Optical Components, Coatings & Materials News
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An Introduction To Optical Filters
1/8/2024
Optical filters are essential to optical systems used in many different fields. Expand your understanding of optical filters, their types, working principles, and applications with this overview.
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Optical Filter’s Role In Identifying Distracted Drivers
1/3/2024
From fluorescence microscopy to Raman spectroscopy to medical imaging, optical filters are used in a wide variety of applications. Let’s take a look at these devices and how they can help target distracted drivers.
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3 Rock-Solid Predictions (j/k) About What To Expect From Photonics In 2024
12/7/2023
Before 2023 comes to an end we want to go on record with three things that we guarantee will happen in 2024.
(Guarantee not valid anywhere, anytime, and/or any place. Void everywhere.)
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2023’s Best: Methane Super Emitters, The Valley Of Death, Hidden Cities, And Maple Syrup
12/6/2023
It’s that time again. Let’s take a look at the most-read articles that appeared on Photonics Online this year. It’s got intrigue, suspense, and surprises. Oh, and infrared, LiDAR, and so much more.
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How Microscopy Helps Big Pharma With The Little Things
11/21/2023
Microscopy plays a crucial role in various aspects of pharmaceutical research and development within life sciences. Let’s take a look at how Big Pharma uses this technology to discover new drugs, perform quality control, and more.
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NIST’s Superconducting Camera 400 Times More Powerful Than Any Other Device Of Its Type
11/2/2023
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have built a superconducting camera containing 400,000 pixels — 400 times more than any other device of its type.
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Everybody Loves LiDAR
10/27/2023
LiDAR – is there anything it can’t do? Invented in the 1960s on the heels of the invention of the laser, LiDAR became commercially viable in the late 1980s. Today, it’s omnipresent, allowing us to do things we’ve never seen before in ways we never imagined.
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I’m Going As A Nobel Prize Winner For Halloween
10/20/2023
This year’s batch of Nobel Laureates all seem to be fine scientists, researchers, authors, and leaders who don’t seem to have anything to do with Halloween. But don’t worry, we found some past award winners who do!
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My Flex Sig, Fiber Optics, And OCT
10/5/2023
Fiber optics are omnipresent in medicine, helping improve procedures and outcomes. Here we dig into one specific technology making use of fiber optics: optical coherence tomography. As a bonus, you also get to read about my flexible sigmoidoscopy, performed nearly 30 years ago and burned into my mind forever.
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Clear Vision: Optical Coatings, Rain Sensors, And Safer Roads
9/26/2023
Rain sensors play a critical role in the automotive industry, enhancing safety while driving. Optical coatings, thin layers applied to optical components to control light reflection, transmission, and absorption, help rain sensors do their thing.