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Photonics Spectra - September 2025


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Advanced Manufacturing Unlocks the Full Potential of Aspheric Optics Advanced Manufacturing Unlocks the Full Potential of Aspheric Optics Aspheric lenses and mirrors can enhance the performance of optical systems while reducing their size and weight. Spherical optical surfaces often fail to form an ideal image or bring a laser beam to its best possible focus — a fundamental limitation that arises from the way that spherical surfaces interact with light. High-performance optical systems typically rely on the use of multiple...
Surface Analysis Reaps the Benefits of Increasingly Automated Workflows Surface Analysis Reaps the Benefits of Increasingly Automated Workflows Engineers and end users deploy optical metrology methods for surface analysis at points up and down the optical design value chain. In many instances, these optical test and measurement protocols...
From Circuits to Surfaces: Semiconductor Innovations Advance Precision Optics Fabrication From Circuits to Surfaces: Semiconductor Innovations Advance Precision Optics Fabrication What were once distinct industries — optics, rooted in classical precision mechanics, and semiconductors, defined by microelectronic miniaturization — are increasingly overlapping at the...
An Unheralded Technique Flourishes in a Mature Sector An Unheralded Technique Flourishes in a Mature Sector Compared to many of the physical vapor deposition techniques that the optical coatings industry commonly uses, plasma-assisted reactive magnetron sputtering (PARMS) can deliver higher throughput(s)...
Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Shape the Future of Biotech Functionality Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Shape the Future of Biotech Functionality Offering compactness, efficiency, and automation in a single chip-size platform, lab-on-a-chip (LoC) technology has achieved remarkable progress during the last three decades. LoC systems miniaturize...
Editorial
Big plays from some of the industry’s biggest players Big plays from some of the industry’s biggest players There were plenty of hints that July and August would not bring much of a seasonal slowdown this year. A geopolitically charged, economically uncertain spring seemed unlikely to segue into the carefree summer for which many of us yearn. Still, the coveted summer break — which, truth be told, rarely offers enough respite from the grind — felt particularly bypassed this year. The...
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BioPhotonics Conference Showcases Latest Advancements Targeting Disease Diagnosis, Therapy Monitoring BioPhotonics Conference Showcases Latest Advancements Targeting Disease Diagnosis, Therapy Monitoring Photonics Media will host the fifth annual BioPhotonics Conference, scheduled for October 14 to 16. Attendees can expect an expansive lineup of presentations detailing cutting-edge research and innovative technologies that are illuminating the path to improved diagnostics, treatments, and a deeper understanding of the biophotonics field. Top minds from academia and industry will share insights...
Technology News
Laser Design Strategy Avoids Harmful Crystal Deformation Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have achieved photopumped lasing from a buried dielectric photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) emitting at room temperature and an eye-safe wavelength. According to the researchers, the work represents an improvement upon current laser design while opening new avenues for defense applications. Introduced in 2020, PCSELs are a...
Real-Time Technique Measures Extreme Laser Pulses in a Single Shot Real-Time Technique Measures Extreme Laser Pulses in a Single Shot Ultra-intense lasers offer unique opportunities to probe light-matter interactions and develop transformative applications. However, the rapid fluctuations and complex structure of these extreme...
Devices Deliver Power and Precision to Next-Gen On-Chip Sensors Devices Deliver Power and Precision to Next-Gen On-Chip Sensors Most photonic devices struggle to balance robustness and sensitivity. This challenge stems from a fundamental contradiction in wave dynamics, where robustness is needed to ensure stability against...
Perovskite emerges as Alternative to Silicon in Image Sensors Perovskite emerges as Alternative to Silicon in Image Sensors The image sensors found in smartphones and digital cameras distinguish colors in a similar way to the human eye. In our retinas, individual cone cells recognize red, green and blue (RGB). In image...
3D-Printing Method Delivers Intricate Designs — and Reduces Waste 3D-Printing Method Delivers Intricate Designs — and Reduces Waste Hearing aids, mouth guards, dental implants, and other highly tailored structures are often products of 3D printing. These structures are typically made via vat photopolymerization, and the process...
AI Hardware Accelerator Boosts Novel Optical Processor AI Hardware Accelerator Boosts Novel Optical Processor As more connected devices demand an increasing amount of bandwidth for tasks like teleworking and cloud computing, it will become challenging to manage the amount of wireless spectrum available for...
Doublet Design Overcomes a Metalens Microscopy Bottleneck Doublet Design Overcomes a Metalens Microscopy Bottleneck A research team from Nanjing University has developed a solution that improves metalens performance in and for microscopy applications. The researchers’ metalens-based microscope achieves both...
A Network of Optical Clocks Aims to Redefine the Second A Network of Optical Clocks Aims to Redefine the Second Historically, the global standard for keeping time has been based on an average of signals from cesium microwave atomic clocks from around the world. Now, as the precision and stability of optical...
Ozcan Group Applies AI Element to Waveguide Design Ozcan Group Applies AI Element to Waveguide Design The Ozcan Lab at UCLA used artificial intelligence (AI) to create diffractive waveguides that can control light in ways that are challenging to achieve using conventional waveguides. Unlike...
Industry News
QuiX Quantum Raises $17.5M QuiX Quantum Raises $17.5M QuiX Quantum has raised €15 million ($17.5 million) in series A funding as the computing company moves to deliver its first-generation universal photonic quantum computer. The device is designed to implement a universal gate set enabling any quantum operation. QuiX Quantum’s universal photonic quantum computer is built on silicon-nitride chips designed for high-volume manufacturing.
Carney to Chair Stony Brook University's Mechanical Engineering Department Carney to Chair Stony Brook University's Mechanical Engineering Department P. Scott Carney has been named chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University, effective Sept. 1. Carney will serve as...
Trinity College Hosts Ireland’s First BioBrillouin Microscope Trinity College Hosts Ireland’s First BioBrillouin Microscope Trinity College is now home to Ireland’s first and only BioBrillouin microscope. The device is expected to enable strides in the fields of inflammation, cancer, developmental biology, and...
STMicroelectronics Synchs with Metalenz for Meta-optics Rollout STMicroelectronics Synchs with Metalenz for Meta-optics Rollout STMicroelectronics (ST) and metasurface technology developer Metalenz have established a license agreement that broadens ST’s capability to use Metalenz intellectual property to produce advanced...
Aeluma Secures U.S. Navy, NASA Contracts High-performance semiconductor company Aeluma has secured contracts with NASA and the U.S. Navy that could accelerate development and commercialization for next-generation quantum and sensing...
Optical Computing Company Arago Raises $26M in Seed Funding Photonic computing startup Arago has raised $26 million in a seed funding round. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate R&D, scale its team across France, Israel, and North America, and...
iPronics Collaborates with Ansys to Boost PIC Reliability iPronics Collaborates with Ansys to Boost PIC Reliability iPronics, a developer of software-defined photonics, is collaborating with software solution provider Ansys to accelerate the development of next-generation photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The...
TRUMPF Divests Additive Manufacturing Business TRUMPF Divests Additive Manufacturing Business TRUMPF has signed an agreement with private equity firm Lenbach Equity Opportunities III to sell its Additive Manufacturing business, which includes laser metal fusion and powder bed fusion...
Scalable Telescope Promises to Boost Satellite-Based Communication Scalable Telescope Promises to Boost Satellite-Based Communication In collaboration with companies TESAT and SPACEOPTIX, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have developed a transmitting and receiving telescope...
Onto Innovation Acquires Business Unit from Semilab International Onto Innovation Inc., a provider of process control and packaging lithography solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the materials analysis business of Semilab International....
French Space Agency Makes Awards for Consortium's Opening Phase French Space Agency Makes Awards for Consortium's Opening Phase Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, has been selected by the French space agency CNES to develop a very-high throughput laser communications demonstrator. Called SOLiS...
Radiant Opto-Electronics Acquires Inkron Oy Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of display technologies, has signed a share purchase agreement with Inkron Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of advanced optical materials....
Diamond Technologies Acquires Akhan Semiconductor Diamond Technologies Inc. (DTI), an electronics-grade diamond materials company, acquired the complete asset portfolio of a parallel company, Akhan Semiconductor. The transaction includes all...
PhotonDelta Teams with Luminate NY to Support Photonics Startups PhotonDelta Teams with Luminate NY to Support Photonics Startups Netherlands-based photonic chip accelerator PhotonDelta has collaborated with Luminate NY, an accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled technologies, to support the growth...
SPARC Foundry Targets 2027 Launch After Investment, Acquisition SPARC Foundry, a photonic semiconductor company, has received a €17.2 million ($19.7 million) investment from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT). According to SPARC, the...
EPIC Insights
Photonics: The Backbone of Scalable Quantum Technologies Photonics: The Backbone of Scalable Quantum Technologies Advancements in photonics are playing a pivotal role in enabling scalable quantum technologies, spanning applications from computing to secure communications and precise sensing. Innovations in low-loss integrated photonics, ultranarrow-linewidth lasers, and chip-based entangled photon sources are among the key areas of advancement. The emergence of such precision light sources, quantum photonic...
Executive Spotlight
Harsh Environments Will Define the Evolution and Future of Imaging Assemblies Harsh Environments Will Define the Evolution and Future of Imaging Assemblies During the past three decades, constant and prolific increases in data transfer rates and processing speeds have transformed our daily lives — reshaping how we conduct business, diagnose disease, share information, solve problems, interact, and, fundamentally, how we live. This has cleared a path for significant improvements in cost-effective sensor technology, in the form of increased...
Lighter Side
Lasers could be more delicious than you think… Lasers could be more delicious than you think… It’s all thanks to scientists from Slovenia and Greece, who have produced microlasers made entirely of edible materials, such as oils, butter, agar, and gelatin. There has been growing interest in biological and biomaterial microlasers and microcavities, as groups recognize their potential for applications such as tracking, labeling, biodetection, cell barcoding, information security, and...
Products
Hybrid Surgical Microscope Hybrid Surgical Microscope ARveo 8x from Leica Microscopes is a hybrid surgical microscope for neurosurgery, spine, and plastic reconstructive procedures. ARveo 8x has a working distance of 600 mm to maneuver large...
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Surface-Mount Device SWIR LEDs Surface-Mount Device SWIR LEDs The OCI-460 SWIR LED series from EPIGAP OSA is designed for sensing, machine vision, and gas sensing applications. The series operates at wavelengths of 1040 nm, 1200 nm, 1300 nm, and 1460 nm. The...
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Tri-Mode 3D Laser Scanner Tri-Mode 3D Laser Scanner EinScan Rigil from Shining 3D is a tri-mode 3D scanner with built-in computing and hybrid light technology supporting the 3D modeling needs of consumers in the automotive aftermarket industry. The...
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Linear Actuators Linear Actuators M-235, L-220, and M-230 series linear actuators from PI are designed for tasks requiring sub-micron precision in optics, photonics, semiconductor testing, metrology, and microscopy. The actuators...
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High-Power Laser Module High-Power Laser Module The FLEXPOINT® MVgoldHP laser module from LASER COMPONENTS is a high-power laser module for machine vision with up to 2 W output power. The module combines high light intensity up to 2000 mW with...
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GigE Vision Camera GigE Vision Camera The Mikrotron MotionBLITZ Quad 1.1S GigE Recording Camera from Mikrotron is designed for inspecting, monitoring, and controlling manufacturing processes. The MotionBLITZ Quad1.1S is small enough to...
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Camera Link HS Line-Scan Camera Camera Link HS Line-Scan Camera Pco.horizon 9.1 Time Delay Integration CLHS Line-Scan Camera from Excelitas is a line-scan camera with a resolution of 9072 pixels and 256 TDI stages. The line-scan camera is suited for high-speed...
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Laser Diode Modules Laser Diode Modules EXALOS’ Micro-RGB modules are ultra-compact full-color optical modules based red, green, and blue laser diodes or superluminescent diodes, and are suited for applications such as mixed and...
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F-Theta Lens F-Theta Lens JENar-APTAline-639-1030...1080-580-AL from Jenoptik is an F-Theta lens for 3D printing that is designed for wavelengths of 1030 to 1080 nm and has a focal length of 639 mm. It has a scan field of 410...
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Excimer Laser Excimer Laser The LEAP 600C from Coherent is a 600-W operating at a wavelength of 308 nm and optimized for pulsed laser deposition. The laser addresses demand for high-temperature superconducting tapes used in...
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Laser Evaluation Kit Laser Evaluation Kit The EagleX from Xscape Photonics is a laser evaluation kit for the ChromX Platform, Xscape Photonics’ multicolor photonics platform for AI data center fabrics. The EagleX kit is a plug-and-play...
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Femtosecond Laser Series Femtosecond Laser Series The FS Air Cooled Series from Photonics Industries is a series of air-cooled, all-fiber-based, fully solid-state femtosecond laser platforms, with up to 8 W average power and pulse energies up to 8...
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Ultra-short Pulse Lasers Ultra-short Pulse Lasers TruMicro 9010 from TRUMPF is an ultra-short pulse laser with an output of 1 kW which makes it ideal for large surfaces. The high single pulse energy of 10 mJ makes it suitable for use in electronics...
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Z-Axis Positioning Stage Z-Axis Positioning Stage The BT-SN50 from Optimal Engineering Systems is a Z-axis stage with 50 mm of travel and a footprint of 125 mm × 125 mm. Preloaded linear guides and precision ground 1.5875 mm per motor turn...
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Laser Driver Laser Driver The SL2002 from Silanna Semiconductor's FirePower family is a laser driver IC optimized for low-voltage operation in small-form-factor systems, enabling operation on a standard 3-V battery supply....
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Air-Cooled Beam Dumps Air-Cooled Beam Dumps The BD-AC-16 and BD-AC-16TR from Lasermet are air-cooled beam dumps featuring a 16-mm beam aperture and an enhanced heat sink for faster and more efficient heat dissipation. Made from high thermal...
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Tunable Diode Laser Tunable Diode Laser The DL pro BFY from TOPTICA is an external-cavity diode laser for most wavelengths between 369 nm and 1770 nm. The laser has power up to 400 mW and free running linewidth down to 0.6 kHz for most Qt...
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OCT Spectrometer OCT Spectrometer The Cobra-D OCT from Wasatch Photonics enables high resolution 800-nm imaging in real time. The ultrahigh dispersion spectrometer, designed for spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT) imaging, at high speeds,...
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SPAD Lidar Sensor SPAD Lidar Sensor The IMX479 from Sony Semiconductor Solutions is a stacked, direct time-of-flight (dToF) single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) depth sensor for automotive lidar systems that are used in advanced driver...
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InGaAs SWIR Sensors InGaAs SWIR Sensors The GIR1201 and GIR2505 SWIR line scan image sensors from Gpixel offer high line rate, high dynamic range, and digital output via on-chip analog-to-digital conversion. They are sensitive in the...
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