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    • Jim Nole

    Director of Marketing, TelAztec

    Jim Nole is director of marketing at TelAztec (Burlington, MA).

    (Courtesy of TelAztec)
    FIGURE 1. As seen in this electron-microscope image, surface antireflection structures exist in many varieties. The random AR structure (lower right) is now commercially available.
    Optics

    Laser Optics: Antireflection nanotextures for laser optics go commercial

    Jim Nole
    Sept. 14, 2016
    Antireflection nanotextures provide high optical performance, low surface absorption, and high laser-damage resistance, leading to long-term beam stability.
    (Courtesy of TelAztec)
    FIGURE 1. Scanning-electron-micrograph (SEM) images show various types of ARMs textures etched in the surface of durable optical materials.
    Optics

    Optical Materials: Nanotextured optical surfaces advance laser power and reliability

    Jim Nole
    June 9, 2014
    Retaining the mechanical, thermal, chemical, and optical properties of durable materials, functional nanometer-scale textures etched in optic surfaces enable higher-power, more...