PRODUCT
Techspec Nd:YAG Laser Line λ/20 UV Fused Silica Right Angle Prisms
26 July 2018
Edmund Optics has introduced its Techspec Nd:YAG Laser Line λ/20 UV Fused Silica Right Angle Prisms
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Thin Film Interference Filters for LIDAR
2 July 2018
Driven by a multitude of new applications, LIDAR is becoming more efficient, affordable, and accessible than ever. Recent technological advancements have seen dramatically increased accuracy and resolution, even in systems that are small enough to be discretely hidden within the side mirrors of self-driving cars. Thin-film interference filters have kept up with the technology through state-of-the-art design and coating techniques, advanced measurement systems, tight uniformity control, and minimal thermal dependence.
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Astronomy on a chip
29 June 2018
Professor Dr Martin Roth, at research centre Innofspec Potsdam, discusses the role that fibre Bragg gratings and other photonics components could play in transforming astronomy
FEATURE
Optics in astronomy: Evolution of the eye on the sky
30 April 2018
The stringent requirements for ground and space-based telescopes are driving the development of innovative materials and optical systems, Matthew Dale reports
NEWS
Fraunhofer ILT develops ultra-precise laser machining process for aspherical optics
16 April 2018
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), based in Aachen, Germany, has developed a new ablative process for the ultra-precise machining of aspherical optics
NEWS
II-VI to acquire optical component manufacturer CoAdna for $85 million
28 March 2018
Optoelectronic component manufacturer II‐VI has announced its intent to acquire CoAdna, a manufacturer of optical components, for approximately $85 million in cash
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Optics manufacturers need to invest, says Dan Adams, Edmund Optics
16 February 2018
In order to enable the technologies of tomorrow, optics manufacturers need to continue to invest in innovation and new techniques, writes Dan Adams, product marketing manager at Edmund Optics
NEWS
UK Space Agency and OpTIC centre launch entrepreneur space programme
25 January 2018
The UK Space Agency is working with Glyndŵr University’s OpTIC Technology Centre and the SETsquared Partnership to launch an entrepreneurial programme to get more entrepreneurs into space
NEWS
Spider scales inspire powerful miniaturised optics
8 January 2018
Miniature spectrometers with ultra-resolving power could soon be realised, by taking inspiration from the abdominal scales of Australian peacock spiders, an international research team report in Nature Communications.
NEWS
Metalens focuses entire visible light spectrum onto single point
3 January 2018
A single metalens capable of focusing the entire visible spectrum of light to a single point and in high resolution has been developed by a team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences