Upcoming Webinars
Tue, Aug 27, 2024 1:00P EDT
Industry Innovations in Fiber-Based Frequency Combs: Ultrabroadband Comb with Sub-3-kHz Free-Running Linewidths
Saeed Pegahan (Toptica Photonics)
Femtosecond frequency combs represent unparalleled measurement tools with diverse applications in spectroscopy, metrology, and quantum physics. This discussion delves into the critical aspects of maximizing the passive stability of these instruments to unlock their full potential in fundamental...
Wed, Aug 28, 2024 9:00A EDT
Reflective Optics for Multispectral EO Systems
JJ Conboy (MKS Ophir IR Optics), Emiliano Ioffe (Ophir Optics Group at MKS Instruments Inc.)
Large reflective optics are essential for high-performance multispectral electro-optics imaging systems in defense, surveillance, and aerospace. These systems capture multiple wavelengths to improve target identification and combine data from various bands to offer a comprehensive environmental...
Wed, Sep 4, 2024 10:00A EDT
How to Improve Laser Applications Using Freeform Optics
Stephen Kidd (PowerPhotonic)
This presentation provides a landscape of the freeform concept, design, product, and module solutions that are available for managers and designers of laser systems and applications that must deliver a performance enhancement that is difficult to obtain with conventional optics. Stephen Kidd...
Thu, Sep 5, 2024 1:00P EDT
Manufacturing-Aware Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits
John Cary (Tech-X Corporation)
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are a rapidly growing technology due to the unquenchable demand for high bandwidth communications in the data center. As the industry grows, new applications are being established to leverage the capabilities and advantages that PICs provide, and a robust design...
Tue, Sep 10, 2024 1:00P EDT
Lights! Camera! Optics! Tricks of the Trade for Developing Front Ends for Machine Vision Systems
Andrew Bodkin (Bodkin Design & Engineering)
In this webinar, Andrew Bodkin shares insights into developing imaging systems that both experienced engineers and novice developers will find valuable. Over his lifelong career working with cameras, Bodkin has developed an intuitive understanding of how the elements of imaging systems interact. He...
Thu, Sep 12, 2024 9:00A EDT
SWIR and NIR Disruptive Zoom Lens for Challenging Environments: Air, Land, and Maritime
Peter Kunert (MKS Ophir IR Optics)
Peter Kunert of MKS Ophir IR Optics explores the advantages of SWIR lenses and how they play a pivotal role in air, land, and maritime imaging, offering unparalleled visibility even in challenging conditions, such as haze, smoke, and fog. Incorporating SWIR and NIR into electro-optical (EO) systems...
Tue, Sep 17, 2024 1:00P EDT
Understanding Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Lens Tolerances
Stuart Singer (Schneider Optics)
The technical data sheet, the most basic form of communication about lens specification in the industry, should provide an objective and uniform key to helping buyers understand the tolerances surrounding the key optical parameters that are provided about a lens. It is important for buyers to...
Thu, Sep 19, 2024 10:00A EDT
How Motion Control Enables Modern Datacom Technologies
Justin Bressi (Aerotech Inc.)
With the explosive growth of applications such as AI and high-performance computing, modern data centers must find ways to support an exponentially rising demand for transferring massive amounts of data. Various cutting-edge technologies are key to keeping pace with this demand, and none is more...
Tue, Sep 24, 2024 11:00A EDT
A Narrow Linewidth Distributed Feedback Laser Diode with Unique Frequency Modulation Response
Patrice Dionne (TeraXion)
Distributed feedback (DFB) laser diodes are single-frequency laser sources that can be produced in volume at a low cost. They represent compact and reliable laser technology and are widely used in telecom and sensing applications. They can be modulated in frequency by tiny modulation of their bias...