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Chromatic Aberration – The Definition of Chromatic Aberration

Article - 2 Dec 2007

Chromatic aberration is also referred to as color fringing. Chromatic aberration occurs when a lens system is creating different focal lengths for different wavelengths of light. In other words, it is...

Anti-Reflective Coatings - What is Anti-Reflective Coating and How Do They Work?

Article - 17 Nov 2007

Anti-reflective coatings significantly reduce the loss of light. Anti-reflective coatings also reduce the amount of glare from lights. Anti-reflective coatings are made possible by using techniques...

Thorlabs Licenses Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope from Rensselaer

News - 8 Jul 2007

An innovative microscope technology invented by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been licensed by Thorlabs Inc., a manufacturer of photonics products. The device, which is called...

New Optics Technology for Extremely Large Telescopes

News - 8 Jul 2007

On the evening of 25 March 2007, the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) achieved First Light at the Visitor Focus of Melipal, the third Unit Telescope of the Very Large Telescope...

Enhancing the Quality of Modern Life With Advances In Optics

Article - 9 Aug 2007

The scientific fields of optics and photonics are highly specialized sub-branches of physics and engineering.

Researchers Present Correlation Light-Field Microscopy in New Study

News - 13 Oct 2022

Professor Milena D’Angelo’s research group at the Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, has devised an innovative light-field microscopy technique for...

Researchers Advance Microfluidic Holographic Cyto-Tomography

News - 1 Aug 2022

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Optics and Lasers in Engineering that demonstrated the feasibility of using digital holography-based three-dimensional (3D) tomographic...

Diffraction Grating Selection for Raman Spectroscopy

News - 5 Nov 2021

A diffraction grating is used to separate polychromatic light into its constituent wavelengths. In a Raman spectrometer diffraction gratings are used to separate the constituent wavelengths of the...

New Infrared Imager Converts Infrared Light into Clear Images

News - 6 May 2021

Imagine mapping out an individual’s blood vessels while simultaneously monitoring heart rate without making contact with the person’s skin, seeing through fog and smog, and seeing...

New Fiber-Optic Imaging Probe for More Effective Diagnoses of Various Diseases

News - 3 May 2021

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have designed a new ultrasonic imaging system that can be installed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fiber. The system can even be inserted into the...