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The Optical Engineer Companion, aka the “Swiss Army Knife” of optics in the SWIR explained in 3 videos.

CharlotteAdmin — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:39:09 +0000

In this video series, Xavier Levecq, CSO Imagine Optic, presents the 3 products that compose the “Swiss Army Knife” of optics: the HASO SWIR wavefront sensor, the R-FLEX2 SWIR metreology platform, and the R-FLEX LA SWIR metrology system. Each subsequent product embeds the former and offers additional capabilities through a simple plug-and-click connection.

The first part is provided by either a HASO SWIR or a HASO4 SWIR 1550. Their InGaAs camera and lens matrix coupled with Waveview4 software offer a high accuracy, a large dynamic range and a high-speed acquisition frequency. They both embed the new SpotTracker technology, providing absolute wavefront and tilt information and eliminating alignment requirements. They’re the ideal metrology tool for optical metrology, including complex lens alignment, aberrations measurement, PSF and MTF values, as well as adaptive optics applications such as long-range communication.

The second part is the R-Flex 2 SWIR metrology platform which is the central piece of the Optical Engineer Companion in the SWIR range. The second generation of our versatile optical metrology platform in the 900-1700 nm range instantly combines any of the HASO SWIR wavefront sensors with a collimator and a light source. They are commonly used to characterize optical surfaces, characterize chromatic aberrations, analyze the transmitted wavefront of optical systems with double-pass configuration and optimize complex lens alignement.

The third part is the R-FLEX LA SWIR, the large-diameter collimating system that extends the capabilities of the R-FLEX2 SWIR, and its embedded HASO SWIR, to large optics and numerous optical surfaces such as filters, dichroic beam splitters, head-up displays, eyewear, optical windows, flat mirrors, and polarization scramblers.

“All about SWIR” series
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If you’re interested in finding out more about our line of Wavefront Sensors and Optical Metrology Systems, you can reach us at sales@imagine-optic.com or through the contact form (red enveloppe on the side).

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(Re)Watch Webinar 05: All about SWIR

CharlotteAdmin — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:28:32 +0000

Watch or rewatch “All about SWIR” our 5th Webinar on wavefront sensing and optics characterization, you can find it now on our Youtube channel.

Xavier Levecq, CSO, walks you through a presentation and live demo of optics and optical systems characterization in the SWIR using and combining 3 complementary instruments:

– the HASO SWIR wavefront sensor,
– the R-FLEX2 SWIR metrology platform
– the R-FLEX2 LA SWIR metrology system.

UPDATE (2022) : the Swiss-Army Knife of Optics has been rebranded the Optical Engineer Companion with new sensors and options in both VIS-NIR and SWIR, offering up to 800 combinations to build and evolve the perfect optical metrology tool.

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HASO SWIR : wavefront sensing for adaptive optics and optical metrology

CharlotteAdmin — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:44:45 +0000

This last generation SWIR sensor is offering comparable level of performance over the VIS, a game changer in AO applications across the board.

Over the past decade a broad range of sensing, imaging and beam transportation applications have switched from the VIS (VISible) to the SWIR (Short Wavelength InfraRed because of the intrinsic advantages of this wavelength. AO (Adaptive Optics) applications in the SWIR such as astrophysics, free space telecommunications, active imaging, laser designation and even microscopy are booming because of the advantages of that wavelength when propagating through atmospheric distortions and harsh media.

The democratization of use of that bandwidth and the constant requirement for more performance increased the need for high performance optical sensing and metrology (testing, measurement and alignment). Building on a 20-year experience that made wavefront sensors based on Shack-Hartmann technology the reference tool in optical metrology, the last generation of SWIR sensors and metrology systems are now offering comparable level of performance over the VIS in term of sensibility, noise, speed and resolution.

Imagine Optic’s HASO SWIR coupled with 3rd gen wavefront analysis software Waveview was showcased at Photonics West 2020 and is poised to become a standard in the field.

If you’re interested in finding out more about our line of SWIR Wavefront Sensors and Metrology Systems, you can reach us at sales@imagine-optic.com or through the contact form (red enveloppe on the side).

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