Faro Technologies Buys 3-D Imaging Company

In-Place Machining (IPM), a provider of measurement and alignment services, has acquired East Coast Metrology (ECM), a contract measurement company. The acquisition is part of IPM’s long-term...

Mek (Marantz Electronics), a provider of automatic optical inspection solutions, appointed Maria Dzionk operations manager. Most recently, Dzionk served as returns coordinator at GXO Logistics where...

LioniX International and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) will work with Lockheed Martin to develop a novel microwave photonic solution supporting space and defense missions. The...

AIM Photonics has launched its new Opto-electronic Testing Services, which the institute said features a full suite of advanced tools for testing photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and conventional...

The QE195LP-S-MB from Gentec-EO is a pyroelectric laser energy detector specifically made to measure lasers with extra wide beams in applications such as advanced materials research and processing,...

The diversity of XR devices and their measurement requirements continue to grow — new display types, fields of view, resolutions, focal distances, form factors, and unique combinations of these...

Precision-imaged optical components, calibration standards, and photomasks for various industries and applications. Standard and custom products to test, calibrate, align, control, or measure the...

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...

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,...

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...

With the understanding of aspheric lens manufacturing provided in part one of this article, designers have the tools to optimize their aspheres; the next step is to understand how to specify and...

The use and importance of colorimetry has grown in unison with the increase of global manufacturing and processing. When plastic automotive trim produced on one continent must match a painted metal...

Positioning systems are used to automate almost every high-precision manufacturing process. Many of these processes occur in 3D. Some examples include positioning a part’s surface in 3D to be 100%...

Measuring and calibrating LED edge-lit sunroofs.

Accurate control over film thickness and uniformity is essential for throughput and performance in the automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, medical, and research industries. The modern standard for...

The massive production of plastics has led to a throw-away culture rendering plastic pollution one of the biggest environmental issues. One solution to prevent plastic pollution is improving waste...

The Technology Transfer Program, part of the annual Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, is a chance for researchers to learn about turning their discoveries into marketable products. This...

Portable and hand-held spectrometers have matured, and in the past few years hand-held devices targeted to the general consumer market have been introduced. This webinar will survey the portable...

Optical fibers made of fused silica have many applications, such as communication, sensing, and laser systems. The performance of optical fibers is highly sensitive to the manufacturing processes and...

In machine vision, deep learning enables an increasing number of applications that were not possible before. Moreover, the performance of existing applications can also be significantly improved....

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...

An opaque projector is a device used for enlarging and projecting images from opaque objects such as printed pages, photographs, or three-dimensional objects onto a screen or surface. Unlike a...

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...

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...

This Software Highlight focuses on Fast Mapping in our Ramacle software. Fast Mapping enables the user to acquire Raman maps with significantly reduced acquisition times via more efficient stage...

We are celebrating 10 years of Äpre! We’re proud to have helped so many of you increase your capabilities so you, in turn, can meet your customer’s toughest requirements. We’re grateful we can...

This video hits the key points made in our "Measuring Aspheres in a 3D World" white paper. The white paper provides a basic practical guide on the benefits of 3D measurements of aspheres as well as a...

Instrument Systems presents a special highlight: The preview of the new LumiTop X20, upcoming in autumn 2021. Building on the established 2700 and 4000 models, the LumiTop X20 will offer a high...

A spectropolarimeter is an instrument for plotting the rotatory dispersion of a substance at different wavelengths.

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

Stay ahead of your competition with interferometers the meet today's manufacturing challenges. Äpre interferometers have the highest resolution, largest native aperture range, and lowest retrace...

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,...

Specialized Products Yelo Laser Burn-In and Life-Test System: Qualification systems provide a modular tightly controlled environment in which to Burn-In and Life-Test photonics components such as...