Pyroelectricity: detecting the infrared
100 years and very much alive and kicking – ferroelectricity has been researched and used until the present day.
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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.
IDS expands management with third member
Effective August 1, Alexander Lewinsky became Managing Director of camera manufacturer IDS. The engineer takes over the operational management of the Obersulm-based company alongside Jan Hartmann. Company founder and shareholder Jürgen Hartmann remains responsible for development and product management.
Photoneo signs distribution agreement with Astor for Poland
Polish integrator Astor becomes Technology Partner for Photoneo's 3D vision and automation solutions for the Polish market.
Reduce Textil Waste with Hyperspectral Imaging
New EU guidelines for the recycling of fabrics and textiles have been in force since 2018. The aim of this very important project for the environment is to reuse all textiles worldwide from 2025. Hyperspectral imaging offers the technical requirements for successfully achieving this ambitious goal.
White light with less blue is better
Polychromatic white light from OLEDs avoids negative health effects.
Computer Vision for Industry
A novel software platform with a modular, scalable design enables the integration of end-to-end solutions for Industrial Computer Vision as well as the creation, distribution and maintenance of Deep Learning-based quality and compliance checks across the enterprise.
Acquiring 3D images at over 1,000 frames per second
BitFlow CoaXPress frame grabber used in groundbreaking new 3D imaging system.
Balluff: Groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the headquarters
The sensor and automation manufacturer Balluff is building another office and administration building at its headquarters in Neuhausen a. d. F., Germany, which will accommodate 530 employees. The groundbreaking ceremony was held this Wednesday, and the building is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in summer 2023.
ASTM awards contract to Fraunhofer ILT
Project towards standardization of machine condition monitoring in laser beam powder bed fusion.
Lumibird purchases Areva’s stake in Cilas
Acquisition strengthens the company’s position in Europe in the defense and civil markets.
New OLED electrode liberates more light
A five-nanometer-thick layer of silver and copper outperforms conventional indium tin oxide.
