General discussion in the metrology field tends to revolve around the relative merits of non-contact or contact measurement solutions. However, demand now exists in almost every industry for more ...

A laser Doppler vibrometer’s (LDV) real-time capability enables measurement times roughly six orders of magnitude smaller compared to any method that is based on strobe techniques or provides a ...

Large-aperture interferometers are important in the manufacturing and measurement of large-aperture optical elements, which play critical roles in the fields of optical precision manufacturing and ...

Coherent Solutions Ltd. and National Instruments have announced the release of a new portfolio of PXI optical-test modules. The new modules include optical switches, optical-electrical converters, and ...

A Hampshire-based designer and manufacturer of meteorological and environmental measurement instruments has launched a new infrared optical rain gauge. Gill Instruments' TruMet PW100 uses a ...

Optical measurement techniques collecting light intensity in the far-field such as conventional and confocal microscopy or coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) enable fast and contactless ...

Primary performance data for passive fiber-optic devices is provided by spectral measurement of optical insertion loss (IL) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL). Often used to characterize optical ...

What's behind the IEEE 802.3cz Multi-Gigabit Glass Optical Fiber Automotive Ethernet standard. Optical vs. electrical links in automotive Ethernet. Details behind various compliance and conformance ...