Photon recycling in perovskite solar cells
New analysis can provide design principles for future solar cells to approach the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit.
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EPIC hires photonics technologies program managers
To address the needs of its members, EPIC strengthens its team by recruiting Dr Ivan Nikitski and Dr Jérémy Picot-Clémente to support the technical needs of the growing membership as well as the EU-funded initiatives.
China Aims for Global Leadership in Robotics
The new 5-year plan for the robotics industry in China, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing, focuses on promoting innovation - making China a global leader for robot technology and industrial advancement. The statistical department of the International Federation of Robotics reports about the domestic and foreign engagement on the world's largest market.
HMS builds European distribution center at Karlsruhe
HMS Networks is significantly expanding its Karlsruhe location. For this reason, the provider of industrial information and communication technology (ICT) is having a new European distribution center built, vis-à-vis the Karlsruhe Technology Park.
Statmath becomes 100 percent subsidiary of IFM Solutions
Statmath GmbH has already been part of the IFM group since January 01, 2019. Now, the majority shareholding by IFM Solutions GmbH will become a 100 percent shareholding.
MVTec celebrates 25th anniversary
MVTec, a specialist for industrial machine vision software, is 25 years old. The Munich-based company plans to celebrate this anniversary throughout 2022.
World’s smallest projection display
Last week Trilite has presented Trixel 3, the world’s smallest laser beam scanner at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco, California.
Prism Awards celebrate innovative photonics technologies
The 14th annual ceremony showcased a dynamic range of companies – from Luxexcel, PlenOptika, and Lumotive, to SWIR, LightPath Technologies, and ColdQuanta — applying innovative and creative solutions to critical problems in areas such as augmented and virtual reality, biomedical devices, autonomous vehicles, quantum, and industrial lasers.
Basler joins 5G alliance
Bringing IT and OT together - that is the goal of camera manufacturer Basler by joining the "5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation". The company is the first from the machine vision sector to support the initiative.
MVTec Innovation Day 2022 is cancelled
The MVTec Innovation Day 2022 is cancelled. There will also be no virtual replacement for the event planned for February 8 and 9. The reason is the pandemic situation.
Kiran Ramakrishnan new CEO at Z-Laser
Effective December 20th, 2021, the engineer has assumed the position of CEO at Z-Laser, the German manufacturer of laser sources for innovative customer applications.
Up to €3M funding opportunity to implement free-form micro-optical components
To advance Europe’s competitiveness and support advanced technical developments, the European Commission is providing 3 million euros of funding to early adopters of the Phabulous pilot line services for the implementation and integration of free-form micro-optical components.
OptecNet Germany elected new board
The managing directors of Photonics BW and Bayern Photonics were appointed as board members of OptecNet Deutschland at the recent general meeting.
Trioptics: Change in Management Board
At the beginning of April, after 30 years, Eugen Dumitrescu is leaving the management of the Wedel-based company and handing over responsibility to a new, extended management team.
Linking dark and bright light pulses
The combination of solitons increases the color range of the emitted light from the microresonators.
New photonic effect could speed drug development
New approach offers a analysis tool for high-throughput screening, a method to analyze vast libraries of chemical compounds.
Mercedes-Benz partners with Luminar
The two companies intend to accelerate the development of future automated driving technologies for passenger cars. A central component of this is the optimal access to new technologies and global competencies.
Convert greenhouse gasses into clean energy using photonics
A European consortium is developing a new process that uses sunlight and LEDs to turn carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into clean energy products like methane gas and methanol liquid fuel.
Kuka signs major contract with Ford Otosan
Kuka and Ford Otosan in Turkey have signed a new framework agreement to supply more than 700 robots for Ford's next-generation electric and connected commercial vehicle projects at Ford's Kocaeli plants. The contract continues the partnership between the two companies that has lasted for more than 20 years.
The Schaeffler Group takes over Melior Motion
The automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Melior Motion GmbH. With the acquisition of the supplier of precision gears for robotics, the Schaeffler Group is expanding the portfolio in the field of robotics in its Industrial division.
Nuburu secures fresh funding, appoints COO, VP global sales
The provider of high power and high brightness industrial blue lasers has raised additional growth capital at a valuation of approximately 350 million dollars. The company has also brought on experienced technology executive, Brian Faircloth, as chief operating officer, and promoted Andrew Dodd to vice president of global sales to boost commercialization efforts for its revolutionary industrial blue laser technology.
Driving industrial innovation in photonic packaging market
The photonic assembly service provider Phix builds on Nanoscribe’s high-performance 3D printing solution with alignment capabilities to offer 3D-printed standard lensed fiber arrays.
Tailoring two-photon quantum states
A simple but powerful approach uses very sensitive photon pairs and holds promise for applications that can achieve high measurement precisions.
Major instrumentation initiative for research into quantum technologies
Quantum technologies are a focus of research worldwide, and an indispensable tool for exploring underlying phenomena used in imaging research for the scientific development of quantum communication systems. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has now approved two major instrumentation initiatives to address such applications.
GMA has a new chairman
Michael Weyrich has taken over the chairmanship of the VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automation Technology (GMA). He succeeds Atilla Bilgic, who was chairman of the GMA from 2018 to 2021.
Lutz Aschke elected new President of Photonics21
Managing director of Mahr Group to represent the European technology platform for photonics for the next years.
Joint solutions for laser material deposition
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and Trumpf Laser- und Systemtechnik from Ditzingen have signed a cooperation agreement. They want to collaborate more closely in the field of laser material deposition and accelerate the transfer of the technology to industry.
Extremely low driving voltage in OLEDs
New device is based on upconversion transition associated with triplet–triplet annihilation that doubles the energy of excited states.
Teledyne Photometrics partners with Dotphoton
Photometrics, a division of Teledyne Technologies, engaged in a strategic partnership with Swiss image compression solutions provider Dotphoton that will enable robust storage of the large amounts of images generated by scientific imaging using integrated combinations of products from the two companies.
3D digital holograms on smartphones?
The new sensor – made by KIST researchers – can detect near-infrared light, as well as previously undetectable visible light, opening up new opportunities in various fields.
Lenze once again honored as a good employer
For the 17th time in a row, the independent Top Employers Institute from Amsterdam has awarded Lenze the best employer in Germany as part of an extensive certification process. The automation company based in Hamelin feels that the certificate confirms that it can offer its employees good working conditions.
3D-Micromac appoints CTO
Hartmut Schubert was appointed by the management board of 3D-Micromac AG to the position of chief technology officer effective January 2022. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic management of the company’s technology division.
16 million euros for photonic quantum processors
Seven universities and research institutions as well as Vanguard Automation GmbH employ a measurement-based quantum computing approach in the BMBF project PhotonQ.
Hannover Messe 2022 will start at the end of May
The next Hanover Fair will be held from May 30th to June 2nd. With this, Deutsche Messe AG wants to react to the current pandemic situation and create planning security for exhibitors and visitors.
Scanner manufacturer Next Scan Technology to be integrated into Scanlab
Next Scan Technology (NST), which was acquired in 2015, now operates as Scanlab BV and was integrated into the Scanlab Group based in Puchheim at the beginning of the year. The group also takes over marketing, sales and customer service.
