Hamamatsu’s NKT Photonics Acquisition Gets Green Light

The sale of NKT Photonics to Hamamatsu Photonics K.K, Japan subsidiary Photonics Management Europe srl has been denied under the Danish Investment Screening Act. Required regulatory approvals for the...

Precision optical technology manufacturer G&H has sold its Boston-based EM4 optoelectronics subsidiary to EMFOUR Acquisition Co. LLC, a subsidiary of an unnamed U.S.-based global technology...

Hamamatsu has completed its acquisition of NKT Photonics A/S. Beginning June 1, NKT Photonics will be a subsidiary of Hamamatsu Photonics, adding its fiber lasers and photonic crystal fibers to...

Bruker Corp. acquired Inscopix Inc., a developer of miniaturized microscopes known as miniscopes, for freely moving animal brain imaging. Since Inscopix’s founding in 2011, its flagship...

The Koheras ADJUSTIK HP T20 fiber laser from NKT Photonics A/S is designed for barium ion excitation. The rack-mountable benchtop system offers robust single-frequency operation, a narrow...

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.’s NJL5821R and NJL5822R two-phase digital output encoders with optical reflection have been announced by MACNICA ATD Europe GmbH and are suited for detecting...

The 3DOptix Warehouse from 3DOptix is a platform for sharing and downloading optical designs. Optical engineers, application engineers, and system engineers can collaborate and share ideas,...

The Echelle RS10k from Opton Laser and Redback Systems is a miniature version of Redbacks’ RS40k spectrometer. Compact and high resolution, the product covers the entire 450- to 1030-nm range...

When purchasing an industrial laser system, the astute buyer will look for a Class 1 laser product — a system where the laser beam hazard is completely enclosed and there is no potential laser...

Developed in the early 1990s, the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a solid-state photodetector whose sensitivity to light rivals that of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) in a regime where a few hundred...

Materials processing with lasers is actually a broad term for a diverse range of applications. The major categories of these uses, and the lasers that service them, are summarized Table 1. At one...

Light is a versatile tool for investigating physical and chemical processes in nature. Any specific system being analyzed may, through the light it emits or reflects, communicate information about...

When it comes to infrared measurements, a lock-in amplifier paired with a pulsed light source is an essential tool to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for low light applications. This tech...

This application note demonstrates the use of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for the analysis of human serum albumin. An IR5 FTIR spectrometer was used, equipped with a heated ATR accessory, to help tackle...

Endoscopic classification in terms of application, can be divided into two simple categories, namely, industrial endoscope and medical endoscope. About the types of industrial endoscope, from the...

The semiconductor, micromachining, and ophthalmology markets, and even the emerging quantum computing market all heavily influence the direction for future high-performance laser developments. Today,...

Building a great lidar system requires a great laser. In this webinar, the presenters discuss the five most important criteria for choosing the right laser for your lidar systems, which are...

Optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectroscopy has established itself as a cutting edge vibrational microspectroscopy tool. It offers significant advantages over traditional FTIR,...

Which manufacturer of high-performance optical systems has not already faced the lack of reliability and repeatability of the unit-to-unit performance of the lens actuators built into their products?...

Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by the presence of suspended particles. These particles can include sediment, silt, clay, plankton, and other microscopic...

Bioluminescence is a natural phenomenon in which living organisms produce and emit light through a chemical reaction occurring within their bodies. This light emission is typically the result of a...

A facility selected by mutual agreement of the user and the prospective vendor to test a prototype before it is offered for sale.

An optical barcode reader, commonly known as a barcode scanner, is a device that uses optical technology to capture and interpret data encoded in barcode symbols. Barcodes are typically printed on...

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...

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 recent Luminate Lightning Awards. New York’s Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was there and tells us why Luminate is important...

Luminate is the world's largest Optics, Photonics and Imaging accelerator focused on advancing next-generation OPI-enabled companies. The accelerator program accepts ten companies per year to compete...

Hamamatsu Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan), a leading manufacturer of devices for the generation and measurement of infrared, visible, and ultraviolet...

iX Cameras is a world-leading technology and product company specializing in the field of high-speed (slow motion) imaging. Based on proprietary innovative technologies, we design, build, and sell...