by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Altitude and astronomy make a heavenly match. There is a problematic conundrum when determining where to install large telescopes for space research. On the one hand, it would be much easier – and safer – to install telescopes’ massive mirrors and focusing...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Laser: a tool that emits an intense beam of light energy that’s created by a stimulated emission of photons from excited atoms and molecules. My Dearest Laser, On May 16, 1960, you started life as a low-powered ruby laser in Ted Maiman’s lab. Today,...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Good news for the bottom line. According to a recent survey, employees in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany rated working for a company with a strong company culture as more important than higher pay. Specifically, 56% of polled workers said culture was more...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Below we will share the impressions made and the deep thoughts provoked as the above GIF progressed to greater and greater distances. Orbiting Earth The first part shows a beam of light orbiting the Earth. It makes the trip 7.5 times every second. The depiction...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
IRD Glass is an official BOROFLOAT® Distributor that is trusted by industry leading OEMs to process BOROFLOAT® into precision optical mirrors and other LiDAR components. If the story below is true, we’re likely to get real busy around here… The plan? Scan the...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
IRD Glass uses high performance hard materials and employs precision machining equipment to produce ceramic components and subassemblies that meet our clients’ exact specifications. Many hard ceramic parts we create have less than .0005” dimensional tolerance....
