Raytheon Buys Sarcos Unit

While electronics are perfect for performing fast calculations, photonics are ideal for moving information around. A major drawback of the latter, however, is the slow and costly development process...

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT), in collaboration with colleagues from Fraunhofer ISIT and IST, developed a CMOS-compatible deposition and laser...

An ophthalmological device developed at the University of Strathclyde supports low-cost screenings for eye disease. The device captures 3D images of the retina and the back of the eye, as well as the...

Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) developed a microfluidics device to detect blood biomarkers. The researchers used a stereolithography (SLA) technique that enabled them...

Optikos engineering services will help bring your next life sciences product from design to market. Our team of Optical Engineering Experts® has proven success in handling the optical roadblocks...

Optikos engineering services will help bring your next life sciences product from design to market. Our team of Optical Engineering Experts® has proven success in handling the optical roadblocks...

The VL53L8CX from STMicroelectronics is an 8×8 multizone time-of-flight ranging sensor that can be used for applications including human-presence sensing, gesture recognition, robotics, and...

The TBM™2G series of frameless servo motors from Kollmorgen Corp. provides features that simplify the design of collaborative, surgical, aerospace, defense, and other robots. The series...

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...

To Isaac Newton the problem was clear, and in 1704 he realized the effects of atmospheric turbulence on image formation. Just as heat waves shimmering above a hot patch of ground can distort our...

Aspheric surfaces are powerful tools that combine the optical corrections of multiple lenses into a single element (Figure 1) and affect performance in ways that spherical optics cannot. For example,...

Since their invention in the late 1960s, charge-coupled devices, also called CCDs, have found widespread use in imaging applications. Electronic cameras based on CCD technology are used in...

Producing optics for medical devices has its own unique set of difficulties and challenges including cost, turnaround time, performance, and standards. This paper talks about those challenges and...

As the automotive industry continues to push the boundaries of innovation, the need for advanced technologies becomes increasingly paramount. Spectroscopy has been a game-changer in various domains...

Lumispot Tech Laser Solution - Light source of 1550 nm/1535 nm pulsed fiber laser for laser lidar used in unmanned driving, with the function of ranging, detection etc.

Researchers at Penn State University are spearheading a multidisciplinary research effort to explore ways to produce bioethanol more efficiently from lignocellulose. Importantly, this is not corn...

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...

Golshan Coleiny of Fundamental Optical Solutions shares a brief history of nanoscale imaging with a focus on optical technologies, addressing many of today’s challenges in optical limitation...

Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision, optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide...

A majority of noncommunicable diseases — including almost all types of cancer — are treated with some sort of surgery. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 4.8 billion people...

Micro-robotics refers to the field of robotics that involves the design, development, and application of miniature robotic systems, often at the microscale. These robots, commonly referred to as...

Micro-optics refers to the design, fabrication, and application of optical components and systems at a microscale level. These components are miniaturized optical elements that manipulate light at a...

Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) is a display technology that combines liquid crystal materials with silicon-based semiconductor technology to create high-resolution, high-quality images. LCoS...

Lithography is a key process used in microfabrication and semiconductor manufacturing to create intricate patterns on the surface of substrates, typically silicon wafers. It involves the transfer of...

For all their precision of movement, we can't always count on robots to handle objects with care. But fiber optic sensors could give machines a more human sense of touch. See how – this month on...

-Whale Spotting -Light Under Pressure -Enabled by Optics On today’s show: an IR camera detects whales in the wild, mechanical pressure is converted to light signals, and we meet the first winner of...

Moshe Safran, CEO of RSIP Vision US, speaks on the intersection of computer vision, AI, and medical-guided robotics. Johns Hopkins University’s Russell Taylor gives a macro look at surgical robotics...

Hamamatsu’s MEMS-FPI spectrum sensors utilize a built-in MEMS Fabry-Perot interferometer and InGaAs PIN photodiode to measure NIR spectra. With their high sensitivity to NIR wavelengths and their...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

CASTECH is a recognized leading supplier of nonlinear optical crystals, laser crystals and precision optical components for laser, telecom, medical, analysis and detector markets. Products...

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...

Lambda Research Optics, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of laser optics with high power thin-film coatings and high precision fabrications. Lambda serves a wide range of industries, such as Biotech,...