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Obert R. Wood II and Akiyoshi Suzuki Named 2019 Frits Zernike Award Winners
BELLINGHAM, Wash., and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 25, 2019 — Obert R. Wood II and Akiyoshi Suzuki have been recognized by SPIE for outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology, especially in furthering the development of semiconductor lithographic imaging solutions. They each received this year’s Frits Zernike Award. This year, the award has dual recipients with Wood being recognized for his pioneering contributions to extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, and Suzuki being honored in recognition of his multiple innovations with...
The Optical Society Names Winner of Optical Design Innovator Award
Washington, D.C., March 25, 2019 — The Optical Society has named Kyle Henry Fuerschbach its 2019 recipient of the Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award for his work in utilizing nodal aberration theory to design, manufacture, and test a functional free form imaging...
Sensuron to Distribute Technobis WDM Systems in North America
AUSTIN, Texas, March 21, 2019 — Sensuron is now the North American distributor of Technobis’ WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) technology, including the Gator, a state-of-the-art fiber Bragg grating (FBG) measurement system. WDM products are best used for dynamic applications...
Fulham Appoints Industry Expert Antony Corrie President and CEO
HAWTHORNE, Calif., March 21, 2019 — Commercial specialty lighting and electronics provider Fulham Co. has named Antony Corrie as its new president and CEO and brings with him 25 years of experience in the field of lighting technology.
New CTO Strengthens PicoQuant’s R&D Department
BERLIN, March 20, 2019 — As PicoQuant GmbH continues its steady growth, the company has broadened its management structures and installed a new chief of technology officer to strengthen its research and development department.
MACOM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Enter Strategic Collaboration
LOWELL, Mass., and SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 20, 2019 — MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) have entered into a strategic collaboration to ramp MACOM’s innovative Laser Photonic Integrated Circuit (L-PIC) platform using GF’s current-generation silicon photonics offering, 90WG, to...
Lumentum and Cambridge Industries Group Form Partnership
MILPITAS, Calif., March 20, 2019 — Lumentum and Cambridge Industries Group have entered into an agreement on a joint venture that will put both companies in the position to compete commercially in the datacom transceiver market. Lumentum, a developer of photonics products for optical...
Microsoft, Facebook Form Co-Packaged Optics Collaborative
REDMOND, Wash., and MENLO PARK, Calif., March 20, 2019 — Two Silicon Valley giants have joined forces to promote open standards that will spur manufacturing and adoption of co-packaged optics.
Luna Innovations Acquires General Photonics for $20M
ROANOKE, Va., March 20, 2019 — Luna Innovations Inc. has acquired General Photonics Corp., a Chino, California-based provider of innovative components, modules, and test equipment focused on the generation, measurement, and control of polarized light critical in fiber optic-based...
Jobin Yvon Celebrates 200 Years of Optical Innovation
PISCATAWAY, N.J., March 19, 2019 — A yearlong celebration of “Sharing Light and Passion” is underway for HORIBA Scientific subsidiary Jobin Yvon as it marks its bicentennial in the world of optical innovation.
National Healthcare Photonics Centre Opens in UK
SEDGEFIELD, England, March 18, 2019 — The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in the U.K. has officially opened its state-of-the-art facility that will help develop next-generation light-based health care treatments. Based at NETPark in Sedgefield, England, the National Healthcare...
SPIE Seeking Applicants for Joe and Agnete Yaver Memorial Scholarship
BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 18, 2019 — SPIE is seeking applicants for its Joe and Agnete Yaver Memorial Scholarship, which is intended for those pursuing an advanced degree that provides the business knowledge required to facilitate the advancement and application of optics and photonics...
OSA Names Wolfgang Osten the 2019 Emmett N. Leith Medal Recipient
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2019 — The Optical Society (OSA) has named Wolfgang Osten, of the University of Stuttgart in Germany, the 2019 Emmett N. Leith Medal recipient for extending the limits of optical metrology by integrating digital image processing with modern optical...
SPIE Names 2019 Winners of Barrett Award in Medical Imaging
BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 15, 2019 — Four renowned scientists have been honored for their accomplishments in the field of medical imaging with an inaugural award that also recognizes its namesake.
Ji-Xin Cheng Receives 2019 Ellis R. Lippincott Award
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2019 — Ji-Xin Cheng, of Boston University, has been named the 2019 Ellis R. Lippincott Award recipient for outstanding contributions in inventing and developing a broad spectrum of vibrational spectroscopic imaging technologies with new discoveries and...
FISBA Names Christian Zellweger CTO and Head of R&D
TUCSON, Ariz., March 15, 2019 — FISBA AG has installed Christian Zellweger as its new chief technology officer and head of research and development. He replaces Martin Forrer, who is now the company’s senior vice president of business development.
Scientists Use Laser ‘Tweezers’ to Grab, Study Protein Droplets
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 15, 2019 — University at Buffalo physicists are using lasers to study proteins that cluster together to form spherical droplets inside human cells, shedding light on the conditions that drive such droplets to switch from a fluid, liquidy state to a harder,...
Light Conversion Names New CEO
VILNIUS, Lithuania, March 13, 2019 — Martynas Barkauskas has been named Light Conversion’s new CEO, succeeding Algirdas Juozapavicius, who has been at the helm of the company since its inception in 1994.
Ciena’s Kim Roberts Receives 2019 John Tyndall Award
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2019 — Kim Roberts, Ciena Corp.’s vice president of WaveLogic Science, has been awarded one of the top honors in the fiber optics community by the Optical Society of America and the IEEE Photonics Society and is being recognized for being a major force in...
CompoundTek Partners with Silicon Photonics Group to Offer Design Services
SINGAPORE, March 11, 2019 — Singapore-based silicon photonic foundry services provider CompoundTek has partnered with the Silicon Photonics Group at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) to offer silicon photonics design services.
Coherent Creates Center of Excellence for Industrial Laser Processing Systems
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 11, 2019 — Coherent Inc. has relocated its laser marking group and expanded its micromachining and subsystem facility from Gilching, Germany, to nearby Gunding, calling it its Center of Excellence and designating it as Coherent Munich. The relocation and...
Hengtong Optic-Electric Invests $30M in Rockley Photonics to Extend Joint Venture
OXFORD, England, March 8, 2019 — Rockley Photonics Inc. has received a $30 million investment from and expanded its strategic relationship with Shanghai Hengtong Optic-Electric Co. in a Suzhou-based joint venture with Hengtong addressing the burgeoning 400G DR4 transceiver market....
Kane, Mele Win Frontiers of Knowledge Award
BILBAO, Spain, March 8, 2019 — Physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele are the recipients of the 2019 Frontiers of Knowledge Award, for discovering topological insulators, described as a new class of materials with extraordinary electronic properties.
Summit to Show That Top Megatrends Depend on Photonics
BRUSSELS, March 8, 2019 — Later this month, one of Europe’s most prominent gatherings of photonics leaders will highlight the importance of light technologies in digitization megatrends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and...
OSA, Google Collaborate for Subsea Optical Fiber Communications School
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2019 — The OSA Foundation (OSAF) and Google have partnered to bring graduate students, engineers, and budding scientists to an international summer school that will focus on subsea optical fiber communications. The program, created by the OSAF and Google,...

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