Edmund Optics^®

Celebrate 70 years with EO! Take a journey from 1942 to 2012 and beyond.

As a family owned business for almost 75 years, the bond between family has long been the foundation of Edmund Optics.

Edmund Optics is a sponsor of Victor Tango AutoDrive, a team of Virginia Tech students who competed to design and build a fully autonomous vehicle

Edmund Optics (EO) manufactures over 5 million optical components every year at our global facilities in the Americas and Asia.

Learn about the metrology that Edmund Optics® uses to guarantee the quality of all optical components and assemblies.

Monitoring and regulating air pollution is an essential step towards creating a cleaner environment.

There are several metrics used to describe the quality of a laser beam including the M2 factor, the beam parameter product, and power in the bucket

The success of your machine vision application depends on the quality of your optical components.

Edmund Optics utilizes Diamond Turning to produce a wide range of high precision optical components.

Looking for the best way to clean optics? Learn more about the different cleaning products and methods, along with tips to handle optics at Edmund Optics.

Metrology is critical for ensuring that optical components consistently meet their desired specifications, especially in laser applications.

Laser optics high reflectivity mirrors meet exceptional specifications that Edmund Optics' competitors often fail to meet. Learn more at Edmund Optics.

New optical filters are being developed due to the advancements in applications and technologies. Learn more about the future of filters at Edmund Optics.

Do you want to learn about optical filters? Find terminology, fabrication techniques, a selection guide, and application examples at Edmund Optics.

The unique absorption properties of 2µm lasers allow them to create small and precise cuts for medical and materials processing applications

Edmund Optics' Chief Operating Officer, Samuel Sadoulet, provides his inside perspective on the optics industry for 2013.

Beam Conditioning Optics for UV, IR, and Broadband Lasers

Want to know more about fluorophores and optical filters for fluorescence microscopy? Find out more information and in stock optical filters at Edmund Optics.

Superpolished optics with sub-angstrom surface roughness are ideal for precise laser optics applications

Advances in microscopy, imaging, and extreme ultraviolet optics

Are you a victim of optical engineering fatigue?

Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPCs) are concentrator lenses made from rotated parabolic shapes to create specific acceptance angles through which divergent light is collected.

Join Chris Williams as he briefly explains the basics of how to align a laser system onto a target.

Continuing from where Part I: X-Y Setup ends, learn how to add a Z-axis to an existing X-Y configuration to achieve three degrees of freedom.

Optics and the manipulation of light are critical for countless applications that save lives and improve quality of life across the world

Learn about the different types of optical prisms, their applications, and how to select the right prism for your specific system.

Innovative ultra-thin filters provide flexibility, scratch resistance, and durability comparable to most hard oxide coatings. Learn more at Edmund Optics.

Choosing the right optical glass is important. Find out factors and properties on how to select the right optical glass at Edmund Optics.

The Strehl ratio of an optical system is a comparison of its real performance with its diffraction-limited performance.