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How to Find the Right University for Studying Optical Engineering

How to Find the Right University for Studying Optical Engineering

We got enough questions on optical engineering education that we decided to do a whole thing on it. And here it is! Last year, our Director of Optical Engineering, Erin

March 19, 2023
Attn. Freelancers: Your Website Is Not About You

Attn. Freelancers: Your Website Is Not About You

Surprise! 🤯Your Company website is *not* about You! or if it is, it shouldn’t be I talk with a lot of business owners and freelancers that ask advice about how

March 18, 2023
Stray Light

Stray Light

Stray light is a problem that pops up in all sorts of optical systems. This is any light that goes where you don't want it to. ​This could cause glare

March 17, 2023
Specular

Specular

Specular is just a fancy way of saying shiny. It means a surface is not rough, but smooth and reflective like a mirror. A higher level description is that the

March 17, 2023
Reflex

Reflex

Reflex is the term used to describe the optical structures on those plastic, colored reflectors you see on cars and bicycles. Yeah, that has a name! And you know it

March 17, 2023
Radiometric

Radiometric

As mentioned under "photometric" (above), there are 2 different ways of measuring light. One is how a human observer sees light, and the other is how a machine would detect

March 17, 2023