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Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kaierle, scientific-technical director of the Laser Zentrum Hannover LZH, has accepted the appointment as Professor for Laser Additive Processing in a joint appointment procedure of the Leibniz University Hannover and the LZH, effective as of August 15th, 2021.
Anyone with demanding laser requirements for their product has an opportunity to attend Chilas’ new product launch and be among the first to discover the possibilities it can offer. The launch will be held online with the support of European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC).
Researchers have developed a prototype display that uses projection to create large-scale 3D images with ultrahigh definition. The new approach helps overcome the limitations of light-field projection, which can create natural-looking 3D images that do not require special 3D glasses for viewing.
Electron beam lithography enables compact design of novel components for quantum technologies.
Apart from a servo press line, Porsche’s and Schuler’s fully-connected press shop also features a state-of-the-art blanking line.
Fibrous red phosphorous, confined in its one-dimensional units, show large optical responses.
Horiba UK’s world-leading fluorescence spectrometer supports development of novel fluorophores at Northumbria University.
At last, pandemic rules made it possible for the elected board members to gather for a constituent meeting on August 4 and 5, 2021, at the EMVA member Zeiss Automated Inspection Systems' facilities. Of course, everyone is double-vaccinated, the EMVA emphasizes.
On September 1, 2021, Mustapha El Bouchouafi will succeed Cyril Aujard as Managing Director of Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions France.
Invention could lead to big improvements in many imaging technologies.
Onsemi announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the company will acquire GTAT for $415 million in cash. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of Onsemi and GTAT, is expected to close in the first half of 2022.
Pleora Technologies today announced a new distribution partnership with Hongke Technology, a distributor of industrial cameras, 3D imaging and high-performance vision solutions in China. Effective immediately, Hongke will distribute Pleora's AI, edge processing and real-time sensor connectivity solutions.
Edmund Optics now offers ultra-thin optical filters in cooperation with Everix. The optical component manufacturer and supplier is the exclusive global distributor for the ever-expanding product line and keeps the entire selection of ultra-thin filters in stock.
Two major new releases of Cognex VisionPro software deliver advanced vision tools and tighter deep learning integration in a high-performance platform.
Fiber with a liquid glycerol core is much more robust and can transmit data just as reliably as solid-core fibers.
Nanoscopic resolution images for a better diagnosis.
Infineon’s new MEMS scanner for eyeglasses and head-up displays.
‘Tera 250’ becomes ‘Fabrica 2.0 Machine’ following the acquisition of Nanofabrica.
Company expands its nanofabrication portfolio with laser beam lithography from the Netherlands.
Light waves are confined to tiny regions of space by a new kind of disorder.
Joensuu Photonics Center (JPC) project to support the creation of jobs in the growing photonics sector and attracting new businesses to the region.
Project Silicon Photonics for Trusted Electronic Systems “Silhouette“ is launched.
A first step towards realizing chip-scale scalable single photon switches.
100 years and very much alive and kicking – ferroelectricity has been researched and used until the present day.
Plasmon-coupled surface states could improve imaging and sensing systems.
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.
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).
Coherent beam combining can generate different energy distribution patterns particularly quickly during operation.
Measuring the collective motion of a glass sphere in a laser trap.
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.
Osconiq E 2835 CRI90 (QD) pushes efficiency values to new heights, even at very high color rendering indices and warm light colors.
