dreamplayerzhang/awesome-optics

A collection of online resources related to optics

awesome-optics

A collection of online resources related to optics and optical engineering.

Equipement and Tools

Optomechanics and Optical Equipment

• OWIS - Optical Beam Handling Systems and Positioning Systems.
• Qioptiq - Online-Shop for high end optical devices.
• Thorlabs - An American privately held optical equipment company headquartered in Newton, New Jersey
• OptoSigma - OptoSigma is a leading global manufacturer of Optical Systems, Optical Assemblies, Optical Coatings, Opto-Mechanics, Manual and Motion Control Stages, and a variety of complimentary Photonics products.
• EdmundOptics - A leading global manufacturer and supplier of optics, imaging, and photonics technology that has served a variety of markets including Life Sciences, Biomedical, Industrial Inspection, Semiconductor, R&D, and Defense since 1942.
• Standa - Has it's own industrial base that includes CNC turning, milling, grinding machines. Standa's design department, while developing standard products presented in Standa's catalogue (such as motorized and manual translation and rotation stages, motion controllers, optical tables, vibration isolation systems, optical mounts and holders, optics, dpss lasers and etc.).
• Altechna - We have spent more than 25 years creating and developing complex technological solutions and custom designs for laser optics and related accessories.
• Newport - A leading global supplier of advanced technology products and systems to customers in the scientific research, microelectronics, life and health sciences, industrial manufacturing and defense/security markets.
• PI - Solution for Precision Motion and Positioning.
• II-VI Incorporated - A global leader in engineered materials, optoelectronic components and optical systems offering vertically integrated solutions for applications in materials processing, communications, aerospace & defense, life sciences, semiconductor capital equipment, automotive and consumer electronics.
• KOHZU - Manufacturing and design: Precision positioning Device / Optical measuring Device / Inspection Device / Precision Device parts.
• EKSMA OPTICS - A manufacturer and global supplier of precision optical components and optical systems for high power laser applications, laser media & nonlinear frequency conversion crystals, opto-mechanics, electro-optical Pockels cells with drivers and ultrafast pulse picking systems used in lasers and other optical instruments.

Light Sources

• Dolan-Jenner - Since 1962, Dolan-Jenner has grown as one of the leading manufacturers of fiber optic components and fiber optic illumination systems serving the microscopy, imaging, and machine vision industries.
• Cree - An American manufacturer and marketer of lighting-class LEDs, lighting products, and products for power and radio frequency applications.
• Luminus - Over the last several years, having successfully addressed technology challenges, Luminus has been working with lighting designers to make sure that our LED technology can replace CDM, halogen and other conventional technologies without sacrificing color quality, center beam punch, sparkle, and dimming capability and quality.
• ZYGO - Your worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments, high precision optical components, and complex electro-optical system design and manufacturing services.

Detectors

• PCO - A leading specialist and innovator in digital imaging used in scientific and industrial applications such as life and physical science, high-speed imaging and machine vision.

Lectures and Courses

• Optical Engineering - Master Optical Design. Design high performance optical systems for a wide range of applications.
• Nonlinear Optics - A hybrid course at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in the winter semester 2020/21.
• Optics - This course provides an introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications.
• ZYGO Webinars & Training - This channel contains a selection of past ZYGO webinars and informal on-line training videos.
• The Feynman Lectures Website - Now, anyone with internet access and a web browser can enjoy reading2 a high quality up-to-date copy of Feynman's legendary lectures.
• Beobachtende Astronomie - This lecture gives an overview over methods of astronomical observations across the electromagnetic spectrum (gamma-rays, X-rays, UV/optical, infrared, millimeter and radio)

Software for Optical Design and Drawings

• PyZDDE - Python Zemax Dynamic Data Exchange.
• Inkscape-raytracing - An extension for Inkscape that makes it easier to draw optical diagrams.
• ComponentLibrary - A free, open collection of images for drawing diagrams related to laser optics, including many optics but also electronic components.
• Meep - A free and open-source software package for electromagnetics simulation via the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method spanning a broad range of applications.
• RayTracing - Aims to provide a simple ray tracing module for calculating various properties of optical paths (object, image, aperture stops, field stops).
• MPB - A free and open-source software package for computing electromagnetic band structures and modes.
• RayOpt - Optics design (lenses, cavities, gaussian optics, lasers). Geometric, paraxial, and gaussian ray tracing.
• Raysect - A ray-tracing framework for optical/non-optical physics simulations.
• POPPY - A Python package that simulates physical optical propagation including diffraction.
• LightPipes - It is designed to model coherent optical devices when the diffraction is essential.

Interferometry

• Optical Shop Testing