Claude Montcalm

1 week ago | photonicsonline.com | John Oncea |Jason Palidwar |Claude Montcalm |Peter Hook

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will revolutionize astronomy with its massive digital camera, real-time data, and a decade-long sky survey, hunting Planet 9. Fire Detectives In Orbit: Using Remote Sensing To Detect WildfiresAdvances in optical technology, combined with changing launch cost dynamics, have pushed optical Earth observation to the forefront of wildfire detection, tracking, and management.

1 month ago | photonicsonline.com | John Oncea |Melles Griot |Jason Palidwar |Claude Montcalm

ESA’s CryoSat-2 and NASA’s ICESat-2 satellites track Greenland’s melting ice with precise radar and laser data, revealing rapid ice loss and aiding climate change research. SPOTLIGHT ON ENVIRONMENTAL SENSINGOptical Profilers In An Argon Chamber EnvironmentZygo Optical Profilers now operate within argon gloveboxes, enabling high-precision, non-contact metrology in inert environments, preserving sensitive materials, and advancing research.