The shape of modern optical components is becoming increasingly complex, which can make them more difficult to coat.
Dr Kristin Pfeiffer, Pallabi Paul, and Dr Adriana Szeghalmi have developed conformal coating processes for functionalising strongly curved optics
Combining 3D printing with metal-coating and wet-etching processes enables metamaterial geometrical optics with unique properties
Orion Photonics is an optical thin film company specializing in challenging requirements where optical thin films provide a solution. Now as part of Phoenix Optical Holdings Group, the company provides an innovative coating service from design, prototype manufacture and volume production. The high performance optical thin films are manufactured in large coating systems using plasma assisted deposition, producing coatings that are extremely durable and rugged, insensitive to temperature and humidity variations, exceeding all relevant military specifications.
Veeco Instruments' Spector ion beam sputtering optical coating system has been installed at Gooch & Housego's Moorpark, California facility
The latest dark mirror coatings from Deposition Sciences improve signal-to-noise ratio and contrast in demanding optical systems, such as performance imaging, displays, and hyperspectral sensor
Consumer electronics, telecommunications, and solar energy are all driving developments in optical coatings, according to a new market report
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
