This month we begin our rollout of a new resource helping engineers solve problems and understand issues related to optical components and subsystems.
Optical Engineering Exchange was launched in the magazine with two articles:
- How to apply laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) test techniques
- Understanding key design principles of antireflection coatings
But there’s far more to it than these articles. We have also created a dedicated topic area on our website under the Optics channel, where you will find dozens of selected how-to articles—new and from our archives—tutorial videos, webcasts, and white papers – all organized around five topic areas:
- Optical design, tolerancing, and fabrication
- System discussions
- Optical coating design, fabrication, and use
- Optics practice and usage
- Peripherals
- The Optical Engineering Exchange community forums https://oex.laserfocusworld.com/
We have created the Exchange in response to a survey of the optics community and subsequent discussions with component and software vendors, engineers, and system integrators. It becomes part of our long-standing goal of providing solutions to engineers and other technical professionals in photonics.
To manage the Optical Engineering Exchange, we turned to senior editor John Wallace, a former optical engineer himself (MS, University of Rochester). He has been getting a great response by asking our reader base to help identify the pain points that everyone faces.
We have made a long-term commitment to Optical Engineering Exchange, and we expect the continual addition of new articles, webcasts, white papers, and video will provide a deep reservoir of reference and aid to engineers working in precision optics. Similarly, we expect our community forum to become the go-to place for questions and answers.
Please let us know what you think and what you would like to see in Optical Engineering Exchange—email us.
