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Universal Template for Reconfiguring Liquid Crystals and Soft Matter

Universal Template for Reconfiguring Liquid Crystals and Soft Matter

An international team of researchers from Penn State, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, has reported a new method for modifying the structure of liquid crystals.

8 Nov 2019

ZEISS and Kyoto University Consolidate Strategic Partnership

ZEISS and Kyoto University Consolidate Strategic Partnership

ZEISS and Kyoto University are intensifying their cooperation and have signed a new strategic research agreement.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 6 Nov 2019

Optical Traps Precisely Assemble Nanoscale Semiconductors into Larger Structures

Optical Traps Precisely Assemble Nanoscale Semiconductors into Larger Structures

Contemporary construction is always a precision endeavor. As such, builders have to use components—such as rivets of a particular size or beams of a required composition—produced to fulfill specific standards.

5 Nov 2019

Resolve Optics Contributes to Space Projects

Resolve Optics Contributes to Space Projects

Resolve Optics reports on its active participation in designing and supplying robust optical systems for a range of different space projects over the last few years.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 5 Nov 2019

New Chiral Light to Distinguish Between Chiral Molecules

New Chiral Light to Distinguish Between Chiral Molecules

Light is the quickest means to differentiate between left- and right-handed chiral molecules, which finds significant applications in the field of biology and chemistry. But normal light can only weakly sense the handedness of molecules.

29 Oct 2019

Beam Collimators from Optical Surfaces Offer No Central Obscuration and Efficient Transmission

Beam Collimators from Optical Surfaces Offer No Central Obscuration and Efficient Transmission

Manufactured to better than lambda/10 p-v surface accuracy, the off-axis design of Beam Collimators from Optical Surfaces Ltd. (OSL) produces no central obscuration and highly efficient transmission is obtained.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Large High Precision Laser Windows Available from Optical Surfaces

Large High Precision Laser Windows Available from Optical Surfaces

Working with a range of glasses, including BK-7 and fused silica, which offer good homogeneity and transmission from the UV to the Near-IR - Optical Surfaces has earned a reputation as a leading supplier of large, high precision laser windows.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

High Precision Mirrors Forming Key Components in World's Largest Solar Telescope

High Precision Mirrors Forming Key Components in World's Largest Solar Telescope

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced that it has delivered, to the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) located in Big Bear Lake, California, three high precision off-axis parabolic mirrors that will form key focusing components in the adaptive optical system associated with BBSO's new 1.6 metre solar telescope.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Optical Surfaces Recognised as Premier Supplier of High Precision Reference Flats

Optical Surfaces Recognised as Premier Supplier of High Precision Reference Flats

Benefiting from a unique thermally stable manufacturing environment - Optical Surfaces Ltd. is able to routinely achieve a surface accuracy of lambda/20 p.v. and surface roughness of 10 A rms on Reference Flats up to 600mm in diameter.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Optical Surfaces Earned International Reputation For High-Performance Aspheric Lenses

Optical Surfaces Ltd. (www.optisurf.com) has earned an international reputation for supplying high-performance aspheric lenses. Using proprietary manufacturing techniques diffraction-limited optics up to 600mm in diameter are produced for the most demanding applications.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Precision 3D Printing with Quantum X align

Precision 3D Printing with Quantum X align

Quantum X align enables precision 3D printing for integrated photonic and microoptic devices.

From Nanoscribe GmbH

MF-BOX Boxcar Averager, Superior SNR of Your Pulsed Signal.

MF-BOX Boxcar Averager, Superior SNR of Your Pulsed Signal.

The MF-BOX option adds a 500 kHz/5 MHz boxcar averager to the MFLI Lock-in Amplifier, significantly increasing its measurement speed.

From Zurich Instruments AG

Custom VIPA Design Tool for Optical Systems

Custom VIPA Design Tool for Optical Systems

Explore how to easily design and customize VIPA components with a novel online configuration tool.

From LightMachinery

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