"We engineered our products for our own use in the laboratory...now we are selling them worldwide."

Opticology is introducing a line of standard optical and optomechanical products of the highest quality, designed for reliability and ease of use. As engineers working in the laboratory on a daily basis, we were tired of high priced, difficult to use products, which seem to have no regard for the end user when they were designed.

Full-Color LED based Fiber Optic Illuminator

Below is a Full-Color LED based Fiber Optic Illuminator with applications in machine vision and general illumination. Similar to available fiber optic illuminators that launch light into a ½ diameter fiber bundle, Opticology’s product uses a combination of multiple ultra-high brightness red, green, and blue LED’s that are concentrated and efficiently launched into the bundle using a proprietary optical concentration system. Since there are 3 colors available, the user can dial in narrow band red, green, or blue emission, OR a combination of the three to achieve any desired color, even various ‘shades’ of white! This is convenient as the need for color filters are eliminated, and colors can be selected electronically rather than with physical color filters in front of a white light source. The output produces cool, high-intensity illumination.

Opticology’s unit is unlike conventional fiber optic illuminators that require a high current draw, generate excessive heat, and require the projection bulb to be replaced frequently. Conventional systems are inefficient due to the fact that the fibers have a finite acceptance angle and a good percentage of the light is lost and doesn’t make it down the fiber. Since Opticology’s system uses LED’s, heat generation is miniscule, lifetimes approach 100,000 hours, and the unit is lightweight without bulky transformers. Additionally, the light exiting the fiber is true ‘DC’ – there is no high frequency flicker one might experience with conventional systems.

The unit is currently available as a prototype system for evaluation. If you have interest in obtaining a system for evaluation or OEM integration you may contact Anthony P. Cappo directly. Note that customization is available including custom wavelength selection (Monochrome, Infrared, etc.), software or electronically controlled color mixing, fiber size, package dimensions, etc.

Please check back soon, as other products will be launching shortly.