Photonics/​Optics

Optics

Advanced optics technologies are essential to design engineers developing systems in manufacturing. Here are the latest technical briefs, products, and applications for design engineers working with optics technology.

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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The technology potentially enables a new generation of miniaturized electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

Sometimes photos cannot truly capture a scene. How much more epic would that vacation photo of Niagara Falls be if the water were moving?

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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

Labsphere, Inc. announced plans to locate a Field Line of sight Automated Radiance Exposure (FLARE) testing site at Arizona State University's (ASU) Polytechnic campus as...

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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

The demand for detecting infrared (IR) light, invisible to human eyes, is constantly growing, due to a wide variety of applications ranging from food quality control and remote sensing to...

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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

Autofocus, Waterproof Lenses

Edmund Optics® (EO) (Barrington, NJ) offers the TECHSPEC® LT Series and TECHSPEC® Cw Series fixed focal length lenses. TECHSPEC® LT Series fixed focal length lenses combine an...

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Special Reports: Imaging
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Machine Vision/Camera Advances - July 2021

Advances in cameras and image sensors are transforming the factory floor, while also enabling exciting new applications in space robotics, medicine, and more. Read all about it in this compendium of...

Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This could lead to the commercial development of smart glass, with applications ranging from imaging to advanced robotics.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The size and shape of the nanostructure can be controlled as it is assembled piece by piece.
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Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Designers who must sense motor position, speed, or acceleration have a lot of choices, including resolvers, optical encoders, and Hall-effect devices.
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Facility Focus: Photonics/Optics
Berkeley’s academic research reflects pressing global challenges in the areas of health, energy, and the environment.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These tiny detectors could record characteristics of light such as color, polarity, and angle.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This tool could help surgeons better treat tumors and brain diseases.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Using gold nanomaterials, this disk can hold data securely for more than 600 years.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Artificial intelligence is used to decode X-ray images faster, which could aid innovations in medicine, materials, and energy.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The new photonic architecture could transform digital communications, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
One of the final hurdles to hydrogen power is securing a safe method for detecting hydrogen leaks.
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Briefs: Transportation
Researchers have developed a millimeter-thick accelerometer.
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
Researchers from CU Boulder gave their optical "rectennas" a ghost-like way to turn wasted heat into power.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

Photonics has the potential to transform all manners of electronic devices by storing and transmitting information in the form of light, rather than electricity. Using...

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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

New research shows how to measure the super-short bursts of high-frequency light emitted from free electron lasers (FELs). By using the light-induced ionization itself to create...

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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Learn about tooling challenges and other considerations when designing micro-optics, including metrology equipment capabilities, and post-molding assembly.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
What you need to know before you incorporate large diameter aspheres into your optical systems.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Test technologies are available as technologies evolve to 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps for next-generation data center architectures.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology provides drones sufficient time and distance to react, avoid wires, and navigate follow-on maneuvers.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Fiber coatings measurement, single-frequency laser, optical filters, and more.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
A team has introduced a new method for taking high-res images of fast-moving and rotating objects in space, such as satellites or debris in low-Earth orbit.
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Briefs: Materials
Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain.
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Briefs: Transportation
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
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