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Frank Schlichting joins SaxonQ as Co-CEO
Founders Marius Grundmann and Jan Meijer, both professors at Leipzig University, reinforce the four year old company’s leadership team.
AI finds new designs in superresolution microscopy faster
New computational framework performs optimizations 10,000 times faster than well-established methods.
$8.5M federal funding for quantum project
Toptica Photonics partners with the Qupics team to develop a novel foundry fabrication platform for quantum technologies.
New approach for brighter and more efficient LEDs
Semipolar LEDs are shining brighter while maintaining their efficiency.
Change at Endress+Hauser InfoServe
Oliver Blum succeeds Pieter de Koning as Managing Director of Endress+Hauser InfoServe, the group's global IT service provider, as of 1 January 2025.
Zeiss and Hübner bring advanced functionality to bus and train windows
Enhanced passenger comfort thanks to holographic infotainment services in the window panes.
Changes in the management of Scanlab
The OEM manufacturer of laser scanning solutions is expanding its management team as of January 1, 2025
Changes to the Basler Management Board
Ines Brückel becomes new CFO, Hardy Mehl takes over sales and marketing
2D electro-polaritonic platform for tiny spectrometers
Tunable and complex hybrid system for very compact sensing and imaging devices.
The 14th conference has become more international
A look back at the 14th Jena Laser Conference.
New tool for a more efficient quantum information transfer
Chip-scale device achieves a significant bandwidth in frequency conversion.
Coherent, SkyWater, X-Fab to advance US supply chain security
Proposed CHIPS investments in Minnesota and Texas would help enhance production capacity of important semiconductor manufacturing components.
IBM’s Heike Riel to head the DPG
At its last meeting, the German Physical Society DPG’s board of directors elected industrial physicist Heike Riel as the future president of the world’s largest physics society.
Evosys expands its management team
With the addition of Marie Schafnitzl and Oliver Brandmayer to the management board, Evosys is strengthening its decision-making level with two experienced managers.
PhotonDelta contributes €53.8M to PIXEurope
The Dutch National Growth Fund plans a significant contribution to the photonic integrated circuits pilot line that will be built in the Netherlands.
A keener eye for the invisible
A new type of detector for infrared radiation made from quantum dots.
The 7th European Machine Vision Forum focused on machine vision for human-machine interaction
In line with this year's focus topic, the 7th European Machine Vision Forum on November 7-8 in Mulhouse offered inspiring insights into methods and applications of machine vision for human-machine interaction.
Hexagon partners with Seat
Cooperation to transform manufacturing efficiency and accelerate the industrialization of new cars.
AMS Osram and Fraunhofer IZM win Deutscher Zukunftspreis
“Digital light” LED technology brings intelligence and precision to the world of traffic lighting and enables novel, safety-related applications.
Controlling light with photonic time crystals
A new discovery could dramatically enhance technologies like lasers, sensor, and optical computing in the near future.
X-Fab and Smart Photonics enable multiterabit transceivers
The companies integrate their silicon photonics platform and InP chiplets using microtransfer printing for heterogeneous integration, enabling new capabilities for datacom and telecom applications.
Formnext 2024 showcases new approaches to more sustainable, effective, and flexible production
With numerous groundbreaking world premieres and innovations, the exhibition provided crucial momentum for the future evolution of industrial production.
Supermicroscope shows nanoscale biological process for the first time
New device provides more insight into arterial calcification.
Lasers4MaaS launches in December
EU-funded project to achieve advanced laser welding powered by dynamic beam shaping and digital technologies.
Manufacturing industry could recover from 2025
A study has predicted the recovery of the manufacturing industry for 2025, but the slowdown is “tough”
Zeiss and Tesa are cooperating on holography
Since 2022, the two companies have been working together successfully in the fields of holography and customized adhesive solutions.
New board takes up work
The VDMA has elected a new board for the VDMA Machine Vision division. Dr. Olaf Munkelt succeeds Mark Williamson.
Tiny hurricanes of light
Physicists unlock transformative new way to transmit information over laser light.
Trade association with new chairman
Dietmar Ley takes over as head of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association
AMA Association reports on current industry developments
Decline in sales and orders in the second quarter of 2024 for sensor and measurement technology
EMVA lifts EMVA 1288 Standard to ISO Level
International experts are invited to join the ISO-TC42-Working Group 28
ICO convenes in Africa for the first time
The 26th Congress of the International Commission for Optics marked a historic milestone, making a premiere appearance on African soil.
Unidirectional imaging improves visual information processing
A new optical imaging technology from Aydogan Ozcan could significantly enhance communication systems.
China overtakes Germany in the use of robots in industry
China has overtaken Germany in the use of robots in industry: the country has moved up to third place in the world rankings with a robot density of 470 units per 10,000 employees
