Germanium is a versatile infrared material commonly used in imaging systems and instruments in the 2 to 12 microns spectral region. It is used as a substrate for lenses, windows, and output couplers ...
Researchers at Flinders University have discovered a new low-cost material that can be made into lenses for thermal imaging – pointing to new advanced manufacturing applications for this powerful ...
ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / July 23, 2024 / LightPath Technologies, Inc. (LPTH) (NASDAQ:LPTH) ("LightPath," the "Company," or "we"), a leading vertically integrated global manufacturer and integrator ...
Sometimes, a technique or technology that initiates a radical or dramatic advance is soon itself overtaken by a variation or improvement on that initial innovation, with an excellent example being ...
South Korean startup Stratio has developed a mass-producible short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging sensor based on germanium, costing just 1% of comparable market products. By integrating AI algorithms, ...
Aspheric lenses are designed to focus or collimate light without introducing spherical aberration into the transmitted wavefront. For monochromatic sources, spherical aberration is often what prevents ...