Features about 'DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS'
March 2012
Shaping light
Greg Blackman peers into diffractive optics, a vital optical element for a range of applications including deep UV lithography and manufacturing aircraft components
March 2011
Keeping light in order
Manipulating light by diffraction can be highly desirable in applications ranging from industrial laser processing to interferometry, as Greg Blackman discovers
August/September 2009
Making waves
Greg Blackman looks at the applications to which diffractive optics are best suited and the benefits they provide
Browse Subscriber Content by Topic
ADAPTIVE OPTICS (2)
AESTHETIC LASERS (1)
APPLICATIONS (3)
ASTRONOMY (1)
BEAM ANALYSIS (1)
CO2 LASER (2)
CO2 LASERS (1)
CO2 LASERS (1)
COOLING (2)
DEFENCE (2)
DISTRIBUTOR: TACKLING ASIA (1)
ENTERTAINMENT (3)
ENVIRONMENT (1)
EUV LITHOGRAPHY (2)
EXTREME UV (1)
FIBRE LASERS (1)
HARD TALK (1)
INTERFEROMETRY (1)
LASER CRYSTALS (2)
LASER INJECTION (1)
LED (3)
LIDAR (1)
LIFE SCIENCES (1)
MARKING (1)
MEDICAL (2)
METROLOGY (1)
MICROSCOPY (2)
MILITARY (1)
MIRRORS (1)
NONLINEAR OPTICS (1)
OPOs (1)
OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (1)
OPTICAL FABRICATION: POLISHING AND FINISHING (1)
OPTICAL FIBRES (3)
OPTICS (7)
PHOTOVOLTAICS (3)
POWER METERS (1)
PROFILE (25)
SAFETY (1)
SCAN HEADS (1)
SPECTROMETERS (1)
SPECTROSCOPY (8)
SPUTTER COATINGS (1)
SUPER LASERS (2)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS (8)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: EUV LITHOGRAPHY (1)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: LASERS FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS (1)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: MIRROR NOTCHES (1)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: MULTIPHOTON TOMOGRAPHY (1)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: OPTICAL FIBRES (1)
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: OPTICALLY-PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS (1)
TECHNOLOGY OPTICAL SENSING (1)
TECHNOLOGY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (1)
THE LIFT PROJECT (1)
THERAPEUTICS (1)
TIG WELDING (1)
TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY (2)
ULTRAFAST LASERS (2)
UV LASERS (1)
Browse by Topic
ADAPTIVE OPTICS (2)
AUTOMOTIVE (3)
BIOPHOTONICS (2)
COMPANY PROFILE (3)
DISPLAYS (2)
EMERGING MARKETS (2)
FIBRE LASERS (3)
FIBRE OPTICS (2)
HARD TALK (27)
INDUSTRY REPORT (4)
LASER FOCUS (2)
LASER SAFETY (3)
LEDs (3)
MARKET FOCUS (4)
MARKETS (3)
MEASUREMENT (2)
NANOPHOTONICS (2)
PROFILE (26)
RECRUITMENT (2)
RESEARCH (2)
SPECTROMETERS (2)
SPECTROSCOPY (3)
TECHNOLOGY (2)
ULTRAFAST (3)


















News