OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS FEATURES
Optical Filters And Etalons For Datacom Applications
Data center evolution is driving demand for ever-higher data transmission rates, necessitating innovation in data center optical interconnect component design.
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![3315817ee0b2436ebfb5b11d56195bf7]( "How Smooth Is Smooth?")
How Smooth Is Smooth?This question is of interest to many manufacturers today. Why? Because more of them are making high precision, small-scale components that are critical to the function of a host of end products. A company’s livelihood may mandate that the components they use in their products are uniform, definable, and "high-precision".
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![d008527b622e4bcab2d5bce74124333d]( "What's The Fuss With Vertical Integration In Optics?")
What's The Fuss With Vertical Integration In Optics?As an optical system supplier, Zygo has three internal groups: Zygo Precision Optics, Zygo Extreme Precision Optics, and Zygo Electro Optics. Together they make it possible to control the key competencies which make for a vertically integrated supplier.
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![iStock-1012357142_Quantum]( "Tough Enough For Space, Stable Enough For Quantum: Fiber-Q®")
Tough Enough For Space, Stable Enough For Quantum: Fiber-Q®“Fiber-coupled acousto-optic modulators” (FCAOM) is perhaps not a phrase that rolls naturally off the tongue. Yet this slightly awkward descriptor belies an elegant and robust solution for directly controlling the timing, intensity, and temporal shape of the output from fiber lasers – which enables them to be used in some of the most demanding applications in the world, including quantum and space.
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![NightCrawlIR-Group-Shot]( "G&H Stingray Optics NightcrawlIR™ Lens Series Breaks New Ground In Performance Vs. Cost")
G&H Stingray Optics NightcrawlIR™ Lens Series Breaks New Ground In Performance Vs. CostThe launch of G&H’s new EAR certified NightCrawlIRTM infrared zoom lenses, under the StingRay brand, marks a step change in accuracy, repeatability, and cost-effectiveness in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging space, in critical sectors including aerospace and defense (A&D), and border security.
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![article1]( "Precision Metrology’s Increasing Role In EV Gear Manufacturing")
Precision Metrology’s Increasing Role In EV Gear ManufacturingOptical metrology is an extremely versatile inspection method and has an essential role in verifying gear quality and design intent achievement. Today, it has become the “go-to” metrology solution, benefitting from the fact that it is non-contact, non-destructive, fast, highly sensitive, and has exceptional resolution and accuracy.
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![ap]( "Optical Delay Line Stages – How Do They Work?")
Optical Delay Line Stages – How Do They Work?Deep in the hallowed halls of the Paris observatory in the late 17th Century, a paradigm shift was underway. The speed of light conjectured by luminaries such as Descartes and Aristotle as infinite and instantaneous was empirically showing delays.
OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS PRODUCTS
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![xeno]( "Xenoplan 1.3\" C-Mount Lenses")
These high-resolution, high-speed lenses are optimized for the use of up to 12 megapixel 1.3" sensors with micro-lenses on the sensor surface. The lenses are also broadband coated and can be used in the visible range 400 to 700 nm or the near-infrared range 700 to 1,000 nm.
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![pockelcelldrivers]( "Pockels Cell Drivers")
As a leading crystal grower with decades of electro-optic device design experience, G&H manufactures a comprehensive range of Pockels cells for applications. To complement these, we have developed a range of high quality pockels cell drivers including our Q-series Q-switch drivers and R-series regenerative amplifier drivers.
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![Xenon-Jade series]( "Xenon-Jade Lens Series")
The new Xenon-Jade series is a set of high-end lenses developed with focus on the new sensors like the Sony’s Pregius S™ -Generation 4. The Xenon-Jade lenses are optimized for the use in machine vision applications.
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![pockels]( "Pockels Cells")
G&H, a leading crystal grower with decades of electro-optic device design experience, manufactures a comprehensive range of Pockels cells for applications in wavelengths from the UV to the IR.
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![HoloEye-LETO-3]( "LETO Phase LCOS Spatial Light Modulators")
The LETO phase modulator models are based on reflective LCOS microdisplays with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and 6.4 μm pixel pitch. The LETO phase only spatial light modulator devices can be used like an external monitor using the standard HDMI interface of the graphics card. No additional software or special hardware is needed to operate the SLM.
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![Powell-Linse]( "Powell Lenses")
Powell lenses are laser line generators that shape a laser beam into a straight line with uniform power distribution. They can be found in machine vision lasers and sensors for 3D triangulation.
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![680472-NEW-composition-Trans]( "IR Zoom Lenses For Extended Observation Ranges Designed For VGA MWIR f/5.5 15µm Detectors")
The new 30-385mm and 50-700mm f/5.5 lenses enable longer detection, recognition, and identification (DRI) ranges with a compelling combination of performance, reliability and cost, specially designed for anti-drone applications and ideal for long range observation and surveillance systems with vehicle detection range capabilities exceeding 22km.
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![Sapphire Group - 320x180 (002)]( "Highly-Durable Sapphire Optics")
PG&O’s new sapphire optics operate from the visible out to the infrared spectral wavelengths. The thermal and scratch-resistant substrate is exceptionally durable and able to withstand extremely harsh environmental conditions as well as temperature variations.
OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS NEWS
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas: 9/15/21 — DoD Gives $7.5M To HBCU, Lasers Used To Zap Bugs & Bird Poop")
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, scientists invented a clock 30 times more precise than an atomic clock (and split a $3 million prize for the feat), three new photonics institutes opened up, and rainbow road signs could one day hit the streets.
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![schneiderPR]( "New Compact Xenoplan 1.3” C-Mount Lenses For High Resolution Sensors")
Schneider-Kreuznach introduces new, compact Xenoplan lenses. The three lenses combine the optical design principle of the Componon lenses with the robust and stable mechanics of the Schneider-Kreuznach C-Mount lenses.
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![PR - Alluxa-Multiband Graph]( "Alluxa Develops Innovative 15-Band Optical Filters For ETSI Astronomy Project")
The company’s unique multi-band optical filter design is integral to Texas A&M’s Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager (ETSI) instrument.
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![Powell-Linse]( "Laser Components Features Quality Powell Lenses For Line Lasers")
Laser Components now has the capability to manufacture high quality Powell lenses in-house. Powell lenses generate lines by transforming narrow laser beams into straight lines with uniform intensity profile unlike standard cylindrical lenses that also create laser lines but with uneven Gaussian profiles.
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![Xenon-Jade series]( "New Xenon-Jade Lens Series For 1.2\" Sensors")
Schneider-Kreuznach introduces the new, robust Xenon-Jade lens family for 1.2" sensors.
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![PR]( "MKS Launches Ophir® MWIR Folded Zoom Lens With Disruptive Range And SWaP Capabilities For Drone And Small Gimbal Applications")
Innovative LightIR 16-180mm f/3.6 folded zoom lens addresses market shift toward smaller size, weight, and power (SWaP) 10μm VGA FPA detectors.
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![logo]( "Optical Components Enabling LiDAR: Recent Trends And Developments")
The ADAS Sensors 2021 Virtual Conference features NH-based laser components. Susan Wells, Sales Manager, IR Components, APD and PLD will present on the topic of Optical Components Enabling LiDAR: Recent Trends and Developments.
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![PR - Perseverance Rover on Mars]( "Alluxa’s Optical Filters Landed On Mars")
Alluxa’s optical filters, specially designed for the advanced fluorescence spectrometer on the Mars Perseverance Rover, landed safely on Mars, on February 18, 2021.
OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS VIDEOS
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![video]( "Video: Lightweight, Reduced SWaP, Infrared Zoom Lenses For Cooled MWIR/Uncooled LWIR Cameras")
Video: Lightweight, Reduced SWaP, Infrared Zoom Lenses For Cooled MWIR/Uncooled LWIR CamerasDesigned specifically for use in unmanned aerial vehicles, payloads, drones and hand-held devices. The outstanding optomechanical design ensures that it is the smallest, lightest and most compact lens on the market today, whilst still achieving the highest levels of IR thermal imaging performance.
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![NightCrawlIR]( "Video: StingRay NightCrawlIR")
Video: StingRay NightCrawlIRG&H NightCrawlIR™ series utilizes unique aperture specific foreoptics and a modular base to maximize performance, while staying budget-friendly. These lenses are purpose-built from the ground up for the demands of high resolution applications.
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![video3]( "Ophir Infrared Optics Jerusalem Production Site - A Virtual Tour")
Ophir Infrared Optics Jerusalem Production Site - A Virtual TourJoin us for a virtual tour at our Jerusalem production site to learn how we provide a one-stop-shop solution, from design to manufacture, assembly and QA, for optical components and assemblies for IR thermal applications.
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![video2]( "A Virtual Tour At The Ophir Laser Optics Jerusalem Production Site")
A Virtual Tour At The Ophir Laser Optics Jerusalem Production SiteJoin us for a virtual tour at our Jerusalem production site to learn how we provide a one-stop-shop solution, from design to manufacture, assembly and QA, for optical components and assemblies for high-power laser applications.
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![video]( "Live Demo Video: Ophir's Long-Range MWIR 48.5-700 mm f5.5. Now That's A Long Detection Range!!")
Live Demo Video: Ophir's Long-Range MWIR 48.5-700 mm f5.5. Now That's A Long Detection Range!!With an impressive 40km detection range, caught via Sierra Olympics’ Ventus-700, Ophir's long range 48.5-700mm f/5.5 continuous zoom lens provides a crisp image over the full zoom range, with MTF close to the diffraction limit. Providing outstanding detection, recognition, and identification (DRI) ranges, this lens is suitable for a wide range of commercial, surveillance and homeland security applications.
