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Luminar Merges with Gores Metropoulos Luminar, an automotive lidar company, has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Gores Metropoulos Inc. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company will retain the Luminar...
Infinera Announces Leadership Transition Tom Fallon will be stepping down as Infinera’s CEO. David Heard, the company’s current COO, will succeed Fallon in the position. The transition is expected by the end of 2020. Fallon is...
AIM Photonics’ New CEO Sets Course for US Leadership in the Integrated Photonics Industry No one can accuse Michael Cumbo, the new CEO of AIM Photonics, of being risk-averse. In the middle of a pandemic that has had most of us working from home, he left the Bay Area and an executive...
Low-Cost Microscope from Stanford Takes Top Prize at DEBUT A team from Stanford University has won the top prize at the National Institutes of Health’s ninth annual Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) competition. The team's device, the...
NSF Physics Frontiers Center to Be Established at University of Rochester The University of Rochester has received $12.96 million in federal funding to host a National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics Frontier Center, in collaboration with researchers at MIT; Princeton...
Scantinel Photonics Appoints Michael Richter Commercial Managing Director Scantinel Photonics GmbH has named Michael Richter its commercial managing director. Scantinel Photonics is a developer of FMCW lidar sensors for applications in autonomous driving. The company is a...
Olympus to Acquire Arc Medical Design Subsidiary from Norgine Olympus Corp. announced it will acquire Arc Medical Design Ltd., a subsidiary of Norgine BV. Under the terms of the agreement, Olympus will obtain full rights to the Arc Medical Design ENDOCUFF suite...
SPIE Adds to Presidential Chain at Optics and Photonics Digital Forum SPIE on Monday announced that Bernard Kress, a partner optical architect on the HoloLens Team at Microsoft and former principal optical architect at Google X, has been elected to serve as the...
Dover Acquires Solaris Laser SA Dover Corp. has acquired Solaris Laser SA, the Warsaw, Poland-based supplier of laser coding and marking systems. Solaris Laser joins the Markem-Imaje business unit, a global manufacturer of product...
Hamamatsu Completes Construction of New Building Hamamatsu Photonics has completed a new building for research and development, replacing an old location at the Toyooka Factory site in Shimokanzo, Iwata City, Japan. Construction began in January...
Schneider Optics Appoints Jim Sullivan VP of Sales and Marketing Schneider Optics has named Jim Sullivan its vice president of sales and marketing. Sullivan has experience in the metals measurement industry as well as in metrology, and from 2005 to 2017 he served...
WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. Establishes Subsidiary WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. announced the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary to accelerate the development of its holographic-vision intelligent robots and fabless semiconductor businesses. The...
Photonic Instruments, Components Driving (and Steering) NASA’s Mars Rover Numerous photonic devices and applications are contributing to the pursuit of microbial life on Mars, or, more accurately, the quest to determine if, among other novel possibilities, such lifeforms...
Cycle GmbH Appoints Daniel Seiler CEO Laser-based time distribution and synchronization systems manufacturer Cycle has named Daniel Seiler its CEO. Seiler, former managing director for IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, has 15 years...
Delta Optical Thin Film Moving into New Facility Delta Optical Thin Film is moving into a new 2300-sq-m facility. The custom-designed two-story building contains a cleanroom, ultrasonic cleaning equipment, diving equipment, automatic visual...
WaveFront Dynamics Names Kolberg as Chief Commercial Officer WaveFront Dynamics announced that Jeff Kolberg has been appointed as the company’s chief commercial officer. Kolberg previously worked for Johnson & Johnson Vision, where he was responsible...
Sheaumann Laser Expands, Relocates Operations Sheaumann Laser Inc. has opened a new 57,800-sq-ft facility in Billerica, Massachusetts. The manufacturer of semiconductor lasers announced its expansion and relocation in July. Supported by a $2.34...
New Management Team at Multiphoton Optics Boris Neubert and Benedikt Stender have been appointed as managing directors of Multiphoton Optics. Neubert and Stender take the place of company co-founder Ruth Houbertz, who has served as managing...
Cepton Promotes Ramachandran to CMO Cepton Technologies has announced the promotion of T.R. Ramachandran to chief marketing officer. In his new position, Ramachandran will take on an expanded role to advance the company’s product...
II-VI Reports Forecast-Beating Fourth-Quarter Results at Close of Fiscal Year II-VI has announced its fourth-quarter and fiscal year results. The company reported record quarterly revenues of $746.2 million (up $119.2 million from the quarter ending in March) and quarterly...
LASEA Acquires the OPTEC Company LASEA, a designer and manufacturer of precision lasers, has purchased majority shares of the OPTEC company. OPTEC, based in San Diego and Frameries, Belgium, designs and builds laser micromachining...
Lake Shore Cryotronics Acquires Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics Business Lake Shore Cryotronics, a provider of instruments and systems for measurement and control solutions, has acquired Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics business of Woburn, Mass. Lake Shore...
NSF Grants $26M to Institutions to Establish Center for Quantum Networks The National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding an initiative to establish the Center for Quantum Networks (CQN) as part of its Engineering Research Center project. The five-year project will be led...
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Joins Quantum Foundry at UCSB Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd. has joined its parent company, Oxford Instruments plc, as an industry partner of the Quantum Foundry at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)....
Nanotronics Launches Nanotronics Health Nanotronics, a science technology company and manufacturer of advanced imaging systems combining robotics, optical microscopy, and machine learning and artificial intelligence platforms, announced it...
Juergen Czarske Wins Inaugural Laser Instrumentation Award from IEEE Photonics Society The IEEE Photonics Society has honored Chair Professor and Director of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Dresden University of Technology Juergen Czarske with the 2020 Laser Instrumentation...
Jenoptik Down for Year’s First Half, Reports $389.9M in Revenue Jenoptik concluded the first half of its year with a reported revenue of €329 million ($389.9 million), a year-over-year decrease of 14.1%. For the quarter, the company’s revenue dropped...
North American Coating Laboratories Names Dan Fiore Vice President North American Coating Laboratories (NACL) has promoted Dan Fiore to the position of vice president. Previously, Fiore was director of business development for the company since 2013. In more than 14...
Coherent Announces Changes in Leadership Coherent announced a number of updates to its senior leadership team. Mark Sobey, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will oversee the company’s industrial lasers and...
Coherent Profits Dip as Company Posts $298.3M in Revenue for Third Quarter Coherent Inc. has posted a net loss of $8.7 million for the quarter ending July 4. The company reported a total revenue of $298.3 million for its third quarter, a year-over-year decrease of just over...
IPG Photonics Posts $296M in Revenue for Second Quarter, Profits Drop 47% IPG Photonics has reported second quarter revenue of $296 million, a year-over-year decrease of 19% and nearly $68 million. Earnings per share dropped to $0.71, representing a 47% decrease...
Company of Biologists, 'Journal of Cell Science' Launch FocalPlane The Company of Biologists and Journal of Cell Science have created a web-based community resource for microscopists and biologists to share microscopy news, events, and resources. The site is free to...
Research & Technology
Raman Spectroscopy Adapted for Hazardous Material Sites A new Raman spectroscopic system designed by Jacobs and IS Instruments is able to detect a weak laser signal even when located meters away from a target. The system increases safety and lowers cost...
Two-Photon Comb Technique Supports 20-km Distribution for Quantum Communication In telecom networks connected by fiber optic cable, transmitted photons tend to be absorbed by the material that comprises the cable after traveling just a few kilometers. To prevent the signal from...
Miniaturized Modulator Increases Potential of Photonic Integrated Circuits Photonic integrated circuits promise greater speed, bandwidth, and efficiency than traditional electrical circuits, but they’re not yet small enough to be used broadly in computing and other...
Perovskite Study Correlates Phase Transition and Photoluminescence Three research teams at Clemson University joined forces to study the phase transition in nanocrystal (NC) perovskites and the correlation between phase transition and photoluminescence (PL). The...
Researchers Demonstrate Cost-Effective, Scalable Lithium PICs A joint effort from HyperLight and Harvard University has achieved a technical milestone for lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits (PICs). According to the researchers, this is the first time...
AIM Photonics’ New CEO Sets Course for US Leadership in the Integrated Photonics Industry No one can accuse Michael Cumbo, the new CEO of AIM Photonics, of being risk-averse. In the middle of a pandemic that has had most of us working from home, he left the Bay Area and an executive...
Industrial Laser Generates Attosecond Light Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) showed that industrial-grade lasers can be used to generate attosecond pulses. “One of the main challenges of attosecond science is that...
Mesoscale Photonic Method Increases Range of Optical Tweezers A team from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), working with scientists from the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has increased the...
3D Imaging Tool Can Aid in COVID-19 Diagnoses Scientists at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine (LSU Health New Orleans) showed that 3D segmented digital models of the lungs could provide a way to more clearly evaluate the extent...
Researchers Structure Light with Two Independent Orbital Angular Momenta Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) combined twisted light and optical frequency combs to produce a new, dynamic light structure. The Optical Communications Lab at USC had been...
Raman Spectroscopy Pinpoints Viral RNA in Single Cells A new technique for identifying and quantifying viral RNA in living cells, based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and developed by scientists at Rutgers University, can detect minor...
Imaging Platform Could Deliver Specific, Reliable COVID-19 Antibody Testing A robust, low-cost imaging platform using lab-on-a-chip technology, created by University of California, Irvine (UCI) scientists, could be available for rapid coronavirus diagnostic and antibody...
Researchers Announce Record for Plasma Accelerator Operation A team of researchers at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) has run a laser plasma accelerator for more than a day while continuously producing electron beams. The LUX beamline, jointly operated...
Smartphone-Measured Photoplethysmography Serves as Digital Biomarker of Diabetes A noninvasive digital biomarker is being developed at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for detecting Type 2 diabetes using a smartphone camera and deep learning algorithm. This...
Liquid Crystal Improves Metalens Design An effort led by Federico Capasso of Harvard University and Giuseppe Strangi of Case Western Reserve University is using liquid crystals to improve the reconfigurability of metalenses. This...
NSF Grant to Advance Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Precision Agriculture With a five-year, $26 million grant, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established the Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (ERC IoT4Ag). The...
OCT-Based Technique Captures Details of Photoreceptor Function Researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have developed an instrument that has measured tiny, light-evoked deformations in individual rods and cones in a living human eye. The...
Design Breakthrough Could Spur Advancements in Solar-Pumped Lasers A team of researchers from Tokai University and Tokyo Motors has developed a fully planar solar-pumped laser. The laser does not require complex light-concentrating systems and is capable of...
Tunable Photosensitive Metamaterials Could Improve Elastic Wave Control Metamaterials are materials designed with a particular geometric structure in order to obtain new physical properties. A metamaterial can alter the propagation of elastic waves so as to reduce or...
Photoacoustic Microscopy Promises Quick 2D Imaging of Tissue A research team led by Lihong Wang of the California Institute of Technology has developed a two-dimensional multifocal optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy (MFOR-PAM) system using a 2D...
Display Resolution Increases by 3D-Printing Quantum Dot Nanopixels A display technology developed at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) produces 3D pixels with nanoscale dimensions by 3D-printing quantum dots (QDs) embedded in polymer nanowires....
Photonic Instruments, Components Driving (and Steering) NASA’s Mars Rover Numerous photonic devices and applications are contributing to the pursuit of microbial life on Mars, or, more accurately, the quest to determine if, among other novel possibilities, such lifeforms...
Multilayered Liquid Crystal Formed Through Phase Separation Exhibits Multiple Colors A technique for fabricating multilayered liquid crystals could potentially replace the color-shifting ink used for preventing forgery of bank notes, ID cards, and other items. Developed jointly by...
Photocatalyst Combination Enables Efficient Water Splitting The breakdown of water has long been conceived as a clean way to produce hydrogen fuel, but the process has proven to be inefficient for widespread energy production in this manner. But the work of a...
Using VIS-NIR Spectroscopy to Quantify Soil Contamination Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have found a new method to assess oil contamination in soil by using VIS-NIR spectroscopy. The technique has significant advantages over previous...
Nanoscale LED Bypasses Efficiency Droop to Take on Laser Qualities Using microscopic LEDs in a laboratory setting, a team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has increased the brightness of laser light,...
Converting Solar Energy into Hydrogen Fuel with Photosynthesis Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology are designing a photocatalyst capable of breaking down water into hydrogen fuel. The group reports record efficiency for solar-to-fuel conversion...
New One-step Fabrication Technique Yields Ultrathin Flat Lenses An international team of researchers has developed a method of fabricating high-performance lenses in monolayer two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) material using a femtosecond...
Real-Time Imaging Technology Can Help to Prevent Dust Explosions Researchers at Purdue University have built an imaging application to detect suspended dust concentrations that pose a risk of exploding in agricultural, powder-handling, and manufacturing settings....
Ultraviolet Communications Framework Will Help Secure US Army Networks The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has developed a framework to study how easily ultraviolet communication (UVC) systems can be detected. Although the work focuses on longer-term applications,...
High-Performance Diamond Sensors Made with Glass Fiber Can Be Used in the Field Scientists at RMIT University and the University of Adelaide have developed a diamond sensor using conventional fibers. They embedded μm-scale diamond particles within the cross-section of a...
Cost-Effective Coatings for Smart Windows Rival Industry-Standard Performance An inexpensive, ultrathin spray-on window coating for blocking heat and conducting electricity could further reduce energy costs for smart windows and heat-repelling glass, making smart window...
Nonlinear Multimode Waveguide for Flip-Flopping Azimuthons Demonstrated A research team from Xi’an Jiaotong University has demonstrated weakly nonlinear waveguides that guarantee the stable propagation of vortex beams known as azimuthons. The research may have...
Electrically Injected Diode Laser Could Increase Microprocessing Speed and Operational Efficiency A team of materials science researchers led by Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu of the University of Arkansas has demonstrated use of an electrically injected laser made with germanium tin. The...
4D OCT Helps to Solve Mystery of Early Embryonic Heartbeat Scientists from Stevens Institute of Technology and Baylor College of Medicine used 4D optical coherence tomography (OCT) to study the pumping mechanism underlying the developing mammalian heart. 4D...
German Collaboration Improves Accuracy and Speed of Metal-cutting Lasers Research collaborators from Fraunhofer Institute of Laser Technology (ILT), KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH, Amphos GmbH, and Pulsar Photonics GmbH have combined the precision and quality of helical...
Titanate Nanowire Mask Can Trap Pathogens and Destroy Them with Light A personal protection equipment (PPE) mask made from a membrane of titanium oxide nanowires could provide a safe and environmentally sound alternative to disposable paper masks that trap pathogens...
Photodynamic Therapy Can Help Treat Respiratory Infections Photodynamic therapy can help combat secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, according to researchers at the Optics and Photonics Research Center (CEPOF), which is supported by the São...
SMILES Brighten Fluorescent Materials A joint effort between researchers at Indiana University and the University of Copenhagen has yielded a new class of materials, called small-molecule ionic isolation lattices (SMILES), which the...
Imaging Method Enables Research on Abundant Cellular Protein Actin Researchers at the Salk Institute have developed a new imaging method that allows them to monitor actin, a small subset of skeleton-like filaments within cells. The method has enabled research on how...
Quantum Secret Sharing Uses Structured Light to Achieve High-Dimensional States Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) demonstrated an 11-dimensional quantum state and used it to share sensitive information securely from one sender to 10 parties. They used...
Laser Beam’s Behavior Runs Counter to Normal Laws of Refraction A type of laser beam that does not follow the classical laws of refraction, discovered by a team at the University of Central Florida (UCF), could offer new opportunities for shaping the flow of...
The Optical Society Schedules Virtual Quantum Conference for September The first OSA Quantum 2.0 conference, an all-virtual event scheduled for Sept. 14-17, 2020, will feature high-impact presentations by experts on quantum research and commercial development and will...
Marine Algae Optical Fiber Boasts Applications in Range of Medical and Scientific Environments Researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil and Gunma University in Japan have designed an optical fiber from agar, the natural gelatin obtained from marine algae. In addition to...
Optical Pliers Made with Smart, Flexible Material Operate Remotely Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) technology was applied to practical use by a group of researchers who used this material to demonstrate a miniaturized gripping tool grown on optical fibers. Scientists...
AFM and Nonlinear Optics Combine to Improve Optical Defect Detection A technique for detecting nanosize imperfections in optical materials could lead to improvements in detector technologies for applications ranging from cellphones to solar cells. The technique...
RADx COVID-19 Testing Proposals Advance into Phase II The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program has inked seven contracts, totaling nearly $250 million in combined funding, in its effort to expand...
Nanoparticles with Plasmonic Effect Boost Photocatalysis Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) developed a method for assembling plasmonic nanoparticles for specific applications. Their approach was to synthesize so-called core-shell...
Biophotonic Device from International Consortium Aims to Support Current and Forthcoming COVID-19 Therapies A team of researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and experts in the field of diffuse optics are collaborating on the creation of a biophotonic device designed to test the...
3D Printing Provides Building Blocks of Healing in Scaffold Design A group of researchers has demonstrated that assembling a network of tiny, approximately 1.5-mm3 blocks with the aid of optical technology can be an effective way to accelerate healing in tissue and...
Femtosecond Lasers Etch Superwicking Metal Surface for Water Purification System Led by Chunlei Guo, a professor in the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics, a team of scientists has demonstrated how ultrashort femtosecond laser pulses etch the surface of a sheet...
Researchers Turn Laser Sintering on Its Head Selective laser sintering (SLS), a process that uses a laser to heat powder materials to the point where the micron-scale particles fuse together to form a solid mass, is one of the most widely used...
acquisitions
Olympus to Acquire Arc Medical Design Subsidiary from Norgine Olympus Corp. announced it will acquire Arc Medical Design Ltd., a subsidiary of Norgine BV. Under the terms of the agreement, Olympus will obtain full rights to the Arc Medical Design ENDOCUFF suite of medical products. Olympus is assuming worldwide responsibility for design, manufacturing, distribution, and business strategy for the product portfolio with an immediate effect. The acquisition...
Dover Acquires Solaris Laser SA Dover Corp. has acquired Solaris Laser SA, the Warsaw, Poland-based supplier of laser coding and marking systems. Solaris Laser joins the Markem-Imaje business unit, a global manufacturer of product...
II-VI Reports Forecast-Beating Fourth-Quarter Results at Close of Fiscal Year II-VI has announced its fourth-quarter and fiscal year results. The company reported record quarterly revenues of $746.2 million (up $119.2 million from the quarter ending in March) and quarterly...
LASEA Acquires the OPTEC Company LASEA, a designer and manufacturer of precision lasers, has purchased majority shares of the OPTEC company. OPTEC, based in San Diego and Frameries, Belgium, designs and builds laser micromachining...
Lake Shore Cryotronics Acquires Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics Business Lake Shore Cryotronics, a provider of instruments and systems for measurement and control solutions, has acquired Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics business of Woburn, Mass. Lake Shore...
Products
InGaAs-Based Camera LARNE, Northern Ireland, Aug. 31, 2020 — The Owl 640T InGaAs-based camera from Raptor Photonics Ltd. can be integrated into electro-optical systems. The camera features a 640 × 512 resolution and a 10 × 10-µm pixel...
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Hexapod Simulation Software NIMES, France, Aug. 31, 2020 — The HexaSym simulator from SYMETRIE checks hexapods travel ranges and load capacities to easily select a user’s ideal hexapod model. HexaSym simplifies testing cumulative travel ranges on...
Symetrie
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Tunable NIR Filter and Camera Evaluation Kit RAMAT GAN, Israel, Aug. 31, 2020 — Unispectral Ltd. has announced an Evaluation Kit for its ColorIR™ Tunable NIR Filter and Spectral IR Camera. The miniature tunable filter turns low-cost IR cameras into 700- to 950-nm...
Unispectral
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Microscopy Screening Station WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 28, 2020 — Version 3.2 of the scanR high-content screening (HCS) station from Olympus Corp. delivers improved image quality, quantitative data, and support for challenging segmentation and classification...
Evident
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Fiber Laser System BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., Aug. 28, 2020 — The LASERDYNE® 811 fiber laser system from Prima Power Laserdyne provides flexible precision laser processing in an affordable compact platform. The machine has the flexibility and...
Prima Power Laserdyne LLC
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3D Lidar Sensors SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 28, 2020 — The MQ-8 generation of 3D lidar sensors and perception software from Quanergy Systems Inc. is part of the company’s Flow Management™ platform for the security, smart space, and smart city...
Quanergy Solutions Inc.
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Dual-Sensor Module ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 27, 2020 — The FLIR Hadron™ from FLIR Systems Inc. is a dual-sensor module for drone, robotic, and imaging OEMs. The thermal and visible sensor module is designed to help reduce development costs...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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Linear Open Aperture Voice Coil Stages VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 27, 2020 — The HCDS-051-051 series of eight linear open-aperture voice coil stages from Moticont is designed for closed-loop servo operation and includes an integral quadrature optical encoder with differential...
Moticont
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Photolithography Systems KIRCHDORF, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2020 — The PhableX™ line of photolithography systems from Eulitha AG is designed for the high-volume production of photonic products. The systems operate on the displacement talbot lithography...
Eulitha AG
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CMOS Camera MEYREUIL, France, Aug. 24, 2020 — The C-BLUE One CMOS camera from First Light Imaging SAS is a high-performance scientific device featuring a 1608 × 1104 resolution. The CMOS sensor provides 660 fps and a global shutter...
Oxford Instruments First Light Imaging SAS
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UltraCompact Fiber Lasers OXFORD, Mass., Aug. 24, 2020 — YLR-U 1-μm fiber lasers from IPG Photonics Corp. are industrial-grade kW-class, continuous-wave ytterbium systems. At 4 kW, YLR-U lasers include rack-mounted, mid-power lasers with a...
IPG Photonics Corporation
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Fiber Laser Markers VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 24, 2020 — The YP100-45-01 and YP100-45-02 Dual-Axis Yaw and Pitch Stages from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. feature a yaw axis capable of rotation in either direction and an integrated pitch axis with a...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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GaAlAs IR LED Illuminator CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2020 — The OD-110LISOLHT high-power gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) IR LED illuminator from Opto Diode Corp. is ideal for military and industrial tasks. The total power output of the OD-110LISOLHT...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Automotive Test Solution MUNICH, Aug. 21, 2020 — Rohde & Schwartz GmbH & Co KG and TSN Systems GmbH have announced a comprehensive test solution for engineers who need to perform precise timing measurements on in-vehicle networks with ns...
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
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Single-Frequency Red Lasers EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 21, 2020 — The SOLO 640 Series of single-frequency red lasers from UniKLasers Ltd. (now Skylark Lasers Ltd.) offers greater precision and feature enhancement in areas reliant on single-frequency laser...
Skylark Lasers Ltd.
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MIPI Camera ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21, 2020 — The e-CAM50_CUNX from e-con Systems Inc. is a 5-MP MIPI CSI-2 fixed-focus color camera for the NVIDIA® Jetson Xavier NX™ Developer Kit. The e-CAM50_CUNX is based on the 1/ 2.5-in....
e-con Systems Inc.
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Light Sheet Microscope DENVER, Aug. 20, 2020 — The Cleared Tissue LightSheet from Intelligent Imaging Innovations Inc. is a light-sheet microscope that can image whole organs at a high speed by illuminating them with structured light using...
Intelligent Imaging Innovations Inc. (3i)
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Time-of-Flight Camera RICHMOND, British Columbia, Aug. 20, 2020 — The Helios™2 Time-of-Flight (ToF) Camera from LUCID Vision Labs Inc. provides 3D depth data with sub-mm precision at 1 m. The camera features improved optics for higher light collection...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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Captive Linear Actuator FELDKIRCHEN, Germany, Aug. 20, 2020 — The LGA35 compact captive linear actuator from Nanotec Electronic GmbH & Co. KG features a compact linear guide and a flange size of 35 mm. The optimized design enables thrust forces of up...
Nanotec Electronic GmbH & Co. KG
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Inductive Sensors GRAZ, Germany, Aug. 19, 2020 — The ABAS ThinLine series of inductive sensors from EVK Kerschhaggl GmbH feature spatially resolved inductive sensors for real-time detection of ferrous and non-ferrous metal objects in industrial...
EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH
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Fiber Optic Subsea Technology HOUSTON, Aug. 19, 2020 — Odassea™ fiber optic technology from Halliburton Co. and TechnipFMC PLC is a distributed acoustic sensing solution for subsea wells. The platform enables operators to execute...
Halliburton
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CT Scan Data and Visualization Software HEIDELBERG, Germany, Aug. 18, 2020 — VGSTUDIO MAX 3.4 from Volume Graphics GmbH is a computerized tomography (CT) scan data analysis and visualization software. Providing a comprehensive suite of capabilities in one highly...
Volume Graphics GmbH
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LWIR Camera Core LEUVEN, Belgium, Aug. 18, 2020 — The Dione 640 LWIR camera core from Xenics BV is optimized to meet the demand for smaller size, lower weight, and lower power devices. Designed for the safety and security market, as well as...
Xenics NV
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Optical Wafer Test Station MUNICH, Aug. 17, 2020 — The LumiTop 4000 μLED optical wafer test station from Instrument Systems GmbH generates 2D, pixel-resolved optical analyses within given cycle times. The LumiTop 4000 has a resolution of 12...
Instrument Systems GmbH
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Plasma and Ion Beam Processing Software ABINGDON, England, Aug. 17, 2020 — Oxford Instruments’ PTIQ range of control software is designed for plasma and ion beam processing systems. PTIQ is SEMI E95 compliant to facilitate rapid, error-free process setup,...
Oxford Instruments
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Radiation-Resistant Zoom Lenses CHESHAM, England, Aug. 17, 2020 — The 192, 200, and 290 models of radiation-resistant zoom lenses from Resolve Optics Ltd. are nonbrowning devices with minimum geometric distortion from 400 to 750 nm, withstanding a total radiation...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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GPC/SEC Detector BERLIN, Aug. 17, 2020 — The AYE Combo gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC) detector from Testa Analytical Solutions eK has a high-performance refractometer as an integral part of a...
Testa Analytical Solutions eK
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Yb-Doped Fiber Amplifier Module TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 14, 2020 — A Ytterbium (Yb)-doped fiber amplifier module from AdValue Photonics Inc. is designed to handle mW peak power for 15-ps pulse widths and 70-kW peak power for 5-ns pulse width in single-frequency...
AdValue Photonics Inc.
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SWIR Camera YONGIN, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2020 — The ABA-013VIR SWIR camera from AVAL DATA Corp. features the Sony IMX990 image sensor, supporting the 400- to 1700-nm range. The camera enables high-resolution image shooting of 1280 ×...
Aval Global Co. Ltd.
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Blue Light Hazard Testing System SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2020 — Gamma Scientific Inc.’s Blue Light Hazard Testing System offers evaluation and classification of displays and luminaires according to IEC 62471 and IEC/TR 62778. With the RadOMA GS-1220...
Gamma Scientific
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Optical Measuring Machine SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA, Italy, Aug. 13, 2020 — The X-360 Optical Measuring Machine from VICIVISION captures small details while offering a large field of view. The device can be used for medical and dental implant manufacturing and other...
Vici & C SpA
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Sample Tube Scanner CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 13, 2020 — The Express Scanner from Ziath Ltd. ensures the traceability of samples in 2D-barcoded Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) tubes. The system scans and decodes time for a full rack of 2D-barcoded...
Ziath Ltd.
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3D Camera Mounts OSLO, Norway, Aug. 13, 2020 — Zivid AS has announced 3D camera mounts to simplify on-robot and stationary mounting of its Zivid One+ high-definition 3D color camera. For robot arm mounting, a camera mount, bracket, and...
Zivid
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Miniature-Format Strain Sensors FRAUENFELD, Switzerland, Aug. 13, 2020 — DST20 miniature-format strain sensors from the Baumer Group are compact, cost-efficient solutions for measuring large forces >10,000 N, even in confined spaces. With a footprint of 28...
Baumer Electric AG
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Single-Frequency SWIR Laser BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 13, 2020 — The Swift Single-Frequency SWIR Laser from Beyond Photonics LLC is a single-frequency, continuous-wave, solid-state laser operating in the eye-safe IR range. Rugged and compact with operating...
Beyond Photonics LLC
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Pulsed Green Fiber Laser ANDOVER, Mass., Aug.12, 2020 — The Spectra-Physics® SPFL 532-40 pulsed green fiber laser from MKS Instruments Inc. features >40-W output power and up to 180 μJ pulse energy. The SPFL 532-40 features...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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Ocean Surveillance System MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Aug. 12, 2020 — The PowerBuoy® Surface Surveillance Solution from Ocean Power Technologies Inc. provides security monitoring of offshore areas. A single PowerBuoy® can monitor >1600 sq miles of...
Ocean Power Technologies
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In-House Wafer Testing SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 12, 2020 — In-house wafer testing from Senseeker Engineering Inc. provides a cleanroom-based wafer probe, supporting quick-turn results. The facility is equipped to perform testing on items ranging from...
Senseeker
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Fiber Frequency Comb GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 12, 2020 — The FFC-100 erbium-based fiber frequency comb from Vescent Photonics LLC features the MLL-100 mode-locked laser with a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror (SESAM) mode locker for longevity. ...
Vescent Photonics LLC
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SWIR Camera GRENOBLE, France, Aug. 11, 2020 — The IrqLA640 SWIR camera from Device-ALab SAS is a video graphics array (VGA) device capable of 178 fps in full resolution. In full TEC-less mode, the IrqLA640™ implements the...
Exosens SAS
Spatial Light Modulator HAMAMATSU CITY, Japan, Aug. 11, 2020 — A liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (SLM) from Hamamatsu Photonics is designed for high-power industrial pulsed laser systems to achieve high-throughput, high-precision laser processing to...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Wireless Network Cabling Concept LONDON, Aug. 11, 2020 — The OptiMod system of interconnecting fiber and direct-current power passive transmission media from Hughes Electronics Ltd. delivers high-performance connections for hybrid, separate, or mixed...
Hughes Electronics Ltd.
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Custom-Spectra Area Scan-Cameras SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 — JAI Inc. has added the Flex-Eye configurable design process to its Fusion series of high-performance, prism-based multispectral cameras, allowing customers to specify a custom set of multispectral...
JAI Inc.
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OCT Spectrometer MORRISVILLE, S.C., Aug. 10, 2020 — The Cobra 1600 optical coherence tomography (OCT) spectrometer from Wasatch Photonics is a 1600-nm device designed to penetrate challenging, highly scattering samples of tissue and materials, with...
Wasatch Photonics Inc.
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Full-Frame Prime Lenses OBERKOCHEN, Germany, Aug. 10, 2020 — Three high-speed, full-frame prime lenses have been added to the ZEISS Supreme Prime series of cine lenses, The 18-mm T1.5; the 40-mm T1.5; and the 200-mm T2.2 lenses are designed for high-end...
Carl Zeiss AG, Camera Lenses
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Compact Camera KONSTANZ, Germany, Aug. 10, 2020 — The 3DPIXA Compact camera from Chromasens GmbH is designed for space-sensitive installations with a restrictive field of view or mounting space requirements. By using 3DPIXA Compact cameras,...
Chromasens GmbH
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Argon Fluoride Light Source SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2020 — The XLR 960ix argon fluoride (ArF) light source from Cymer Inc. addresses chipmakers’ tight patterning requirements at advanced nodes. An optical pulse stretcher reduces speckle to...
Cymer Inc.
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Gas Analyzer ASSLAR, Germany, Aug. 7, 2020 — The OmniStar® and ThermoStar® GSD 350 next-generation gas analyzers from Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH are compact, portable benchtop analyzers for analyzing gases at atmospheric pressure. The...
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
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Waterproof Outdoor Touchscreen ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Aug. 7, 2020 — The SRMHETRWP-15C waterproof outdoor touchscreen from TRU-Vu Monitors Inc. is a sunlight-readable device. With >1,500 nits of brightness, the model is 5 to 6× brighter than an average...
Tru-Vu Monitors Inc.
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LED Irradiation System BERLIN, Aug. 7, 2020 — A turnkey LED irradiation system from UVphotonics NT GmbH and the Ferdinand-Braun Institute is designed for surface treatment. For disinfection purposes, the compact system can be equipped with...
UVphotonics NT GmbH
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High-Power LED SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 — The LUXEON HL2X LED from Lumileds is designed for roadway and sports lighting fixtures with high flux and efficiency in an industry standard package. With 318+ lumens at 700 mA and 85° C,...
Lumileds
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Automotive Touch Controller CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2020 — The MXT288UD maXTouch® touch controller from Microchip Technology Inc. is a compact, automotive-grade controller for smart surfaces and multifunction displays. The controller offers...
Microchip Technology Inc.
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SWIR Camera VERRIÈRES LE BUISSON, France, Aug. 6, 2020 — The WiDy SenS 640A-STE SWIR camera from New Imaging Technologies is ideal for embedded applications in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), drones, and land or naval platforms. Its video output...
New Imaging Technologies (NIT)
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Inline Fabry-Perot Tunable Filters OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 6, 2020 — Inline Fabry-Perot Tunable Filters from OZ Optics Ltd. are ideal for optical coherence tomography (OCT), spectral analysis, and tunable channel drop for dense wavelength division multiplexing...
OZ Optics Limited
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Fiber Pistol Grips HAVERHILL, Mass., Aug. 5, 2020 — Spectral Evolution Inc. now offers two pistol grip models for use with field portable spectroradiometers. The grips ergonomically hold and accurately aim fibers in remote sensing applications....
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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Raman Scattering Suppressor QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 5, 2020 — PowerSpectrum™ Raman Scattering Suppressor (RSS) from TeraXion increases the power of fiber lasers without compromising system stability and performance. The system removes stimulated...
TeraXion Inc.
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Methane Leak Detector HOUSTON, Aug. 5, 2020 — The RMLD-CS™ Remote Methane Leak Detector from Heath Consultants Inc. is a remote laser device that allows users to identify leaking emissions from distribution and transmission pipeline...
Heath Consultants Inc.
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Optical Processors SAXONBURG, Pa., Aug. 5, 2020 — II-VI Inc. has extended its WaveShaper® Programmable Optical Processors product line for operation in the optical communications S- and extended L-bands. The reconfigurable filter...
Coherent Corp.
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Lightweight Mirrors KENLEY, England, Aug. 4, 2020 — Lightweight mirror design techniques from Optical Surfaces Ltd. can reduce the weight of a mirror by as much as 60%. Lightweight mirrors are designed to provide sufficient rigidity to ensure...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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TFL-Mount Lenses BAD KREUZNACH, Germany, Aug. 4, 2020 — Compact TFL-Mount Lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach feature standardized M35×0.75 thread and 17.52 back flange distances, ideal for large-format compact lenses. To serve the demand of...
Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, Industrial Solutions
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Myopia Management System CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, Netherlands, Aug. 4, 2020 — The MYAH myopia management system from Topcon Europe Medical BV is a tool for the comprehensive management of myopia and dry eye. The system allows eye care professionals to build, manage, and...
Topcon Europe Medical BV
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Planetarium Projector JENA, Germany, Aug. 4, 2020 — The ZEISS ASTERION planetarium projector from Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH is an optomechanical component designed for use with digital dome projection systems in hybrid planetariums. The...
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
LED Driver Chip MUNICH, Aug. 3, 2020 — The ISELED INLC10AQ LED driver chip from Inova Semiconductors GmbH is available as a standalone solution. The INLC10AQ can be used to construct custom LED chains with control via a...
Inova Semiconductors GmbH
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Industrial Laser Welding System ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 3, 2020 — The 1900 G4 Series Industrial Laser from LaserStar Technologies Corp. is an industrial laser welding system ideal for a wide range of metal joining, complex assembly, automation, and repair...
LaserStar Technologies Corp.
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Dynamic Reference Diffuse Sensor OWEN, Germany, Aug. 3, 2020 — The DRT 25C dynamic reference diffuse sensor from Leuze electronic GmbH + Co. KG meets the requirements of packaging machines for confectionery and baked good applications. Sensors must...
Leuze electronic GmbH & Co. KG
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Camera Link Frame Grabbers MONTREAL, Aug. 3, 2020 — The Matrox Rapixo CL Pro frame grabbers from Matrox® Imaging provide support for Camera Link cameras and onboard image processing offload. Each Pro board delivers onboard image processing...
Matrox Imaging
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