Category: Featured
Knight Optical Knows its Optical Components for UVC Sterilisation & Disinfection
As a leading supplier of custom-made and stock optical solutions, Knight Optical drives the industry with premium-quality optics for the increasingly popular field of UVC sterilisation and disinfection.
UVC light has been used for germicidal irradiation purposes for over a century, especially in medical facilities and laboratories. UVC light is considered to be between 100-280nm, but it is the waveband from 200 to 280nm that has been shown to be the most effective against pathogens such as bacteria and viruses.
Knight Optical Helps to Bridge the STEM Skills Gap
It’s no secret that there’s a current skills shortage within Britain and beyond. No industry has witnessed such a deficit of a next-generation workforce than the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) sector.
In the Spotlight: Interference Bandpass Filters
Here, Knight Optical – the leading supplier of custom-made and stock premium-quality optical components – uncovers all you need to know about Interference Bandpass Filters. Read More…
Optics for Photography: Examining Optical Components Through a Wide-Angle Lens
When you think of optics, perhaps one of the most commonly considered applications is photography. Here at Knight Optical, we have provided custom-manufactured optical components for all categories of photography – from sports and architecture to high fashion, landscape and even astrophotography. In this article, we explore the use of a handful of our optics within photographic applications.
Drone Development on Autopilot: How Are Optical Components Used in Drones?
Last month, NASA made a huge announcement – the success of its Ingenuity helicopter taking flight on Mars, making the UAV the first-ever aircraft to “make a powered, controlled flight on another planet
Knight Optical’s 30 Years of Premium Quality Optical Components
This year, Knight Optical – the leading supplier of metrology-tested, custom-made optical components – celebrates three decades in business
Under the Sea: Optical Components Used for Marine Biology and Deep-Sea Exploration
We delve further south into the deep blue and explore how our optics are used in the sea for marine biology and deep-sea exploration.
Shining a Light on Optical Components and Solar Observation
Knight Optical – the leading supplier of metrology-tested, custom-made and stock optical components – explores the relationship between optics and solar observation.
Flight of the Optical Components: How Optics Are Used in State-of-the-Art Airborne Applications
As a world-leading supplier of optical components for the cutting-edge integrated technologies within these aircraft divisions, Knight Optical explores some uses of optics in aviation.
Optical Components and the Rise of Renewables
Knight Optical looks at how the pandemic has created a sea change in how we want to live our lives on planet earth.