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Photonics Spectra - January 2022


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Metamaterials Unveil an Expanding Array of Optical Applications Prepare for optical metamaterials to enter our pockets, kitchens, cars, and offices in the next three to five years. That’s what experts in the field predict. Thanks to rapid maturation of technology and falling production costs, the doors are opening to some lucrative new markets for the materials. Optical metamaterials leverage either chemical compositions or surface features that are...
Fiber Optic Sensors Are Wired for Growth with Infrastructure Improvements In October 2021, a 40-year-old undersea pipeline off the coast of California ruptured, releasing more than 130,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean. The spill polluted the ecosystem,...
E-Mobility Manufacturing Powers Opportunities for Laser Welding In 2017, research analysts at UBS Securities disassembled a Chevy Bolt, the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle (EV), and a Volkswagen Golf, Europe’s top-selling internal...
Demand for MIR Photonics Rises on New Gas Analysis Applications Real-time precision gas analysis is critical to a wide range of industries, including medical diagnostics, emissions monitoring, and semiconductor fabrication. The relatively simple molecular...
Glass Offers Transparent Benefits to Quantum Technology Currently, research on quantum technologies is enjoying a gold rush in funding. Recently published roadmaps provide researchers, industry, and funders with an outlook of what to expect from such...
Scientific Cameras Push the Boundaries of Speed and Sensitivity Scientific applications push imaging to the extremes. They demand cameras that can capture events as they unfold over nanoseconds, or capture processes that produce only a few photons across a broad...
A Wealth of Photonic Solutions Fuels Momentum for Automotive Lidar The dream of fully autono­mous, driverless cars remains just that for now — a vision of a future that will require considerable effort from engineers and programmers to realize. But other,...
Editorial
Success demands risk as well as hard work Zig Ziglar, salesman and motivational speaker, famously said, “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” As clever as Ziglar’s metaphor is, it frames success as an inevitable destination waiting for those who persevere. Hard work always merits respect, whether it leads to success or not. But success is worthy of celebration for the inherent risks it...
Technology News
Nanodiamond-based Phantoms Stabilize Microscope Calibration Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are using microscopic nanodiamonds to calibrate and assess the performance of...
Silicon Photonic Chip Boosts Quantum Security Researchers from Nanjing University and Sun Yat-sen University developed a quantum communications platform based on a silicon photonic chip with a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector...
Doping Process Increases Conductivity, Transparency of Graphene An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Columbia University and Sungkyungkwan University (South Korea) has introduced a clean technique to dope graphene via a charge-transfer layer made of...
Low-cost SWIR Imager Shows Promise for Machine Vision A European research group has created a device for upconverting shortwave infrared (SWIR) to visible light. The team’s all-organic SWIR upconversion device consists of a SWIR-sensitive...
Ptychography Technique Raises Imaging Throughput A resolution-enhanced parallel-coded ptychography technique developed by researchers at the University of Connecticut has achieved the highest numerical aperture and throughput to date, compared to...
Researchers Use Quantum Effects to Achieve Ultrabroadband Bandwidth Researchers at the University of Rochester have used a thin-film nanophotonic device and the phenomenon of quantum entanglement to generate very large bandwidth — a record for ultrabroadband,...
Laser-Writing Method Supports Long-term 5D Optical Data Storage University of Southampton researchers have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-density nanostructures in silica glass. The resulting tiny structures can be...
Interferometry reveals 'social behavior' of Photons The photon is one of the particle types, called bosons, that is able to form a Bose-Einstein condensate. The ability of photons to condense in the state known as a Bose-Einstein condensate is how...
Biobased Method Could Extract Domestic Supply of Rare-Earth Elements An eco-friendly way to extract and separate rare earth elements (REEs) from unconventional sources has been demonstrated by researchers at Penn State and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
Optochemical Storage System Cuts Costs, Resists Data Corruption Fluorescent dyes could play a central role in the quest for optical methods to ensure reliable and cost-effective data storage. A Harvard University research team has devised a way to store digital...
Seeing Red: InGaN Microdisplay Sharpens AR Glasses A microdisplay developed by University of Cambridge spinout Porotech is expected to accelerate the development and commercialization of augmented reality glasses. The company reports that the...
Monolithic Integrated Platform Supports Silicon Photonics Photonic chip platforms indium phosphide (InP) and silicon (Si) offer distinct advantages for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). To synergize the capabilities of the two platforms, researchers at...
Metalens Design Uses Millions of Holes to Focus Light into Single Point Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) developed a metalens that uses deep narrow holes, rather than tall pillars, to focus light to a single...
Quantum Chip Prototype Bridges Data Processing Networks Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and national photonic device company AdvR designed and built a quantum chip prototype that the developers say is able to bridge traditional...
Industry News
SPIE and Photonics Media Announce Finalists for 2022 Prism Awards Industry giants and emerging challengers will be honored at the Prism Awards in a ceremony in January 2022 at SPIE Photonics West. The annual event, now in its 14th year, recognizes industrial...
Air Force Partners with University to Establish Directed Energy Center The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with the University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy (DE) studies, a...
Lumentum Acquires NeoPhotonics Laser and optical fiber developer Lumentum will acquire NeoPhotonics, the San Jose, Calif.-based developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid PIC-based lasers, modules, and subsystems. Lumentum...
Optica Elects Vice President, Director at Large The membership of Optica, formerly OSA, elected Gerd Leuchs, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, as the society’s 2022 vice president. In addition, the...
Grant from Cisco Systems to Fund Quantum Research A collaboration between the University of California, Santa Barbara and Cisco Systems seeks to push the boundaries of quantum technologies. Assistant professors Yufei Ding and Galan Moody have...
Boeing and GA-EMS to Partner on Development of Directed Energy Prototype A team from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300-kW-class...
AIM Photonics Awarded $321M from Air Force, SUNY AIM Photonics has signed a seven-year agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. The agreement includes support totaling...
IPG Founder Valentin Gapontsev Dies at 82 Valentin Gapontsev, founder, chairman, and former CEO of IPG Photonics, has died. “Valentin’s passing is a tremendous loss for the IPG community and the larger photonics world,”...
Jenoptik Grows its Components Portfolio Through Acquisitions Jenoptik will acquire Berliner Glas Medical Applications GmbH from ASML. Jenoptik will additionally acquire SwissOptic AG, and SwissOptic (Wuhan) Co. Ltd. Berliner Glas was acquired by lithography...
Cree Rebrands as Wolfspeed, Strikes Deal with GM The semiconductor solutions developer formerly known as Cree Inc. has officially launched under a new name, Wolfspeed Inc. The company, credited with developing the first blue LED and, in 1991, the...
LASER-TEC College Profile
Hillsborough Community College Hillsborough Community College (HCC) offers an electronics engineering technology Associate of Science degree, with a Laser and Photonics Technician Certificate. The coursework of the certificate program applies to the electronics engineering technology Associate of Science degree program. Students find jobs at companies such as Raytheon, Honeywell, Crystal Movers, and Sensor Systems.
Lighter Side
Crew queues zoo for a thermal review Assessing the health of wild animals is a difficult task. It’s hard to explain to an echidna, also known as a spiny anteater, that you need it to sit still so that you can measure its heart rate — if you can even get to within explaining distance of its quills. Researchers at The Lindner Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW), conveniently located at the...
Products
Surface-Mount Gas Sensors Pyreos Ltd. has announced low-power, low-cost ezPyro™ digital surface-mount sensors optimized for the latest refrigerant gases. IR gas sensing combines the highest selectivity with lowest...
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Camera-lidar Fusion Sensor Kyocera Corp.’s Camera-lidar Fusion Sensor provides accurate images in real time. With both devices using the same lens, the camera and lidar signals have identical optical axes,...
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Superresolution Microscopy Module CrestOptics SpA's DeepSIM superresolution module enhances imaging capabilities for any microscopy systems. The DeepSIM add-on can be used together with CrestOptics X-light V3 spinning disk confocal,...
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Solar Cell Laser Cutting System The microCELL™ MCS advanced laser system from 3D-Micromac AG is designed to cut half or shingled solar cells. The system aims to meet the photovoltaic market’s demands for higher...
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Raman Analyzer The Process Guardian next-generation analyzer from Tornado Spectral Systems Inc. features patented High-Throughput Virtual Slit (HTVS™) technology designed to deliver in-line results in...
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Supercontinuum Laser The AGILE supercontinuum laser from Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. provides tunable picosecond pulses across the visible and NIR regions. The white-light picosecond pulsed laser is available as a...
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Perimeter Security System Teledyne FLIR has announced the Elara™ R-Series Commercial Ground Security Radar and the Triton™ FH-Series Multispectral Fixed Camera for perimeter security. The Elara R-Series is...
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SWIR Cameras Xenics BV has announced three new models to its line of Bobcat 320 high-performance SWIR cameras with 320×256 resolutions for industrial applications. The Bobcat+ 320 is designed for...
Xenics NV
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Continuous Zoom Lenses Teledyne FLIR has announced six commercially available continuous zoom (CZ) lenses for use with MWIR and LWIR sensors. The optics maximize IR camera performance by optimizing optical...
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Microvolume Spectrophotometer The NanoDrop Eight UV-Vis Microvolume Spectrophotometer from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. allows molecular biologists to measure the concentrations and purity of their biological samples, identify...
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Optical Spectrum Analyzer The AQ6380 optical spectrum analyzer from Yokogawa Test and Measurement Corp. offers precision for researchers developing the next generation of optical communication components. With an...
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Lightweight Optical Glass The SCHOTT RealView® 1.9 lightweight optical glass from SCHOTT AG reduces the weight of augmented reality (AR) waveguides, maintaining high glass and virtual image qualities. Users’...
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Noncontact Measuring Unit The Roundtracer Flash noncontact measuring unit from Mitutoyo America Corp. allows images acquired by different sensors to be combined to generate a single workpiece image containing no defects or...
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Optical-to-Electrical Converter The J736 single-channel, compact, high-voltage optical-to-electrical converter from Highland Technology Inc. is a small, rugged device that allows for the flexible location of transmission. The...
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Quantum-grade Diamond The DNV-B14™ general-purpose chemical vapor deposition (CVD) quantum-grade diamond from Element Six Technologies Ltd. is an ideal material for quantum technologies such as magnetic field...
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Quantum Cascade Photodetectors The P16309-01 quantum cascade photodetector from Hamamatsu Photonics KK features a cut-off frequency of 20 GHz with no cooling. The device is sensitive to MWIR light by harnessing a quantum...
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