Coherent Solutions Is Now Quantifi Photonics

Spectral technology company Ocean Insight will relaunch its Ocean Optics brand, which the company used from its founding in 1989 until retiring the brand in 2019. The move comes as part of a company...

Rochester-based optics manufacturer Optimax is launching Starris: Optimax Space Systems, a business operating under the Optimax corporate structure. Starris will focus on the development of...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF) have developed a portable sensor-scanner for building comprehensive 3D models of complex...

Laser technology company NUBURU entered into definitive agreements, primarily with existing investors, to receive a cash infusion of $7.9 million prior to deducting transaction and issuance costs...

The pco.edge 5.5 DS CLHS (shown) and pco.edge 26 DS CLHS from Excelitas Technologies are double shutter cameras for applications including particle image velocimetry, particle tracking velocimetry,...

The PCA Series from Quantifi Photonics is a high-precision photocurrent amplifier designed for PIC testing applications such as responsivity, dark current, shunt resistance, noise measurements, I-V...

The FlowScout® MPO OLTS Test Set from AFL is a pair of handheld testers designed to support native multifiber as well as duplex connector testing using a single test set in enterprise,...

The Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 800GE Benchtop from Keysight Technologies is a multiport, multi-user, and multispeed portable design and validation platform that tests AI, high...

Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is an experimental tool in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. The basic principle involves photographic recording of the motion of microscopic particles that follow...

As system and cable installers try to optimize their links, the preferred method has become high-speed DWDM. This demand for bandwidth has led to the development of new test and measurement...

There are three fundamentally different dispersive phenomena in optical fiber, of which polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is the most complex. In digital multimode fiber systems, a light pulse...

Adhesives for fiber optic components that perform well on glass, metal, ceramic and most plastic substrates provide excellent chemical and solvent resistance. They also can act as an electrical...

Answering some common questions new users of optical design and analysis software have are “How accurate are the results?” or “Can I trust the results I get?” and discussing the importance of...

We started developing FACs more than 15 years ago. The result is highly automated in-house processes which allow for competitive prices – even with high volumes. Diode lasers are efficient, compact,...

This white paper, titled "Advanced SWIR Spectroscopy for Next-Generation Fabric Identification," addresses the challenges in textile sorting, especially in the context of recycling non-biodegradable...

MTF measurement usually comprises the optics under test and additional measurement or relay optics. The whitepaper from TRIOPTICS shows that the theoretical measurement error can increase...

Additional Questions & Answers from the webinar are below Speakers: 3-D Vision for Industrial Robot Guidance Clay Flannigan Manager, Robotics and Automation Engineering ...

From LEDs to medical devices to microelectronics to fiber optics — everything leaks! This 40-minute webinar, presented by Agilent Technologies, will describe the challenges of locating and...

3D optical methods have come a long way from the early stereo viewers and multiangle sliding images that existed more than a century ago. As measurement tools, these methods have in the past 40 years...

Machine vision systems for industrial manufacturing are typically isolated solutions to perform defect detection on a specific machine at a specific stage of a process. Yet in times of AI and...

Spectroscopy laser systems are specialized setups that utilize lasers to study the interaction between light and matter. These systems are integral to various scientific and industrial applications...

A holographic grating is a type of diffraction grating that is produced using holographic recording techniques. It consists of a periodic structure of alternating transparent and opaque regions,...

Actinism refers to the property of radiation, particularly light, that enables it to produce photochemical effects. This term is derived from the Greek word aktinos, meaning ray. Here are the key...

In the context of electronics and optics, an isolator refers to a device that allows the transmission of signals in one direction while attenuating or blocking signals in the opposite direction. The...

Video was exclusively made to give a proper "goodbye" to our old logo and to "welcome" our new logo in all its glory!

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

Tune into this month’s edition of Light Matters for the complete list of Photonics Media’s Industry Beacon award winners. We’ll also introduce you to an Industry Beacon in the Educator category, and...

In this month’s Light Matters Extra, we take you to the Springfield Technical Community College campus and introduce you to Professor Nick Massa, who has been teaching Optics and Photonics there for...

Metal vapor lasers are devices in which the lasing medium is a vapor of metal atoms or ions, sometimes mixed with another gas.

An optical bench is a support for optical parts comprising a solid bed that permits precise longitudinal movement of one component relative to the others, and a number of sliders equipped with...

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...

Since 1947, Insaco has been a precision machining and polishing fabricator of parts from all technical ceramics, sapphire, glass and quartz. We machine these materials holding very precise tolerances...

The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have guided LaCroix Precision Optics to become the premier precision optics...

Lambda Research Optics, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of laser optics with high power thin-film coatings and high precision fabrications. Lambda serves a wide range of industries, such as Biotech,...