Boulder Optical Design Inc.
Services
High-level scientific expertise and experience lead to faster and better solutions, and this can save you money and help you satisfy your customers. We can support your scientific needs without bloating your overhead. We combine a deep understanding of the interaction of light and matter with strong scientific discipline and long experience in the optics industry. See the About pages for a broad description of my experience and expertise.
Here we highlight some popular services, but if you are looking for technical help in optics or spectroscopy, and don't see your need listed, it might be good to ask. I am famously honest about how valuable my support would be.
Optical measurements I have great experience with developing a wide range of optical measurements, for the fabrication industry, thin film coating industry, and also for scientific applications. This is a broad description because my expertise is broad, and knowing the best technique for a given measurement need is a specialty.
Optical material characterization. This has long been a specialty, and it makes exquisite use of my deep understanding and sophisticated optimization techniques.
Thin film design I can help with all types of thin film design. My vast experience and deep understanding often leads to solutions that others will not find. Very sophisticated modeling of manufacturing errors. I also have a series of lectures on the topic of thin film design, where I help thin film designers move into the top levels of the field.
Particle detection. Over the years I have worked quite a bit in this area, and my expertise is well known.
Spectroscopy. I have vast experience and deep understanding of spectroscopic techniques, and my vast experience with optical measurement techniques is also very helpful in this area, which includes gas detection, multi-spectral imaging, Raman, etc.
Non-disclosure policy and integrity
I will not disclose results, data, or techniques that are privately held by other companies or by your company. I will use and suggest solutions and techniques that are my own, or that are in the open literature, or that are standard in the optics industry. I can provide a list of references who can attest to my high standards of integrity, my scientific abilities, skills, and effectiveness.
Signed, Alan Streater