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Additive manufacturing is revolutionizing rapid prototyping, IP protection, and the job market in the optics industry

Superpolished optics with sub-angstrom surface roughness are ideal for precise laser optics applications

Sensor Manufacturing Designs & Methods

Large field of view telecentric imaging lenses allow for reduction of measurement and inspection time. Learn more about large FOV lenses at Edmund Optics.

Cinema lenses designed to create content tailored for online streaming utilize aspheres to shoot with a shallow depth of field while maintaining quality.

Athermalization is a type of ruggedization that mitigates the harmful effects of thermal expansion and defocus in optical and imaging systems.

Time to Replace Spherical Elements with Aspheric Lenses

Seeing around corners is no longer science fiction thanks to ultrafast lasers and sensitive cameras

Bringing Professional-Grade Technology to All

Accessible, Flexible Technology Supported by a Community of Users

Advances in microscopy, imaging, and extreme ultraviolet optics

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and multispectral imaging (MSI) are two related technologies that make use of specialized vision systems to acquire extra image information from extended regions of the electromagnetic spectrum aside from the visible spectrum.

Computer Generated Hologram metrology provides a new solution for overcoming traditional asphere metrology. Learn more about CGH metrology at Edmund Optics.

Schwarz Mirrors eliminate stray light using black, engineered fused silica substrates that maintain desired characteristics while absorbing unwanted light.

The industry standard method for quantifying reflectivity does not tell the whole story

Beam Shaping for High Power and Short Pulse Durations

Four major trending topics in machine vision technology include edge artificial intelligence (edge AI), AI paired with high-resolution sensors, event-based machine vision, and affordability of SWIR sensor technology.

Trimming the Fat: Truncating Lenses to Shrink Systems

Free-space optical (FSO) communications wirelessly transmit data through the air using lasers. FSO promises to revolutionize broadband internet access.

A new generation of small, cost-effective, CW ultraviolet (UV) lasers allows more applications to move to UV wavelengths for increased power and precision.