Thursday, 27 September, 2018
Tuesday, 1 May, 2018
By: Ray Williamson, Ray Williamson Consulting Waveplates are optical elements whose function is to change the polarization state of light transmitted through them – between […]
Monday, 23 April, 2018
“What? I thought polarization meant one direction of light vibration! How can it be circular?” Light is a transverse vibration, like the vibrations wiggling down a […]
Friday, 9 March, 2018
I would like to thank Joel Kramer for his 15 years of dedicated service to Tower Optical. Joel joined us in 2002 as the Director of […]
Thursday, 1 March, 2018
In 2014, Marty accepted a new role with Tower Optical Corporation as its Director of Strategic Alliances focused on shoring up existing business relationships in this […]
Thursday, 15 February, 2018
Meet Donald Avritt, Director of Manufacturing for Tower Optical Operations. Don’s 40 year career in optics has taken him to many different parts of the United […]
Friday, 23 December, 2016
All you need to split a beam into two beams is a single partially reflective plane surface, and something to hold it up. That surface can […]
Friday, 23 December, 2016
While a plano-convex spherical lens focuses to a spot, a plano-convex cylindrical lens focuses to a line. In one cross-section it is drawn with two parallel […]
Friday, 23 December, 2016
Almost every precision optical component includes at least one coated surface. Whether a window, mirror, lens, prism, filter, etalon, beamsplitter, waveplate, polarizer, or something else, your component will […]