Four-and-a-half months after the James Webb Space Telescope's Christmas Day launch, engineers have achieved near-perfect alignment of its complex optical system, setting the stage for final instrument ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Liquid crystals (LCs) are optically anisotropic materials, and they are widely used in electro-optical display technology, known as liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Understanding ...

Intelligent algorithms, faster motion controllers and the latest multi-axis mechanical motion systems allow to reduce the alignment time of photonics components and silicon photonics chips by 99% or ...

A compact, light weight, telescoping space baffle with a novel tape measure deployment mechanism. [video:https://youtu.be/QU1NQ15Be0U] Space baffles are utilized to ...

Apple has filed for a patent (number 20210149203) for “optical alignment for a head-mountable device.” It involves the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted ...