Former Broadcom Execs Join Luxtera

Hamamatsu Photonics started construction on a factory at its Shingai site in Japan. The new site will serve to increase overall construction capacity in the post-processing (dicing, assembly, and...

Tower Semiconductor and Teramount established a collaboration based on Teramount’s “PhotonicPlug” technology and Tower’s silicon photonic “Bump-ready” wafers,...

Rockley Photonics appointed Richard Meier president and CFO, effective immediately. Meier joins Rockely from Intersect ENT, a global ear, nose, and throat medical technology company, where he served...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS received a contract to produce its next-generation thermal weapon sights for the U.S. Army. The firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command is...

The 238 Series Optical Wavelength Meter from Bristol Instruments Inc. features a broad operational range from 700 to 1650 nm. The device is designed for the precise wavelength characterization...

The Multi-Channel Benchtop Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator from OZ Optics Ltd. allows users to emulate a known polarization dependent loss level for quantifying and studying polarization...

The Model FX-3 from Titan Tool Supply Inc. is an industrial-grade widefield stereo microscope designed to facilitate various manufacturing and quality assurance remote visual inspection tasks. It...

The L-Series of rigid industrial-grade micro fiberscopes from Titan Tool Supply Inc. are fiber optic borescopes designed for remote visual inspections and diagnostics in hard-to-reach areas without...

Technological advances have resulted in new, higher-quality sensors that enable machine vision cameras to deliver greater features and functionality at a lower cost than ever before. These factors...

Materials processing with lasers is actually a broad term for a diverse range of applications. The major categories of these uses, and the lasers that service them, are summarized Table 1. At one...

As bit rates increase to meet expanding demand, systems have become increasingly sensitive to polarization-related impairments. These include polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers,...

An indicator of how well the entire system performs is a measurement called bit-error-ratio (BER). Acceptable BERs range from one error per billion to one per trillion bits transmitted. It is rare...

In the PON (Passive optical network), especially the complex point-to-multipoint PON ODN (Optical distribution network) topology environment, the rapid monitoring and diagnosis of optical fiber...

Nanoscale motion requires fastidious attention to instrumentation, passive controls, and experiment design. Most users have experience in motion control within the sphere of the microscale. In this...

Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. This paper outlines the results of...

Wideband or narrowband filters from the VIS to MWIR.

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...

Metasurfaces are new optical elements that allow complete control over all aspects of light such as phase, wavelength, intensity, and polarization with a single, planar semiconductor layer. Comprised...

An increasingly wide range of applications need to be able to function in harsh environments, not only on space missions but also here on Earth, in particle detectors, for example. It is important to...

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,...

The mounting of a concave diffraction grating and a plate holder at the ends of a rigid bar. The ends follow separate straight tracks that intersect perpendicular to each other. The slit is located...

A mounting used for large concave gratings, whereby the slit, grating and plate holder lie in the Rowland circle, and the photographic plates lie along a large portion of the circle. In this way, a...

In spectroscopy, the false images arranged symmetrically on both sides of the true line and caused by irregularities in the ruling of diffraction gratings.

1. A faint second image caused by reflection that is sometimes seen when observing through an optical instrument. 2. With respect to spectroscopy, a false image of a spectral line formed by...

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...

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...

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...

At Avantier, we specialize in the design and production of cutting-edge optical solutions and high-performance optics for a diverse range of applications in optical metrology equipment. Our expertise...

A fiber optic lightguide is a bundle of optical fibers arranged randomly for the purpose of transmitting energy, not an image.

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy develops and produces optical gratings, optical modules, and spectrometer systems of highest quality, superior optical performance, robust design and fast analysis. We...

Polarization Maintaining Couplers Evanescent Optics Inc. offers low loss (<0.1dB), high isolation (<-25dB) PM fiber-optic couplers in both fixed ratio and variable models. Our small...

OSI Optoelectronics is a preeminent global manufacturer of photonic detection devices and systems with over 50 years industry experience serving the telecommunications, medical, X-Ray, security and...

We are a manufacturer of Diffraction Limited Fiber Coupled Laser Systems, Optical Systems, and Fiber Optic Systems from 240 nm to 6000 nm. Unique products include various sizes of Fiber Collimators,...