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Geopolitics and export controls have significantly impacted the accessibility of coating materials for laser optics

Sensor Manufacturing Designs & Methods

Pushing Optics to the Extreme

The future of high-speed technology: integrated photonics use light instead of electricity for computing and signal processing

Additive manufacturing is revolutionizing rapid prototyping, IP protection, and the job market in the optics industry

Time to Replace Spherical Elements with Aspheric Lenses

Advances in microscopy, imaging, and extreme ultraviolet optics

Advances in Smart Materials, Imaging, and Ultrafast Laser Optics

The industry standard method for quantifying reflectivity does not tell the whole story

The unique absorption properties of 2µm lasers allow them to create small and precise cuts for medical and materials processing applications

Seeing around corners is no longer science fiction thanks to ultrafast lasers and sensitive cameras

Pulse Compression and Dispersion Compensation for Ultrafast Lasers

Transparent Materials with Integrated Micro-Optics

Trimming the Fat: Truncating Lenses to Shrink Systems

Beam Shaping for High Power and Short Pulse Durations

機器視覺技術的四大趨勢主題包括邊緣人工智慧（edge AI）、與高解析度感測器配對的人工智慧、基於事件的機器視覺以及SWIR感測器技術的可承受性。

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and multispectral imaging (MSI) are two related technologies that make use of specialized vision systems to acquire extra image information from extended regions of the electromagnetic spectrum aside from the visible spectrum.

The growth of automation has introduced machine vision lenses to more harsh environments involving shock, vibration, contaminants, and temperature swings.

Free-space optical (FSO) communications wirelessly transmit data through the air using lasers. FSO promises to revolutionize broadband internet access.

Athermalization is a type of ruggedization that mitigates the harmful effects of thermal expansion and defocus in optical and imaging systems.

Schwarz Mirrors eliminate stray light using black, engineered fused silica substrates that maintain desired characteristics while absorbing unwanted light.

A new generation of small, cost-effective, CW ultraviolet (UV) lasers allows more applications to move to UV wavelengths for increased power and precision.

Specialized coatings can minimize thermal lensing in ultrafast laser systems, which are particularly susceptible to detrimental thermal effects.

Mounting flat mirrors by their edges in a kinematic mount imparts stress onto the mirror surface. This results in distortion and reduced quality of the reflected wavefront, which is especially noticeable when using high-quality mirrors. Stemmed mirrors, on the other hand, are mounted from a smaller diameter “stem” protruding from the back of the mirror, resulting in significantly reduced stress on the mirror surface, high stability, and cost reduction and can be used as a replacement for a more expensive and complex kinematic mount and a conventional mirror.

Superpolished optics with sub-angstrom surface roughness are ideal for precise laser optics applications

Cinema lenses designed to create content tailored for online streaming utilize aspheres to shoot with a shallow depth of field while maintaining quality.

Single-Material Aspheric Achromats correct chromatic aberrations with a unique geometry, leading to numerous benefits over conventional achromatic lenses.

Large field of view telecentric imaging lenses allow for reduction of measurement and inspection time. Learn more about large FOV lenses at Edmund Optics.

Traditional spherical lenses are evolving due to the increasing demands of applications. Learn about the future of spherical lenses at Edmund Optics.

Innovative ultra-thin filters provide flexibility, scratch resistance, and durability comparable to most hard oxide coatings. Learn more at Edmund Optics.