Optoelectronics and optics page

General

• Amrich Laser Learning Centre - resource for anyone that wants to learn about lasers
• Handbook of Optical Through the Air Communications
• Light Measurement Handbook
• Optical networking acronyms
• The LED FAQ Pages
• The LEOT (Laser/electro-optics technology) curriculum materials - lots of laser and optics related material

Guides

• Designer's Guide to Isolation Circuits Using Optocouplers
• Optoelectronics World - online buyers guides for optoelectronics industry
• Isolation Techniques Using Optical Couplers
• Liquid Crystal Database - bibliographic database of over 700 abstracts from journals, theses, proceedings and papers at Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library

Optoelectronics components

• Agilent Fiber Optic Products
• Agilent Optocouplers Technical Data
• CNY17 series of optocouplers from Siemens Microelectronics
• Lucent Optoelectronics Products for CATV/Video Applications
• NEC Opto-Elecctronics Devices
• Part Number Index of Former Motorola Products
• Pinouts of common optoisolators used in MIDI interfaces
• Texas Instruments OPTO Family Datasheet - common optocouplers 4N35, 4N35DCJ, 4N36, 4N37, you can also try Search OPTOCOUPLERS AND OPTOISOLATORS by Attributes and/or Parameters page to find that information
• QT Optoelectronics - supplies former Motorola optoelectronic components
• TOSLINK Fiberoptic Devices: TOTX176, TOTX173
• Toshiba TOTX176 (Toslink Transmitter) and TORX176 (Toslink Receiver) Optical Modules - information and links

Optical components

• Fiber and Cable Specifications - information on quite typical plastic fiber optic cable used for lighting applications and short range data communications
• IR filters - document on IR filters

Application notes

• Analog Interface Guidelines for Optical Modules - related to gigabit optical modules
• Designer's Guide to Isolation Circuits
• Infoneon optocomponents application notes - formerly known as Siemens optocomponents
• SYSTIMAX� SCS Field Testing Guidelines for Fiber Optic Cabling Systems

Optics articles

• Basic Optical Effects Limit Image Quality - monocromatic aberrations can limit the quality of microscope images
• Microscopes Rely on Basic Optical Components
• Old Microscopes Learn New Tricks

Optolectronics circuits

• 7 by 10 LED Moving Sign - LED matrix sign circuit which does not use any microprocessor
• Basic Infrared TX-RX - simple pulsed transmitter and receiver for light barrier of 2-4 meters
• Collection of IR circuits
• Experiment of photo communication
• Experimental semiconductor laser data link circuit
• Imagineering On-Line Magazine Hobby Circuits - contains fiber optic communication circuits like optical receivers, transmitters and laser testers
• IR Transmitter for Audio - very simple design allows user to transmit audio via amplitude modulated IR light beam, check also IR Receiver for it
• Infra Red Barrier with Transmitter and Reciever 12V - kit from Amazon Electronics
• Infrared Emitter and Decoder - circuit to detect that someone has broken the IR beam, small circuit board is described in the project article
• Infrared voice link - simple circuit that can transmit voice up to one meter through free air
• IR detector circuit - simple single transistor circuit
• Laser diode driving circuit
• Laser Snooper - capture sounds from vibrating window
• LED Photo Sensor
• Light/Dark Detector
• Optoelectronics at circuits cookbook
• RS-232 Laser Transciever - communicate over 200 meters using a laser beam from laser pointer

Organizations

• Suomen Optiikan Seura - Finnish Optical Society

Related pages

• IrDA page
• IR remote control

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