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Applications are open for the 2024 SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Jan. 31 during a gala evening at SPIE Photonics West. The awards, held annually by SPIE, the...

Researchers at UCLA have developed a focal plane array (FPA) capable of supporting real-time multispectral terahertz (THz) video in 3D. According to the team, led by UCLA professors Mona Jarrahi and...

Video enhancement software company Imint Image Intelligence collaborated with consumer electronics company Superhexa to integrate Imint’s Vidhance platform into Superhexa Vision dual-camera AR...

Malley Richardson, a mechanical engineering student at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has been awarded the 2023 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship for her contributions to the field of optics and...

The Komodo lidar point cloud processor application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip from Cepton improves lidar performance and reduces cost for mass-market adoption. The integrated,...

I-Temp micro-pump lasers from Coherent Corp. are designed for ambient temperature operation in broadband optical access networks. The devices are capable of operating over the extended...

The TUBELED_40 II RGB-W from LED2WORK Inc. is a LED machine light that can serve as a hybrid or signal generator for machinery, industrial equipment, and logistics applications. The LED’s...

TAC-450 Inertial Measurement Units from Emcore Corp. feature a compact design, robust performance, and survivability to meet the needs of commercial and military platforms. The line includes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As a leading manufacturer of light measurement technology, measurement quality has top priority at Instrument Systems. To this end, we operate an DAkkS accredited testing laboratory. There are hardly...

High-speed adaptive correction of optics, based on real-time metrology feedback, has benefitted numerous scientific communities for several decades. However, it remains a major technological...

Optikos Principal Optical Engineer Will Rusin explains how alignment turning can be used to create extremely accurate optical systems, at scale, for lower cost.

Block Engineering's widely tunable mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers are designed for use by researchers and manufacturers. Our next generation design features a six-fold increase in laser power,...

Daniel L. Lau reviews the hardware options and essential software tools for creating AI-powered vision systems tailored for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The emergence of high-performance...

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...

Optical coatings can be confusing and difficult to fully understand for even the most well-established optical fabricators, lens designers, and photonics industry professionals. The field of optical...

Vision applications across industrial and medical markets are demanding improvements in camera size, speed, intelligence, and power consumption. Additional requirements for industrial markets include...

A fiber optic cable assembly refers to a complete unit consisting of optical fibers, connectors, protective jackets, and other components that are assembled together to facilitate the transmission of...

Frame rate refers to the frequency at which consecutive images, or frames, are displayed in a video sequence. It is typically measured in frames per second (fps) and determines the smoothness and...

An electronic device used to encode video and audio signals of a television camera into radio waves that are broadcast to remote receivers. The video and audio components are transmitted...

A camera tube widely used in television broadcasting. It consists of three sections within a single vacuum envelope. 1. A photosensitive film sometimes called the photocathode. The scene to be...

-Plasmonic Waves -2000 Sun Power -Reading while Running This week on Light Matters: bad guys can run, but they can’t hide from thermal imaging, on-chip optics makes advances, solar dish pulls in the...

-Change at IDEX -Laser Imaging Pill -Chips Steer Light On this week’s show, Mike Cumbo steps down as head of Idex’s Optics and Photonics platform, a laser “pill” boosts in-throat imaging, a phased...

On this episode of Light Matters Extra, we introduce you to the Lighting Supervisor for the Williamstown Theatre Festival, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Wilburn Bonnell is a freelance lighting...

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...

A vidicon is a small television tube originally developed for closed-circuit television. It is about 1 inch in diameter and 5 inches long. Its controls are relatively simple and can be operated by...

A closed-circuit television system is a television system that does not broadcast television signals but transmits them over a closed circuit.

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...

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'...

Optris is a leader in the field of non-contact temperature measurement with a full line of pyrometers and infrared cameras developed to support industrial automation and research applications. ...

Mega Speed Corporation, founded in 2001 by Canadian Photonic Labs, leads in high-speed imaging technology. We design, manufacture, and market advanced high-speed video cameras, digital video...