OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS FEATURES
Optical assemblies are widely used in many areas of medical devices for all stages of diagnosis and treatment and are the key to offering more precise surgery, more accurate diagnostics and minimally invasive treatments.
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![881fc4d7758a46169afebe7c25d62ee1]( "A Window On Windows - Getting ISR Optics Right The First Time")
A Window On Windows - Getting ISR Optics Right The First TimeIntelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensor technologies have evolved as mission requirements become much more rigorous. As this technology has evolved, the demands have increased for the highest levels of performance and reliability in high-precision windows.
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Approaches To High Performance SWIR Lens Design
G&H's A&D Business Development Manager, Trevor Cook discusses approaches to high-performance SWIR lens designs, by explaining technical challenges in more detail, addressing effective solutions.
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![Opthalmic-testing]( "OCT Systems Innovation- Component Specification To Design For Manufacture")
OCT Systems Innovation- Component Specification To Design For ManufactureOCT systems manufacturers need to deliver systems capable of higher resolution imaging, faster and at lower costs than ever before, posing a challenge. To achieve fit for purpose components and systems that are to specification, budget and timeline at scale, whilst reducing costs over the product lifetime, the challenge requires efficient and effective system design.
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![resizediStock-826548220]( "Application Of ND filters in LCD And CRT Panels For Aviation")
Application Of ND filters in LCD And CRT Panels For AviationThis article discusses how to improve the visibility of displays in the cockpit during daytime with ND filters.
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![resizediStock-1217533740]( "How NDAR Coating Solves Transmittance And Reflectivity Challenges")
How NDAR Coating Solves Transmittance And Reflectivity ChallengesColored glass neutral density (ND) filters can suffer from uneven transmittance and fitment issues. Standard coated ND filters can struggle with reflected light. HOYA offers a filtration solution to address these challenges.
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![image1]( "4 Advantages Of Optical Active Alignment")
4 Advantages Of Optical Active AlignmentOptical alignment and micro-optic positioning are challenging, time-consuming processes. Tiny positional variations in photonic and optical manufacturing can mean the difference between success and failure. This article discusses active alignment as a technology that improves the performance, profitability and yield in manufacturing advanced optics and photonics components for the modern era.
OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS PRODUCTS
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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.
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![Photonics Online Newsletter PG&O Products]( "Turnkey Optical Solutions")
PG&O Precision Glass & Optics provides complete optical solutions that operate in ranges from the mid-ultraviolet (mid-UV) into the visible and out to the infrared wavelength regions.
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![purefocus]( "Laser Autofocus System: PureFocus850")
With the ability to be utilized in many applications including materials, life sciences, and semiconductor, the PureFocus850 Laser Autofocus System by Prior Scientific is fast and easy to set up and use. This system also features the ability to autofocus on different interfaces including slides, glass bottom dishes, flow chambers and many more.
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![single mode coupler]( "Fused Fiber Optic Components: Single-Mode Couplers")
Applied in many fields, including avionic and space communications, biomedical instrumentation, fiber laser systems, industrial micromachining, interferometry, LIDAR, medical diagnostics, optical coherence tomography (OCT), sensing, and telecommunications, G&H's Single-Mode Couplers play a vital role in aligning and marrying individual cable fibers.
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![Fiber Optics]( "Fiber Optic Assemblies For Passive And Optical Components")
G&H designs and manufactures custom modules including fiber assemblies of passive and/or active optical components. Customers sourcing fiber optic assemblies are looking to reduce time to market and development costs.
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![NightCrawlIR]( "NightCrawlIR™ HD MWIR Lens Series")
G&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.
OPTICAL COMPONENTS, COATINGS & MATERIALS NEWS
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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.
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Nonlinear optics, a study of how light interacts with matter, is critical to many photonic applications, from the green laser pointers we’re all familiar with to intense broadband (white) light sources for quantum photonics that enable optical quantum computing, super-resolution imaging, optical sensing and ranging, and more.
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The micronucleus can be described as an optical tuning fork, or a light ruler. It is created using a laser and an optical microresonator. The light circulates in a small resonant box and forms a comb that emits a myriad of colors - or frequencies.
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PI is extending its offering of fast steering mirrors. The new V-931 two-axis fast steering mirror platform (FSM) is based on a frictionless, precision flexure guiding mechanism, with differential voice-coil drives and optical feedback for accurate closed-loop angular position control.
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.
