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Photonics.com - March 2023
Business
Hyperspectral Tech of Fraunhofer Spinoff Aids Chip Production
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have established a spinoff company to commercialize a measuring system developed at the institute....
University of Twente Opens Bioimaging Center: Week in Brief: 03/31/23
The University of Twente opened its BioImaging Centre, which serves as the core facility for microscopy at the university’s Technical Medical Centre. The facility is equipped with confocal...
Startup Details Plans to Commercialize Sandia’s Ultrafast X-Ray Tech
Sandia National Laboratories has partnered with Albuquerque, N.M.-based startup Advanced hCMOS Systems to commercialize ultrafast x-ray imaging technology invented at the labs and used extensively in...
Leuze Names CEO: People in the News: 03/29/23
Sensor technology company Leuze named Xavier Hamers CEO and chairman of the executive board of the global Leuze electronic Inc., effective April 1. Hamers joins the company from BARTEC Safe.t...
Integrated Photonic Quantum Sensing Takes Aim at Climate Research
A NASA-funded collaboration will focus on advancing quantum sensing technology to enable new understanding of Earth and the effects of climate change. Led by the University of Texas at Austin (UT),...
iPronics Completes First Shipments of Programmable PICs
Photonic computing company iPronics said it has delivered initial shipments of its programmable photonic microchips. The company, a 2019 spinout of Universitat Politècnica de València,...
Washington Issues Multiple Award High-Energy Laser Prototype Contract: Week in Brief: 03/24/23
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Rolls-Royce North American Technologies (doing business as Liberty Works), General Atomics, Dynetics, II-VI Aerospace & Defense, Lockheed Martin Aculight...
Semiconductor Leaders Deploy NVIDIA Computational Lithography
According to NVIDIA, the computing company’s cuLitho software library for computational lithography is being integrated by leading players in the semiconductor industry. The technology serves...
TRUMPF Announces Supervisory, Managing Board Changes
Optical technology company TRUMPF is reorganizing its management bodies with changes set to take effect with the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Jürgen Hambrecht, current chairman of the...
Semtech, Zebra Add to Executive Teams: People in the News: 03/22/23
The PerkinElmer Life Science & Diagnostics business acquired by New Mountain Capital named Dirk Bontridder CEO. Bontridder has more than 25 years of global management experience, including 11...
BluGlass Secures $10.2M, Launches Entitlement Offer
Semiconductor technology company and laser developer BluGlass has received $10.2 million in commitments from international and Australian investors via a share placement at an issue price of $0.06...
Ford Establishes Latitude AI to Develop Automated Driving Tech
Ford Motor Co. has established Latitude AI, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on developing a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road automated driving system. The formation of the company comes as Ford...
VTT Spins Out Silicon Semiconductor Qubit Tech Company SemiQon: Week in Brief: 03/17/23
NTT Research Inc., a division of NTT, will double the size of its optical research facility in 2023. The expansion will accommodate the experimental needs of scientists in the company’s Physics...
White House Adds Corning CEO to Advisory Committee: People in the News: 03/15/23
Corning CEO Wendell Weeks has been named to the U.S. Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, a committee established to provide policy advice to the U.S. trade representative. Weeks has...
Aalyria to Orchestrate Network for Rivada’s Planned Satellite Constellation
Aalyria and Rivada Space Networks have entered into an agreement to use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to orchestrate the network for Rivada’s planned low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite...
SpectraWAVE Secures FDA Clearance for Intravascular Imaging Tech
Medical imaging company SpectraWAVE has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its intravascular imaging system, HyperVue. The dual modality system combines OCT and...
Luminate NY Reveals Companies Selected for Sixth Cohort
Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the 10 companies selected to take part in round six of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive...
Optica Names 17 Recipients for 2023 Awards, Medals
Optica has named the recipients of several of its 2023 awards and medals. The awards celebrate leaders in the field of photonics who are making technical, research, education, business, leadership,...
AIM Photonics Receives Approval for $27.5M in Funding
The New York State Photonics board of directors approved a proposal for the allocation of $27.5 million to fund the AIM Photonics Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) Facility in Rochester, N.Y. The...
ZEISS Becomes Sole Owner of AR/VR Company Tooz
ZEISS has acquired the shares of the joint venture tooz technologies, which was founded together with Deutsche Telekom in 2018. The founding partners had held 50% of the shares in the startup, which...
SVS-Vistek Cameras Help Test Sheet Metal Safety
Sheet metal is an attractive material for auto manufacturers looking to increase fuel efficiency and reduce overall vehicle weight. Before it can be used for fabrication of components and structures,...
Device Simplifies Measurement of Gas Permeation in Films
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have developed a measuring technique for reliably determining the permeation rate of films. The method,...
OFC Week in Brief: Tower Semiconductor and Teramount Partner: 03/10/23
Tower Semiconductor and Teramount established a collaboration based on Teramount’s “PhotonicPlug” technology and Tower’s silicon photonic “Bump-ready” wafers,...
TRUMPF Expands Schramberg Site: Week in Brief: 03/10/23
Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS (Fraunhofer IPMS) developed the MACsec Controller IP-Core, which implements the latest Ethernet security standards to provide authentication,...
Virtual Semiconductor Fab Reduces Manufacturing Carbon Footprint
Imec has developed a virtual fab model that the Belgium-based research and innovation hub said enables it and its partners to assess current manufacturing choices, identify areas of focus, and...
Adrian Meldrum to Chair Vector Board: People in the News: 03/08/23
Adrian Meldrum joined the board of Vector Photonics as executive chair. Meldrum has served in leadership positions at companies including G&H (Gooch & Housego), Oclaro, IQE, and Bookham....
Prophesee, Qualcomm Collaborate on Mobile Device Imaging
Vision systems developer Prophesee has launched a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to optimize its event-based Metavision sensors for use with premium Snapdragon mobile platforms from...
EFFECT Photonics Secures $40M in Funding
EFFECT Photonics, a developer of highly integrated optical technologies, has secured $40 million in funding from a group of investors led by Invest-NL and Innovation Industries, along with other...
Panasonic Boosts Hyperspectral Sensitivity with Compressed Sensing
Researchers from Panasonic have developed hyperspectral imaging technology by applying compressed sensing — a method that enables differentiation of slight color differences and enables the...
BluGlass Names its Company President Haden as CEO
Semiconductor technology company BluGlass Ltd. has appointed company president Jim Haden to the position of CEO. Haden joined the company in September 2021. BluGlass named laser industry veteran and...
Nokia, Ayar Labs Among Industry Players to Detail Milestones: Week in Brief: 03/03/23
Hamamatsu Photonics started construction on a factory at its Shingai site in Japan. The new site will serve to increase overall construction capacity in the post-processing (dicing, assembly, and...
Quanergy Completes Chapter 11 Sale
A group of investors that includes former Quanergy Systems Inc. board member Tamer Hassanein is the winning bidder of the assets of lidar technology company Quanergy, as awarded in an auction...
Luminar Event Reveals New Tech Plus Partnerships, Direction
Lidar technology company Luminar unveiled new sensor technology, partnerships, and initiatives at its Luminar Day event, held Feb. 28. The company showcased its newly introduced Iris+ sensor and...
Creaform Opens Repair Center
Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK and a provider of portable 3D measurement technology and engineering services, has opened a 660-sq-m repair center next to its office in Fontaine, France. The...
Research & Technology
Reusable Substrate Enhances Raman Signal by Factor of 50
Materials scientists at Kiel University have developed a photoinduced enhanced Raman spectroscopy (PIERS) method to detect analytes at concentrations one to three orders of magnitude lower than that...
Shortwave IR Imaging Aids in Tumor Identification
A method combining highly detailed, real-time images within the body with shortwave infrared (SWIR) light has been used for the first time during surgery to differentiate cancerous tumors and healthy...
3D Printing Eases Electronic Device Implantation
A team led by researchers at Lancaster University has developed a method to 3D-print flexible electronics using a conducting polymer, and the team has demonstrated a method to directly print these...
Freeform Illuminators Spur Computational Microscopy Efficiency Gains
To further the use of programmable illumination for computational microscopy methods, researchers at the University of Connecticut constructed, calibrated, and tested freeform illuminators in...
Algorithm Computationally Fuses Classical, Quantum Imaging
Researchers from Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines have developed an efficient and robust algorithm that fuses quantum and classical information for high-quality imaging....
Transient Absorption Helps Distinguish Excitation Values
Since the 1970s, researchers have struggled with the same problem: Shining a laser on a sample can excite it not just once, but several times per experiment. As a result, measurement results of the...
Machine Learning Enhances Light-Field Imaging-Based Method
Researchers from The Rockefeller University have developed an imaging technique that could allow scientists to penetrate the depth and breadth of the cortical areas of the brain at peak resolution,...
Metamaterials Enable Time Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves
The reflected images produced when we look at a mirror are caused by electromagnetic lightwaves bouncing off the mirrored surface and creating the common phenomenon called spatial reflection....
On-Chip Metrology Links Nobel Prize-Winning Optical Techniques
A team from Delft University of Technology has developed on-chip technology to measure distances in materials in materials at high precision — for example, underwater or for medical imaging....
Chip-Scale Spectrometer Points to Portable Instrumentation
Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed an approach to chip-scale spectrometry that offers both high spectral resolution and optical bandwidth. The researchers designed and...
Hybrid Platform Characterizes Tunable Laser Advancement
Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and IBM have developed an ultrafast, tunable, hybrid laser based on lithium niobate (LiNbO3) that could...
Experiment Validates Stimulated Emission for Single Photons
Scientists at the University of Sydney and the University of Basel have demonstrated the ability to manipulate and identify small numbers of interacting photons with high correlation. The...
Wavefront Shaping Improves Tissue Imaging for Disease Detection
Wavefront shaping is used to reverse the optical distortion caused by Earth’s atmosphere and provide clear images of distant planets. Beyond astronomy, wavefront shaping in biomedicine is...
Dual-Property Coating Combats Fog, Reflections at Same Time
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena developed an optical coating system that combines...
Topology-Based Fiber Ensures Robust Performance Amid Distortions
Researchers at the University of Bath fabricated optical fiber that hosts topological supermodes across multiple light-guiding cores. The topological protection of the fibers prevents changes to the...
Researchers Shrink Dimensions in Which Light Can Be Confined
The degree to which light can be confined determines the intensity and precision of light-based devices. It also sets the limits within which nanoparticles can be observed. For these reasons, finding...
Superresolution Captures Conformational Changes in Proteins
Researchers led by Nobel laureate Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research have developed a superresolution microscope with a spatiotemporal precision of 1 nm/ms. The work builds...
Graphene Properties Add Axial Resolution Precision to 3D Imaging
Researchers at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) combined pulsed-interleaved MINFLUX (pMINFLUX) nanoscopy with a newly developed method for axial resolution that exploits the special...
First Heart Patients Diagnosed Using Ultrathin Fiber Optic Sensor
Medical personnel have used a fiber optics sensors-based diagnostic technology to detect the causes of heart disease for the first time in patients. The device, developed by University College London...
Large-Aperture Metalens Images Lunar Surface
Researchers at Penn State have developed a metalens that is large enough to be put into a telescope, and used the optic to image the moon's surface. The metalens, which the researchers used to create...
Researchers Create Single-Photon Emitters at Desired Positions
Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TU Dresden, and Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) have demonstrated the controlled creation of single-photon...
Method Measures Electron Dynamics in Semiconductor Materials
The properties and performance of semiconductor chips powering modern technologies are ultimately determined by free electrons. With the continued miniaturization of electronic and photonic devices,...
acquisitions
University of Twente Opens Bioimaging Center: Week in Brief: 03/31/23
The University of Twente opened its BioImaging Centre, which serves as the core facility for microscopy at the university’s Technical Medical Centre. The facility is equipped with confocal fluorescence and Raman microscopy systems, as well as a TomoCube HT-X1 system that can be used to create 3D images of living cells. The facility is available to university researchers and members of the...
Products
Surface-Emitting Laser
GLASGOW, Scotland., March 31, 2023 — An uncooled continuous wave photonic crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) from Vector Photonics is targeted for the interconnects, silicon photonics, and co-packaged optics used in datacenter applications. The uncooled, 1 W, 1310 nm semiconductor laser’s optical power increases over incumbent distributed feedback technology. The laser additionally has a symmetrical far-field which...
Vector Photonics Ltd.
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Edge-Emitting Laser Diode
PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, March 31, 2023 — The SPL S1L90H_3 surface-mount edge-emitting laser diode from ams OSRAM is a space-saving device featuring a narrow 110-µm aperture. Easing optical integration in long-distance lidar...
ams OSRAM
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High-power LEDs
DURHAM, N.C., March 31, 2023 — J Series® 5050C E-Class LEDs from Cree LED Inc. feature long lifetimes for directional lighting applications. The advanced LEDs are designed with corrosion resistance for the most...
Cree LED Inc.
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Silicon Photonics Fiber Arrays
LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2023 — Silicon photonics fiber arrays from POINTek support the back-end packaging for various PICs. The arrays come in two designs — single mode and polarization maintaining — with various...
POINTek Inc.
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CW-WDM Laser
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 30, 2023 — The Laser-1301 PXIe module (Laser 1300 Series) from Quantifi Photonics is a compact and scalable CW-WDM MSA-compliant laser test source designed to enable the CW-WDM ecosystem and accelerate the...
Quantifi Photonics Ltd.
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Label Inspection System
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., March 30, 2023 — Sobel Imaging Systems’ complete label inspection includes easy-to-use software for setting up desired label inspections, image acquisition, the controller, and operator interface terminal...
Sobel Imaging Systems Inc.
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Glass Polarizers
BEDFORD, N.H., March 29, 2023 — LASER COMPONENTS’ Ultrathin 90 µm colorPol® polarizers provide high transmission efficiencies and contrast ratio in telecommunications applications. The novel dichroic glass...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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Electro-Optics Platform
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29, 2023 — Marvell Technology announced its Nova™ 1.6 Tbps PAM4 electro-optics platform that enables 51.2 Tbps switching for cloud AI/ML and data center network applications. The platform is powered by a...
Marvell Technology Inc.
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Laser Diode
TOKYO, March 29, 2023 — Mitsubishi Electric’s 200 Gbps (112 Gbaud four-level pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM4)) electro-absorption modulator laser diode (EML) chip doubles the speed of the company's existing 100 Gbps...
Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
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Ultrashort Pulse Lasers
FARMINGTON, Conn., March 28, 2023 — The TruMicro 6020 and TruMicro 2030 ultrashort pulse lasers from TRUMPF enable high-energy wavelengths for varying needs. With 100 W, the TruMicro 2000 series is a powerful industrial...
TRUMPF Inc.
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VCSEL and Photodiode Arrays
PITTSBURGH, March 28, 2023 — Coherent’s 100 G PAM4 VCSEL and Photodiode Arrays for 800 G Transceivers and Active Optical Cables are engineered for 800 G short-reach datacom pluggable transceivers and active optical cables...
Coherent Corp.
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Thin-Film Metrology System
DEXTER, Mich., March 28, 2023 — The kSA XRF (X-ray fluorescence) tool from k-Space measures film thicknesses below 100 nanometers for applications in coated glass and solar panels. The system uses an X-ray source, detector, and...
k-Space Associates Inc.
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Embedded Industrial PC Unit
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 27, 2023 — The BOXER-6451-ADP from AAEON offers 10 cores and 12 threads of processing power in a compact 7.48" × 4.37" × 2.5" (190 mm × 111 mm × 63.5 mm) model. The unit contains a...
AAEON Technology Inc.
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Electron Beam Metrology System
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 27, 2023 — Applied Materials’ VeritySEM® 10 CD-SEM metrology system is designed to precisely measure the critical dimensions of semiconductor device features patterned with EUV and emerging High-NA...
Applied Materials
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Laser Scanner Controller
GARCHING, Germany, March 27, 2023 — The ScannerControlBox (SCB) compact scanner controller from Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH permits the integration of a welding system in automatic production systems and robot cells. The controller...
Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH
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Transceiver
CAMARILLO, Calif., March 24, 2023 — The LoRa® Connect LR1121 transceiver from Semtech Corp. provides multiband versatility permitting for single, low-power chip use. The device is pin compatible with current LoRa Edge™...
Semtech Corp.
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Fiber Lasers
FARMINGTON, Conn., March 24, 2023 — TruFiber S fiber lasers from TRUMPF are multipurpose tools for welding and cutting thick, thin, and particularly challenging materials. With up to 6 kW of power output and an array of optics,...
TRUMPF Inc.
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3D Camera Software
OSLO, Norway, March 24, 2023 — The Zivid 2.9 software development kit preview for the One+ and Two industrial color 3D cameras deliver point cloud quality, high speed, and ease of use. The software has a range of filter...
Zivid
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Laser Cutting Scanning System
LUNEBURG, Germany, March 23, 2023 — eurolaser GmbH’s POSITIONplus professional camera system provides efficient and precise processing of printed materials, increasing process speed, and expanding processing possibilities. ...
eurolaser GmbH
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Electro-absorption Modulated Laser
TOKYO, March 23, 2023 — The FOL13EBxCS electro-absorption modulated laser from Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. features an integrated semiconductor optical amplifier. By realizing both high optical output power of 50 Gbaud...
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
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Motorized Stepper Stage
ROCKLAND, Mass., March 23, 2023 — The HT11300KTNL motorized stepper stage from Prior Scientific Inc. can be used to automate the XY scanning of larger samples used in electrophysiology, multiphoton, and industrial applications. ...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Fan-Out-Package-on-Package
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 22, 2023 — The Fan-Out-Package-on-Package (FOPoP) solution from Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. is designed to lower latency and deliver bandwidth advantages for the dynamic mobile and networking...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE)
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IR Detectors and Arrays
SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 22, 2023 — TrinamiX polycrystalline lead sulfide (PbS) and lead selenide (PbSe) IR detectors and arrays from Electro Optical Components Inc. feature encapsulation for direct mounting on printed circuit boards....
Electro Optical Components Inc.
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Line Scan Camera
PORT COQUITLAM, British Columbia, March 22, 2023 — The Pinnacle LZ-16KG5 100 GigE line scan camera from Emergent Vision Technologies Inc. reaches a top single line rate of 400 KHz and a trilinear rate of 133 KHz. Available in monochrome and...
Emergent Vision Technologies Inc.
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Coherent Digital Signal Processor
YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 21, 2023 — The ExaSPEED GAIA coherent digital signal processor (DSP) from NTT Electronics Corp. provides a transmission capacity of 1.2 Tbit/s/wavelength by utilizing a programmable baud rate of up to 140 Gbaud...
NTT Innovative Devices Corp.
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3D Inspection Sensors
WOLFRATSHAUSEN, Germany, March 21, 2023 — The ECCO 85+ range of 3D sensors from SmartRay GmbH provides 3D image quality for reliable inspection and measurement. The economic and compact sensors are placed within an industrial compact...
SmartRay GmbH
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3D Profile Sensors
WATERLOO, Ontario, March 21, 2023 — Z-Trak™ LP2C 3D profile sensors from Teledyne DALSA are designed for in-line 3D measurement and inspection applications. The devices deliver 4096 samples/profile and an x resolution down...
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Athermal Arrayed Waveguide Gratings
SEONGNAM, South Korea, March 20, 2023 — Low-profile athermal arrayed waveguide grating (AAWG) bricks and modules from POINTek Inc. features a ½-in. height housing for high-density fiber management. The low-profile AAWG bricks,...
POINTek Inc.
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Quantum Software
CANBERRA, Australia, March 20, 2023 — The Qristal software suite from Quantum Brilliance enables R&D teams to explore integrating quantum systems in real-world applications. Developers and researchers can develop and test novel...
Quantum Brilliance Pty. Ltd.
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AI Detection and Tracking Software
GOLETA, Calif., March 20, 2023 — Enhanced Prism™ AI detection and tracking software from Teledyne FLIR improves inference performance for perception development. A compact artificial intelligence model provides...
Teledyne FLIR
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Wavelength Selective Switch
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 17, 2023 — The TrueFlex® Micro Twin 2 x 34 integrated C and L Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) from Lumentum Holdings Inc. enables provisioning of the C- and L-band spectrums of the optical fiber for a...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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Area Scan Camera
UNTERSCHLEISSHEIM, Germany, March 17, 2023 — The EoSens 10CCX12-FM 10 MP area scan camera from Mikrotron GmbH features a global shutter for demanding vision applications in industrial inspection, life science imaging, and 4K video applications...
Mikrotron GmbH
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Artificial Intelligence Platform
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 17, 2023 — The Nuvo-9160GC wide-temperature edge artificial intelligence (AI) platform from Neousys Technology Inc. uses the Intel® 12th-Gen platform and an 130-W NVIDIA RTX™ GPU card. Featuring...
Neousys Technology America Inc.
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Linear Drive Optical Cable
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 16, 2023 — The Optical Direct Attach Cable (oDAC™) from Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technology Co. Ltd. is an 800-G linear driver optical cable for artificial intelligence and machine learning...
Hisense Broadband Inc.
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Thin-film Lithium Niobate Transmitter Chips
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 16, 2023 — Thin-film lithium niobate photonic integrated circuit (PIC) transmitter chips from HyperLight support 200 Gbits/lane in direct-detection datacenter transceivers and 1.6 Tbits/wavelength in coherent...
Hyperlight Corp.
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Flow Cytometry Optical Filters
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 16, 2023 — The Semrock® line of Nanopede™ optical filters from IDEX Health & Science LLC are designed for flow cytometry applications. Covering the visible spectrum in 20-nm full-width,...
IDEX Health & Science - Semrock Optical Filters
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Item Detection System
NATICK, Mass., March 15, 2023 — The In-Sight 2800 Detector from Cognex Corp. is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based item detection system to improve logistics operations with edge learning. Simple setup and robust...
Cognex Corp.
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Optical Transceivers
CHENGDU, China, March 15, 2023 — Eoptolink Technology Inc. Ltd. has extended its optical transceiver portfolio to include 800-, 400-, and 100-G multimode bidirectional (BIDI) models. The 800- and 400-G versions are available...
Eoptolink Technology Inc. Ltd.
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Frequency Extender
VIENNA, Austria, March 14, 2023 — Anritsu Co. and Virginia Diodes Inc.’s frequency extender modules for the Rubidium™ line of signal generators bring high performance to sub-THz applications. Covering 50 to 1100...
Anritsu EMEA GmbH
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Fixed-mount Barcode Reader
NATICK, Mass., March 14, 2023 — The DataMan® 282 fixed-mount barcode reader from Cognex Corp. provides enhanced direct-part mark code reading. Robust multicolor and dome lighting increases read rates and throughput on...
Cognex Corp.
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Electro-absorption Modulated Laser
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 14, 2023 — ElectroPhotonic-IC Inc.’s high-speed electro-absorption modulator laser can be used for 800-Gb/s and 1.6-Tb/s modules in datacenter applications. By integrating optical and electronic...
ElectroPhotonic-IC Inc.
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Time of Flight Camera
CHENNAI, India, March 10, 2023 — The DepthVista_MIPI_IRD Time of Flight camera from e-con Systems provides precise 3D depth measurement for the NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Orin™ and AGX Xavier™ modules. It comes with a...
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
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Kinetic Plate Imager
SHIZUOKA, Japan, March 10, 2023 — The FDSS-GX kinetic plate imager from Hamamatsu Photonics KK is designed for kinetic cell-based assay development including G-protein-coupled receptors or ion channel research and screening for drug...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Swept Photonics Analyzer
KOMAKI, Japan, March 10, 2023 — The SPA-100 Swept Photonics Analyzer from Santec Corp. uses optical frequency domain reflectometry technology to analyze fiber optic and photonic devices with a spatial resolution of 5 μm or...
Santec Corp.
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Comb Laser Source
GRENOBLE, France, March 10, 2023 — A 100-GHz Distributed Feedback (DFFB) Comb Laser Source from Scintil Photonics is a fully integrated single chip that achieves 100-GHz frequency spacing for high-performance computing and artificial...
SCINTIL Photonics SAS
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High-Speed Camera
WAYNE, N.J., March 10, 2023 — The Phantom T4040 high-speed camera from Vision Research Inc. features a back side illuminated (BSI) 2560 × 1664 sensor that maximizes light sensitivity with a peak quantum efficiency of...
Vision Research Inc., Phantom Digital High-Speed Cameras
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Photonic Device Design Platform
BERLIN, March 10, 2023 — Version 2.5 of the VPIdeviceDesigner software from VPIphotonics GmbH provides Python-driven design framework for photonic devices. The easy-to-use photonic device design platform combines a set...
VPIphotonics GmbH
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FTIR Spectrometer
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 10, 2023 — The IR5 Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer from Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. is a high-performance benchtop instrument that can be configured with a second detector or with...
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.
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Opal Diffusers
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 10, 2023 — Opal Diffusers from Precision Glass & Optics is made from opal glass for applications in which a uniform white light is needed. The glass can be polished to any thickness and/or bonded to...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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LiFi Antenna
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 10, 2023 — The Light Antenna ONE LiFi module from pureLifi is a wireless communications antenna that enable LiFi in connected devices and smartphones. By harnessing the light spectrum, the optoelectrical...
pureLiFi
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Optical Module
GRENOBLE, France, March 10, 2023 — The Optimom 1.5 M from Teledyne e2v Ltd. is a turnkey optical module that can be instantly integrated into vision systems. The complete board-level vision extension is made to accelerate...
Teledyne e2v France
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Digital Signal Processor
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 10, 2023 — The Keystone family of digital signal processors (DSPs) from MaxLinear are 5 nm CMOS 800 G PAM4 digital signal processors (DSPs) designed for hyperscale datacenter applications. The technology is...
MaxLinear Inc.
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InP-based Modulator
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 10, 2023 — OpenLight’s 224 G InP-based modulator is designed for use with Tower Semiconductor’s PH18DA platform. This new 224 G modulator is integrated on a demonstration PIC with a heterogeneous...
OpenLight Photonics
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Chiplet Transmitter
TORONTO, March 10, 2023 — POET Technologies’ POET Infinity™ is a chiplet-based transmitter platform for 400 G, 800 G and 1.6 T pluggable transceivers and co-packaged optics solutions. The device incorporates 100 G...
POET Technologies
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Optical Receiver and Signal Analysis Software
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 10, 2023 — The IQRX-1005 from Quantifi Photonics is a coherent optical receiver designed to enable coherent signal testing in the O-band, typically reserved for long-haul telecom applications. VISIQ™,...
Quantifi Photonics Ltd.
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Compact Modular Transport Platform
PLANO, Texas, March 10, 2023 — Ribbon Communications’ Apollo OT9408 platform is a next generation compact modular transport platform designed to enable both capacity-reach optimized and cost-power optimized solutions that...
Ribbon Communications Inc.
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Combo Chip and Amplifier
CAMARILLO, Calif., March 10, 2023 — Semtech’s PON-X GN28L98 combo chip and the PON-X GN28L54A 10 G transimpedance amplifier devices are designed for 10 G PON Optical Network Units applications. The PON-X GN28L98 optimizes...
Semtech Corp.
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Ethernet Testing Platform
CHANDLER, Ariz., March 10, 2023 — Viavi Solutions’ High-Speed Ethernet Platform is a multiport solution that complements the physical layer testing capabilities of the VIAVI ONT-800 Platform. The HSE provides IC, module and...
VIAVI Solutions Inc.
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Optical and Electrical Interconnects
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 9, 2023 — MaxLinear and Colorchip’s complete line of optical and electrical interconnect solutions for data center applications are based on MaxLinear’s 5 nm Keystone family of DSPs. Leveraging the...
MaxLinear Inc.
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Optical Transceivers
SUZHOU, China, March 9, 2023 — InnoLight Technology’s OSFP-XD DR8+ module combines state-of-the-art 200 G per lane optical technologies and industry-leading digital signal processing techniques. The module delivers up to 1.6...
Innolight Technology
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Multi-Band Light Source
TOKYO, March 9, 2023 — Furukawa’s ultra-small narrow linewidth tunable light source supports the super C-band and L-band in addition to the current C-band. The Nano-ITLA’s extended bandwidth offers more usable...
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
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Pluggable Optics
CHENGDU, China, March 9, 2023 — Eoptolink Technology’s 800 G Linear-drive Pluggable Optics (LPOs) are designed without DSPs or CDRs, resulting in significantly lower power consumption and dramatically reduce latency compared...
Eoptolink Technology Inc. Ltd.
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Optical Transport
DALLAS, March 9, 2023 — DZS’ Cloud Edge Portfolio has been expanded to include the DZS Xtreme Transport. DZS Xtreme Transport utilizes standards-compliant models and APIs from established standards bodies such as the...
DZS Inc.
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Laser Source Module
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 9, 2023 — Casela Technologies’ multifiber external laser source (ELS) modules operate at 1310 nm and CWDM4 wavelengths. The module uses blind mate optical and electrical connectors supporting Optical...
Casela Technologies Corp.
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Servo Drives
BEDFORD, Mass., March 9, 2023 — The Denali Series is a line of compact, ultrafast servo drives from Celera Motion. The series features two versions: the Denali XCR, and the Denali NET. The XCR model is a miniature, ready-to-use...
Celera Motion, Precision Motion
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Continuous Wave Distributed Feedback Laser
PITTSBURGH, March 9, 2023 — The 1300-nm high-power continuous wave distributed feedback laser diodes for Coherent are designed for use with silicon photonics-based pluggable transceivers. The lasers are designed to enable 400 G...
Coherent Corp.
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Optical Processors and Analyzer
PITTSBURGH, March 9, 2023 — The WaveShaper® 1000B and 4000B and WaveAnalyzer™ 400A/Super-C from Coherent are designed for operation across the super C-band. The WaveShaper® 1000B and 4000B are programmable optical...
Coherent Corp.
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Confocal Raman Spectrometer
SAN DIMAS, Calif., March 9, 2023 — CRAIC Technologies’ Apollo M™ is a confocal Raman microspectrometer that adds to an optical microscope setup, enabling the user to measure Raman spectra of microscopic samples. Designed...
CRAIC Technologies
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Portable 3D Laser Scanner
LEVIS, Québec, March 9, 2023 — The HandySCAN BLACK™|Elite Limited achieves an accuracy of 0.012 mm and a volumetric accuracy of 0.012 mm +0.020 mm/m. It uses 11 blue laser crosses to provide increased scanning speed on...
Creaform Inc.
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Pico Tunable Laser Assembly
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 9, 2023 — EFFECT Photonics has developed a Pico Tunable Laser Assembly (pTLA) to address demand for 100 G coherent transceivers in access networks. The technology supports both commercial- and...
EFFECT Photonics
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Light Inverted Microscope
WETZLAR, Germany, March 9, 2023 — Leica Microsystems’ Mateo TL is a digital transmitted light inverted microscope for cell culture routine. Setup of the microscope can be achieved in under one minute. Once set up, cell culture...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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Laser Line Profilers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 9, 2023 — LMI Technologies’ Gocator® 2540/50 is a wide field of view 3D laser line profile sensor. The profilers are capable of 10,000 profiles per second including 3D measurement. They feature a...
LMI Technologies Inc.
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Performance LEDs
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 9, 2023 — High efficacy 7070 mid-power LEDs are designed for high-performance and long-term reliability. The MP-7070 LEDs are available in both a 12 V (MP-7070-4600 series) and 36 V (MP 7070-T200 series) and...
Luminus Devices Inc.
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Sapphire Medical Optics
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 9, 2023 — Meller Optics' sapphire lenses, windows, and prisms are designed for use in medical lasers, endoscopes, oximeters, and other instruments. Meller Sapphire Medical Optics are suited for instruments in...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Optical Communications Modem
LEESBURG, Va., March 9, 2023 — The qBeam FSOC modem from qBeam Inc. is designed to maximize the benefits of free space optical communication technology. The device includes forward error correction tailored to the optical...
qBeam Inc.
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Tunable Laser System
IRVINE, Calif., March 9, 2023 — The Tunable Laser System from Spectrolight Inc. is an all-in-one tunable light source system that enables precise selection of a broad spectral range from 410 to 1650 nm and easy bandwidth adjustment...
SPECTROLIGHT Inc.
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Videoscope
GOLETA, Calif., March 9, 2023 — The Extech HDV700 videoscope from Teledyne FLIR inspects hard-to-reach areas in support of automotive, building inspection, plumbing, manufacturing, and HVAC industries. Weighing 705 g, it...
Teledyne FLIR
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IR Thermal Imaging Optics
NORTH LOGAN, Utah, March 8, 2023 — Extended-range, compact IR thermal imaging optics lenses from Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd. and MKS Instruments Inc. are high-performance, continuous zoom lenses for air defense systems. IR...
Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd., Optics Group
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Multimode Plate Reader
WALTHAM, Mass., March 8, 2023 — The EnVison® Nexus™ Multimode Plate Reader from PerkinElmer Inc. drives improved research and discovery workflows for demanding high-throughput screening applications and drug discovery...
PerkinElmer US LLC
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GigE Vision Embedded Interface
OTTOWA, Ontario, March 8, 2023 — The iPORT NTx-Deca embedded interface from Pleora Technologies Inc. is a GigE Vision standard compliant solution that ensures interoperability in multi-vendor systems. Sensors can connect...
Pleora Technologies Inc.
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Integrated Silicon Platform
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, March 8, 2023 — Tower Semiconductor, with Quintessent, has established heterogeneous integration of GaAs quantum dot lasers and a foundry silicon photonics platform (PH18DB). The PH18DB platform is targeted for...
Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
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Optical Transceiver
ANDOVER, Mass., March 8, 2023 — SiFotonics Technologies' 400G-ER4-30 QSFP-DD optical transceivers solution enables 400 G transmission over 30 km and is designed in compliance with newly released specifications defined by 100 G...
SiFotonics Technologies (USA) Inc.
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Tunable Optical Transceivers
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 8, 2023 — A range of full band optical tunable transceivers includes 10 G optical transport network (OTN) SFP+, 25 G T-SFP28, and 100 G coherent CFP2-DCO bi-directional (BiDi) transceiver modules. Additionally...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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Active Optical Cables
SAN DIEGO, March 8, 2023 — An active optical cable (AOC) family is designed for disaggregated data center and cloud environments. The cables boost bandwidth with minimum latency and reduced power consumption. The AOC family...
Jabil Inc.
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FPGA Transceivers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 8, 2023 — Intel’s Agilex 7 FPGAs with F-Tile provide flexible hardware solutions, delivering up to 116 Gbps and hardened 400 G Ethernet IP. Built on Intel’s 10-nm SuperFin process technology,...
Intel Corp.
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Optical Data and Power Link
HERISAU, Switzerland, March 8, 2023 — HUBER+SUHNER’s Global Navigation Satellite System and Power-over-Fiber solution uses fiber optics as a means of power for the antenna for cost and time savings during installation and...
HUBER+SUHNER AG, Fiber Optics
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Digital Signal Processor
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 8, 2023 — A 5-nm 100 G/lane optical PAM-4 DSP PHY with integrated transimpedance amplifier and laser driver, the BCM85812 is optimized for 800 G DR8, 2 × 400 G FR4 and 800 G AOC module applications....
Broadcom Inc.
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Uncooled Quantum Dot Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 8, 2023 — Developed in partnership with Innolume, Alfalume's O-band high-power InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot DFB lasers operate at a power level of 250 mW at 85 ºC, without requiring thermoelectric coolers, which...
Alfalume Inc.
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Optical Circuit Switch
CAMBRIDGE, England, March 7, 2023 — The POLATIS 576 software-defined optical circuit switch from HUBER+SUHNER AG features a modular architecture for network environments. To protect mission-critical services, the device can be...
HUBER+SUHNER Polatis
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Fiber Access Platform
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 7, 2023 — The SDX 6330 10-Gbit/s combo passive optical network (PON) fiber access platform from Adtran Inc. enables service providers to rapidly and cost effectively connect homes and businesses with...
Adtran Inc.
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Distributed Feedback Lasers
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 7, 2023 — With high-power conversion efficiency and optical power, Casela Technologies Corp.’s 1310-nm band high-power, continuous-wave distributed feedback (DFB) lasers are designed for silicon...
Casela Technologies Corp.
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Electro-optic Modulators
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 7, 2023 — The 110-GHz electro-optic modulators from HyperLight Corp. are packaged with standard fiber and microwave connectors operating at the 1310-, 1550-, and 1600-nm wavelength bands. They feature...
Hyperlight Corp.
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Compact Modular Platform
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2023 — Supported in the GX Series Compact Modular Platform from Infinera Corp. is the ICE7 high-performance 1.2-Tb/s optical engine with a multi-haul optical line system, providing network operators with a...
Infinera Corp.
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Process Design Kit Sampler
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 7, 2023 — The Process Design Kit (PDK) Sampler from OpenLight Photonics Inc. offers lab-testing flexibility and design accuracy for PDK elements. The die-level photonic integrated circuit contains...
OpenLight Photonics
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Water Sensor
TORRANCE, Calif., March 7, 2023 — The Apollo Water Sensor platform from Intelligent Optical Systems Inc. is an optode-based sensing platform designed for sensitive measurements in challenging environments. With low size,...
Intelligent Optical Systems Inc. (IOS)
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Coherent Optics
ESPOO, Finland, March 7, 2023 — The PSE-6s super-coherent photonic service engine from Nokia reduces power consumption for optical transport networks. The engine supports the efficient delivery of high-speed services...
Nokia
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Optical Engine
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., March 7, 2023 — The Nubis XT1600™ optical engine from Nubis Communications Inc. features a total received and transmitted capacity of 1.6 Tbps over 16 fiber pairs. The device allows full fan-out and...
Nubis Communications Inc.
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Stochastic Measurement Device
AUSTIN, Texas, March 6, 2023 — The FAME™ 300 from Fractilia LLC provides real-time measurement, detection, and monitoring of stochastic defects, helping high-volume manufacturing facilities identify potential process...
Fractilia LLC
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Optical Transport Platform
TOKYO, March 6, 2023 — The 1FINITY™ Ultra Optical System from Fujitsu Ltd. is a reliable optical transport platform delivering performance and scalability with data rates of 1.2 Tbps on a single wavelength, with...
Fujitsu Optical Components Ltd.
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Wafer ID Sensor
DRESDEN, Germany, March 6, 2023 — The WID120 Wafer ID Reader from HTT High Tech Trade GmbH features RGB illumination with up to 18 different light modes. Fully automatic light control and intelligent configuration handling...
HTT High Tech Trade GmbH
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Dermatologic Laser
LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 3, 2023 — The Waterlase Fractional Handpiece from Biolase Inc. is a dermatologic laser for skin resurfacing featuring an erbium, chromium, yttrium, scandium, gallium, garnet (Er,Cr:YSGG) laser and water...
BIOLASE Inc.
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Wideband Telemetry Model
SAXONBURG, Pa., March 3, 2023 — The UWB-OCM ultra-wideband telemetry module from Coherent Corp. is an optical channel monitor designed for next-generation C+L-band optical transport systems. Based on a tunable filter that can...
Coherent Corp.
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Fast-axis Collimators
XI’AN, China, March 3, 2023 — The Blue FAC 300 fast-axis collimators for high-power blue diode lasers from Focuslight Technologies Inc. feature an effective focal length of 0.3 mm and a plano-convex design. With a 4 ×...
Focuslight Technologies Inc.
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Wafer Vision Inspection Handler
PENANG, Malaysia, March 2, 2023 — The Wi8i G2 PRO Wafer Vision Inspection Handler from ViTrox Technologies Sdn. Bhd. is an advanced wafer inspection solution for flexibility in wafer handling and use in different semiconductor...
ViTrox Technologies
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Optical Transponder
REDMOND, Wash., March 2, 2023 — The DQT400 12-port optical transponder from XKL LLC is an expansion mode that triples capacity on the DQT400 four-port launch. The DQT400-12 provides users with configuration options including...
XKL LLC
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Wafer Quality Measurement Tool
ZHUBEI CITY, Taiwan, March 2, 2023 — The TZ6000 nondestructive wafer quality measurement tool from ACE Solution Co. Ltd. is incorporated with TeraView’s TeraPulse Lx technologies for use in the compound semiconductor industry. ...
ACE Solution Co. Ltd.
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UV-C LEDs
BRISBANE, Australia, March 1, 2023 — The SF1-3T9B5L1 and SN3-5T9B5L1 UV-C LEDs from Silanna UV feature the TO-Can package format to protect sensitive semiconductor components within the package. The SF1-3T9B5L1 is a far UV-C...
Silanna UV
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Refractometers
VANTAA, Finland, March 1, 2023 — Polaris™ Process Refractometers from Vaisala Oyj are designed to optimize industrial manufacturing processes. The devices are used for inline liquid concentration measurements for various...
Vaisala Inc.
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System on Module
LOD, Israel, March 1, 2023 — The VAR-SOM-MX93 System on Module from Variscite Ltd. is based on the NXP i.MX93 application processor for smart edge systems. The module runs on a 1.7-GHz Dual Cortex™-A55 NXP iMX93...
Variscite Ltd.
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