100 million euros for Smart Photonics
The Dutch foundry for PICs has secured an additional round of funding from a group of strategic industrial and financial players.
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C-band photon emission from quantum dots
Quantum dots manufactured by droplet etching and subsequent filling of nanoholes.
The best time-of-flight camera videos
How it works, what is behind it and how to use a Raspberry Pi for it: We have put together the best videos on ToF for you.
3D printing of glass without sintering
New process works at relatively low temperatures and reaches highest resolution for use in optics.
New high-heat resin for fiber optics and more
Chemical company Sabic has expanded its product portfolio.
KDPOF receives investment of the European Commission for chip development
Company gets access to the 8.1 billion euro investment for their projected packaging plant for optoelectronic devices in Spain.
An anomalous quantum interference of light
New bunching effect in which all photons coalesce into two output beams.
Coherent appoints Young-Kai Chen as Deputy CTO
The global player in materials, networking, and laser technology, appointed Dr “YK” Chen as deputy chief technology officer (DCTO) of Coherent, reporting to CTO Dr Julie Sheridan Eng.
Low-cost technology for easier eye imaging
Inexpensive laser could increase access to optical coherence tomography imaging.
Complex is the scattering of light
Understanding how nanoparticles influence light rays could provide innovative and more efficient designs of metasurfaces for future optical devices and metaoptical systems.
Download the e-book "Optimizing Interface Conductivity in Electronics" for free
Download the e-book "Optimizing Interface Conductivity in Electronics: LSM Characterization of Surface Properties" now for free.
Edmund Optics Appoints New Sales Director
Edmund Optics has appointed Alexis Liagre as Sales Director EMEA
Hikvision announces new version of its embedded platform
Hikvision launches HEOP 2.0, further strengthening its open AIoT ecosystem
Pyramid Computer takes over operational business from Faytech
Faytech and Pyramid Computer are merged within the Pyramid Group, Pyramid takes over Faytech's operational business
First light of the FHI far-infrared laser
The free electron laser team of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society observed first lasing of the new FIR FEL.
Atlas Copco acquires Extend3D
The Extend3D headquarters and the Munich team are now part of the Motor Vehicle Industry Tools & Assembly division.
Quantum key distribution achieves higher transmission speeds
Chip-based QKD-system based on integrated photonics lays groundwork for network implementation.
Rauscher adds Photoneo products to its portfolio
Rauscher now complements its machine vision portfolio with the 3D cameras of the Motioncam-3D, Phoxi 3D and Alpha 3D scanner series from Photoneo.
Qant and IMS Chips produce quantum chips together
The Stuttgart-based start-up and the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS Chips), signed an agreement to jointly manufacture quantum chips.
New scan head generation and innovative software for laser processing
Scanlab presented new systems with high system dynamics and innovative cooling concept – and software for the highest precision and process control at Laser World of Photonics.
Aries Embedded Joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program
Expanded ecosystem to offer customers better support and reduced time to market
ASML and Imec will work more closely together in the future
Partners sign memorandum of understanding to promote semiconductor research and sustainable innovation in Europe.
Robot sales in the EU increase by 6 percent
In Europe there is a rapidly increasing demand for industrial robots
RS Group completes acquisition of Distrelec
€365 million acquisition expands RS presence in continental Europe
Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite
Satellites could replace expensive deep-sea cables as the internet backbone soon.
Photonics industry thrilled by Laser 2023
Review Laser World of Photonics, 27 – 30 June 2023: A great atmosphere in full halls, lively discussions and a very international audience.
Schall and Messe Stuttgart continue their partnership
The trade fair company P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG and Messe Stuttgart are continuing their long-standing partnership and expanding it until 2030.
Optical control with topological edge states
Researchers harness the robustness of topological edge states to manipulate light transport.
Ultrafast tunable terahertz-to-visible light conversion
Process achieved in graphene-based materials has great potential for communication technologies.
AMA Association: 1st quarter develops positively
The industry generated sales growth of seven percent in the first quarter
German photonics on course for growth
Sales growth of seven percent per year expected until 2027
Göpel certified in supplier portal
Göpel has been successfully certified in the Joscar supplier accreditation register of the Hellios umbrella organization
Better access to artificial intelligence
Research project wants to ensure that more people have easier access to artificial intelligence.
Machine vision market growing at 8 percent annually
A Vision Markets report predicts that the machine vision market will be worth $9.45 billion by 2027
Light-matter entanglement demonstrated over 50-kilometer of metropolitan fiber link
Research paves the way to fully independent quantum nodes that could enable a quantum internet.
