Practical optical engineering, written down.

Design rules, industry perspectives and fundamentals from our engineering team. For the case-study library, see Case Studies.

Waveguide Design: Where Photonic Circuits Are Won and Lost

Waveguide design fundamentals: modes, confinement, effective index, bends and process sensitivity.

How ghost reflections, scatter and unwanted paths affect image contrast, and what to include in a stray-light study.

Prepare optical requirements for a design discussion: field, wavelength, image quality, interfaces and acceptance criteria.

A practical guide to surveillance lens choices: sampling, day/night focus, flare and operating conditions.

How optical requirements connect to sensors, mechanics and verification in a hardware development project.

An introduction to image quality, OTF, MTF and detector sampling, with links to practical optical engineering tools.

A guide to optical development, from requirements and design studies to tolerancing, fabrication discussions and prototype testing.

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