May 4, 2020
SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, organized by the international society for optics and photonics, is underway this week in a new virtual format accessible until May 8, 2020. Registration is free and gains access to more than 600 presentations, 450 papers, and plenary speakers. Presentations by Surface Optics customers at SPIE DCS 2020 include: Conference […]
May 29, 2019
BP deploys advanced infrared camera that can support methane emissions management by monitoring emissions in real time SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 31, 2019 – Surface Optics Corporation is part of an industry team behind an infrared (IR) camera that BP plc group businesses are using to manage methane emissions at oil and gas production facilities […]
March 7, 2019
Reflectance imaging spectroscopy (RIS) in the visible and near infrared is revolutionizing the way cultural heritage investigators may analyze paintings nondestructively. In an ongoing, highly collaborative project, the authors are investigating a painting by American artist John White Alexander (1856–1915). The painting, titled A Study in Pink, is in the collection of the Virginia Museum […]
June 13, 2018
Determining the optical properties of complex surfaces for signature analysis can be problematic. Materials with surface structures, e.g, crinkled or patterned foil appliques, or striated or ribbed surfaces will produce a non-isotropic BRDF, which can be difficult to measure and represent in signature models. This paper will describe an analytical approach to predicting the optical […]
Dr. James Jafolla, President of Surface Optics Corporation, presented today at the 13th International IR Target and Background Modeling & Simulation Workshop (ITBMS) convened in Banyuls-sur-mer, France. The ITBMS workshop is a forum for the IR modeling and simulation community to discuss current developments in their field of expertise. Dr. Jafolla’s presentation was titled, “The Prediction and Measurement of the Optical Properties of Complex Surfaces.”
May 8, 2018
The Spectral-Polarimetric Hypersensor (SPH) is a new compact, solid state, video rate imaging system with no moving parts capable of capturing up to 16 bands of both spectral and polarimetric content simultaneously. For these imagers, which are an adaptation of a plenoptic system, all elements for a given super pixel sample the same point in […]
May 7, 2018
[vc_row type=”full_width_content”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”14559″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”An artist’s concept shows the InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:15px|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Robotic Geologist Headed to Mars” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1526428295806{margin-bottom: 2% !important;}”][vc_column_text]NASA successfully launched the InSight lander this month, sending InSight on a half-year journey to reach Mars. It is the first mission to the […]
April 27, 2018
Surface Optics Corporation previewed for SPIE DCS ’18 conference attendees LVIRA™, the first commercial multimodal snapshot spectral imager. LVIRA collects spectral, light field and polarization information to achieve improved classification performance over standard spectral imaging systems.
April 15, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoSsCNULS0Q”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bottom_padding=”0″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Case Study” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1523850866495{margin-bottom: 3% !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”13910″ css=”.vc_custom_1523850934288{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Marine Biological Institute” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1523850946382{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 2% !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Roger Hanlon” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1523563734588{margin-bottom: 2% !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Introduction” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1523560298527{margin-bottom: 2% !important;}”][vc_column_text]Roger Hanlon is a Senior Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), an […]
January 3, 2018
U.S. Congressional Representative Scott Peters recently toured Surface Optics Corporation (SOC), an engineering and manufacturing firm specializing in optical property characterization and associated technologies.