Oct. 21st – Day of Photonics: Guild Optical Associates chose to reach out to the kids for this day. Jon taught the 1st – 5th graders at Mason Elementary about the MOHS scale and the hardness of glass vs. sapphire. The children had a chance to scratch glass with sand...
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Sapphire Medical Optics
Sapphire windows and lenses make for extremely durable medical optics. Medical instruments depend heavily on consistency and repeatability. These are the major reasons why sapphire optical components can be depended on by medical professionals. Sapphire is extremely...
The Many Uses of Sapphire May Surprise You…
You probably know how sapphire is useful in your industry, but how else is this substrate being used? You may be surprised to see how some other industries utilize the rugged properties and scratch resistance of Sapphire from...
Our Review of Photonics West 2016
The next best thing to actually being at the show is the reading the Guild Optics Review Guild Optics Review of Photonics West 2016: First the numbers: Over 22K people attended the show which included 1,354 exhibitors. It was...
What If Optics had a New Year’s Resolution?
A comedic take on what optical housing’s and component’s New Year’s resolutions might look like: