Lidar/ladar lenses from Optimax available for defense and space applications

June 27, 2011

Lenses for lidar and ladar devices are made with a CNC lens centering system to position lens axes and measure how well they are aligned.

LFW Staff

Lenses for lidar and ladar devices are made with a CNC lens centering system to position lens axes and measure how well they are aligned. For defense and space applications, the lenses in the devices must maintain surface-to-surface alignment to minimize retrace error.
Optimax
Ontario, NY
[email protected]

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Optimax’s CNC lens centering capabilities

LIDAR and LADAR devices are increasingly incorporated in Defense and Space applications. A key system performance requirement for light and laser ranging applications is maintaining surface-to-surface alignment to minimize retrace error. Optimax’s CNC lens centering capabilities offer positioning and measurement of lens axes alignment to industry leading accuracies. For more information, please contact [email protected].

About Optimax: Optimax is a manufacturing company that provides rapid prototyping of precision optical components in sizes up to 300mm. Optimax specializes in Asphere, Cylinder, Sphere, and Plano/Flat optics. All parts are manufactured to customer-supplied specifications. Final inspection data is included with the optics.

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