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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

Resolve Optics, a leading designer and supplier of application optimised lenses and optical systems has announced the opening of new cleanroom facilities at its Chesham, UK headquarters. The investment provides an ISO 6 clean room (Class 1000) environment within the work areas used for assembly of lenses, optical systems, and modules. Mark Pontin, 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

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has developed a new low profile mirror mount that provides a secure platform for large and heavy high-precision flat, spherical, on-axis and off-axis mirrors. Robustly designed in black anodized aluminium, the mount can be tailored to match the size and shape of the mirror in a compact low-profile envelope.To enable optimisat 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

To provide an optimised solution for a surveillance camera manufacturer - Resolve Optics has developed a custom lens capable of producing both clear daytime and night vision images. Rob Watkinson, sales manager at Resolve Optics said “Our customer’s requirement was for a lens capable of focusing on 2 separate image planes serving different waveban 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. has developed a proprietary artifact suppression method allowing them to design and produce a novel high magnification reflective beam expander for small aperture laser applications. Accurate high magnification of small aperture laser beams has traditionally been a challenge because the optics associated with such a beam expa Read More

Resolve Optics reports on ongoing and increased demand for rugged high-performance lenses for military and space applications where the need for vibration / shock testing prior to deployment is a vital prerequisite. For most military applications – operators demand much higher reliability than they would for most standard industrial products. Reso Read More