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

Pushing Optics to the Extreme

New optical filters are being developed due to the advancements in applications and technologies. Learn more about the future of filters at Edmund Optics.

Beam Conditioning Optics for UV, IR, and Broadband Lasers

Trimming the Fat: Truncating Lenses to Shrink Systems

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

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines used for complex geometry manufacturing are expanding their material capabilities. Learn more at Edmund Optics.

Time to Replace Spherical Elements with Aspheric Lenses

Four major trending topics in machine vision technology include edge artificial intelligence (edge AI), AI paired with high-resolution sensors, event-based machine vision, and affordability of SWIR sensor technology.

Advances in microscopy, imaging, and extreme ultraviolet optics

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

Advances in Smart Materials, Imaging, and Ultrafast Laser Optics

Transparent Materials with Integrated Micro-Optics

Image Quality of a Telecentric with the Flexibility of a Liquid Lens

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

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

Quickly Respond to Collapsing Product Lifecycles

Not all ruggedized imaging lenses feature the same type of ruggedization. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of each type at Edmund Optics.

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.

Advances in Microscopy Tackle the Challenges of the Future

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

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

Sensor Manufacturing Designs & Methods

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

Beam Shaping for High Power and Short Pulse Durations

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

Computer Generated Hologram metrology provides a new solution for overcoming traditional asphere metrology. Learn more about CGH metrology at Edmund Optics.

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

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

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