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Evident Corp. appointed William Wesley “Wes” Pringle CEO and Hiroyuki Yoshimoto president and COO as the life science and industrial microscopes manufacturer reworks its leadership group....

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed wearable microscopes and an implantable microprism that together aim to help scientists uncover the role that the spinal cord...

Researchers combined stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) with expansion microscopy to develop a single microscopy technique that achieves superresolution vibrational imaging at the nanoscale. A team...

To further the use of programmable illumination for computational microscopy methods, researchers at the University of Connecticut constructed, calibrated, and tested freeform illuminators in...

The AS7331 CMOS sensor from ams-OSRAM AG provides separate sensor channels for UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C. A small device in a radiation-hardened surface-mount package, the AS7331 enables...

The Enersight software platform from Leica Microsystems is designed for microscope inspection and quality control. It allows users of any level to intuitively acquire images during inspection....

The single-mode 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diode from IMM Photonics GmbH is contained in a compact TO46 housing. The device can be used as a laser light source for...

The EnVison® Nexus™ Multimode Plate Reader from PerkinElmer Inc. drives improved research and discovery workflows for demanding high-throughput screening applications and drug discovery...

The wavelength range of commercially available LEDs with single-element output power of at least 5 mW is 275 to 950 nm. Each wavelength range is made from a specific semiconductor material family,...

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,...

As recently as five years ago, shopping for a microscope light source was fairly straightforward. For routine applications, it was tungsten halogen, typically 100 W, while for fluorescence, it was an...

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,”...

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...

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...

An overview of the Single-Objective Light Sheet.

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...

Recent advances in tissue processing, labeling, and fluorescence microscopy are providing unprecedented views of the structure of cells and tissues at sub-diffraction resolutions and near single...

Enterprise-level manufacturing customers looking to leverage the power of deep learning and artificial intelligence software to solve their quality inspection applications have unique needs. Large...

The properties of light that stimulate the eye and build our visual perception also guide the design of illuminated devices. Thanks to well-established scientific methods, we can quantify the human...

The human eye is a specially calibrated optical instrument. Our eyes have a unique response to different wavelengths of light — a response that builds our perception of color and influences our...

Freeform optics refers to the design and fabrication of optical surfaces that do not follow traditional symmetric shapes, such as spheres or aspheres. Unlike standard optical components with...

Optical design software refers to specialized computer programs used by optical engineers, physicists, and designers to simulate, model, analyze, and optimize the performance of optical systems and...

Optical character recognition (OCR) is a technology that is used to convert printed or handwritten text into machine-readable text. OCR software and systems are designed to recognize and extract...

Whole slide imaging (WSI), also known as virtual slide microscopy or digital pathology, is a technology that involves the digitalization of entire glass slides containing histological or cytological...

Reynard Corporation manufactures custom optics and thin-film coatings 0.2 µm to 50 µm (UV-IR) to demanding specs for defense & aerospace, commercial & industrial, and medical applications. Our...

Easy and Cost-Effective Super-Resolution to ~100 nm. Andor has introduced two new highly innovative sCMOS cameras, both delivering easy and cost-effective access to super-resolution capabilities and...

Established in 1990, Applied Scientific Instrumentation is a reknown American company committed to the advancement of science. ASI products have been thoroughly tested and evaluated in numerous labs...

At Andor, it matters to us that the products we develop make a real difference to our customers and contribute significantly to their research across Immunology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Cells &...

An endoscope is a medical device used for visualizing and examining the interior of hollow organs, body cavities, or confined spaces within the body. It consists of a flexible or rigid tube equipped...

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),...

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

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...

Fresnel Technologies Inc. is an expert manufacturer of molded plastic optics, including Fresnel lenses and related optical components, as well as infrared transmitting materials and optics made from...