2D-based photodetector with fast photoresponse
Experiments show short reaction time within 545 to 576 nanoseconds.
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Metasurfaces for optical encryption
Photonic metasurfaces operate in the visible range and can be used for biomedical applications in wet environments.
Hima appoints new Vice President
Peter Sieber has been appointed Vice President Strategic Marketing for the Hima Group. In this newly created position, he will drive forward the digitization of functional safety and further expand the company's position as an independent solution provider in safety-related automation.
“Laser: commodity or innovation driver?”
After a pandemic break of four years, the industrial laser technology community met for AKL’22 in Aachen.
Siemens takes over Senseye
With the acquisition of Senseye, Siemens is expanding its portfolio with solutions for predictive maintenance and asset intelligence.
Domino upconversion for UV-lasers
A solution for constructing miniaturized high energy lasers for bio-detection and photonic devices.
“Milestone in quantum sensor technology”
In medical care, magnetic fields of heart and brain activity are measured to detect diseases at an early stage. To measure even the smallest magnetic fields, researchers at Fraunhofer IAF are working on a new approach: diamond-based laser threshold magnetometry.
Hannover Messe: The organizer draws a positive conclusion
The first Hanover Fair after two years was a success for exhibitors and organizers. The trade fair has shown that industrial transformation is making great strides and that industry can already provide answers to the challenges of climate protection and security of supply.
How to harvest solar power at night
Australian researchers have developed a device that can generate electricity from thermal radiation based on similar technology to night-vision goggles.
75 years of SAB Bröckskes in Viersen
The company history of SAB begins in 1947 with Peter Bröckskes senior. and a workshop in a shed in Süchteln as well as a "capital" of 100 Reichsmarks.
AMA Association Continues to Record Clearly Positive Results
"Our members' economic results continue to show an upward trend in the first quarter, " says Thomas Simmons, executive director of the AMA Association for Sensor and Measurement Technology. The biggest challenge facing our industry remains the procurement difficulties that determine our members' ability to deliver."
Sieb & Meyer wins the Lower Saxony Foreign Trade Award
Drive solutions and control technology from Lüneburg are in demand worldwide: In 2021, Sieb & Meyer was able to record an export quota of 92 percent. The company has now been awarded the Lower Saxony Foreign Trade Prize in the large company category. The award ceremony took place on June 1, 2022 as part of the Hanover Fair.
Change in the Carl Zeiss Executive Board
Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf joins the Executive Board in the role of Chief Transformation Officer (CTO). With the move to BSH Hausgeräte, Matthias Metz will leave the Executive Board. Effective July 1, 2022, Sven Hermann, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Zeiss Vision Care, will succeed him.
TQ Systems merges three plants
The TQ Systems plant in Peiting is being expanded and will also accommodate the capacities of the Peißenberg and Murnau plants from summer 2022.
Quantum 2.0 – hybrid conference and exhibition
Plenary presentations by quantum experts: Nathalie de Leon, Jian-Wei Pan, John Preskill, Christine Silberhorn, Michael Totzeck and Peter Zoller.
VDMA Significantly Reduces Production Forecast for 2022
The Ukraine war and the lockdowns in China are weakening production growth in the machinery and plant engineering sector. Business with Russia has come to a virtual standstill. The VDMA is therefore revising its production forecast for 2022 from plus 4 to plus 1 percent.
Mixing laser- and X-ray-beams
German scientists investigate a new photonic process by overlapping ultrashort pulses of soft X-rays and infrared radiation in a single crystal of lithium fluoride.
Rauscher Now also Offers Filters from Midopt
Imaging distributor adds Midwest Optical Systems (Midopt) filters and optical solutions to its portfolio.
Igus presents Bike made from recycled plastic
igus presented a concept for an urban bike at the Hanover Fair. It is produced maintenance-free, without lubricants and from recycled plastic. The first model should be available by the end of the year.
Entanglement in classical systems
Two scientists from UK and Mexico present new opportunities of diversified non-separable states of light for both fundamental science and applications in the near future.
Jugend forscht: Winner honored in Lübeck
The winners of the 57th national competition Jugend forscht have been chosen. Germany's best young scientists were honored at the award ceremony in Lübeck.
Yang wins German research award
Lan Yang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to receive the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.
Diamond mirrors for high-powered lasers
Nanostructures onto a thin sheet of diamond withstood, without damage, experiments with a 10-kilowatt laser.
AKL eV has a new management team
Dr Markus Kogel-Hollacher from Precitec and Dr Claus Schnitzler from Amphos were elected as the association’s new managing director and treasurer on May 5.
VDMA founds additive manufacturing trade association
AM processes are playing an increasingly important role in industrial production. Networking within the VDMA helps to further develop this technology of the future.
UV-LED lights kill coronaviruses and HIV
Replacing standard lighting with UV-LED lights could be a powerful tool in stopping the spread of Covid-19.
Daimler acquires stake in Manz
The companies have signed a cooperation agreement on a strategic partnership to establish a pilot line for the production of lithium-ion battery cells and for the assembly of batteries at Daimler Truck’s Mannheim site.
Avnet Embedded opens new Software Technology Lab
Avnet Embedded has established a new Software Technology Lab. The aim of the lab is that customers can bring their innovative embedded products to market faster and more cost-effectively.
Laser 2000 is the new UK distribution partner of Opto
Opto announces a collaboration with Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd, the new distributor for the territory of the United Kingdom.
Philip Harting remains chairman of AUMA
At the suggestion of the BDI (Federal Association of Industry), the AUMA (Exhibition and Trade Fair Committee of German Industry) re-elected Philip Harting as Chairman of the Board.
Successful premiere of all about automation in Heilbronn
For the first time, an all about automation took place in Heilbronn in mid-May. For the organizer, the new venue was the right choice.
IoTmaxx becomes a new partner of Deutsche Telekom
IoTmaxx enters into a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom. IoTmaxx customers now have access to the network provider's services and services.
Successful “Industrialization and Digitalization of Additive Manufacturing”
At sites of BMW in Munich and GKN Powder Metallurgy in Bonn, the results of the IDAM project allows to manufacture more than 10,000 individual and spare parts.
New kind of a single-photon emitter
Ultrafast control of single-photon emitters in the two-dimensional material hexagonal boron nitride using laser pulses.
Helmholtz Prize for two world-class optics research teams
This year’s Helmholtz Prize is honoring two important contributions to physics, one relating to fundamental research and one to applied research, but both in the field of optics.
