Change in the chairmanship of the Exhibitors' Advisory Board of the SPS
In 2017, Christian Wolf took over the chairmanship of the committee and presided over it for five years. He is now passing on the post as scheduled.
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Keck Observatory and Alpao develop next generation adaptive optics system
W. M. Keck Observatory and deformable mirrors and adaptive optics specialist Alpao have partnered to develop an improvement for the Keck II telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii.
The enabling technologies met live
There were many satisfied faces on the evening of July 7 when the doors of the W3+ Fair Wetzlar 2022 closed after two days.
Record entanglement of quantum memories
German researchers have entangled two quantum memories over a 33-kilometer long fiber optic connection.
Open multiplexing offers cancer researchers more choices
Leica Microsystems has introduced a new generation of its multiplexed imaging solution, Cell DIVE, including software and hardware improvements.
A sensor for innovative car cockpits
In collaboration with 3D time-of-flight system specialist PMD Technologies, has therefore developed the second generation of the REAL3 automotive image sensor – an ISO26262-complient high resolution 3D image sensor.
Trumpf reinvests in software companies
The decision to acquire outstanding shares in joint venture and invest in cloud platform programming experts are prompted by the machine tool and laser maker’s ongoing digitalization strategy.
Igus presents computer game
igus presented the online browser game igumania. The idle game was developed using the Unity gaming platform and allows players to experience igus products in a playful way.
Matthias Lapp Takes Over as Chairman of the Board at Cable Manufacturer Lapp
Matthias Lapp (39), grandson of the company's founder Ursula Ida Lapp, will take over as CEO of Lapp Holding from 1 October 2022. His uncle Andreas Lapp (66), Chairman of the Executive Board, and his father Siegbert E. Lapp (69), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, will retire from the operational business of the Lapp Group on 30 September 2022.
Self-organized lasers adapt their structure
Approach could lead to new materials for sensing, computing, light sources and displays.
Umicore Coatings Services appoints new managing director
Previous commercial manager Mark Naples has almost two decades of experience working across the optics, sensing, and imaging industries.
Partnership for the smart glasses of the future
EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano have created the first ever joint research center aimed at designing the smart glasses of the future, EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab.
Amcoss increases productivity for Jenoptik
Being one of the leading manufacturers for high-power, edge-emitting semiconductor lasers, Jenoptik will use new equipment in lithography processes. Amcoss, based in Feldkirch, Austria, has supplied a fully automatic amc 2000 wafer processing unit for coating and developing of wafers.
Vision Engineering Acquires Lens Housing Manufacturer
With the acquisition of Milturn, Vision Engineering aims to expand the existing manufacturing base in the UK and US.
A new kind of an efficient optical switch
A silicon-based non-volatile switch manipulates light through the use of a phase-change material and graphene heater.
Visiconsult wants to acquire majority stake in CT equipment manufacturer
Visiconsult wants to acquire a majority stake in Diondo, a manufacturer of computer tomography devices. The company would thus significantly expand its competencies and capacities in this area.
Joint competence centers of Isra Vision, Perceptron, and Quiss
Under the new joint slogan ‘envisioning the future’, the three companies are offering a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for for surface inspection, quality assurance, metrology, machine vision and 3D robotics.
The world's first ultrafast photonic computing processor
Using multiple polarization channels to carry out parallel processing.
€7M to deliver truly realistic AR/VR
Investment will accelerate development of revolutionary holographic extended reality (HXR) technology to make virtual reality practically indistinguishable from the real world.
Pioneering device can take 3D images to detect eye diseases
The device, developed by researchers from the University of Strathclyde, captures 3D images of the retina, the back of the eye and cornea, and can be added at low cost to a slit lamp, a device commonly used by optometrists.
ABB opens campus for machine automation at B&R in Austria
ABB has opened a new global innovation and education campus at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg, Austria.
Faulhaber is celebrating 75 years
The history of Faulhaber begins at the end of the 1940s with the founding of the "Feinmechnische Werkstätten" by the young engineer Dr. Fritz Faulhaber in Schoenaich.
“The German photonics industry has a leading global role to lose”
The economic policy spokesman of the B'90/Green parliamentary group visited Toptica to discuss export controls, job market, and regulatory interventions.
Microtechnology sector focuses on sustainability
The IVAM Microtechnology Network presents its Economic Survey for 2022: innovations in the industry provide solutions to the energy and climate crisis.
Processing photons in picoseconds
Using a time lens, Columbia Engineers resolve single photons 70 times faster than other techniques.
Big deal for improving ophthalmological diagnoses
Alpao manufactures deformable mirrors that will be used in OCT systems for the retina.
VDMA bundles competences – focus on quantum technologies
By working together in one joint forum, synergies within the association are utilized and invested in commitment to the future of quantum technologies and photonics.
Pruuve wins Photonics21 Innovation Award 2022
Tim Achenbach, Paul-Anton Will and Philipp Wellmann started the spin-off with the aim of bringing reusable UV sensor foils to market maturity. Now they have been honored with the Photonics21 Innovation Award.
Rollon builds new plant in Italy
The new plant in Agrate, north-east of Milan, adds additional production capacity to the two existing production sites in Arcore and Vimercate.
Solar arrays capture more light
New device collects over 90 % of the light that hit the surface and create spots at the output.
First prototypes of UVB micro-LEDs presented
The Ferdinand Braun Institute has fabricated micro light-emitting diodes in the UV spectral range. The tiny LEDs can be densely packed to form high-resolution arrays.
Switzerland’s largest trade fair celebrates its anniversary
EPHJ, the international high-precision trade fair, has completed its 20th anniversary edition with a clear increase in numbers compared to the 2021 edition and a quality of visitors welcomed by the 700 exhibitors.
Perovskite-on-silicon-tandem solar cells pass 30 % mark
For the first time, this efficiency for perovskite-on-silicon-tandem solar cells has been exceeded thanks to a joint effort led by scientists at EPFL’s Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory in partnership with the innovation center CSEM.
Nanometer-scale imaging with 3D super-resolution
German researchers combine two techniques to achieve isotropic super-resolution imaging.
Photonic amplifiers reach commercial performance
New device based on silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits generates a record output power.
