Optical Tolerances
Manufacturing optical tolerances are important factors that impact both performance and cost of an optical component or system. Optical components commonly require tighter optical tolerances than mechanical components. Cost Drivers
Lesson 16 – Optical Systems II: Spherical Lenses
We briefly discussed spherical and aspherical lenses in “Intro to Optical Components”. Spherical lenses can further be broken down into different categories. Plano convex lenses are flat on one side
Clear Aperture
During the manufacturing process, a lower quality surface near the edge of an optical component is created. The diameter of the area inside of the optical component that must meet
Lesson 15 – Optical Systems I
Lenses come in all different forms, not just through the process of manufacturing. In fact, our own eyes are an optical system. Four main “components” to our eye are: 1)
Lesson 14 – How do Atoms Emit Light?
Light sources such as the sun give off light, but why? The equation E = hf relates the wavelength of light to energy where E is energy, h is Planck’s
