Optical Components, Coatings & Materials Videos

51. Live Demo Video: LightIR 15-75mm f1.2 Lightweight Compact Lens Optimized For 10-12 μm Detectors 4/30/2020

    This video demonstrates the LightIR 15-75mm f/1.2 – a lightweight, compact lens optimized for use with 10-12 μm detectors.

52. Video: Ophir 1 micron Optics For Guaranteed Premium Quality And Strict QA Inspections 4/30/2020

    Ophir performs strict post-production quality tests to ensure the highest quality standards. 1-micron cleaning standards are far stricter than those for CO2 optics, since 1- micron lasers are X10 more sensitive to contamination than 10.6 micron (CO2) lasers.

53. Video: Automotive Night Vision - High Performance IR Optics By Ophir IR 4/30/2020

    Maximize night vision performance road safety with Ophir’s night vision optics. Ophir’s superior optics increase pedestrian recognition software performance, allowing a greater ability to anticipate potential hazards. As the sole provider of IR thermal optics for the European automotive market, Ophir’s lenses are integrated in the night visions systems of top European cars.

54. Video: Introduction To Ophir Optics IR LONG RANGE Zoom Lenses 4/30/2020

    The Ophir IR long range zoom lenses are designed to provide outstanding detection, recognition, and identification (DRI) ranges and are suitable for a wide range of commercial, surveillance, and homeland security applications. They are also ideal for various FPA formats, including High Definition XGA and SXGA formats, to provide a crisp clean image over full zoom range, and MTF close to the diffraction limit.

55. PG&O Expanded IR Optical Materials And Capabilities 2/6/2019

    PG&O introduces new IR optical products and capabilities at Photonics West 2019. These new materials are composed of finished infrared optical components and current with potential applications in biomedical, night vision, military/defense, etc. markets.

56. Precision Optics For Defense And Aerospace Applications 6/8/2018

    Zygo’s precision optics solutions such as high-quality mirrors, space-based lens assemblies, and other reconnaissance systems, have enabled high-performance solutions for defense and aerospace application.

57. Precision Optics For Research Applications 6/8/2018

    In regards to the research market, Zygo focuses on solving their own internal problems through R&D instead of relying on outside research organizations. With their expertise and connections with the research community, the company is able to understand research needs and ensure that products will work in experiments and instrumentation the first time.

58. Product Video: Achieving High Performance And Cost Effective Solutions In Optical Fabrication 2/1/2017

    This year at Photonics West, Dan Bukaty with PG&O (Precision Glass & Optics) talked to us about how over 100 years of collective engineering experience at his organization has been leveraged to deliver high performance optics without breaking the bank.

59. The Challenges Of Using And Manufacturing Optical Filters In Earth-Observation 2/1/2017

    Optical filters play a key part in providing wavelength selections in earth-observation systems, but they provide a unique challenge in space-based applications. Jason Palidwar with Iridian Spectral talked to us about some of those challenges, and how his organization has addressed them.

60. Clear The Air: Challenges In MWIR Optical Sensing 4/21/2016

    Jason Palidwar with Iridian Spectral Technologies spent some time with us on the last day of SPIE’s 2016 DCS exhibition to talk about the challenges encountered in the mid-wave spectrum and how his company has worked around them.