Tiny Camera Takes a Wide View
A new imager achieves the optical performance of a traditional wide-angle or fish-eye lens — and in high resolution — but in a device less than one-tenth the volume. Such a system could enable high-resolution imaging in unmanned aerial microvehicles, or smartphone photos more comparable to those from a full-size single-lens reflex (SLR) camera.
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Cost effectively achieving exceptional transmitted wavefront and parallelism on flat optics
Because it can process multiple parts simultaneously, the double-side process is the most cost-effective way to achieve flat, parallel parts that require exceptional transmitted wavefront and very low wedge (<1 arc s). The process is ideal for OEMs, coating companies, instrument manufacturers and wafer-based processing labs to create optics in sizes to 740 mm in diameter and 0.150 mm thickness, in quantities to over 10,000 pieces per month.
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Transparent Ceramics Find Wide Use in Optics
Polycrystalline ceramics with the cubic spinel structure enable multiple defense applications, including night-vision goggles and IR optics for military systems such as domes, lenses, reconnaissance and sensor windows – they also have applications in nonmilitary arenas such as semiconductor processing, oil and gas drilling, medical optics and lasers.
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Take the Sydor Optics Tour
Manufacturing precision, flat-surfaced, parallel and wedged optics and specializing in double-sided grinding and polishing for over 40 years. Products include: beamsplitters, color filters, debris shields, glass wafers, grating substrates, light pipes, light-weighted substrates, mirrors, optical flats, wedges, and windows in addition to laser optics and laser machining.
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