Laser Center Hannover (LZH) is helping to expand the testing methods for optics used in modern high-power laser components. In the “cw-LIDT” research project, LZH is working together with companies ...

I’m still working through content from this summer’s Outdoor Life optics test, in which I dragooned volunteer testers to evaluate 45 rifle scopes, 17 binoculars, eight spotting scopes, and 23 thermal ...

Ocean Optics reports on how spectroscopy revolutionizes research by utilizing light to analyze materials, improving accuracy ...

Much of the progress in Astronomy has been driven by instrumental developments, from the first telescopes to fiber fed spectrographs. In this review we describe the field of astrophotonics, a ...

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