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Photonics Spectra - December 2021


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Integrated Photonics Sector Aims to Bridge Skills Gap The challenge of finding, recruiting, training, and retaining talent is putting pressure on businesses in every photonics market segment, in all geographic regions. But the skills gap presents...
UV Lasers: Short in Wavelength, Long on Potential For compact UV lasers, advancements in technology and applications could make the sky the limit — literally. When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February, for example, it...
Accelerating the Manufacture and Repair of Micro-LED Displays While LCD panels are passive displays that need backlight illumination, OLEDs and LEDs are active elements that eliminate the need for backlighting by emitting their own light. OLEDs have their own...
Hyperspectral Imaging Discerns Authenticity of Artwork Inauthentic artwork is a significant problem within the art world. According to the Fine Arts Expert Institute, as many as half of the pieces in the art market are forgeries, equaling roughly $60...
Editorial
Photonics distilled Those who shape conferences for and about the photonics industry are probably familiar with a certain sense of apprehension. That apprehension doesn’t arise from a lack of compelling topics, but rather from the challenge of distilling them down into a four-day program that is somehow representative of the industry’s multiple perspectives, agendas, and sectors. The online 2022...
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The Photonics Spectra Conference Photonics Media will host its second annual Photonics Spectra Conference Jan. 10-13. The virtual event will comprise four technology tracks — Lasers, Optics, Sensors and Detectors, and Imaging...
Photonics West Returns to San Francisco in 2022 After the pandemic forced SPIE to shift Photonics West to an all-virtual format this year, the industry’s largest annual trade show will return to an in-person format at San Francisco’s Moscone...
Tech Pulse
Laser Process Prints Defect-free Custom Alloy Parts A study from a Texas A&M University research team could make it easier to print uniform, defect-free parts using the laser bed powder fusion 3D-printing technique with metal alloys. The researchers systematically investigated the effects of alloy composition on the printability and solidification of microstructures, to better understand how alloy composition, process variables, and...
Common-Path Digital Holography Offers Highly Stable Optical Measurement Compact, common-path digital holography could play an important role in the manufacture of highly stable optical measurement and imaging instruments, according to a scientific group at Northwestern...
Compact Biosensor Offers Continuous Detection of Environmental Estrogens A plasmonic optical fiber biosensor, developed by researchers at Jinan and Tsinghua universities, uses light-matter interaction and advanced surface chemistry to achieve ultrasensitive detection of...
Photonic Chip Combines Many VCSELs into Single Laser Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Würzburg successfully forced an array of vertical-cavity lasers to act together as a single laser — a...
Laser Treatment Reduces Need for Hazardous Chemicals in Coatings Prep Although highly regulated, the chemical pre-treatment processes used to prepare U.S. Department of Defense materials for protective coatings involve hazardous compounds that can harm one’s...
Topological Approach Boosts Efficiency of On-Chip Frequency Combs Using a topological platform — topology is a field of abstract math that underlies some of the most peculiar behaviors of modern materials — researchers at the University of Maryland...
Advanced Photon Source to Get Highly Polished Upgrade To support the massive upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the APS optics team has begun the monumental...
Researchers Engineer Optical Losses to Perfect Absorption Research conducted by a team from Washington University in St. Louis, in collaboration with A. Douglas Stone of Yale University, has uncovered new approaches to manipulating light absorption in...
Erbium-Doped Fluoroindate Glass Shows Promise for Mid-IR Lasing A research team from the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the spectroscopic properties of Er3+-doped fluoroindate glasses. Tests...
Promising Materials Emerge for Next-Gen LED-Based Data Communications A team of researchers has examined how organic semiconductors, colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), and metal halide perovskites can be used in high-speed LED-based optical communication systems. LED-based...
Retroreflective Material Could Help Autonomous Vehicles to Read Traffic Signs Research at the University at Buffalo has explored the science behind microscale concave interfaces (MCI) — structures that reflect light to produce beautiful and potentially useful optical...
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NSF Allots Nearly $18M for Semiconductor Fab Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas received $17.87 million from the NSF to build and operate a national silicon carbide research and fabrication facility. The unique and...
Ouster to Acquire Sense Photonics Lidar sensor developer Ouster will acquire Sense Photonics, developer of a digital solid-state lidar sensor for automotive series production. Following the close of the acquisition, which is expected...
PreAct Technologies Awarded Top Prize at Luminate Finals 2021 PreAct Technologies, an Ore.-based developer of intelligent sensing technology designed to bridge the gap between collision avoidance and active safety, earned the top prize in the fourth cohort of...
ZEISS, ORNL Develop Same-day Qualification Service for Print Parameters ZEISS and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have partnered to create ZEISS ParAM (Parameter for Additive Manufacturing), an automated print parameter qualification solution that can evaluate a set...
Industry Leaders Standardize Transceiver Tunability for 5G Networks To support the growing demand for high-capacity 5G and next-generation mobile networks, Lumentum Holdings Inc. and II-VI Inc. have launched the SmartTunable Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) group. The...
AmeriCOM Unveils Blueprint to Bolster Optics Workforce The American Center for Optics Manufacturing (AmeriCOM) outlined its plans to support the growing manufacturing requirements of the nation’s optics industry. At the annual meeting of the NY...
LASER-TEC College Profile
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) offers a one-year Optics and Photonics Technology certificate and a two-year Optics and Photonics Technology Associate of Science degree. The programs give engineering technicians knowledge of lasers and optics, and provide the electronics skills needed to design, test, and maintain complex optical and photonic systems. Graduates work side by side...
Lighter Side
Nine easy steps to overcoming eight-legged fears Arachnophobia, the extreme fear of spiders, is among the most common phobias in the world. Fictional terrors such as Shelob in “The Lord of the Rings” and Aragog in the Harry Potter novels were created to play on this fear. Real-life spiders — usually smaller and less threatening than fictional versions — are largely beneficial additions to gardens and households. Can...
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Core Fibers The Optran® UV NCC Ultraviolet Non-Circular Core Fibers and Optran® WF NCC Water-Free Non-Circular Core Fibers from Armadillo SIA operate from the 190- to 1200-nm and 300- to 2400-nm spectral...
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System-on-Chip The ARTPEC-8 system-on-chip from Axis Communications AB creates new opportunities for analytics applications based on deep learning within the camera itself. No information is lost in...
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Thermal Zoom Drone Payload The FLIR Vue® TZ20-R from Teledyne FLIR is a radiometric thermal zoom drone payload built for the DJI® V2 Matrice 200 Series and Matrice 300 airframes. The high-resolution, thermal zoom...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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Autonomous Laser Scanning The BLK ARC Autonomous Laser Scanning Module from Leica Geosystems AG is an autonomous laser scanning module for robots. The device can be integrated with robotic carriers to enable autonomous...
Leica Geosystems AG
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Two-stage IR Detector The BXT2S-68TE thermoelectrically-cooled, two-stage IR detector from Opto Diode Corp. is designed for gas analysis, emissions monitoring, and process control. The lead selenide,...
Opto Diode Corporation
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3D Sensor The reflectCONTROL sensor from Micro-Epsilon UK & Ireland Ltd. is a compact, 3D noncontact surface inspection system that enables fast, reliable defect detection on shiny and reflecting surfaces...
Micro-Epsilon UK & Ireland Ltd.
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3D Printer The Quantum X shape 3D printer from Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. is designed for rapid prototyping and wafer-scale batch production in the life sciences, material engineering, and microfluidics...
Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG
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LED Light Engines The AG-30L 30° and AG-50L 50° LED light engines from Avegant are designed for augmented reality (AR) applications. The AG-30L AR light engine uses proprietary illumination technology to...
Avegant
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Silicon Photonics Test System The NX5402A Silicon Photonics Test System from Keysight Technologies Inc. is integrated with PathWave Semiconductor Test software technology to enable the speedy delivery of silicon photonics wafer...
Keysight Technologies Inc.
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Vision Sensors The IV3 series of vision sensors with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) from Keyence Corp. of America provide flexibility for mistake- and error-proofing in manufacturing. The systems allow...
Keyence Corp. of America
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UAV Lidar The YellowScan Explorer long-range and multiplatform lidar from YellowScan is a compact device designed for use with unmanned aerial vehicles or lightly manned aircraft. Its high-power laser...
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LED Line Illuminators The LTLNC series of ultrahigh-power LED line illuminators from Opto Engineering SRL are designed for line scan applications. Its design provides a powerful and homogeneous beam of light that is...
Opto Engineering S.p.A.
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Luminance Measurement System The luca luminance measurement system from opsira GmbH enables spatially resolved luminance. The measuring cameras of the series enable the high-resolution measurement of luminance and radiance...
opsira GmbH
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IR Camera with Microscope Optics Automation Technology GmbH has announced an IR camera with microscope optics, providing an alternative to cooled IR cameras. Specially developed for use in nondestructive testing, the device...
AT - Automation Technology GmbH
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Off-Axis Paraboloids Off-axis paraboloids from Optical Surfaces Ltd. can maximize power density at the focus of Petawatt laser beamlines. Off-axis paraboloids offer unobstructed aperture and access to the focal...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Laser Power Sensor The Ophir F80(120)A-CM-17 laser power sensor from MKS Instruments Inc. is a thermal sensor for measuring high repetition rate lasers with short pulses in the nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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Automation-Ready Scanning Solution The AS1 Absolute Scanner from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence AB is a multiuse, automation-ready scanning solution for the shop floor. The modular blue laser line scanner operates with both...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
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Flat NIR Metalens The 1M Meta Optical Element flat NIR metalens from NIL Technology is flatter, thinner, and lighter than reflective lenses. The devices feature high imaging quality with a wide field of view,...
NIL Technology
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