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IPG on Track with $318.4M in Revenue for Third Quarter IPG Photonics Corp. generated $318.4 million in total revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30, the company reported, surpassing its guidance range and the Zacks consensus estimate (ZCE). Earnings per diluted share (EPS) were reported at 66 cents, off the ZCE by 23 cents. Non-GAAP EPS of $1.29 beat the ZCE by 37 cents. IPG had expected revenue in the range of $280 million to $310 million, with EPS...
CEA-Leti to Build Quantum Photonics Platform CEA-Leti announced plans to build a quantum photonics platform to develop technologies for industries requiring ultrasecure data transmission. The project is funded by Carnot, a French...
Demand for Consumer Tech, E-Commerce Propel Cognex to 'Fantastic Quarter' Strong earnings in consumer technology, logistics, and e-commerce, highlighted by Greater-China-based customers generating a three-month, year-over-year revenue increase of more than 150%, propelled...
Cognex Profitable as Machine Vision Systems Manufacturer Reports Third-Quarter Earnings Cognex reported third-quarter revenue of $251.1 million, surpassing analysts’ and internal estimates for the period ending Sept. 27. The reported revenue of the Natick, Mass.-based machine...
LaserNetUS Awarded $18M by US DOE The U.S. Department of Energy announced $18 million in funding for LaserNetUS, a network of 10 high-intensity laser facilities at national laboratories and universities in the United States and...
EnPro Completes Acquisition of Alluxa EnPro Industries announced that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Alluxa. The closing was announced Oct. 27. Alluxa specializes in optical fibers, filters, and coatings for the...
Brad Sherrard Named Chief Revenue Officer at Quanergy Quanergy Systems Inc., a producer and developer of lidar sensors and smart perception technology, appointed Brad Sherrard to the position of chief revenue officer. Sherrard will lead the...
Third-Quarter Semiconductor Market Performance Drives MKS Instruments Past Projections MKS Instruments reported quarterly consolidated revenue of $589.8 million, up 28% year over year and nearly $46 million from last quarter. The company reported non-GAAP net earnings per share (EPS)...
Himanshu Jain Named 2020 N.F. Mott Award Recipient Himanshu Jain, T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh University, has been named as the recipient of the 2020...
Corning Beats Projections, Reports Strong Third-Quarter Results Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. reported third-quarter GAAP net sales of just over $3 billion, beating 2019’s third-quarter mark of $2.93 million by 2%. GAAP earnings per share (EPS) totaled...
Continental Expands Lidar Portfolio Through AEye Investment Automotive company Continental signed an agreement for a minority investment in California-based lidar company AEye. The companies will jointly develop a high-performance long-range lidar sensor...
Nanohmics to Test Hyperspectral Imager on International Space Station Nanohmics Inc., in collaboration with the University of Maryland and the NASA Langley Research Center, will send a prototype compact hyperspectral imager to the International Space Station (ISS)...
AI, Robotics Spinoff Takes Aim at Road Maintenance The University of Liverpool, in partnership with A2E Ltd., an electronic hardware and software design company, formed Robotiz3d Ltd. The joint venture spinoff company will commercialize patented...
Corning Partners with Pixelligent on AR/MR Optics Corning Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with compound material supplier Pixelligent to further the development of augmented reality/mixed reality (AR/MR) optics. The collaboration aims to...
Max Planck, University of Ottawa Collaboration Extended Five Years The Max Planck Society announced an extended, five-year round of funding for the Max Planck—University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics (MPC-EQP). The international...
Teledyne Reports Third-Quarter Sales Decrease, Beats Projections Teledyne Technologies Inc. reported third-quarter 2020 net sales of $749 million, and a year-over-year decrease of 6.6%, compared to third-quarter net sales of $802.2 million for the third quarter of...
Luxinar Expands North American Presence Luxinar announced the establishment of a sales and service office located in Shelby Charter Township, Mich. The expansion aims to provide better support for the company’s North American...
SMART Global Holdings to Purchase Cree LED Products Business SMART Global Holdings Inc. entered into an agreement with Cree Inc. to purchase the Cree LED Products business. The acquisition is valued at up to $300 million. SMART, a developer of electronics...
Photonics Digital Innovation Hub Lands $22.5M Investment PhotonHub Europe, a newly established pan-European photonics digital innovation hub, has been awarded a €19 million investment from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. The hub will...
Convergent Photonics Awarded $2.5M for Manufacturing Center Convergent Photonics has been awarded a $2,581,109 grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative to support the development of an advanced manufacturing center in partnership with...
Inaugural Photonics Spectra Conference to Highlight Innovations in Lasers, Optics, More The first Photonics Spectra Conference is set for Jan. 19-22, featuring presentations in four tracks: lasers, optics, biomedical imaging, and spectroscopy. Each day-long program will feature a...
World’s Most Powerful Laser Posts Milestone Engineers of the dual-arm, 10-PW laser system housed in the Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Magurele, Romania, reported an operational milestone when an...
Lumileds Names Steve Barlow to Lead Automotive Business Unit Lumileds announced the appointment of Steve Barlow as president of the company’s automotive business unit. Barlow has been leading the LED solutions business unit for more than three years and...
SemiNex Corp. Opens Office in China SemiNex Corp. opened a sales and application engineering office in Liaoyang, China, supporting the high-power laser diodes manufacturer’s business on the Asian continent. Systems integration,...
TOPTICA Announces Change to Executive Group TOPTICA announced that effective Oct. 1, Thomas Weber has stepped down from the company’s executive board. Weber, the company’s founding board member (operations and finance), is retiring...
Photonic Smart Coating Developer SunDensity Secures $2.5M in Seed Funding SunDensity, developers of photonic smart coating (PSC) technology that increases solar power output, announced the closing of $2.5 million in initial financing. Clean Energy Ventures, a venture...
OFC 2021 Moves to June Organizers announced that OFC 2021 will be held from June 6 to June 10, 2021, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The exhibition will be from June 8 to June 10. The conference was originally...
DARPA Awards $36M for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Systems As part of its Bridging the Gap Plus Program, DARPA awarded a consortium of universities, biomedical startups, and nonprofit organizations an award that supports the consortium’s development of...
AdvanTech, Quanergy Partner to Build Lidar-Based Solutions AdvanTech Service-IoT GmbH, an industrial computing solutions developer, and Quanergy Systems Inc., a producer and developer of lidar sensors and smart perception technology, announced their...
TRUMPF Reports 8% Fiscal Year-End Sales Decline TRUMPF recorded a fiscal year 2019-2020 (ending June 30, 2020) decline in sales revenue of 8%, to €3.5 billion, compared to €3.8 billion for fiscal year 2018-2019. The company’s order...
PhotonDelta Invests in PHIX PhotonDelta has announced its investment in PHIX Photonics Assembly, a packaging and assembly company within the European integrated photonics market. The investment provides PHIX with long-term...
Pfeiffer Vacuum Announces CFO Resignation Vacuum systems manufacturer and provider Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology announced the resignation of company CFO Nathalie Benedikt. Effective October 1, Britta Giesen, a member of the company’s...
Jenoptik Announces Appointments Jenoptik has appointed Steve Green president of JENOPTIK Automotive North America, and James Roe business development manager for the western region of North America. Green previously served as...
II-VI Adds Executive Vice President, Finalizes Acquisitions II-VI Inc. announced that Sohail Khan has joined the company as executive vice president of new ventures and wide-bandgap electronics technologies. The company additionally closed on its acquisition...
OpTek Invests in Operational Facilities in US, China, UK Precision laser processor and manufacturer OpTek Systems announced its investment into new operational facilities on three continents. The company expanded its Greenville, S.C., facility by 2000 sq...
IR Imaging, AO in Spotlight as 3 Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics Laureates Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries related to black hole formation (Penrose) and of a black hole at the center...
SDC Technologies Acquires Coatings Maker COTEC Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that group company SDC Technologies Inc. acquired COTEC GmbH, a manufacturer, developer, and researcher of physical vapor deposition (PVD) and molecular layer...
LENSAR Spinoff Completed PDL BioPharma Inc. announced the completion of the previously announced spinoff of its femtosecond laser system business LENSAR. Beginning Oct. 2, LENSAR shares began “regular way”...
Edmund Optics Names Vice Chair to Board of Directors Edmund Optics announced it appointed Marisa Edmund to the position of vice chair on the company's board of directors. In more than 20 years in the photonics industry, she has worked in direct...
SCHOTT Closes Acquisition of INCOM’s MEGAdraw Business SCHOTT North America Inc. finalized its acquisition of INCOM Inc.’s MEGAdraw business. The MEGAdraw process is used for image intensification processes and applications. SCHOTT, in a press...
Gelest Completes Sale of Parent Company to Mitsubishi Chemical America Gelest, manufacturers and suppliers of high-growth materials such as silicones and organosilanes, reported it has completed its previously announced sale of Gelest Intermediate Holdings to Mitsubishi...
Lumentum Appoints Janet Wong to Board of Directors Lumentum has announced the appointment of Janet Wong to its board of directors, bringing the board to eight members, seven of whom are independent. Lumentum is a designer and manufacturer of optical...
TRUMPF Names Annette Doyle VP of Technical Service TRUMPF Inc. has named Annette Doyle vice president of technical service. The appointment was effective Oct. 1. Doyle has been with TRUMPF Inc. since 2002, first as a project engineer in the...
TRUMPF Spins Off Optimate and ScaleNC Startups TRUMPF has spun off two startups, Optimate and ScaleNC, both of which offer digital solutions for sheet metal production. Ideas for the startups were developed as part of TRUMPF’s...
Aarhus University Awarded Grant for Vision-Enhanced Plastics Recycling Aarhus University has been awarded a $3.5 million grant (22.7 million DKK) to develop a camera-based system for the separation of plastic waste according to type. Aarhus will be working with waste...
NIH Grant Supports Light, Ultrasound Combination in Breast Imaging National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to SUNY Buffalo is supporting the college’s development of a portable breast imaging device called a dual scan mammoscope (DSM). By pairing light...
SBI, Theragnostics Agreement Will Accelerate Fluorescence-Based Oral Cancer Diagnoses An agreement signed this month is poised to broaden the scope and application of fluorescence-labeled poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in cancer detection and diagnostics. Summit...
Excelitas Technologies Acquires SolidTRON Product Line from Silicon Power Corp. Excelitas Technologies Corp. has acquired the SolidTRON product line from Silicon Power Corp. The product line expands Excelitas’ defense and aerospace technology to include solid-state...
LeddarTech Acquires Phantom Intelligence Assets Lidar and environmental sensing company LeddarTech has announced the acquisition of Phantom Intelligence’s assets, including its full intellectual property and technology portfolio. The move...
Research & Technology
Light-Sheet Microscopy Method Improves Cancer Diagnostics A microscopy technique developed by researchers at TU Wien (Austria) in collaboration with TU Munich could lead to more reliable cancer diagnostics. The technique allows a tumor to be analyzed after...
Autonomous Robot Takes on COVID-19 A team at the Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Health Care Engineering Systems Center (HCESC) developed the UVBot, an autonomous robot built from...
Microscopy Advancement Expands Camera-based 3D Imaging Researchers at Boston University introduced a multifocus optical microscopy technique for simultaneously acquiring images at differing depths. The method can be added to existing camera-based...
Near-IR Light Powers Molecular Motor with Low-energy Photons Via Antenna Chemists at the University of Groningen have designed a near-infrared light-powered rotary motor, the type that can be used to deliver autonomous motion to a system, or to ensure that a system...
Algae-Inspired Polymers May Reduce Night-Vision Cost An infrared-transmitting polymer based on common low-cost materials may lead to low-cost night-vision lenses that retain focus while imaging at variable distances. The polymer, developed by...
Quantum Theorists Rise Beyond Decades-Old Laser Limitation Quantum theorists from Griffith University and Macquarie University, both in Australia, used quantum mechanics to overturn an assertion about laser coherence that has been the common belief for 60...
Optical Wiring Enables Larger Quantum Computers Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a method for the delivery of multiple laser beams precisely to their intended locations, from within the physical architecture of a single chip. The method...
3D Visualization Method Reveals Molecular Position, Orientation, Oscillations Researchers at the University of Rochester and the Fresnel Institute in France developed a method for visualizing molecules’ position and orientation in 3D, as well as their oscillations. The...
Wearable Camera Enables Human Motion Capture Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University developed a human motion capture system called MonoEye, which consists of a single ultrawide fisheye camera mounted on the...
Habitable Exoplanets to Be Studied with Help of AI and Photonics Researchers from the University of Sydney developed a sensor capable of correcting the distortion of starlight caused by heat variations in Earth’s atmosphere. The sensor would allow...
Wearable Camera Devices Enable Human Motion Capture, Bare-hand Interactions Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of St. Andrews, and the University of New South Wales have developed a wrist-worn device that is able to...
Image Scanning Microscopy Technique Extends Beyond Limits A collaboration between researchers at the University of Warsaw and the Weizmann Institute of Science yielded a method of fluorescence microscopy that, in theory, has no resolution limit. In...
3D Ultrafast Camera Captures Light Traveling Through Air An ultrafast 3D camera developed in the lab of Lihong Wang at Caltech is capable of capturing the movement of light in three dimensions. The camera records in stereo at 100 billion frames per second....
Single-cavity Laser Emits High-Power, Dual-Comb Femtosecond Pulses Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method that uses a single laser cavity to create two high-powered optical frequency combs, emitting high-power femtosecond pulses. The advance supports...
Light Stored and Transported in a Cloud of Atoms Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) successfully transported light stored in a quantum memory over a distance of 1.2 mm. The technology, once refined, could have implications for...
Inaugural Photonics Spectra Conference to Highlight Innovations in Lasers, Optics, More The first Photonics Spectra Conference is set for Jan. 19-22, featuring presentations in four tracks: lasers, optics, biomedical imaging, and spectroscopy. Each day-long program will feature a...
Fruit Fly Corneas Inspire Bioengineered, Multipurpose Reflective Nanocoating A joint team from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Russia), the University of Geneva, the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has produced a...
World’s Most Powerful Laser Posts Milestone Engineers of the dual-arm, 10-PW laser system housed in the Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Magurele, Romania, reported an operational milestone when an...
Coherently Combined, 10.4-kW Laser Delivers Record Power Coherent beam combining, paired with direct water cooling in the testing stage of development, has helped produce the new ultrafast fiber laser technology introduced by the Institute of Applied...
On-Chip Laser Light Generates Spectrum of Colors National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Maryland researchers demonstrated the ability to convert invisible near-infrared laser light into multiple visible colors,...
Nitrogen-Filled Hollow-Core Fiber Shifts Ultrafast Laser Spectra toward the Infrared Researchers from Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Quebec City have introduced a method for tuning a laser’s spectrum to the infrared range. In collaboration with...
Ultrafast Fiber Laser Delivers High Power, Exceptional Beam Quality A research group at Friederich Schiller University (University of Jena) in Germany developed an ultrafast fiber laser capable of delivering an average power that is more than 10× that of...
Optical Moiré Lattices Produce Solitons Researchers from Jiao Tong University discovered that optical moiré lattices can produce solitons — self-trapped solitary waves — at extremely low power levels. The research...
Refined Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamic Architecture Spurs Qubit Photon Generation By connecting superconducting quantum bits to a microwave transmission line, MIT researchers demonstrated how qubits can generate, on demand, photons needed to support communication between quantum...
VR, Superresolution Microscopy Take Scientists Inside Human Cells A joint development between University of Cambridge scientists and 3D image analysis software company Lume VR Ltd. is enabling the visualization of superresolution microscopy data — data that...
Microscopy, AI Capture Immune Cell Interactions in Eye A novel microscopy technique that expands on existing principles of adaptive optics — first developed to capture images of the sky without distortions from Earth’s atmosphere — has...
Lasers Optimize Graphene Microbubble Generation Process Researchers from five institutions collaborated to develop a method to generate precisely controlled graphene microbubbles on a glass surface using laser pulses. Microbubbles, with applications in...
Photon Connection Helps Researchers Entangle Large, Distant Objects Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have entangled two very different quantum objects — a mechanical oscillator/vibrating dielectric membrane, and a cloud of...
AO Two-Photon Endomicroscopy Achieves Synaptic Resolution Scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) developed a technology for in vivo imaging of deep brain structures at synaptic resolution. The technology, “adaptive...
Emitter Generates Identical Single Photons on Demand Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a method of generating single identical photons on demand, a crucial step in realizing quantum communication. The photon emitter is...
International Collaboration Employs 2D Materials to Engineer Optical Fibers A Jena, Germany-based research team, working with its Australian colleagues, has grown 2D materials directly on optical fibers. The researchers used a technique that involved integrating transition...
Ultrafast UV Photography Achieves Half a Trillion Frames per Second A team led by Jinyang Liang of the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) has developed an ultrafast camera capable of imaging photons in real time in the UV range. Until now, compressed...
Imaging Flow Cytometry and Microscopy Combine to Identify Pollen Collaborating scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) developed an image-based particle analysis...
Method for Colloidal Diamond Construction Unlocks Long-Coveted and Wide-Ranging Photonic Potential Researchers in David Pine’s NYU laboratory have developed and introduced a method for the reliable creation of colloidal diamonds. Using a steric interlock mechanism to spontaneously produce...
Microlens Avoids Cross-Phase Modulation, Allows Live-cell Imaging King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) researchers developed an ultrathin stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) lens that will simplify and improve the quality of molecular-level...
Free-space Communication System Virtually Eliminates Receiver Noise A laser-based space communication system developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology uses an almost noiseless preamplifier to improve reach and data rates for space communications....
Princeton AI Tool Will Help Data Set Builders, Users Resolve Image Biases A team of computer scientists at Princeton University’s Visual AI Lab has developed a method to detect biases in sets of images and visual patterns. The method relies on an open-source tool to...
Remote Sensing Technology Images Groundwater Stores Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) are deploying remote sensing technology called InSAR to gain insights into sustainable groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley. The...
Spherical Laser Resonator Achieves 10M Circulations of Light Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have introduced a laser-resonator design inspired by the work of Arthur Ashkin. Created by graduate student Jacob Kher-Alden under the supervision...
Extreme UV Source Facility Opens for Use University of Tokyo researchers have established a high-frequency laser source facility located at the university that enables investigation of time-dependent phenomena such as ultrafast chemical...
3D Mapping of Finger Veins Points to Uncrackable Security An optical biometric authentication tool using photoacoustic tomography to map a subject’s finger veins in 3D could provide a nearly uncrackable security method. Researchers at SUNY Buffalo...
System Captures 3D Images of Internal Defects in Solid Structures A system developed by researchers at Tohoku University captures 3D images enabling the detection of defects in metallic structures. The technology, called the piezoelectric and laser ultrasonic...
acquisitions
EnPro Completes Acquisition of Alluxa EnPro Industries announced that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Alluxa. The closing was announced Oct. 27. Alluxa specializes in optical fibers, filters, and coatings for the...
SMART Global Holdings to Purchase Cree LED Products Business SMART Global Holdings Inc. entered into an agreement with Cree Inc. to purchase the Cree LED Products business. The acquisition is valued at up to $300 million. SMART, a developer of electronics...
SDC Technologies Acquires Coatings Maker COTEC Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that group company SDC Technologies Inc. acquired COTEC GmbH, a manufacturer, developer, and researcher of physical vapor deposition (PVD) and molecular layer...
SCHOTT Closes Acquisition of INCOM’s MEGAdraw Business SCHOTT North America Inc. finalized its acquisition of INCOM Inc.’s MEGAdraw business. The MEGAdraw process is used for image intensification processes and applications. SCHOTT, in a press...
Excelitas Technologies Acquires SolidTRON Product Line from Silicon Power Corp. Excelitas Technologies Corp. has acquired the SolidTRON product line from Silicon Power Corp. The product line expands Excelitas’ defense and aerospace technology to include solid-state...
LeddarTech Acquires Phantom Intelligence Assets Lidar and environmental sensing company LeddarTech has announced the acquisition of Phantom Intelligence’s assets, including its full intellectual property and technology portfolio. The move...
Products
CMOS Cameras FRAUENFELD, Switzerland, Oct. 30, 2020 — The LXT series of cameras from the Baumer Group are integrated JPEG image compression for high-resolution, high-speed image capture with a GigE interface. The five new models feature...
Baumer Electric AG
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Laser Line Shaper NESS-ZIONA, Israel, Oct. 30, 2020 — The Top-Hat Line Shaper from Holo/Or features high throughput for wafer and panel processing of large areas in laser annealing and lift-off applications. By integrating the large-angle devices...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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Sapphire Optics SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 30, 2020 — Sapphire optics from Precision Glass & Optics can be used in lasers, imaging, LEDs, fiber optics, and more. The optics operate from the VIS to IR spectral wavelengths. The durable substrate...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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IR Bandpass Filter BAD KREUZNACH, Germany, Oct. 30, 2020 — The BP 850-80 HT IR bandpass filter from Schneider-Kreuznach is designed for applications with IR high-power LEDs of 850 nm. The filters can join cameras equipped with LEDs that deliver...
Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, Industrial Solutions
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Medical Image Signal Processors SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 29, 2020 — The OH0120 and OH0130 ASIC-based boards from OmniVision Technologies Inc. are part of the OVMed medical image signal processor line, designed to pair with high-performance medical image sensors for...
OMNIVISION
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Optical Analysis System SAN DIMAS, Calif., Oct. 29, 2020 — The GeoImage™ optical analysis system from CRAIC Technologies Inc. grades the energy of vitrinite and other macerals commonly found in coal, kerogen, and source rock. The GeoImage™...
CRAIC Technologies
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Linear Actuators WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 29, 2020 — The MiniSlide™ MSA series of linear actuators from Haydon Kerk Pittman reduces the time, cost, and performance concerns associated with developing guided linear assemblies from individual...
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc.
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Switched-Mode LED Driver WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 29, 2020 — The Model 5000H switched-mode LED driver/controller from Innovations in Optics Inc. powers high-power LED light engines or illuminators. The 5000H provides constant current in continuous or...
Innovations in Optics Inc.
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Wide-Beam Imager ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 28, 2020 — The Ophir® Wide-Beam Imager (WB-I) from MKS Instruments Inc. is a compact, calibrated optical system for measuring the size and power distribution of large and divergent beams of VCSELs, LEDs,...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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Machine Vision Software Development Kit PARIS, Oct. 28, 2020 — Metavision® Intelligence Suite software toolkit from Prophesee allows users to develop event-based vision applications. The three components of the suite – Player, Designer, and SDK...
Prophesee SA
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Laser Measurement Probe HEIDELBERG, Germany, Oct. 28, 2020 — The vProbe Laser Measurement Probe from Automated Precision Europe GmbH (API) provides coordinate-measuring machine measurements directly on the production floor. The wireless device features...
Automated Precision Europe GmbH
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Fluorescence Reader HAMAMATSU, Japan, Oct. 27, 2020 — The C10066 Immunochromato Reader from Hamamatsu Photonics accelerates R&D for novel COVID-19 test reagents. Providing precise readouts of fluorescence, the device’s measurement...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Raman Spectroscopy Laser KASSEL, Germany, Oct. 27, 2020 — HÜBNER Photonics GmbH has announced the 08-NLD 488-nm laser by Cobolt for Raman spectroscopy. The device joins the 08-01 Series of compact, high-performance single-frequency and...
HUBNER Photonics GmbH
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CMOS Camera RICHMOND, British Columbia, Oct. 27, 2020 — The Triton TRI054S camera from LUCID Vision Labs Inc. features Sony’s IMX490 automotive, high dynamic range CMOS image sensor with rolling shutter. The back-illuminated stacked CMOS...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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CO2 Lasers KINGSTON UPON HULL, England, Oct. 27, 2020 — The SR AOM range of sealed CO2 lasers from Luxinar Ltd. is designed for high-precision applications that require a reduced heat affected zone. The SR 10 AOM and SR 25 AOM are both available at...
Luxinar Ltd.
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Mixed Signal Oscilloscope BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 26, 2020 — The 6 Series B Mixed Signal Oscilloscope from Tektronix Inc. is designed meet the demand for high-speed data movement and processing in embedded design. The 6 Series B offers signal fidelity...
Tektronix Inc.
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Skin Temperature Thermal Camera WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 26, 2020 — The GFX Calibir camera from Teledyne DALSA is dedicated to elevated skin temperature screening. The camera is based on the Calibir GXM and is optimized for measurement accuracy and thermal...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Full-Frame Mirrorless Lens HEFEI, China, Oct. 26, 2020 — The Laowa 14-mm f/4 FF RL ZERO-D lens from Venus Optics is designed for full-frame, mirrorless cameras. Featuring a compact ultra-wide-angle with ZERO-D and 52-mm filter thread, the lens allows...
Venus Optics
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Lidar Laser Module ALHAMBRA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2020 — The Model 1790 high-power laser module from EMCORE Corp. is a 1550-nm device for lidar and optical sensing, particularly in autonomous driving. The module was developed for use as...
EMCORE Corp.
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Machine Vision Cameras OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 23, 2020 — The PL-X series of high-performance machine vision cameras from Pixelink feature 10-Gb Ethernet. With a 10GBase-T interface and Sony Pregius sensors, the cameras offer high-bandwidth,...
Pixelink
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Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, Oct. 23, 2020 — The AQ1210D dual-purpose optical time-domain reflectometer from Yokogawa Electric Corp. is a four-wavelength device designed for both single- and multimode fiber networks. To meet the demands...
Yokogawa Europe BV
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Wall-Mounted IR Thermometer SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 23, 2020 — A wall-mounted IR thermometer from Apexis Electronic Co. Ltd. can measure a person’s body temperature without requiring physical contact. The device can measure temperature in distances...
ShenZhen Apexis Electronic Co. Ltd.
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Electron-Multiplying CCD Camera LARNE, Northern Ireland, Oct. 23, 2020 — The KE60V-BV-CL Kestrel electron-multiplying CCD digital camera from Raptor Photonics Ltd. offers single-photon sensitivity at KHz frame rates. Using a cooled back-illuminated sensor, it offers...
Raptor Photonics Ltd.
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Violet Laser Modules TOKYO, Oct. 22, 2020 — The HL40113MG and HL40115MG violet laser diodes from Ushio Inc. emit wavelengths of 405 nm at a continuous-wave, optical output power of 600 mW. The devices provide improved wall-plug...
Ushio Europe B.V.
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Smartphone Optical Sensor Module PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, Oct. 22, 2020 — The TMD3719 ambient light proximity sensor from ams AG enables OEMs to design smartphones that have no bezel to maximize screen-to-body ratio. As a complete system for flicker sensing, it...
ams OSRAM
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UV Air Purifier MUNICH, Oct. 22, 2020 — The Air Zing Mini air purifier from Osram GmbH easily fits on air vents to remove germs from the air inside vehicles, improving air quality for drivers and passengers. With UV light, the device...
ams OSRAM GmbH
Bare Fiber Adapters OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22, 2020 — Bare fiber adapters from OZ Optics Ltd. provide a simple and effective way to use unterminated fibers with commercial receptacles. Users strip, clean, and cleave their fiber, inserting it into...
OZ Optics Limited
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Laser WUXGA Projector NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, Oct. 21, 2020 — The ProScene ZU720T compact, fixed-lens, 7,500-lm laser WUXGA projector from Optoma Corp. is 4K and HDR10 compatible, featuring a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Producing detailed visuals with...
Optoma
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3D Vision Scanner BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Oct. 21, 2020 — The PhoXi 3D Scanner from Photoneo SRO features a housing designed to withstand the challenging conditions of industrial environments. Scanner firmware is updated to improve the overall...
Photoneo SRO
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Digital Laser Modules SALEM, N.H., Oct. 21, 2020 — ProPhotonix Ltd. has extended its PROdigii™ digital laser module range with five new wavelengths. With additional wavelengths of 375, 405, 450, 905, and 940 nm in the UV, blue, and IR...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
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Medical Imaging Display ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Oct. 21, 2020 — MMZB-21.5G-X medical displays from TRU-Vu Monitors Inc. features a 21.5-in. display with 1920 × 1080 full HD resolution. Certified to the latest UL and IEC 60601-1-2 4th Edition...
Tru-Vu Monitors Inc.
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Automotive Photon Laser Sensor HAMBURG, Germany, Oct. 20, 2020 — Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH’s ibeoNEXT photon sensor measurement technology is suitable for driver assistance systems and automated driving. The sensor can process >1 million distance...
Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH
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Proton Beam Range Verification Tool SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 — The Ranger-300 proton beam range verification tool from Logos Systems Int’l allows direct visualization of the proton beam path, using a transparent block of scintillator. Up to 30 cm of...
Logos Systems Int'l
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Photonic Microassembly System BERLIN, Oct. 20, 2020 — The FINEPLACER® femtoblu bonding system from Finetech GmbH & Co. KG is an automated microassembly cell for dedicated photonic production. Demanding applications benefit from a placement...
FINETECH GmbH & Co. KG
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Lidar Sensor SHANGHAI, Oct. 20, 2020 — The Pandar128 lidar sensor from Hesai Technology is designed for automotive volume production. With a high horizontal resolution and increased data points, the sensor features an IP6K9K rating...
Hesai Technology
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Computer Vision Hardware Camera SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 19, 2020 — The OpenNCC Open Neuro-Compute Camera from EyeCloud.AI Inc. is a computer vision hardware platform for developers. Designed for deep-learning vision system developers that accelerate field...
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Spectrometer Development Kit NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 19, 2020 — The DKv002 Advanced Development Kit from Chromation Inc. uses a surface-mountable UV/VIS/NIR sensor with an input angle of 45° for the single-chip SMT spectrometer. The compact device...
Chromation
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Live-Cell Imaging System EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Oct. 19, 2020 — The Multi Lux remote live-cell imaging system from CytoSMART Technologies is an automated device for long-term experiments, comparison studies, and large laboratory teams. The system is a...
Axion Biosciences
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Medical CMOS Cameras AHRENSBURG, Germany, Oct. 19, 2020 — Basler AG has added four 6- and 20-MP models to its line of MED ace cameras. The USB 3.0 cameras with Sony’s 6-MP IMX178 and 20-MP IMX183 are available in both color and monochrome...
Basler AG
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Electronic and Photonic Design Platform MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 16, 2020 — The OptoCompiler™ electronic and photonic design platform from Synopsys Inc. is designed for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design. The OptoCompiler combines capabilities for photonic...
Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group
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Camera Link High-Speed Cameras WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 16, 2020 — The Falcon4-CLHS M4480 and M4400 cameras from Teledyne DALSA are Camera Link HR devices based on the e2v Lince 11.2-MP CMOS monochrome sensors. The devices were engineered for industrial...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Turntable Sputtering System DRESDEN, Germany, Oct. 16, 2020 — The OPTA X turntable sputtering system from Von Ardenne GmbH is designed for the deposition of interference-optical filter layers of high precision in autonomous driving, the Internet of Things,...
VON ARDENNE GmbH
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Deep Dimming LED SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020 — The LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming LED from Lumileds is engineered for architectural applications that require uniform light output through the entire dimming range and in any operating condition....
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Silicon Photonics Die Bonder TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 15, 2020 — The MRSI-S-HVM high-speed, flexible 0.5-μm die bonder from MRSI Systems is designed for silicon photonics, co-packaging electronic and photonic chips, and wafer-level packaging. The die...
MRSI Mycronic
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Raman/Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging SEOUL, Oct. 15, 2020 — The XperRF dual-function Raman and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) instrument from Nanobase Inc. is a modular system that offers economical analysis capabilities. Featuring a wide mapping...
Nanobase Inc.
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Joint Automotive Camera System SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020 — A joint automotive camera system from OmniVision Technologies Inc. and GEO Semiconductor Inc. provides high-quality images for images for rear-view cameras, surround-view systems, and e-mirrors. ...
OMNIVISION
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CMOS Cameras AHRENSBURG, Germany, Oct. 14, 2020 — Basler AG has expanded its ace 2 camera series with 24 models that feature the Sony Pregius S IMX540, IMX541, and IMX542 sensors. With a small pixel size, backside-illuminated (BSI) structure,...
Basler AG
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CMOS Line-Scan Cameras COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 14, 2020 — The SW-8000Q-10GE and SW-8000Q-SFP prism-based line scan cameras from JAI A/S are part of the Sweep+ series of CMOS cameras. Offering 8K-pixel resolution/line, the models are equipped with four...
JAI A/S
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MultiSensor Vision System ATHOL, Mass., Oct. 14, 2020 — The AVX550 Multi-Sensor Vision System from the L.S. Starrett Co. is a large-format, dual optical device with touch-probe capability to measure parts with a diverse range of feature sizes and...
The L.S. Starrett Co.
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PCB Direct Imaging System Platform ISMANING, Germany, Oct. 14, 2020 — The X1000 Direct Imaging platform from Limata GmbH provides printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers with a dry-film patterning and solder mask imaging system. The X1000 is an affordable...
Limata GmbH
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Automotive Image Sensors SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2020 — The SC100AT and SC410GS CMOS image sensors from SmartSens Technology Co. Ltd. are designed to enable the next generation of advanced driver assistance systems. The SC100AT ensures reliable...
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Sampling Oscilloscope BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 12, 2020 — The 8 Series sampling oscilloscope platform from Tektronix Inc. is a disaggregated modular instrument series with parallel acquisition. With up to four channels per mainframe, the system...
Tektronix Inc.
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Optical Measuring Machine SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA, Italy, Oct. 12, 2020 — The Metrios optical measuring machine from Vici & C SpA has been updated to increase its usability and load capacity with a robust lifting stage and other features. The system is available...
Vici & C SpA
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Indium Phosphide Photonic Integrated Circuit VALENCIA, Spain, Oct. 12, 2020 — An integrated Indium Phosphide photonic integrated circuit (PIC) from VLC Photonics is an optical transmitter for quantum communications. The device aims to be integrated into cost-efficient,...
VLC Photonics SL
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Wavelength Selective Switch SYDNEY, Oct. 9, 2020 — The Flexgrid® 1x9 C+L low-profile wavelength selective switch (WSS) from Finisar Australia is designed for use in next-generation, reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM)...
Finisar Australia
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Physical Optics Software JENA, Germany, Oct. 9, 2020 — VirtualLab Fusion 2020.1 physical-optics software from LightTrans International is a one-stop simulation platform where different solvers can be applied for the different components in the system. ...
LightTrans International GmbH
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Laser System for Cold-Atom Apps MARTINSRIED, Germany, Oct. 9, 2020 — The FC1500-Quantum Atomic Laser System from Menlo Systems GmbH offers atomic species and scenarios such as strontium lattices or calcium ions. Within three 19-in. racks, all integrated...
Menlo Systems GmbH
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Flip-Chip Bonder KANAZAWA, Japan, Oct. 9, 2020 — The FDB210P Flip Chip Bonder from Shibuya Corp. can be used for the mass production of optical devices and semiconductors that require sub-μm level of bonding accuracy. The system is able to...
Shibuya Corp.
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3D Camera AHRENSBURG, Germany, Oct. 8, 2020 — The blaze 3D camera from Basler AG features Sony DepthSense™ sensor technology and highly efficient VCSEL laser diodes. Based on the time-of-flight method, the device can be used in a...
Basler AG
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Gas Mapping Lidar BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 8, 2020 — Gas Mapping Lidar™ from Bridger Photonics Inc. uses continuous-wave lidar technology to precisely detect methane leaks in the oil and gas industry. Culminating in a map that pinpoints the...
Bridger Photonics Inc.
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Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link Camera SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 8, 2020 — The STURDeCAM20 industrial-grade Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) camera and STURDeCAM20 CUXVR camera kit from e-con Systems Inc. uses the NVIDIA® Jetson™ edge artificial intelligence...
e-con Systems Inc.
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Quarter Wafers SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 5, 2020 — Oxygen® RD0092 DROIC Quarter Wafers from Senseeker Engineering Inc. are digital-readout integrated circuit (DROIC) wafers for evaluation and prototyping. Each quarter wafer is supplied with...
Senseeker
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MultiJunction Diode Lasers PEABODY, Mass., Oct. 5, 2020 — Multi-junction lasers from SemiNex Corp. are semiconductor diode devices at eye-safe wavelengths between 1310 and 1550 nm. The multi-junction laser diode is a drop-in replacement for most...
SemiNex Corporation
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Thermal Camera MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., Oct. 5, 2020 — The GTC400C 12V Max Connected Thermal Camera from Bosch is designed to give professionals the ability to easily and accurately measure, visualize, and analyze thermal variance across diverse...
Bosch
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Raman Spectrometer MORRISVILLE, N.C., Oct. 2, 2020 — The WP 248 Raman spectrometer from Wasatch Photonics is a compact UV device ideal for fluorescence-free Raman spectroscopy and UV resonance Raman to enhance sensitivity and selectivity. The...
Wasatch Photonics Inc.
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Spectral Domain OCT Systems NEWTON, N.J., Oct. 2, 2020 — The Spectral Domain OCT line from Thorlabs Inc. incorporates new hardware and software features while maintaining the same specifications as in previous versions of the product line. Spectral Domain...
Thorlabs Inc.
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Industrial USB3 Camera MUENSTER, Germany, Oct. 2, 2020 — The MU181 industrial USB3 Camera from Ximea GmbH provides 18 MP at >20 fps. Part of the xiMU line of industrial USB3 cameras enhanced with the USB 3.1 Gen1 interface, the camera’s back...
XIMEA GmbH
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Hyperspectral SWIR Camera SKEDSMOKORSET, Norway, Oct. 2, 2020 — The SWIR-640 hyperspectral camera from HySpex offers 640 spatial pixels and 360 spectral bands, maintaining high spectral fidelity and optical quality. The device can be used in all field,...
HySpex
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LED Fixed-Pattern Projector WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 2, 2020 — The Pattern Blazer™ LED fixed-pattern projector from Innovations in Optics Inc. is designed for structured lighting and stereovision in 3D machine vision. The Pattern Blazer features four...
Innovations in Optics Inc.
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Light Scattering Goniometer Upgrade Kit BERLIN, Oct. 2, 2020 — Testa Analytical Solutions eK has announced an upgrade kit for its BI-200SM light scattering goniometer system, providing access to multiple laser static light scattering (SLS) and dynamic light...
Testa Analytical Solutions eK
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Fiber Network Interface Card MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 1, 2020 — The N-TGE-SFP-02 PCIe 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Network Interface Card from Transition Networks Inc. is a 3.0 × 8 bus card supporting faster transfer speeds of up to eight GT/s for servers or...
Transition Networks
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Lidar Cloud Application SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2020 — Velodyne Lidar Inc. has announced the availability of Kaarta Cloud with its lidar sensors, a cloud application that allows sensor users to process lidar data, make fast mobile maps, and increase...
Velodyne LiDAR Inc.
Facial Recognition and Temperature Detection Camera SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 1, 2020 — The Access Control Camera from Viewell Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. is a non-contact facial recognition and temperature detection camera. Users can automatically identify unmasked personnel,...
Viewell Electronics Technology Co. Ltd.
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High-Speed Measurement Camera WAYNE, N.J., Oct. 1, 2020 — The Phantom T1340 4-MP high-speed camera from Vision Research Inc. captures images up to 13 Gpx/s. With a 2048 × 1952 low-noise sensor and a compact form factor, the camera is ideal for...
Vision Research Inc., Phantom Digital High-Speed Cameras
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