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QED Technologies has appointed Michael Mohammadi, current vice president of global sales and business development at Thorlabs, president and CEO. Mohammadi, who will assume the position next week,...

Goodfellow, a supplier of metals and materials, has acquired microfabrication company Potomac Photonics. According to Goodfellow, the acquisition strengthens its presence in the medical device sector...

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...

Novanta, a manufacturer of lasers and optical subsystems for medical and industrial applications, is relocating from its founding premises to a 70,000 sq ft facility. The move supports the...

The LMS-RF-NC-6010-NI-01-MO from LumiSpot Tech is a light weight rangefinder that offers a recognition distance of up to 6 km in daylight and 1 km in low-light conditions. With a ranging error of...

The Ophir® FoldIR 30 - 450 mm f/3.4 continuous zoom lens from MKS Instruments Inc. is a long-range, compact folded optics IR zoom lens for gimbal systems and payloads in air-land-sea...

The 400G QSFP-DD ZR/ZR+ from Approved Networks is a transceiver module for communications networks in data centers and broadband. With a 400 Gbps data rate, the module’s max distance...

Source Photonics’ transceiver family includes 1.6 T and 800 G optical modules/AOC/DAC based on single-lambda 200 G PAM4 technology and 800 G 4 × 200 G DR4/FR4/LR4 and 400 G/800 G optical...

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...

With the understanding of aspheric lens manufacturing provided in part one of this article, designers have the tools to optimize their aspheres; the next step is to understand how to specify and...

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...

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 ISO 10110 & material cheat sheet assists optical designers in specifying their optical prints according to the ISO 10110 optics drawing standards. This cheat sheet comprises two sections, namely...

MKS Newport spectral optics product overview providing a summary of competencies in diffraction gratings, optical filters, optical mirrors, OptoFlash multichannel spectrometer engines, and design &...

The optical manufacturing tolerance chart outlines the general tolerance limits for spherical and aspherical lenses that we can accommodate. It also acts as a valuable reference tool when designing a...

We offer custom prisms, polygons, windows, mirrors, and wedges from one source. FISBA not only has the complete production chain in-house, we can also develop entire systems built-to-spec or support...

Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) metrology has several benefits, such as 1/100th wave accuracy and snapshot measurement time. However, alignment of aspheric and freeform parts in CGH setups can be...

Ion beam figuring has a long history in the manufacture of classical, high-end optical components. Demanding telescopic or lithographic optics have traditionally been enabled through deterministic...

Today, process innovation is as important as product innovation to the creation of a competitive product. The entire value chain, from the definition of the specifications based on the needs of the...

In this webinar, Edmund Optics’ asphere experts will discuss the benefits of using aspheres in optical system design and the factors to take into account during the design process. You will...

Also known as single plane illumination microscopy (SPIM), this process was designed for imaging of sensitive samples and fast biological processes in vivo. In this method, a light sheet illuminates...

Freeform optics refers to the design and fabrication of optical surfaces that do not follow traditional symmetric shapes, such as spheres or aspheres. Unlike standard optical components with...

Freeform mirrors refer to reflective optical components that deviate from traditional symmetric or rotationally symmetric shapes, such as spheres or paraboloids. Unlike conventional mirrors, which...

Teloscopy, while not a commonly used term, could be understood in the context of principles related to telescopes and their applications in observation and measurement. If we interpret teloscopy as...

As the demand for fluorides and other high expansion materials increases, it is important to understand the risks/challenges involved with these materials and how they affect various factors such as...

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,...

Aspheres have allowed optical designers to create systems and products that push the limitations of performance across several fields. In this presentation, we will explain the various processes...

LaCroix Precision Optics is a customer-driven, world-class manufacturer of custom precision optics. Our core competencies include spherical lenses, aspheres, achromats, windows, wedges, prisms,...

Freeform optics refers to the design and fabrication of optical surfaces that do not follow traditional symmetric shapes, such as spheres or aspheres. Unlike standard optical components with...

An aspheric lens is a type of lens whose surface profiles deviate from the traditional spherical shape. Unlike spherical lenses, which have a constant curvature across their surfaces, aspheric lenses...

Diamond-turned optics refer to optical components fabricated through the diamond turning process. In this process, a cutting tool with a diamond tip is used to precisely shape the material into the...

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...

Optimax is America’s largest optics manufacturer. On the cutting edge of future applications, Optimax implements an engineered solutions approach to help our customers achieve breakthroughs in...

LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) is a global manufacturer of optical materials, components and infrared solutions for the automotive, industrial test and measurement, medical diagnostics,...

Fresnel Technologies Inc. is an expert manufacturer of molded plastic optics, including Fresnel lenses and related optical components, as well as infrared transmitting materials and optics made from...