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From Headlight Glare to Autonomous Driving: How Optikos Stray Light Testing Rules the Road in 2025
Stray light is the invisible enemy of every professional automaker in 2025. Want to build a car with adaptive headlights? You’ll need to test for stray light. Looking to develop the next craze in Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)? You’ll run into LiDAR technology, which needs to be vetted for stray light interference. Basically, every new car that is being manufactured in 2025 will have to go through a rigorous testing process against unwanted rays. This process is put in place for a good reason. What is Stray Light? Stray light, also known as veiling glare or flare, serves as an umbrella term for any unwanted light that finds its way into the image plane of a lens or camera system....
Precision Engineering as the Secret Ingredient for Meridian® Target Projector Performance
Choosing the right target projector has a major impact on the sensitivity and performance of the tested system. This is something that we are deeply aware of at Optikos®, having provided over 2,500 such high-output devices for the past decade to clients worldwide. In fact, The Optical Engineering Experts® have designed the Meridian target projectors with the aim of setting the benchmark for stable, repeatable camera-module alignment and image-quality testing. From the feedback we are receiving from the field, we’re managing to achieve this. Meridian Starfield Meridian Starfield Top View When Engineering Meets Real-World Performance The secret sauce? Our decision to invest in the precision engineering of the solution. We have deliberately focused on exacting design methodologies and manufacturing tolerances...
Ultrastable, Ruggedized Optical Systems Are No Longer Nice-To-Haves
What do our customers in defense, aerial imaging, space, and transportation have in common? They all share a deepened need for rugged design and survivability when it comes to their optical components. Just imagine a van that transports packages door to door. In 2025, that van will be equipped with high-resolution cameras that continuously monitor road conditions, detect obstacles, and let the van navigate autonomously through challenging weather and lighting conditions. How about satellites that travel through the harsh vacuum of space? Their components must endure extreme temperature fluctuations, radiation exposure, and micrometeorite impacts while maintaining precise optical performance for years without maintenance. From just these two examples, it’s clear that such technologies drive home the argument for ultrareliable, ruggedized...
Leaning into Shorter Takt Times Through the Optikos-tailored 5S Strategy
Manufacturing means efficiency. At least, it should for any company with global ambitions. This mindset is what motivated us at Optikos to design an efficiency-driven, no-nonsense workflow strategy, something that was inspired by the famous 5S system. After years of continuous refinement, we can confidently say that this approach delivers measurable benefits for both our engineering teams and our clients. The 5S management principles originated decades ago in Japan's automotive industry, when Toyota developed a systematic approach to streamline workplace flows. What began as a solution for manufacturing efficiency has evolved into a globally recognized management strategy. At Optikos, implementing 5S has transformed our optical assembly line by identifying strategic value points and eliminating clutter throughout the entire assembly process....
From Cells to Stars—Optikos to Showcase Full-Spectrum Portfolio at SPIE Optics and Photonics 2025
Every year, experts in the science of light gather at SPIE Optics and Photonics, a leading multidisciplinary event with a rich symposium that ranges from astronomy applications to nanoscience. Between August 5th to August 7th, 2025, a part of the Optikos team of engineering experts will attend the exhibition, similarly showcasing our latest and most diverse optical solutions portfolio to date. Light interacts with virtually everything in our universe. That is why the science behind it serves as the foundation for countless technologies and scientific disciplines. From this breadth of advanced applications, Optikos wants to single out four technological highlights for this year’s SPIE Optics and Photonics. Starting with adaptive optics enabling unprecedented astronomical discoveries to revolutionary medical imaging techniques...
