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18 November 2025
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Vibration Measurement on Low-Reflectivity Automotive Materials Using the Q2 Laser Doppler Vibrometer

Ommatidia’s Q2 Laser Doppler Vibrometer proves its ability to measure vibration on dark, porous automotive materials—surfaces that typically defeat conventional optical systems. This demonstration shows stable, full-field, non-contact measurements without surface preparation, enabling more accurate NVH and interior acoustic validation.
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12 November 2025
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Monitoring Bridge Deflection with Ommatidia’s Q-Series Laser Doppler vibrometer

Ommatidia’s Q-Series Laser Doppler vibrometer brings interferometric precision to bridge monitoring and structural health management. Using massively parallel FMCW LiDAR and photonic integration, it measures deflection and vibration across entire bridge spans — without contact or traffic disruption. From live-load deflection tests to digital twin development, the Q-Series enables scalable, real-time insight into infrastructure performance and safety.
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7 November 2025
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How Our SpeckleGuard™ Technology Minimizes Noise

Speckle noise has long limited the accuracy of coherent laser vibrometry, especially on rough or composite surfaces. Ommatidia LiDAR’s SpeckleGuard™ technology tackles this challenge using compound aperture diversity and real-time fusion to stabilize velocity measurements across multiple beams. The result is cleaner data, higher measurement coherence, and reliable vibration analysis without surface preparation—even in demanding industrial or research environments.
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4 November 2025
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Vibration Analysis of PCBs for Critical Applications

Printed circuit boards used in space, defence, aeronautics, and transportation must endure extreme vibration without failure. Traditional accelerometer-based testing can’t reveal how individual components behave under load. Ommatidia’s massively parallel Laser Doppler Vibrometry (LDV) and Laser RADAR technology enable non-contact, high-resolution vibration analysis across entire PCBs—identifying failure-prone areas, validating designs, and ensuring reliability in critical applications.
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23 October 2025
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Full-Field Quantitative Modal Analysis in 20 Minutes: A Complete Workflow Guide

Traditional modal analysis can take days of setup and scanning to capture vibration data point by point. With Ommatidia LiDAR’s Q2 Laser RADAR, full-field quantitative modal analysis is completed in just 20 minutes. This walkthrough explains how parallel-beam laser radar delivers precise, non-contact 3D metrology and vibrometry across hundreds of points simultaneously—transforming how researchers, engineers, and testing labs measure structural dynamics.
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15 October 2025
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Parallel Beam Laser RADAR: Benefits Over Scan Systems

Traditional scanning laser vibrometers capture one point at a time—slowing down measurements and missing critical vibration data. Parallel Beam Laser RADAR changes that. Using photonic integrated circuits to generate dozens of simultaneous laser channels, Ommatidia LiDAR’s Q1 and Q2 systems deliver faster, more accurate, and fully synchronized vibration and metrology measurements for aerospace, automotive, and industrial applications.
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7 October 2025
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Remote Sound Sensing with Laser RADAR: How the Q2 Redefines Vibration and Acoustic Analysis

Remote Sound Sensing with Laser RADAR introduces a new way to capture acoustic information — not with microphones, but with light. Using Ommatidia LiDAR’s massively parallel FMCW technology, sound waves and vibrations can be detected remotely through precise laser interferometry. This enables real-time, contact-free analysis of structures, machinery, and environments, unlocking new possibilities in industrial diagnostics, aerospace testing, and acoustic research.
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11 June 2025
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Laser Radar for Medical Diagnostics Pushes the Boundaries of Biomedical Innovation

At the Technical University of Munich, Ommatidia LiDAR’s #Q2LaserRadar demonstrated its potential as a powerful tool for non-contact, high-resolution monitoring of physiological motion. In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Daniel Rixen’s team, Q2 successfully captured vibration signatures associated with abdominal aortic aneurysms — without touching the patient. Designed for industrial precision but adapted for biomedical needs, Q2 delivered sub-mm/s sensitivity, 3D point-cloud geometry, and rapid scan times, showing how photonics can bridge the gap between academic research and real-world clinical innovation.
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30 April 2025
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Non-Contact Vibrometry of Sand and Glass Bead Beds Using Q1/Q2 Laser RADAR

Ommatidia LiDAR’s Q1/Q2 Laser RADAR is bringing aerospace-grade optical vibrometry to geoscience. In a recent campaign, the system was deployed to analyze vibration propagation in sandbanks and glass bead beds—entirely without contact or surface instrumentation. By capturing high-resolution phase-resolved data from afar, researchers were able to reconstruct wave dynamics across fault-like structures, offering a powerful new tool for seismic studies, terrain diagnostics, and civil engineering applications.
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30 December 2024
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Laser RADAR: Beyond Doppler Vibrometry & FMCW LiDAR

Discover how Ommatidia’s Q1 and Q2 systems revolutionize vibration analysis and 3D measurement with unmatched accuracy, real-time data acquisition, and Industry 4.0 integration by merging the advantages of Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry and Advanced FMCW LiDAR. From structural health monitoring to advanced metrology, Laser RADAR sets a new standard in precision and efficiency for various industries.
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25 December 2024
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LIDAR vs. Laser RADAR: Understanding the Core Differences

Laser RADAR surpasses LIDAR’s time-of-flight limitations, employing interferometry and FMCW for accuracy. Discover how these technologies differ, where each excels, and how Ommatidia’s Q1 & Q2 deliver advanced measurement performance.
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24 December 2024
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Doppler Effect & Laser Vibrometry: Advanced Vibration Testing

Understand the Doppler effect’s role in scanning laser vibrometers and laser Doppler vibrometry. Explain how the vibration information can be used to extract relative displacements. Discover Ommatidia’s Q1 & Q2 Laser RADAR innovations for reliable vibration measurement in automotive and industrial applications.
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