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href="/company/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/company/technology/">Technology</a></li> <li><a aria-current="page">Nikon Technology Fields</a></li> </ol> </nav> <main class="main"> <div class="main-inner u-pb-00"> <h1 class="c-heading-a">Nikon Technology Fields</h1> <p class="c-text">Nikon’s technology is characterized by its use of light and its precision. With applied optics and precision technologies as our core technologies, we are developing a wide range of technologies, including “Optical Technology,” “Materials,” “Precision Processing,” “Precision Measurement,” “Software & System” and “Image Processing”.<br>Products and services created by combining these technologies will provide our society with diverse values and open up future possibilities that Nikon aims to achieve.</p> <h2 class="c-heading-b u-mt-10">Two Core Technologies</h2> <div class="c-grid c-grid__col2 u-mt-00"> <div class="c-grid__item"> <h3 class="c-heading-c u-line u-mt-00"> <span class="tec-headline-nolevel-s">Freely controls light</span><br>“Applied Optics”</h3> <p class="c-text">This technology is capable of handling light in a wide wavelength range, from X-rays to infrared rays, with high precision. We can provide products and services tailored to a variety of purposes.</p> </div> <div class="c-grid__item"> <h3 class="c-heading-c u-line"> <span class="tec-headline-nolevel-s">Controls nanometers</span><br>“Precision Technologies” </h3> <p class="c-text">Nikon’s diverse precision technologies support our society in many situations, including technology for highly accurate overlaying of electronic circuits at the nanometer level (semiconductor lithography systems).</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="js-venn-diagram" class="tec-venn-diagram"> <div class="tec-venn-diagram__image"></div> <div class="tec-venn-diagram__print-image"> <img src="/company/technology/assets/img/img-venn-diagram-for-print.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="tec-venn-diagram__inner"> <p class="core"><span>Core Technologies</span>Applied Optics <br class="tec-u-sp">& <br class="tec-u-pc">Precision<br>Technologies</p> <ul class="category"> <li class="category__item category--1" data-id="1"> <a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/optics/" class="category__link">Optical<br>Technology<span class="icon"></span></a> <span class="category__mask"></span> <ul class="sub-category"> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--1"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/optics/xray_source/"><span>X-ray Source</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--2"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/optics/aberration_correction/"><span>Aberration Correction</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--3"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/optics/scanning_optical_system/"><span>Scanning Optical Systems</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--4"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/optics/super-resolution_microscopic/"><span>Super-Resolution Microscopy</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="category__item category--2" data-id="2"> <a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/materials/" class="category__link">Materials<span class="icon"></span></a> <span class="category__mask"></span> <ul class="sub-category"> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--5"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/materials/phase_fresnel_lens/"><span>Resin for Phase Fresnel Lenses</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--6"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/materials/fluorite/"><span>Fluorite</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--7"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/materials/extra_low_dispersion_glass/"><span>Extra-low Dispersion Glass</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="category__item"> <ul class="sub-category"> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--8"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/related_technology/industrial_engineering/"><span>Industrial Engineering</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--9"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/related_technology/optical_system_alignment/"><span>Optical System Adjustment</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--10"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/related_technology/visual_inspection/"><span>Visual Inspection</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="category__item category--3" data-id="3"> <a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/process/" class="category__link category--3">Precision<br>Processing<span class="icon"></span></a> <span class="category__mask"></span> <ul class="sub-category"> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--11"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/process/aspherical_polishing/"><span>Aspherical Processing</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--12"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/process/laser_ablation/"><span>Laser Ablation Processing</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--13"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/process/precision_glass_mold/"><span>Precision Glass Mold</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--14"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/process/anti_reflective_coating/"><span>Anti-Reflective Coatings</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="category__item category--4" data-id="4"> <a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/measurement/" class="category__link">Precision<br>Measurement<span class="icon"></span></a> <span class="category__mask"></span> <ul class="sub-category"> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--15"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/measurement/wavefront_aberration_measurement/"><span>Wavefront Aberration Measurement</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--16"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/measurement/precision_position_measurement/"><span>High Precision Position Measurement</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--17"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/measurement/optical_component_measument/"><span>Optical Component Shape Measurement</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--18"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/measurement/spectroscopic_imaging/"><span>Spectral Imaging</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="category__item category--5" data-id="5"> <a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/software_and_systems/" class="category__link">Software &<br>System<span class="icon"></span></a> <span class="category__mask"></span> <ul class="sub-category"> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--19"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/software_and_systems/image_stabilization/"><span>Image Stabilization</span></a></li> <li class="sub-category__item sub-category__item--20"><a href="/company/technology/technology_fields/software_and_systems/deep_learning/"><span>Deep 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