Newsletter | July 16, 2025

07.16.25 -- Achieving Precision Motion, What Is A Dichroic Filter, Aerospace And Defense Solutions & More

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How Photonics Are Used In The Manufacturing Of Sporting Goods

Photonics technologies revolutionize sporting goods manufacturing through laser cutting, 3D printing, optical metrology, and precision measurement systems.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Precision Motion And How To Achieve It

Moving from micron- to nanoscale-level research forces researchers to better understand their own actions’ impact on passive factors that undermine precision. Simple modifications to an experiment or instrumentation can help researchers achieve precision goals without additional processing.

Using Different Illumination Sources? Get Ready To Change Your Lens Focus

Using a visible corrected lens with monochromatic wavelength sources can be problematic if proper steps are not taken to understand the elements impacting lens performance.

What Is A Dichroic Filter?

A dichroic filter, thin-film filter, or interference filter, is a color filter used to selectively pass light of a small range of colors while reflecting other colors. Dichroic mirrors and dichroic reflectors tend to be characterized by the color(s) of light that they reflect, rather than the color(s) they pass.

Improving DWDM Module Performance With Narrow Dual Band Pass Filters

Narrow dual band pass filters, designed and produced mostly for DWDM modules, improve a module’s total insertion loss by reducing the number of components used. 

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FEATURED MULTIMEDIA

Aerospace And Defense Solutions From Zygo

Discover how Zygo's precision and reliability support mission-critical aerospace and defense applications with ruggedized optical components and market-leading metrology technology.

FEATURED SOLUTIONS

High-Power GaAlAs IRLED Illuminator: OD-669

The high-power gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) IRLED illuminator features a peak emission of 880 nm with an extremely wide angle of emission. Designed with nine chips connected in series, the robust device is housed in an electrically-isolated case, making it ideal for covert aircraft lighting or covert anti-collision lighting in aviation applications.

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Opto Diode, An ITW Company

SWIR Linescan Camera @ 46 kHz: 1024LDM

The SUI 1024-LDM camera is a high-speed 1024-pixel linescan InGaAs camera for use in high-resolution imaging through silicon wafers, blocks or ingots.

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Sensors Unlimited Inc., An RTX Company

Micro Molding Services

Manufacturers that are designing next-generation products are constantly trying to solve space and weight restriction related issues. “Smaller is Better,” is a mantra that we’ve all grown accustomed to, whether we are the manufacturers ourselves or the end users/consumers. Enter Accumold’s micro molding services, with the ability to create incredibly small plastic parts that not only helps resolve space and weight restrictions issues, but can also to help reduce overall manufacturing costs.

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Accumold

Profile Your Beam At The Focal Spot With The BA32-1KW, A kW-Level Beam Sampler

The BA series optical attenuators from Gentec-EO use Fresnel reflection on two orthogonal wedges to pick off a small fraction of the input beam. The incoming beam polarization state and irradiance are preserved.

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Gentec Electro-Optics, Inc.

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