Spiraling lasers decrypt topological insulators
Light reveals phase transition accompanied by the loss of quantum properties.
News
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.
Friedrich Richter is the new managing director of Proleit
Friedrich Richter is the new managing director of Proleit. He succeeds the previous CEO and Proleit co-founder Wolfgang Ebster, who retired at the end of August.
Captron with new management
Captron is making a change in international management: Sean Walters will be responsible for Captron North America LP as General Manager North America from August 2022.
Vision: Lecture program is set
At the Vision in early October 2022, trend topics and innovations in the image processing industry will be presented and discussed. Special highlights in this context are the Industrial Vision Days and the Vision Award ceremony.
Guided Tours at Vision 2022
From 4 to 6 October, the organiser of this year's Vision, Messe Stuttgart, is offering theme-specific tours. Visitors thus have the chance to learn about trends for their industry and gain insights into various machine vision solutions.
Better control in additive manufacturing
The elastic properties depend on structure size, process and fabrication parameters.
PhotonicsViews issue 4/2022 is out!
Issue 4/2022 – August/September – is online and has been mailed. It includes feature articles from Fraunhofer ILT, High Speed Vision, Luxinar, Pulsar Photonics, SVS Vistek, and more companies and institutions.
“Joint Application Lab” with Hamamatsu Photonics at Fraunhofer ILT
Together with Hamamatsu, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen has set up an application lab for advanced laser material processing with ultrashort pulsed (USP) laser radiation.
Fiber as a Bessel beam generator
New device for applications in imaging, optical trapping and communications.
Evotron: Machine Vision Forum again part of Motek
The "Machine Vision Forum" returns to the Motek 2022 trade fair. After a corona break, the event series on machine vision technology knowledge will be continued by the machine vision and training specialist Evotron.
International Vision Night on the eve of Vision 2022
To get in the mood for the trade fair, the International Vision Night on the eve of the opening of Vision 2022 offers a mixture of networking and celebrations in a relaxed atmosphere.
Better beam steering on a chip
New approach für small, cost-effective and high-performance lidar.
