Space Optics – FAQ 2

Space Optics – FAQ 2

Q: How can I ensure my optics withstand deployment into space? A: The cost of launching payloads into space is considerable, incorporating only ‘space ready’ ruggedized lenses or optical systems into your satellite or space observation system is critical for achieving...
Optimising camera sensor performance

Optimising camera sensor performance

Industrial camera sensors come in sizes ranging from one-quarter-inch to 1-inch and beyond. Consequently, choosing an optimised lens or lenses to integrate into your product will play a pivotal role in determining your camera performance. A lower resolution lens will...
Low Light Lens

Low Light Lens

Manufactured from radiation resistant glass our Model 313 fixed focus lens has an aperture of f/1.4 to enable as much light as possible to be gathered and transmitted to your sensor. Design optimised for use with two-thirds-inch image format cameras, the Model 313 is...
Selecting optics suitable for your satellite orbit

Selecting optics suitable for your satellite orbit

The cosmic radiation emitted during solar events such as sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections and proton storms is well known to have a deteriorating effect on orbiting optical equipment in space as well as astronauts. As you move to the higher orbits, and...
Focusing in on Cancer treatment

Focusing in on Cancer treatment

Using an application optimised high resolution lens designed by Resolve Optics – a leading radiotherapy equipment supplier is precisely focusing the high levels of radiation produced by their synchrotron device onto cancerous tumours. Read case study:...
Tech Note: Military Optics

Tech Note: Military Optics

If you design products for military operations ranging from vision systems and target designators used by personnel on the ground, through guidance systems in manned and unmanned aircraft, to reconnaissance and surveillance packages carried by satellites – then...