Monthly Archives: August 2021
Why Use a Flat Top Beam Shaper?
A beam shaper top hat is a diffractive optical element (DOE) that alters the phase of an incoming Gaussian beam into a flat top-shaped energy distribution. This article will discuss the beam shaper top hat’s qualities and when it is advised to use such a device. Introduction to beam shaping optics Nowadays, the advancements in … Continue reading
Iridian Now Provides 10-15 µm LWIR Filters
Iridian Spectral Technologies can now supply custom filters in the 10–15 µm longwave infrared (LWIR) range! Iridian’s new evaporative coating system is production-ready for 10–15 µm bandpass filters (BPF), edge-pass filters, and notch filters. Iridian supplies a number of the leading OEMs with the filter technology required for their environmental monitoring instrumentation and also serves … Continue reading
Laser Display Debonding without Cylindrical Optics
Laser debonding requires the formation of a thin long line, typically achieved by using large, complex, and expensive cylindrical optics. This article presents an alternative approach utilizing a single diffractive optical element (DOE) and a standard F-theta lens. Background: Laser UV Debonding In many flat panel processes, the active screen layer is often extremely thin, … Continue reading
Filters for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a technique to make multiple copies of a short sequence of target DNA, exponentially amplifying it. DNA must be amplified so that there is enough material to reliably detect and identify it with a high degree of confidence. The multitude of PCR applications include infectious disease diagnosis. If the target … Continue reading
Webinar: Optical Filters in Space
Webinar Title: Optical Filters in Space Speaker: Jason Palidwar (Product Group Manager – Aerospace and Specialty Optics at Iridian Spectral Technologies) Event by: Robert Fisher of Optics.org To view on line, click here. Learn about the role that optical filters play in enabling these extraterrestrial photonics applications. Background “Space, the final frontier”. Over the past … Continue reading
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