Mantis³

The third-generation range of Mantis ergonomic optical stereo microscopes from Vision Engineering Ltd. feature improved optics for hand-to-eye coordination and depth perception. The microscopes...

The MANTIS Multispectral IR Camera System from LightPath Technologies Inc. allows users to reduce the number of cameras and lenses needed for any IR imaging use. The uncooled multispectral...

The 3DOptix Warehouse from 3DOptix is a platform for sharing and downloading optical designs. Optical engineers, application engineers, and system engineers can collaborate and share ideas,...

Thorlabs Inc. has expanded its piezoelectric product line with high-temperature multilayer actuators made from British Standard Pipe Taper (BSPT) ceramics. The 5 × 5 × 3-mm...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF) have developed a portable sensor-scanner for building comprehensive 3D models of complex...

Compared to conventional light sources, such as OLEDs and LCDs, micro-LEDs — inorganic LED chips <100 μm in size — show superior reliability, stability, and optoelectronic...

Coherent established capability for 6-inch indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication in the company’s Sherman, Texas, and Järfälla, Sweden, wafer fabs. Coherent is in the process of...

Astronomers from the University of Exeter in the U.K. used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to capture the first direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The image, shown through...

Plate beamsplitters Plate beamsplitters consist of a thin plate of optical crown glass with a different type of coating deposited on each side. The first surface is coated with an all-dielectric...

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...

For rotationally symmetric optical systems, either the lens or the detector moves along the optical axis to maintain optical performance. If the compensating axial motion is accomplished without the...

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...

This whitepaper looks at the unique challenges associated with optical systems by exploring two extremes, an ultra-high precision instrument, and a low-cost consumer product, and the different...

Raman spectroscopy is a powerful non-invasive, non-contact tool capable of identifying molecular constituents of samples. Wavelength selective optical filters are used to block the dominant Rayleigh...

Spectrometer optics is the process of measuring light intensity by separating light by wavelength using a spectrometer. Spectrometers have a wide range of applications, from studying distant galaxies...

Overview of PZ-2000 FT.

This webinar will discuss rapid 3D, multiplexed imaging of large tissue samples, based on recent advances in light-sheet fluorescence microscopy, multiplexed molecular labeling, and optical tissue...

Most of us are familiar with the many benefits that laser-based additive manufacturing brings to manufacturing, including reduced tooling costs, easier testing of complex geometries, and faster time...

3D optical methods have come a long way from the early stereo viewers and multiangle sliding images that existed more than a century ago. As measurement tools, these methods have in the past 40 years...

The field of laser optics, while by no means new, continues to be a subject of confusion and frustration, but also exciting innovation. Recent developments in laser technologies have enabled...

Automated optical inspection (AOI) is a technology used in manufacturing processes, particularly in electronics, to automatically inspect and detect defects or anomalies in products. AOI systems use...

Fused quartz and silica are closely related materials, both composed primarily of silicon dioxide (SiO2), but they are produced through different manufacturing processes and have distinct properties...

A custom optic refers to an optical component that is designed, manufactured, and tailored to meet specific requirements or applications. These optics can include lenses, mirrors, prisms, filters, or...

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) equipment refers to a class of specialized apparatus used in the process of chemical vapor deposition, a technique for depositing thin films of various materials onto...

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...

Aspheres have allowed optical designers to create systems and products that push the limitations of performance across several fields. In this presentation, we will explain the various processes...

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...

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A fiber optic lightguide is a bundle of optical fibers arranged randomly for the purpose of transmitting energy, not an image.

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,...