Optical Switch Obtains Holographic Lithography Systems

Organic-based optoelectronics have the potential to provide an energy-efficient way to operate low-power indoor devices and wireless IoT sensors. Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and organic...

Fiber, as a wearable material, offers breathability, flexibility, and resistance to wear, making it an ideal substrate for wearable devices. Using mature textile technology, color-changing fibers can...

Through various information and communication technologies, smart cities provide services like education, medical care, safety, transportation, and utilities. Many of the services that smart cities...

Delays in optical data transmission cause inconvenient lag times in communications and interfere with immersive experiences like gaming. Two factors that adversely affect the speed and reliability of...

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...

The Sticklers Pro360°™ from Sticklers is a portable touchless fiber optic connector cleaner for applications such as central offices, data centers, OEM, military, and high-volume FTTx. The...

The RANGE 2 from Revopoint 3D is a 3D scanner meant for capturing scans of large objects in quality control, reverse engineering, automobile modification, and prototyping applications. The scanner...

The GP-CVM600P series of 600-W LED constant voltage drivers from GlacialPower include nondimming, 3-in-1, and DALI-2 dimming versions. The direct-current output voltages include 12, 24, 36, 48,...

The use of precision polymer optics is becoming an increasing necessity today as products demand sophisticated light handling components to achieve desired results. Polymer optics can be thought of...

An optical time-domain reflectometer sends short pulses of light into a fiber and measures its reflections as a function of time. The delay of these reflections to the detector as well as their...

The common polycrystalline materials used for optical thin-film materials do not satisfy the requirements of telecommunications because of the instabilities caused by moisture absorption in their...

Laser diodes vary widely in their wavelengths, powers, spectra and beam quality. Yet they share two fundamental components with all other lasers: an optical amplifier and a resonator that confines...

In the rapidly evolving world of industrial machine vision, hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has emerged as an invaluable tool, offering a wealth of information for various applications. This white paper...

The ILMS is designed for profiling focused, high-power industrial lasers. This system combines reimaging/magnification optics, a polarization preserving beam sampler, and a DataRay beam profiler to...

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...

The optical manufacturing tolerance chart outlines the general tolerance limits for spherical and aspherical lenses that we can accommodate. It also acts as a valuable reference tool when designing a...

Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision, optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide...

Microlenses are critical components used in a wide variety of consumer devices and industrial sensors, ranging from cellphone cameras and virtual reality goggles to 3D displays and advanced...

With the explosive growth of applications such as AI and high-performance computing, modern data centers must find ways to support an exponentially rising demand for transferring massive amounts of...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

An optical filter is a device that selectively transmits or blocks specific wavelengths, or colors, of light. Optical filters are used to control the spectral content of light in various...

A GaAlAs laser is a type of semiconductor laser diode that emits light in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is composed of layers of gallium, aluminum, and arsenic, hence...

Micro-optics refers to the design, fabrication, and application of optical components and systems at a microscale level. These components are miniaturized optical elements that manipulate light at a...

On-board optics refers to optical systems integrated into devices or platforms for various purposes, such as imaging, navigation, communication, and sensing. These systems are crucial in a wide range...

Students from large and small size companies and bigger Department of Defense affiliates of the AIM Photonics Institute took part in the recent AIM Photonics Summer Academy at MIT. This was the third...

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 take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

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...

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...

IPG Photonics is the world's leading provider of high power fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers that are revolutionizing performance and utility in a remarkable array of materials processing,...

We are a manufacturer of Diffraction Limited Fiber Coupled Laser Systems, Optical Systems, and Fiber Optic Systems from 240 nm to 6000 nm. Unique products include various sizes of Fiber Collimators,...

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...