Physik Instrumente buys Japanese manufacturer of granite base plates
Physik Instrumente (PI) has acquired all shares in the Japanese company Precision Granite W Co. Ltd. (PGW). The acquisition was completed on February 25, 2021.
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LiDAR systems based on integrated optical phased arrays
OPAs with solid-state beam steering can reduce the cost and size
An ultra-degree-of-freedom structured vector beam
Structured light with more controllable degrees-of-freedom offers versatile applications.
EMVA Business Conference 2021 takes place purely virtually
The EMVA is holding its annual Business Conference purely virtually this year, making it a "Special Edition 2021". Originally, it was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. It will now be taking place there from May 12 to 14, 2022.
€2.8M to develop next-generation infrared detectors
‘Made in France’ program provides support for Lynred’s small-pixel-pitch SWIR detectors
New optical switch for quantum computing
A new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat.
JePPIX and PULSATE Pilot Lines Open Calls
1st Technology Transfer Experiments, participation in Demonstrator Program
Twistoptics to control optical nonlinearity
First technique to exploit the tunable symmetry of 2D materials for nonlinear optical applications.
Datalogic acquires Italian sensor manufacturer for 37 million euros
Datalogic buys the Italian sensor manufacturer Micro Detectors for 37 million euros. With its 200 employees, it becomes part of the subsidiary Datalogic S.r.l. The previous owner was the industrial holding Finmasi Group.
Senswork opens development center for deep learning and AI
Senswork, an expert in machine vision, opens its Innovation Lab in Munich, where it researches solutions for optical inspection using deep learning and ai.
Salvo Technologies acquires Spectrecology
Takeover expands company’s spectral sensing offerings, adding complementary systems and components of modular spectroscopy
AMS invests in new imaging center of excellence
Rochester NY site to boost sensor-enabled consumer imaging expertise
Color blindness-correcting contact lenses
A rose-tinted gel with gold nanoparticles filtered light within 520 - 580 nanometers.
Fine pitch placement of flip-chip photonics devices
Cooperation between Bay Photonics, Palomar Technologies and EPIC Paignton
Light pretending to be a ferromagnet
An optical cavity filled with a liquid crystal enables to investigate exotic states of polarization of light.
Aerotech announces Robert Novotnak as President
New head to guide company through expansion and new era of growth
Laser pulses as subtle machining tools
Industrial-grade materials processing on the sub-micron scale is enabled by spatially structured ultrashort laser pulses.
Active Silicon acquired by Solid State Plc
The initial consideration of £6.3m is being settled out of Solid State’s existing cash resources and banking facilities.
Teledyne e2v and Yumain jointly develop AI-based machine vision solutions
Teledyne e2v teams up with Yumain (Dijon, France) to develop bio-inspired imaging solutions. In particular, the focus is on improved accessibility.
Osram appoints Ingo Bank as Chief Executive Officer
Babette Fröhlich to be head of Corporate HR in future combined company, joins the Management Board of Osram as Labor Director
Schneider Messtechnik expands management
Andreas Strobel joins the management team of Dr. Heinrich Schneider Messtechnik GmbH on January 1, 2021. The 42-year-old has since been responsible for sales, marketing and service. He now forms a dual leadership with Dr. Wolfram Kleuver.
New optical antennas for vortices of light
Increasing the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a single light source.
Developing an intelligent camera-sensor technology
Project MISEL – Multispectral Intelligent Vision System with Embedded Low-Power Neural Computing
Bachelor thesis on sensor technologies for computed tomography receives award
In February, the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation awarded a prize to a scientific paper in the field of non-contact dimensional metrology at a ceremony held on the premises of Werth Messtechnik in Giessen.
Coherent to engage in discussions with II-VI
Evaluation of potential MKS transaction, continues to recommend Lumentum merger at this time
Laser generates random numbers at ultrafast speeds
Scientists achieve a total bit rate of 250 terabits per second with off-line postprocessing.
Bernard Maitenaz passed away age 94
Essilor mourns death of the first Varilux progressive lens’ inventor
Commercializing innovative laser prototyping technology
Jenoptik and 4JET jointly launch new technology
Frequency combs in a photonic molecule
A step towards the study of emergent nonlinear phenomena in soliton networks and multimodal lattices.
EssilorLuxottica and CooperCompanies acquire SightGlass Vision
Leading vision care companies have entered into an agreement to create a 50/50 joint venture
Ultrabright dots see beyond skin deep
New polymer dots can produce low-noise images with single-molecule sensitivity.
EMVA and Khronos gather requirements for embedded standard
The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) and Khronos Group established a joint Embedded Camera API Exploratory Group. The goal is to explore industry interest in creating open, royalty-free API standards for embedded camera and sensors. Participation is open to all interested sensor and camera manufacturers, chip providers, and software developers from the machine vision and sensor industries.
