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Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have established a spinoff company to commercialize a measuring system developed at the institute....

Lithuania is a small country, roughly twice the size of the State of Maryland, and with a population of 2.9 million. Its status as a photonics hotbed, especially in ultrashort pulsed laser...

Scientists from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Tsinghua University, and Germany’s national metrology institute Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), are building the foundation for a...

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) scientists are leading a pair of photonics-related projects under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) Accelerate Innovations...

The Triton™ SWIR IP67-rated 1.3- and 0.3-MP cameras from LUCID Vision Labs Inc. are compact, cost-efficient devices featuring Sony SenSWIR InGaAs sensors. The GigE Power over Ethernet...

IRIDESENSE’s 3D multispectral lidar sensor is capable of analyzing plant health and soil humidity levels remotely in real-time. Able to be used in different lighting and weather conditions, the...

The Monaco 345-25-50 industrial UV femtosecond laser from Coherent Corp. features 50 W of output power. The 400-fs laser is designed for high-speed, high-volume cutting of wafers and stacked...

The FLIR A6301 from Teledyne FLIR is a cooled midwave thermal imaging camera designed for inspection and automation applications in production lines. Capturing high-speed product movement with up to...

The first high-reflectance mirror coatings for the UV and vacuum UV (VUV) were of the Al + MgF2 type produced in the late 1950s. Coatings of this design are still used today for multigas cavity...

As bit rates increase to meet expanding demand, systems have become increasingly sensitive to polarization-related impairments. These include polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers,...

The ubiquitous Nd:YAG laser has played many roles over the years. For the military, it has provided rangefinding and target designation capabilities. When used with nonlinear optics or as a pump...

To obtain optimal performance from a laser scanning system, the system integrator must carefully weigh the effects of each component and consider how best to implement hardware and software to...

For many engineers working in the automation space, programmable logic controllers, industrial ethernet communication networks and sensors are common tools of the trade. Those tools are used in motor...

Addressing the benefits of utilizing freeform mirror surfaces in optical system designs and the opportunity to effectively replicate freeform mirrors using MKS Newport's advanced manufacturing...

Laser modules play a critical role in many processes, and selecting the right laser module is essential to optimize system performance. Applications will vary widely in their requirements and the key...

The ISO 10110 & material cheat sheet assists optical designers in specifying their optical prints according to the ISO 10110 optics drawing standards. This cheat sheet comprises two sections, namely...

Raman spectroscopy has emerged as a pivotal analytical technique across diverse fields, from environmental monitoring to nanomaterials research. Despite its widespread application, the technique...

Femtosecond frequency combs represent unparalleled measurement tools with diverse applications in spectroscopy, metrology, and quantum physics. This discussion delves into the critical aspects of...

Michael Bradley shows how to optimize the speed and accuracy of your microspectroscopy efforts and discusses a range of applications that demonstrate the capabilities of the Thermo Fisher Scientific...

Fiber-optic sensors (FOS) have been developed extensively over more than four decades. They have been refined to address a range of challenging industrial applications—usually where...

Flow chemistry, also known as continuous-flow chemistry, is a chemical manufacturing process where reactions take place in a continuous stream of fluids (liquids or gases) rather than in batch...

A photodetector, also known as a photosensor or photodiode, is a device that detects and converts light into an electrical signal. Photodetectors are widely used in various applications, ranging from...

A machine vision lens is a specialized optical lens designed for use in machine vision systems, which are used for automated inspection, measurement, and quality control in industrial applications....

Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and its manifestation as both particle and wave phenomena. It encompasses the...

Optical coatings modify the reflectance, transmittance, and absorptive properties of optic substrates to make them much more efficient and functional. From an optical manufacturer's perspective,...

As the demand for fluorides and other high expansion materials increases, it is important to understand the risks/challenges involved with these materials and how they affect various factors such as...

Check out our new video tutorial on how to clean spherical lenses! Our latest video breaks down the step-by-step process for effectively cleaning spherical lenses, ensuring crystal-clear images every...

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A fiber laser is a type of laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth ions such as erbium, ytterbium, or neodymium. Fiber lasers generate coherent light through...

A CCD camera, or charge-coupled device camera, is a type of digital camera that utilizes a CCD image sensor to capture and record images. CCD cameras are widely used in various applications,...

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...

Teledyne DALSA is a part of Teledyne’s Vision Solutions group and a leader in the design, manufacture, and deployment of digital imaging components for machine vision. Teledyne DALSA image...

Baumer Group is a manufacturer of sensors, encoders, measuring instruments, and components for automated image processing. Baumer combines innovative technologies and customer-oriented service into...

Cameras are indispensable in automation. With more than 25 years of experience and subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, South Korea and the UK as well as offices in Europe and Asia, IDS Imaging...