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Spectrum Scientific’s optical replication process offers high-specification aspheric mirrors at a lower cost than traditional volume manufacturing as well as allowing the incorporation of...

The AMS 100i laser positioner system from Leuze electronic is designed to enable positioning applications in tight installation spaces. The positioner possesses dimensions of 105 × 68 ×...

Wedged back paraboloid mounts from Optical Surfaces Ltd. provide a secure and stable platform for mirror diameters from 50 to 200 mm. Constructed in black anodized aluminum, the device’s...

The FSM:GO series from FRAMOS is a family of deployable optical sensor modules for use in defense, traffic, industrial automation, surveying, mapping, and logistics applications. Each FSM:GO module...

A liquid silica resin (LSR) developed by researchers at the University of Arizona has proven successful as a 3D-printing medium for complex micro-optics. The organic-inorganic hybrid material has...

A collaboration between 12 European institutions aims to deliver performance assessment and standardization (PAS) in the field of diffuse optics (DO). DO analyzes how light is absorbed and scattered...

Optical technology company ams OSRAM reached an agreement to sell its Traxon Technologies business to Prosperity Group, a privately owned lighting company based in Hong Kong. The transaction is part...

An optical measurement method devised by a team of AMOLF researchers aims to simplify and streamline the ability to capture measurements from signals that are barely larger than the noise contained...

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...

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...

Double-sided processing is a batch-type process that uses planetary action — generally with loose, abrasive particles suspended in a liquid vehicle — to abrade material almost equally...

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...

Dual-Band IR filters for the MWIR and LWIR provide high performance in-band and out-of-band.

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...

Sample LDT of IBS Coated 532 nm Laser Mirror.

Learn the basics of how interference filters functions.

Multiphoton imaging in neuroscience has much evolved from the initial two-photon microscope that Winfried Denk built in Watt Webb’s lab at Cornell University in the late 1980s, which made the...

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a new area of research that is focused on creating highly effective biosensors. As such, the development of photonic based multiplexed devices for...

MEMS spatial light modulator (SLM) technology enables the unique capability for just-in-time photon delivery and for routing photons and information to where and at what times they are required. In...

A new methodological analysis of optics fabrication technologies enables the modeling and simulation of whole fabrication chains — by reading in lens design data. Toward that aim, both optical...

In gradient index optics, a gradient profile in which the refractive index varies along the direction of light propagation, or optical axis. Axial gradient lenses can be used to correct spherical...

Magnetorheological finishing (MRF) is a precision optics polishing technique used for shaping and finishing optical surfaces to achieve extremely high levels of smoothness and accuracy. It is...

In fiber optics, the limitation on performance imposed by the amplitude of a received signal rather than distortion.

A mount for an optic element or optics assembly, designed so that all six degrees of freedom are singly constrained. This assures that movement will be prevented, while stress will not be introduced...

Tour of our Fitchburg, MA manufacturing facility.

Shanghai Optics is a leading global custom optics manufacturer and optical solution provider with more than 60 years of experience. Our experienced engineering team possesses in-depth DFM knowledge...

Rainbow Research Optics LLC Introduction Video

Optical coatings modify the reflectance, transmittance, and absorptive properties of optic substrates to make them much more efficient and functional. From an optical manufacturer's perspective,...

Over 100 Years of Excellence Recognized for our custom fabrication capabilities since 1921, Meller Optics has consistently delivered high precision optics for critical applications in the...

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...