OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS, & MATERIALS INSIGHTS
Lenses For Food Sorting
Image processing technology, particularly camera systems, plays a crucial role in automating food sorting by analyzing food products based on size, color, and quality criteria, enhancing efficiency and safety.
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![GettyImages-840457970 parcel sorting]( "Lenses For Parcel Sorting")
Lenses For Parcel SortingMachine vision, including OCR and barcode scanning, is crucial for automated parcel sorting in parcel centers, enabling accurate address recognition and efficient logistics.
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![GettyImages-512144122 satellite]( "Filters And Lenses For CUBESAT")
Filters And Lenses For CUBESATImaging technologies are crucial for space exploration and CubeSats, enabling high-resolution Earth imaging, resource monitoring, disaster detection, and CubeSat performance enhancement, ultimately improving reliability and navigation.
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![schneider-kreuznach-medical-robot-assisted-surgery]( "Filters And Lenses For Robot Assisted Surgery")
Filters And Lenses For Robot Assisted SurgeryNavigation technology in robotic surgery enables precise, real-time tracking of robotic arm movements via 3D scanning, crucial for complex surgeries with challenging instrument positioning.
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![GettyImages-1413169099 Aerospace]( "Applications Of Photodetectors, LEDs, And More")
Applications Of Photodetectors, LEDs, And MoreOpto Diode offers a range of reliable photodiodes, IR detectors, LEDs, emitters, assemblies, and photonic modules for military, medical, and commercial applications.
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![GettyImages-506435716 camera lens]( "Using Different Illumination Sources? Get Ready To Change Your Lens Focus")
Using Different Illumination Sources? Get Ready To Change Your Lens FocusUsing a visible corrected lens with monochromatic wavelength sources can be problematic if proper steps are not taken to understand the elements impacting lens performance.
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![GettyImages-1439587844 optical lenses]( "Optical Filter Wavefront Distortion: Out-Of-Band To In-Band Predictions")
Optical Filter Wavefront Distortion: Out-Of-Band To In-Band PredictionsThis paper explores predicting accurate in-band wavefront error of an optical filter using out-of-band measurements due to wavelength and angle variations.
OPTICAL SOLUTIONS
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![GettyImages-821967222 Surgical Lighting]( "Color Temperature Adjustment Filters")
Color Temperature Adjustment Filters are versatile tools utilized in diverse lighting contexts to modify the spectral composition of light for purposes such as aesthetic enhancement or technical illumination.
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![DSI - thin film optical filters]( "Patterned Thin Film Optical Filters")
DSI’s photolithography capability produces patterned thin film coatings (including bandpass filters, absorption coatings, and metals) on substrates up to 6 inches.
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![Schneider - ONYX]( "ONYX Fast Lenses")
The extremely fast 1” C-Mount lenses with F0.95 maximum aperture are optimized for demanding low-light imaging applications.
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![Abrisa - NVIS]( "NVIS, Dual Mode, NVG Compatible Filters For Displays & Lighting")
ZC&R, a division of Abrisa Technologies, has over 20 years of design and volume manufacturing experience for high-performance thin film coating solutions for Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) and Night Vision Goggle (NVG) compatible lighting and displays.
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![Ophir - SWIR NIR Lens]( "SWIR & NIR Lens: 25-250mm f/5.5 (NFOV) f/4.0 (WFOV)")
The Ophir SWIR & NIR 25-250mm f/5.5 (NFOV) f/4.0 (WFOV) is a continuous zoom lens that can be used in the 0.7-1.7 um SWIR regime. It is designed for 5μm, 10μm SXGA & 15μm VGA SWIR detectors and has a lightweight design weighing less than 860 grams.
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![Schneider - NBP450 Brochure]( "Narrow Bandpass Filter: NBP 450-40")
The NBP 450-40 blue narrow bandpass has a peak wavelength of 450 nm, making it ideal for use with blue lasers and LEDs.
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![Canon - Custom Design Encoders]( "Custom Design Encoders")
Canon’s SR Series Ultra Miniature Optical Encoder is a highly miniaturized and high-resolution optical encoder ideal for applications involving linear/rotary motion and speed control.
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![Canon - GM Series]( "Digital Galvano Scanning System: GM Series")
Industry-leading high-performance, fully digital galvano scanning system from Canon. LED optical encoder (digital position sensor) with high speed digital servo controller brings high precision and high accuracy that surpasses all analog galvano scanners in the market.
OPTICAL NEWS
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![GettyImages-827875300]( "How Hexapods Improve Confocal Microscopy")
Hexapods enhance confocal microscopy with precise 3D positioning, vibration damping, autofocusing, image stabilization, and large-scale scanning. They're ideal for complex imaging tasks in biological and materials science research, easily integrated with other imaging modalities, and user-friendly.
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![GettyImages-531386209]( "Improving The Military’s Use Of Night Vision")
The use of night vision devices by the military first started in 1939. Numerous technological advances have been made since then, to the point we may soon see contact lenses provide the same advantages without the bulkiness of cumbersome headgear.
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![GettyImages-1275317360-lab-cell-gene-research-scientist-development-discovery]( "7 Spectroscopy-Related Discoveries You Need To Know About")
Spectroscopy has played a part in several recent discoveries over the past couple of months, from discovering new, exotic states of matter to revealing the invisible. Let’s take a look at seven of these breakthroughs that are in the news.
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![Abrisa - UV Blocking Windows]( "Protect Eyes From UV Radiation With Safe Viewing UV Blocking Windows")
Abrisa Industrial Glass provides heat-resistant Borofloat Ultraviolet (UV) Blocking Filter Glass. This non-heat absorbing glass has excellent optical characteristics, including heat stability for consistent color balance, performance, and rugged durability.
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![conference attendees]( "LASER World Of Photonics Celebrates 50 Years Of Laser")
Fifty years ago, LASER 73 brought together about 100 exhibitors to marvel at all photonics had to offer. Now, tens of thousands are flocking to Munich to attend LASER World of PHOTONICS, one of photonics’ leading trade fairs.
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![OSI Optoelectronics - expansion of products]( "OSI Optoelectronics Offers Expanded OEM Optoelectronics Solutions")
OSI Optoelectronics, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance standard and custom silicon and InGaAs photodetectors, announces a broad expansion of optoelectronic solutions.
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![Innovation-GettyImages-1162522638]( "NSF Invests In Photonics Innovation")
The Advancing Photonics Technologies collaboration is one of more than 40 teams across the nation selected to receive one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards, which provide up to two years of funding toward the planning of a multistate initiative to create economic, societal, and technological opportunities for their regions.
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![Abrisa - Laser Cut Gaskets Masks]( "Abrisa Technologies Now Provides On-Demand Laser Cutting Of Gaskets And Masks For Flat Glass Optical Components")
Abrisa Technologies now provides in-house, on-demand laser cutting of gasket and masking materials for flat glass optical components. This value-added, fast turn-cutting of high-performance gaskets provides increased supply chain simplicity.
OPTICAL VIDEOS
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![Armadillio SIA - Optics Photonics bucket]( "Taking Beamforming To A New Level With Optimized Optical Fibers")
Taking Beamforming To A New Level With Optimized Optical FibersAt SPIE Optics & Photonics 2023, Armadillo SIA's Mario Paredes provides a walkthrough of the benefits and advantages of optical fibers for applications where beam shape and homogeneity is critical
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![Schneider - chance and challenge]( "Liquid Focus Lenses: Chance And Challenge")
Liquid Focus Lenses: Chance And ChallengeIn this inVISION Tech Talk, our product manager Steffen Mahler discusses the chance and challenge of liquid focus lenses by Schneider Optics.
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![Alluxa - Why Video]( "Why Alluxa? Precision Optical Filters And Thin-Film Coating")
Why Alluxa? Precision Optical Filters And Thin-Film CoatingAlluxa has rapidly grown into a world leader in precision thin films and optical filters by refining our advanced SIRRUS Plasma Deposition process, designing and building our coating equipment, and a dedication to research and development.
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![Abrisa Technologies’ Glass And Optical Capabilities]( "Abrisa Technologies’ Glass And Optical Capabilities")
Abrisa Technologies’ Glass And Optical CapabilitiesAt the 2023 Photonics West trade show, Lisa M. Tsufura introduces us to Abrisa’s optical and glass capabilities. Check out this video from the last day on the show floor to learn more about what Abrisa and HEF Photonics can provide.
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![pw2023-schneider]( "Applications Of Machine Vision Lenses And Filters")
Applications Of Machine Vision Lenses And FiltersEric Traba of Schneider Optics gives an inside look at two new additions to Scheider’s family of lenses at Photonics West 2023.
