OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS, & MATERIALS INSIGHTS
When The Goal Is Large Scale Optics
When companies need to scale up the size of their windows and mirrors while maintaining the most exacting of optical specifications, the competence of a chosen partner is essential.
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![Edmund Optics - Standard Lense With Complex Mechanics - Feature]( "Ruggedization Of Imaging Lenses")
Ruggedization Of Imaging LensesImaging lenses used in industrial applications have requirements beyond those of standard lenses. As such, new classes of ruggedized lenses have been designed to work specifically in a multitude of different scenarios.
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![GettyImages-1170940675 - Iridian satellite]( "More Signal, Less Background: Improving Signal To Noise Ratio")
More Signal, Less Background: Improving Signal To Noise RatioThe path to improving signal-to-noise ratio - the ratio of the power of signal (desired input) to the power of background noise (undesired input) - is to reduce the power of the noise – less background.
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![GettyImages-1333327643 - Zygo Camera Module]( "How Non-Contact Measurement Is Supporting Growth In Consumer Electronics")
How Non-Contact Measurement Is Supporting Growth In Consumer ElectronicsNon-contact metrology can help overcome the quality assurance challenges that come with producing consumer electronics devices featuring a wide variety of materials and design complexity.
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![G&H - Optical Amplifiers]( "Designing Transmit Optical Amplifiers For Communication Constellations")
Designing Transmit Optical Amplifiers For Communication ConstellationsDesign challenges of producing optical amplifiers include the suppression of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), and the degradation of the kHz sinusoid amplitude modulated tracking tone.
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![Schneider - New Perspectives In Coating]( "New Perspectives In Coating")
New Perspectives In CoatingSchneider Optics has embarked on a new path in surface-coating technology, which offers entirely new perspectives in the coating of optical elements.
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![Edmund - bucket img]( "Highly-Dispersive Mirrors")
Highly-Dispersive MirrorsThe positive chirp introduced by most optical media in ultrafast systems can be compensated for using optical components, such as highly-dispersive mirrors, that feature negative dispersion.
OPTICAL SOLUTIONS
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![Schneider Optics - PYRITE]( "Liquid Focus Lenses: PYRITE Series")
The PYRITE series of lenses are the universal lens solution, featuring a small and compact design, very low distortion and high resolution, and covering a wide working distance range.
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![Abrisa - Ultra Thin And Ultra Thin Mirrors]( "Thin & Ultra-Thin Lightweight Mirrors")
Abrisa Technologies offers ultra-thin (0.1 to 0.55 mm) mirrors that can be inserted into compact devices needing miniaturization, ultra-lightweight properties, or where space for beam steering is at a premium.
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![Abrisa - Bus Bars]( "Bus Bars For Transparent Conductive Coatings")
Bus bars provide the pathways for electrical connectivity or grounding points to transparent conductive coatings and are themselves, made of conductive material.
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![Schneider Optics - THULITE]( "High Performance Lenses For Sensors Up To 2\"")
The Thulite Series Lenses from Schneider Optics are a set of high-end lenses for APS-C sized 2” sensors and typical machine vision applications.
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![Medical Imaging]( "Optical Solutions For Bio-Medical And FDA-Regulated Devices and Biochips")
For two decades, Abrisa has supplied optical solutions for manufacturers of bio-medical and FDA-regulated devices and biochips with a critical need for quality control, consistency, and reliability.
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![Solutions For Imaging, Sensing, And Laser Scanning Applications]( "Solutions For Imaging, Sensing, And Laser Scanning Applications")
Abrisa Technologies offers custom coating services and innovative total solutions of coated and fabricated technology glass for imaging, sensing, and laser scanning applications.
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![G&H pockels cells image]( "Pockels Cells")
G&H's Pockels Cells enable higher performance and reliability across numerous laser applications, providing increased optical power. The standard product ranges can accommodate wavelengths from from UV to IR (200 nm -12 μm).
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![SCHOTTBorofloatTechNote.jpg]( "SCHOTT Borofloat 33 Floated Borosilicate Glass")
BOROFLOAT® 33 is a UV-NIR transparent borosilicate float glass with excellent optical properties and smooth low scatter surfaces straight off the float process. It is an economical high performance material, making it ideal for the volume manufacture of windows, mirrors, filters, display glass, 3D build platforms, and other components.
OPTICAL NEWS
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![PR - Optran Plus UV_WF Amadillo]( "Armadillo SIA Introduces Highest NA Pure Silica/Silica Core Fibers – Optran Plus UV/WF")
Armadillo SIA announces the Optran Plus UV and Optran Plus WF (water-free), featuring the highest numerical aperture (NA) pure fused silica/silica core fibers currently available.
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![GettyImages-1222436839]( "Moving Data Faster With An All-Optical Approach To Pumping Chip-Based Nanolasers")
Researchers have developed a new technology that could enable chip-based optical communication links that process and move data faster than today's electronic-based devices.
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![PI - 30th Anniversary]( "PI Ceramic: 30 Years Of Excellence In Piezo Transducer, Actuator, And Motor Design & Production")
PI Ceramic celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2022 and continues to provide world-class standard and miniaturized piezoceramic components such as piezo rings, piezo benders, shear transducer plates, and more.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Market Reports, ASU’s Role In Microelectronics, And The Promise Of Photon Counting")
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at the silicon photonics devices and fluorescence imaging systems markets, an optical chip that has the potential to train machine learning hardware, and why Arizona State University is becoming a major player in microelectronics.
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![Zygo - Navitar]( "Navitar Expands AMETEK’s High End Precision Optics Capabilities")
AMETEK, Inc. today announced that it has completed two acquisitions – Navitar, Inc. and RTDS Technologies Inc., acquiring approximately $100 million in annual sales.
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![Abrisa - Ultra Thin Mirrors]( "Abrisa Technologies Ultra-Thin Mirrors Are Ideal For Compact Devices Requiring Miniaturization, Lightweight & Low Profile")
Abrisa Technologies offers ultra-thin (0.1 to 0.55 mm) mirrors that can be inserted into compact devices needing miniaturization, ultra-lightweight or where space for beam steering is at a premium.
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![Abrisa - Bus Bars Press Release]( "Abrisa Technologies Offers Bus Bars In Use With Transparent Conductive Coatings")
Abrisa Technologies offers bus bars that provide the pathways for electrical connectivity or grounding points to transparent conductive coatings and are themselves, made of conductive material.
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![Schneider Optics - ISCO4all]( "ISCO4all: New Lens Set Wins Gear Of The Year Award 2022")
Schneider Optics’ next reason to celebrate: Its newcomer ISCO4all has just been honored with the popular “Gear of the Year Award 2022” by the international magazine Pro Moviemaker.
OPTICAL VIDEOS
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![Laser Components - Next Gen Optics and Coating Video]( "Video: Next Generation Optics And Coating Technology")
Video: Next Generation Optics And Coating TechnologyWhich optical coating will deliver the best results for my application? That is the key question of this 15-minute presentation with Barbara Herdt, head of the laser optics business unit at Laser Components.
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![stus]( "Video: See The Unseen With Ophir Optics")
Video: See The Unseen With Ophir OpticsOphir IR Optics products include highly advanced electro-optical solutions and can be found in the most critical defense and commercial thermal imaging applications. When reliability is the name of the game, Ophir is your trusted partner.
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![ed]( "Optical Trends And Solutions In The Defense Market")
Optical Trends And Solutions In The Defense MarketPhotonics Online met with Kevin Quist of Edmund Optics on the second day of SPIE’s 2022 Defense + Commercial Sensing trade show to discuss upcoming defense trends. Trends such as laser optics systems have led Edmund Optics to acquire a new warehouse in Florida for high-power laser coatings.
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![gh]( "G&H Introduces Two New Lens Series At DCS 2022")
G&H Introduces Two New Lens Series At DCS 2022At Defense + Commercial Sensing, G&H’s J.J. Conboy explained the precision features of the NightCrawlIR and FireAnt lens series and invited customers to learn more about these products and their applications.
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![iridian]( "Optical Filters In Remote Sensing")
Optical Filters In Remote SensingJason Palidwar of Iridian Spectral Technologies talks to Photonics Online at Defense + Commercial Sensing 2022 about Iridian’s optical filters and how they’re used in remote sensing applications including earth observation and gas detection.
