OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS, & MATERIALS INSIGHTS
Custom Optical Coatings & Filters For Photonic Devices
Opto Diode offers custom optical coatings and integrated filters for photonic devices, spanning EUV to IR, serving defense, industrial, medical, and research applications with tailored performance.
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![zygo metrology]( "Dynamic Illumination In Phase-Shifting Interferometry")
Dynamic Illumination In Phase-Shifting InterferometryDynamic Illumination in phase-shifting interferometry enhances precision metrology using steering mirrors to enable phase shifting, autofocus, and noise reduction, improving measurement accuracy and versatility in optical testing.
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![Biofilms Image 2]( "Revolutionizing Biofilm Research: High-Resolution, Real-Time Imaging with ZeGage Optical Profiler")
Revolutionizing Biofilm Research: High-Resolution, Real-Time Imaging with ZeGage Optical ProfilerA university lab optimized biofilm research with Zygo’s ZeGage Optical Profiler, enabling high-resolution, real-time, non-contact imaging that accelerates data collection, enhances accuracy, and preserves biofilm integrity.
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![GettyImages-506435716 camera lens]( "Zoom System For Coherent Imaging With No Moving Lens Groups")
Zoom System For Coherent Imaging With No Moving Lens GroupsExplore a novel zoom system for interferometry, eliminating image drift and focus shifts while maintaining diffraction-limited resolution without moving optical elements.
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![Fig-11]( "Distortion In High Performance Reflectors")
Distortion In High Performance ReflectorsHigh-performance optical reflectors, introduce phase effects that cause spatial and temporal distortions. Understanding group delay, and polarization-dependent variations is crucial.
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![GettyImages-1172485013 spectrometer, spectroscopy]( "How Optics And Flow Cytometry Are Improving Pancreatic Cancer Treatment")
How Optics And Flow Cytometry Are Improving Pancreatic Cancer TreatmentThe University of Texas researchers are developing an optical system analyzing cancer cell properties to guide treatments, improving patient outcomes and targeting aggressive cancers like pancreatic.
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![GettyImages-953164092 laser]( "University Of Ottawa Relies On The BEAMAGE Series To Measure Laser Profiles")
University Of Ottawa Relies On The BEAMAGE Series To Measure Laser ProfilesThe University of Ottawa lab successfully used beam profilers to improve Power-Over-Fiber receiver chip development, ensuring precise, efficient laser measurements for advanced photonic research.
OPTICAL SOLUTIONS
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![schneider-kreuznach-filter-benefit-coating]( "Optical Filters: Filters Tailored To Your Project")
Optical filters enhance system precision by selectively transmitting or blocking wavelengths, supporting machine vision, spectroscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and medical imaging with customizable solutions.
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![schneider magnification]( "High-Resolution Microscopy: Lenses For Research And Laboratory Use")
Magnification lenses enable detailed microscopic analysis across medicine, science, and technology, supporting innovations like light-sheet microscopy, DIAMOND lenses, and image-guided robotic surgery for precision and research advancement.
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![GettyImages-1413548764-architecture-planning-design]( "Competencies: Expertise At Every Stage")
Discover end-to-end solutions from optical and mechanical design to prototyping, offering customized lenses, system engineering, and advanced industrial optics for faster innovation and market-ready products.
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![Sylvine]( "SYLVINE Telecentric Lenses")
SYLVINE bilateral telecentric C-Mount lenses deliver high-resolution imaging for precision measurement, tube and jewel inspection, ensuring accuracy, sensor compatibility, and reliable performance across industrial and scientific applications.
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![Biophotonics Spotlight]( "Blue/Green Enhanced 6 mm2 Photodiode-Preamplifier: ODA-6WB-500M")
The Opto Diode ODA-6WB-500M is a blue/green-enhanced photodiode-preamplifier designed for precision optical detection across a range of low-light applications.
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![swir lenses]( "SWIR Lenses")
SWIR lenses, short for Short-Wave Infrared lenses, are specifically designed for industrial imaging applications that operate in the short-wave infrared spectrum.
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![od-110w]( "Super High-Power GaAlAs IR Emitters - OD-110W")
The OD-110W from Opto Diode is a super high-power Gallium Aluminum Arsenide (GaAlAs) infrared emitter designed for demanding applications requiring strong optical performance and reliability.
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![GettyImages-1394026680 defense drone]( "Optics For Defense")
Schneider-Kreuznach provides durable, high-performance optical solutions for security and defense, featuring advanced stabilization, motorized options, rigorous quality standards, and ITAR certification for reliable performance in demanding environments.
OPTICAL NEWS
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![GettyImages-926750858]( "Using Fiber Optics For High-Speed Internet, Remote Sensing, And … Detecting Icequakes?")
Fiber optics have been used in many ways by many industries. Now, the technology is being used to help detect earthquake’s little brother, icequakes.
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![GettyImages-1492698342]( "How Optical Coherence Tomography Is Helping Shape The Future Of Photonics")
OCT is a noninvasive imaging method that uses reflected light to create pictures of the back of your eye. It helps eye care providers diagnose and manage common eye diseases, and its popularity is helping shape the future of photonics.
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![GettyImages-1151155454]( "What's Driving The Future Of Optical Networking")
Fiber optics has grown from a small experiment to a reliable resource for networking, and its development into how we use it today is an interesting tale.
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![schneider-kreuznach-filter-benefit-coating]( "The Advantages Of Schneider-Kreuznach Optical Filters")
Schneider-Kreuznach optical filters offer precise, high-transmission performance with steep edges, <1% tolerance, robust construction, and custom coatings—ideal for demanding industrial and scientific applications.
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![16-min-After-Injection-of-Nanotubes]( "Imaging Tissue In SWIR")
Small animal imaging using NIR light enables deep tissue visualization by leveraging reduced scattering and absorbance, enhancing drug tracking, tumor detection, and vascular mapping in vivo.
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![GettyImages-1439587842_optical filters]( "Unlock Precision And Performance")
IDEX Health & Science provides integrated, custom optical solutions—filters, lenses, and assemblies—designed to optimize performance, reduce development risk, and ensure consistency in life science instruments.
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![Tristimulus-Blog-Header-2]( "The Science Of Sight: Intro To Tristimulus Filters")
Semrock tristimulus optical filters from IDEX replicate human color perception with unmatched precision, durability, and cost-effectiveness—ideal for accurate, reliable color measurement across industries.
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![Optical Components Group]( "The Impact Of Aberrations On Imaging Performance")
Optical aberrations degrade image quality. Understanding and minimizing them is essential for achieving diffraction-limited imaging and high performance in custom microscope objective lenses.
OPTICAL VIDEOS
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![How To Understand Damage Thresholds]( "How To Understand Damage Thresholds")
How To Understand Damage ThresholdsIn this video, Félicien Legrand, US/Canada Sales Manager at Gentec-EO, talks about the damage thresholds of your detector. Learn how to understand them and why it is so important.
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![Choosing Your Gentec-EO Display Solution]( "Choosing Your Gentec-EO Display Solution")
Choosing Your Gentec-EO Display SolutionCharles Dumas, Gentec-EO’s International Sales Director, provides an overview of Gentec-EO’s display options for laser power and energy measurements. Check out his guide!
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![ghost imaging]( "What Are Ghost Images?")
What Are Ghost Images?Ghost images in optical systems are faint reflections creating secondary images. Kristina Kaszei from Edmund Optics explains this phenomenon, distinct from supernatural images.
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![splash screen - wide spectrum]( "A Wide Spectrum Of Optical Filters")
A Wide Spectrum Of Optical FiltersOptical filters control light wavelengths, enabling various applications. They are used to block, transmit, or modify light, and can be combined to create specialized filters.
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![splash screen - pharmaceutical]( "Imaging Applications: Challenges For Optics And Lens Manufacturers")
Imaging Applications: Challenges For Optics And Lens ManufacturersJoin us as we delve into the unique challenges faced by optics and lens manufacturers in the pharmaceutical and medical imaging industries.
