Quix Quantum to deliver a 64-qubit quantum computer based on light
The contract awarded runs within the framework of DLR’s Quantum Computing Initiative and is in line with the roadmap of Quix Quantum to develop a universal quantum computer.
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Leadership duo for Lumics
Beate Sauter and Dennis George have been appointed as the company’s chief executive officers effective immediately. Lumics is a provider of high-power diode laser components and part of the Berlin Industrial Group (BIG).
A new holographic microscope images the brain
New kind of label-free deep-tissue imaging retrieves the fine neural network of a mouse brain.
Sensor specialist IPF strengthens sales team
Dominik Jökel and Patrick Wittich join IPF's sales team as application specialists.
Ulrich Krauss is the new Spectaris Chairman
The CEO of Analytik Jena was elected as the new chairman with a clear majority of votes at the Spectaris general meeting in Berlin. Krauss succeeds Josef May, who led the association for fifteen years.
Tunable lenses for virtual reality headsets
Variable focus length lays groundwork for more comfortable, realistic AR/VR experiences.
International standardization of medical 3D printing and scanning
Korean researchers are taking the lead in developing standards for creating patient-customized medical devices. Such standards are expected to be of great help in promoting public health, revitalizing the related medical equipment industry, but also spreading digital twins and metaverse.
New managing director of Fraunhofer ISIT
The executive board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has appointed Prof Dr Holger Kapels as managing director of the institute. In this position, he succeeds Prof Dr Axel Müller-Groeling, who is moving to the executive board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Munich.
Pilot Photonics uses pilot line services to create new products
Using the JePPIX MPW server which covers all the processes from the design to the foundry, Pilot Photonics has developed three new products.
Harting appoints new board
Doris Höpfl takes over the board department Human Resources and Legal Affairs in the Harting Technology Group
China: Robot installations grew by 44 percent
The industrial robotics market in China achieved strong growth with a new record of 243,300 installations in 2021 – a rise of 44% compared to the previous year. These preliminary data have been published by the International Federation of Robotics.
Spiraling lasers decrypt topological insulators
Light reveals phase transition accompanied by the loss of quantum properties.
Change in the management of Jumo
Bernhard Juchheim and Michael Juchheim hand over management to Dimitrios Charisiadis and Steffen Hoßfeld. Bernhard Juchheim and Michael Juchheim focus on shareholder role.
Two experienced photonics leaders appointed
Thorsten Frauenpreiss promoted to VP global sales and service and Markus Ruetering hired for VP sales and service EMEIA position, both for the photonics solutions division of MKS.
When a laser collar tames the arc
Fraunhofer ILT engineers have developed a new optical system with glass substrates and an arc torch which unites gas metal arc (GMA) welding and laser material deposition with an annular beam, thus creating a completely new process.
Resilient laser cladding with high-power laser
Together with its project partner Laserline, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has developed applications and specific processes for this laser class to industry readiness under the label “HICLAD”.
Manz opens Laser Application Center
Companies can check the best joining technology for new products in terms of mechanical strength, welding time, cost and quality, in Manz’s new Laser Application Center (LAC).
Speeding up Raman microscopy
Innovative microscope makes it easier and faster to diagnose cancer.
Toptica increases capacity for growing workforce
North America subsidiary Toptica Photonics Inc. near Rochester, NY, has moved from its Ontario County location in Farmington to Pittsford on September 9.
Endress+Hauser receives platinum seal for sustainability
Endress+Hauser again achieved 76 out of 100 points in the EcoVadis sustainability rating. The group of companies was thus able to maintain the top position from the previous year and continues to be among the top percent of the companies compared.
Samsung Venture invests in Elfys
Finnish photodiode startup Elfys is tapping into the growing demand for photodetectors – due to the ever-growing trend of measuring one’s health and wellbeing through wearables.
SPIE election results announced at annual general meeting
Alongside Peter de Groot as vice president, Bernard Kress, director of XR hardware at Google, will serve as the 2023 SPIE president while the University of Arizona’s Jennifer Barton will serve as president-elect.
Ultrathin dental camera with insect-eye structure
New device achieves diverse functional dental imaging with high dynamic range, 3D depth, and autofluorescence.
Synova opens subsidiary in Dubai
The official inauguration ceremony of the MMC Dubai will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
Solidline becomes a Creaform partner
Partnership with Solidline to make Creaform's 3D scanning solutions for product development and manufacturing accessible to Solidworks customers and other industrial companies
EPIC and IVAM sign MoU
Synergy effects, especially for industry events, have been identified during a personal exchange at the W3+ Fair in Wetzlar.
Lasea acquires Laser Cheval
Continuing on its growth trajectory, Lasea consolidates its strong position in Switzerland and France and extends its offer in welding and marking applications.
Intelligent microscopes detect biological events
Detecting much more subtle biological events using a neural network.
AI-camera only records objects of interest
A smart camera images only certain types of desired objects, while instantaneously erasing other types of objects.
Switzerland welcomes a major event
Every fall, industry leaders and scientists in optics and communications gather at the European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC.
Jenoptik invests more than 70 million euros
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new high-tech fab in Dresden, extremely demanding construction and manufacturing environment taking high environmental standards into account.
Evident to be sold to Bain Capital
Olympus is divesting its Evident subsidiary, which provides scientific and industrial solutions. The buyer is the private equity firm Bain Capital. According to the agreement concluded, all shares in Evident will be transferred to Bain Capital on January 4, 2023.
Horwitz Prize for foundational work on optogenetics
Columbia University will award the 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA, Peter Hegemann, Humboldt University, Germany, and Gero Miesenböck, University of Oxford, UK, “for foundational work on optogenetics”. The prize will be presented at a ceremony held in New York City on February 16, 2023.
Trumpf and KDPOF become strategic partners
Trumpf Photonic Components, a global leader in high-speed VCSEL and photodiode solutions for data communication, and KDPOF, an expert in high-speed optical networking solutions based in Spain, have become strategic partners on automotive datacom solutions.
