Atabak Mokari Appointed Iridex CFO, Development VP

Luminar Technologies cofounder and CTO Jason Eichenholz will be inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Eichenholz has 83 U.S. patents, pertaining to technologies including lidar,...

Ra Medical Systems, a medical technology company focused on developing an excimer laser system for vascular disease treatment, appointed Brian Conn interim CFO, effective immediately. Conn served as...

Coherent Corp. appointed two directors to its board: Elizabeth Patrick and Michelle Sterling. Patrick recently served as senior vice president and chief people officer for Diebold Nixdorf, a...

Sivers Semiconductors AB, an integrated chips company, has nominated Bami Bastani to become chairman of its board of directors. Bastani was also appointed as executive chairman of Sivers’ U.S....

The Ellex® Tango Reflex™ Neo Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) laser from Lumibird Medical is a fully integrated, Q-switched and frequency doubled device...

The Proveo 8 from Leica Microsystems is an ophthalmic microscope with an integrated EnFocus intraoperative OCT. The integration results in a 40% reduction in stack height — from 60 to 36 mm....

The NW500 Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera from Topcon Corp. is a fully automatic, non-mydriatic system that delivers reliable, sharp-quality imaging with enhanced capability. The camera offers...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive/nondestructive imaging technique. Filling a unique gap between the use of ultrasound (for great imaging depth) and confocal microscopy (for great...

For any discussion of laser beam diagnostics, it is first necessary to define some terms that characterize beam properties. Broad definitions can include measurements of laser energy or power,...

Early fiber lasers were inefficient and limited to low powers, until more effective methods emerged to deliver the pump light into the cladding. Valentin Gapontsev, founder and CEO of IPG Photonics,...

Over 60 years have passed since the first demonstration of a laser in 1960. After the initial spark of interest, lasers were for a while categorized as “a solution waiting for a problem,”...

When purchasing an industrial laser system, the astute buyer will look for a Class 1 laser product — a system where the laser beam hazard is completely enclosed and there is no potential laser...

We combine all resources for your successful micro imaging needs under one roof. We are specialists in ready-to-install, small and high-precision individual lenses and cemented elements. Our...

3m.i.k.r.o.n.™ is the technology platform for compact, efficient, fast and reliable lasers for a wide range of potential applications in the field of medical engineering and industry.

Small, precise motion modules enhance NGS system design and performance. Following the Human Genome Project, companies are racing to develop Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS) instruments for DNA sequencing....

Finding the ideal ultra-fast laser source for a multiphoton imaging setup is not trivial. It is a fine balance between peak power, pulse energy and laser wavelength. In this white paper we show that...

Rising cases of ocular disorders are expected to boost the growth of the global ophthalmology diagnostics and surgical devices market. Supporting this growing demand will be new innovations that help...

The development of new blood vessels plays a pivotal role in the leading causes of blindness, including macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. These conditions affect millions of people...

There is hardly any technology that is not constantly evolving. This is especially true for vision technology in the medical and life sciences sectors. CCD sensors have largely been discontinued, but...

Photonics Media invites you to join us for our upcoming FREE digital conference, "Photonics for Ophthalmology." The event will feature several 15-minute online presentations on the use of light-based...

A swept-source laser, also known as a wavelength-swept laser, is a type of laser that rapidly and continuously changes its emission wavelength over time. This continuous wavelength tuning is achieved...

Q-switched operation, or q-switching, is a technique used in lasers to produce short and intense pulses of light. The term "Q" in q-switching stands for "quality factor," which is a measure of the...

Laser surgery refers to a medical procedure in which a laser, or focused beam of light, is used as a precision tool to cut, vaporize, coagulate, or otherwise modify tissues for therapeutic or...

Medical lasers are devices that produce intense beams of light with specific characteristics and properties, which are used for various medical applications. These lasers emit light in the form of...

Luminate NY, the only optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator and investment fund in the world, announced the final winners at the Light Tomorrow with Today event in Rochester, NY. For the...

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...

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...

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...

The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have guided LaCroix Precision Optics to become the premier precision optics...

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),...

Photonics Media is the publisher of Photonics Spectra, BioPhotonics, and Vision Spectra magazines in print, digital and mobile app formats; the Photonics Marketplace featuring the Photonics Buyers'...

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