Medicine

Medicine is an area in which precision optics plays an important role in ensuring accuracy and efficiency in diagnosis, treatment and surgery. The application of optical technologies in medicine leads to the development of advanced methods and tools that improve the quality of medical practice.

Optical technologies in medicine contribute to the creation of precision medical devices such as endoscopes, microscopes and laser systems for surgical procedures. They also play an important role in the diagnosis of various diseases, helping doctors to identify pathologies early and begin treatment.

Thanks to optical technologies, medicine gains new opportunities for precise navigation inside the patient’s body, which allows minimizing risks and improving surgical results. In addition, optics contribute to the development of new treatments, such as laser therapy, which can be used to eliminate tumors or other diseases.

Therefore, it is important to note that optical technologies have enormous potential in the field of medicine and can significantly improve the quality and efficiency of medical care.

These innovative optical technologies also improve diagnostic processes and patient monitoring. For example, the development of photonic sensors and biosensors allows the creation of accurate and rapid methods for analyzing biological fluids and tissues, which in turn helps doctors make informed decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment.

In addition, optical technologies play an important role in medical research, allowing scientists to study biological processes at the molecular level and create new methods for treating and preventing diseases.

Areas of application:

Endoscopy
Fluorescence imaging


IR temperature sensors
Medical imaging
Microscopy
Spectrometry
Laser surgery

Products:

Polished windows with holes, lenses, prisms for applications in the UV-visible and near-IR spectral regions.

Materials: ZnSe, Ge, CaF2

Beam combiners. It is a combination of beam splitters and mirrors that combine individual light sources with different spectra into one common output beam.

Materials: ZnSe, N-BK7, fused quartz

Beam splitters.
This is a type of optical element that allows light to be split into two or more beams traveling along different optical paths. A beam splitter can also combine multiple beams of light into one.

There are several types of beam splitters, which differ in the method of splitting the light. The most common methods are reflection (mirror beam splitters) and refraction (prisms and interference-based plates).

There are many types of beam splitters, including plane-parallel windows, cubic and film splitters.

Translucent mirrors (high reflectance, high transmittance mirrors): These beam splitters reflect some light and transmit some light. They are used, for example, in interferometers and laser systems.
2. Polarizing beam splitters: They separate light into components with different polarizations. An example is the polarizing cubic beam splitter that was mentioned earlier.
3. Spectral beam splitters: These separate light into components of different wavelengths (spectral components). Examples are prisms and diffraction gratings.
4. Fiber Beam Splitters: These devices are used in optical fiber systems to split light between different fibers or to mix light from different sources.
5. Balancing Beamsplitters: These split light in two directions and can be used to distribute light evenly across multiple channels or fibers.
6. Power Dividers: These devices distribute the incoming light flux evenly among multiple outputs without changing its intensity. They are often used in optical communication networks.
7. Amplitude and phase dividers: These divide the output light based on the amplitude or phase of the incoming wave.
8. Dichroic beam splitters: They separate light based on spectral characteristics, allowing certain wavelength ranges to pass through and others to be reflected.
Each of these types of beam splitters has its own unique applications in optics and optical systems, depending on the requirements for splitting light along different parameters.

Materials: ZnSe, N-BK7, fused quartz, KU-1, K8
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