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Researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) and the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have fabricated a smart window that provides a low-cost...

Precision optics and photonics technology company G&H (Gooch & Housego) has acquired GS Optics, a designer and manufacturer of polymer optics. The $15.7 million acquisition, G&H said, is...

Intravascular optical coherence tomography (IV-OCT) is used to inform doctors about the shape and structure of hardened artery buildups, torn arteries, and blood clots in the heart. While the method...

With the development of a single-layer, blue-emitting OLED, researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research demonstrated that one-layer OLEDs can achieve a performance level...

The commercial availability of Light-Emitting Diodes at almost any wavelength combined with Multi-Bandpass Filters have enabled a completely new type of instrumentation. These instruments allow...

Bullseye® Apodizing Filters radially modify beam distribution in optical systems. Standard Gaussian or customized filters inserted in line with a light source reduce undesirable intensity...

Three-day Zoom Courses in the Practical Design of Optical Thin Films and also in the Practical Production of Optical Thin Films. The courses include the 553 page Design Book and the 726 page...

The Midas Metalization System from Intlvac is designed to produce a single or multilayer symmetrical metal coating on ends, mid spans, or windows of optical fibers for use in a hermetically sealed...

Photonics Rules of Thumb Scientists and engineers tend to want to answer simple relational questions with a blackboard covered with equations, even when questioners just want a rough estimate to...

With a specific gravity of 1.85 g/cm3, beryllium is the lightest metal that is workable. It is 45 percent lighter than aluminum and approximately five times as stiff. Its stiffness to weight ratio...

Plate beamsplitters Plate beamsplitters consist of a thin plate of optical crown glass with a different type of coating deposited on each side. The first surface is coated with an all-dielectric...

Controlling and minimizing heat output is desirable in most lighting applications. For example, conventional incandescent light sources are very inefficient with only a small portion of the...

Thorlabs’ Textured AR Surfaces present a powerful alternative to traditional coatings. The treated surface provides significantly higher resistance to laser damage alongside lower reflectance across...

Reynard Corporation has all the facilities necessary to design, fabricate and qualify state of the art coatings for numerous applications. Our precision optics are found in high performance systems...

A global leader in optical manufacturing, precision thin-film coatings, and complete optical solutions, is offering an innovative re-polishing service that can give an optic new life when the...

Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. This paper outlines the results of...

Silicon photonics and planar waveguide technologies have become integral components in the rapidly evolving landscape of optical communication, sensing, and integrated photonics. Planar waveguides...

Fluorescence microscopy historically has been dominated by blue, green, and red imaging. Although this limitation is acceptable for some applications, multiplexing and deep tissue imaging suffer with...

Please join us for a FREE webinar sponsored by Particle Measuring Systems. Advanced optics manufacturing now requires much cleaner environments than were necessary in the past. John Davis of...

3D optical methods have come a long way from the early stereo viewers and multiangle sliding images that existed more than a century ago. As measurement tools, these methods have in the past 40 years...

Plasmon ion-assisted deposition (PIAD) is a technique used in thin-film deposition processes, particularly in the production of optical coatings. This method combines two key processes: plasmon...

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...

Quantum dot thin films refer to thin layers or coatings composed of quantum dots deposited onto a substrate surface. Quantum dots are nanoscale semiconductor particles typically ranging from a few to...

Ultraviolet (UV) light sources are devices that emit light in the ultraviolet spectrum, which ranges from about 10 nm to 400 nm in wavelength. These sources are used in various applications,...

A common question we receive here at North American Coating Laboratories is “what is the difference between an anti-glare process and an anti-reflective process?”. This video will answer your...

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Thin-film coatings are layers of material applied to the surface of an object or substrate, typically to modify its optical, electrical, or mechanical properties. These coatings are composed of thin...

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