Microsystems Innovator Marc P. Christensen Named President of Clarkson University

Sydor Technologies, a developer of advanced diagnostics and high speed imaging for defense, research, and industrial applications, has named Nicholas West president. West will oversee daily...

Cather Simpson, of the University of Auckland and Orbis Diagnostics, has been elected to serve as the 2025 vice president of SPIE. With her election, Simpson joins the SPIE presidential chain and...

MKS Instruments has added Wissam Jabre, executive vice president and CFO of Western Digital Corporation, to its board of directors. Jabre previously served as senior vice president and CFO of Dialog...

Murad Alam was introduced as president of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery during the annual business meeting on April 15. Alam is vice-chair of dermatology; professor of...

The CSSS-45-UV and BTS256-LED-UV (shown) from Gigahertz-Optik are UV Spectroradiometers for industrial, medical, and research applications. The CSSS-45-UV detects UV LED irradiance from 200 - 400 nm...

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 X6980 HS high-speed family and the X8580 high-resolution family from Teledyne FLIR are science-grade thermal cameras for research and development for both the MWIR and LWIR spectrums. The cameras...

The Newport™ TLS260B series from MKS Instruments, Inc. are compact, fully-assembled, pre-aligned tunable light sources for applications in spectroscopy, materials research, and sensor and...

Flat optics generally perform three main functions: They transmit light (windows), reflect light (mirrors), and fold light (prisms). While most optical manufacturers make spherical and flat optics, a...

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...

Aspheric surfaces are powerful tools that combine the optical corrections of multiple lenses into a single element (Figure 1) and affect performance in ways that spherical optics cannot. For example,...

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...

A good portable Raman spectrometer bridges the gap in performance, capability, and size between handheld and benchtop Raman spectroscopy. It enables new point-of-use applications in medicine and...

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This document outlines how Seiwa Optical's fully automated inspection equipment can increase the threshold, reduce chip loss, and decrease production costs of wafer manufacturing.

Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. This paper outlines the results of...

Raman spectroscopy has been known for decades as the most selective spectroscopic technique. Lednev and his team have developed and are commercializing the first universal method for the confirmatory...

Raman hyperspectroscopy combined with advanced statistics is uniquely suitable for characterizing microheterogeneous systems. Understanding the structure and biochemical composition of samples at the...

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...

Metasurfaces are sub-wavelength spaced arrays of nanostructures that enable the design of ultrathin optical components with superior aberration control and ease of optical alignment compared to...

A wide-angle lens is a type of camera lens that has a shorter focal length than a standard or normal lens, allowing it to capture a broader field of view. Wide-angle lenses are characterized by their...

Topology is a branch of mathematics that focuses on the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, crumpling, and bending, but not tearing or gluing....

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people....

An abridged spectrophotometer refers to a simplified or compact version of a traditional spectrophotometer, which is a scientific instrument used to measure the intensity of light at different...

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 North America's largest optical fabrication exhibition and show – Optifab 2017. 188 companies filled the showroom floor of the...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to central Massachusetts as Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Quinsigamond Community College take on a comprehensive joint photonics laboratory...

Technology Transfer Programs are often a concerted effort to share skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing, and facilities among governments or...

As a provider of precision automation and motion control systems, Aerotech offers a complete range of motion and automation solutions to our clients. Our standard product offerings include: ...

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'...