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Longtime editorial board member Bruce Walker, whose frequent contributions to Optical Spectra and later Photonics Spectra spanned more than five decades, died last month at the age of 86. ...

University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers have designed a composite material that offers powerful photon upconversion capabilities and that could support a range of light-driven...

LaCroix Precision Optics has added optical assembly and design departments in a move that the company said solidifies its status as a vertically integrated optics firm. According to LaCroix president...

Luminescent polymers, a class of flexible materials known for their light-emitting capability, are ubiquitous across diverse industries, from bioimaging to security signage and computer displays....

Complex active optical systems require expert design, engineering, fabrication, testing, and metrology capabilities to deliver precise, dependable solutions. For over 20 years, Coherent Corp. has...

The Meller Sapphire Substrates for Optical Coaters from Meller Optics are a line of sapphire lenses and windows among other shapes. Available in sizes from 0.5 in. to 5 in. O.D. with ±0.00025...

The GVM-095-051-01 from Moticont is a linear voice coil servo motor that can be used in applications such as wafer handling, optical focusing, valve actuation, and antenna positioning. The brushless...

Solidifying our role as your all-inclusive optics supplier, we’ve broadened our capabilities to include optical assemblies. Whether you need prototypes or production volumes, we’re fully...

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...

In their earliest forms, UV bandpass filters that were optimized for wavelengths less than 400 nm, such as the Schott UG or the Hoya U-series, were constructed of absorbing compounds in glass. Such...

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...

The first high-reflectance mirror coatings for the UV and vacuum UV (VUV) were of the Al + MgF2 type produced in the late 1950s. Coatings of this design are still used today for multigas cavity...

Answering some common questions new users of optical design and analysis software have are “How accurate are the results?” or “Can I trust the results I get?” and discussing the importance of...

Telecentric F-theta lenses with large scan fields set new standards for cutting displays.

We support our global customers to meet their advanced coating requirements for AR Coatings on IR Materials.

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...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

The practical application of interferometers to optical component and system testing was enabled by the invention of the laser. White light interferometers were nearly impossible to use with...

The characterization and control of optical systems with multiple stand-alone pieces of test equipment often presents difficult challenges that lead to lower stability, more noise, and increased...

Machine vision camera systems are essential for enabling automation and maintaining quality control across various industries to ensure that processes are efficient, consistent, and meet accuracy and...

Sputtering equipment is machinery used in the process of physical vapor deposition (PVD), specifically sputtering. Sputtering is a method of depositing thin films of material onto a substrate surface...

The linear relationship between input and output optical fields for a given optical system or application that allows the use of a matrix and matrix algebra to define an optical system, or series of...

A beam shaper is an optical device or system designed to modify the spatial profile or intensity distribution of a laser or light beam. The goal is to transform the incoming beam into a desired shape...

In optics, the double refraction that is produced when stress is applied to a transparent material. Plastics, which are especially photoelastic, can be formed into models of structures that are...

Are you curious about DayOptics and the innovative products we offer? Look no further! We've created a brief introduction video that highlights our company and the unique solutions we provide....

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Blackstone-NEY CleanVeyor Ultrasonic parts washer utilizes a combination of spray, immersion, and ultrasonic cleaning technologies and has proven successful in achieving Six Sigma consistency in a...

Get a tour of our factory and the inside scoop on everything Alluxa has to offer.

Radiation-shielding windows are plates of glass containing as many heavy metal oxides as can be dissolved in the glass without causing devitrification. The glass is yellow, very heavy and has a high...

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...

Avantier Inc. is an unparalleled leader in providing innovative imaging systems solutions and optical systems solutions. We offer advance precision custom optical design, optical engineering...