Sofradir and ULIS to invest €150M ($171M) in Nano 2022 initiative

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery and development of quantum dots, which are nanoparticles small enough that their...

Imec’s venture capital fund, imec.xpand, has launched a €300 million ($323 million) fund designed to promote the growth of semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations. Established as a...

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Central Laser Facility (CLF) was awarded £85 million ($103.2 million) by UK Research and Innovation for an upgrade initiative that includes...

Imperx, a provider of ruggedized cameras for aerospace and machine vision, named David Head director of business development. Head has over 20 years of experience in the computer vision industry,...

The GenX320 from Prophesee SA is an event-based vision sensor built for integration into ultralow-power edge AI vision devices. Available in a 3 × 4-mm die size, the 320 × 320 6.3 μm...

Chromasens' allPIXA evo line-scan cameras with CMOS sensors provide high performance with resolutions in variations of 8k, 10k, and 15k. They capture up to 4 lines simultaneously for high-quality RGB...

Designed for space limited systems, AxCIS™ Contact Image Sensors (CIS) combine sensors, lenses, and lights all-in-one, offering an easy-to-use, cost-effective line scan imaging solution....

The BOA3 vision system is a highly integrated powerful solution in a compact, rugged, smart camera format. Designed for enhancing production line efficiency, BOA3 is equipped with four times the...

The term fluorescence is often applied as a synonym for photoluminescence, although luminescence actually covers fluorescence and phosphorescence. Both of these terms describe the process of...

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...

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...

Proper illumination is paramount to a successful machine vision system. A Practical Guide to Machine Vision Lighting (Second Edition) by Daryl Martin outlines the fundamentals – enabling you to...

Lumispot Tech has developed a series of machine vision inspection lasers, primarily encompassing illumination light sources and structured light sources such as line lasers. These are mainly used in...

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...

This article outlines laser specifications in deploying a standard laser module or choosing a custom laser module solution. The reader will gain insight into the key factors to consider when...

The vision market has been a tremendous success story over the past decades, with vision technology now of central importance to almost every market vertical. While the vision industry looks beyond...

One subset of deep learning-based machine vision is unsupervised learning. In simple terms, the deep-learning module is trained on images that are defect free. The standard training method consists...

From automotive panels and avionics to LED-illuminated controls and accents — backlit components must be inspected to ensure the accuracy and visual quality of icons, shapes, and text. These...

Jens Krause and Anand Pandy provide information on a broad range of emitters and detectors for your lidar designs. From laser levels and surveying equipment to advanced robotics, range finders, and...

In ophthalmic practice, an instrument that determines the boundaries of the field of view. It is composed of a 2-m square of black velvet with a white spot center at which the patient, 1 m away,...

Dichalcogenides are a class of compounds composed of two atoms of a chalcogen element bonded to a single atom of a metal or metalloid element. Chalcogens are the elements in group 16 of the periodic...

An atomic force microscope (AFM) is a high-resolution imaging and measurement instrument used in nanotechnology, materials science, and biology. It is a type of scanning probe microscope that...

Optical tweezers refer to a scientific instrument that uses the pressure of laser light to trap and manipulate microscopic objects, such as particles or biological cells, in three dimensions. This...

It's a VISION takeover on Photonics Spectra Now! We're bringing you the latest from VISION 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany while the event is still happening. Machine vision takes center stage as we...

A research team in Zurich breaks an ultrashort-pulse laser record. The ETH Zurich team lead by Ursula Keller is behind that breakthrough. PhotonDelta launches a PIC-based contest that could land one...

The new free software update IDS NXT ocean 2.2 brings many new well-coordinated tools that enable intuitive handling of the IDS NXT AI platform, even for inexperienced users. Attention maps visualize...

Midwest Optical Systems is showing off their latest lenses at VISION 2024.

National Photocolor is a manufacturer of off-the-shelf and custom pellicles. We offer a broad selection of pellicle beamsplitters, filters and windows for UV to IR applications. Many custom type...

Mundt recognizes the Future Requires Technology Changes The Art of Science gives new meaning to the world of Laser Workstations Address the future with the advanced combination of...