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Holographic Technology: More Than Entertainment
Holographic Technology: More Than Entertainment
People who are fans of superhero movies will remember that iconic scene in Iron Man where Tony Stark is in his workshop moving around all of the holograms. Even more iconic is that scene in A New Hope when ...
Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications
Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications
Crystals are periodic structures in space. They are used in the electronics industry to control and manipulate electrons. These structures create energy gaps by allowing only electrons with certain ...
Optimizing 3D Body Scanning for Research and Industry
Optimizing 3D Body Scanning for Research and Industry
3D body scanning lends itself to a wide variety of fields. Healthcare professionals can use body scans to make 3D printed prosthetics, animation studios can use body scans for highly-accurate portraits, ...
Optical Frequency Combs for Molecular Fingerprinting
Optical Frequency Combs for Molecular Fingerprinting
Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder have been experimenting with laser sources called optical frequency combs to find a new way of studying molecular structures. Frequency combs get their ...
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers: A Novel Approach
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers: A Novel Approach
Researchers at Cornell, Colorado State, and Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories believe ultrafast fiber lasers could hold an abundance of untapped potential. The collaborative research team published a proposal ...
Motion Control: Always at the Right Place at the Right Time
Motion Control: Always at the Right Place at the Right Time
Introduction to Motion Control Instrumentation Motion control is the combination of mechanics and electronics to regulate the position, speed and acceleration of moving parts in a controlled manner. It is ...
Interferometers: Small Measurements with Big Technology
Interferometers: Small Measurements with Big Technology
Introduction A single human hair is approximately 80,000-100,000 nanometers wide. Now, imagine a distance that measures several hundred times smaller than a human hair. Such small distances are often ...
Mica Waveplates – What You Need to Know
Mica Waveplates – What You Need to Know
General Information Mica is a naturally occurring birefringent biaxial crystal. It is cleaved into wafers of precisely controlled thickness to produce optical retarders at user-specified wavelengths. Due ...
LEONI – Experts in Fiber Optics Technologies
LEONI – Experts in Fiber Optics Technologies
LEONI FIBER OPTICS – WHAT DO WE SPECIALIZE IN? LEONI Fiber Optics, Inc., (LFOI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH, which is a turn key Business Unit of the LEONI Industry & ...