For customized applications in optical machine monitoring of plants, Vision & Control now also offers the development of individual optics.

Precise polarizers in the X-ray range provide a good tool to detect the vacuum birefringence.

A simple spatial light modulator made from gold electrodes covered by a thin film of electro-optical material changes its optical properties in response to electric...

One important factor in increasing the sensitivity of the observatories involves the coatings on the glass mirrors that lie at the heart of the instruments.

A team from the Diamond Light Source set about creating a brand-new instrument which can potentially improve the toolbox for metrologists and manufacturers around the...

Lasers are ubiquitous. Scientists from Würzburg have now developed the virtual-reality laser laboratory “femtoPro”, which simulates optical setups in real time and...

Researchers at Brussels Photonics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, have developed a “first time right” design method that eliminates the “step-and-repeat” and “trial-and...