PhotonicsViews 4/2024
Cover Picture
Cover Picture: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
- First Published: 01 September 2024
Editorial
Pioneering the future of integrated photonics
Jorn Smeets (PhotonDelta)
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Contents
Contents: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
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News: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
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Products: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
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Communications: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
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Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
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Interview
“Be prepared to be humbled, to listen, and learn a lot”
EPIC interview with Thorsten Mayer, CEO at Vanguard Automation
Jérémy Picot-Clémente (EPIC)
Technology Report
Innovations and challenges in modern optical design: Revolutionizing the field of optical design to enable faster and more accurate optimization of complex optical systems
Jérémy Picot-Clémente (EPIC)
Optics Design
Creating advanced photonics AI assistants: The first optical design copilot based on a novel dynamic agent approach
Erez Tepper, Haim Suchowski (both: 3DOptix)
- Pages: 27-30
- First Published: 03 June 2024
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Machine Vision
The importance of image quality in AI visual inspection systems: Why variability is the key challenge in model training
Sagi Dolberg (QualiSense)
Preview: 3D vision helps to precisely palletize parts: Reliable part recognition allows the entire workflow to be optimized and automated, which speeds up palletizing, saves costs, and relieves employees
- Pages: 33
- First Published: 01 September 2024
AdheScan – adhesive failure surface inspection system: Adhesive failure surface evaluation based on machine learning of high-resolution stereo images
Luca Kuhlmann, André Lamott, Armin Thomsen, Heiko Mühlenfeld-Keßler, and Anja Knigge (all: Schäfter + Kirchhoff)
Laser Cleaning
Preview: Laser cleaning of insect residue without surface alteration: A pulsed CO2 laser provides an effective shockwave-based cleaning process
- Pages: 38
- First Published: 01 September 2024
Process Control
Preview: Optimized powder bed laser melting processes: Stable processes are a challenge – machine vision provides insights and enables better control
- Pages: 38
- First Published: 01 September 2024
OCT for automated conventional welding in the automotive industry: Optical coherence tomography provides robotic GMAW with a process and quality monitoring function
Nataliya Deyneka Dupriez & Samuel Adolph (both: Lessmüller Lasertechnik)
- Pages: 39-43
- First Published: 14 June 2024
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Laser Plastic Processing
Flexible laser plastic welding as an addition to AM: Highly efficient welding of additively manufactured thermoplastic components
Lea Kroth, René Geiger (both: Evosys), Sebastian-Paul Kopp, and Katja Tangermann-Gerk (both: Bayerisches Laserzentrum)
- Pages: 44-47
- First Published: 06 June 2024
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Additive Manufacturing
Increasing productivity by combining laser processes: Laser-based postprocessing of additively manufactured metal parts
Markus Hofele (LAZ Aalen UAS) & Matthias Buser (IFSW U Stuttgart)
- Pages: 48-52
- First Published: 01 September 2024
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Laser Sources
Tracking greenhouse gases with a laser: Fraunhofer ILT researchers develop advanced lidar systems to tackle global methane emissions and improve climate monitoring
Calendar
Calendar
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Events
Events: PhotonicsViews 4/2024
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Buyers’ Guide
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Index & Masthead
Company Index
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