How to Hire Optical Engineers Questions, Skills, and Specializations
Finding the right optical engineer is crucial for success in industries ranging from electronics to healthcare. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to hire an optical engineer, covering questions to ask, essential skills, and considerations for defining your application area. Questions to Ask: 1. Technical Proficiency: – Can you explain the principles of optical design? […]
M squared and designing laser beam optics
There are different ways to calculate the quality of a laser beam. In general, we want our laser beam to be as close to a theoretical Gaussian Beam as possible. The question then is how do we measure the profile of our beam and how do we compare it against our ideal Gaussian Beam? First, […]
Confocal Microscope Design: Explained
A confocal microscope is a type of microscopy that uses a focused laser beam to illuminate a sample and a pinhole aperture to eliminate out-of-focus light, resulting in high-resolution images with improved contrast and clarity.. The name “confocal” refers to the use of a pinhole aperture to achieve optical sectioning of the specimen. Confocal microscopy […]
3 Keys To Quality Double Gaussian Lens Design
One of the most common lens system designs- especially in photography- is what is called a Double Gaussian lens. There are several different configurations, and close to 90 different patents have been filed from 1936 – 2010, but a basic double gaussian lens design configuration is the one shown in Figure 1. This simple Gauss […]
Beam Splitters: Explained
Beam splitters are a fundamental element in optical systems. Beam splitters are, in essence, optical components used to divide a single light source (usually a laser) into two separate beams. The more common kind of beam splitters (the kind that you can find in most colleges or labs) is a beam splitter that can split […]
Rigid Endoscope Design
Endoscopes are medical devices designed to collect the smallest images from inside the human body. Endoscopes can be divided into two categories: rigid endoscopes, in which relay lenses are stacked together generally creating a high-quality image, and flexible ones-devices of lower cost where a camera is inserted near the tip of the endoscope while the […]