A cordierite-based ceramic(s) is provided where a main crystalline phase thereof is a cordierite crystalline phase, a content of Mg is 13.2% by mass or more and 13.8% by mass or less in an MgO equivalent, a content of Al is 26.0% by mass or more and 32.1% by mass or less in an Al.sub.2O.sub.3 equivalent, a content of Bi is 1.6% by mass or more and 4.6% by mass or less in a Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 equivalent, a content of B is 1.5% by mass or more and 6.8% by mass or less in a B.sub.2O.sub.3 equivalent, and a content of Si is 49.4% by mass or more and 51.4% by mass or less in an SiO.sub.2 equivalent.

Reflective optics for transporting, transforming or correcting a light beam in particular of the laser type, including a mirror receiving the light beam, a primary cooling circuit formed by an intermediate chamber of thermally conductive fluid arranged against the mirror at the rear thereof, and a secondary cooling circuit formed by a thermal heat sink arranged against the intermediate chamber of thermally conductive fluid, the heat sink being either in the form of a cold mass cooled by convection or conduction, or in the form of a plate made from a material with good thermal conductivity, the heat sink having a size and a shape equivalent to those of the reflective optics.

An assembly comprises an element that is mechanically stressed during operation or transport in at least one loading direction, and a decoupling joint for mechanically mounting the element. The decoupling joint effects at least partial decoupling in the loading direction. The decoupling joint is composed of a plurality of separate joint segments. At least two of these joint segments are shifted relative to one another in the loading direction in a stepped arrangement.

A flexure including a bipod strut pair extending from a base and a titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy, which includes titanium, about 13.5 to about 14.5 wt.% zirconium, and about 18 to about 19 weight% (wt.%) niobium. The titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy has a congruent melting temperature of about 1750 to about 1800° C. (°C).

A light detection device of the present invention includes: a wiring board; a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a first mirror part and a second mirror part between which a distance is variable and having an outer edge portion disposed in a first support region of the first support part; a light detector disposed on the mounting surface to face the first mirror part and the second mirror part on one side of the first support part; and a temperature detector disposed on the mounting surface, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with each other, and wherein a first distance between the temperature detector and the first support part in the second direction is smaller than a first width of the first support region in the second direction.

A flexure including a bipod strut pair extending from a base and a titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy, which includes titanium, about 13.5 to about 14.5 wt. % zirconium, and about 18 to about 19 weight % (wt. %) niobium. The titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy has a congruent melting temperature of about 1750 to about 1800° Celsius (° C.).

Methods and systems are provided for ultra-violet curing, and in particular, for ultra-violet curing of optical fiber surface coatings. In one example, a curing device includes a first elliptic cylindrical reflector, with a second elliptic cylindrical reflector housed within the first elliptic cylindrical reflector. The first elliptic cylindrical reflector and second elliptic cylindrical reflector have a co-located focus, and a workpiece to be cured by the curing device may be arranged at the co-located focus.

An optical system includes at least one optical element which has an optically effective surface and which is designed for an operating wavelength of less than 30 nm. The optical system also includes a heating arrangement for heating this optical element and comprising a plurality of IR emitters for irradiating the optically effective surface with IR radiation. The IR emitters are activatable and deactivatable independently of each other to variably set different heating profiles in the optical element. The optical system further includes at least one beam shaping unit for shaping the beam of the IR radiation steered onto the optically effective surface by the IR emitters. The optical system also includes a multi-fiber head comprising a multi-fiber connector for connecting optical fibers. IR radiation from a respective one of the IR emitters is suppliable by way of each of these optical fibers.

A camera actuator according to an embodiment may include a housing, a prism unit disposed in the housing and a prism drive unit, a shaft unit disposed in the housing so as to tilt the prism unit in a first axis direction or a second axis direction, wherein the shaft unit includes a first shaft arranged in a direction parallel to a first direction, and a second, and a third shaft arranged in directions perpendicular to the first direction.

An optical assembly and a method of making an optical assembly in which additive manufacturing techniques are used to form a support structure either directly on an optical element or on a carrier that is subsequently bonded to an optical element.