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MKS Announces Ophir® MWIR Long Range Lens Named 2020 PRISM Award Finalist

MKS Instruments, Inc, a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, is honored to announce that the Ophir® SupIR 50-1350mm MWIR f/5.5 long range, motorized continuous zoom lens has been chosen as a 2020 PRISM Awards finalist.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 10 Jan 2020

New Optical Method to Create Robust Second-Order Nonlinear Effects in Materials

A new all-optical method has been demonstrated by researchers, producing strong second-order nonlinear effects in materials that do not support them usually.

7 Jan 2020

Optics for Optical Non Contact Measurement Systems

Optical non contact measurement systems do not require physical contact with a surface to determine the dimensions and other parameters of a component.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 7 Jan 2020

Metalenses can Help Create Broadband Absorbers for Solar Panels

A metalens is defined as a thin composite metal-dielectric film positioned on a dielectric substrate. It measures several dozen nanometers in width. The metalens has been described in the latest article featured in Optics Letters.

6 Jan 2020

New Optical Metasurface with Controllable Ultrafast Time-Varying Properties

Propagation of light is generally reciprocal, which means the path of light moving in one direction is the same as the path of light traveling in the opposite direction.

23 Dec 2019

New Chip-Integrated Light Source Transforms Infrared into Visible Wavelengths

A novel chip-integrated light source designed by scientists can convert infrared wavelengths into visible wavelengths. Until now, it has been difficult to generate visible wavelengths with silicon chip-based technology.

20 Dec 2019

Edmund Optics® Awarded Two Laser Focus World Innovators Awards for 2019

Edmund Optics® (EO), leading provider of optical and imaging components, is proud to announce that it has won two Laser Focus World Innovators Awards for 2019!

From Edmund Optics 20 Dec 2019

SARF-Series Silicon Avalanche Photodiode

The SARF series of silicon APDs is housed in a modified TO-46 housing that contains a bandpass filter and 500 micron detector chip. The centre wavelength of the bandpass filter is 905 nm.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 20 Dec 2019

Large-area and Flexible Near-infrared Light-emitting Diodes

NUS researchers have developed highly efficient, large-area and flexible near-infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for new wearable device technologies. Figure (A) shows uniform electroluminescence from a large-area f...

20 Dec 2019

Edmund Optics® Features New Products, Including Near-Infrared (NIR) Precision Aspheric Lenses and TECHSPEC® LS Series Line Scan Lenses

Edmund Optics (EO), a renowned provider of optical components, continuously expands its product offering to reflect market developments and customer needs. New products are added each month to better serve the industry.

From Edmund Optics 13 Dec 2019