Quantum keys fiber-linked over 75 kilometers
First successful exchange of quantum keys between Erfurt and Jena via optical fiber enables new QKD experiments
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45 years of Display Visions and name change
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Munich and Upper Bavaria congratulated Display Visions on its 45th anniversary and presented it with a certificate in keeping with its status.
Evident opens new Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore
New facility supports customers and employees in the APAC region with leading-edge technology.
More control over captured light
New approach to create and control quantum states of light in a three-dimensional cavity.
Re-Start in Autumn
After a 4-year interruption, the optotechnology and image processing sectors met once again – live and in person – at Optatec.
Visiconsult: Big crowd at sales conference
In mid-October, more than 60 sales partners attended Visiconsult for a conference to discover new topics related to the NDT division brand VCxray.
Deep learning with light
A new method uses optics to accelerate machine-learning computations on smart speakers.
The first programmable optical quantum memory
New approach to generate multiphoton entangled states is faster than any previous method.
Industry leaders join Optica’s board
Society announces 2023 vice president and directors-at-large
PhotonicsViews issue 5/2022 is out!
Issue 5/2022 – October/November – is online and has been mailed. It includes feature articles from or with Accumold, Ansys Zemax, Cailabs, Femtoprint, Holo’Or, IDEX Optical Technologies, Physik Instrumente, Pulsar Photonics, Nanoscribe, Scansonic MI, Sill Optics, and more companies and institutions.
Scanlab expands its company building
Company increases its production capacities in Puchheim in a fourth construction phase
Edmund Optics and Schott extend partnership to China
Easy access to optical filter glass and minimal lead times for Asian customers
High efficient on-chip frequency comb
New laser source combines high efficiency and broad bandwidth.
Fluorescence microscopy with ease-of-use
PicoQuant has created a system that is easier to use without any compromise on sensitivity. It makes these systems accessible for users who do not enjoy the support of a trained physicist.
Twisty photons for quantum communication
On-chip technology uses orbital angular momentum to encode more information into a single photon.
Optimized integrated digital pathology workflows
Indica Labs, a provider of quantitative digital pathology and image management solutions, and Hamamatsu Photonics, a forerunner in whole slide imaging systems, agreed to maintain long-term interoperability between Indica Lab’s HALO AP software platform and Hamamatsu’s NanoZoomer family of high-speed, high-resolution scanners.
A perfect trap for light
Physicists from Austria and Israel developed a perfect absorber for arbitrary wavefronts.
18 projects selected in Pulsate’s 1st open call
The projects selected by the Pulsate Consortium can start the support program and receive the grant to assess the feasibility of laser-based technology implementation in their environment.
Bioabsorbable breast implants and robotic post-processing …
For the eighth time, the international Formnext Start-up Challenge has recognized young companies from the world of additive manufacturing for their innovative business ideas and technical developments.
Metasurfaces generate complex quantum states
Multi-entanglement could be useful for sophisticated information processing schemes.
VDMA forecasts growth for German machine vision
Industrial image processing in Germany is expected to generate sales of 3.3 billion euros in 2022 - this corresponds to an increase of 8 percent compared to the previous year.
UV experts from all over the world met in Germany
On October 5 and 6, more than forty industry and research representatives met at Laser Components’s premises in Olching near Munich for the 3rd International UV Workshop.
Gentle crystallization of sensitive silicon layers
A new process eliminates the need for wires and solder joints, an advantage that can significantly reduce the component size and enhance the sensor performance.
Di-Soric opens office in China
Since September 2022, Di-Soric has operated a sales, marketing and technical support office in China
Ziehl-Abbegg appoints Marc Wucherer as new CEO
The supervisory board of Ziehl-Abegg SE has appointed Marc Wucherer as the company's new CEO. The 52-year-old will assume the new role in December 2022.
Official start of the ‘Prometheus’ Horizon-funded action
‘Prometheus’: programmable integrated photonic neuromorphic and quantum networks for high-speed imaging, communications and security applications.
Vision 2022: Machine vision fair exceeds expectations
Vision 2022 recorded 6,505 trade visitors. This made the world's leading trade fair once again the centre of the machine vision industry.
Combining light with sharper teeth
Deeper understanding of how the line width in microcombs works.
Applied Photonics Award 2022 – these are the winners
Bioanalytics, mobile communication, weather research – this year, the winners of the Applied Photonics Award have once again demonstrated how broad photonics research is. The young researcher award of the Fraunhofer IOF was presented to the five award winners of 2022 on October 5 as part of Photonics Days Jena.
Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication
New technology opens the way to quantum light sources with fiber optic compatibility.
Rework of LED dies using new debonding solution
In times of limited availability of components and materials, reworking takes on a very special significance. This also applies to LED manufacturing, where irregularities in processed LEDs are immediately visible at first sight.
Nobel Prize in physics goes to Aspect, Clauser, and Zeilinger
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honors “experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”.
inspect America Fall now available
Read our free E-Special inspect America, our edition especially for the American market. The focus is on the Boston Vision Show.
