Industry Insights

  1. Laser Interferometery — An Enabling Technology For Optimized Automated Manufacturing 6/11/2020

    Precision Beryllium mirror manufacturer, Cambridge Technology, explains how the use of best-in-class interferometry hardware and software solutions has streamlined its manufacturing processes and added efficiencies as well as time and cost-savings across the company.

  2. Utilizing Flow Cytometry Filters 6/17/2020

    Used across a variety of biological disciplines, fluorescence-based flow cytometers rapidly and accurately quantify cells and cellular components. As one of the most important components of these systems, flow cytometry filters must be specifically designed to maximize signal-to-noise ratios while minimizing crosstalk between fluorophores.

  3. Remote Sensing Of Vegetation Using SWIR Cameras On A UAV 1/14/2021

    Forage Mass Monitoring (FFM) analysis traditionally uses biomass sampling to calculate biomass yield per hectare. However, current research projects are looking at reflectance spectroscopy methods with remote sensing systems based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), specifically those using short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging.

  4. 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. 

  5. Thin-Film Interference Filters For LIDAR 6/18/2020

    LIDAR is used for obstacle avoidance in autonomous vehicles, urban planning, security, infrastructure development, and other applications. This app note details how high-performance, ultra-narrowband interference filters improve LIDAR signal-to-noise ratios in specific applications.

  6. SWIR For Hot-End Glass Bottle Defect Inspection And Imaging 7/5/2019

    Manufacturers of glass hollowware have long sought a way to pick out defective product at the hot end of their process, while the pieces are still above 200ºC. At that glass inspection stage, rejects are identified, then shunted aside and reprocessed efficiently, greatly reducing scrap. 

     

  7. Building Optical Assemblies For Commercial Space Applications — Key Supplier Selection Criteria 4/23/2020

    It is important that customers interrogate their short-listed precision optical assembly supplier, especially when manufacturing for exacting commercial space applications, to assess their ability to meet precision, reliability, and cost requirements. 

  8. Glass Surface Quality – Scratch/Dig Specifications 10/17/2019

    Scratch/Dig refers to cosmetic defects found in glass from the manufacturing and/or handling process. This article describes the difference between scratches and digs as well as their specifications.

  9. Ultra-Narrowband Optical Bandpass Filters With Large Format And Improved Temperature Stability 6/18/2020

    Hard coated ultra-narrowband optical filters made using modern plasma processes offer much improved transmission, temperature stability and out of band blocking as compared to legacy soft coatings. These filters are used in optical systems as diverse as LIDAR (light detection and ranging), Doppler shift detection of plasma velocity, laser cleanup, chemical and gas sensing, as well as for cutting-edge astronomy and instrumentation applications.

  10. 4 Advantages Of Optical Active Alignment 1/20/2021

    Optical alignment and micro-optic positioning are challenging, time-consuming processes. Tiny positional variations in photonic and optical manufacturing can mean the difference between success and failure. This article discusses active alignment as a technology that improves the performance, profitability and yield in manufacturing advanced optics and photonics components for the modern era.