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Photonics.com - March 2024
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European Industry Players Unite to Accelerate Quantum Computing Capabilities
Recognizable industry leaders from across various locations in Europe's quantum photonics ecosystem are uniting in a quest to achieve a demonstrable quantum advantage. Under the umbrella of the...
Metalens Coalition Details Manufacturing Benefits
Representatives from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech), the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), and Electro Magnetic Applications (EMA) gathered at the Berkshire...
Quintessent Closes $11.5M Seed Round
Quintessent, a heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot laser technology company, has closed on just over $11.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Osage University Partners...
DOE Unveils Quantum Lab; MICLEDI Completes Series A: Week in Brief: 3/15/24
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has opened the Quantum Diamond Lab at its Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The lab will be devoted to studying and refining the processes involved in...
Tokamak Energy Commits to Testing Laser Tech for Fusion Power Plants
Fusion energy technology developer Tokamak Energy is working on laser measurement technology crucial to controlling the extreme conditions inside future fusion power plants. The company is testing a...
Japan's Institute for Molecular Science Accelerates Quantum Computing Efforts
The Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), a Japanese inter-university research institute, is working with industrial partners to accelerate the development of neutral atom quantum computing based on...
Optica Names 20 Recipients for 2024 Awards, Medals
Optica has named 20 recipients of its 2024 awards and medals. The awards celebrate leaders in the field of photonics who are making technical, research, education, business, leadership, and service...
Longview Fusion Energy Advance Toward Fusion Power Plant
Longview Fusion Energy Systems said last week that it has enlisted engineering and construction firm Fluor to design a laser fusion power plant — a step toward the company's stated goal of delivering...
Photonics Challenge 2024 Concludes: Week in Brief: 3/8/24
The Photonics Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the Graduate University School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, has concluded with the selection of four out of nine finalist...
VIAVI Solutions Agrees to Takeover of Spirent Communications in $1.3B Deal
VIAVI Solutions has entered into an agreement to acquire London-based test and measurement company Spirent for £1 billion ($1.3 billion). The acquisition expands VIAVI’s portfolio by providing...
All-Optical Network Bridges Space, Air, Underwater Environments
Researchers have developed an all-light communication network that enables seamless connectivity across space, air and underwater environments. The new network design combines different types of...
Intel Launches Standalone FPGA Firm Altera
Intel has launched Altera, a standalone field programmable gate array company. Sandra Rivera, Intel’s executive vice president and CEO of its Programmable Solutions Group, serves as...
Jenopitk Adds Deputy Chairman: People in the News: 3/6/24
JENOPTIK, an optics developer, has added Jakob Habermann to its supervisory board as the deputy chairman, replacing Stefan Schaumburg. Habermann’s election to his new position took place back...
Asynt Opens San Francisco Office; BAE Selected to Provide Space Force Prototype: Week in Brief: 3/1/24
BAE Systems has been selected by the Space Systems Command (SCC) Space Enterprise Consortium to provide a prototype ground system for the U.S. Space Force’s SSC Future Operationally Resilient...
UK Funding Fuels Future Telecom Research
U.K. Research and Innovation (UKRI) is providing £62 million ($78 million) to support the development of technologies crucial to future telecoms networks such as 6G. Funding will support...
ams OSRAM Reassessing Micro-LED Strategy Following Project Cancellation
ams OSRAM is reassessing its micro-LED following the unexpected cancellation of a cornerstone project for its micro-LED program, the company said. Discussions with the related customer are ongoing....
Research & Technology
Photonics-Based Oscillator Provides Precise Signals on Compact Chip
Many technologies — from communications, to radar and sensing, to positioning and navigation — rely on low-noise microwave signals for precise timing and synchronization. Advances in...
Multicolor Photochromic Fibers Deliver Interactive Wearable Displays
Fiber, as a wearable material, offers breathability, flexibility, and resistance to wear, making it an ideal substrate for wearable devices. Using mature textile technology, color-changing fibers can...
Light-Beads Microscopy Reveals New Information About Brain Activity
Mammalian brains are known to be comprised of densely interconnected neurons, but a remaining mystery in neuroscience is how tools which capture relatively few components of brain activity have...
Novel Frequency Comb Could Enable Smartphone Spectroscopy
A microcomb developed by researchers at Stanford University could provide the basis for wide-spread adoption in everyday electronics. The frequency comb device is small, energy-efficient, and highly...
Attosecond Spectroscopy Milestone Reached
Researchers at the Max Born Institute in Berlin have demonstrated attosecond-pump attosecond-probe spectroscopy (APAPS) at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. The advance opens new avenues for the...
Photoacoustic Device Probes Tissue with Low-Cost Laser Diodes
Photoacoustic (PA) technologies offer a noninvasive approach to probing biological tissues, but have seen limited use in clinical applications, partially due to bulky, expensive laser sources. A...
DMD-Based SIM Attains Fast Superresolution Bioimaging in 3D
Although structured illumination microscopy (SIM) demonstrates ultrahigh temporal and spatial resolution, the speed and intricacy of polarization modulation affect the speed and quality of its...
Supercritical Coupling Boosts Photon Upconversion
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have unveiled a novel concept termed supercritical coupling that enables a several-fold increase in photon upconversion efficiency. This...
acquisitions
Photonics Challenge 2024 Concludes: Week in Brief: 3/8/24
The Photonics Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the Graduate University School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, has concluded with the selection of four out of nine finalist...
VIAVI Solutions Agrees to Takeover of Spirent Communications in $1.3B Deal
VIAVI Solutions has entered into an agreement to acquire London-based test and measurement company Spirent for £1 billion ($1.3 billion). The acquisition expands VIAVI’s portfolio by providing...
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Microspectrometers
SAN DIMAS, Calif., March 18, 2024 — The Lightblades™ Spectrometers from CRAIC Technologies are specifically designed for microspectroscopy in research, industrial, and academic applications. Covering ultraviolet, visible, and...
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CO2 Optics
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 18, 2024 — The CO2 Laser Lenses from Laser Research Optics are CO2 optics meant for use in the production of precision gaskets manufactured from stainless steel, phenolic, and other hard materials. Able to be...
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ToF Distance Sensors
OWEN, Germany, March 15, 2024 — The ODT3CL1-2M from Leuze electronic is a laser diffuse sensor that uses time-of-flight (ToF) technology to measure distances in applications such as automated guided vehicles for monitoring the...
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Corrosion and Weld Scanners
WALTHAM, Mass., March 15, 2024 — The MapROVER™ (shown) and SteerROVER™ from Evident Corporation are phased array inspection solutions for weld and corrosion inspections. The MapROVER includes an electronic cooling system...
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Rugged HDR Camera
CHENNAI, India, March 14, 2024 — The RouteCAM_CU22 from e-con Systems is a rugged HDR Power over Ethernet camera for both indoor and outdoor applications such as autonomous vehicles, smart traffic, patient monitoring, parking lot...
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Chip-on-Board Lights
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 14, 2024 — The CTM-18 and -22 from Luminus Devices are tunable chip-on-board (COB) lights that use color combination ranges from 6500 to 2700 K, 4000 to 1800 K, and high melanopic 5000 K Salud™ to 2200 K....
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O-Band Transceiver
LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 13, 2024 — The QSFP28 from Approved Networks is an O-band transceiver for high-speed data transmission for distances up to 25 km. Able to upgrade bandwidth to 100 G, when paired with a 16-channel DWDM mux/demux...
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Laser Welding Packages
MONROVIA, Calif., March 13, 2024 — AMADA WELD TECH’s ready-to-integrate laser welding packages are designed and bundled for quick adoption into an enclosure or onto a production line, so engineers can focus on other automation...
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DPSS Laser
WUXI, China, March 12, 2024 — Lumispot Tech’s diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser also acts as a pump light module. The laser employs a semiconductor laser as its pump source with continuous and quasi-continuous wave...
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Erbium Fiber Laser
MARTINSRIED, Germany, March 12, 2024 — The ELMO 780 XHP from Menlo Systems is a high-power, industry-grade femtosecond erbium fiber laser that can be used in applications such as multi-photon microscopy and 3D nano printing. Delivering...
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Clamp Meter
GOLETA, Calif., March 11, 2024 — The FLIR CM276 from Teledyne FLIR is a clamp meter that combines thermal imaging with electrical measurement for inspecting and troubleshooting electrical systems, solar panels, pumps, and motors....
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Industrial MIPI Camera
ETTLINGEN, Germany, March 11, 2024 — The VC MIPI IMX900 from Vision Components is a global shutter camera with an IMX900 image sensor from Sony that can be used in robotics, barcode scanning, and quality control applications. With a...
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Motor Control Board
WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 8, 2024 — The MCR IQ™ Motor Control Board Series from Theia Technologies facilitates operation of motorized lenses, allowing users to control zoom, focus, P-iris, and optional IR filters. The boards...
Theia Technologies
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Linear Machine Vision LED
NORTON SHORES, Mich., March 8, 2024 — The LHI-DO Lightgistics series light from Smart Vision Lights is a machine vision light designed to deliver intense linear light in high-speed scan tunnel systems. Equipped with hidden strobe...
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Direct ToF Lidar
GENEVA, March 7, 2024 — The VL53L9 from STMicroelectronics is a direct 3D lidar device that is suitable for applications such as VR or simultaneous localization and mapping. With a resolution of up to 2.3-k zones, the...
STMicroelectronics
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Green Laser
WUXI, China, March 7, 2024 — Lumispot Tech’s green laser is a fiber-coupled 525-nm laser made for applications including fluorescence excitation, spectral analysis, photoelectric detection, and laser display. Operational...
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Joulemeter
QUEBEC CITY, March 6, 2024 — The IS50A-1KW-RMT from Gentec-EO is a high-power joulemeter for laser energy measurement up to 1 kW average power. Designed to meet the requirements of high average power laser users in optics...
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.
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SWIR LEDs
TOKYO, March 6, 2024 — The SWIR LED chip series from DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. are short wavelength infrared LED chips that can be applied to agriculture/food analysis, drug discovery, and health care. With a...
Dowa Electronics Materials Co. Ltd.
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Machine LED Family
CHICAGO, March 5, 2024 — The TUBELED_40 II from LED2WORK is a slim LED light family for machines and systems applications. Offered in both a standalone and cascading variant, the LEDs are safeguarded by thick safety glass...
LED2WORK Inc.
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Inductive Positioning System
FLORENCE, Ky., March 5, 2024 — The Inductive Rapid Positioning System from Balluff Inc. is a noncontact continuous linear position measuring system that measures changes in the position of a guided target in applications such as...
Balluff Inc.
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Long Range IR Camera
ORLANDO, Fla., March 4, 2024 — The long-range model of the Mantis™ camera systems from LightPath Technologies utilizes LightPath's BlackDiamond™ infrared materials to create a camera system with high magnification that...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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3D AOI System
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 4, 2024 — The TR7700QH SII Series from Test Research, Inc. is a high-speed 3D automated optical inspection (AOI) system for metrology measurement applications. Using a stop-and-go imaging method, the system...
Test Research Inc.
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Optical Polishing Abrasives
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 1, 2024 — The Microlux Powders from Meller Optics are high purity, petroleum-free alumina abrasive powders for use with all hard and soft optical materials. The powders come in seven particle sizes from 0.05...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Industrial Microscopy LED Ring
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 1, 2024 — The Model TR.L1 from Titan Tool Supply, Inc. is a specialized 16-LED ring illuminator designed for industrial microscopy applications, including modular toolscopes. With a robust aluminum...
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