Industry Insights
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Spectroscopic Materials Analysis In The Palm Of Your Hand
9/9/2020
Handheld optical spectroscopy’s newest tool features an expanded wavelength detection range, tougher packaging, and the power to streamline countless recycling, food, and industrial applications.
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The Application Of WDM Channel Skip Filters
9/30/2020
Channel skip filters enable precision band splitting in telecommunications options, offering improved performance over edge pass filters at a cost adaptable to any project budget.
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Fiber Optics Drive Innovation In The Operating Room
11/12/2018
Used in the operating room for decades, optical fibers continue to enable new devices for minimally invasive surgeries and light-based disease detection that are enhancing the application of optics in modern medicine.
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Thin-Film Optical Components For Use In Non-Linear Optical Systems
6/18/2020
Bio-imaging and detection techniques that use non-linear optical (NLO) phenomena have led to great advancements, such as super-resolution images, label-free visualization of naturally occurring biomolecules, and greater freedom for working with in-vivo samples. This white paper discusses the importance of choosing thin-film optical components for NLO systems to ensure optimal signal strength, resolution, and image quality.
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Characterizing Cylinder Surfaces At Each Step Of The Thermal Barrier Coating Process
11/6/2019
Auto engine manufacturers use innovative materials and methods to reduce engine weight. One method is to replace the heavy cast-iron cylinder liners, used in aluminum cylinder blocks, with lighter-weight materials that are wear resistant and thermally efficient.
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Bus Bars And Optics
11/21/2019
A bus bar is a strip of conductive material applied to the surface of a conductively coated glass, most commonly ITO (indium tin oxide) or IMITO (index matched ITO) coatings. Abrisa applies bus bars either by thin film deposition of chrome-nickel-gold or by screen printing.
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Glass Strengthening Methods
10/17/2019
Strengthening glass can be done via three primary processes; tempering, thermal strengthening and chemical strengthening in order to increase the heat resistance and overall strength of the glass. This article provides an overview of all three processes.
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ISO Compliance Of Non-Contact, Real-Time Beam Analysis
8/1/2019
To deliver continuously high product quality, the key parameters of laser beams in production applications must be measured on a regular basis. Ophir has tackled the task and developed a non-contact measurement technology, the BeamWatch, based on the Rayleigh scattering.
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How To Specify A Custom-Designed Instrument
1/21/2020
Customers with a clear-eyed view of the solution’s basic specifications, budget, and expected timeline are well-positioned for an efficient, effective custom design experience.
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Overcoming The Challenges Of Measuring High Power NIR Lasers
9/2/2020
A variety of applications and production rates require periodic checkups or constant tracking of parameters, to ensure process control and quality assurance. Parameters to be tracked can include spot size, beam shape/mode, focusing position, M2, and laser power/energy. While laser power/energy can be measured by a conventional thermopile sensor with water cooling, other parameters such as spot size, beam shape, focal position, and M2 require more advanced techniques to measure high power laser parameters without distorting them or damaging the analytical equipment. This white paper discusses the challenges of measuring high power NIR lasers and presents a number of solutions to them.