The protection and preservation of the environment is now of the utmost importance to consumers. Photonics makes it possible to effectively combine environmental analysis and protection. Process technologies, based on optical technologies and components, enable a variety of applications in the fields of environmental analysis, resource identification and the determination of environmental pollution.
These include:
•The spectrometric measurement of water pollution and wastewater
•The inspection of the geological composition of soils
•The detection of air pollution and emission balance using sensor technology in the NIR and FIR spectrum
•The inspection of the geological composition of soils
The fully automated sorting of waste is now as familiar as energy-efficient and intelligently controlled lighting technology is. Production techniques based on ultra-short pulse lasers conserve material resources and contribute significantly to the efficient use of energy. All these processes and technologies are based on photonic components which have been specifically adapted by Materion Balzers Optics to their respective applications and requirements, using an optical coating. This allows the evaluation of environmental data, the collection of resources, and their effectivity to all be optimized.
