Founded in 1969 Omega® Optical has built its technical reputation on defining the state-of-the-art for optical interference filter performance, designing and manufacturing a wide variety of custom and stock filters for scientists and industry worldwide. From biotech to astronomy, from environmental monitoring to semi-conductor manufacturing, from fluorescence microscopy to color imaging, Omega Optical has supplied filters for the Hubble Space Telescope, the Human Genome Project, and the filming of Star Wars.
Omega has been manufacturing UV filters for over 50 years. UV light (in the 200 nm - 400 nm range) has many commercial and consumer-level applications. UV light can be used in photolithography or dentistry to photoset polymers, and in biomedical applications to excite molecules during surgery. It can be used to measure DNA and to sterilize our water and the air we breathe. While useful for many things, it can also be harmful.…
