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16 Jan 25
2025 winner of Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship named as Clay Klein

Lithography-focused award honors the memory of the SPIE Senior Member and Mentor chief engineer.

16 Jan 25
NASA publishes simulated universe previews from upcoming ‘Roman’ telescope

More than one million images present the cosmos as Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will see it from 2027.

16 Jan 25
Eindhoven's Photon IP wins €4.75M for materials integration

Venture support for startup working to combine silicon photonics with active compound semiconductor materials.

15 Jan 25
Omdia forecasts microLED traction in niche displays

Analyst company expecting annual shipments of nearly 35 million in 2031.

15 Jan 25
Zeiss gains FDA approval for new excimer laser system for vision correction

‘MEL 90’ laser extends company’s LVC market position with treatment for myopia, hyperopia, and mixed astigmatism.

15 Jan 25
Stevens Institute extracts new details from OCT of heart development

Interactive software tool produces cutaway views of complex 3D structures.

15 Jan 25
Headwall grows machine vision portfolio with EVK deal

Austria-based EVK offers hyperspectral cameras aimed at industrial applications.

14 Jan 25
Thorlabs snaps up VCSEL pioneer and collaborator, Praevium Research

Santa Barbara firm developed high-speed, tunable emitters used in swept-source OCT applications.

13 Jan 25
SPIE names its 2025 Society award winners

Twenty-one award recipients working across light-based sciences and technologies.

13 Jan 25
imec makes silicon photonics laser ‘breakthrough’ on 300 mm wafers

First full wafer-scale fabrication of electrically-pumped GaAs-based “nano-ridge” lasers.

13 Jan 25
Photoacoustic gas sensing points to real-time environmental monitoring

University of Stuttgart speeds up quartz-enhanced photoacoustics to acquire data more rapidly.

09 Jan 25
Exail broadens output with Leukos acquisition

French high-tech group gains supercontinuum laser expertise with deal to buy Limoges-based company.

Free Manufacturing Readiness Checklist 16 Oct 2024

Optikos

Is your build-to-print project build ready? Find out with this free Optikos Manufacturing Readiness Checklist. This checklist from Optikos Corporation is intended to be a planning tool to help you gauge the build-to-print readiness of your product. Download the checklist here

Measure How We See – The Way to Perfect Display Colors 28 Oct 2024

ADMESY

In recent years new display technologies have emerged. OLED displays, TFT’s with quantum dot technology or laser projectors offer brighter and more saturated colors than possible before. To achieve consistent colors across different displays, colorimetric calibration of the displays is essential.

Distance Image Sensors: The key to advanced gesture detection and people counting applications 12 Jan

Hamamatsu

Distance image sensors are emerging as ideal enablers for various applications, such as gesture detection and people counting. These innovative sensors, utilizing advanced Indirect Time-of-Flight (TOF) methods, offer precise and real-time distance measurements. From enhancing security systems to transforming automated environments, the distance image sensor’s versatility paves the way for more intuitive and efficient interactions between machines and humans.

Beam Shaping for Enhancing Electric Vehicle Welding Applications 23 Oct 2024

PowerPhotonic

Demand for use of laser beam welding in the manufacture of EV batteries and fuel cells is increasing, with growth in demand expected. This white paper has featured a case study in which PowerPhotonic freeform beam shaping technology brings advances in key aspects of laser welding for EV applications: improving the weld process, making welds stronger and with lower spatter: ultimately making EV systems safer for all. Contact PowerPhotonic to start your collaborative journey to improved laser welding.

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