Optical Components and Optics Reference Materials
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3 Key Factors to Look into Before Starting Your Next Laser Project
From: Laser Services, Inc.Description: We believe that there are three key factors that make a reliable job shop partner; location, materials they stock, and quality/support they offer ...
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Looking for the best way to weld steel and aluminum together? Fiber laser welding is the only way to go.
From: Laser Services, Inc.Description: Fiber laser welding offers: *offers highly accurate control of the heat input *enables automation and higher throughput *Presents low distortion, complex weld joints and shapes *Has a small ...
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Six Questions to Ask Your Laser Processing Partner
From: Laser Services, Inc.Description: Asking the right Laser Processing questions early in the relationship can avoid challenges later. ...
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The Top 5 Myths of Laser Cutting That Might Be Holding Your Project Back
From: Laser Services, Inc.Description: If you don't use laser cutting as part of your manufacturing, it's likely the possibility just never occurred to you, perhaps due to one of these five myths we'd now like to correct. ...
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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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Grinding Technology of Connectors for Optical Slip Rings
From: JINPAT ElectronicsDescription: While fiber connector assembly plays a large role in the optical correspondence, the grinding of connector side cannot be ignored so as to maximize the performance of the slip ring for a better ...
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Considerations for Optical Slip Rings
From: JINPAT ElectronicsDescription: JINPAT has raised some consideration for optical slip rings when they are installed and used. ...
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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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European XFEL - the World's Largest X-ray Laser
From: item America, LLCDescription: Within the European XFEL, a hight-power X-ray laser forms the hub of a tunnel System with a total length of 3.4 kilometers that extends from a district of Hamburg to the edge of Schenefeld in ...
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ICE CUBE Polarizer Application Note
From: MOXTEK, Inc.Description: Cube beamsplitters are found in a variety of applications where matching path lengths, reduced ghosting, and limited beam shift are important. Polarizing beamsplitter (PBS) cube assemblies are found ...
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MOXTEK Polarizing Beamsplitters for HMD and HUD Applications
From: MOXTEK, Inc.Description: Moxtek's wire-grid polarizing beamsplitter (PBS) cubes and plates provide high transmission, high contrast, and high temperature durability resulting in bright, beautiful images. Moxtek's polarizing ...
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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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Laser Maintenance
From: SigmaTEK Systems, LLCDescription: What you're cutting, where you're cutting and how you're cutting should be considered when developing a maintenance plan. ...
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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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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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White Paper Concerning Infra-red Radiation
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Paper briefly discusses 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 telecommunications, ...
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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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Advanced Techniques for Laser
From: SigmaTEK Systems, LLCDescription: Running a laser is expensive. Any movement made by the machine that doesn't involve cutting material is a wasted movement, causing wear and tear on the machine and costing time. Let's explore four ...
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Preventative Laser Maintenance
From: SigmaTEK Systems, LLCDescription: Maintenance. A word that laser machine owners know, but a practice that is often overlooked. Imagine the headache of trying to complete a job on time, only to have your machine down because of ...
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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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Laser Mirror Capabilities
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Explains general and custom capabilities of laser mirrors. ...
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An engineers guide to selecting power supplies for LED lighting applications
From: XP PowerDescription: Traditionally, lighting comprised some form of incandescent, fluorescent or halogen lamps. That has changed with the ever increasing popularity of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which are finding ...
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The History of Fiber Optics
From: Versitron, Inc.Description: Beginnings of Fiber Optics during the Cold War. What it is capable of, and why it is chosen over copper. Rolling pictorial of industries using fiber optics and a list of names of industries using ...
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50 W Osram Blue Laser Diode Applications Support
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: how to use Osram laser diodes, precautions, handling and heat transfer. ...
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Design and implementation of a two degree-of-freedom micromanipulation assessment system
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: Design and implementation of a two degree-of-freedom micromanipulation assessment system ...
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Fabrication of graphene devices for infrared detection
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: Fabrication of graphene devices for infrared detection ...
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Far-Field Nanoscopy with Reversible Chemical Reactions
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: Far-Field Nanoscopy with Reversible Chemical Reactions ...
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Laser triangulation for shape acquisition in a 3D scanner plus scan
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: 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 StarTechnologiesDescription: Measurement of directed blood flow by laser speckle ...
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Near-Infrared Sunlight Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: Near-Infrared Sunlight Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Via the Insertion of an Upconverter-TiO2 Nanocomposite Layer ...
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Optical Determination of Carbon in Atmospheric Aerosols
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: Multi-wavelength optical determination of black and brown carbon in atmospheric aerosols ...
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Refractive Index Control of Semiconductor Films
From: World StarTechnologiesDescription: Wide-Range Refractive Index Control of Organic Semiconductor Films Toward Advanced Optical Design of Organic Optoelectronic Devices ...
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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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Broader Marking Capabilities Using a MOPA Laser
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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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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Different Methods for Laser Marking Metals
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: Due to their highly reflective properties, laser markings on bare metal can be difficult to read. Download our guide to learn about the different methods for marking metals and when to use each to get ...
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Introducing a Novel 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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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: Line and 2D codes, like serial numbers, are already used in most industries, such as (e.g. 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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Technical Note - High Density Laser Diode Arrays
Description: Northrop Grumman Cutting Edge Optronics has developed a new laser diode array package with minimal bar-to-bar spacing. These High Density Stack (HDS) packages allow for a power density increase on the ...
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Technical Note - Laser Pulse Train Amplification with PowerPULSE™ Modules
Description: Northrop Grumman Cutting Edge Optronics (NGCEO) has developed a line of laser amplifiers specifically for high-energy, quasi-CW operation. The PowerPULSE™ laser amplifiers can operate at high ...
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Effective Vibration Reduction Stabilizes Laser Beams
From: Newport CorporationDescription: Optical tables and vibration isolation supports have become the de facto standard for providing a stable environment for complex laser systems and their applications. ...
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Galvo versus Flatbed Lasers
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: Flatbeds and galvo lasers are two widely used types of laser machines that offer a number of features and benefits that can help businesses boost efficiency, broaden capabilities, or improve quality. ...
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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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High-Power Spectrally-Stable DBR Semiconductor Lasers Designed for Pulsing in the Nanosecond Regime
From: Photodigm, Inc.Description: The basic design considerations for a spectrally-stable DBR semiconductor laser specifically designed for pulsing in the nanosecond regime is presented, along with test results from devices fabricated ...
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Low Frequency THz-Raman Spectroscopy: Using Structural Information for Material Identification
From: Ondax, Inc.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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Polarization Optics - Tutorial
From: Artifex EngineeringDescription: By polarized light we mean optical radiation with its electric field oscillating in a specific regular mode. Any generally polarized electric field can be resolved into two orthogonally polarized ...
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Copper Optics Capabilities
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: n the infra-red wavebands from 1µm to over 10µm the copper surface will maintain its reflectivity of over 90%. ...
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IR-Cut Filters
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Our IR-cut filters are designed to block by means of reflection the NIR spectrum while transmitting highly in the visible range. Our filters also block UV light below 350nm. ...
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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 ...
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Fluorescence Polarization in Life Sciences
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: The application of fluorescence polarization offers unique advantages over conventional fluorescence imaging and quantitation. In fluorescence polarization studies, fluorophores tied to biological ...
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How to Calculate Luminosity, Dominant Wavelength, and Excitation Purity
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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IBS Coatings for Ultrafast Lasers and Applications
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Ion-Beam-Sputtered (IBS) Thin-film Interference Filters for Nonlinear Optical Imaging
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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, ...
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Low-birefringence Lens Design for Polarization Sensitive Optical Systems
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Polarization sensitive optical systems may contain optical components that are considered non-polarization optics, such as multi-element collection/illumination lenses, relay lenses and ...
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Measurement of Optical Filter Spectra
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Multimodal Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Imaging
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Optical Filters for Laser-based Fluorescence Microscopes
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Rigid Body Movements of Optical Elements Due to Opto-mechanical Factors
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Semrock VersaChrome Tunable Bandpass Filters
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Super-resolution Microscopy
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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The Physics of Pixel Shift
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Understanding Polarization
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: 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 ...
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Resolution and Dynamic Range: How These Critical CCD Specifications Impact Imaging System Performance
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Resolution and dynamic range are two important specifications to be considered when evaluating the capabilities of an imaging colorimeter, yet they are easily misconstrued. The common assumption is ...
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How do Circular and Linear Polarizers Work
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: A circular polariser comprises a linear polariser and a ¼ wave retarder whose slow and fast axes are at 45 degrees to the axis of the polariser. ...
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How Do Circular and Linear Polarizers Work
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: A circular polariser comprises a linear polariser and a ¼ wave retarder whose slow and fast axes are at 45 degrees to the axis of the polariser. ...
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Ball Lenses, A.F.B.M.A. Grade Terminology & Tolerances
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Ball lens diameter tolerances are expressed around the size of lens ordered to which the basis of the basic lens diameter tolerance applies to. ...
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Polarisation Information Sheet
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Light is a form of electro-magnetic waves that exhibit polarisation, which can oscillate in more than one orientation. Linear polarisation is represented graphically, for example, by a straight line, ...
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Boost Your Security Applications With Fiber Optic Converters
From: Versitron, Inc.Description: Article outlining the benefits of using fiber for security applications including CCTV with design drawings. ...
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Pressure Window Calculator
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Formula used to calculate pressure window. ...
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Optical Glass Comparison Table
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Table comparing optical glasses. ...
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General Materials Specifications for Cultured Quartz Crystals
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: This material specification concerns single crystal cultured quartz bars intended for use in the fabrication of piezoelectric elements for such applications as timing, frequency control and frequency ...
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Measuring Flatness with Knight Optical (UK) Ltd Monochromatic Lights
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: 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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Fiber Optic Lighting At Heart of Advanced Biomedical Research
Description: Of all the applications of optical fiber, from billboards to dashboards, few are as exciting as cutting edge bio-medical research. ...
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High Reliability Interconnects for High Power LED Assembly
From: Alpha Assembly SolutionsDescription: New high and ultra-high power LED package designs provide high lumen density that can enable significant system cost reductions through fewer LEDs, smaller PCBs, and smaller heat sink size ...
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High Reliability Interconnects for High Powered Assembly
From: Alpha Assembly SolutionsDescription: New high and ultra-high power LED package designs provide high lumen density that can enable significant system cost reductions through fewer LEDs, smaller PCBs, and smaller heat sink size ...
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LED Thermal Management Systems -- High Thermal and High Reliability Materials
From: Alpha Assembly SolutionsDescription: LED technology is seeing widespread adoption in range of end markets including lighting, automotive and display applications. LEDs offer several advantages such as energy efficiency, long life, ...
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Optical Design Glossary
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: Multilingual design glossary for optical components and topics. ...
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Optical Fiber Performance: Theory Versus Practice
Description: The wave-particle duality of light is an interesting contradiction for academics, but for designers of lighting systems, there are many practical, head-scratching contradictions and misconceptions ...
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How to Determine the Polarisation Axis of Linear Polarisers
From: Knight Optical (USA) LLCDescription: The simplest test is to view the reflected light from a flat surface, e.g. a windowsill, through the polariser. One way the light will be bright, this is when the polariser axis is parallel to the ...
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IP or CCTV Video Applications Which to Choose and Why
From: Versitron, Inc.Description: Those who need to monitor events in realtime are choosing IP monitoring solutions. These solutions allow for transmission of both full-motion and still images over LAN networks via the internet. ...
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How to Clean AlSiO Coated Front Surface Mirrors
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.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 ...
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Selecting an Optical Mirror
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.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 ...
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Arteries: Advanced Technology Tackles the Heart of the Problem
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: Since Marc 2016, a new device to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) is available that allows physicians to see in arteries during a directional atherectomy procedure to remove plaque that blocks ...