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Specialised Imaging has introduced a new version of its market-leading SIM family of ultra high-speed framing camera that makes hyperspectral imaging simpler with the option of user interchangeable filters. Though hyperspectral imaging was possible on previous models, the new SIM design was driven by requests from the field of energetic materials Read More

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading producer of large diameter aspheric lenses used as critical focusing optics in high-power laser research. Aspheric lenses provide a cost-effective way of reducing the number of optical elements in a focusing system thereby making them ideal for low f-number, high throughput laser applications. Beneficially also a Read More

Resolve Optics has developed a unique optical module that fulfils the wide range of mounting arrangements used by different satellite camera systems. Developed in conjunction with ultra-high-definition video camera specialists – Sen (London, UK), the new 406-000 f2 radiation resistant lens from Resolve Optics is incorporated within an optical modu Read More

SI Sensors (Cambridge, UK) are developing a custom silicon image sensor for an Asian government agency meteorological satellite instrument, which is planned to enter geostationary orbit. The satellite will house multiple radiation hard imaging payloads, enabling high precision space environment monitoring and early weather warning services from an Read More

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from JEEWOO Photonics Ltd (Daejeon, South Korea) to produce a 700mm diameter reference flat - a key component in an optical test system being developed for a space optics organisation. The optical test system is required for aligning and testing long focal length, large aperture multi optical component s Read More

Specialised Imaging reports that its Kirana ultra-high speed video camera has been chosen by researchers at the University of Dresden (Germany) following a head-to-head comparison against alternative commercially available cameras. To choose the best camera to investigate the behaviour of concrete when subjected to high impact loading – the Dresde Read More

Specialised Imaging Ltd reports on the recent market launch of SI Sensors (Cambridge, UK) - a new division of the company focused on the development of advanced CMOS image sensors. Drawing upon a team of specialists with a broad range of experience in image sensor design – SI Sensors is creating custom image sensor designs with cutting edge perfor Read More

Resolve Optics offers a design and manufacture service for nuclear camera and sensor manufacturers requiring non-browning lenses optimized to their application. With recent advances in technology – CMOS sensors are being developed capable of withstanding higher levels of radiation than was previously possible making them a viable option for a much Read More

Resolve Optics is a leading developer of custom optical modules - design optimised to perfectly match your application. An optical module is a system of optical components that does more than just transmit a single image. For example, in interferometry - an optical module may use beamsplitters or prisms to create many images from a single image. R Read More

Optical Surfaces Ltd reports that it has received a follow-up order from Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) to produce three second generation off-axis beam compressors to expand the capabilities of the facility’s optical interferometer. The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) project’s mission is to develop a ten-element imaging inte Read More

The Model 228 lens from Resolve Optics has become an industry standard for Reflected Ultraviolet Imaging Systems (RUVIS) used to detect fingerprints or bloodstains undiscovered during an initial crime scene investigation. Collection of evidence, after a crime has been committed, is essential to establish facts associated with the crime and identif Read More