OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS, & MATERIALS INSIGHTS
Custom Optical Filter Process
Custom optical filters streamline fluorescence-based system design, optimizing spectral performance, manufacturability, and production scalability for prototypes and full-volume applications.
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![GettyImages-1339097795 satellite orbiting earth]( "Extra-Terrestrial Connections: Enabling Optical Mesh Networks In Orbit")
Extra-Terrestrial Connections: Enabling Optical Mesh Networks In OrbitOptical filter implementation into orbital mesh networks must consider how price, performance, and delivery timeline can be optimized together to align with specific customer needs.
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![figure2]( "Advantages Of Multiple Band Pass Filters In Telecommunications Applications")
Advantages Of Multiple Band Pass Filters In Telecommunications ApplicationsMulti band filters help optimize price-performance balance while also conserving space, simplifying design, and improving (or offering equivalent) performance versus single band filters.
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![avant_brightline_bucket image]( "Improved Fluorescence Detection Performance")
Improved Fluorescence Detection PerformanceDiscover how Semrock Avant™ optical filters enhance fluorescence imaging of small Stokes Shift probes by providing steeper edges, reduced variation, and stronger blocking.
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![custom optical coatings]( "Custom Optical Coatings & Filters For Photonic Devices")
Custom Optical Coatings & Filters For Photonic DevicesOpto 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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![pgo]( "Double-Sided Polishing Revolutionizes Optical Manufacturing")
Double-Sided Polishing Revolutionizes Optical ManufacturingDouble-sided polishing revolutionizes optical manufacturing by dramatically improving efficiency, precision, and throughput for high-performance components, reducing costs and lead times across demanding industries.
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![smarter-design-better-results-brightline]( "Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging: Semrock's BrightLine 2.0 And BrightLine Basic Filter Sets")
Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging: Semrock's BrightLine 2.0 And BrightLine Basic Filter SetsBoth new BrightLine filter sets represent the culmination of 20+ years of technological advancement for Semrock optical filters, and they are a prime example of enhancing our core products to meet current industry requirements.
OPTICAL SOLUTIONS
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![thickness gauge products]( "Optical Thickness Gauge Products")
The Optical Thickness Gauge products use the unique properties of light to measure the thickness of transparent and semi-transparent materials while directing light through an optical probe.
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![1000: 1 Beamsplitters]( "Beamsplitters With 1000:1 Extinction Ratio")
The 1000:1 extinction ratio polarizing cube is a very high-performance beamsplitter designed to precisely split up the S & P polarization of light operating in a wide variety of wavelengths.
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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.
OPTICAL NEWS
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![Machine Vision GettyImages-180250809]( "How Machine Vision Transformed Fiber-Optic Reliability")
Automated machine vision paired with photonics revolutionized fiber-optic connectivity in the 1990s, enabling consistent, high-speed internet by ensuring connectors remained clear of microscopic defects.
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![GettyImages-1439587842_optical filters]( "Specifying Optical Filters")
Optical filter costs are reduced by avoiding over-specification of blocking and surface quality. Choose simpler substrates and use APS or magnetron sputtering for dense coatings.
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![Advanced Optics GettyImages-182681532]( "Photonics Redefined: Crystalline Coatings And Graphene In Advanced Optics")
Explore the latest breakthroughs in crystalline optical coatings and graphene-based photonic components, highlighting their mechanisms and transformative applications.
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![GettyImages-1131587509-syringe-vial-injection-inspection]( "Overmolding: The Basics For Successful Optical Manufacturing")
Optical micro overmolding combines micro molding with lead-frame or insert processes to achieve precision, clarity, and integration, demanding early collaboration to ensure manufacturability, performance, and cost efficiency.
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![GettyImages-520218913-fluorescent-light-microscope-glove-well-plate]( "Emission Filters For Single-Point Measurements")
Fluorescence detection requires precise filter selection. High OD blocking and proper excitation–emission alignment minimize noise, crosstalk, and aberrations, ensuring accurate measurements.
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![SearchLight bucket]( "What's Your Spectral Challenge?")
SearchLight™ is a free, intuitive online tool that streamlines fluorophore and filter selection, enabling users to model, optimize, and share fluorescence system designs with confidence and efficiency.
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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.
OPTICAL VIDEOS
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![idex phowest]( "Turnkey Fluorescent Microscope Demonstration")
Turnkey Fluorescent Microscope DemonstrationExplore a turnkey fluorescent microscope, demonstrating integrated optical subsystems that deliver diffraction-limited imaging and scalable, reconfigurable solutions for diverse microscopy applications.
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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.
