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Where Electronics Meets Optics: Electro-Optics, a Dynamic Duo
Where Electronics Meets Optics: Electro-Optics, a Dynamic Duo
What is Electro-Optics? In the last 20 years or so, the field of electro-optics has become increasingly important. It is often challenging to predict the future of scientific discoveries and their relevant ...
Secrets of Antireflective Coatings: Interference as a Key Mechanism
Secrets of Antireflective Coatings: Interference as a Key Mechanism
In our prior blog post we discussed the properties and major uses of Antireflective Coatings. We also talked about how how anti-reflection is not a property of materials. Rather, it is a consequence of ...
Anti-Reflective Coatings: Invention Through Current Industry Applications
Anti-Reflective Coatings: Invention Through Current Industry Applications
Introduction Everyone knows or heard about UV or anti-reflective coatings on lenses and filters but what are they really and what distinguishes anti-reflective coatings from other types of coatings? We ...
Adaptive Optics: Improving Optical Systems Across Disciplines
Adaptive Optics: Improving Optical Systems Across Disciplines
Introduction to Adaptive Optics Anyone who has ever driven down the road on a hot day has probably noticed steam radiating off the pavement. However, if you looked closely enough, the steam was actually ...
Polarization Control: Utilizing the Direction of Light for Optimal Optics
Polarization Control: Utilizing the Direction of Light for Optimal Optics
Polarization As A Property of Light Conversation about light waves typically focuses on frequency, wavelength, or intensity. Many introductory physics courses cover these concepts in great detail so that ...
X-Ray Cameras: Imaging Body and Space
X-Ray Cameras: Imaging Body and Space
Introduction X-rays are one of the most versatile forms of radiation.  The rays can penetrate thick objects without absorbing or scattering, rendering them extremely useful for imaging purposes. X-ray ...
Spectroscopy Imaging: Measuring Light for Research and Industry
Spectroscopy Imaging: Measuring Light for Research and Industry
Introduction to Spectroscopy Imaging We have discussed many applications of spectrometers, but how do we attain the final spectral image to analyze? Spectrometers contain varying types of imaging systems ...
Prisms: A General Overview
Prisms: A General Overview
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 ...
LPSS Lasers: A Technology Withstanding the Test of Time
LPSS Lasers: A Technology Withstanding the Test of Time
Basics of Lamp-Pumped Solid State (LPSS) Lasers As the trailblazer for many modern day laser designs, LPSS lasers are a mature technology that have been around since the invention of the first laser. The ...
Diffraction Gratings: An Essential Tool in Modern Spectrometry Techniques
Diffraction Gratings: An Essential Tool in Modern Spectrometry Techniques
Introduction to Diffraction Gratings Diffraction gratings are optical components that diffract and separate light into several beams at different angles by wavelength. Their working principle is hinged ...