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Version 2.5 of the VPIdeviceDesigner software from VPIphotonics GmbH provides Python-driven design framework for photonic devices. The easy-to-use photonic device design platform combines a set...

Version 11.3 of VPIphotonics GmbH’s Design Suite is an updated design software for photonic components and optical transmission systems. With professional, application-specific simulation...

Spectrum Scientific manufactures aberration-corrected blazed holographic gratings designed to minimize astigmatism and coma, making them ideal for use with CCD or array detectors in high throughput,...

The VersaHybrid Micro Assembly Station from nanosystec GmbH automates challenging manual assembly processes. Used for complex assemblies which require a precision in the low-μm range,...

Following Group Gorgé’s acquisition of iXblue last month, ECA Group and iXblue announced that both companies will operate under the common brand name Exail. The company will specialize...

Coherent Corp. CEO Vincent "Chuck" Mattera has informed the company’s board of directors that he will retire as CEO, following the hiring of a successor. The board has retained a leading...

Optical resonators increase the strength of light-matter interaction by storing light over a long period of time. The smaller the resonator, the tighter the confinement of light will be, resulting in...

Headwall Photonics has acquired Holographix LLC, a manufacturer of custom diffraction gratings, microlens arrays, diffusers, waveguides, and other custom replicated optics. Terms of the deal were not...

Lenses come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. They can be made of a single piece of glass or have multiple elements; their surfaces can be spherical, aspheric or cylindrical; they can be...

Surface quality has become one of the most poorly understood specifications in the optics industry. A significant portion of the confusion stems from the two major competing (and largely...

Explore the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) for photonic waveguide design in this ebook. In the resource, you will meet three engineering teams who are using M&S for designing silicon photonic...

This white paper compares the advantages and disadvantages of different types of retroreflectors. It highlights the advantages of monolithic, hollow retroreflectors which do not suffer from chromatic...

Speed and precision are paramount to photonics alignment. For Silicon Photonics assembly & test applications such as wafer probing, alignment time is the primary cost driver, especially in production...

The benefits of implementing freeform optics are clear. They allow for custom aberration correction, redistribution of optical/mechanical tolerances, and even allow for a reduction in component count...

Since first demonstrated in 2014, the technique of quantum cascade laser (QCL) dual-comb spectroscopy has developed into a beneficial tool for a variety of mid-infrared applications. By steadily...

Tune into this webinar to learn about optical ray tracing using the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. This presentation will include a live demo in the software, showing how to create a fully...

Part 3 of the 2021 Freeform Optics Series Residual mid-spatial frequency (MSF) surface errors are common byproducts of the computer-controlled subaperture manufacturing techniques needed for...

Imaging lenses are nuanced and seemingly complex components of machine vision systems. The best options for an application are not always obvious, and key trade-offs should be considered when...

Thin layers intended to prevent damage to plastic optics.

The study of visual perception by the sense of sight.

A spectroradiometer is a device used to measure the intensity of light at different wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum. It provides a detailed spectral distribution of light, breaking...

Linear receive optics typically refers to the optical components and systems used in the reception (detection) of linearly polarized light signals in various applications, such as optical...

Our optical design team employs DFM principles to ensure optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and timely production of our solutions. Our state-of-the-art metrology ensures thorough testing of each...

Avantier Inc. is an unparalleled leader in providing custom optical systems solutions. We offer advance precision custom optical design, optical engineering, optical lens assembly, rapid optical...

Rainbow Research Optics LLC Introduction Video

Welcome to the movies and inside the home of laser optics and coatings! Get an impression of our daily routine and enjoy our thin films film stars ...

Ultraviolet spectrometers are spectrophotometers designed for use in the 200- to 380-nm range of the electromagnetic spectrum and equipped with a calibrated scale to determine wavelength are known as...

As one of the original laser optics manufacturers in the US, Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. (RMI) has a longstanding history of developing and advancing high quality precision custom optics, specialty...

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...