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Chroma Technology Corp

Manufacturer of catalog and custom optical filters for demanding applications across the spectrum. ISO 9001 and B Corp certified.
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Shanghai Optics Inc

Shanghai Optics is an unparalleled custom optical engineering solution provider offering custom optical manufacturing, design and engineering services.
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Avantier Inc

Is an unparalleled leader in providing custom optical systems solutions. We offer advance precision custom optical design, optical engineering, optical lens assembly, rapid optical...
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LASEROPTIK GmbH

LASEROPTIK manufactures high LIDT laser optics and coatings from VUV to IR for industry, medicine and scientific research. LASEROPTIK employs more than 40 coating machines with...
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LaCroix Precision Optics

The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have guided LaCroix Precision Optics to become the premier, independent...
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Reynard Corp

Manufactures custom optics and thin-film coatings 0.2µm-50µm (UV-IR). In-house capabilities: optical fabrication, diamond turning, photolithographic patterning & environmental...

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Custom Optics and Custom Optical ComponentsAvantier Inc. offers a wide range of materials, cutting edge equipment, and optic and component capabilities for custom or OEM optics...
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Germanium Products

Avantier Inc. pioneers in Germanium Lenses, offering a diverse array of optics enhanced with anti-reflection coatings. Tailored for thermal imaging and FTIR spectroscopy, these...
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Introduction to Reverse Engineering

Reverse optical engineering, also known as reverse engineering in optics, is the process of taking an existing optical component or system, analyzing it, and replicating it to...
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Avantier Inc. is an unparalleled leader in providing custom optical systems solutions. We offer advance precision custom optical design, optical engineering, optical lens assembly...
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IR Bandpass Filters & AR Coatings

Reynard continues to push the performance of infrared filters.
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Shanghai Optics Introduction & Factory Tour

Shanghai Optics is a leading global custom optics manufacturer and optical solution provider with more than 60 years of experience. Our experienced engineering team possesses ...
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Deep Dive into Optics: Optical Tolerances

Manufacturing optical tolerances are important factors that impact both performance and cost of an optical component or system. Optical components commonly require tighter optical...
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How to Get a Quote for Precision Optics

It is important to understand what all information is required for your optics supplier to provide a quote for precision optics. This video goes into detail on various topics ...
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Deep Dive into Optics: Surface Accuracy

Surface accuracy is the measurement of the deviation between the actual shape and the intended shape of an optical surface.Surface Accuracy: reference vs. actual shape comparisonSurface...
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Learning Optics with Austin: Lesson 10 – Interference

Besides explaining rainbows, why model light as a wave? The particle model of light is usually drawn with a particle traveling as a ray. Just by staring at a candle or light bulb...
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Freeform Optics

Freeform Optics OverviewA freeform optical component is not symmetric around its optical axis. It provides some attractive features to optical designers to correct multiple aberrations...
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Advantages Of Using LED Lighting

LED is a new generation of light source that converts electric energy directly into light energy through semiconductor. LED lighting lamps are widely used in indoor and outdoor...
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Optics Manufacturing 101: How to Get a Quote

In order to turn your optical design from concept to the finished lens, it is crucial to understand what items need to be provided when submitting a request for quote (RFQ).
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What is Interferometry and Why Does it Matter?

Goal: To provide a basic understanding of optical metrology and the Fizeau interferometer. Fizeau interferometry is performed in manufacturing millions of optical components each...
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Intro to Optical Manufacturing

Goal: Give an introduction into how optics are manufactured starting with a design, then conceptualizing how the lens will be made, designing a blank, forming the blank into the...
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Introduction to Reverse Engineering

Reverse optical engineering, also known as reverse engineering in optics, is the process of taking an existing optical component or system, analyzing it, and replicating it to...
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Meadowlark Optics Acquires Boulder Nonlinear Systems

Combining people, products, and services could mean a move to the forefront of optical science.FREDERICK, CO, May 1, 2023 – Meadowlark Optics (Meadowlark) announces its acquisition...
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Avantier Introduction

Avantier Inc. is an unparalleled leader in providing custom optical systems solutions. We offer advance precision custom optical design, optical engineering, optical lens assembly...
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IR Bandpass Filters & AR Coatings

Reynard continues to push the performance of infrared filters.
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Shanghai Optics Introduction & Factory Tour

Shanghai Optics is a leading global custom optics manufacturer and optical solution provider with more than 60 years of experience. Our experienced engineering team possesses ...
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Deep Dive into Optics: Optical Tolerances

Manufacturing optical tolerances are important factors that impact both performance and cost of an optical component or system. Optical components commonly require tighter optical...
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How to Get a Quote for Precision Optics

It is important to understand what all information is required for your optics supplier to provide a quote for precision optics. This video goes into detail on various topics ...