 million seed investment. Myrias, a developer of all-inorganic printed meta-optics, said that it will use the...

Applications are open for the 2024 SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Jan. 31 during a gala evening at SPIE Photonics West. The awards, held annually by SPIE, the...

Technological advances have resulted in new, higher-quality sensors that enable machine vision cameras to deliver greater features and functionality at a lower cost than ever before. These factors...

Materials processing with lasers is actually a broad term for a diverse range of applications. The major categories of these uses, and the lasers that service them, are summarized Table 1. At one...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

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,...

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Sapphire is a tough optical material resistant to chemicals, scratching, and high pressure in many diverse environments and has exceptional transparency. Frequently it is the combination of two, or...

A great "How-to" for cleaning optics. A must have for ALL.

Nanoscale motion requires fastidious attention to instrumentation, passive controls, and experiment design. Most users have experience in motion control within the sphere of the microscale. In this...

3D sensor technology has developed into a ‘game-changer’ for smart products using vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) as efficient light sources. VCSEL-based sensor...

Displays are windows into the connected world; nearly every consumer device today has a display and a smartphone without one is impossible to imagine. They are getting larger and more interactive in...

Metalenses — ultrathin planar lenses — represent a revolutionary step in lens design and fabrication, a technology that has remained essentially unchanged for centuries. Metalenses have...

This webinar, presented by OFS, will provide an overview of current in vivo medical procedures performed using lasers and optical fibers. The presentation will begin with a brief history of...

An acronym of gamma ray amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. It is a gamma ray laser that operates between energy levels established by metastable isomeric transitions in the nucleus.

A ruggedized scintillation counter used in oil well logging. The cylindrical housing contains a gamma ray source, a crystalline scintillator and a photomultiplier tube. As the sonde is drawn through...

An accelerometer is a sensor or transducer that measures the rate of change of velocity of an object, or in simpler terms, it measures acceleration. Accelerometers are widely used in various...

A numerical value representing the degree of contrast in a television picture: the exponent of the power law used to approximate the curve of output magnitude vs. input magnitude over the region of...

Kaufman & Robinson offers a complete product line of radio frequency, inductive coupled plasma (RFICP) gridded ion source products.

Avantier delivers professional optical design consulting with innovative solutions by experienced engineers in custom design, analysis, modeling, and lens design. With over 50 years experience, our...

Experience Avantier's optical engineering expertise as we delve into our resolution chart testing method for assessing objective lens resolution. Our skilled team excels in custom projects and...

Germanium crystal refers to a crystalline form of the element germanium (Ge), which is a metalloid and semiconductor commonly used in various electronic and optical applications. Germanium crystals...

A scintillation crystal is a special crystal that emits flashes of light when struck by alpha particles.

For over 100 years, Prior Scientific has been manufacturing precision optical and electro-mechanical equipment and instrumentation. Prior is a leader in the development of precision motion,...

In 1977, Dale Flaming, a scientist working at the University of California at San Francisco, was having difficulty reliably producing micropipettes. He developed the first electronically controlled...

Electro Optical Components (EOC) provides Advanced Systems and Components including Detectors, Sources, and Signal Recovery Amplifiers from the UV to the far IR. UV Photodetectors, UV APDs and UV...

National Aperture, Inc. manufactures precision micro-apertures, miniature translation stages, and motion control products such as linear and rotary manual stages, motorized stages, and controllers....