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Technologies like integrated signal distributing, processing, and sensing networks require basic optical elements such as waveguides, splitters, gratings, and optical switches to be miniaturized....

Many products, including some that are indispensable to modern society, experience widespread adoption before consequential health and safety risks emerge. Sometimes these adverse effects are...

Via its holding company Exaktera, private equity investment firm Union Park Capital has acquired iiM GmbH, a manufacturer of LEDs for machine vision applications. Terms of the deal were not...

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...

The MP-5050-240E and MP-5050-810E from Luminus Devices are mid-power LEDs for outdoor and industrial lighting applications including streetlights, area lights, parking lights, post-top lights,...

The LUX 3030 and 2835 from Luminus Devices are LEDs with KSF narrow-band red phosphor technology. The LEDs deliver a 120° typical viewing angle and minimum 90 color rendering index (CRI) with a...

Advanced illumination, the originator of LED lighting for machine vision inspection, is announcing the release of their new FD2 High Intensity Back-lit Flat Diffuse Lights, an improved take on...

The SFT-40 series from Luminus Devices are high power warm white LEDs for applications including stadium, architectural, studio, stage, indoor directional, and surgical lighting. The LEDs utilize...

In the beginning, automated inspection focused on the camera and optics, the algorithms, the interface hardware and the processor. Only rarely was attention paid to the lighting system or lighting...

The wavelength range of commercially available LEDs with single-element output power of at least 5 mW is 275 to 950 nm. Each wavelength range is made from a specific semiconductor material family,...

An integrating sphere’s function is to spatially integrate radiant flux (light). However, before one can optimize a sphere design for a particular application, it is important to understand how...

The market for flat panel displays (FPDs) has undergone tremendous growth, driven mostly by increased demand for televisions, cell phones, computers, digital cameras and MP3 players. Similarly,...

The optoelectronic properties of an OLED device are mapped using an RMS1000 Confocal Raman Microscope in spectral and time-resolved photoluminescence and electroluminescence imaging modes. These...

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...

MKS' Newport OptoFlash delivers up toe 10 discrete channels where pre-determined wavelength detection is essential to acquiring fast sample measurements.

MKS Newport spectral optics product overview providing a summary of competencies in diffraction gratings, optical filters, optical mirrors, OptoFlash multichannel spectrometer engines, and design &...

Barry Young, CEO of the OLED Association and an authority on the technology, presents a broad look at display applications utilizing OLEDs. In 2015, OLED displays had revenues of US$13.5b and it is...

Flexible displays are here and are being exploited by companies like Samsung, Motorola (Lenovo), Xiaomi, LG, and (by Q4 2017) Apple. These displays, which are lightweight, thin, curved at the edges...

A new generation of visible laser light sources is being developed to enable advanced optical control through the use of miniature optics and reflectors, high-efficiency fiber optic transport, and...

Fluorescence imaging in life sciences and microscopy applications has traditionally used mercury, metal halide, and xenon arc lamps for illumination. With advances in technology, LEDs are now able to...

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) technology that utilizes organic compounds to produce light. OLEDs are commonly used in display technologies, such as...

A microchannel plate (MCP) is a specialized electron multiplier device used in various applications such as particle detection, imaging, spectroscopy, and night vision technology. It consists of a...

In optics and photonics, ceramics refer to advanced ceramic materials that possess unique optical properties, making them suitable for various applications involving the manipulation and control of...

Gallium nitride-based light-emitting diodes (GaN-based LEDs) are semiconductor devices that emit light when an electric current passes through them. These LEDs are constructed using gallium nitride...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we take you to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at MIT run by Dr. Dirk Englund. Dr. Englund's group, the Quantum Photonics Group, is made up of postdocs and...

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 month's episode of Light Matters, we introduce you to a green energy company that is transforming China's national treasure — the giant panda — into panda-shaped solar farms. We also bring...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at the relationship between researchers and scientists at the University of California Davis, and surgeons and clinicians at nearby...

An infrared light-emitting diode (IR LED) is a semiconductor device that emits infrared light when an electric current passes through it. Similar to standard LEDs that emit visible light, IR LEDs are...

A liquid crystal light valve, also known as a spatial light modulator, is an optical device that modulates the intensity, phase, or polarization of light passing through it using liquid crystal...

Imperx delivers cutting-edge, high-performance and reliable ruggedized camera solutions for machine vision, industrial, military, aerospace, medical, life sciences, traffic monitoring, and many more...

Incom is known as the world’s largest supplier of fused fiber optics solutions. We enable innovation in the medical, scientific, display, and defense industries. Combining the most progressive...

Photonics Media is the publisher of Photonics Spectra, BioPhotonics, and Vision Spectra magazines in print, digital, and mobile app formats; the Photonics Marketplace featuring the Photonics Buyers'...

Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA), an ITW Company, delivers industry-leading sensors, photodiodes, IR detectors, photonic modules, assemblies, and LEDs. Available in standard and custom designs,...