A great piece from Halma plc, parent company of Labsphere. Looking for signs of extra-terrestrial life has long been a plot for many blockbuster movies. But despite dozens of missions to Mars there has been no proof that life, past or present, exists beyond Earth. Recent research, however, has concluded that ancient Mars used to … Continue reading Life on Mars ?
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Spectralon®
The most common request we get is for components built from Spectralon®, a material that provides the highest known diffuse reflectance over the UV-VIS-NIR region of the spectrum. Most commonly supplied in "pucks" or targets for calibration of optical instrumentation, this machined material can be shaped to form laser cavities and diffuse reflectors, line integrating … Continue reading Spectralon®