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Measuring Flatness with Knight Optical (UK) Ltd Monochromatic Lights
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Light bands formed by using an optical flat and a monochromatic light source represent an inexpensive yet accurate method of checking surface flatness. The monochromatic light on which the following ...
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Optical Glass Comparison Table
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: This information sheet presents a useful optical glass comparison table. ...
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Polarisation
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Polarisation is an important activity to be considered within an electro-optical system as the polarised light can be used to accurately produce left- or right-handed circular polarisation. Thus, it s ...
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White Paper - Identifying Optical Materials with Precision Accuracy
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Material verification is a crucial aspect of the quality control process in optical component manufacture. But when a material takes on different guises, identifying it can become a challenge. So, is ...
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3D Scanners: Why Precision Accuracy is Crucial, and How to Achieve it
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: With the ability to measure height, volume and cross section, 3D scanners play a vital role across a multitude of settings, and offer various benefits. ...
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Ball Lenses, A.F.B.M.A. Grade Terminology and Tolerances.
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Helpful information sheet (with table) on ball lenses, A.F.B.M.A. grade terminology and tolerances ...
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Fresnel Lenses: A Brief Introduction
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Used for a variety of applications including non-precision imaging, photography, illumination and light gathering, Fresnel lenses are incredibly versatile and can be customised by varying the density ...
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How are Emissions Tested Through the use of Optical Components?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The monitoring of the gases produced by combustion is an absolutely crucial process that lives literally depend upon. Whether in an industrial setting; to comply with air emission standards or to ...
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How are Optical Components Used in the Railway Sector?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Here at Knight Optical, we work alongside rail engineers from all over the globe to bring optically driven technologies to life with custom-made components tailored to specific project needs. So, how ...
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How Dichroic Filters Enrich the Entertainment Lighting Experience
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Dichroic filters can be customised so that the frequency of the passband is as narrow or wide as required, which for entertainment lighting designers opens up realms of possibilities. ...
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How do Circular and Linear Polarisers Work
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: A helpful guide to how polarisers work. ...
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How Fresnel Lenses are used in Solar CPV Applications
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: There are various types of Fresnel lens, each suited to different types of application. ...
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How is Energy Created from Wind Turbines, and how are Optical Components Involved?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: It has been common knowledge for some time that there is a significant need for alternative energy sources, and wind energy is clearly having a considerable impact. ...
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How Optics are Revolutionising Engineering & Manufacturing Processes
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: In this article, we are exploring the use of optics in engineering and manufacturing and their role in enhancing capabilities and enabling new processes. We'll be revealing some of the most popular ...
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How Precision Optics are Driving Growth in the VR Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The customisation of optical components in the design of augmented and virtual reality headsets is clearly of great importance. This is something we have specialised in here at Knight Optical for ...
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How to Determine the Polarisation Axis of Linear Polarisers
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Helpful guide on how to determine the polarisation axis of linear polarisers. ...
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How to Overcome the Challenges to UV Optics used in Industrial Lasers
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Engineering and manufacturing have become reliant on the many advantages offered by industrial lasers. Enhancements in quality, accuracy and cost and energy efficiency have resulted in significant ...
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Infrared Lasers: A Guide to Choosing and Customising Optical Components for Maximum Performance
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The defence sector for example uses a variety of IR lasers for intelligence, surveillance, target tracking and target acquisition. Without IR lasers, crucial night time operations would simply not be ...
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Interference Bandpass Filter Terminology
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Information sheet on interference bandpass filter terminology ...
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Optics in Engineering & Manufacturing- Why Quality & Accuracy is all about the Components
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: In this post, we are taking a look at some of the most popular components within the common optical instruments used for engineering and manufacturing processes. We will discover how they can be ...
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Scribed Interference Filters
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Scribed interference filters offer several advantages. ...
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Single Crystal Quartz Cultured for Optical Use
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Selected optical-grade natural quartz has found use in optical instruments such as spectrophotometers where its wide range of transparency endows the instrument with a correspondingly wide range of ...
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The Impact of Optics in the Renewable Energy Market
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: There is no doubting that the renewable energy sector is experiencing significant growth on a global scale. It is also clear to see that advances in optical technology have, over a relatively short ...
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The Value of Condenser Lenses in Projection Systems
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Condenser lenses play a valuable role in the function of a range of imaging devices and this includes slide projectors. In this post we are going to take a closer look at how condenser lenses work, ...
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What are Optical Payloads?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Optical payloads are just one example of how communications are being improved between space to earth. With the rising demand for larger capacity telecommunication satellites and the call for enhanced ...
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Where is the Telecommunications Industry Headed?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Across the world, we have an insatiable appetite for new technologies. We are always on the go; continually developing, researching and pushing the boundaries of what is possible when it comes to ...
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White Paper Concerning Infra-red Radiation
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: The foregoing paper briefly discussions the Infra-Red section of the electromagnetic spectrum, 0.7µm to 1000µm. The bandwidth is used for various products, ranging from, for example, optical fibre ...
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Optical Tweezers with XYZ-Piezo Nanopositioning Stages
Description: Investigations on interactions and forces at the level of individual molecules assist in gaining a great deal of information on chemical and mechanical properties or biological functions. Special ...
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Highly Engineered Optical Films for Mobile Electronics and Display Systems
From: BoydDescription: Advanced optical films provide a number of screen enhancements in today's mobile electronics and display systems. Inclusive of directional light-control films, anti-glare films, device-protective ...
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High-Speed Deformable Mirror for Laser Beam Focus Control in Cutting & Welding Applications
Description: Piezo driven laser focus shifter module advances speed and quality in laser machining applications ...
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Optical Mirror Coated AL
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: Optical Mirror Supplier shares that it is an optical element that works by the law of reflection. The reflector can be divided into plane reflector, spherical reflector and aspheric reflector ...
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Using Lighting to Optimize Camera Performance
Description: This paper will cover general lighting theory, explore different light sources, and how to best use lighting equipment for practical applications. ...
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The main reflective mirror in the schlieren system
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: supply optical mirrors ...
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Lasers: Three Mind-Blowing Laser Developments to Know
From: Sealevel Systems, Inc.Description: Lasers are having a moment. In 2018, three physicists received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in "groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics." It is the latest in a long line ...
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Have a Product That Needs Engraving? Save Money and Time by Bringing it In-House
From: Epilog Laser Corp.Description: Have a Product That Needs Engraving? Save Money and Time by Bringing it In-House There's never been a better time to bring laser services on-site. August 17th, 2018 by Amy Dallman Lens assembly and ...
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E-O Q-switch
Description: When an electric field (E) is applied to an electro-optic (E-O) crystal, the refractive index of E-O crystal will change linearly to electric field. The phenomenon is called linear electro-optic ...
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Sensor & Scanner Coatings
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: Optical and image sensor use is on the rise with growing applications in industrial 3D metrology, machine vision, automotive obstacle avoidance, security and surveillance, document and 3D scanning, ...
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7 Essentials for Starting a Makerspace
From: Epilog Laser Corp.Description: The Oxford Living Dictionary defines a makerspace as "a place in which people with shared interests, especially in computing or technology, can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, ...
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Counterfeit Electronics and Lasers
From: Epilog Laser Corp.Description: Counterfeiting is big business in the electronics world, manifesting itself through multiple avenues and a wide variety of methods. It is a threat pervasive to every part of the supply chain, from ...
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DPSS
Description: Diode Pumped Solid State (DPSS) lasers are a variation of the well known ruby, Nd:YAG, or other type of optically pumped crystal based laser where a high power IR laser diode or array of laser diodes ...
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Ellipsometer
Description: After reflection on a sample surface, a linearly polarized light beam is generally elliptically polarized. The reflected light has phase changes that are different for electric field components ...
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Micro Optics Application: Endoscope
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: BRD Optical is positioned in the market to focus on the development of microscopic lenses to enhance the imaging of endoscopes. Our small size lenses have been recognized by the market. ...
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How to Prolong the Service Life of Optical Glass?
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: Plano Convex Lens Supplier shares that should keep optical glass lenses clean often, which will increase the life of optical glass lenses. Because the pollution will cause a lot of problems for the ...
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Isolator
Description: Isolator is composed of a Farady rotator,which consists of a magneto-optic material contained in a magnetic field, and two suitably arrayed polarizers.The purpose of an isolator is to reduce or ...
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Medical Device Marking: Challenges and Solutions
Description: Marking medical devices can be challenging for medical device manufacturers. Identification tasks become increasingly demanding and the industry's regulations are getting stricter, such as currently ...
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Lidar
Description: Lidar (also called LIDAR, LiDAR, and LADAR) is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating the target with pulsed laser light and measuring the reflected pulses with a ...
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How to Create a Basic Marking Program
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: In this tutorial, we explain how to create a basic SpeedMark program, including the following tasks: Line marking, Ellipse marking, Outline text marking, Rectangle marking, and Arc marking ...
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Filter
Description: Optical filters transmit a certain portion of light spectrum and block the rest. They generally belong to two main categories, absorptive filters and interference or dichroic filters. They are ...
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Angle of Incidence (AOI) and Polarization
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical Filter Specs Angle of Incidence (AOI) and Polarization ...
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Cone Half Angle (CHA)
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical Filter Specs Cone Half Angle (CHA) ...
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Mechanical Dimensions
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical Filter Specs Mechanical Dimensions ...
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Spectral Features
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical filter specs Spectral Features ...
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Surface Flatness and Wavefront Error
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical Filter Specs Surface Flatness and Wavefront Error ...
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Surface Quality
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical Filter Specs Surface Quality ...
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Temperature Dependence
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Optical Filter Specs Temperature Dependence ...
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Cylindrical Lenses
Description: Cylindrical lenses focus or expand light in one axis only. They can be used to focus light into a thin line in optical metrology, laser scanning, spectroscopy, laser diode, acousto-optic, and optical ...
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Prisms
Description: Prisms are used in an optical system when the exit beam may be reflected or deviated from the entrance direction. The images produced by prisms can be made reversed, inverted or rotated. Prisms are ...
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Stunningly Bright Illumination Achieved Utilizing ROHM's Original LED Technology
Description: As a part of its social contribution activities, ROHM has implemented large-scale lighting displays in the areas around its headquarters in Kyoto. ...
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Optical Lens
Description: Lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging light. There are many forms of a lens or a lens system. A simple lens ...
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Points to Note When Using a Cylindrical Lens
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: In most cases, the cylindrical lens is made of glass, wherein the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical lens is a precisely treated optical surface. A typical cylindrical lens is a Plano Concave ...
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A Quantum Leap in Light Photography
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: It seems as if, every time you turn around, there's something extraordinary happening in the technological and scientific world. In this instance, it was my colleague Matt Cook who turned around and ...
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Why Use Purge Air? And What Practicalities to Consider
From: LANDDescription: Many AMETEK Land instruments use purge air, in the post I am going to explain the purpose and some of the practicalities ...
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Cold Processing Of Optical Lenses
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: Cold Processing of Optical Lenses ...
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Optical Lens Polishing Process
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: After the Negative Cylindrical Len is finely ground by the grinding liquid, the surface of the optical lens has a crack layer of about 2â€"3 m thick, and the method for eliminating the crack layer is ...
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Optical Mirror
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: 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 ...
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Polarization Optics Tutorial: Polarizers, Waveplates, Rotators, and Lyot Filters
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, ...
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Optical Terminology
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: Various terminology commonly used in the optical industry ...
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Scratch and Dig Specifications
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: The scratch and dig standards of MIL-PRF-13830B, are widely used in the optical industry. ...
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Line Optics
Description: An Excellent Option for IMPAC ISR 6 and IGAR 6 Advanced Pyrometers, expanded functionality especially for wire production and pouring stream measurements ...
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A Guide to Tolerancing of Optical Coatings
From: Alluxa, Inc.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?" ...
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Flow Cytometry Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Used across a variety of biological disciplines, fluorescence-based flow cytometers rapidly and accurately quantify cells and cellular components. ...
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Fluorescence Filters for Microscopy and Imaging
From: Alluxa, Inc.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 ...
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Thin Film Glossary
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Thin Film Glossary ...
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What is an Optical Window?
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.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. ...
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A Cornucopia of Coatings for Optical Components
From: Cascade Optical Corp.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 ...
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Five New Ways LEDs are Being Used to Improve Everyday Life
Description: Now that LED lighting has been embraced around the world as a smarter, lower-cost and more environmentally responsible alternative to incandescent lighting, businesses and public sector entities are ...
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How to Take the Guesswork out of LED Compatibility
Description: For LED lighting, incompatibility can lead to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that outgas, resulting in discoloration, decreased lighting intensity and lens fogging - generally impaired performance. ...
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Design of Fundamental LED Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The IR LED emitter is commonly continuously powered, forcing a constant DC current through the LED. The LED is connected to the DC supply via current limiting resistor. Equation included in piece. ...
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Design of Fundamental Photodiodes Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The basic structure of the photodiode is a reverse biased PN junction. When light of the proper wavelength is directed toward the junction, hole electron pairs are created and swept across the ...
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Design of Fundamental Phototransistor Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The common-emitter amplifier circuit (Fig. 1) generates an output which transitions from a high state to a low state when light in the near-infrared range is detected by the phototransistor. The ...
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IR Hermetic Components FAQs
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: This note lists and answers common technical questions about the operation of Light in Motion's IR hermetic components. ...
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Random Position Object Sensing
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: Random Position Object Sensing refers to applications where the goal is to either detect the presence of an "object" in an open delimited space or count the number of objects travelling through a ...
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What are thin-film optical filters?
From: Alluxa, Inc.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. ...
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Is Plasma a Viable Alternative to Laser?
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: A new class of plasma cutting, called X-Definition™, is further enhancing plasma's ability to tackle high precision applications. When installed on a high-quality cutting machine, equipped with ...
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How to Select the Correct Optical Flat
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.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 ...
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Controlling growth and colour of phototrophs by using simple and inexpensive coloured lighting: A preliminary study in the Light4Heritage project towards future strategies for outdoor illumination
From: StellarNet, Inc.Description: The quantity (duration and intensity) and quality (colour or wavelength) of light are key factors involved in regulating growth and physiological processes in photosynthetic organisms. As a ...
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Fabrication of graphene devices for infrared detection
From: World Star TechDescription: Fabrication of graphene devices for infrared detection ...
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Laser triangulation for shape acquisition in a 3D scanner plus scan
From: World Star TechDescription: Laser triangulation for shape acquisition in a 3D scanner plus scan ...
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Measurement of Directed Blood Flow by Laser Speckle
From: World Star TechDescription: Measurement of directed blood flow by laser speckle ...
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Fiber Optics: The Next Level Up in
From: Versitron, Inc.Description: The benefits, with diagrams, of using fiber optics for connecting medical facilities together in a campus type setting, or within the hospitals themselves. ...
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Alluxa Introduces HELIX Spectral Analysis System for Measuring High-Performance Thin-Film Optical Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: HELIX™ Spectral Analysis System accurately measures the highest-performance optical filters. ...
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Custom Designs in Fiber Optics
Description: When it comes to fiber optic technology, standard products can only go so far to meet the needs of engineers and designers who typically require specific lengths or configurations not offered by ...
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More Marking Options with MOPA Laser Source
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: A MOPA laser source is a great way to expand your marking capabilities and improve the quality of your marking results on certain plastics and metals. With a conventional fiber laser, markings on ...
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Thin-Film Interference Filters for LIDAR
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: High-performance, ultra-narrowband interference filters improve LIDAR signal-to-noise ratios. ...
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Laser Marking Barcodes and Serial Numbers
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: Linear and 2D codes, like serial numbers, are already used in most industries, (for example, the automotive industry, medical technology, or electronics industry), in order to make products or ...
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Label Cutting With a CO2 Laser with Wavelength Optimization
From: Synrad, Inc.Description: The digital printing revolution has changed the landscape of label creation significantly. With the flexibility of printed design, the need to easily change the cut shape to match has become very ...
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How Fiber Optics Are Made?
Description: Many people ask how fiber optics are made. You can't just use "regular" glass. If you were to make optical fiber from ordinary window glass, the light that you shine through it would have a difficult ...
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Low Frequency THz-Raman Spectroscopy: Using Structural Information for Material Identification
Description: Raman is primarily used for chemical identification THz and XRD are used for structural analysis, what if Raman could do both? ...
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A New Class of Polarization Optics Designed Specifically for Lasers
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Flatness of Dichroic Beamsplitters Affects Focus and Image Quality
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...