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Surface Optics Partners with 4Walls International to Provide SWIR Hyperspectral Data for the Border Impact Bond

June 15, 2021

The non-profit organization 4Walls International in conjuncture with southern California researchers, is working with local municipalities in leading the way on attempts to clean up the US-Mexico bordered Tijuana River Estuary in a project known as the Border Impact Bond. The problem as stated by 4Walls International: Single-use plastics, foam, tires and sediment flow across the […]

Front Exterior of Surface Optics main facility in San Diego

Surface Optics Announces Completed Expansion of Facility and New Electro-Optic Engineering Capabilities

March 25, 2021

Larger office, manufacturing, and development electro-optics lab positions company for future growth Surface Optics, a leading technology supplier for optical property characterization, spectral imaging, and thin-film coating services, announced the expansion of its main facility in San Diego, California. The completed construction to 20,000 square feet is a substantial upgrade, providing the necessary infrastructure for […]

Illustration of antireflection coating process

Surface Optics Presents Optical Coating Process for Complex Shaped Surfaces at Navy Technology Event

March 16, 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Surface Optics was awarded a Phase II NAVAIR Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop antireflection coatings for aerodynamic missile domes and will present this new optical coating technology at the Navy Forum for SBIR/STTR Transition (FST), March 17-18. Hosted by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), this event connects SBIR/STTR-funded technologies with government acquisition […]

Imaging and Machine Vision Europe Cover Story Features Surface Optics

January 13, 2021

Imaging and Machine Vision Europe magazine features Surface Optics Corporation in a cover story for its December 2020 / January 2021 edition. IMVE Magazine publishes content for design and production engineers working in the scientific imaging and machine vision market. In the article titled “Plastic not fantastic”, Editor Greg Blackman looks at how shortwave infrared […]

Borrowing least squares analysis from spectral unmixing to classify plastics in SWIR hyperspectral images

October 10, 2020

Plastics have long been receiving attention due to their abundance in daily use, as well as their loss to the environment as debris. Plastic pollution is widely accepted as an environmental crisis, particularly in marine environments as millions of tons of plastics enter the oceans annually. Although some macro plastics can be determined using visible-range […]

Optical Measurement of Z93 Thermal Coating on the International Space Station

September 23, 2020

Space-based construction materials must meet a range of requirements: mechanical robustness, lightweight characteristics, and tolerance to heat. There are three optical requirements for heat management to protect sensitive instrumentation and personnel: high solar reflectance, high thermal emissivity, and a sufficiently diffuse surface. These properties ensure that the spacecraft will remain cool, and the thermal control […]

Detection and Identification of Plastics using SWIR Hyperspectral Imaging

August 22, 2020

Most plastics are typically transparent in the visible spectral range, rendering them challenging to detect using silicon-based vision sensors. In this work a SWIR hyperspectral imaging system is used to collect the SWIR hyperspectral signatures as well as spatial information of a variety of plastics outdoors to test this technology for plastic debris detection and […]

Surface Optics at Virtual SPIE DCS 2020

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 […]

Spectral Imaging Tech Has a New Target: Helping the Energy Industry Monitor, Reduce Emissions

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 […]

A John White Alexander painting A comparison of imaging technologies for resolving a painting under another painting

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 […]