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    (Image credit: Everix Optical Filters)
    Optics

    Changing the paradigm for ultra-thin, high-performance polymer interference filter manufacturing

    Hooman Banaei
    Dec. 18, 2023
    A new method of making this vital optical system component reduces the production time to hours, not days, and increases design flexibility.
    (Photo credit: Metalenz)
    Executive Forum

    Looking beyond the incremental: Reimagining optical devices

    Jose Pozo
    Dec. 7, 2023
    Rob Devlin, co-founder and CEO of Metalenz, shares the significant people that forged his path to developing one of the most promising optics companies in the world today.
    (Photo credit: PlanOpSim)
    Lieven Penninck, founder and CEO of PlanOpSim.
    Executive Forum

    PlanOpSim and metamaterials customization

    Jose Pozo
    July 31, 2023
    Jose Pozo, Optica’s CTO, talks to Lieven Penninck, founder and CEO of PlanOpSim, about his vision for metalens design and simulation.
    Chroma Technology
    Optics

    Optical filter finder website available

    LFW Staff
    July 6, 2023
    The Spectra Viewer website allows users to navigate the performance characteristics of various individual optical filters.
    Titan Tool Supply
    Optics

    Lapping and polishing film offered in six grits

    LFW Staff
    July 4, 2023
    Dia-Strip and Dia-Sheet lapping and polishing film incorporates pure virgin diamond powders to provide microfinishing support for lapping and deburring tasks.
    FIGURE 1. A ray trace of the marginal ray through a lens shows the position error at focus (image plane), with LSA and TSA labeled.
    Optics

    How can you tell if you really need an aspheric lens?

    Gary Herrit
    March 16, 2023
    Focused beam metrics are crucial for evaluating lens types for laser applications.
    FIGURE 1. The metal-dielectric interface in a plane at y = 0. This system supports SPPs propagating in the x direction and exponentially decaying in the y direction.
    Software & Accessories

    Simulation of surface plasmon polaritons

    Bjorn Sjodin
    March 10, 2023
    The hunt is on for better plasmonic designs, and optical simulation software will play an important role.
    Light Trans International
    Software & Accessories

    Physical optics software adds several updated features

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 15, 2023
    VirtualLab Fusion 2023.1 Physical Optics Software includes a new Universal Detector with detector modeling, among other new features.
    Trioptics
    Optics

    CNC alignment turning station features horizontal design

    LFW Staff
    Jan. 19, 2023
    The ATS-C CNC alignment turning station machines small, mounted lenses in short cycle times.