Measure for measure
10 December 2018
Keely Portway looks at some of the latest advances in light-based test and measurement techniques
Keely Portway looks at some of the latest advances in light-based test and measurement techniques
Verifying the surface quality of optics has long relied on a visual, non-quantitative approach, finds Jessica Rowbury
Aspheres and other freeform optics are becoming more commonly used in areas like consumer electronics - but, as these lenses move further away from rotational symmetry, can the metrology equipment to test them cope? Tom Eddershaw finds out