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Photonics Spectra - May 2023


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Dynamically Tunable Pixels Give the Future of Displays a Refresh Considering that the average American spends over seven hours a day looking at screens, it is no wonder that the global display industry was worth a staggering $168.4 billion last year. Thanks to the emergence of wearable technology and the largely untapped potential of artificial and virtual reality (AR/VR), the industry is forecasted to grow to $297 billion by 2030. But these exciting new...
By the Numbers: Photon Counting and Number Resolution Light transmits information about its emitter (source) and the medium of propagation. If this information is relevant, the light can be detected for analysis — and it has been detected with...
Polymer Optics Target Complex Imaging Systems Polymer optics, also known as plastic optics, are ideal for reducing the footprint and weight of optical systems and assemblies, further fueling the demand for polymer optics in end uses in which...
Pixel Correction Advances Next-Generation Displays In 2017, Clay Bavor, then vice president of Google’s AR/VR division, spoke for all AR/VR device makers when he said, “We need pixels. Way, way more pixels.”1 The display industry...
Multifield Imaging Enhances Detectability at Speed Multifield imaging is a new imaging technique that enables the simultaneous capture of multiple images under various lighting conditions. Coupled with time delay integration, this emerging imaging...
Editorial
Seen or unseen, the value is impossible to deny Few technologies exemplify the phrase “hidden in plain sight” more than displays. Our eyes practically move from one display to the next throughout the course of the day — from our smartphone to the television to the automotive dashboard to electronic billboards to our computer monitor. According to our reader data, one-third of you are reading this on a display right now. And...
Laser Safety
Turnkey Lasers Come Packaged for Consumers. Safety Not Included. Operating a chain saw poses an inherent risk that even the most experienced user is aware of and accepts. But what if the tool were a laser-based rust remover? These hand-held systems can have output powers between 100 and 2000 W. An operator must simply aim the laser at a rusted surface of up to three feet away and switch the system on. The advantage of using a laser over getting down and...
Technology News
Dual-Property Coating Combats Fog, Reflections at Same Time Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena developed an optical coating system that combines antifogging (AF) and antireflective (AR) properties. The dual-property technology could help boost the performance of lidar systems and cameras, such as those used in autonomous vehicles. “Walking...
Device Simplifies Measurement of Gas Permeation in Films Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have developed a measuring technique for reliably determining the permeation rate of films. The method,...
Large-Aperture Metalens Images Lunar Surface Researchers at Penn State have developed a metalens that is large enough to be put into a telescope, and used the optic to image the moon's surface. The metalens, which the researchers used to create...
Researchers Create Single-Photon Emitters at Desired Positions Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TU Dresden, and Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) have demonstrated the controlled creation of single-photon...
Method Measures Electron Dynamics in Semiconductor Materials The properties and performance of semiconductor chips powering modern technologies are ultimately determined by free electrons. With the continued miniaturization of electronic and photonic devices,...
Novel Photodiode Cuts Excess Noise, Enhances Detection Efficiency Researchers at the University of Sheffield designed and developed an avalanche photodiode (APD) with significant potential for low photon detection. The highly sensitive gallium arsenide...
Supermode Optical Resonator Moves Beyond Conventional Cavities Researchers in the lab of Federico Capasso at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a supermode optical resonator. The technology could have...
Substrate Alternative Increases Perovskite Efficiency University of Rochester researchers have found that the use of a metal substrate can boost the photoelectric conversion efficiency of perovskites. Perovskites, a family of crystalline materials, have...
Vertically Stacked Micro-LED Architecture Sharpens Displays An international team of researchers and engineers has developed an approach to make displays, such as those for augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), sharper and defect-free. The researchers...
Industry News
iPronics Completes First Shipments of Programmable PICs Photonic computing company iPronics said it has delivered initial shipments of its programmable photonic microchips. The company, a 2019 spinout of Universitat Politècnica de València,...
Luminate NY Reveals Companies Selected for Sixth Cohort Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the 10 companies selected to take part in round six of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive...
AIM Photonics Receives Approval for $27.5M in Funding The New York State Photonics board of directors approved a proposal for the allocation of $27.5 million to fund the AIM Photonics Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) Facility in Rochester, N.Y. The...
ZEISS Becomes Sole Owner of AR/VR Company Tooz ZEISS has acquired the shares of the joint venture tooz technologies, which was founded together with Deutsche Telekom in 2018. The founding partners had held 50% of the shares in the startup, which...
Virtual Semiconductor Fab Reduces Manufacturing Carbon Footprint Imec has developed a virtual fab model that the Belgium-based research and innovation hub said enables it and its partners to assess current manufacturing choices, identify areas of focus, and...
BluGlass Names its Company President Haden as CEO Semiconductor technology company BluGlass Ltd. has appointed company president Jim Haden to the position of CEO. Haden joined the company in September 2021. BluGlass named laser industry veteran and...
Cytek Biosciences Acquires Flow Cytometry Business from DiaSorin Cytek Biosciences has signed an agreement with DiaSorin subsidiary Luminex to acquire substantially all of its assets related to the Flow Cytometry and Imaging (FCI) business unit. The acquisition...
Rivada Contracts Terran Orbital to Build 300 Satellites Rivada Space Networks GmbH has enlisted Terran Orbital, through its subsidiary Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, to manufacture 300 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites for its laser-connected “network...
IDloop Receives Over $10M to Develop Contactless 3D Scanning Tech Biometrics startup IDloop has received €10 million in funding from the European Union (EU) to develop its 3D scanning technology, which captures fingerprints without contact and with microscopic...
LAMpAS Project Unveils Laser Designed to Speed Surface Patterning Collaborators on the EU-funded LAMpAS project have developed what they report to be the first laser system based on interference patterning combined with a polygon scanner system for high-throughput,...
Lighter Side
Could spinning lasers hold the key to time travel? In the movie Back to the Future, it was a DeLorean sports car traveling at 88 mph. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, it was an hourglass necklace. In “Doctor Who,” a phone booth. But in real life, what would time travel, if such a thing were even possible, look like? According to theoretical physicist Ronald Mallett of the University of Connecticut, the answer might be...
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