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Optical Engineer Kevin Quist explains how cameras work, describing sensors, lenses, and pixels in a kid-friendly way

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Interested in learning about the different types of camera mounts available from Edmund Optics?

Watch this video to learn all about lasers, what makes them special compared to other light sources, and how they impact our lives

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Learn about ghost images in optical systems, which are faint second images caused by reflections within an optical component, from Kristina Kaszei.

Learn about the growth of the optics, lasers, and photonics market in India with Deepthi Sasikumar, Technical Engineering Manager at Edmund Optics.

Edmund Optics® utilizes a wide range of CNC machining equipment including ultrasonic machining and high speed cutting (HSC) technology from DMG MORI® for the machining of complex optical component geometries.

Edmund Optics is a sponsor of Victor Tango AutoDrive, a team of Virginia Tech students who competed to design and build a fully autonomous vehicle

Edmund Optics (EO) manufactures over 5 million optical components every year at our global facilities in the Americas and Asia.

SWIR, or short-wave infrared, is light invisible to the human eye but detectable by specialized infrared imaging lenses and cameras.

The Future Depends on Optics®

Collimated light occurs when light rays travel parallel to each other.

Knowing how to properly clean your optical components is an easy way to maintain system performance and save money by decreasing the risk of component damage.

Edmund Optics utilizes Diamond Turning to produce a wide range of high precision optical components.

What is an aspheric lens? In what applications are aspheric lenses used?

These compact, high-resolution, infinite conjugate lenses are ideal for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and other mobile robotics systems.

The UAV Series Lenses are compact, high-resolution, infinite conjugate lenses ideal for UAVs and other mobile robotics systems.

Learn how Highly-Dispersive Mirrors compensate for dispersion and compress pulse duration in ultrafast laser systems, which is critical for maximizing performance.

Edmund Optics offers a variety of kinematic, bar-type, translating, ring, and modular mounting components.

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Join Chris Williams as he briefly explains the basics of how to align a laser system onto a target.

Confused about the differences between traditional-coated and hard-coated optical filters?

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Join Stefaan Vandendriessche, Sales and Applications Engineer, as he demonstrates a Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) microscope built from stock components found in the Edmund Optics catalog.

Learn how to specify imaging system components.

Edmund Optics offers a variety of ball bearing, crossed roller bearing, dovetail, and rack and pinion translation stages for linear translation, rotary, and tip-tilt movement.