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CCD Sensors - A Basic Look at How The Fundamental Key to Modern Digital Imaging Works

Without CCD detectors our modern lives would not have the current influx of ubiquitous video cameras, digital cameras, and camera telephones. CCD detectors or sensors are the light sensitive detectors that capture the image in the majority of these cameras.

27 Jan 2008

World's Best Microscope Revealed

TEAM 0.5, the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope has been installed at the Department of Energy's National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

23 Jan 2008

Optical Coherence Tomography - An Introduction to Optical Coherence Tomography

Optical Coherence tomography has been used for a number of applications such as biomedical and materials research for the past decade.

16 Jan 2008

Largest Laser in the World is Picking up Speed

Scientists and technicians at the NIF are quickening their pace to install and test the rest of NIF’s 192 lasers.

13 Jan 2008

Using Short and Intense X-Rays to Capture Images

LLNL scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects.

By Andy Henton 11 Jan 2008

What is Adaptive Optics?

Adaptive Optics can be defined as the optical systems that adapt to rectify for optical effects which is presented by the medium between the object and its image.

9 Jan 2008

Inexpensive Adaptive Optics

Adaptive optics is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams.

6 Jan 2008

Detecting Fugitive Environmental Contaminants

The intentional or accidental release of contaminants into the environment is an inevitable consequence of human activity.

3 Jan 2008

Nano-Optics and Nano-Photonics - How Nanotechnology is Revolutionizing Optics and Photonics

With a growing demand for faster, tinier, and more extremely integrated optical and electronic devices or instruments. There are also demands for smaller and exceptionally sensitive detectors for environmental and biomedical applications. Studying the many encouraging optical properties of nanostructures is an emerging field known as nano-optics and nano-photonics.

29 Dec 2007

Optical Filters – What is an Optical Filter and What Does it Do?

Filters are manufactured into a number of shapes and sizes. Filters can be used to pass or eliminate bands of wavelength ranging from hundreds of nanometers in size down to a single wavelength.

26 Dec 2007

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Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

These F-theta lenses by Avantier are designed for consistent spot size and uniform field curvature correction, ideal for high-resolution imaging applications.

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Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

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