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  Introduction to Fiber Optic Polarizers Fiber optics cables are a common and extremely efficient method for data transmission and light guiding applications. Complete fiber optic networks can transmit ...

Introduction While often considered a rather new technology, the concept behind fiber optics has actually been around since the 1840’s, when Swiss physicist Daniel Colladon discovered he could shine ...

Introduction to Prisms Even as early as in the 13th century, six-sided crystals of natural quartz were used to generate rainbows. In the late 1660s, people believed that color was a mixture of lightness ...

Introduction to Optical Parametric Oscillators In 1961, Peter Franken and his group at the University of Michigan were the first to use  nonlinear materials to produce optical harmonics. This method ...

How do lasers work? This blog spends much time discussing the use and the applications of lasers, but how do they work? Lasers emit a coherent light beam from a cavity. The term “laser” is actually an ...

Adaptive Optics Introduction The field of optics studies the behavior of light – a form of substance with a characteristic wavelengths ranging from about 400 to 700 nanometers for visible light to as ...

Introduction to Human Breath Analysis Linus Pauling discovered modern human breath analysis in 1971 when he demonstrated that human breath has more than 200 different volatile organic compounds, proving ...

What Is Laser Micromachining? In recent years, the growing maturity of laser devices has conceived and fulfilled many novel material processing techniques. Among all the branches, laser micromachining ...

A Dilemma of Choices If you are suffering from vision degradation like myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, you are probably considering LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) cornea surgery, so as to ...

LEONI FIBER OPTICS – WHAT DO WE SPECIALIZE IN? LEONI Fiber Optics, Inc., (LFOI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH, which is a turn key Business Unit of the LEONI Industry & ...