SWIR Camera Surveillance
SWIR Camera Surveillance

SWIR Camera Surveillance: Eliminating Haze There’s a deep fog over everything, and you can’t see your hand when you hold it in front of you. The perfect night for a thief to sneak into your factories, make out with whatever they can carry, and get out the same way they came— or is it? Not […]

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Eyes for Unmanned Flight: Infrared Sensors and Optics for Drones 
Eyes for Unmanned Flight: Infrared Sensors and Optics for Drones

Infrared Sensors and Optics for Drones An optical drone dips low in front of a herd of antelope, gathering stunning footage for a new documentary. Equipped with advanced optics for drones mounted securely in its unobtrusive body, it is capable of taking high quality imagery even under unfavorable environmental conditions.  Later in the evening another […]

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Advantage of Optical Domes
Advantage of Optical Domes

Advantage of Optical Domes Optical domes play an important part in many optical systems, protecting delicate components from harsh environmental conditions. Maybe you need to produce high-quality images of deep sea organisms. You’ve got the delicate underwater camera that will produce the high resolution imagery you need, but you need something  that will enable them […]

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Case Study: Germanium Optical Dome for Drone
Case Study: Germanium Optical Dome for Drone

Key Takeaways: The Optical Dome, particularly those crafted from Germanium, stands as a pivotal component in enhancing the capabilities of drones and other optical systems across various domains.  Its significance is underscored by its ability to safeguard sensitive optical instruments while ensuring minimal impact on performance.  Optics for drone, including infrared cameras, benefit greatly from […]

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Optics for LiDAR and Sensing
Optics for LiDAR and Sensing

Optics for LiDAR and sensing Key Takeaways LIDAR technology has seen huge advances in recent years.  Different applications require different types of lasers  Custom optics can enable you to create a LIDAR system optimized for your application.  Optics for LIDAR and sensing are far more affordable today than they were just ten years ago, and […]

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The Complete Guide to Microscope Objective Lens
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Product Highlights: A microscope magnifies objects, revealing details not visible to the naked eye. It can project the image to the eye or a camera for observation or recording. Avantier’s diverse lineup, featuring achromatic, semi-apochromatic, and apochromatic options, ensures superior imaging quality. With magnifications ranging from 1X to 100X and numerical apertures up to 1.45, […]

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Precision Micro Prisms for Advanced Optical Systems
Precision Micro Prisms for Advanced Optical Systems

Key Takeaways: Avantier specializes in micro prisms, invisible to the naked eye yet vital for society’s development.  These prisms, made from precision-cut prism glass, enable light bending for optical equipment, aiding in miniaturization and lightweighting. Avantier’s technology creates (ultra-small) micro prisms (<3 mm) customized for diverse environments.  The production process involves cutting, grinding, polishing, and […]

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Case Study: Custom C-Lens with 1.8mm diameter
Custom C-Lens, 1.8mm DIA, Medical Device

Key Takeaways: Avantier specializes in manufacturing high-performance C-lenses and D-lenses for fiber optics applications, offering advantages like: cost-effectiveness, minimal insertion loss, and a wide operational distance range.  Their expertise ensures consistent, high-quality products which are tailored for diverse environments. Avantier successfully navigated challenges in microscale manufacturing, material selection, surface quality control, and cost-effective mass production.  […]

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The World of Micro-optics
The World of Micro-optics

Micro-Optics Can a lens be mounted on a surface smaller than the head of a pin, or  the full power of complex optical devices be condensed into a package smaller than a fingernail? That’s what micro-optics are about.  Microlens Arrays A micro-optic is an optical component or array between a few micrometers and a millimeter […]

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Selecting Optical Domes with Flanges for Camera Systems
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Key Takeaways: Optical domes with flanges offer near-zero wavefront error, ensuring exceptional optical clarity in camera systems. Common issues such as distortion, speckle, haziness, and reduced transmission can be addressed with high-quality flanged domes. Selecting the ideal glass dome involves considering application requirements, system performance limitations, manufacturing methods, and material durability. Ground and polished domes […]

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