Oxford Lasers Acquired by Management Team

Physik Instrumente (PI) has established an “innovation hub” in Karlsruhe, Germany, as the company looks to intensify its cooperation with leading universities and research institutions....

When combined with electronics, infrared (IR) light can enable small, fast devices for sensing, imaging, and signaling at the molecular level. To fully harness the advantages of IR light, the...

Photoimmunotherapy targets cancer cells with microscopic, nano-engineered cancer drugs that are light-activated at the lesion site. Although the technology is increasingly used to treat metastatic...

The ability to image complex biological tissues is essential for many biological studies and clinical diagnostic applications. However, capturing detailed 3D images of thick biological samples is...

The Spectra-Physics® Talon® Ace™ UV100 from MKS Instruments Inc. is a >100-W UV nanosecond laser. The device offers TimeShift™ programmable pulse capability and a wide...

The Park NX-IR R300 nanoscale IR spectroscopy system from Park Systems Corp. joins with atomic force microscopy for up to 300-mm semiconductor wafers. It provides chemical property information...

The NanoSight Pro nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) system from Malvern Panalytical BV simplifies nanomaterials characterization through machine learning. The system provides fast and...

The NanoCeramic series of sensors from Queensgate Instruments provides nanoscale precision for demanding environments such as ultrahigh vacuum to 1010 Torr and a range of temperatures from cryogenic...

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By its original definition, a nanopositioning device is a mechanism capable of repeatedly delivering motion in increments as small as one nanometer. Lately demands from industry and research have...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

Photonics is the study of light and other types of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The impact of photonics on research, technology, navigation, culture, astronomy, forensics, and...

Explore the world of lock-in amplifiers in this paper, vital for success in photonics labs. Grasp the details of detecting amplitude and phase amid widespread signal changes from pulsed lasers,...

As the automotive industry continues to push the boundaries of innovation, the need for advanced technologies becomes increasingly paramount. Spectroscopy has been a game-changer in various domains...

Spectrometer optics is the process of measuring light intensity by separating light by wavelength using a spectrometer. Spectrometers have a wide range of applications, from studying distant galaxies...

During surgical procedures in the eye, injuries must be kept to a minimum as possible. As a result, the size of the instrument is the focus of development - the smaller, the better.

Vision and imaging technology is critically important to the automation solutions that are driving improvements in our lives. The capabilities of hardware and software are enabling some of the most...

LASER COMPONENTS brings together some of the brightest minds in the industry for a one-hour workshop. Doctoral students from MIT, Princeton University, and Stanford University share how they are...

The last 25 years have seen Raman microscopy evolve from a relatively slow spectroscopic imaging technique, which could take days to image a sample, to an accepted rapid and powerful technique. It is...

In this presentation, Field introduces a cutting-edge, 3D freeform volumetric index of refraction gradient optics (VIRGO) technology platform that includes engineered optical nanocomposites,...

Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy is an advanced fluorescence microscopy technique that leverages the principle of total internal reflection to selectively illuminate and image...

A metalens, short for "metasurface lens," is a type of optical lens that uses nanostructured materials to manipulate light at a subwavelength scale. Unlike traditional lenses made of glass or other...

Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the fabrication of optical components and systems. These materials are characterized by...

Metaphotonics is an emerging field at the intersection of photonics, metamaterials, and nanotechnology. It involves the design, fabrication, and study of metamaterial-based optical structures and...

Excelitas Technologies Corp. is a leading industrial technology manufacturer focused on delivering innovative, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the illumination, optical, optronic, imaging,...

The Agarwal Group at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Materials Science and Engineering focuses on understanding how light interacts with small scale nanostructures. They also work to...

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...

OHARA manufactures more than 130 environmentally safe optical glass types, free of both lead and arsenic. More than 300 tons of optical glass are melted per month, available in the following forms of...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

Founded in 1971, Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. is a global provider of sophisticated, state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation for optical spectroscopy. We design and manufacture a range of...

Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA), an ITW Company, delivers industry-leading sensors, photodiodes, IR detectors, photonic modules, assemblies, and LEDs. Available in standard and custom designs,...