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The Netherlands’ Photonic Integration Technology Center (PITC) has launched a dedicated metrology program, aimed at developing design-for-test methodologies and new product characterization and...

SensiBel, an Oslo, Norway-based microphone technology company, closed a €15 million (~$15.8 million) funding round to ramp up production of its optical MEMS microphone technology. TRUMPF Venture...

Perovskite technology developer Caelux closed a $12 million series A3 funding round. The company’s series A total of $24 million will be allocated to support its factory ramp, R&D, and...

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have established a spinoff company to commercialize a measuring system developed at the institute....

The MapROVER™ (shown) and SteerROVER™ from Evident Corporation are phased array inspection solutions for weld and corrosion inspections. The MapROVER includes an electronic cooling system...

The New Energy LEDiL Optics Kit (NELOK) from NewEnergy consists of a single LED mounted on a printed circuit board and attached to a heatsink along with 15 lenses, three each from five lens families....

The MERLIC 5.4 machine vision software from MVTec Software GmbH is suited for machine vision beginners interested in creating and solving complete machine vision applications. Version 5.4 of the...

The Persee N1 from Orbbec is an all-in-one combination of a stereo-vision 3D camera and a purpose-built computer. Based on the NVIDIA Jetson platform, the Persee N1 delivers accurate and reliable...

Photonics Rules of Thumb Scientists and engineers tend to want to answer simple relational questions with a blackboard covered with equations, even when questioners just want a rough estimate to...

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...

Infrared system design is not, like some circuit design, a synthetic process. One cannot start by stating the problem and proceeding in an orderly fashion to a final solution. Rather, we guess a...

Illumination design has developed rapidly to include not only automotive headlamps and street lamps, but also backlit displays, fluorescent panel lighting, light-emitting diode or laser sources, and...

Presenters: Professor Stephen Boppart The Future of Healthcare With Optical Biomedical Imaging A medical doctor and professor at the University of Illinois, Boppart's...

Lasers, LEDs, and photonics in general are providing new dimensions to industrial automation solutions, far beyond illumination and material treatment. They enable open work-cell production setups as...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

While the concept of neuromorphic-enabled event cameras isn’t new, the last few years have seen a significant pick up in the adoption of this technology. This is due, in part, to the progress...

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), is a manufacturing process that builds three-dimensional objects layer by layer from a digital model. This technology allows the creation of...

A microdisplay is a miniature electronic display technology that is designed to project visual information onto a small screen. Unlike traditional displays, microdisplays are typically very compact...

Optical design and engineering services involve the development, customization, and optimization of optical systems and components to meet specific performance requirements and application needs....

Area scan, in the context of imaging and cameras, refers to a method of capturing an entire two-dimensional image in a single snapshot or exposure. Unlike line scan, which captures images one line at...

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...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for 'Part 1' of an exclusive interview with SPIE CEO, Eugene Arthurs, as he speaks about his upcoming retirement. We’ll also take you to Rochester,...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to central Massachusetts as Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Quinsigamond Community College take on a comprehensive joint photonics laboratory...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we introduce you to Drake Anthony, aka styropyro. Drake, 25, has been building his own lasers since he was 12 years old. He's got quite the following on his...