How to Read an Optical Drawing

An optical drawing is a detailed plan that allows us to manufacture optical components according to a design and given specifications. When optical designers and engineers come up with a design, they condense it in an optical drawing that can be understood by manufacturers anywhere.

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Infrared (IR) Lenses

An IR lens is an optical lens designed to collimate, focus, or collect infrared light. At Avantier Inc., we produce high performance IR Optics such as IR lenses for use with near-infrared (NIR), short-wave infrared (SWIR), mid-wave infrared (MIR), and long-wave infrared (LWIR) spectra.

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LiDAR in Autonomous Vehicles

Today’s advanced driver assistance systems take advantage of AI-spiked cameras and radar or sonar systems, but most manufacturers have been waiting for advances in machine vision technology to go one step further into autonomous self-driving cars.

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Peak to Valley and Root Mean Square in Optics

Just how smooth is the surface of your optic? Qualitative descriptions are of limited value, and often you’ll want to put a number to it. Two ways of quantifying deviations from an ideal optical surface are peak-to-valley (PV) and root-mean-square (RMS).

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