Newsletter | May 19, 2025

05.19.25 -- Tracking Greenland's Vanishing Ice Sheet, Understanding LIDAR Filters, Port Security/Surveillance & More

FROM THE EDITOR

Tracking Greenland's Vanishing Ice Sheet By Satellite

ESA’s CryoSat-2 and NASA’s ICESat-2 satellites track Greenland’s melting ice with precise radar and laser data, revealing rapid ice loss and aiding climate change research.

SPOTLIGHT ON ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING

Optical Profilers In An Argon Chamber Environment

Zygo Optical Profilers now operate within argon gloveboxes, enabling high-precision, non-contact metrology in inert environments, preserving sensitive materials, and advancing research.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Why Custom Filters DON'T Have To Be Costly Filters

Discover Semrock optical filters and how they can reduce costs, maintain quality, and meet your filter BOM requirements.

Fire Detectives In Orbit: Using Remote Sensing To Detect Wildfires

Advances in optical technology, combined with changing launch cost dynamics, have pushed optical Earth observation to the forefront of wildfire detection, tracking, and management.

Port Security & Surveillance

InGaAs SWIR imagers enhance vision in low visibility conditions, offering improved scene analysis and object identification, complementing thermal imagers with detailed, high-quality imagery.

Understanding LiDAR Filters

Some of the most important components of lidar sensors are the filters that isolate target signals, while preventing sunlight and other extraneous light from reaching the detector. 

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BULLETIN BOARD

Precision IR Detection For Critical Environments

Opto Diode’s PbS and PbSe detectors deliver precise, reliable mid-infrared sensing for gas detection, emissions control, and safety in demanding environmental conditions.

FEATURED SOLUTIONS

Beamsplitters for High Power Laser Applications

PG&O’s latest beamsplitters features a 200:1 extinction ratio, thus maximizing the split between S&P polarization. This can be a critical factor in many different high-power level tasks.

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High Power Detector For Laser Power Measurement

The HP100A-50KW-GD laser power detector is designed mainly for high-power laser and laser system manufacturers, factories that cut thick metal parts with high-power lasers.

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