Technical Digests
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OPTICS MANUFACTURING: Turning design into realityThe creation of a functional and economical optical component or system arises not just from good optical design, but also from the vast store of accumulated knowledge gained from manufacturing expertise. Such knowledge leads to the best real-world material choices, optimum tolerancing, and--yes--better optical design. The wide variety of optics in use today--refractive, reflective, spherical, aspherical, IR, visible, UV, and hybrids of all types--are fabricated with the goal of minimizing errors; this technical digest highlights some examples of how optics design, manufacture, and application are all part of the equation for success. This Editorial Digest brought to you by Edmund Optics. Sponsored by
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BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: Multiphoton microscopy conquers the limitations of traditional live cell imagingAlthough confocal microscopy is well established as the most accessible way to image live cells in high resolution, multiphoton microscopy is emerging as the new standard, as it yields high-resolution live cell images in 3D. Editorial Guide brought to you by Optics Technology Sponsored by
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Laser beam measurement: the key to optimum system design and operationThe laser is a precision tool -- and thus its potential can only truly be unlocked when its beam characteristics are precisely known. Selecting the instrumentation needed to measure and understand a particular laser’s characteristics depends on the application, as well as on the type of laser used. Many options exist, based on a number of 1D and 2D measurement technologies; as a result, understanding the instrumentation is at least as important as understanding the laser beam itself. This technical digest highlights different approaches to laser beam measurement, with an emphasis on providing enough knowledge to give the user an informed choice. This Technical Digest brought to you by Ophir-Spiricon. Sponsored by
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Technical Digest - The Premier Choice for Low-Light DetectionOverview: This unique collection of editorial articles were compiled together to provide you with a comprehensive perspective on PMTs. For decades, the PMT has been the premier choice for low-light detection. Engineers and researchers continue to develop PMT technology, both to improve the device’s characteristics and to tailor its usefulness to the ever-increasing number of photonics applications being developed. New photocathode materials, new dynode designs, and the advent of hybrid PMT/avalanche-diode structures are just some of the innovations that are expanding the PMT’s wavelength range, enabling multichannel outputs, and shortening response times.
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Technical Digest: Important advances in optics and photonicsThe optics and photonics industry is feeling the global economic recession, like almost every other industry in the world. But technical advances in ultrafast lasers and optical filtering offer such extraordinary advances for applications in manufacturing and all types of research requiring visual inspection, it’s easy to be optimistic about the future. Read this editorial digest to get in-depth information from the experts in the industry on the state of the optoelectronics market, advancements in semiconductor processing and improvements in optical filters and what that offers. Sponsored by
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