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Near-field Raman Imaging Using Optically Trapped Dielectric Microsphere
Description: The stumbling block of employing Raman imaging in nanoscience and nanotechnology is the diffraction-limited spatial resolution. Several approaches have been employed to improve the spatial resolution, ...
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Luminescence Enhancement in Nanocomposite Consisting of Polyvinyl Alcohol Incorporated Gold Nanoparticles and Nile Blue 690 Perchlorate
Description: We have experimentally demonstrated that the emission of visible light from the polymer matrix doped with luminescent dye and gold nanoparticles (GNPs) can be enhanced with the use of surface plasmon ...
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Improved Temporal Resolution and Linked Hidden Markov Modeling for Switchable Single-Molecule FRET
Description: Optimized conditions for measuring the multiple distances within a single molecule by switchable FRET increase the temporal resolution of the method by an order of magnitude. Furthermore, linked ...
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Fluoxetine Induces Vasodilatation of Cerebral Arterioles by Co-Modulating NO/Muscarinic Signalling
Description: Ischaemic stroke patients treated with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) show improved motor, cognitive and executive functions, but the underlying mechanism(s) are incompletely ...
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In the Spotlight: Graticules, Gratings & Resolution Charts
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Although they’re utilised for a diverse range of uses, most varieties of these optics share one commonality. Besides the precision of all three types, most Gratings, Graticules and Resolution ...
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Optical Basics: Spherical Aberrations and Coma
Description: When we are selecting or browsing online about optics, we hear the suppliers and authorized resources mentioning Optical Aberrations all the time, and there are such a fair number of them, including ...
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Integrated Optical Inspection Machine for Defects of MiniLED
Description: SmartMore's integrated inspection machine is deeply integrated with SmartMore's intelligent industrial platform SMore ViMo 2.0 and lighting scheme to realize the smart detection of double links ...
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Optical Basics: What is FOV (Field of View)
Description: For optical imaging instruments and components, understanding the basic concept of FOV (Field of View) is fundamental for selecting the appropriate optical lenses and components that meet your ...
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Calcium Dynamics in Root Cells of Arabidopsis thaliana Visualized with Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy
Description: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) is an imaging technique particularly suited for long term in-vivo analysis of transparent specimens, able to visualize small organs or entire organisms, ...
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How Thin film polarizer products work
From: CRYSTECH, Inc.Description: Thin film polarizer products are called polarizers, which control the polarization direction of a specific light beam. When natural light passes through the polarizer, the light whose vibration ...
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The Most Common Optical Filters and Their Uses
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Optical Filters are available in an array of choices and are employed for a wide and diverse range of applications. As a global supplier of stock and custom-made optics, Knight Optical runs through ...
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Optical Lens-Infrared Lens
From: Foctek Photonics, Inc.Description: What do you expect most when you are in the dark? Of course it is a pair of eyes that can see through the dark, and an infrared lens is this kind of eyes that can perceive heat and see through the ...
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Infrared Illumination for Time-of-Flight Applications
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: The 3D capabilities of Time-of-Flight (TOF) cameras open up new opportunities for a number of applications. One of the challenges of TOF systems is due to the high modulation frequency operating ...
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Technologies used for Military Weaponry & Defence Technology
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: In the finale of its three-part military and defence explorative blog that uncovers some of the high-spec technologies and optics used within these discerning sectors, Knight Optical explores the ...
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Thermal Imaging Guidebook for Industrial Applications
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: An informative guide for the use of thermal imaging cameras in industrial applications. ...
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Top of the Shops: Smart Warehouses & Evolving E-Commerce
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Following the substantial rise that the e-commerce industry has experienced in the past few years and the consequential strain placed on warehousing facilities, sales growth is starting to slow ...
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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Efficiency of Novel Cationic Porphyrins towards Periodontal Gram-positive and Gram-negative Pathogenic Bacteria
Description: The Gram-negative Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Fusobacterium nucleatum are major causative agents of aggressive periodontal disease. Due to increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant ...
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Double Surface Super-Polishing Technique
Description: Hangzhou Shalom EO has successfully developed a double surface polishing method for processing high precision optical windows or substrates, made from N-BK7 and UV Fused Silica, which are one of the ...
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Enhance Endoscopic Vision from Optical Endoscopy Modalities
Description: The development of endoscopic vision technologies has resulted in a renewed drive to further develop endoscopic navigation systems. Multiple endoscopic optical imaging modalities provide data sources ...
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Microscope Spectrometer for Light Scattering Investigations
Description: We describe a setup including a microscope to study volumes of a few µm3 by static and dynamic light scattering (DLS) in a backscattering configuration. Light scattered by individual objects of ...
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How to Clean Your Optics
Description: The existence of dirt, contaminants, smudges, stains, and particulates on the optical surfaces of optics could be impeding and disturbing the proper operations and functions of optics. Hence, in order ...
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The Role of Thin Film Optics in QPCR and Covid-19 Detection
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Filter features such as high transmission, steep edges, low ripple and deep blocking are important when testing many samples, says Dr. Rance Fortenberry, director of technology at Alluxa ...
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Introduction to Waveplates and Retarders
Description: Waveplates and retarders are common optical components to alter the polarization state of light. Understanding the strength and weaknesses of different kinds of waveplates and retarders are a basic ...
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Knight Optical Components for Military & Defence Vehicles, Air & Spacecraft
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: As a leading supplier of ultra-high-precision optical components for integration with high-specification military and defence systems, Knight Optical is uncovering innovations within the industry in ...
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Optical Components for Military & Defence Equipment
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Several all-important necessities are considered when providing optics for high-spec military and defence applications. Here at Knight Optical, we've been working with these discerning industries for ...
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Case Study - Using Near Infrared Thermal Imaging Borescope to Optimise Production and Quality From Oxy-Gas Borosilicate Furnace
From: LANDDescription: SGD Pharma, a global leader in glass pharmaceutical packaging, chose AMETEK Land's Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B-656- GLASS) in-furnace thermal imaging system to replace its existing CCTV system and ...
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Case Study -Thai Glass Increases Production Quality of Glass Melt Tank with NIR-B-656-Glass
From: LANDDescription: Thai Glass, one of the leading glass producers in Thailand, is optimizing production quality after installing AMETEK Land’s advanced thermal imaging technology. In 2020 the company decided to ...
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Optical Observation of Shock Waves and Cavitation Bubbles in High Intensity Laser-induced Shock Processes
Description: We report an experimental study of the temporal and spatial dynamics of shock waves, cavitation bubbles, and sound waves generated in water during laser shock processing by single Nd:YAG laser pulses ...
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Multi-Wavelength Laser Sensor for Intruder Detection and Discrimination
Description: Holography is divided into two processes which are recording and reproduction, the interference fringes is generated on the holographic plate through the superposition between the reference light and ...
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LIDT, High Power Coating of Dayoptics
Description: DayOptics Inc., A company specializing in the design, manufacture and sale of optical and crystal components, has made a series of successful cases in high-power products in recent years. For example, ...
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In the Spotlight: New Fluorescence Filter Sets Range
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: This month, Knight Optical is excited to unveil a brand-new range of Fluorescence Filter Sets. As its first product launch of the year, the announcement comes as welcome news to those working on ...
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Depth Resolved Hyperspectral Imaging Spectrometer based on Structured Light Illumination and Fourier Transform Interferometry
Description: A depth resolved hyperspectral imaging spectrometer can provide depth resolved imaging both in the spatial and the spectral domain. Images acquired through a standard imaging Fourier transform ...
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Knight Optical Offers: The Top 10 Technologically Advanced Sectors of 2021
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: If you're an avid follower of our blogs, you'll know that we're passionate about technologies (both current and old), pioneering, unique systems and remarkable, new methods of doing things. As we ...
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Illuminate the Work: The Importance of a High-Quality Light Source
From: STEGODescription: Any person involved in industrial work environments is working with some version of these on a day-to-day basis. It might be an employee looking to install a new component into the electronics ...
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Two-Wavelength Exposure Enhancement in Holographic Data Storage of Spirooxazine-Doped Polymers
Description: Spirooxazine could be used as optical storage medium due to the excellent photochromic characteristic. In this paper, dynamics of holographic grating recording in spirooxazine-doped PMMA polymers was ...
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Advantages Of Using LED Lighting
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: LED is a new generation of light source that converts electric energy directly into light energy through semiconductor.LED lighting lamps are widely used in indoor and outdoor lighting occasions due ...
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Three-Dimensional Holographic Photostimulation of the Dendritic Arbor
Description: Digital holography is an emerging technology that can generate complex light patterns for controlling the excitability of neurons and neural circuits. The strengths of this technique include a high ...
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Optical Design for High Performance and Cost Optimization
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Optical design is the process of studying application requirements and designing optical systems to meet specific needs of optical instruments. For a complex device, the entire system may include many ...
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A Quick Guide to Common Fiber Optic Connectors
From: PEI-GenesisDescription: Connectors are supporting the processing of more data — at faster speeds and in smaller footprints — than ever before. Traditional approaches can’t keep up with this demand, which is ...
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Laser Focus: What Optical Components Are Used for Lasers?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: There's a wide variety of different optical components that are used in laser applications. Of course, as the case is with all our projects, every design differs, and there's no one-size-fits-all ...
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Selecting a Machine Vision Lens
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: When selecting your machine vision lens there are a number of specifications you will want to keep in mind. The lens you choose will determine both the image quality and processing speed of your ...
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Improve Your Image Quality in Telescopes with Parabolic Mirrors
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: One of the primary component used in astronomical telescope is a parabolic or near parabolic shaped mirror with a f number typically larger than F4. With this f number and parabolic shape, there is a ...
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Optical Prism Application Notes
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Optical prisms have at least two polished and flat surfaces which are designed to perform different functions such as changing the direction of light, combining or splitting optical beams, providing ...
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Knight Optical Sees in Surge of Demand for Optics for Automated Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection Systems
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Knight Optical - the leading global supplier of custom-made optical components - has met a universal increased requirement for high-precision ultraviolet (UV) optical components for high-performing ...
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Understanding Lens Distortion
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Lens distortion is a cosmetic-type optical aberration which does not decrease the amount of information in an image. It occurs when information is displaced geometrically, and while it changes the ...
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What Technologies are Used in Modern-Day Alcohol Production?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Alcohol production across sites worldwide is a hive of activity as brewers, distillers, winemakers, and the like begin to turn their attention to this year's harvests and manufacturing processes. In ...
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When Should I Consider Reverse Engineering a Lens?
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Our customers ask us this question often. Because redesigning lens assemblies involves incomplete materials, tolerance, and performance information, some folks find it a scary process. And because ...
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Polymer Optics
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Polymer optics, also known as plastic optics, are specialized optics made from highly transparent organic polymer materials, or optical polymers. At Shanghai Optics we manufacture high quality polymer ...
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Reverse Optical Engineering
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Optical reverse engineering is a process optical engineers use to understand and redesign an existing optical lens or assembly. As the name implies, reverse engineering requires you to start with a ...
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Introduction to Different Types of Optical Prisms
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: A prism is a transparent object surrounded by two planes that intersect but are not parallel to each other. The most important parameters of a prism are the angle and material. Prisms are widely used ...
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How does Peak to Valley (PV) and Root Mean Square (RMS) Affects the Quality of Your Optic?
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Peak-to-Valley (PV) and Root-Mean-Square (RMS) are two common parameters used to measure the difference between an ideal optic surface to the actual optic surface. Historically the PV is used more ...
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In the Spotlight: Light Guides & Prisms
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: For this month's optics spotlight, Knight Optical - the leading supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested and custom-made optical components - groups together two of its most popular optical components. ...
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In the Spotlight: Calcium Fluoride Optics
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Here at Knight Optical, we've observed a peak in requirement for our custom-made Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Optical Components. To coincide with this proliferation, we're placing these in-demand optics ...
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4 Advantages of Optical Active Alignment
Description: Optical alignment and micro-optic positioning are challenging, time-consuming processes. Tiny positional variations in photonic and optical manufacturing can mean the difference between success and ...
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Constant Flux LED
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: Among all the possible applications using LEDs, those where the optical power is set high continuously over long periods of time are challenging in terms of stability over time. For instance, object ...
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LIDAR: How Smart Active Alignment Mechanisms can Reduce Manufacturing Costs
Description: By giving tomorrow's wheeled computers a 3D view of the world, objects can be more accurately categorized and evaluated in real time. In this way, LIDAR is the enabling technology for the coming ...
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Logic Output Opto Devices
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: Most of the Opto devices sensor devices on the market are designed with analog outputs (photodiodes, phototransistors) that requires an analog to digital conversion to interface with the application. ...
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Platform for Light Guide Photointerrupters
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The design of an Optoelectric interrupter rests on two functions. The electro-optical function and the transport and delivery of the light ...
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Why Fast Steering Mirrors are used in Laser Communication / Free Space Optical Communication
Description: High Precision Tip/Tilt Mechanisms Keep Laser Beams Stabilized and Precisely on Target ...
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Feature of Canon Linear USM
From: Canon USA Motion ControlDescription: The rotor is in contact with the stator. The elliptical rotation makes it rotate in the opposite direction of the ultrasonic traveling wave due to the frictional force by elliptical rotation. ...
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Infrared Glass Material Technology
Description: The main difference between infrared optical systems and visible optical systems is that only a limited number of materials can be effectively applied to the mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared ...
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What Technologies are Helping with Waste Management & Recycling in the World?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Excessive waste is a universal issue that we're all fighting to change. Economic growth and industrialisation have led to more waste being generated and carelessly disposed of over the years. So, with ...
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Laser System for Hot Objects Geometry Control
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: The system is designed for operational control of the slab dimensions during its rough rolling. All components are installed on tripod. 2D scanner is mounted with possibility of swinging around of ...
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COP26: Cultivating Technologies for Climate Change
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference - or as it's otherwise acknowledged 'COP26' - sent waves through the sphere in November. As world leaders gathered inside Glasgow's SEC for the 26th ...
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Distributed Vibration Monitoring Using FO Accelerometers
From: Luna InnovationsDescription: The many inherent benefits of fiber optic sensors for monitoring applications have driven their widespread adoption in many industries, spanning civil infrastructure, geotechnical applications, energy ...
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High-Definition Strain Measurement for Composite Systems
From: Luna InnovationsDescription: As the tranpsortation and energy industries transition to new and advanced lightweight composites, new design challenges are created that require advanced methods for test, measurement and validation. ...
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How to Monitor Temperature Profiles in High-Def
From: Luna InnovationsDescription: High-definition distributed temperature profiling based on fiber optic sensors provides highly detailed measurement data utilizing optical fiber as flexible distributed temperature sensors with ...
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Polarization: A Brief History and Overview
From: Luna InnovationsDescription: Fiber optic systems used to rely simply on transmitting and measuring the power of light. But in addition to power, the optical field has other characteristics such as its wavelength (or frequency), ...
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Ultra-High Resolution FO Testing for Field Diagnostics
From: Luna InnovationsDescription: As high-speed fiber optic communications and technologies are adopted in more and more industries with short- and mid-range deployments, the need for higher precision testing and diagnostics ...
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Optical Component Technologies in the Changing Face of the Beauty Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: In this blog, Knight Optical - the leading global supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optical components - explores the ground-breaking technologies that are set to change the face of the beauty ...
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Alluxa Develops Innovative 15-Band Optical Filters for Etsi Astronomy Project
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: The company's unique multi-band optical filter design is integral to Texas A&M's Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager (ETSI) instrument. ...
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A Prosperous Post-Pandemic Pathway for Knight Optical
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: While COVID-related repercussions have impacted the world over the past year and a half, Knight Optical – the leading supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optical components – has ...
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Why You Should Consider This Alternative to Traditional Metal Armored Fiber
From: Belden Inc.Description: It’s no secret that fiber optic solutions are becoming increasingly popular to support a wide variety of technology applications: raised floors in data centers, FTTx and POL/PON networks using ...
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In the Spotlight: Infrared (IR) Windows
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: In this blog, Knight Optical – the leading supplier of stock and custom-made premium-quality optical components – investigates some popular uses for its Infrared (IR) Windows and talks ...
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Biometric Technology: The Many Faces of Facial Recognition
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The adoption of facial recognition technology in today's tech-savvy world is rife, and, unlike many perceived a few decades ago, it's not just high-tech, futuristic devices that sport the tech. Here, ...
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Hexapod 6-DOF Active Alignment Micro-Robots - Enablers for Today's Advanced Camera Manufacturing... and Tomorrow's
Description: Active alignment in 6 degrees of freedom provides the best conditions for high image quality when it comes to aligning multiple lenses. Hexapod micro-motion robots are a novel technology that delivers ...
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Image Stabilization / Resolution Enhancement with Fast Piezo Scanners
Description: Low light conditions create difficult conditions for imaging applications from astronomy to microscopy. Low light intensity means neither the resolution of the chip nor the exposure time for changing ...
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Optical Components Making Waves in the Water Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Water - the single most precious resource for all. Without it, there simply wouldn't be life. Whether it's potable or non-potable, every drop of water makes a difference, and each continent faces ...
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Optical Lens-ultraviolet Imaging Technology
From: Foctek Photonics, Inc.Description: With the maturity of lens applications such as digital cameras, smart phones, and security monitoring, emerging fields such as automotive imaging and infrared thermal imaging will become new forces ...
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Application Note for Optical Bonding of e-Paper Displays
From: SCHURTER IncDescription: Optical bonding enables the connection of touch sensor, cover glass and display into one unit by means of different technologies and processes. Just as with optical bonding of TFT LC displays, this ...
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Optical Lens - Large Size Motorized Zoom Lens
From: Foctek Photonics, Inc.Description: The vision is farther, the world is closer; don't you want to know what is happening "thousands of miles away". "Clairvoyance" no longer exists only in mythology. The large zoom electric zoom lens in ...
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Properly Clean and Maintain Optical Filters
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: Some optical filters are only installed on the lens when they are used, such as polarizers, grayscale filters, while some are installed in front of the lens for a long time, such as UV lenses. At ...
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Optical Delay Line Stages - How do they Work?
Description: Turning Nanometers into Femtoseconds and Attoseconds ...
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How to Grow 8-inch Calcium Fluoride Single Crystal
Description: An 8-inch(20.32 cm) CaF2 single crystal was grown by the Bridgman method. The crystal has complete appearance and no macroscopic defects such as cracking and scattering. After orientational cutting, a ...
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Knight Optical answers the question: What are Optical Payloads?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The term 'payload' is theoretically defined as a vehicle's revenue-producing cargo; however, in terms of aerospace, the name denotes the elements of a spacecraft that have been deployed to generate ...
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What You Need to Know About Optical Filters
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: Compared with the film age, photographers in the digital age need a lot fewer filters, but there are still some optical filters that are still necessary. Part of it is because it takes time and effort ...
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Achromatic Lenses
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: An achromatic lens, often called an achromat, is a type of optical lens capable of correcting chromatic aberration, a distortion that occurs when glass splits white light into multiple ...
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Aspheric Lenses
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: As the name suggests, an aspheric lens is a lens with a shape other than that of a regular sphere or cylinder. These lenses, which come in a variety of shapes, are used to correct spherical aberration ...
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Beamsplitters
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: A beam splitter (or beamsplitter) is an optical component used for splitting light into two separate beams, usually by wavelength or polarity. It can also be used, in reverse, as a beam combiner, to ...
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Colored Glass Filters
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Shanghai Optics colored glass filters are high quality absorption filters made of colored glass. They allow certain wavelengths of light to pass unimpeded, while blocking other wavelength ranges to a ...
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Custom Shapes
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Rod Lens, Light Pipe Homogenizing Rods ...
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Cylindrical Lenses
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: As the name suggests, a cylindrical lens is an optical lens with a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical shape. Like a spherical lens, a cylindrical lens has one curved and one flat side. Unlike a spherical ...
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Freeform Optics
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: A freeform optical component is not symmetric around its optical axis. It provides some attractive features to optical designers to correct multiple aberrations with fewer optical surfaces, and make ...
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Fresnel Lenses
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: While originally made of glass, the Fresnel lens can be found in a large variety of substrates and sizes. Nowadays, Fresnel lenses are made of plastic because of the lightweight traits of plastic ...
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Infrared Optics
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: At Shanghai Optics we produce a wide range of quality infrared optics, including lenses, prisms, windows, mirrors, and laser and imaging assemblies. Our state of the art equipment allows us to achieve ...
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Laser Optics
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Laser optics includes all the optical elements and optical systems used within lasers, or for manipulating-or transmitting-laser light. Laser optics components have more stringent requirements on ...
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Light Pipe Homogenizing Rods
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Light Pipe Homogenizing Rods are tubes which transits natural light collected by light collection. Light pipe Homogenizing Rods could be distinguished into straight light pipe and bending light pipe ...
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Micro Optics
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Micro optics are very small optical systems, typically between a few micrometers to a millimeter in size. They include optical fibers with a microscale core diameter, mini diffractive optical ...
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Optical Filters
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Optical filters selectively allow certain wavelengths of light to pass freely while blocking other wavelengths. Shanghai Optics manufactures a wide range of optical filters for engineering, ...
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Optical Mirrors
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Optical mirrors are precision optics with a highly polished plane or curved surface which reflects light. At Shanghai Optics we manufacture custom optical mirrors for a wide range of applications. ...