LightTools 8.7 introduces advanced capabilities to help optical designers pinpoint and correct stray light issues—including ghost images and flare—early in the design process. Designers can ...

"Stray light rays take (in the telescope) different optical paths from the rays that form the image," explains Lionel Clermont, an expert in space optical systems and stray light at CSL.

Some of the sources of stray-light can be order overlap, ambient light, scattering light from imperfect optical components, or reflections of non-optical components. Avantes has developed a ...

"We have to have the right optical system and the best baffles going," said Doug Rabin, a Goddard heliophysicist who studies diffraction and stray light in coronagraphs. The new compact ...

Transparent plastic optical ... they reflect light just as much as glass does. Researchers are exhibiting a new type of antireflective coating that significantly reduces stray light and ...

Optical design software is used by engineers and scientists to perform a variety of tasks, including illumination calculations, laser beam propagation, stray light analysis and freeform optical ...

Optical materials are essential in many modern ... For astronomy and precision optics, coating devices in black paint can cut down on stray light, enhancing images and boosting performance.

LightTools 8.7 introduces advanced capabilities to help optical designers pinpoint and correct stray light issues—including ghost images and flare—early in the design process. Designers can quickly ...