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    The laserfocusworld.com Optics channel features articles and other content that discuss precision optical components, systems, and applications.

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    Podcasts

    PODCAST: Interview with Thomas Obeloer, Element Six

    Justine Murphy
    April 17, 2024
    Episode 5 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Thomas Obeloer, international sales director at Element Six.
    (Photo credit: Quantum Corridor)
    Fiber Optics

    Quantum Corridor opens door to fast, secure comms in Midwest U.S.

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 14, 2024
    In this Q&A with Ryan Lafler, president and chief technology officer of Quantum Corridor, he discusses the project and shares its goals and potential applications.
    (Photo credit: ZEISS)
    Optics

    ZEISS and Imperial College London run optics summer program for teens

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 11, 2024
    Teens—14 and 15 years old—get opportunity to immerse themselves in optics for a week during the summer.
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    Software & Accessories

    Optical design software: From nano to system scale

    Sanjay Gangadhara
    March 1, 2024
    Design engineers must be able to perform highly accurate simulations at multiple scales to predict the performance of modern optical devices.
    Optics

    Injection mold optical system provides operational control

    Lev Ryzhikov
    Feb. 28, 2024
    In plastic product production, a new automated method can optically monitor the presence of plastic parts that haven’t been pushed out of the injection mold.
    Optics

    Custom LiDAR optics available with or without AR coating

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 25, 2024
    Custom-fabricated LiDAR optics use germanium, sapphire, silicon, UV glass, zinc selenide, and zinc sulfide substrates.
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    Lasers & Sources

    What happens if you etch tellurite glass with a femtosecond laser?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 22, 2024
    Serendipity in the form of an active photoconductive material—a semiconductor phase embedded within glass—that generates a current reliably for months when exposed ultraviolet...
    Optics

    Fixed-focus lens designed for CCD cameras

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 21, 2024
    The Model 390 5 mm non-browning S-mount lens has been specifically designed for use with ¼ in. image format radiation-resistant CCD cameras.
    (Photo credit: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory)
    Executive Forum

    Space: The growing optical frontier

    Jose Pozo
    Feb. 20, 2024
    Laser communication scientists and engineers continue to unpack new research, consider obstacles from a solution perspective, and advance the work.