A data river runs through it
Fiber with a liquid glycerol core is much more robust and can transmit data just as reliably as solid-core fibers.
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New probe for fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging
Nanoscopic resolution images for a better diagnosis.
“Revolutionizing augmented reality”
Infineon’s new MEMS scanner for eyeglasses and head-up displays.
Nano Dimension expands its reach beyond additive manufacturing electronics
‘Tera 250’ becomes ‘Fabrica 2.0 Machine’ following the acquisition of Nanofabrica.
Raith acquires 4pico Litho
Company expands its nanofabrication portfolio with laser beam lithography from the Netherlands.
Stop-motion photons
Light waves are confined to tiny regions of space by a new kind of disorder.
Business Joensuu establishes Photonics Center Oy
Joensuu Photonics Center (JPC) project to support the creation of jobs in the growing photonics sector and attracting new businesses to the region.
European project develops tap-proof communication solution
Project Silicon Photonics for Trusted Electronic Systems “Silhouette“ is launched.
Improved single photon switch
A first step towards realizing chip-scale scalable single photon switches.
Pyroelectricity: detecting the infrared
100 years and very much alive and kicking – ferroelectricity has been researched and used until the present day.
Bending light to enhance wavelength conversion
Plasmon-coupled surface states could improve imaging and sensing systems.
Jenoptik: Second quarter of 2021 also shines with high growth
Jenoptik achieves sales growth of 29.6 percent in the 2nd quarter 2021 compared to the previous year. Half-year sales increased by 18.3 percent to 389 million euros. Based on these figures, the optics group is increasing its targets for 2021 as a whole: sales are expected to rise to 880 to 900 million euros and the EBITDA margin to 19 to 19.5 percent.
Former Quality Thin Films continues manufacturing as Edmund Optics Florida
The laser optics manufacturer Quality Thin Films, USA, acquired at the end of 2020, has been renamed Edmund Optics Florida. Under this company name, the company now produces short-pulse optics with low group delay dispersion (GDD) and optics with high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT).
Flexible fiber laser for rapid material processing
Coherent beam combining can generate different energy distribution patterns particularly quickly during operation.
Heisenberg microscope controls at the quantum level
Measuring the collective motion of a glass sphere in a laser trap.
IDS: Above-average sales growth in the first half of the year
IDS exceeded industry expectations in the first half of 2021. Instead of the 7 percent increase in sales forecast for the machine vision industry by the VDMA, the company has so far more than doubled its growth.
Quantum dot LED redefines premium lighting
Osconiq E 2835 CRI90 (QD) pushes efficiency values to new heights, even at very high color rendering indices and warm light colors.
Thumbs up for metalenses
II-VI introduces high-efficiency multifunctional metalenses for ultracompact optical sensors.
E-paper displays brilliant colors
A new type of electronic paper offers an optimal color display while using ambient light.
ON Semiconductor changes brand name to Onsemi
ON Semiconductor has a new brand name: Onsemi. With this, the supplier of power supplies and sensors wants to emphasize its continued focus on the automotive and industrial markets.
Basler with record results in the first half of 2021
The camera manufacturer Basler achieves the strongest half-year in the company's history in terms of sales, profit and incoming orders. Compared to the same period last year, sales increased by 30 percent and profit by more than 60 percent.
IFR: "Sales of autonomous mobile robots are increasing rapidly".
In the white paper "A Mobile Revolution", the International Federation of Robotics examines how mobility is impacting robotics and why this is a groundbreaking development. The use of autonomous mobile robots is increasing not only in industry and logistics, but also in public spaces.
PhotonicsViews issue 4/2021 is out
Book ads for issue 5/2021 and pitch articles for issue 6/2021.
Jennifer Barton elected into SPIE presidential chain
Society’s next vice president is also co-chair of SPIE Photonics West BiOS conference
Change in the management of ABB's Electrification business area
Torsten Nolting took over as head of ABB's Electrification business area in Germany on August 1, 2021. He succeeds Uwe Laudenklos, who became Lead Business Area Manager Northern and Central Europe for the same business area on April 1 of this year.
MVTec strengthens Halcon product management team
Effective immediately, Susanne Kretzschmar will strengthen the strategic market development of the machine vision software Halcon as Commercial Product Manager at MVTec.
ON Semiconductor to grow strongly in second quarter of 2021
ON Semiconductor's sales in the second quarter of 2021 are up 38 percent year-on-year. Structural changes and strong demand are the main drivers of this development, the semiconductor group reports.
Raylase launches clean room production
Opto-mechanical deflection units manufactured in the clean room enhance stability and reduce costs in laser material processing.
New hybrid coating process
Additive manufacturing with wire and powder enables resource-efficient and cost-effective wear-resistant coatings.
Jenoptik is focusing in the metrology business
Company sells non-optical process metrology business for grinding machines to Marposs.
New metasurfaces to control lasers
Supercell metasurfaces for multifunctional wide-angle optics and lasing.
