Edwards Joins AFL as EMEA President

Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK and a provider of portable 3D measurement technology and engineering services, has opened a 660-sq-m repair center next to its office in Fontaine, France. The...

Thermo Fisher Scientific completed the acquisition of CorEvitas LLC, a provider of regulatory-grade, real-world evidence for approved medical treatments and therapies, for $912.5 million in cash....

During its Annual General Meeting 2023, the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) confirmed the selection of Shahida Imani, CEO of Chromacity, to its board of directors. Imani is a chartered...

Block Engineering, a developer of broadly tunable quantum cascade lasers and chemical threat detection products, named Steve Buckley president. Buckley previously served as vice president at Ocean...

The FlowScout™ OPM8 and OLS8 from AFL are an optical power meter and optical light source, respectively, for use in testing fiber optics in data center fiber networks, FTTH PON networks,...

The FOCIS Flex Lite from AFL is a fiber optic connector inspection system for installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance applications in optical networks. The system uses a single button approach...

The Fujikura SS-110 Specialty Fiber Stripper from AFL is designed for fiber splicing applications in industries such as military, oil and gas, and medicine. The SS-110 features replaceable...

The Apex® X-1 from AFL is a compact sealed dome splice closure for use by network operators and installers for small network and rural FTTx deployments. The splice enclosure can support 144...

Attentuation Region (or Blocking) The spectral region over which very low transmission is required. Attenuation requirements are generally specified in percent transmission over a given spectral...

To Isaac Newton the problem was clear, and in 1704 he realized the effects of atmospheric turbulence on image formation. Just as heat waves shimmering above a hot patch of ground can distort our...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

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...

Discover the power of light guides with our free whitepaper! Learn about total internal reflection, surface features, and performance parameters with ease. Elevate your expertise and stay ahead in...

Master Bond UV15 has been selected for use in the fabrication of polymer optical waveguides for a variety of applications. In a research project conducted at RMIT University, UV15 was used for both...

Addressing the benefits of utilizing freeform mirror surfaces in optical system designs and the opportunity to effectively replicate freeform mirrors using MKS Newport's advanced manufacturing...

Laser welding has developed into one of the most used joining techniques in sheet metals for applications such as car bodies, medical devices, sensors, batteries, and more. To create successful welds...

In the dynamic field of optical engineering, the lack of standardized lens specifications and tolerance metrics is a significant challenge. This presentation sheds light on the critical issue of lens...

3D point clouds can now be created in motion and in real time without motion artifacts. This is unique because of the combination of three key machine vision properties: high-quality 3D data, color...

Medical diagnosis heavily depends on innovative methods for biomedical imaging. New system concepts that combine miniaturized optical MEMS components, such as scanning mirrors and spatial light...

Bathymetric lidar is a remote sensing technique used to measure the depth of water bodies and map underwater terrain features. It employs lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) technology, which uses...

Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the transmission of data using modulated beams of light through free space (air or a...

Filoviruses are a family of viruses that are responsible for severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fevers in humans and non-human primates. The name "filovirus" is derived from their filamentous...

A diode laser is a type of laser that uses a semiconductor diode as the active medium to generate coherent light. Semiconductor diodes are electronic devices that conduct electricity primarily in one...

Our representative Victoria offers a brief overview of Armadillo SIA. We stand behind every fiber we offer to our customers, providing consistency, quality, competitive pricing and fast delivery. Our...

In the premiere episode of Spotlight, from "All Things Photonics," Dr. Andrew Brown with SPIE joins us to preview this year's Global Business Forum at Photonics West in San Francisco. Brown predicts...

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...

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 ...

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...