Optics
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Edward WakefieldOctober 30, 2022
Optical glass fiber optimized using 3D printing
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Korea, Australia, Great Britain, and Germany – with the participation of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) – were able to, for…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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).…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…