Optical Components, Coatings & Materials Features

  1. Using Different Illumination Sources? Get Ready To Change Your Lens Focus 9/1/2023

    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.

  2. Optical Filter Wavefront Distortion: Out-Of-Band To In-Band Predictions 8/28/2023

    This paper explores predicting accurate in-band wavefront error of an optical filter using out-of-band measurements due to wavelength and angle variations.

  3. Surface Flatness And Wavefront Error 8/28/2023

    The concept of surface flatness and wavefront error in the context of optical components is explained, including how these properties are measured, defined, and how they impact optical performance.

  4. Optical Filter Specifications: Cone Half Angle (CHA) 8/28/2023

    Cone half angle (CHA) measures the degree of convergence or divergence in an incident beam. Learn more about CHA and how it impacts optical filter spectra.

  5. Color Temperature Adjustment Filters For Technical Or Aesthetic Illumination 8/23/2023

    Color Temperature Adjustment Filters modify light spectra for diverse applications like architecture, cinema, medical fields, and security, allowing precise control over color appearance.

  6. Lenses For The 3D Measurement Of Rotor Blades 8/7/2023

    3D measurement of rotors during production helps improve wind turbine quality and durability while reducing costs.

  7. Lenses For Solar Cell Inspection 8/7/2023

    The quality assurance of solar cells can be improved by lenses and machine vision to reduce production costs and extend the life of solar cells.

  8. Lenses For Battery Inspection 8/7/2023

    Lenses and vision technologies enable automated battery quality inspection, which can reduce production time and improve battery quality.

  9. Aspheric Lens Irregularity And Strehl Ratio 7/31/2023

    Different lens manufacturing techniques create unique surface errors impacting Strehl ratio. Understanding these effects helps avoid costly overspecification while meeting desired specifications for aspheres.

  10. Common Micro Optics Questions, Explained 7/28/2023

    Micro-optics within the micro injection molding space require expert engineering and experience. Our resident micro optics engineer, Rick Brown, encounters the following common questions.