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Chalcogenide Glass: Revolutionizing Defense Optics

Photo credit: Schott Glass In the realm of optical engineering for the defense industry, innovation...
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Detecting Counterfeits with Optical Filters

For centuries, forgery has been a problem that numerous industries encounter, some more than...
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Smart Farming Relies on Custom Optical Systems

In Andover’s continuing series of blogs on our served markets, we look at how optics technology is...
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Optics in Forensics - Getting an Edge on the Bad Guy

Forensic science has played a key role in criminal cases for thousands of years. Throughout its...
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A Day In The Life Of An Optical Filter

Here I am! A 550FS10-12.5 premium high quality optical bandpass filter, built and designed by...
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