Markets Served
Industrial
Many of the worlds top automobile manufacturers use LightPath’s GRADIUM® lenses and lens systems to focus their Nd:YAG lasers or fiber lasers for automated welding and cutting operations. Molded glass aspheres are used by the major shippers worldwide in barcode scanning and package handling systems. The top computer-to-print manufacturers use our aspheric molded optics for unmatched performance.
Medical
When optimal performance is paramount, glass aspherical lenses are used for medical imaging systems and procedures requiring laser cutting and healing. GRADIUM® lenses and molded glass aspheres are found in many analytical instruments measuring different body functions in both the operating room and the lab. LightPath also provides lenses to the world’s top manufacturers of endoscopes, providing a very wide field of view in a very small lens. We work with many companies in biotechnology developing new optics and optical systems in the fields of genetics, DNA, and protein analysis.
Defense & Government
Over the last 10 years, LightPath has provided large volumes of lenses to defense contractors for many simulation training programs, which train our armed forces using lasers instead of bullets. Smart bombs and munitions utilize aspheres for communication and distance measurement. Under a development contract with the U.S. government, LightPath developed radiation hardened aspheres that are currently being used for satellite communication in both the military and commercial market. Specialty glass optical systems have also been developed for eye and instrument protection against damaging laser beams.
Communications
LightPath products have been developed for a variety of communications applications in both Telecom and Datacom. Our lenses, collimators and isolators are used to maximize light efficiency while minimizing both size and cost. Applications including mux/demux, switching and routing, amplification, dispersion compensation, sensing, transmitters, receivers and transponders all require the products and performance LightPath provides to move the light on and off the fiber.
Metrology & Instrumentation
LightPath’s optical components are employed in a variety of optical measurement systems and optical sensors including applications ranging from simple laser levels to highly complex spectroscopic sensors. Instrumentation manufacturers utilize LightPath’s custom molding capabilities to produce optimized lenses or choose an appropriate product from our catalog‘s large lens selection. LightPath’s integrated solutions provide compact sub-assemblies with a reduced number of optical components and lower cost to manufacturers that prefer not to handle optical components.
Aerospace
