• LightPath Technologies Inc

    Orlando, FL 32826

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    2603 Challenger Tech Ct
    Suite 100
     Orlando, FL 32826
    United States
    http://www.lightpath.com
    407-382-4003
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    Optics and photonics solutions, in the industrial, defense, telecommunications, testing and measurement, and medical industries. Molded glass asphere lenses, infrared lenses, fiber collimators and gradient index GRADIUM® lenses.

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    LightPath Technologies’ BDNL BlackDiamond chalcogenide glasses allow designers to utilize a variety of optical applications while minimizing the use of crystal glass. This enables...

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    Episode 30 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Sam Rubin, CEO of LightPath Technologies.
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    Potential supply issues have optics manufacturers and the U.S. government looking at alternative materials to head off disaster.
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    Longwave-infrared (LWIR) microbolometer imaging cores operating at up to 960 fps are based on an uncooled amorphous silicon microbolometer.
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    FIGURE 1. The bottom left corner shows the MANTIS camera imaging smoldering after the fire was extinguished with water.
    LightPath’s MANTIS multispectral camera solves cooling in both the midwave and longwave ranges simultaneously, without the complicated, heavy, and expensive systems needed today...
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    The MANTIS multispectral infrared camera system images in both the midwave- and longwave-infrared (MWIR and LWIR) ranges simultaneously.
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    FIGURE 1. Together, China and Russia provide 83% of the world’s germanium, with other non-U.S. countries producing about 12%.
    Chalcogenide glasses transmit a wide range of infrared (IR) wavelengths and are poised to take over the market for imaging and laser optics in this spectral range. But U.S. manufacturin...
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    Let’s recap all the business announcements in photonics from August 2022.
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    LightPath CEO Sam Rubin discusses the company’s approach to an evolving industry.
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    Let’s recap all the business announcements in photonics from July 2022.
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    Freeform optics are becoming a key element in applications such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), among others.

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    The project is a joint development effort between LightPath and RP Optical Lab, with support from the University of Central Florida’s Center for Research and Education in Optics...
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    Key features of the tunable laser spectrometer (TLS), one of the instruments within the laboratory suite named Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, are shown. The upper half of the graphic is a schematic illustration of TLS, and the lower half is a photograph of it from before its installation into SAM.
    The company’s zinc sulfide midwave-infrared (MWIR) lens and beamsplitter are critical components of the tunable laser spectrometer (TLS) instrument on the Mars Curiosity Rover...
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    Custom molded aspheric lenses using Sumita glass K-PSFn202 offer a refractive index of 2.02.
    Optics produced from Sumita’s high-index glass, K-PSFn202, include high-performance glass aspheric lenses optimized for telecommunications and other laser diode applications.
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    The optical components and assemblies maker has entered a sales partnership with an Israel-based optical components and optomechanics specialist.
    FIGURE 1. Numerous materials suitable for use in IR optics include chalcogenide glasses, semiconductors, water-soluble crystals, and others; the chalcogenides are shown in blue.
    Many optical materials exist for designing IR optics; chalcogenide BD6 has some advantages when compared with legacy materials.
    Orders are for a variety of precision molded optics (visible light spectrum) and infrared optics.
    Manufacturing to begin immediately, with the order to ship over 12 months.
    The company has expanded its IR optics facility in Latvia and automotive electronics in China.
    BD6 As40Se60 chalcogenide glass is available for use in many infrared applications.
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    FIGURE 1. These molded chalcogenide glass lenses by LightPath Technologies provide a cost-effective alternative to single-point diamond-turned germanium lenses; they also have the advantage of not turning optically opaque at temperatures above 65°C, as does germanium.
    Glass molding produces precision components for lower cost at high quantities, and allows unusual shapes and functions.
    LightPath Technologies signed a joint development agreement with OLE-Systems for optical fiber delivery technology.
    LightPath Technologies was selected by Renishaw to supply two types of glass molded lenses.
    LightPath Technologies buys infrared optics maker ISP Optics for $18 million.
    LightPath Technologies has won a $200,000 SBIR award to work on carbide bonded graphene coating for enhanced glass molding.
    FIGURE 1. Theoretical drop in index of refraction is shown for a moldable glass.
    Designing for manufacturability of precision glass molded aspheric lenses provides the lowest possible cost at the highest possible quality.
    Molded chalcogenide glass optical lens assemblies have a 40° field-of-view.
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    Complex aspheric surface profiles can greatly reduce or eliminate many aberrations in spherical-lens optical systems.
    Manufacturing processes including CNC polishing, precision glass molding, or hybrid aspherizing are combined with inspection and testing techniques to integrate aspheres into ...
    The 7100141 and 7100143 molded infrared aspheric imaging assemblies are for applications in longwave-infrared (LWIR) thermal imaging.
    The 352673 molded glass aspheric lens is optimized to collimate Nichia’s 408 nm blue laser diode, and is designed for the specific beam divergences, peak wavelength, and window...
    A new mid-wave infrared (MWIR) fiber collimator uses molded IR aspheres.
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    FIGURE 1. Molded optics can start with raw materials made of plastic (left) or glass (right). Thermoplastic resins for plastic optical injection molding are provided in extruded and cut pellet form. The PGM process requires a precision preform prior to molding.
    Advances in mold tooling and glass technologies have enabled production of molded glass optics that are cost competitive with plastic optics for an increasing range of applications...
    Combining both an aspheric lens and an isolator, the Oasis monolithic isolator and Aspheric LensOasis packages offer diffraction-limited performance optics and isolation for small...
    LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH), which produces optical components and assemblies, and the University of Central Florida's (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL...
    A new f/1.3, 14.9 mm focal length long-wave infrared (LWIR) lens assembly is designed for uncooled infrared sensors.
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    New aspheric molded lenses are designed for collimating light from MWIR and LWIR lasers, such as quantum cascade lasers (QCLs).
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    An f/1.0, 10.6-mm focal length longwave infrared (LWIR) lens assembly has been designed for uncooled IR sensors.
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    The BlackDiamond athermalized Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) lens assembly with 10.65-mm focal length was developed for uncooled infrared sensors using 8 – 12 µm infrared signatures...