Optica names recipients for 2023 awards and medals
Robert Boyd wins the 2023 Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W Quinn Prize and 17 more recipients for other honors.
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KDPOF and WE cooperate for optical automotive multigigabit Ethernet
Companies present next-generation high-speed connectivity up to 50 Gb/s over glass optical fiber for ADAS and connected driving.
Smart Vision Lights promotes Steve VanderZwaag to vice president of engineering
Smart Vision Lights appointed Steve VanderZwaag as vice president of engineering. He is thus responsible for the technical area of the manufacturer of LED lighting solutions.
Guideline series VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632: Sheet 1 updated
With the new edition of Guideline VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632 Part 1 published in January 2023, the terminology described therein has been updated.
New detector for high-speed quantum communication
The device is made of 32 niobium nitride superconducting nanowires on a silicon chip.
Robert Franz becomes CEO of Allied Vision and TKH's German 2D Vision Group
Robert Franz has been managing director of Allied Vision since January 1, 2023, and also heads the German 2D camera manufacturers within TKH Vision.
Quix Quantum appoints new CTO
Devin Smith takes over from co-founder and former CTO Jelmer Renema who steps into the new role of chief scientist.
Lidar improves safety features in vehicles
Differentiating between stagnant and moving objects and seeing in the dark in real time.
Entangled photon pairs to help fighting cancer
The ten partners in project QEED collaborate to significantly reduce measurement times and enhance reliability for diagnostics.
Laser cleaning – underwater
The LZH, Laserline, and Fraunhofer IFAM, have developed a laser process to clean ship hulls.
Stemmer Imaging presents double-digit growth figures
Stemmer Imaging has presented preliminary figures for the 2022 financial year. The company continues to be successful.
Messe München presents new press spokesman
After four years of abstinence, Willi Bock has returned to the Messesee. From March he will be press spokesman for Messe München again.
Layered plasma mirrors for smaller high-power lasers
New approach could help to reduce the size of ultrahigh power lasers.
Creaform moves within the Montreal region
Change of location leads to an increase in office space by 25 percent
Submission deadline for Vision Tank start-up competition extended
The deadline for applications to the Embedded Vision Summit's "Vision Tank Start-Up Competition" has been extended to March 10. Winners will receive $5,000.
EMVA hosts industry forum at Logimat 2023
The EMVA is organizing a series of lectures entitled "Machine Vision Enabling Logistics 4.0" at the upcoming Logimat in Stuttgart. Participation is free of charge for trade fair visitors.
Robert Byer named Optica honorary member
The Spectra Physics and Stanford University emeritus, an outstanding volunteer in the laser community, is added to the most distinguished of all Optica member categories.
Ultracompact components for optical amplifiers
Coherent introduces product portfolio of optical amplifiers embedded in telecom transceivers and lidar subsystems.
inspect award 2023: The application phase has begun
The application phase for the inspect award 2023 has begun. All machine vision companies can submit their products until April 30.
New device measures supercurrent flow
Scientists develop the first cryogenic magneto-terahertz scanning near-field optical microscope.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the “Future Factory Asslar”
Pfeiffer Vacuum expands its Asslar site with new production and logistics capacities.
Generation change at Endress+Hauser
Klaus Endress leaves the Board of Directors at the end of the year, Matthias Altendorf succeeds him, Dr. Peter Selders becomes CEO
EVK secures rights on chemometric software from Perception Park
EVK acquires intellectual property rights on Perception Park's hyperspectral imaging software. EVK intends to integrate parts of the code into Sqalar.
IPHT expands its range of optical methods in medicine
The Leibniz Institute in Jena establishes a new working group for field-resolved spectroscopic measurement methods, headed by ERC Consolidator Grant winner Ioachim Pupeza.
Laser-blanking system to cut costs
The new TruLaser 8000 Coil Edition is a flexible, high-volume cutting solutions “straight from the coil”, saving up to 1,700 tons of steel worth some 1.6 million euros per year.
Light sensor achieves high efficiency of 200 percent
A tandem photodiode combines both perovskite and organic PV cells.
Rodriguez improves its environmental management
In a one-year project phase with the consulting programme Ökoprofit, the company learned how to use resources efficiently and save costs.
European project for quantum satellite communications launched
The TeQuantS project intends to develop quantum technologies for cybersecurity applications and future quantum information networks.
Cooper pairs for a new metrological current standard
A photon assisted coherent quantum phase slip effect reveals the formation of current steps.
A quarter of a century of CTX
Continuous growth thanks to constant demand for cooling of electronic components.
The first high-resolution ToF sensor to work in all light conditions
Teledyne e2v releases a new time-of-flight CMOS image sensor which is tailored for versatile 3D detection and measurement, Hydra3D+.
Two steps to the goal
LightFab, Bartels Mikrotechnik, and Miltenyi Biotec cooperated with the Fraunhofer ILT on producing high-resolution microcomponents by photo-crosslinking.
Vector Photonics received over £2.4M of equity investment
The spin-out company from the University of Glasgow will further commercialize its unique PCSEL laser technology.
A new ultrahigh-speed single-pixel camera
New device is capable of streaming video at 12,000 frames per second using light modulation.
Pulsate 2nd round projects selected
12 experimental projects were successful in the open call for second technology transfer experiments addressing laser-based advanced and additive manufacturing.
