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    A microscope image of the thinnest lens in the world.
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    Software & Accessories

    Optical design software provides access to more than 900 simulation setups

    VPIphotonics
    May 26, 2024
    Design Suite Version 11.2 optical design software advances the simulation and design flow for applications including direct detection and coherent transmission systems.
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    Software & Accessories

    Optical design software: From nano to system scale

    Sanjay Gangadhara
    March 1, 2024
    Design engineers must be able to perform highly accurate simulations at multiple scales to predict the performance of modern optical devices.
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    Software & Accessories

    Next-gen optical design software

    Akash Arora
    Feb. 12, 2024
    Multisequential, object-based architecture for modeling optical systems improves sequential optical design, analysis, optimization, and tolerancing capabilities with one program...
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    Optics

    Spinning meta-optics for spectro-polarimetric thermal imaging?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 1, 2024
    Purdue University researchers merge optical engineering with cutting-edge computational imaging techniques—a spinning metasurface stack breaks thermal light down into its spectral...
    Optics

    Can you read a spot diagram?

    Shane Santi
    Dec. 19, 2023
    To choose the best optical design, buyers and engineers must be able to assess spot-diagram claims.

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    About MetaOptic Designer: Automatically Generates Metalenses/Metasurfaces

    May 29, 2024
    Metalenses can revolutionize optics with thin surfaces. MetaOptic Designer simplifies metalens design by auto-generating optimal designs, saving time and reducing the need for...
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    Lapping and polishing film offered in six grits

    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.
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    Disruptors are the ultimate innovation

    Peter Fretty
    June 26, 2023
    When innovation is also disruptive in nature, the ripple effect can quickly turn into waves.
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    FIGURE 1. With motion control resolution of .0001 in. on the z-axis, the DCM Tech rotary surface grinder is accurate and repeatable.
    Optics

    A focus on precision photonics grinding

    Mike Anderson
    April 28, 2023
    This Q&A article discusses the advantages of precision grinding.
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    Optics

    Design of a multichannel illumination optical system

    Lev Ryzhikov
    April 18, 2023
    This article provides a look at how the use of a “fly-eyes” relay optical system could help solve difficult semiconductor applications.