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The industry standard method for quantifying reflectivity does not tell the whole story

Beam Conditioning Optics for UV, IR, and Broadband Lasers

E-Series Kinematic Optical Mounts provide high value and essential features for applications including lab use, prototyping, and system integration

Pulse Compression and Dispersion Compensation for Ultrafast Lasers

Dispersion is the dependence of the phase velocity or phase delay of light on another parameter, such as wavelength, propagation mode, or polarization.

Confused about the differences between traditional-coated and hard-coated optical filters?

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

Mirrors are commonly used to fold or compact an optical system.

Mounting flat mirrors by their edges in a kinematic mount imparts stress onto the mirror surface. This results in distortion and reduced quality of the reflected wavefront, which is especially noticeable when using high-quality mirrors. Stemmed mirrors, on the other hand, are mounted from a smaller diameter “stem” protruding from the back of the mirror, resulting in significantly reduced stress on the mirror surface, high stability, and cost reduction and can be used as a replacement for a more expensive and complex kinematic mount and a conventional mirror.

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

Learn how Highly-Dispersive Mirrors compensate for dispersion and compress pulse duration in ultrafast laser systems, which is critical for maximizing performance.

Semiconductor supermirrors offer high reflectivity and outperform many IR mirrors on the market. Learn more about these new supermirrors at Edmund Optics.

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.

Highly reflective (HR) coatings are applied to optical components to minimize losses when reflecting lasers and other light sources.

Back reflections are created when some or part of your beam are reflected back to the source.

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

Laser beam expanders are critical for reducing power density, minimizing beam diameter at a distance, and minimizing focused laser spot size.

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

Advances in microscopy, imaging, and extreme ultraviolet optics

Are you designing an optical system? Be sure to review these 5 considerations relating to mechanical design, assembly, and alignment at Edmund Optics.

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

Beamsplitters do exactly what their name implies: split incident light beams.

Want to know more about high-power optical coatings? Find out more about the importance, fabrication, and testing at Edmund Optics.

The short pulse durations of ultrafast lasers make them interact with optical components differently, impacting the optic’s laser damage threshold.

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

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

了解确保激光应用成功必须考虑的关键参数。将为这些参数建立通用术语。

Optical Filters are used to selectively transmit or block certain wavelengths or wavelength ranges within optical systems.

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Fluorescence imaging systems are composed of three major components, an illumination source, a photo-activated fluorophore sample, and detector.