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Photonics.com - June 2025
Business
Collaboration Trials AI-Enabled Approach to Bolster Thin-Film Research
The Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics (PDI) in Berlin is collaborating with scientific technology company Bizmuth MBE Ltd. to integrate intelligent automation into the growth of...
Aquark Technologies, Royal Navy Complete Trial of Cold Atom-Based Atomic Clock
Quantum sensing technology company Aquark Technologies completed a trial of a cold atom-based atomic clock, in a test performed aboard the HMS Pursuer vessel. The test, facilitated and endorsed by...
PhotonPath Secures $5.9M
PhotonPath, a European integrated photonics company, closed a €5.1 million ($5.9M) Series A funding round towards the manufacturing of its proprietary silicon photonics chipsets and...
Hawthorn Photonics Integrates Radiantis
Radiantis, a laser equipment supplier, has been integrated into the optical technologies company Hawthorn Photonics Group. Through integration with Hawthorn Photonics Group, Radiantis joins sister...
Xanadu Opens Packaging Facility: Week in Brief: 6/27/2025
VTT, a Finnish research center, joined PIXEurope, the European pilot line for Photonic Integrated Circuits, to provide the pilot line with experience in thick silicon-on-insulator technology....
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....
EFFECT Photonics Extends Series D Round to $62M
EFFECT Photonics, a developer of integrated optical technologies, has raised an additional $24 million as part of its series D financing round. The round drew in $38 million in March, with the new...
Swave Photonics Adds $7M to Series A
Swave Photonics, a developer of holographic display technology, has raised an additional €6 million ($6.97 million) in funding as part of a follow-on investment to the company's series A round....
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...
LIS Technologies Appoints an Executive Director: People in the News: 06/25/25
ESPOO, Finland — Nokia Technologies has named Mikkow Hautala as chief geopolitical and government relations officer, and a member of the group leadership team. Hautala previously served as...
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...
EU Project Develops Lithium Niobate On Insulator Platform
A recently concluded 42-month EU project, ELENA, has developed lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) substrates for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The development establishes a fully European...
Eindhoven University of Technology Opens R&D Institute
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is opening a new research institute dedicated to semiconductors, quantum, photonics, and the development of high-tech systems and chips of the future. The...
Photonic Inc. Opens U.K. R&D Facility: Week in Brief: 6/20/2025
Photonic Inc., a Canadian distributed, fault-tolerant quantum computing company, plans to establish a quantum R&D facility in the U.K. Over the next three years, according to Photonic, it will...
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...
Vodafone Targets Quantum Capabilities Integration with ORCA Computing Partnership
Vodafone and ORCA Computing, a quantum computing firm, have partnered to explore the use of quantum technology to identify the fastest and most cost-effective routes for upgrading and extending fixed...
Coherent Awarded $29.9M Navy Contract
Coherent Aerospace & Defense has been awarded a $29.9 million contract for the U.S. Navy’s SONGBOW: Pulsed Fiber Lasers and Directed Energy Subsystems with High Bandwidth Wavefront Control...
Volantis Raises $9M in Seed Round
Volantis, a semiconductor startup building photonically integrated computers for AI, has emerged from stealth with a $9 million seed round. The round includes backing from Alex Wang of Scale AI and...
TNO Signals Start of Photonic Chip Pilot Line: Week in Brief 6/13/25
Photonic Chip. Courtesy of TNO. TNO, a Netherlands-based scientific research organization, plans to develop a manufacturing line for photonic chips in collaboration with Photonic Integration...
Kumrah AI and iniVation Establish Neuromorphic Technology Venture
Kumrah Artificial Intelligence, a deep-tech startup from the Advanced Research and Innovation Center at Khalifa University, and Swiss neuromorphic technology leader iniVation, a SynSense Group...
Canadian Collaboration Targets Laser-Powered Communications Breakthrough
A collaboration bringing together partners from government, industry, and academia in Canada aims to move free-space optical (FSO) communication systems further from concept to market. The...
Lawrence Livermore and Amazon Integrate AI at NIF
When Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s National Ignition Facility conducts a high-energy-density physics experiment, a tremendous amount of high value data is generated in the...
Xcimer Energy Completes Electron-Beam-Pumped Excimer Laser
Inertial fusion startup Xcimer Energy has completed an electron-beam-pumped excimer laser. According to the company, this is the first laser of its kind funded by the private sector, and the first...
VDMA: German Robotics and Automation Industry Faces 10% Revenue Drop
The robotics and automation industry in Germany is expected to generate total sales of €14.5 billion ($16.5B) in 2025, according to VDMA Robotics +Automation, the largest networking organization...
Refeyn Chairman Steps Down: People In the News 6/10/25
Jonathan Flint stepped down as chairman of Refeyn, a life science instrumentation company developing mass photometry. Jean-Paul Mangeolle, who has been a member of Refeyn’s Board since August...
VLC Photonics Secures $6.1M for PICs Design and Testing
VLC Photonics, a Hitachi High-Tech group company and a provider of engineering services for photonic integrated circuits, has secured funding to advance photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and...
IonQ Extends Acquisition Spree with Plans to Buy Oxford Ionics
IonQ has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire fellow trapped-ion quantum computing technology company Oxford Ionics in a cash and stock deal valued at over $1.08 billion. The deal will...
Qualcomm Purchases Alphawave Semi to Accelerate Data Center Expansion
Qualcomm has reached an agreement to acquire data communications company Alphawave Semi in a deal worth $2.4 billion. The acquisition aims to accelerate and provide key assets for Qualcomm’s...
Semi-Automated Process Simplifies Production of Quantum Cascade Lasers
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF developed a semi-automated process that simplifies the production of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) modules with a MOEMS...
AdvR to Merge with Covesion
Following its acquisition by Hawthorn Photonics, nonlinear optics and quantum photonics instruments developer AdvR Inc. will merge with Hawthorn portfolio company Covesion Ltd. The combination of...
OKI Opens Berlin R&D Center: Week in Brief: 6/6/2025
Information and telecommunication manufacturer, OKI, established the OKI Berlin Lab R&D center in Berlin, Germany. The R&D center will focus on photonics research with European research...
LaCroix Precision Optics to Expand Manufacturing Operations
LaCroix Precision Optics is expanding its manufacturing operations in Batesville, Ark. through a $13.8 million investment to support a 10-year military contract. The expansion will add new equipment...
Fraunhofer IPMS Debuts Spatial Light Modulator Evaluation Kits
Fraunhofer IPMS has developed high-performance evaluation kits for spatial light modulators, which now feature tilting or piston mirrors as actuator types. The micro mirrors of the spatial light...
Infleqtion Raises $100M to Scale Atom-Based Quantum Solutions
Infleqtion, a company that commercializes atom-based quantum systems across computing, sensing, and precision timing, raised $100M in a funding round backed by Glynn Capital, Counterpoint Global,...
SICK Extends CEO Contract: People in the News 6/3/25
Rich Sneider, CFO of Kopin Corporation, a developer of optical solutions and micro-displays, will retire from the company. Kopin Corporation has begun a search for Sneider’s replacement,...
Partners Lay Groundwork for Scalable Quantum Integrated Photonics
Aeluma, a semiconductor company specialized in high-performance, scalable technologies, in collaboration with Thorlabs, has demonstrated wafer-scale integration of aluminum gallium arsenide, a...
Quantum Computing Firm Pasqal Acquires AEPONYX
Neutral atom computing firm Pasqal has acquired AEPONYX, a developer of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology. According to Pasqal, the move strengthens its hardware platform and accelerates...
QED Technologies Acquires Dutch United Instruments
QED Technologies International, a precision optics manufacturing solutions company, has acquired Dutch United Instruments (DUI), a Netherlands-based metrology company and former subsidiary of Demcon....
Research & Technology
Industry-Academia Collaboration Fabricates Chips to Optimize Mobile Traffic
Photonic computer chips capable of directing a mobile signal straight to a user’s smartphone are being developed by Vodafone and the Photonics and Radiofrequency Research Lab, at the University...
Optical Cavity Design Boosts Sensor Performance Across Application Areas
Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) used an optical reference cavity — a well-established method to enhance laser stability — to improve optical storage time in laser...
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...
Terahertz Light Probes Tissue Changes for Diagnosis
Changes in tissue structure, such as to the boundaries of cancerous tumors, occur in many disease processes. Terahertz (THz) waves demonstrate the potential to detect these changes. The ability to...
Real-Time 3D Imaging and AI-Driven Analysis Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
Advanced imaging technology, combined with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted analysis, enabled the discovery of a natural antimicrobial peptide (AMP), called Hirunipin-2, that could help...
Metasurface Tech Can Hide Dozens of Images in a Single Screen
From smartphones and TVs to credit cards, technologies that manipulate light are deeply embedded in our daily lives. However, conventional holographic technologies have faced limitations,...
Eindhoven University of Technology Opens R&D Institute
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is opening a new research institute dedicated to semiconductors, quantum, photonics, and the development of high-tech systems and chips of the future. The...
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...
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...
Transparent Film, Using Graphene, Boosts Photonics Applications
Researchers at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) developed a transparent film that stably disperses graphene. The film, the transparency of which changes depending on...
Photons Measured Through Head Show Imaging Potential
With the appropriate optical setup, it is possible to measure photons as they travel diametrically across the inside of the adult human head. This discovery, made by scientists at the University of...
Light-Based Bacteria Control May Quell Antibiotic Resistance
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a growing challenge for the health care and environmental sectors. Bacterial persistence is usually the first step leading to resistance, which involves a...
Device Advances Optical Computing by Controlling Light Polarization
Fiber optic cables can transport information at the speed of light, but the ability to perform computations with that data, without translating it back to electric signals, will require a host of new...
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...
Nanoimprinted Metalenses Enable Nonlinear Conversion of IR to Visible
A nonlinear metalens, made using nanoimprint lithography, is able to change the wavelength of laser light while at the same time functioning as a normal, light-focusing lens. When 800-nm infrared...
Quanta Sensors Boost Bioluminescence for Microscopy
A microscope built with quanta image sensor (QIS) technology will allow researchers to visualize bioluminescence signals in living cells in detail and over long durations. Researchers at Helmholtz...
Laser Technique Sinters Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics Without a Furnace
Ultrahigh-temperature ceramics (UHTCs) are designed to withstand extreme environments, making them indispensable in aerospace, defense, and energy applications. Hafnium carbide (HfC) in particular is...
Quantum Dots Distinguish Novel Surface-Emitting Laser Architecture
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) collaborated to develop a practical surface-emitting laser that employs quantum...
New Model Could Lead to Better OLEDs
Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a new analytical model that details the kinetics of the exciton dynamics in OLED materials. The findings could enhance the lifetime of OLED devices and...
Single-chip System Integrates Optical and Microwave Processing
Researchers have demonstrated a fully-integrated single-chip microwave photonics system, combining optical and microwave signal processing system, combining optical and microwave signal processing on...
Researchers Convert Fluctuating Lasers into Stable Beams
Researchers at Cornell and MIT have demonstrated how noisy, amplified lasers can be transformed into ultra-stable beams using optical fibers and filters. According to the researchers, the method...
Multilayered Nanophotonic Materials Enhance Light-Matter Interactions
Researchers at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), in collaboration with a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), developed ultrathin optical components that react strongly...
Researchers Add Ultrafast Chip-scale Laser to Optical Metrology Toolkit
Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara, engineered a laser device smaller than a penny. The researchers believe the device could power everything...
Laser Method Enables Fast & Precise Blood Vessels in Hydrogel
Researchers from Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and Keio University have found a way to create artificial blood vessels in miniature organ models in a quick and reproducible manner. The...
acquisitions
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 patents, trade secrets, intellectual property, proprietary machinery, and engineered materials developed by Akhan over the past decade. The acquisition strengthens DTI’s position in advanced materials...
TNO Signals Start of Photonic Chip Pilot Line: Week in Brief 6/13/25
Photonic Chip. Courtesy of TNO. TNO, a Netherlands-based scientific research organization, plans to develop a manufacturing line for photonic chips in collaboration with Photonic Integration...
QED Technologies Acquires Dutch United Instruments
QED Technologies International, a precision optics manufacturing solutions company, has acquired Dutch United Instruments (DUI), a Netherlands-based metrology company and former subsidiary of Demcon....
Products
Lidar Sensor
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 30, 2025 — The InnovizSMART Long-Range from Innoviz Technologies is a high-performance lidar sensor for smart applications, such as security, mobility, aerial, robotics, and intelligent traffic management. InnovizSMART features low-power consumption, a uniform field-of-view, and a high-resolution 3D point cloud that enables accurate object detection at distances of up to 400 meters, even in harsh outdoor...
Innoviz Technologies Ltd.
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Waveguides for AR Glasses
TOKYO, June 30, 2025 — Cellid’s new waveguide products: the R30-FL (C), a plastic waveguide, and the C30-AG (C), a glass waveguide, are designed to enhance AR image quality by reducing color irregularities. The...
Cellid Inc.
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High-Speed Industrial Cameras
RICHMOND, British Columbia, June 30, 2025 — The Triton10 camera family from LUCID Vision Labs features Sony CMOS sensors ranging from 5.0 MP to 24.5 MP, and delivers high-speed imaging over a 10-GigE interface with RDMA support. Triton10 is...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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Physical AI Suite
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2025 — Encord’s Physical AI suite is a platform for 3D, lidar, and point cloud data that runs the entire AI lifecycle for robotics, autonomous vehicles, and drone development teams, from raw sensor...
Encord
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High-Power Laser Module
BEDFORD, N.H., June 30, 2025 — 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...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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High-Speed Cameras
SHENZHEN, China, June 30, 2025 — SHS Series High-Speed Cameras from SinceVision are a series of high-speed cameras for industrial inspection, scientific research, and motion analysis. The cameras have a global shutter CMOS sensor...
SinceVision
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GigE Vision Camera
GILCHING, Germany, June 30, 2025 — 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...
SVS-Vistek GmbH
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Camera Link HS Line-Scan Camera
PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 30, 2025 — 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...
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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High-Purity Fused Silica Tubes
HANAU, Germany, June 27, 2025 — Fluosil synthetic fused silica substrate tubes from Heraeus Covantics offer high purity and geometrical precision and are produced without the use of forming tools. The tubes are made in a variety of...
Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Heraeus Covantics
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Laser Diode Modules
SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, June 27, 2025 — 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...
indie Semiconductor, EXALOS
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Intelligent Tube Cutting Machine
DÜSSELDORF, Germany, June 27, 2025 — The TS2 from HSG Laser is an intelligent tube cutting machine for efficient and precise cutting for tubes and profiles up to Ø273 mm, with 140 m/min movement speed, 1.4 G acceleration, and 140...
HSG Laser
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F-Theta Lens
JENA, Germany, June 27, 2025 — 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...
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH
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Laser Scan System with Digital Encoders
PUCHHEIM, Germany, June 27, 2025 — IntelliSCANse IV 30 from SCANLAB is a scan system with digital encoders that provide it with a significant increase in long-term stability combined and high precision, which makes it ideal for...
SCANLAB GmbH
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Laser Scanner for Micro Material Processing
PUCHHEIM, Germany, June 27, 2025 — The intelliSCAN IV 10 scanner from SCANLAB has a 10-mm aperture for use in micro material processing and structuring. Featuring SCANahead control, the scanner achieves write speeds of around 1310 cps...
SCANLAB GmbH
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Ultrafast Laser Platform
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27, 2025 — PicoBlade Core from Lumentum is an ultrafast laser platform for industrial micromachining. The ultrafast laser platform has up to 150 watts average power, <12 picosecond pulse width, 8 MHz pulse...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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Excimer Laser
SAXONBURG, Pa., June 27, 2025 — 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...
Coherent Corp.
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Photoresist Flood Exposure Tool
MARTINEZ, Calif., June 27, 2025 — FALCON Photoresist Flood Exposure Tool from EUV Tech is an EUV resist characterization and diagnostics tool for photoresist manufacturing. FALCON’s platform has an array of in-situ analysis and...
EUV Tech
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High-Performance Fused Silica Plates
HANAU, Germany, June 26, 2025 — Suprasil Smartplate 150 from Heraeus Covantics is a new material grade based on a direct production route for plate geometry. This product, made from synthetic fused silica, with its OH content...
Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Heraeus Covantics
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Green DFB Laser
SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, June 26, 2025 — EXALOS’ semiconductor-based Green Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser is suited for applications such as Raman spectroscopy, flow cytometry, metrology, quantum, and holography. The Green DFB Laser...
indie Semiconductor, EXALOS
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Long Travel Linear Stage
BOXBOROUGH, Mass., June 26, 2025 — SmartStage Shuttle from Dover Motion is a long travel linear stage that has a wide travel range for high-performance microscopy applications. The stage leverages a common architecture with reduced...
Dover Motion
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Laser Evaluation Kit
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 26, 2025 — 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...
Xscape Photonics Inc.
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Laser Cutting System
DÜSSELDORF, Germany, June 26, 2025 — The GH V2.0 from HSG Laser is a high-power flatbed system with 200 m/min travel speed, 4G acceleration, and a fully welded frame for long-term cutting stability. Powered by the AlphaT Plus control...
HSG Laser
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Fluorescence Filter Sets
ANDOVER, Mass., June 26, 2025 — Newport ODiate Fluorescence Filter Sets from MKS comprise an expanded filter portfolio that includes precision single-band optical filters as well as new multiband optical filters designed for...
MKS/Newport
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Frame Grabber
LANGLEY, England, June 26, 2025 — The FireBird 8xCXP-12 3PE8 frame grabber from Active Silicon with a PCIe 3.0 x8 interface can support either two 4-connection CXP-6 cameras or four 2-connection CXP-6 cameras. Each connection...
Active Silicon Ltd.
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Laser Diode & Temperature Control Instrument
BOZEMAN, Mont., June 26, 2025 — The LD250mTC5 LAB Series from Wavelength Electronics Laser Diode with Temperature Control Instrument is a compact, touchscreen-controlled solution designed for advanced experiments requiring high...
Wavelength Electronics Inc.
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Surgical Fiber Assemblies
SAXONBURG, Pa., June 26, 2025 — Coherent’s line of disposable surgical fiber assemblies is designed specifically for a wide range of precision medical applications. The assemblies are optimized for the transmission of...
Coherent Corp.
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Femtosecond Laser Series
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., June 25, 2025 — 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...
Photonics Industries International Inc.
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Ultra-short Pulse Lasers
MUNICH, June 25, 2025 — 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...
TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
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Contour & Roughness Measuring System
AURORA, Ill., June 25, 2025 — The Hybrid FORMTRACER Avant FTA-H3000 Detector is a measuring system from Mitutoyo that can be added to other Mitutoyo FTA series equipment to provide contour and roughness measurements using...
Mitutoyo America Corporation
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Upgradeable Raman Spectrometer Line
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 25, 2025 — DialAct's Raman spectrometer line, developed in collaboration with ELODIZ are an FDA-registered Raman spectrometer product line for modular and upgradeable configurations. The Raman spectrometer...
DialAct Corp.
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Red Dot RCLEDs
LATHAM, NY, June 25, 2025 — Marktech’s 25-µm “Red Dot” RCLEDs are high-efficiency 25-µm diameter resonant cavity light-emitting diodes with peak emission at 650 nm. The RCLEDs are ideal for...
Marktech Optoelectronics Inc.
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Z-Axis Positioning Stage
Van Nuys, Calif., June 25, 2025 — 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...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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High-Purity Fused Silica Preforms
HANAU, Germany, June 25, 2025 — Fluosil preforms from Heraeus Covantics are made from high purity fused silica, offering a broad spectral transmission window suitable for applications from the deep UV spectral into the infrared....
Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Heraeus Covantics
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Ultracompact Laser Engines
SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, June 25, 2025 — Free-Space Laser Engine EXM Product Line from EXALOS is a series of ultracompact laser engines with an integrated temperature-stabilized light source that delivers a free-space, collimated optical...
indie Semiconductor, EXALOS
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Laser Driver
SAN DIEGO, June 25, 2025 — 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....
Silanna Semiconductor
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Line-Scan Sensor
VERRIÈRES-LE-BUISSON, France, June 24, 2025 — The NSC2301 from New Imaging Technologies (NIT) is a SWIR InGaAs line scan sensor for high-speed industrial inspection. The NSC2301 features a 2048 × 1 resolution with an 8-µm pixel...
New Imaging Technologies (NIT)
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Picosecond Laser
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., June 24, 2025 — The RX-1064-300 from Photonics Industries International Inc. is a picosecond laser with ultrahigh pulse energy of 1 mJ and 300 W average power at 1064 nm for demanding industrial micromachining...
Photonics Industries International Inc.
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Precision Measurement Systems
BEDFORD, N.H., June 24, 2025 — LJS1820S Manual 3D Static Measurement System and CDM1820S Confocal Differential Static Measurement System from Bold Laser Automation are precision measurement systems for fast, accurate, and...
Bold Laser Automation Inc.
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Single-Emitter Laser Diode
SAXONBURG, Pa., June 24, 2025 — The SES18-880A-190-10 from Coherent is a high-power 880-nm single-emitter laser diode on a sub mount, designed for high-efficiency, high-reliability pumping of diode-pumped solid-state lasers. It has...
Coherent Corp.
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Air-Cooled Beam Dumps
BOURNEMOUTH, England, June 24, 2025 — 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...
Lasermet Ltd.
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Avalanche Photodiode IR Sensors
SHEFFIELD, England, June 24, 2025 — Phlux Technology’s 1550-nm Noiseless InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) sensors are available in 80-µm and 200-µm versions. The sensors are 12× more sensitive than traditional...
Phlux Technology
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Tunable Diode Laser
GRAEFELFING, Germany, June 24, 2025 — 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...
TOPTICA Photonics SE
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All-Fiber Ultrafast Laser Platform
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 24, 2025 — Polarium from Optical Engines Inc. is an all-fiber ultrafast laser platform that works in environments of vibration, shock, and extreme temperatures from -40 °C (-40 °F) to 70 °C (158...
Optical Engines Inc.
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UV Laser Source
BERLIN, June 24, 2025 — The qMNL 1000 from Lasertechnik Berlin is a UV laser source for bio-reader systems and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS). It offers pulse energies up to 250...
LTB Lasertechnik Berlin GmbH
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Wafer Sorting Software
TOULOUSE, France, June 23, 2025 — The R.PACK software from RECIF Technologies is a software solution to simplify the management of wafer sorting equipment. The R.PACK complies with SEMI E95 standards, defining software user interface...
RECIF Technologies
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Tether Cables
WESTFORD, Mass., June 23, 2025 — The MicroTether product line from Linden Photonics is composed of lightweight, flexible tether cables designed for defense, aerospace, oceanographic, and industrial applications. The cables have...
Linden Photonics Inc.
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OCT Spectrometer
MORRISVILLE, N.C., June 23, 2025 — 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,...
Wasatch Photonics Inc.
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Benchtop Spectrophotometer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 23, 2025 — The CiF3200 from X-Rite is an imaging benchtop spectrophotometer designed for color measurement of small, odd-shaped, multi-colored, and highly reflective items. The CiF3200 has virtual apertures...
X-Rite
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SPAD Lidar Sensor
ATSUGI, Japan, June 23, 2025 — 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...
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp.
SWIR Surface Mountable Device
TOKYO, June 23, 2025 — A 5-mm square surface mountable device (SMD) from DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD. is designed in the peak wavelength range of 1040-1900 nm, and made with high-efficiency SWIR LEDs. Compared to...
Dowa Electronics Materials Co. Ltd.
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Light Sheet Microscope
WILLISTON, Vt., June 23, 2025 — SLICE™ from MBF Bioscience is a light sheet microscope designed to optimize accessibility for labs of all sizes. SLICE delivers high submicron resolution imaging of biological samples; offers...
MBF Bioscience
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Piezo Actuator
AUBURN, Mass., June 23, 2025 — PICMA® Plus actuators from PI (Physik Instrumente) are piezo stack actuators that provide displacement ranges up to 43 µm, allowing for applications requiring larger displacement in the...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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InGaAs SWIR Sensors
CHANGCHUN, China, June 23, 2025 — 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...
Gpixel Inc.
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Multimode Fiber Speckle Homogenizer
OTTAWA, June 20, 2025 — The In-Line Multimode Fiber Speckle Homogenizer from OZ Optics reduces modal noise within multimode fibers, offering more than 90% speckle reduction at an imaging frequency of 100 Hz. The speckle...
OZ Optics Limited
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Cable Certification Tester
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 20, 2025 — The WireXpert MP from Softing IT Networks is a certification tester for fiber optics and copper cable certification. Engineered as a modular platform, the tester combines a central operating unit...
Softing Inc.
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XYZ Gantry System
STAUFEN, Germany, June 19, 2025 — The GANTX from OWIS is an XYZ gantry system with ironless linear motors and an integrated linear absolute measuring system. Two synchronized gantry axes in the X direction and a Z axis on the bridge...
OWIS GmbH
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Modular Embedded Vision Platform
ETTLINGEN, Germany, June 19, 2025 — The VC MIPI Bricks system from Vision Components is a modular embedded vision platform that consists of MIPI modules, accessories, and the compatibility of various processor boards. Able to be...
Vision Components GmbH
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Safety Laser Scanner
DULUTH, Ga., June 19, 2025 — The RSL 200 safety laser scanner from Leuze is designed to safeguard machines, automated guided vehicles, and autonomous mobile robots. The compact safety laser scanner detects anyone entering or...
Leuze electronic GmbH & Co. KG
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Monolithic XY Linear Stages
AUBURN, Mass., June 18, 2025 — V-781 series monolithic XY linear stages from PI are designed for metrology, optics, automation, biotech, precision assembly, and industrial applications. The stages integrated direct-drive motors...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Optical Engine
LONG BEACH, Calif., June 18, 2025 — The Z-30 optical engine from Lumus is an optical engine for augmented reality glasses. The Z-30 has a smaller micro-projector, a large field-of-view, and a distortion-free view of the real world. The...
Lumus Ltd.
Triple-Cavity Pulsed Laser Diodes Product Series
PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2025 — The 905-nm TPG3 Series of triple-cavity pulsed laser diodes from Excelitas are laser diodes designed for high-volume range finding and lidar systems. The TO-56 integrated series features four unique...
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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Fiber Optic Coils
OTTAWA, June 17, 2025 — OZ Optics' fiber optic coils for use in optical gyroscopes and advanced sensing systems offer high symmetry and mechanical stability, a low Shupe error, and low polarization crosstalk for...
OZ Optics Limited
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3D Metrology System
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, June 17, 2025 — ScanPort by ZEISS is a semi-automated system for 3D metrology that can be used for 3D printing, reverse engineering and manufacturing, virtual displays, molding, and casting, as well as the creation...
ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions
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Elevating Tables
PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 17, 2025 — The TZ Series by IKO International is a vertical elevating table for applications requiring XYZ-axis positioning. The table’s linear motion rolling guides come with built-in IKO C-Lube...
IKO International Inc.
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Light Scattering Accessory
BERLIN, June 16, 2025 — The LS Assistant from TESTA Analytical is an accessory for multiangle light scattering instruments that provides specific refractive index values for precise molecular weight determination of...
TESTA Analytical Solutions eK
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Flow Cytometer
WALTHAM, Mass., June 16, 2025 — The Invitrogen Attune Xenith from Thermo Fisher Scientific is a spectral-enabled flow cytometer that enables both spectral un-mixing and conventional flow cytometry. The solution aims to automate and...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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Flow Cytometer
FREMONT, Calif., June 16, 2025 — The Cytek Aurora Evo system from Cytek Biosciences is a full-spectrum flow cytometer designed for cell biology, immunology, oncology, and targeted therapeutic methodologies. Using Cytek’s Full...
Cytek Biosciences Inc.
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Laser-Based Molecular Characterization Platform
ÉPALINGES, Switzerland, June 13, 2025 — The ORYL F1 from ORYL is a laser-based platform for the measurement of solubility and aggregation of drug molecules in the life sciences. The platform is based on second harmonic scattering with an...
ORYL Photonics SA
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UV-LED Light Source
KYOTO, Japan, June 13, 2025 — The G7A Series from Kyocera is an air-cooled UV-LED light source designed for applications such as resin curing and adhesion. The UV-LED light source has an irradiance of 20 W/cm² and an LED...
KYOCERA Corporation
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Dairy Analyzer
ETTLINGEN, Germany, June 12, 2025 — The MOVE-T from Bruker is a liquid dairy analyzer for analyzing raw milk and other liquid dairy products. The ISO 21543-rated analyzer uses Fourier transform near-infrared technology with a wear-free...
Bruker Optics Inc.
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Faraday Isolator
PITTSBURGH, June 12, 2025 — The LINOS ultra-low outgassing Faraday isolator from Excelitas is a vacuum-compatible solution that extends laser system lifetimes by minimizing photo-contamination. The isolator is for high-power...
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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800G Transceivers
IRVINE, Calif, June 12, 2025 — Integra Optics’ 800G transceivers are designed for AI, cloud computing, and data center networks. The 800G transceivers support faster data transmission rates to boost capacity and performance...
Integra Optics
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Beam-Shaping Module
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, June 11, 2025 — READYFlow from FISBA is a beam shaping module for advanced flow cytometry in which accurate light-cell interaction is necessary for reliable data. The compact module supports standard cytometry...
FISBA AG
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Industrial Cameras
MÜNSTER, Germany, June 11, 2025 — The MX1276 camera models from XIMEA are medium-format high-resolution color and monochromatic cameras with Sony IMX661 shutter sensors. The compact and lightweight cameras have a resolution of 127.6...
XIMEA GmbH
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Surface Mount Near-Infrared LEDs
WILLICH, Germany, June 11, 2025 — The SML-P14, CSL0902R, and CSL1002RT surface mount near-infrared LEDs from ROHM are members of the PICOLED product series. The compact SML-P14 has a peak wavelength of 860 to 940 nm and a forward...
ROHM Semiconductor GmbH
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Spatial Light Modulator
KOMAKI, Japan, June 10, 2025 — The SLM-310 from Santec AOC is a liquid crystal-on-silicon-based spatial light modulator engineered to withstand 1 kW-class laser power in the 1-μm band near-infrared spectrum. The spatial light...
Santec Corp.
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Raman Spectrometer
BIRKERØD, Denmark, June 10, 2025 — Lightnovo’s research-grade Raman spectrometer is designed for low-frequency Raman and high-sensitivity measurements. The spectrometer has an ultrastable laser output, a spectral range from 70...
Lightnovo ApS
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Lithography System
ST. FLORIAN, Austria, June 10, 2025 — The LITHOSCALE XT from EV Group is a high-throughput/high-resolution digital lithography solution for high-volume-manufacturing heterogeneous integration applications. The system has a dual-stage...
EV Group (EVG)
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High Force Servo Motor
VAN NUYS, Calif., June 9, 2025 — The LVCM-095-051-02 linear voice coil servo motor from Moticont has a high-force-to-size ratio with a 0.50-in. stroke, a continuous force rating of 35.8 lbs, and a peak force of 113 lbs at a 10% duty...
Moticont
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sCMOS Camera
HERRSCHING AM AMMERSEE, Germany, June 9, 2025 — The ORCA-Halo, C17440-20U from Hamamatsu Photonics is a scientific CMOS (sCMOS) camera for applications such as advanced and light sheet microscopy. The camera has a back-illuminated sensor with a...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Spectrofluorometer
LIVINGSTON, Scotland, June 9, 2025 — The FS5 v2 spectrofluorometer from Edinburgh Instruments is designed for the characterization of a wide range of samples, including liquid solutions, solids, powders, and thin films. The...
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.
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Uncooled Infrared Detector
GRENOBLE, France, June 6, 2025 — The PICO640S Broad Band 7-14 from LYNRED is an uncooled infrared detector designed for optical gas imaging applications for the oil and gas industry. The detector features a NETD of 30 mK for...
LYNRED
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Blue Laser 3D Camera
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, June 6, 2025 — The MotionCam-3D Color (Blue) from Photoneo is a 3D camera powered by a blue laser for complex vision-guided automation, specifically for challenging materials and high-speed vision-guided robotics...
Photoneo
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Holographic Table Display
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador, June 6, 2025 — NOVAC from Avalon Holographics is a holographic table display made for mass collaboration in the medical, industrial, and defense industries. Able to ingest most 3D assets, it is able to be used for...
Avalon Holographics
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Solar Simulators
ANDOVER, Mass., June 6, 2025 — The Newport Solaris series from MKS comprises solar simulators for photovoltaic applications, including solar cell panel manufacturing and photovoltaic research. Based on a full spectrum, single...
MKS Inc.
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Laser Beamsplitting System
JENA, Germany, June 5, 2025 — The Modular Beam Splitting System (MBSS) from Jenoptik is an optical system for laser beam guidance and shaping, with application in solar cell and laser machine manufacturing. MBSS features a...
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH
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Visible Industrial Laser Module
BEDFORD, N.H., June 5, 2025 — The FLEXPOINT® HD-PL from LASER COMPONENTS is a laser module that generates a red or green laser line of up to 20 m. It can be used in positioning tasks in the wood and metal industry, such as...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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Beam Moving Head
LENGWIL, Switzerland, June 5, 2025 — The tarm BLAZE from tarm is a beam moving head with a laser light source for professional lighting applications. The 100 W laser source is characterized by a narrow beam, which achieves an expansion...
tarm AG
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Laser Driver Platform
SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2025 — The FirePower SL2001 from Silanna Semiconductor is a laser driver that combines charging and firing on a single chip. The 14-pin 3.5 sq mm driver features a sub-2 ns full width at half-maximum laser...
Silanna Semiconductor
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Co-Packaged Optics Switch
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 4, 2025 — The 51.2 T co-packaged optics (CPO) Ethernet switch from Delta offers 30% power savings compared to traditional pluggable switches. It is housed in a compact 3U form factor which is made for small...
Delta Electronics Inc.
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Optical Gas Imaging Camera
GOLETA, Calif., June 4, 2025 — AerialOGI-N from Teledyne FLIR OEM and AerialOGI is an optical gas imaging (OGI) camera module with two-click connection for both a handheld and drone gimbal to detect fugitive gas emissions from the...
Teledyne FLIR
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Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopes
WALTHAM, Mass., June 4, 2025 — The IXplore™ SpinXL (shown) and the IXplore™ IX85 SpinSR from Evident are spinning disk confocal microscopes for imaging rapid cellular dynamics. IXplore Spin XL has a 26.5-mm field...
Evident
USB Sensor Interface
TIGARD, Ore., June 4, 2025 — The model 2218 by Sensoray is a USB eight-channel sensor interface. Each channel can be independently configured to read voltage, thermocouples, or resistive devices such as thermistors, resistance...
Sensoray Co. Inc.
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High-Power Laser Fiber Cables
BEDFORD, N.H., June 3, 2025 — LASER COMPONENTS’ fiber cable with active or passive cooling is specifically designed to meet the requirements of high-power lasers. Depending on the fiber diameter, it supports laser powers...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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USB-C Chassis Probe
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 3, 2025 — The USB-C Chassis Probe from Introspect Technology is a multi-conductor active probe solution with 20 GHz bandwidth. It can measure 10 signal wires simultaneously, which corresponds to four USB 20...
Introspect Technology
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Tube Light Illumination System
KONSTANZ, Germany, June 3, 2025 — The Combined Tube Light from Chromasens is a combined tube light LED line-scan illumination system that acquires images of the same object in three illumination scenarios using three lighting...
Chromasens GmbH
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High-Speed Machine Vision Camera
NORTH BRABANT, Netherlands, June 3, 2025 — The Yooka from Prodrive Technologies is an ultrafast machine vision camera available with either a 10 mp or 21 mp sensor with readout rates up to 21 MPx at 500 fps. A dual frame grabber can be added...
Prodrive Technologies
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Industrial Stereo Vision Camera
DETROIT, June 2, 2025 — The Gemini 435Le from Orbbec is an industrial-grade stereo vision camera for robotic vision applications. The camera reproduces target edges and identifies pallets made from various materials,...
Orbbec 3D
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LED Product Line
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 2, 2025 — The CFT-50X Series from Luminus Devices is for applications including medical endoscopy, biophotonics, fluorescence microscopy, and industrial machine vision. The LED series offers 10 distinct SKUs...
Luminus Devices Inc.
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Thermodynamic Microscopy Imaging Module
HAMAMATSU, Japan, June 2, 2025 — Hamamatsu Photonics’ thermodynamic (TD) imaging module for its PHEMOS®-X series of high-resolution emission microscopes pinpoints failure locations in semiconductor devices with smaller and...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Nanopositioning Stages
AUBURN, Mass., June 2, 2025 — The B-421 BIX series from PI features nanopositioning stages for high-precision positioning systems. BIX series products use two miniature piezo stacks, and the bi-phase inertia drive technology...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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