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Understanding the Differences: Alpha-BBO and Beta-BBO Crystals
Description: Barium Borate (BBO) crystals are birefringent materials widely used in numerous sectors of optics, including lasers and nonlinear optics. Their unique properties allow them to alter the polarization ...
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Advantages of an Infrared (IR) Lens
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: The human eye cannot see infrared light since this light lies beyond the visible light spectrum. However, thanks to infrared optics, it's possible to capture infrared light. But what is infrared ...
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Optical Surface Accuracy
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Optical surface accuracy refers to the difference between the actual shape and the desired shape of an optical surface. It is a crucial aspect of optical components and is typically measured in terms ...
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Optical Tolerances: Impact and Costs
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Exploring Optical Tolerances in manufacturing, discussing their impact on optical performance and cost. Introducing tolerance classes - Base, Precision, High Precision - and key parameters like ...
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Fluorescence Ghost Imaging with Pseudothermal Light
Description: Fluorescence ghost imaging with pseudothermal light ...
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Optical Coatings
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: You might not think about it daily, but optical coatings are used in virtually every aspect of our lives and are crucial for optimal light performance. From the digital camera you use to take ...
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Difficulties and Benefits of Optical System Design & Manufacturing
From: Avantier Inc.Description: The true potential of optical systems with Avantier's cutting-edge expertise in Zemax, the ultimate solution for designing, analyzing, and optimizing optical devices - Overcome challenges, correct ...
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What Are Achromatic Waveplates?
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Ever wondered how light waves can pass through a glass plate without being blocked? It's all thanks to an achromatic waveplate! This nifty technology might sound like something out of science fiction, ...
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Angle Shift in Bandpass Filters
From: Andover CorporationDescription: Automation technology has changed the way we live and work – and has increased productivity, efficiency, and profitability for organizations and individuals the world over. Automation also has a ...
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Tomographic imaging of macroscopic biomedical objects in high resolution and three dimensions using orthogonal-plane fluorescence optical sectioning
Description: A new optical-fluorescence microscopy technique, called HR-OPFOS, is discussed and situated among similar OPFOS-implementations. OPFOS stands for orthogonal-plane fluorescence optical sectioning and ...
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How Does a Beamsplitter Work?
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Beamsplitters are important instruments in various fields, such as interferometry and optics. They come in different types and have numerous applications. However, most do not know how they work. This ...
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What Is a Concave Lens?
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Concave lenses are one of the many lenses used in optics. They help create some of the most important equipment you use in your everyday life. These lenses come in various types and have plenty of ...
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What Is a Convex Lens?
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: A convex lens is used in cameras, telescopes, microscopes, and other essential gadgets, but you might not know what it is or how it works. This article will explain what a convex lens is, how it ...
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Features and Applications of IR Lenses
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Discover Avantier's fascinating world of infrared lenses and their diverse applications in medical instrumentation, life sciences, surveillance, and security and defense, enabling the detection and ...
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A Novel Technique for Simultaneous Velocity and Interface Profile Measurements on Micro-Structured Surfaces
Description: We present a novel approach which allows simultaneous measurement of the velocity field and the interface profile close to a composite liquid-gas and solid-gas interface. The proposed scheme is the ...
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In Vivo Large-Scale Cortical Mapping using Channel Rhodopsin-2 Stimulation in Transgenic Mice Reveals a Symmetric and Reciprocal Relationships between Cortical Areas
Description: We have mapped intracortical activity in vivo independent of sensory input using arbitrary point channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) stimulation and regional voltage sensitive dye imaging in B6.Cg-Tg ...
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Enhancing CNC Efficiency and Performance with LED2WORK Surface Mount Lights
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: This whitepaper presents an in-depth analysis of the LED2WORK TUBELED-40 surface mount lights and highlights why they are an excellent choice for CNC applications. ...
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Lens Selection Guide
Description: This article enumerated the different lens classifications including plano-convex lens, plano-concave lens, double-convex lens, double-concave lens, meniscus lens, ball/half-ball lens, achromatic ...
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Modulation of Membrane Rigidity by the Human Vesicle Trafficking Proteins Sar1A and Sar1B
Description: The sculpting of membranes into highly curved vesicles is central to intracellular cargo trafficking, yet the mechanical activities of trafficking proteins remain poorly understood. Using an optical ...
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The Best Optical Filters for Solar Observation
From: Andover CorporationDescription: Join us as we explore the fascinating world of solar observation filters. With the peak of Solar Cycle 25 on the horizon, now is the perfect time to discover the tools that unlock the mysteries of the ...
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Characterizing a 473 nm DPSS Laser for Use in Oblique Illumination of Fluorescently Tagged DNA
Description: As a sophomore at Juniata College, I was enrolled in an advanced course in microscopy where I took immediate liking to the subject. Although interested in the biological applications of the field, I ...
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Germanium (Ge) Windows
Description: This article first discussed the prospect and advantages of Germanium as Infrared optical components, including germanium windows, lenses, detectors, etc, and the fabrication method of single-crystal ...
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Optical Crystals
Description: Calcite is highly regarded as an exceptional material for optical applications due to its remarkable properties, including its high birefringence, broad spectral transmission, and the availability of ...
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An in Vitro Study of the Photodynamic Effect of Rose Bengal on Trichophyton Rubrum
Description: Onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the finger or toenails, is predominantly caused by Trichophyton rubrum. Treatment is difficult due to high recurrence rates and problems with treatment compliance. ...
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Autonomous Driving: How Optical Technology transform the Auto Industry
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Autonomous cars are gaining momentum in the market, with a projected 15% of new vehicles being fully autonomous by 2030. Photonics systems, such as cameras and LIDAR, play a crucial role in enabling ...
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pH Triggered in Vivo Photothermal Therapy and Fluorescence Nanoplatform of Cancer Based on Responsive Polymer-Indocyanine Green Integrated Reduced Graphene Oxide
Description: We have synthesized a pH-dependent, NIR-sensitive, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) hybrid nano-composite via electrostatic interaction with indocyanine green (ICG) which is designed not only to destroy ...
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Fast and continuous microorganism detection using aptamer-conjugated fluorescent nanoparticles on an optofluidic platform
Description: Fast and accurate pathogen detection in aquatic environments is challenging in many biomedical studies and microbial diagnostic applications. In this study, we developed a real-time, continuous, and ...
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Optical Trapping of Interfaces at Ultra-low Interfacial Tension
Description: We achieve active control of interfacial phenomena by optically trapping the interface using the gradient forces of a strongly focussed laser beam parallel to the interface. We illustrate our ...
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Resolution of Imaging Systems
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Discover the secrets behind imaging systems' resolution, where optics alone won't dictate the outcome. Dive into the intricate interplay of components like lenses, sensors, and light sources, and ...
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Categories of Optical Crystalline Birefringence Polarizers
Description: An Optical Polarizer is an optical element that screens light and split it into two beams with a specific ratio according to its polarization state. This article unfolds a basic concept and working ...
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Optical Bonding
Description: Dayoptics adopts the technology of optical bonding for manufacturing ordinary polarization beam-splitting cubes. These beam splitters are optically connected, which refers to the use of molecular ...
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ABB-Built Optical Sensors on board Latest GHGSat Satellites to Detect Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Space
Description: GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has successfully launched into orbit three additional methane satellites, carrying optical sensors built by ABB. ...
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Metallopeptide Based Mimics With Substituted Histidines Approximate a Key Hydrogen Bonding Network in the Metalloenzyme Nickel Superoxide Dismutase
Description: Nickel superoxide dismutase (NiSOD) is a recently discovered superoxide dismutase that utilizes the NiIII/NiII couple to facilitate the disproportionation of O2*- into H2O2 and O2. A key structural ...
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CENO FORJ apply to the Tanks and Armoured Vehicles
Description: The fiber optic slip ring from CENO is also commonly used in tanks and armored vehicles due to its large and stable data transfer capability. In the unmanned turret of new tanks and armored vehicles ...
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Balancing Intermediate State Decay Rates for Efficient Pr3+ Visible-to-UVC Upconversion: The case of B-Y,SiO:Pr3+
Description: Materials that convert visible light into ultraviolet radiation have recently been studied for potential application to new catalytic and antimicrobial technologies. Conversion efficiencies of ...
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The Prospect and Advantages of Infrared Germanium(Ge) Optics
Description: This article discussed the material properties of single-crystal germanium (Ge) and the prospect of infrared germanium optics(germanium windows, germanium lens, germanium domes) through stating and ...
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Case Study: Infrared Lens Design
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Designing an infrared lens for scientific equipment can be a complex process. For one client, Avantier was able to apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles to overcome two major manufacturing ...
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Infrared (IR) Lenses
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Avantier produces customized IR lenses for various industries such as defense, medical, research, and surveillance. We design and manufacture IR lenses for the near-infrared, short-wave infrared, ...
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Introduction to Microscopes and Objective Lenses
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Microscopes magnify objects and reveal hidden details. They consist of lenses, filters, polarizers, and beamsplitters. Magnification and resolution are the two main specifications of a microscope. ...
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Lossless Image Compression Example
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Do you know how to reduce the size of large image files without sacrificing details in scientific images through lossless compression? Learn how Shannon entropy and arithmetic encoding can be used to ...
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Correlative Super-Resolution Fluorescence and Metal Replica
Description: We combine super-resolution localization fluorescence microscopy with transmission electron microscopy of metal replicas to locate proteins on the landscape of the cellular plasma membrane at the ...
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Waveplate Tutorial
Description: Waveplates, also known as retardation-plates or phase shifters, are flat optical components designed to manipulatethe polarization state of light waves. They consist of a birefringent material, which ...
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Light Mediated Hydrogen Generation in Photosystem I Attachment of a Naphthoquinone-Molecular Wire-Pt Nanoparticle to the A1A and A1B Sites
Description: The molecular wire-appended naphthoquinone 1-[15-(3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone-2-yl)]pentadecyl disulfide [(NQ(CH2)15S)2] has been incorporated into the A1A and A1B sites of Photosystem I (PS I) in the ...
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Measurement of the HyperOne Quenching Rate of the Clock Transition in171Yb
Description: Photochromic LC-polymer composites containing azobenzene chromophores with thermally stableZ-isomers. Confocal laser method for quantitative evaluation of critical optical properties of toric ...
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Seeing the Future: How Machine Vision Is Revolutionising Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: A subfield of artificial intelligence (AI), machine vision is advancing quickly and has the capacity to revolutionise many industries worldwide. Since it heavily relies on visual processing, it is no ...
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A Comparison of Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicators for Imaging Local Ca2+ Signals in Cultured Cells
Description: Localized subcellular changes in Ca2+ serve as important cellular signaling elements, regulating processes as diverse as neuronal excitability and gene expression. Studies of cellular Ca2+ signaling ...
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A NIR-to-NIR Upconversion Luminescence System for Security Printing Applications
Description: A covert print-and-read system is demonstrated based on NIR-to-NIR upconversion luminescence. Inks activated with Yb3+/Tm3+ doped ß-NaYF4 upconversion nanoparticles were used to print covert ...
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How To Engrave A Beer Mug With A Handle
Description: This post will focus on engraving a beer mug with a handle, which can be tricky but relatively easy to do once the procedure is completed with the correct tools. ...
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Exciting Fluorescence Compounds on an Optical Fiber's Side Surface with a Liquid Core Waveguide
Description: A new fiber optic fluorescence spectroscopic method using a liquid core waveguide (LCW) as an excitation element has been developed for detecting a fluorescence compound absorbed on an optical fiber's ...
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Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Spectrometry Using a Dual Optical Fiber Sample Cell
Description: A novel total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) spectrometric technique using a dual optical fiber sample cell was developed. A conventional silica optical fiber was used for exciting ...
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Pumping up Productivity: How Robotics are Used in the Oil and Gas Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Robotics and automation have greatly enhanced the development of oil and gas by improving maintenance and repair, production efficiency, and safety monitoring. These systems are often equipped with ...
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FLOWCELL---Assist PCR
From: Foctek Photonics, Inc.Description: With the normalization of COVID-19 prevention and control, PCR has become a part of people's daily life. Accurate and rapid identification of infected person is the key to epidemic prevention and ...
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Knight Optical: What is a Cobot? Bridging the Gap Between Robots and Humans
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: As we reflect on history, we can observe numerous systems with resemblances to robots. In fact, some concepts of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are speculated to date back to ancient times. ...
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A FRET-Facilitated Photoswitching Using an Orange Fluorescent Protein with the Fast Photoconversion Kinetics
Description: Fluorescent proteins photoswitchable with noncytotoxic light irradiation and spectrally distinct from multiple available photoconvertible green-to-red probes are in high demand. We have developed a ...
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One-step Synthesis of ZnO Nanosheets: A Blue-White Fluorophore
Description: Zinc oxide is synthesised at low temperature (80°C) in nanosheet geometry using a substrate-free, single-step, wet-chemical method and is found to act as a blue-white fluorophore. Investigation by ...
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Education Through the Lens: Optical Components for Medical Universities
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Scientific Optical Components play a crucial role in medical research and diagnosis in universities worldwide. In laboratories, they're used to examine biological specimens, create images, and perform ...
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Knight Optical: The Latest Developments in Lens Technology
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: As a forward-looking, global supplier of optical components for scientific and technological projects, Knight Optical strives to keep abreast of unique uses for its products as well as brand-new ...
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A Uconversion Luminescene Biosensor Based on Dual-Signal Amplification for the Detection of Short DNA Species of c-erbB-2 Oncogene
Description: High-sensitivity detection of trace amounts of c-erbB-2 oncogene was reported to be equal to or surpass the ability of CA 15-3 for early diagnosis and/or follow-up recurrent screening of breast ...
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Dual Color Single Particle Tracking via Nanobodies
Description: Single particle tracking is a powerful tool to investigate the function of biological molecules by following their motion in space. However, the simultaneous tracking of two different species of ...
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Microfluidic Droplet Enrichment for Targeted Sequencing
Description: Targeted sequence enrichment enables better identification of genetic variation by providing increased sequencing coverage for genomic regions of interest. Here, we report the development of a new ...
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RheoSpeckle: A New Tool to Investigate Local Flow and Microscopic Dynamics of Soft Matter Under Shear
Description: To investigate the interplay between microscopic dynamics and macroscopic rheology in soft matter, we couple a stress-controlled-rheometer equipped with a Couette cell to a light scattering setup in ...
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An Integrated Microfluidic System for Counting of CD4+/CD8+T Lymphocytes
Description: This study reports on an integrated microfluidic system capable of counting CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes from a whole blood sample, which may be further applied for the rapid screening of the human ...
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Serial Line Scan Encoding Imaging Cytometer for Both Adherent and Suspended Cells
Description: We present a new design of an imaging cytometer for high content bioanalysis, which is equipped with a low-cost linear complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager (running at =40kHz). The ...
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In the Spotlight: Calomel Infrared (IR) Polarisers
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Knight Optical, the leading supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optics, is proud to announce that it now offers a new range of high-spec components, Calomel Infrared (IR) Polarisers. In this ...
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Flavoprotein miniSOG as a Genetically Encoded Photosensitizer for Cancer Cells
Description: Genetically encoded photosensitizers are a promising optogenetic instrument for light-induced production of reactive oxygen species in desired locations within cells in vitro or whole body in vivo. ...
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Micro Flow Cytometry Utilizing a Magnetic Bead based Immunoassay for Rapid Virus Detection
Description: The current study presents a new miniature microfluidic flow cytometer integrated with several functional micro-devices capable of viral sample purification and detection by utilizing a magnetic ...
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Optical Components at The Movies!
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Here at Knight Optical, some of our premium-quality optical components have played a key role in shooting some of the world's most legendary blockbuster movies, not to mention addictive TV programmes, ...
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Integrated Micro-Optofluidic Platform for Real-Time Detection of Airborne Microorganisms
Description: We demonstrate an integrated micro-optofluidic platform for real-time, continuous detection and quantification of airborne microorganisms. Measurements of the fluorescence and light scattering from ...
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Three-Dimensional Image Cytometer Based on Widefield Structured Light Microscopy and High-Speed Remote Depth Scanning
Description: A high throughput 3D image cytometer have been developed that improves imaging speed by an order of magnitude over current technologies. This imaging speed improvement was realized by combining ...
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COP27: More Innovations & Next-Generation Tech on The Horizon
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: One year on from COP26, and, once again, there have been significant sea changes that have sent waves throughout the world. Long gone are the crippling concerns associated with COVID-19 and social ...
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Optical Basics: Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, Astigmatism
Description: This article is an introduction to different kinds of optical aberrations including Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, and Astigmatism, the basic definition and the principle of, and ...
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Steering Light: What is the Difference Between 2-Axis Galvo Scanners and Single Mirror 2-Axis Scanners
Description: When it comes to steering light precisely in two dimensions, optical system designers have several established technologies at their disposal. Examples include galvanometer mirror scanners (galvo ...
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What are Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, Astigmatism
Description: This article is an introduction to different kinds of optical aberrations including Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, and Astigmatism, the basic definition and the principle of, and ...
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Supplementary Materials for Dense Transcript Profiling in Single Cells by Image Correlation Decoding
Description: Sequential barcoded fluorescent in situ hybridization (seqFISH) allows large numbers of molecular species to be accurately detected in single cells, but multiplexing is limited by the density of ...
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Towards PDT with Genetically Encoded Photosensitizer KillerRed: A Comparison of Continuous and Pulsed Laser Regimens in an Animal Tumor Model
Description: The strong phototoxicity of the red fluorescent protein KillerRed allows it to be considered as a potential genetically encoded photosensitizer for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. The ...
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Year in Review: 2022's Top New and Emerging Technologies
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: With another year over and more global issues to address, not only are there many technologies and innovations to reflect on this year, but there are also exciting new developments on the horizon for ...
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Assessing the Effect of Laser Beam Width on Quantitative Evaluation of Optical Properties of Intraocular Lens Implants
Description: The design and manufacture of intraocular lenses (IOLs) depend upon the identification and quantitative preclinical evaluation of key optical properties and environmental parameters. The confocal ...
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Microscope-Based Label-Free Microfluidic Cytometry
Description: A microscope-based label-free microfluidic cytometer capable of acquiring two dimensional light scatter patterns from single cells, pattern analysis of which determines cellular information such as ...
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Closing the Skills Gap and Meeting Housing Demand?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: With a global housing crisis on our hands - particularly an undersupply in England, where we're also suffering from a skills shortage in the construction industry - there's high demand for new-build ...
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Assessing Molecular Biomarkers in Living Mice Using Fluorescence Microendoscopy and Spectroscopy
Description: Assessment of molecular biomarkers expressed in cells and tissues can inform scientists and clinicians of physiological and disease processes. Optical techniques can quantitatively and noninvasively ...
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Targeted Vertical Cross-Sectional Imaging with Handheld Near-Infrared Dual Axes Confocal Fluorescence Endomicroscope
Description: We demonstrate vertical cross-sectional (XZ-plane) images of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence with a handheld dual axes confocal endomicroscope that reveals specific binding of a Cy5.5-labeled peptide ...
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Confocal Laser Method for Quantitative Evaluation of Critical Optical Properties of Toric Intraocular Lenses
Description: Purpose: To present a proof-of-concept study on the development and implementation of an innovative confocal laser method platform for precise quantitative evaluation of critical optical properties ...
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How 3D Printing Is Changing the World
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: It wasn't too long ago that 3D printing was perceived as a thing of the far-off future. Just take yourself back to 2001 when "the future of palaeontology" was presented to movie-goers when a ...
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Photochromic LC-polymer Composites Containing Azobenzene Chromophores with Thermally Stable Z-isomers
Description: Novel types of photochromic liquid crystalline (LC) polymer-based composites containing chiral photochromic azobenzene moieties were elaborated. For this purpose, a new chiral azobenzene-containin g ...
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Picture-Perfect Underwater Photography Shots : Dome Ports Vs Flat Ports
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: There's an endless list of difficulties to encounter when working in underwater environments, especially for imaging and photography applications. Whether it's a handheld underwater camera for ...
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Graffiti Shield Case Study
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: Graffiti Shield found a single source solution in Trotec's laser machine. The SP2000 allowed to increase the cut quality to meet OEM standards, accommodate anti-graffiti shield sheet sizes for large ...
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High-Resolution Simultaneous Voltage and Ca2+ Imaging
Description: Combining voltage and Ca2+ imaging allows the correlation of electrical and chemical activity at sub-cellular level. Here we describe a novel apparatus designed to obtain simultaneous voltage and Ca2+ ...
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What Are Fresnel Lenses Used For?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: You may know them best for their original use in lighthouses, where they're famously recognised as "the invention that saved a million ships". Or perhaps you initially think of their employment in ...
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Asphaltene Adsorption onto an Iron Surface: Combined Near-Infrared (NIR), Raman, and AFM Study of the Kinetics Thermodynamics and Layer Structure
Description: A combination of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, Raman microscopy, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to analyze the adsorption behavior of petroleum macromolecules (asphaltenes) on an iron ...
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The Electrophysiological Properties of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels on Cultivated Porcine Retinal Ganglion Cells Irradiated with Continuous Near-Infrared Laser
Description: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of continuous near-infrared (CNI) laser to potassium ion channels on retinal ganglion cell (RGC). METHODS: Experiment study. Porcine RGC was cultured with ...
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PowerFilm Releases Classic Application Series Solar Panels
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Electronic Component Solar Panels help fast-track an integrated solar project from concept to prototype to production. These Classic Application Series panels offer a new opportunity to solve the old ...
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PowerFilm Releases New Indoor Light Series Solar Panels
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: The Electronic Component Product Family is perfectly positioned to fast-track an integrated solar project from concept to prototype to production. Indoor Light Series Solar Panels open new ...
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Guidelines on How to Find a Filter or Coating that Meets your Specific Need
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Below are some guidelines as to how best to find a filter or coating that meets your specific need. The most significant characters in the SKU are the 2 nd through 5 th characters. These define the ...
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High Optical Speed Filters
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: A principal limitation to the use of optical filters is that they are most effective when used in a collimated beam of light. This requires that for optimum performance the filter can not accept a ...
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How Filters are Made
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Optical interference filters are made by depositing a complex stack of atomic-dimension layers on a support substrate. When a substrate is coated with a material of refractive index different from the ...
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Long-Lived Optical Coatings
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Optical thin-film coatings and filters are remarkably high in performance as well as long-lived products. From an efficiency perspective, optical filters can isolate a transmitted wavelength band with ...
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Pros and Cons of Surface (Hard) and Protected (Soft) Coatings
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Most contemporary optical coatings are made of refractory oxides of certain metals. Typically, Al, Si, Ti, Ta, Hf, Nb, and other oxides are deposited by either an evaporation process or a sputtering ...
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Understanding the Limitations of Optical Coatings
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Most optical coatings are thin transparent dielectric materials. The performance they achieve is due to the conditions of destructive and constructive interference of light as it attempts to pass ...
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UV Photography using a 375 LED Flashlight
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Although this photography is in the UV spectrum, it is a very long wavelength UV known as UV-A, and therefore will not give the full range of spectral reflective/absorptiv e information that is ...
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Visible & IR Beam Combiners
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: In applications in which an assortment of Visible and IR lasers needs to be co-linearly combined, or a signal of IR and Visible information needs to be resolved, a beam combiner is required. ...