Freeform optical system design and metrology represent a paradigm shift in the development of imaging and sensing technologies. By allowing optical surfaces to depart from traditional rotational ...

A space camera optical system based on an off-axis four-mirror freeform design is one such solution, offering a 70° ultra-wide field of view from a 640 km orbital altitude. This system is an ideal ...

Tuesday’s twin conferences SPIE Photonics Europe and SPIE Optical Systems Design and the associated expo of more than 100 exhibiting companies and industry groups picked up where Monday’s sessions had ...

A team at Vrije University in Brussels, Belgium, has teamed up with commercial desktop laser cutter provider “Mr Beam” to develop a new freeform lens that improves performance while shrinking the size ...

Near-field optical trapping has transformed particle manipulation in biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology, enabling contact-free control of objects ranging from nanoparticles to living cells.

Broadens Keysight’s growing design engineering software portfolio and computer-aided engineering capabilities. Expands SAM with the addition of optical system design, analysis, simulation, and virtual ...

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2021.210040, Researchers led by Professor Daewook Kim from The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA consider advances in optical ...

Follow along as Machine Design interviews John Ellis, an entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm Optics for Hire. The Optics for Hire team—a group of ...

Machine vision systems are becoming increasingly common across multiple industries. Manufacturers use them to streamline quality control, self-driving vehicles implement them to navigate, and robots ...

Fujitsu networking subsidiary 1Finity launched an open optical line system (OLS) designed to optimize managed fiber services.