Carl Zeiss Restructures

Lumileds, LLC, a manufacturer of LEDs for automotive and illumination markets, has completed the $238 million sale of its lamps and accessories business to First Brands Group, LLC, an automotive...

Basler France has appointed Jalmari Vaissi managing director, effective July 1, concurrent with Basler France (formerly i2S) fully integrating as a Basler AG entity. In the new position Vaissi will...

Laser technology startup Femtum has closed a 5 million CAD ($3.7 million) seed round. The funding accelerates its commercialization of mid-IR fiber lasers tailored to semiconductor manufacturing...

NASA will collaborate with the European Space Agency (ESA) on a space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves. The ESA formally adopted the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)...

In April 2021, the American Center for Optics Manufacturing (AmeriCOM) was established by optics manufacturers in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The mission: to build the...

Using SWIR, MIR, and FIR lasers requires knowledge of their beam quality parameters. Many considerations significantly impact the laser process, such as mode structure, positional stability, and...

Imaging lenses are nuanced and seemingly complex components of machine vision systems. The best options for an application are not always obvious, and key trade-offs should be considered when...

The global optics, photonics, and imaging industry is growing, but a worldwide shortage of technicians exists. This, coupled with industry reports that 20% of experienced technicians and engineers...

Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the transmission of data using modulated beams of light through free space (air or a...

Data analysis software is a category of software tools used for the systematic examination of data sets to uncover patterns, trends, relationships, and insights. It supports a range of analytical...

A photovoltaic cell, commonly known as a solar cell, is a semiconductor device that directly converts light energy into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect. The photovoltaic effect is...

A passive optical network (PON) is a telecommunications network architecture that uses optical fibers and passive optical components to provide high-speed broadband services to end-users. In a PON...

SUNY Albany will become the home of the new Center for Biophotonic Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Teledyne Technologies is expanding after acquiring contracts from Excelitas. IonQ is in the...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Trade Show in Austin, Texas, as new photonics innovations hit the show floor of the Austin Convention Center....

On this episode of Light Matters Extra, we introduce you to the Lighting Supervisor for the Williamstown Theatre Festival, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Wilburn Bonnell is a freelance lighting...

On this week's show we’ll learn about a lens-free microscope that could be just as useful as its optical counterparts for pathology. But first we’ll bring you December’s top business news, introduce...