Infra red interferometer features a focal plane array camera, which is much more sensitive than previous cameras and has significantly reduced noise
Precision-Optical Engineering (P-OE)'s Interfire 3-5 is part of the Interfire II family of infrared interferometers and is used to monitor the quality of optical components and systems in the 3-5 micron region of the spectrum.
Other instruments in the range operate at 10.6 micron, 9.2-10.7 microns tunable, 1.55 microns and 850nm.
The Interfire-II 3-5 may be used in production, quality control or research applications.
It features a focal plane array camera, which is much more sensitive than previous cameras and has significantly reduced noise.
The high quality images of fringes produced, despite the comparatively low power of lasers in this waveband, brings particular benefits when using phase shifting fringe analysis software, says the company.
P-OE's diamond turning facility at Hitchin is one of the largest in the UK, containing five single point diamond turning lathes with a range of capacities.
Optical components up to 700mm diameter can be accommodated for the manufacture of large optics such as mirrors for applications in, for example, astronomy.
