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ADVA Optical Networking SE’s proposed name change to Adtran Networks SE was approved by the 2023 Annual General Meeting of ADVA Optical Networking SE on May 24. The change was registered in the...

Through its existing European subsidiary Photonics Management Europe srl, Hamamatsu Photonics submitted an application to the Danish Business Authority to acquire shares in NKT Photonics. The...

Optica, the Materials Research Society (MRS), and SPIE have named the 2023-2024 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows. Claire Cody will serve as the Arthur H. Guenther Congressional Fellow,...

Resolve Optics installed and commissioned a new vibration test center adding to the suite of in-house lens-testing equipment the company is able to offer. Lenses used in harsh industrial inspection...

Fused silica, the backbone of modern optical and semiconductor technologies, reaches new heights with Ohara's SK1300, setting industry standards for ultra-high purity, laser damage resistance, and...

Ohara is a world-class manufacturer of high-quality double-side lapped and polished substrates suitable for use at 248 nm. Exhibiting unmatched cleanliness, precision, and surface roughness and...

Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have positioned LaCroix Precision Optics as the premier manufacturer of precision optics in America. Our relationship-driven approach to delivering...

The Laser Calibration System from Meltio allows users to calibrate multi-laser deposition heads accurately and effortlessly on its metal 3D printing solutions. The system consists of a laser...

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,...

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...

This application note demonstrates the use of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for the analysis of human serum albumin. An IR5 FTIR spectrometer was used, equipped with a heated ATR accessory, to help tackle...

In this white paper, Dr Stuart Coomber, Global Head of OEM Sales, discusses the use of periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) in medical lasers.

Quick reference guide for NACL coating capabilities.

The erbium-doped glass laser is used in the field of eye-safe rangefinders and is characterized by its reliability and cost effectiveness. This laser is also known as the 1535nm DPSS eye-safe laser...

Optical filters are often overlooked, but they are important or even crucial components in every optical instrument. While working at an optical filter company for almost 10 years, Pust witnessed...

The most modern and innovative approach to advancing the world of automation to new heights is the implementation of artificial intelligence into industrial processes, making them faster and more...

Conventional controllers for laser scan systems do not allow to predict the actual path of the laser beam on the work piece. A tedious process of testing different parameters and delay settings...

Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that probes vibrational states of molecules using, for example, visible light. It requires very little or no sample preparation and can be employed to...

Laser lenses, also known as optical lenses for laser applications, are specialized lenses designed to manipulate and control laser beams within optical systems. These lenses are crucial components in...

A bundle of filaments of optical glass or other transparent materials that transmit only light, not optical images. The arrangement of the individual fibers in the bundle is not sufficiently regular...

An absorbing wedge is an optical device used to control the intensity of light passing through it by absorbing a portion of the light. It is typically used in experiments and optical systems where...

A threadlike inclusion within a blank of optical glass. Rarely found in quality optical materials.

UM Optics is the biggest fluoride crystal material and optics supplier in China. We supply CaF2 , BaF2 , MgF2 , LiF material covering the VUV to IR spectrum. We can also deliver cut blanks, polished...

This video features a presentation by Corin Gawith, CTO, Covesion discussing the applications of PPLN in quantum.

Utilising our extensive range of bulk MgO:PPLN crystals we can provide customisable solutions with fiber coupling (input and output) for non-linear wavelength conversion; designed for OEMs and...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

Optical glass refers to a type of glass specifically engineered and manufactured for use in optical components and systems, such as lenses, prisms, mirrors, and filters. Optical glass is...

A zone plate is a plate of glass on which there is a central spot surrounded by concentric annular zones, alternately opaque and transparent, the radii of the boundaries between the zones being...

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...

A History of Quality Since 1974 Glass Fab Inc. has met customers' stringent specifications by providing fabricated parts made of optical glass, filter glass, fused quartz and fused silica, low...

Manufacturer of high power polarizing beamsplitters (PBS), cylindrical lenses, high power wave plates, high power optical bonding crystals, polarizers (Glan laser, Wollaston, Rochon prisms), crystals...