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Applied Photophysics Appoints Flanagan as CEO
SURREY, England, Feb. 3, 2020 — Applied Photophysics, a specialist in spectrometry, has appointed Tim Flanagan as CEO and member of the board of directors. Additionally, Marc Neglia was appointed president of Applied Photophysics to lead operations in the Americas and will serve as an executive member of the company’s board of directors. Tim Flanagan, CEO of Applied Photophysics. Courtesy of Applied Photophysics. Flanagan succeeds Paul Walker, who served as interim CEO for the past year. Walker will support
Nobel Prize Winner Highlights BiOS Plenary
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3, 2020 — Once the diffraction limit in microscopy was discovered by Carl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe in the late 19th century, the basic function of the microscope didn’t change for the next 100 years, said Eric Betzig, the 2014 co-winner of the Nobel Prize...
CompoundTek Launches Silicon Photonics Testing Services Hub
SINGAPORE, Feb. 3, 2020 — CompoundTek Pte Ltd., a global foundry services company developing emerging silicon photonics (SiPh) solutions, announced the launch of its maiden SiPh test facility, the first such site in Southeast Asia. The new facility will offer production and...
TRUMPF Hüttinger Acquires HBH Microwave
STUTENSEE, Germany, Jan. 24, 2020 — TRUMPF Hüttinger, laser and machine company TRUMPF’s high-tech division, has acquired HBH Microwave, based in Stutensee, Germany. This acquisition adds semiconductor-based, solid-state microwave generators to TRUMPF Hüttinger’s...
Coherent Shares Rose 10% in December 2019
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2020 — Coherent Inc. (Nasdaq:COHR) saw its shares rise 10.3% over the last 30 days of 2019. The swift growth was due in part to new investments in the company’s manufacturing infrastructure as well as ongoing negotiations in international trade wars....
Laser Dermatology Pioneer Inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 13, 2020 — Dr. Richard Rox Anderson, inventor of laser dermatology, is a 2020 inductee in the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). A total of 22 innovation pioneers were announced as the 2020 class of Inductees on stage at CES on Jan. 7. Dr. Richard Rox...
SPIE Announces 2020 Fellows
BELLINGHAM, Wash., and CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 9, 2020 — SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced 72 members as new fellows of the society for 2020. Fellows are members of the society who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary...
DenseLight to Expand in Singapore and China Following Ownership Transfer
SINGAPORE, Dec. 30, 2019 — Photonics integration technology company DenseLight Semiconductors Technology Co. Ltd. has become an independent organization following its divestment by POET Technologies Inc. for a total consideration of $26 million. This news comes three years...
Electrical Engineer Granted $453K to Create Miniature On-Chip Laser
LONDON, Dec. 27, 2019 — Jelena Vuckovic, a Jensen Huang Professor in Global Leadership and professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, is the winner of the £350,000 IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize from The Institution of Engineering and...
FLIR Systems Invests in Providence Photonics' Gas Imaging
WILSONVILLE, Ore., and BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 27, 2019 — FLIR Systems has made a strategic investment in Providence Photonics LLC, according to the two companies. Providence Photonics, a developer of advanced software used to quantify invisible gas emissions, specializes in the development and use of...
Thorlabs Adds Crystalline Coating Capability
NEWTON, N.J., and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 26, 2019 — Thorlabs has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business assets of Crystalline Mirror Solutions (CMS), a developer of substrate-transferred single-crystal optical coatings. By combining advanced semiconductor microfabrication...
ZEISS Revenue Increased 11% in Previous Fiscal Year to $7.2 Billion
Oberkochen, Germany, Dec. 23, 2019 — The ZEISS Group saw revenue grow by 11% in fiscal year 2018-2019, reaching €6.43 billion ($7.18 billion USD; previous year: €5.82 billion). Zeiss’ fiscal year 2018-2019 ended Sept. 30, 2019. Adjusted for currency and acquisition...
Ultrafast, Energy-Efficient All-Optical Switching with Plasmonic Waveguides
TOKYO, Dec. 20, 2019 — NTT and the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an all-optical switch that operates in the ultrafast regime with a response time in the femtosecond (fs) range and with energy consumption in the femtojoule (fJ) range. To achieve...
Photonics Leaders Join Together for Global, Online Academic Conference
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2019 — The Photonics Online Meetup (POM) is a free, online conference taking place Jan. 13, 2020 with a planned focus on nanoscale quantum optics, integrated optics, and optical materials.
European Machine Vision Association Names New President
BARCELONA, Dec. 18, 2019 — The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) has announced that Chris Yates has been elected as president of the EMVA, effective Jan. 1, 2020. The decision to elect the new president was agreed on by the EMVA board of directors during a recent...
2020 Prism Award Finalists Showcase Industry Innovations
Dec 18, 2019 — A light that generates 10× the number of entangled photon pairs than any known photon source. A hand-held Raman spectrometer with MEMS scanning mirrors. An FDA-cleared semiconductor laser for treating glaucoma — smaller and less...
Schneider Group Appoints CEO
BAD KREUZNACH, Germany, Dec. 16, 2019 — Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH appointed Stuart Singer CEO of its subsidiary Schneider Optics Inc. (SOI), effective December 16, 2019. Singer will be based in Hauppauge, N.Y. In his new role, Singer will identify and develop new business...
SPIE and Photonics Media Announce 2020 Prism Award Finalists
BELLINGHAM, Wash. and PITTSFIELD, Mass., Dec. 9, 2019 — SPIE and Photonics Media named the 27 finalists for the 2020 Prism Awards, in categories ranging from communication, vision technology, and the life sciences to transportation, quality control, and health care. Emerging companies such as LetinAR and...
EMBL and Leica Microsystems Sign Open Collaboration Agreement
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec. 6, 2019 — The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Leica Microsystems have signed a framework agreement allowing for a broad and long-term partnership to provide new imaging technologies. Leica Microsystems is the first company to partner with the...
Frost & Sullivan honors NUBURU with Award
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Dec. 5, 2019 — Business analysis firm Frost & Sullivan has selected NUBURU to receive its 2019 Technology Innovation Award for “Developing Superior Quality for the Welding Market.” Frost & Sullivan noted the physical advantage of NUBURU’s...
Precision Optics Promotes Habhegger to Chief Financial Officer
GARDNER, Mass., Dec. 5, 2019 — Precision Optics Corporation Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments for the medical and defense industries, has announced the promotion of Daniel Habhegger to chief financial officer. Habhegger initially joined Precision...
VTT Technical Research Leads Consortium to Promote Recycling
ESPOO, Finland, Dec. 4, 2019 — VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is managing a new sustainability project dubbed ECOtronics, a consortium of optics and electronics companies in Finland committed to creating recyclable and compostable electronics and optics that use...
SUSS MicroTec and BRIDG Establish Applications Center
CORONA, Calif., and KISSIMMEE, Fla., Dec. 4, 2019 — SUSS MicroTec, a supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced it will be collaborating with BRIDG, a not-for-profit, public-private partnership focused on production process technologies, to create a new...
Cooke Optics Opens LA Service Operation
LEICESTER, England, Nov. 29, 2019 — Cooke Optics Ltd. has opened a service operation in Los Angeles to provide full lens servicing and testing. Michael Nadas will serve as the company’s optical engineer. Nadas previously led Sim’s motion picture optics department, where he...
Lynred Delivers IR Detector to MicroCarb
VEUREY-VOROIZE, France, Nov. 28, 2019 — Lynred announced the delivery of the first flight-model of its largest short-wave infrared detector (SWIR), NGP, to the MicroCarb space mission. The mission, to be led by French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales), is...

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