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Collaboration Takes Laser Welding Underwater
HANNOVER, Germany, May 16, 2022 — Researchers at Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) are working with AMT GmbH, a manufacturer of sensors, microsensors, measuring instruments, and submersible probe systems, to develop flux-cored welding for more efficient underwater welding. The technique would have applications for wind farms, coastal protection structures, and harbors requiring technical underwater constructions. The LaMeer (laser-assisted metal flux-cored welding underwater) project specifically seeks to develop an
Fluke Opens European Headquarters: Week in Brief: 05/13/22
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 13, 2022 — Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and SPIE have partnered to host the Photonics for Quantum 2022 event June 6-9 at the RIT campus. The four-day event will feature talks and research on a variety of subjects. The program features 55...
ColdQuanta Adds Super.tech, Launches Cold Atom Quantum Computer
BOULDER, Colo., May 12, 2022 — Quantum technology company ColdQuanta has acquired Super.tech, a quantum platform developer that specializes in quantum software application. ColdQuanta also announced the beta launch of Hilbert, the company’s gate-based cold atom quantum...
Hastie Named Director of Strathclyde’s Institute of Photonics: People in the News: 05/11/22
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 11, 2022 — The University of Strathclyde appointed Jennifer Hastie as director of its Institute of Photonics. Hastie was previously the institute’s deputy director and has worked there since joining as a doctoral student in 2000. She succeeds Keith...
Winners of Innovation Award for Laser Technology Crowned in Aachen
AACHEN, Germany, May 11, 2022 — PRIMES GmbH, a beam diagnostics company that develops measuring devices that enable reliable recording of beam parameters and ongoing documentation of beam properties for quality assurance purposes, is the first-place winner of the 2022 Innovation...
Advanced Navigation Adds Sensing Capabilities with Vai Acquisition
SYDNEY, May 10, 2022 — AI robotics and navigation technology company Advanced Navigation has acquired Australian National University (ANU) spinout Vai Photonics. Vai is developing photonic sensors for precision navigation and joins Advanced Navigation to commercialize its...
2022 Vision Tank Start-Up Finalists Put Computer Vision, Sensor Innovation on Display
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 9, 2022 — Five finalists will compete in the 2022 Vision Tank Start-Up Competition, with the winner to be announced Wednesday, May 18, at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara, Calif. The Edge AI and Vision Alliance revealed the finalists, which will...
Edmund Leadership Creates Endowed Chair, Scholarship at Wyant
BARRINGTON, N.J., May 6, 2022 — Edmund Optics and the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences have created an endowed chair, the Robert M. Edmund Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences, and launched the Advancing Women in Optics Scholarship, which was established by...
Porotech to Unveil Dynamic Pixel Tuning for Micro-LEDs: Week in Brief: 05/06/22
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 6, 2022 — VIGO Photonics opened its first office in the U.S., in St. Petersburg, Fla. The North American headquarters is headed by Scott Riggi and will serve as the primary interface for customers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The new office serves to...
White House Directives Target Quantum Science, Technology
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 6, 2022 — President Joe Biden this week introduced two directives that will advance national initiatives in quantum information science (QIS). The president signed an executive order that will enhance the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee...
IPG Beats First-Quarter Revenue Forecast, Offers Update on Russian Business
OXFORD, Mass., May 5, 2022 — IPG Photonics reported first-quarter revenue of $370 million, driven by higher demand in Europe, North America, and Japan. The earnings report exceeded analysts’ revenue forecast, which was in the range of $340 million, as well as IPG’s...
Isorg Appoints Dieter May CEO: People in the News: 05/04/22
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 4, 2022 — MicroCare, a manufacturer of chemicals and tools for critical cleaning, hired Marufur Rahim as technical director to oversee the company’s laboratory, research and development, and quality teams. Rahim has more than 20 years of experience in...
Partnership Will Bring Blue Laser 3D-Printing Solution to Market
CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 4, 2022 — Blue laser developer NUBURU is partnering with industrial additive manufacturing company Essentium Inc. to develop and manufacture a blue laser-based metal additive manufacturing platform. The Essentium printer that the collaborators seek to develop...
TRUMPF Leads Funding Round for Optical MEMS Microphone Company
DITZINGEN, Germany, May 2, 2022 — SensiBel, an Oslo, Norway-based microphone technology company, closed a €15 million (~$15.8 million) funding round to ramp up production of its optical MEMS microphone technology. TRUMPF Venture GmbH led the funding round, which sensiBel said...
Fraunhofer Opens Lab for Hydrogen Tech Research
AACHEN, Germany, April 28, 2022 — The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) is constructing a hydrogen laboratory to focus on optimizing the hydrogen fuel cell for series production readiness. The lab will contain multiple facilities and open May 5 to participants of the...
Two Ceremonies Honor Photonics Technology Innovators in Munich, Aachen
MUNICH, Germany, April 28, 2022 — The jury of the Innovation Award 2022 has named winners of its annual awards at LASER World of PHOTONICS (LASER Munich), recognizing six companies that will take home top prizes in seven categories. The awards’ overall winner, SI Stuttgart,...
Companies Partner on Biomedical Image Data Capture, Process
HAMAMATSU, Japan, April 27, 2022 — Raw image compression company Dotphoton will partner with Hamamatsu Photonics to make accessible higher-quality image data contained within biomedical images, such as those obtained through microscopy and cell research methods like histopathology....
Dynamic Beam Laser System Offers Real-Time Look into Melt Pool
STUTTGART, Germany, April 27, 2022 — Laser developer and manufacturer Civan Lasers has delivered an OPA 6 dynamic beam laser (DBL) to the University of Stuttgart’s Institut fur Strahlwerzeyge (IFSW). The DBL will form a system with IFSW’s high-speed x-ray video facility for...
The Russia-Ukraine War Shifts Risks in Global Supply Chains and Markets
Apr 25, 2022 — The Russian military invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 activated a global narrative that could unfold over months and even years. While the eventual scale and outcome of the war remain open questions, the potential implications of the conflict are...
IonQ, Hyundai Motor Collaborate on Image Classification, Detection
COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 22, 2022 — A collaboration between quantum computing company IonQ and Hyundai Motor Co. will apply quantum machine learning to image classification and 3D object detection for future mobilities. The companies aim to improve computational functionality through...
Laser-Based Fusion Energy Startup Closes Funding Round: Week in Brief: 04/22/22
OSAKA, Japan, April 22, 2022 — EX-Fusion, a startup aimed at commercializing laser-based fusion energy, closed a pre-seed round funding of ¥130 million ($1 million). The round was led by ANRI, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, along with Osaka University Venture Capital....
Navy Tests High-Energy Laser with Advanced Detection Capabilities
ARLINGTON, Va., April 21, 2022 — The U.S. Navy has tested a laser weapon designed to serve as a multidomain, multiplatform demonstration system. The Navy said that the system, developed by Lockheed Martin and called the Layered Laser Defense (LLD), can counter unmanned aerial...
Streiffer to Serve as VP for SLAC: People in the News: 04/20/22
STANFORD, Calif., April 20, 2022 — Stephen Streiffer, deputy laboratory director for science and technology at Argonne National Laboratory, has been named Stanford University’s new vice president for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Streiffer previously served as...
Collaboration to Scale Up Silicon Photonics Testing for Lidar
SINGAPORE, April 18, 2022 — CompoundTek Pte Ltd., a foundry service provider in silicon photonics solutions, will collaborate with lidar solutions provider Voyant Photonics to establish a high-volume silicon photonics (SiPh) wafer test for lidar. The test is to be specifically...
European Initiatives Increase Access to Quantum Magnetometers
FREIBURG, Germany, April 18, 2021 — Researchers from six Fraunhofer institutes are working on two projects that aim to make quantum magnetometers — sensor devices that measure magnetic field — usable in industrial settings. Magnetometers are currently limited in such...

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