Optics, electronics, mechanics

03 Aug

Freely moldable optical filters

Laser Components sells dielectric optical filters drawn from PMMA using a novel thermoforming process. According...

11 Jul

Glass printed in 3D without sintering

Printing fused silica consisting of pure silicon dioxide in micro- and nanometer-scale structures opens up...

13 Jun

Holger Hanselka elected as new president of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Professor Holger Hanselka was unanimously elected as the new president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft by its...

13 Jun

OLEDs: deep blue, efficient and durable

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are energy-efficient and flexible in application. But one challenge is the...

06 Jun

Strehl Ratio and High Precision Focusing Optics

Sponsored Post - Tight specifications look good on a data sheet, but they only really matter if they ensure the required performance in an end user’s application. For this reason, Edmund Optics decided to characterize their line of Laser Aspheres by their Strehl ratio, rather than just surface form errors.

09 May

The native language of quantum computers

While we are used to calculate with the digits zero to nine in everyday life,...

08 May

Customized 8-axis positioner for optical inspection

The high-precision 8-axis positioner from Steinmeyer Mechatronik offers a wide range of adjustment options and...

18 Apr

W3+ Fair Wetzlar: Two days of innovation, inspiration and networking

The W3+ Fair Wetzlar 2023 came to a successful close on March 30, 2023, says...

07 Mar

Senior optics designer awarded

Willi Ulrich, who is now retired after 38 years at Zeiss, has been awarded the...

01 Mar

Scan lenses for 420 nm – 480 nm

Sponsored Post - Since new generations of diode lasers with 450 nm are commercially available efficient processing of non-ferrous metals is possible.

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