Bruker Acquires Yingsheng Technology

ZEISS will expand its market presence in Poland for its Industrial Quality and Research segment by acquiring LENSO, a provider of 3D scanning and metrology solutions. LENSO will join the ZEISS Sales...

A collaboration between 12 European institutions aims to deliver performance assessment and standardization (PAS) in the field of diffuse optics (DO). DO analyzes how light is absorbed and scattered...

Bruker Corp. acquired Inscopix Inc., a developer of miniaturized microscopes known as miniscopes, for freely moving animal brain imaging. Since Inscopix’s founding in 2011, its flagship...

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, a supplier of chemicals and materials for the semiconductor industry, completed its $88 million expansion of its electronics materials facility in Mesa, Ariz. The added...

The HYPERION II FT-IR Laser Imaging Microscope from Bruker Corp. combines FT-IR microscopy with quantum cascade laser IR imaging for R&D purposes. The system provides all three...

The NPFLEX-1000 optical profilometer from Bruker Corp. features large form-factor gantry and robust bridge architecture for fast, automated areal measurements of surface texture and roughness. ...

Suite SIX software from WITec GmbH is designed for Raman and correlative measurement control, data acquisition, and post-processing. The software offers multiple user profiles, regulatory compliance...

The Apx60 high-resolution CMOS sensor from Atik Cameras Ltd. is built for the industrial, scientific, and OEM sectors. The large device employs 61 MP over a 43.3-mm diagonal sensor. With no amp...

The term fluorescence is often applied as a synonym for photoluminescence, although luminescence actually covers fluorescence and phosphorescence. Both of these terms describe the process of...

Superresolution optical microscopy, for which the Nobel Prize was awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner in 2014, has been one of the most momentous developments in the life...

Laser development for the microscopy market continues to be driven by key trends in applications, which currently include superresolution techniques, multiphoton applications in optogenetics and...

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...

New technology advancements are making it easier for manufacturers to embrace deep learning as part of the inspection process. Today, we train deep learning systems with fewer bad images or even...

Traditional methods of post-CMP process evaluation have analytical limitations that, in light of tightening process control limits, do not meet the growing need for more accurate wafer surface...

3D vision is going mainstream — and that’s a good thing. Advances in technology and reduced costs now make 3D vision a technology that can be applied to all sorts of applications and industries. 3D...

Forensic investigations often study extremely small samples which may need analyses by multiple techniques. Confocal Raman and Photoluminescence (PL) Microscopy are well-suited techniques for dealing...

Frédéric Leblond describes recent advancements in his group's laboratory that led to the development, technology transfer, and clinical translation of optical spectroscopy instruments...

Raman spectroscopy has been known for decades as the most selective spectroscopic technique. Lednev and his team have developed and are commercializing the first universal method for the confirmatory...

Polymers are omnipresent in contemporary products such as coatings and packaging. They begin as chemical formulations optimized for specific functions, are produced at-scale while being checked for...

This webinar will discuss specific analysis for QC in PCB applications. It will also cover critical dimensional measurement, roughness, and defect identification. Presenters Adam Platteis and Alberto...

An acronym for radioactive detection, identification and computation. The term refers to the detection and measurement of the intensity of emitted nuclear radiation.

A technique of using dyes during endoscopy to improve tissue differentiation. Dyes such as methylene blue, Toluidine blue and Lugol's solution all have the ability to stain particular types of cells....

In present usage, especially for spectroscopic identification, an arc between electrodes that serves as a radiation source. Gas tubes that contain mercury vapor and mixtures of helium, neon and argon...

1. That action occurring when light passes through an optical interface at other than normal incidence, i.e., refraction. 2. The curving of a path of light that passes close by a massive object, due...

This Software Highlight focuses on Fast Mapping in our Ramacle software. Fast Mapping enables the user to acquire Raman maps with significantly reduced acquisition times via more efficient stage...

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...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at the relationship between researchers and scientists at the University of California Davis, and surgeons and clinicians at nearby...

A petrographic microscope is a microscope equipped with a polarizer, an analyzer and a Bertrand lens to focus on the upper focal plane of the objective. It is used chiefly by mineralogists and...

We are global leaders in the development and manufacture of high performance scientific digital cameras for academic, industrial and government applications. Through continuous dialogue with 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),...

Avantes has spent the last 30 years refining its mission as a trusted and innovative optical instruments and solutions source. Focused on applications and measurements, Avantes offers Spectrometers,...

Teledyne DALSA is a part of Teledyne’s Vision Solutions group and a leader in the design, manufacture, and deployment of digital imaging components for machine vision. Teledyne DALSA image...