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Avicena, a manufacturer of high-performance micro-LED-based chip-to-chip interconnects, has acquired a micro-LED fabrication facility and associated engineering team from quantum dot technology...

Cepton has won a multimillion-dollar sales contract from one of the largest highway tolling system operators in the U.S., the lidar technology company said. Under the terms of the contract,...

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...

Vision systems developer Prophesee has launched a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to optimize its event-based Metavision sensors for use with premium Snapdragon mobile platforms from...

The SS110 automatic specialty stripper and CT110 and CT111 automatic specialty cleavers from Fujikura were designed with versatility and ease of use in mind. The SS110 is applicable to a range of...

The UP 7000 from AAEON Technology Inc. is the third generation of developer boards built on a 85- × 56-mm form factor. The UP 7000 features Intel Processor N-series CPUs onboard, LPDDR5...

The ACIS™ Area Color Inspection System from Radiant Vision Systems LLC provides color and quality inspection of characters and symbols. With high-resolution imaging colorimetry, the...

The ROF-PM-UV series of low-VPI phase modulators from Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. features a low half-wave voltage of 2.5 V. The devices provide low insertion loss, high bandwidth,...

Camera resolution depends upon the optical blur diameter and the detector size. Schade combined these to create an equivalent resolution that is a function of Fλ/d where F is the focal ratio,...

Photonics Rules of Thumb Scientists and engineers tend to want to answer simple relational questions with a blackboard covered with equations, even when questioners just want a rough estimate to...

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...

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....

Learn how linear variable filters can be used in a compact spectrometer to provide optimum order sorting.

Fiber Optic Gyro Coil - The Core components of FOG used in inertial navigation field.

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.

Advanced Image Intensifier adapter for low light level imaging applications, the Cricket™² is a plug & play camera attachment enabling low light level imaging and extreme high shutter speeds for CMOS...

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) revolutionized communications systems in the 1990s. As the technology improved, VCSELs began to be employed in sensing applications because of the...

The range of applications in the NIR spectrum is expanding. Many of these are laser-based. Finding the most suitable fused silica for a particular application can be challenging. In this webinar,...

First realized in 1994 by Bell Labs, quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) enable rapid advancements in academic, industrial, and defense applications. QCLs are now available in a diverse range of commercial...

Thermography has become an indispensable tool for all types of R&D projects that require noncontact, accurate temperature measurement. Many IR camera options are available with different features...

An opaque projector is a device used for enlarging and projecting images from opaque objects such as printed pages, photographs, or three-dimensional objects onto a screen or surface. Unlike a...

A photovoltaic cell, commonly known as a solar cell, is a semiconductor device that directly converts light energy into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect. The photovoltaic effect is...

GigE, short for gigabit Ethernet, refers to a standard for high-speed Ethernet communication, capable of transmitting data at rates of up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps), or 1000 megabits per second...

Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the transmission of data using modulated beams of light through free space (air or a...

The Moscone Center in San Francisco is the place to be this month, when Photonics West comes to town. But this isn’t the only exciting place to be in the city by the bay. In this issue of Sneak...

San Jose, California is home to historic landmarks like the Hayes Mansion, and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph. It was the first capital of the golden state, and more than a hundred years later,...

San Francisco, home to SPIE Photonics West -- the industry’s largest conference and exposition -- is a city of neighborhoods. In this issue of Sneak Preview -- Photonics West Edition #1 -- Photonics...

Ground-breaking products that enable hassle-free, high-quality research across life and physical sciences.

An optical barcode reader, commonly known as a barcode scanner, is a device that uses optical technology to capture and interpret data encoded in barcode symbols. Barcodes are typically printed on...

A cold shield is part of an infrared detector-Dewar assembly that limits the solid angle viewed by the sensor...Learn more about cold shields →

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...

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...