by Meghan Pace | Mar 31, 2022 | News Snippets, Optics explained
Introduction to Polymer Polymer, one of the most used materials worldwide and exists commonly in everyday life is also a great alternative to glass materials for optical components. Many up and coming industries are incorporating polymer as their main optical...
by Addoptics | May 22, 2021 | Optics explained
Custom optical lens prototyping and manufacturing can be a time-consuming and costly endeavor. High upfront investments are most likely required before you even hold a physical prototype in your hands. Even worse, custom optical lens prototyping with conventional...
by Addoptics | May 11, 2021 | Optics explained
Requirements for vehicle comfort and road safety continue to increase. As such the demand for driver assistance systems, based on machine vision and camera technology, also increases. Automotive optics are indispensable for features like lane departure assistance and...
by Addoptics | Apr 26, 2021 | Optics explained
The refractive index (also known as the index of refraction) is defined as the quotient of the speed of light as it passes through two media. It is a dimensionless number that depends on the temperature and wavelength of the beam of light. “Refractive index describes...
by Addoptics | Apr 20, 2021 | Optics explained
What are imaging optics? Imaging optics are optical components that allow humans or machines to use light for vision. Applications of imaging optics include life sciences and machine vision, among others. Over the past few decades imaging technology has vastly...
by Addoptics | Mar 17, 2021 | Optics explained
Non-imaging optics, also known as anidolic optics, is the branch of optics concerned with optimal light transference between a source and a target. Unlike imaging optics the techniques used for non-imaging optics do not form an image of the source. Non-imaging optics...
