Editor’s Picks

  1. Fresnel Optics Teams With USDC for $4.5 Million Screen Contract 3/28/2000
    The U.S. Display Consortium (San Jose, CA) has awarded a joint-funding development contract to Fresnel Optics (Rochester, NY) for the development of imaging screen systems for rear-projection monitors.
  2. Speedy 3D X-Rays In The Operating Room 10/28/2011
    Having an operation always places strain on patients, and this is especially true of complicated operations. Surgeons use 3D X-rays to check the results before the patient has left the operating room.
  3. Varioptic Launches A Long-Range Imaging M12 Auto Focus Lens Module 7/29/2014

    Varioptic, a Business Unit of Parrot SA, recently announces the addition of Caspian M12-39N0-15.8 to its range of Auto Focus lens modules. With its 15.8 mm effective focal length, the longest in the Caspian M12 family, this new lens enables multi-megapixel, long range imaging with absolutely no moving parts.

  4. Optical Bandpass Filter Fundamentals 9/27/2023

    Bandpass filters offer precise control over transmitted light bands and rejection of unwanted radiation, with types and features playing crucial roles in their application and performance optimization.

  5. Optical Vortex Crystals For Photonic Simulations Of Complex Systems 4/12/2022

    Researchers at the IIT show the realization of coupled light vortices by means of optical metasurfaces. The results will have impact on fields as diverse as microscopy, optical communications and photonics simulations.

  6. New Avago Technologies LEDs Raise The Bar For Viewing-Quality Of Electronic Signage And Full-Color Displays 7/8/2011
    Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, recently announced three series of high-brightness oval through-hole LEDs that set a new performance standard for electronic signage applications.
  7. Nanoearthquakes Control Spin Centers In SiC 9/3/2020

    Researchers from the Paul-Drude-Institut in Berlin, the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Dresden and the Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg have demonstrated the use of elastic vibrations to manipulate the spin states of optically active color centers in SiC at room temperature.

  8. New McPherson CCD-UV Absorbance Spectrophotometer Extends Capabilities To Deep Ultraviolet And At Faster Time Scales 3/31/2015

    Fast DUV Spectrophotometer McPherson's newest VUVAS spectrophotometer capitalizes on the speed and sensitivity of direct detection, ultraviolet sensitive CCD detectors.

  9. Prosilica GT: Cameras For Imaging In Extreme Environments 10/12/2011
    Allied Vision Technologies introduces the Prosilica GT, a new range of GigE Vision compliant digital cameras specially designed to perform in extreme environments and fluctuating lighting conditions.
  10. Naked-Eye Detection Of Solvent Vapor 2/28/2018

    Sensors are important for detecting contaminants and monitoring environmental conditions. Fluorescent sensors can reveal the presence of a contaminant according to the change of the intensity and/or wavelength of light that they emit.