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Durable High Power Laser Mirrors from Optical Surfaces

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has established an international reputation for producing extremely durable coated mirrors up to 600 mm in diameter for use with high-power femtosecond lasers. Typical applications for these durable high power laser mirrors include plasma physics, laser manufacturing and telecommunications.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Optical Surfaces Receives Order for High Performance, Thermally Stabilised Beam Expander

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG. for a high performance, thermally stabilised beam expander. The beam expander will be used as part of the Tesat Optical System Test Bed for verification of the optical performance of their Laser Communication Terminals (LCTs).

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Optical Surfaces Launch New Information Rich Website

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced the launch of a new information rich website dedicated to serving the diverse range of industries that benefit from high precision optics and optical systems.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Macroscopic Crystals Use Internal Rotation to Attenuate Wave Propagation

Acoustic researchers from Empa have created macroscopic crystal structures that leverage internal rotation to attenuate wave propagation.

15 Oct 2019

Silicon Photonics Meeting at Photonex 2019 Attracts Speakers from Across Europe

The holding of the first Industry & Academia: Working Together in Silicon Photonics EPSRC outreach meeting at Photonex two years ago opened up the possibility for experts and those new to silicon photonics to be able to meet in the UK annually, and discover silicon photonics without the need to travel overseas to events such as OFC in the US and ECOC in Europe.

1 Oct 2019

Optical Metrology Gets Smart at Photonex

ANNOUNCING the upcoming 2019 Optical Metrology for Smart Decision Making meeting taking place on Thursday 10th October in The Jaguar Lounge, Ricoh Arena, Coventry at Photonex 2019.

1 Oct 2019

New Fabrication Method for Miniaturizing Interference-Based Devices

A microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis has been used by researchers in Christine Hendon’s and Michal Lipson’s study groups at Columbia University, New York.

18 Sep 2019

Light and Sound Waves Combined in Silicon Chips for Novel Signal Processing

The digital era is enabled by integrated circuits in silicon. Now, with the advent of photonics—components used for producing, guiding, and detecting light—the abilities of electronic circuits have been expanded even more.

17 Sep 2019

Creation and Control of Light Crystals

Optical microresonators turn laser light into ultrashort pulses moving around the resonator’s circumference. These pulses, known as “dissipative Kerr solitons,” can propagate in the microresonator keeping their shape.

10 Sep 2019

Novel Optical Ruler can Compute Down to the Nanoscale

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have formulated a novel way to compute distances at the nanoscale—one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter—with the use of light.

6 Sep 2019