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    Shanghai Optics is an unparalleled custom optical engineering solution provider offering custom optical manufacturing, design and engineering services.
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    LASEROPTIK manufactures high LIDT laser optics and coatings from VUV to IR for industry, medicine and scientific research. LASEROPTIK employs more than 40 coating machines with...
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    Universe Kogaku designs and manufactures precision assembled optics including UV quartz lenses, CCD and CMOS lenses, CCTV and diode laser lenses, and hi-res lenses.
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    Chroma Technology Corp

    Manufacturer of catalog and custom optical filters for demanding applications across the spectrum. ISO 9001 and B Corp certified.
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    Exploring Cutting-Edge Applications of AR/MR/VR Filters

    Shanghai Optics Inc
    The utilization of filters in AR/MR/VR fields has evolved into various innovative applications, showcasing the transformative potential of holographic filters. This article explores...
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    AR/MR/VR Filter

    Shanghai Optics Inc
    Filters serve as indispensable tools in the realm of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR), enhancing the visual experience and making it more ...
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    Chroma Filters for Raman Applications

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    Chroma Technology supplies key components for Raman spectroscopy A set of optical interference filters used in Raman spectroscopy must perform cohesively as a unit to successfully...
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    Chroma Customer Spotlight - Dr. David Warshaw, About his Lab

    Chroma Technology Corp
    David Warshaw, Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Vermont (UVM), walks us through his lab. Learn about his lab’s work with the protein...
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    Catalog of Filters and Filter Sets

    Chroma Technology Corp
    This price list provides information about the filter sets Chroma Technology has created for the multitude of fluorochromes that are typically used in epi-fluorescence microscopy...
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    Handbook of Optical Filters for Fluorescence Microscopy

    Chroma Technology Corp
    Fluorescence microscopy requires optical filters that have demanding spectral and physical characteristics. These performance requirements can vary greatly depending on the specific...
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    Custom & OEM Filter Design Brochure

    Chroma Technology Corp
    At Chroma Technology, we consider ourselves to be partners with our customers. With 25 years of experience serving the scientific, biomedical and photonics communities, we know...
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    Spectra Viewer

    Chroma Technology Corp
    Use this Spectra Viewer Tool to add fluorochromes, filters sets and individual filters plot wavelength (nm) and %T. Click Here to Use the Spectra Viewer Tool
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    Fluorochrome Comparison Tool

    Chroma Technology Corp
    Compare filter sets by selecting the recommended/alternative set listed for each fluorochrome. Click Here to Use the Comparison Tool
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    Understanding and Using Fluorophores

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    Filter sets are usually named for the fluorophore for which they are recommended but can be useful with many others in the same spectral range. You will need to know a variety...
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    Astronomy Brochure: Filters & Filter Sets

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    Extremely durable coatings withstand humidity changes and extreme temperature fluxes and remain spectrally accurate in center wavelength (CWL) and band pass adherence.No reflections...
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    Optical Filters

    Chroma Technology Corp
    Browse or search all of our sputter/hard coated optical filters for applications such as fluorescence, raman, multiphoton, astronomy and machine vision.Single Bandpass &Single...
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    Chroma awards Prof. Prisca Liberali the Anne Heidenthal Prize for Fluorescence Research

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    This year, Chroma Technology is happy to present the Anne Heidenthal Prize for Fluorescence Research award to Prof. Prisca Liberali from Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical...
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    Bullseye® Apodizing Filters

    Reynard Corp
    Reynard Corporation offers Bullseye® Apodizing filters used to eliminate undesirable intensity variations in optical systems.
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    Custom Thin Film Coatings

    Reynard Corp
    Reynard Corporation manufactures custom thin-film optical components
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    Linear Apodizing Filters

    Reynard Corp
    Linear Apodizing filters are customizable density gradient filters that have constant density in one direction and variable ND filter in the other direction.
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    Custom Optical Filters

    Reynard Corp
    Reynard Corporation offers a variety of custom optical filters including Apodizing, Circular and Linear Variable, Absorptive, Bandpass, Dichroic, Infrared, LWP, SWP Neutral Density...
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    Chroma Technology Supports Local Schools with Science Grant and Scholarships

    Chroma Technology Corp
    Bellows Falls Middle School received significant support this spring which enabled hands-on science with an over $9000 grant, providing a set of 15 microscopes, the...
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    Chroma Technology honored by Vision Systems Design 2022 Innovators Awards Program

    Chroma Technology Corp
    BELLOWS FALLS, Vermont, 6/6/2022 – Chroma Technology announced today that its ContrastMax SWIR optical filters for machine vision and remote sensing were recognized among...
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    Bandpass Filters

    Shanghai Optics Inc
    Understanding Bandpass FiltersA bandpass filter is designed to pass a specified range of wavelengths with high transmittance while blocking all others. At Shanghai Optics we produce...
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    Deep Dive into Optics Blog: Optical Filters

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    Electromagnetic spectrum covers many wavelength regions from Gamma ray, X ray, ultraviolet (UV), visible light, infrared (IR) to radio wave. Visible light is the portion of the...
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    Fluorescence Filters

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    Fluorescence filters are at the heart of every Fluorescence optical device, and high quality filter sets are essential for high definition imaging and fluorescence microscopy....

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