Photonics/​Optics

Optical Components

Access the latest technology advances in optical components and systems. Design engineers will find technical briefs and applications that are being used throughout industry.

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INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
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Application Briefs: Communications
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Embedded Gas and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Environments
Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
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NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser light...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This approach removes the limitation on peak power densities that exists for fiber lasers.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Optically Fixable Shape Memory Polymers
These polymers can combine thermal and optically fixable shape memory.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
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Articles: Materials
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A new instrument mounted on a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” at the night sky on Oct. 22 to capture the first images...
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Contact lenses that can monitor the wearer’s health and correct eyesight use embedded electronics. These, and other curved devices such as solar cells and electronics, could be...
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Measuring milk components has become very crucial for the dairy industry.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn about the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers at the University of Illinois have found a way to redirect misfit light waves to reduce energy loss during optical data transmission. In a study,...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell without a lens or any optical, electrical, or...
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Briefs: Imaging
High quality camera performance on mobile devices has proven to be one of the features that most end-users aim for. The importance of optical image quality improvement and the trend to have thinner and thinner...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new imaging method extracts a color image from a single exposure of light scattered through a mostly opaque material.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network — a device inspired by how the human brain works — that can identify objects or process...
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
NASA Armstrong flight-tests some of the nation’s most unique aircraft and aeronautical systems.
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