GE Becomes Shareholder in Sofradir Subsidiary

SPIE’s annual showcase for mission-critical sensing innovation returns to the Orlando area for a five-day conference and exhibition April 30 to May 4. The Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS)...

Glass technology company SCHOTT (SCHOTT North America) was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract from a leading defense contractor for infrared glass. The order supplies glass for launch tube...

Optical technology company ams OSRAM reached an agreement to sell its Traxon Technologies business to Prosperity Group, a privately owned lighting company based in Hong Kong. The transaction is part...

The U.S. Navy has tested a laser weapon designed to serve as a multidomain, multiplatform demonstration system. The Navy said that the system, developed by Lockheed Martin and called the Layered...

The NanoCeramic series of sensors from Queensgate Instruments provides nanoscale precision for demanding environments such as ultrahigh vacuum to 1010 Torr and a range of temperatures from cryogenic...

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 Eyeonic™ Vision System Portfolio from SiLC Technologies are vision detection systems that utilize FMCW lidar technology and can identify objects beyond a kilometer away while also providing...

New Imaging Technologies’ line of SWIR sensors are designed for the industrial, defense, and medical markets. All embedded InGaAs sensors are manufactured in-house, with silicon read-out...

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...

Spectral selection is a powerful tool that enhances conventional imaging tremendously. Most imaging systems, including the human eye, are designed to image light over a broad range of the spectrum....

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...

Image intensification, the basis of night vision, is a complex conversion of energy particles that occurs within a vacuum tube. An image-intensifier system works by collecting photons through an...

OPTOMAN offers high LIDT, environmentally stable laser optics featuring excellent spectral performance.

This white paper compares current sensing technologies for automotive applications. It outlines the challenges faced by LiDAR, Radar, Sonar, and traditional HDR cameras, and addresses the benefits of...

This white paper will discuss avalanche photodiodes beginning with a brief description, their applications, and the basics of operation. The discussion will be an overview of the important...

Lasers are made of physical matter. Therefore, the natural degradation of their materials can cause variability in performance. Aging optics often cause slow changes in laser behavior and, when left...

Most of us are familiar with the many benefits that laser-based additive manufacturing brings to manufacturing, including reduced tooling costs, easier testing of complex geometries, and faster time...

Using SWIR, MIR, and FIR lasers requires knowledge of their beam quality parameters. Many considerations significantly impact the laser process, such as mode structure, positional stability, and...

This presentation shines a spotlight on the transformative laser technology known as coherent beam combining (CBC). While this technology has been known for decades, it only recently has been...

An InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) camera is a type of imaging device that utilizes InGaAs sensors to capture images in the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum. InGaAs is a semiconductor material that is...

A laser rangefinder is a device that uses laser technology to measure the distance between the device and a target. It operates on the principle of measuring the time it takes for a laser beam to...

Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser light. Laser optics play a crucial role in shaping the characteristics of...

Diamond turning, also known as diamond machining or diamond cutting, is a precision machining process used to produce high-quality optical surfaces and components with extremely tight tolerances. It...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

Luminate is the world's largest Optics, Photonics and Imaging accelerator focused on advancing next-generation OPI-enabled companies. The accelerator program accepts ten companies per year to compete...

Students from large and small size companies and bigger Department of Defense affiliates of the AIM Photonics Institute took part in the recent AIM Photonics Summer Academy at MIT. This was the third...

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A vacuum gauge is a gauge designed to measure the degree of vacuum in an evacuated vessel. A simple U-tube containing mercury is adequate for low vacua, but for high vacua other methods must be...

Expanding upon the storied Fairchild Imaging legacy, we offer a wide range of imaging devices that provide our customers with top performance and key features for the most demanding applications. Our...

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),...

Teledyne Judson Technologies (TJT) is a global leader for IR sensors from the Visible to VLWIR spectrum. Two-dimensional FPAs (InGaAs, InSb, and MCT) and Integrated Dewar Cooler Assemblies (IDCAs)...

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...