Optics
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Unispectral, an Israeli Samsung-backed company, is an important player in the IR inspection market, producing miniature tunable Near Infrared (NIR) filters for camera systems to give them biometric authentication capabilities. Unispectral’s technology is used for many applications, including camera-based material detection, object classification, bank note and documentation identification, product defect…
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America Makes, the United States’ national additive manufacturing institute, has launched its latest Project Call, called Additive for eXtreme Improvement in Optical Mounts (AXIOM). The new project call aims to support the U.S. Air Force’s continued advancement through the development of high-precision optical components used in sensors, space systems and…
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Nanoscribe, a specialist in micrometer 3D printing, has introduced its new Nanoscribe Quantum X system, the world’s first two-photon grayscale lithography system. The new additive manufacturing technology, which was launched at the LASER World of Photonics trade fair in Munich, is designed for maskless lithography of highly precise microoptic components.…
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A team of researchers from the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada have successfully 3D printed chalcogenide glass for the first time. The material, which is used to make optical components for mid-infrared wavelength applications, now has the potential to be made into more complex parts, such as optical fibers, for…
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Nanoscribe, a specialist in microfabrication 3D printing technology, has been enlisted to participate in the new MiLiQuant research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project, which also brings on Q.ant, optical systems company Zeiss, engineering company Bosch, the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and the…
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Nanoscribe, a specialist in micrometer 3D printing, has fabricated multi-level diffractive optical elements (DOEs) using its recently released Photonic Professional GT2 3D printer. The 3D printed microstructures will be presented at the upcoming Photonics West trade show for optics and photonics. Multi-level DOE microstructures are becoming increasingly sought after in…
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MIT never ceases to amaze with the cutting-edge projects and technologies it pioneers. The school’s latest project is impressive on a small scale: researchers have devised a method to shrink 3D printed structures down to the nanoscale. The technique uses accessible technologies and is reportedly capable of creating objects made…
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Researchers at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) of the University of Southampton (UK) are investigating using 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, techniques in the fabrication of optical fibre. Named MMAM, this entirely new way of making fiber could pave the way for more complex structures capable of unlocking a host…
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German company Nanoscribe Nanoscribe began developing and producing high-precision 3D printing solutions enabling the micro-optics industry to innovate by additive manufacturing. Typically, the benefits of additive manufacturing are considered to be fast and flexible design iterations as well as freedom of design. But the usual 3D printing technologies available in the…
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