Even aircraft manufacturing now makes extensive use of metrological measurements for quality control – though making and verifying measurements at this large scale poses its own set of challenges. 1 ...

Optical microscopy has long served as a fundamental tool in the visualisation of intricate structures across biological, materials and industrial research. Recent advancements in metrology techniques ...

Freeform optical system design and metrology represent a paradigm shift in the development of imaging and sensing technologies. By allowing optical surfaces to depart from traditional rotational ...

After two years of research and development, the time has finally come: FocusX, the new addition to the Bruker Alicona measurement technology family, can be tested live for the first time at Control ...

Left: Schematic of the introduced prototype device for the measurement of specular surfaces, comprised of an unpolarized display and a polarization camera. Right: Measurement example: Object, camera ...

The 22 award recipients represent wide range of stellar achievements across light-based technologies. For pioneering work in ...

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe explains how to measure the future using nanoscale metrology and discusses the global competition ...

Precision synchronization technology is crucial for scientific measurement applications A renowned national authority on metrology based in Central Europe has conducted a rigorous evaluation of the ...

SPIE Photonics West sees the global optics and photonics community come together to present and discuss the latest industry ...

Metrology is the science of the study of measurement and is derived from the Greek words metro (means measurement) and logy (means study). It involves theoretical and practical aspects of measuring, ...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, awarded their Gold Medal to Maryellen Giger (pictured here with her team) for pioneering work in computer-aided diagnosis and image ...