AMS Osram opens new design center in Valencia
New building marks a significant milestone in the trajectory of the company to lead innovation in medical imaging technology on a global scale.
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Tiny quantum sensor to make a big impact
A new 2D quantum sensing chip can simultaneously detect temperature anomalies and magnetic field in any direction.
PhotonicNet appoints Moritz Hinkelmann as Managing Director
Successor to long-standing managing director Thomas Fahlbusch introduced.
Foldable simulator for race tracks and events
In a mobile racing car simulator, Igus components ensure mobility and freedom from maintenance
Spectaris general meeting sets course for future work
Fresh air in the re-elected and proven leadership team of the German industry association.
PI opens new building
The company has completed the new building of its Eschbach site in the Breisgau business park
EOS cooperates with nLight
nLight to supply EOS with AFX programmable beam shaping lasers, and collaborate on technologies for light engine optimization.
Werner von Siemens Ring goes to Zeiss and Trumpf
Award for the development of High-NA-EUV lithography and the industrial utilization of the EUV lithography.
Hummel appoints Bernd Hotze as new CSO/CTO
From October 2024, he will complete the management team together with Patrick Kemper. He succeeds Michael Nörr, who left in June 2024
Combining the conventional internet with the quantum internet
A new transmitter-receiver concept for transmitting entangled photons over an optical fiber.
Jürgen Czarske receives Dennis Gabor Award
TU Dresden professor awarded for works on digital holography and related techniques for biomedicine, fiber communication, imaging, information processing, and laser metrology.
Career Congress for Women enters the next round
The Femworx career congress at the Hannover Messe 2024 was a great success and will continue on April 3 and 4, 2025
Balluff establishes new business division
The company is expanding its range of camera and sensor technology with Custom Design & Engineering (CDE) in order to respond more flexibly to customer requirements
SuperLight Photonics expands reach with strategic partnership in Japan
The Dutch spin-off company from the University of Twente is expanding its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region.
Vision 2024: The lecture programme is ready
The forum program offers high-quality contributions on trending topics such as synthetic data, 3D imaging and AI
Nanowires for photonic chips
New strategy to deliver thousands of nanolasers with multiple wavelengths on the same substrat.
Sandia and ASU scale down optical systems to the size of a chip
Collaboration combines integrated photonics and light-wave frequency for novel quantum information processing.
Light emission patterns from 3D-printed nanowires
Possible applications in optical communication, sensing, and imaging, where the directionality of the emissions is crucial.
Andrés Lasagni elected to WLT
Admission to scientific society honors contributions to laser-based manufacturing and innovation.
Orbis Diagnostics CEO elected into SPIE presidential chain
Cather Simpson, the society’s next vice president, is a longtime participant in the society’s conference, publications, and outreach activities.
iPronics appoints Christian Dupont as CEO
Industry expert to lead deep tech startup into next phase of growth and innovation.
Gamma ray laser project gets funded
NSF funding will allow University of Rochester scientists and their European collaborators to study the feasibility of coherent light sources beyond x-rays.
Perovskite crystals as waveguides, couplers, splitters, and modulators
New perovskite waveguides show an edge lasing effect.
Europe’s first R&D center for transparent ceramics
Fraunhofer IKTS opens unique facility at its Hermsdorf site – new equipment covers the entire process chain
Polytec takes over distribution of Cantronic OGI cameras
With this partnership, Polytec aims to provide even more comprehensive support to its customers in industries such as oil and gas, chemicals and energy supply
SPIE welcomes 107 new Senior Members
The recognition honors scientific excellence and technical achievements, as well as active participation in the optics community.
Laserline acquires majority stake in WBC Photonics
By securing a seventy-percent stake in the Boston-based laser specialist, Laserline is expanding its solution portfolio to include blue industrial diode lasers with particularly high beam quality.
New method for 3D quantitative phase imaging
All-optical multiplane design eliminates the need for digital phase recovery algorithms.
7.4 million dollars to make advances in photonics
Major grants go to three projects making advances in sectors such as quantum, communications, and biomedicine.
Jenoptik extends contract with Stefan Traeger
The supervisory board of Jenoptik AG has reappointed Dr Stefan Traeger as chairman of the executive board for a further three years.
Surprising vortex structures contribute to solar power
Supercomputer simulations reveal topological vortices in polaron quasiparticles in solar cells.
German-British collaboration in high-performance photonics
Berlin-based Ferdinand-Braun-Institut and the University of Glasgow deepen their cooperation, focusing on ultrahigh-power photonic applications.
Balluff looks back on a successful 2023 financial year
With sales of 599 million euros, it was the third record year in a row for the sensor and automation specialist
19th Special Exhibition Non-Contact Measurement Technology at Control 2025
Exhibit proposals can be submitted until the end of October 2024
