Roper Scientific Opens Life Sciences Division

Partners from aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney and Virginia Tech have developed an optical technology to calculate engine thrust to allow high-fidelity measurements of gas turbine engine...

SCHOTT appointed Chris Cassidy, current president of SCHOTT Pharma USA, as president of SCHOTT North America. He will hold both positions. Cassidy joined SCHOTT North America in 2014 as vice...

Applications are open for the 2024 SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Jan. 31 during a gala evening at SPIE Photonics West. The awards, held annually by SPIE, the...

Due to the diverse nature of the materials used to make plastics, as well as additives such as dyes and flame inhibitors, plastic recycling poses significant challenges. According to Bjarke...

The Meller Sapphire and Ruby Balls from Meller Optics are miniature high-precision sapphire and ruby balls for use as bearings and mechanical components in medical and scientific instruments and as...

The MS-500 high-sensitivity Interchangeable-Lens Camera from Canon Inc. is equipped with a 1-in. single-photon avalanche diode sensor with a 3.2-MP pixel count. The camera is designed for...

Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) Light-Dependent Resistors (LDRs) from Advanced Photonix Inc. are designed for visible light measurement from 400 to 700 nm. CdS photoresistors can be used for street and...

The In-Sight® 3800 vision system from Cognex is designed for high-speed production lines. The device offers users a vision toolset, imaging capabilities, and flexible software to deliver a fully...

Optical design software allows the user to develop a configuration of optical elements that manipulate the trajectory of light for the purposes of creating an image, illuminating a target, coupling...

Camera resolution depends upon the optical blur diameter and the detector size. Schade combined these to create an equivalent resolution that is a function of Fλ/d where F is the focal ratio,...

The digital camera represents an integration of optics, mechanics and electronics consisting of three layers (Figures 1a, b and c). The top and the middle layers are printed circuit boards (PCBs),...

Reflected-ultraviolet imaging is a rather mysterious area of the imaging field. There is relatively little actual UV imagery to be found on the Internet or in the literature compared to near-infrared...

With the rapid advances in multispectral cameras and lighting, the range of applications continues to expand. As the camera technology improves, multispectral lighting becomes even more important in...

In addition to offering high-speed 10 GigE, 25 GigE, and 100 GigE Vision cameras that meet the demanding needs of applications such as volumetric capture/metaverse, sports technology, and machine...

MATRIX VISION provides software solutions for distributing the network data processing to several CPU cores. Imagine that you are using a new 10 GigE industrial camera that enables the increase of...

The ability to combine more than one spectral band into a single optical filter can enable flexibility of system design and reduce the number of components and the costs needed to achieve a desired...

Photonics Media will host its second annual Photonics Spectra Conference Jan. 10-13. The virtual event will comprise four technology tracks — Lasers, Optics, Sensors and Detectors, and Imaging...

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that relies on optical interference to generate a spectrum. It enables spectral analysis covering a wide range, 1100 to...

A great deal of information about the physical world, from the cosmos to DNA, comes to us in the form of infrared radiation (IR). Human-made systems, such as automotive lidar, thermal-vision cameras,...

Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that probes vibrational states of molecules using, for example, visible light. It requires very little or no sample preparation and can be employed to...

Optical cements and adhesives are specialized materials used in the assembly and bonding of optical components in optical systems. These materials are designed to provide secure and durable bonds...

Chalcogenide refers to a class of compounds containing elements from group 16 of the periodic table, which includes sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te). These elements are known as...

Integrated photonics is a field of study and technology that involves the integration of optical components, such as lasers, modulators, detectors, and waveguides, on a single chip or substrate. The...

Topological photonics is a branch of physics and optics that explores the application of topological concepts to the behavior of light in photonic systems. Drawing inspiration from the field of...

Explore every dimension and see every side of the story with Imaris - the world's most comprehensive microscopy image analysis software.

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at the recent Luminate Lightning Awards. New York’s Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was there and tells us why Luminate is important...

Cutting-edge Innovation √ Unparalleled Quality √ Designed-in Reliability √ Custom Designs √ Andor is the trusted choice for OEM integrations, supplying cameras, spectrographs,...

Accelerate your research with the world's most sensitive cameras. Our market-leading portfolio includes sCMOS, EMCCD, CCD, and ICCD technologies, with broad application coverage for life and physical...

Photron has been a global market leader in high-end, high-speed camera systems for over forty years. The company’s continuing development of new state-of-the-art products illustrates a...

Andor Technology Ltd is a global developer and manufacturer of high-performance scientific cameras, microscopy systems and spectrographs for academic, government, and industrial applications. Founded...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

OHARA manufactures more than 130 environmentally safe optical glass types, free of both lead and arsenic. More than 300 tons of optical glass are melted per month, available in the following forms of...