Optical Components Reference Materials

Description: With the development of the society nowadays, everyone has also improved their quality of life. Nowadays, they often go to travel, take risks, go to adventures and other activities. It is necessary to ...

Description: We will discuss polarized light; some of the optical components used to control, direct, and modify it; and applications. This tutorial is intended to be an accessible introduction to technicians, ...

Description: Various terminology commonly used in the optical industry ...

Description: The scratch and dig standards of MIL-PRF-13830B, are widely used in the optical industry. ...

Description: An Excellent Option for IMPAC ISR 6 and IGAR 6 Advanced Pyrometers, expanded functionality especially for wire production and pouring stream measurements ...

Description: In this webcast on tolerancing of optical coatings, Angus Macleod of the Thin Film Center attempts to answer the primary question, "Can this coating be successfully manufactured?" ...

Description: Used across a variety of biological disciplines, fluorescence-based flow cytometers rapidly and accurately quantify cells and cellular components. ...

Description: Fluorescence microscopes and imaging systems utilize fluorescent biomarkers and fluorescence filter sets to create bright, high contrast images of biomolecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and ...

Description: Thin Film Glossary ...

Description: There are many factors to consider when designing an optical window. Carefully defining your requirements can save manufacturing time which translates to reduced costs. ...

Description: Deposit thin layers of metallic or dielectric material on a lens, mirror or other optical device, and what's left is a thin-film optical coating. Such coatings are applied to control transmission or ...

Description: Thin-film optical filters are made by depositing alternating thin layers of materials with special optical properties onto a substrate, such as optical-grade glass. ...

Description: Understanding your application can help you to select the right optical flat without over specifying your requirements thereby saving you time and money. Choosing the appropriate material, defining ...

Description: HELIX™ Spectral Analysis System accurately measures the highest-performance optical filters. ...

Description: High-performance, ultra-narrowband interference filters improve LIDAR signal-to-noise ratios. ...

Description: Raman is primarily used for chemical identification THz and XRD are used for structural analysis, what if Raman could do both? ...

Description: In optical systems often it is necessary to isolate a single state of polarization of light. Many interferometric and spectroscopic systems are sensitive to polarization. Polarization can even play a ...

Description: Even though fluorescence microscopy has become a routine technique for many applications, demanding requirements from technological advances continue to push the limits. For example, today biological ...

Description: The application of fluorescence polarization offers unique advantages over conventional fluorescence imaging and quantitation. In fluorescence polarization studies, fluorophores tied to biological ...

Description: There are many different systems for analyzing and representing the color of an object perceived by a human observer. For the purposes of unambiguously specifying the color an observer sees when ...

Description: In optics, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a light wave in the material depends on its frequency (wavelength). One of the most well-known examples of dispersion is the ...

Description: Nonlinear optical (NLO) microscopy is emerging as a powerful technique for the study of biological samples. By combining several different imaging modalities such as multiphoton (MP) fluorescence, ...

Description: Polarization sensitive optical systems may contain optical components that are considered non-polarization optics, such as multi-element collection/illumination lenses, relay lenses and ...

Description: Optical filters play an important role in enabling applications such as fluorescence microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. In these applications there are two distinct types of beams: the illumination ...

Description: Nonlinear optical (NLO) imaging is a powerful microscopy technique that has found increasing use in the field of biomedical optics. In NLO imaging, ultrafast laser excitation is used to exploit ...

Description: Due to many desirable properties such as high brightness, stability, longevity, and narrow spectral bandwidth, lasers have been advantageously replacing conventional broadband light sources for ...

Description: Techniques and formulas will be presented that demonstrate an effective means of characterizing the rigid body motions of optical elements from their nominal positions as caused by manufacturing ...

Description: Thin-film filters are the ideal solution for wavelength selection in most optical systems due to exceptionally high transmission (close to 100%), very steep spectral edges, and blocking of optical ...

Description: Fluorescence microscopy has revolutionized the study of biological samples. Ever since the invention of fluorescence microscopy towards the beginning of the 20th century, significant technological ...

Description: In multicolored fluorescence microscopy, pixel shift can cause imaging errors, which can lead to erroneous interpretation of biological data [1]. This article highlights some key considerations in the ...

Description: Polarization is a fundamental property of light. While many optical applications are based on systems that are "blind" to polarization, a very large number are not. Some applications rely directly on ...

Description: Cleaning risks scratching the reflective surface of an optical mirror. If possible, avoid touching the mirror surface altogether and use a rubber bulb to blow dust off the surface. A bulb may be ...

Description: Optical mirrors are used in a wide variety of applications including aerospace, military and commercial avionics, scientific and medical instrumentation, academics and research, and industrial ...

Description: Advances in thin-film technology have given rise to a new class of multiband coatings that task manufacturers to offer improved performance at competitive prices, enabling multiband filters that ...

Description: Dispersion controlled thin films boost the performance of NLO systems that utilize a femtosecond laser. ...

Description: Industry-leading speed and capability is an enabler for "photonomics" from wafer to packaged device. ...

Description: Abrisa Technologies provides non-distortion, high definition compatible optical grade beam splitter mirrors for teleprompter applications. Each teleprompter mirror is coated with an all dielectric ...

Description: A novel computer-controlled deposition system for multicavity filters improves their spectral precision and contrast. ...

Description: Thin film optical filters with ultra-narrow bandwidth, high transmission and flat spectral profiles improve optical system performance for a variety of applications such as LIDAR, laser cleanup, and ...

Description: Improvements in optical filter performance require improvements in optical filter measurement techniques. ...

Description: Next generation in thin film optical filter enhances excitation/emission fluorescence systems. ...

Description: Alluxa's new precision infrared bandpass and dual bandpass filter technology brings new levels of performance with higher transmissions, steeper slopes, and flatter pass bands than traditional ...

Description: Due to their complex nature and diverse end-use applications, thin film optical filters have always been a challenge to specify. This paper defines the major types of filters and offers guidelines on ...

Description: Alluxa Introduces a New Line of Ultra-Flat Dichroic and Polychroic High Performance Thin Film Filters that Feature a Flatness of <0.1wave RMS Without the Need for Backside Compensation. ...

Description: Sophisticated monitor and deposition methods enable multi-cavity narrowband filters that push the envelope of performance. ...

Description: Optogenetics encompasses a range of techniques which enable control or monitoring of select populations of neurons. Until now, researchers were only able to use these techniques separately. ...

Description: Piezo motion-based mechanisms provide a variety of features that are highly sought after in life-science and medical engineering applications, such sterile ceramic designs and lubricant-free drives. ...

Description: Sight glass, also known as a sight window or view port window, is a visual observation window made from a robust glass substrates such as SCHOTT Borofloat® and is used to verify conditions in ...

Description: The cells of the hexagonal louver minimize perceived lamp brightness and shield the light source. Commonly used in conjunction with a colored or dichroic filter for entertainment lighting ...

Description: Notes and formulas on IR radiation. ...

Description: We demonstrate single-molecule fluorescence imaging beyond the optical diffraction limit in 3 dimensions with a wide-field microscope that exhibits a double-helix point spread function (DH-PSF). ...

Description: By using filters, the contrast of captured images can be reduced and image processing times reduced. ...

Description: An opening in the mouse skull, or cranial window, enables imaging the neurons in the living brain using two-photon microscopy. But using this approach, one can generally only image the most ...

Description: Editor's note: This is the second story in a series highlighting a few of the interdisciplinary research projects at UTEP making an impact in the community, across the region and around the globe. The ...

Description: Moxtek has developed a high contrast IR polarizer on silicon suitable for long wavelength thermal IR applications using our aluminum nanowire, large area patterning capabilities. Between 7 and 15 ...

Description: DuraBeryllium® Plus windows are Moxtekâ s most robust coated beryllium x-ray window. This window has an additional thin coating of polymer â Plusâ applied to the already robust DuraBeryllium ...

Description: X-ray spectroscopy applications and equipment are becoming more portable and are entering harsh environments away from controlled clean environments. This results in a need for more robust X-ray ...

Description: High contrast wire grid polarizers on silicon suitable for mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) and long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) applications have been developed using wafer-scale aluminum nanowire ...

Description: Moxtek has demonstrated a substantial increase in WGP contrast at visible and ultraviolet wavelengths by reducing the pitch, which should translate into the IR. ...

Description: Moxtek® has invested many man-years of research into producing high performance polarizer options to complement many emerging technologies discussed in this paper. The need for high performing ...

Description: MOXTEK introduces a flat ProFlux™ wire-grid polarizing beam splitter for use in projection systems where preservation of image quality is required upon reflection at the PBS. This paper ...

Description: We have fabricated a bifocal miniature torodial mirror that horizontally and vertically focuses to two different locations to provide a smaller footprint of beam for grazing-incidence wide-angle ...

Description: The guidelines below must be strictly followed in order to prevent damage to the window. Do NOT touch the window surface with anything, including a cotton swab or soft brush. Physical abrasion can ...

Description: Wire-grid polarizers are now available for broadband visible applications. This type of polarizer is very attractive for projection display applications because of its high efficiency, high contrast, ...

Description: We studied the optical performance of reflective wire grid polarizer designed for visible light. The polarizer reflects Epolarization and transmits H-polarization with low losses. When used in a ...

Description: IR Windows are installed into electrical equipment to enable thermographers to view inside without removing the panels. IR Windows are installed into host electrical equipment which is then certified ...

Description: This guidebook explains the factors affecting transmission through an Infrared (IR) window (as used in a practical electrical inspection application). Learn how different IR window types affect your ...

Description: Site selective two-photon tissue image cytometry has previously been successfully applied to measure the number of rare cells in three-dimensional tissue specimens up to cubic millimetres in size. ...

Description: Intracellular mRNA localization is a common mechanism to achieve asymmetric distributions of proteins. Previous studies have revealed that in a number of cell types, different mRNA species are ...

Description: The confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) has been used by scientists to visualize three-dimensional (3D) biological samples. Although this system involves lasers, electronics, optics, and ...

Description: Voice communication in free space was demonstrated at ranges larger than 200 meters. A new retro-reflector design, incorporating more modulated mirrors had been constructed. This configuration was ...

Description: The European Space Agency's Mars Express will investigate the red planet from orbit and from the surface. The craft's orbiter features the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer, which employs novel hollow ...

Description: The first of these space experiments is the ACE-FTS (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer). The major scientific goal of the experiment is to measure and understand the ...

Description: When two separate bundles of parallel light beams having the same characteristic wavelength and propagation are combined, the combination of the bundles causes a phenomenon called light interference. ...

Description: Boresighting Verification Technology dramatically enhances your targeting capabilities. Boresighting refers to the procedure of aligning hardware line-of-sight to an aiming device. In military and ...

Description: Hollow Retroreflectors Promote Precision Optical Alignment ...

Description: Monolithic Optical Structure Technology (M.O.S.T.) is a unique optical innovation that combines all of the elements of a complex optical setup into a single monolithic unit. M.O.S.T. achieves superb ...

Description: Applications such as boresighting, beam alignment and beam delivery require the critical alignment of one optical axis or line of sight with another. In these applications, the beams must be parallel ...

Description: The Tech Note defines what a transparent window heater is, how it works and how it is applied. ...

Description: The format size guide is presented to provide basic help to the end user. ...

Description: Electronic displays are widely used in the healthcare industry for diverse applications such as patient monitoring, medical imaging diagnostics, archiving medical records, and EMT response. Because ...

Description: CTI Chief Scientist David Brown has developed several scanning mirrors for high speed applications using a variety of substrate materials and various "lightweighting" approaches. The optimum method ...

Description: Welcome to "Choosing a Lens," a tutorial about selecting a lens based on the application. You'll find this tutorial useful if you: * Plan on purchasing a vision sensor system * Want to use your ...

Description: Optical coatings are used to manipulate the reflectance and transmittance of an optical component. Typical coating examples include: Antireflection Coatings which reduce the amount of light reflected ...

Description: Optical coatings can be critical in an application. Coatings are used to either increase the transmission of light by reducing back reflections (as in the case of lenses, windows, etc.) or to increase ...

Description: The eyepiece is an integral part of any compound visual system. Its purpose is to magnify the real image formed by an objective or intermediate relay system. For this reason, the eyepiece design ...

Description: Often, a customer struggles with contrast and resolution problems in an imaging system, while underestimating the power of proper illumination. In fact, desired image quality can typically be met by ...

Description: Test targets can be used to evaluate or calibrate an imaging system's performance. Correct assessment of an imaging system is used in certifying proper measurements, establishing a baseline between ...

Description: Over the years, we have answered countless questions regarding lens performance. Of those questions, none have been more difficult to define than requests for depth of field. The reason for this ...

Description: An optical flat is a precisely polished flat surface, used as a reference against which the flatness of an unknown surface may be compared. Edmund Optics offers both single surface and dual surface ...

Description: Many scanning, alignment and spectroscopy applications require optical power metrology coordinated with motion, with positioning precisions that often necessitate piezo-class motion devices. ...

Description: Many medical applications have need of 'broad' irradiation patterns, but benefit from small diameter fibers to provide minimal invasive surgery. These applications also benefit from using the low ...

Description: The high power diode laser systems, but must be flexible, and have not only good strength but also good fatigue behavior. Th with their laser diode bars and arrays not only require special fibers to ...

Description: How can you tell which side of an optic is coated? Let's say you consult the print and it says Side 1 should be coated. So which is Side 1? Assuming your design team anticipated this question, you ...