Howard Hughes Medical Institute

II-VI announced its corporate name change. The company, which finalized its acquisition of Coherent Inc. this summer, is now called Coherent Corp. The company also debuted a brand identity, which...

Micron Technology, a semiconductor technology company, plans to build the largest semiconductor fabrication facility in the United States. The new fab is expected to increase domestic supply of...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and media partner Photonics Media recognized the top innovators in optics and photonics products at the 2023 Prism Awards ceremony held at...

Sensor technology company Lumotive secured additional funding from new investors USAA and Uniquest in a $13 million round of strategic funding led by Samsung Ventures, bringing the total amount...

The Optran® UV NSS Fiber from Armadillo SIA provides deep-UV solarization and radiation resistance. The optical fiber features a hermetic carbon layer, low numerical aperture expansion, and...

The iPORT NTx-Deca embedded interface from Pleora Technologies Inc. is a GigE Vision standard compliant solution that ensures interoperability in multi-vendor systems. Sensors can connect...

The KaritroMP from Refeyn is a macro mass photometry platform that can inform the research and development of gene and cell therapies and vaccines. The benchtop instrument allows for the...

The HZ106 from Prior Scientific is a motorized XYZ deck created for researchers studying a range of samples from whole animal invivo studies to slides and petri dishes. Combining a dual 50 mm travel...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

This whitepaper looks at the unique challenges associated with optical systems by exploring two extremes, an ultra-high precision instrument, and a low-cost consumer product, and the different...

Overview of PZ-2000 FT.

Tracking particles at the micro or nanoscale is inherently difficult due to the complexity of the systems studied, as well as the technical challenges: a blend of instrument design, photonics,...

Development and production of a miniaturized camera with maximum resolution and flexibility. The dimensions of the components that enter the body are said to be as low as possible in order to shorten...

Large-scale interdisciplinary research efforts have worked to comprehensively catalog cellular architectures in health and disease. To aid in this effort, researchers have developed a scalable...

Startups often can’t find the funding or the right resources to bring emerging technologies to market. This webinar will take an in-depth look at how the Luminate Accelerator is addressing...

Brian Sanders and Alfred Mottola of VIGO Photonics share the latest advancements in infrared (IR) detectors for the gas sensing market. These detectors are able to be deployed in small form factor...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

Supercontinuum refers to a broad spectrum of light that spans a wide range of wavelengths, typically from the visible to the near-infrared or even mid-infrared regions of the electromagnetic...

The technology that deals with the interaction of organic materials with light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. This includes the emission, detection, absorption,...

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...

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...

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...

This hands-on session about FD-FLIM by Gerhard Holst from PCO AG was given as part of the FLIM Symposium "Beginners Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Life Sciences".

Objective lenses are used in microscopy systems for a range of scientific research, industrial, and general lab applications. A microscope objective is typically composed of multiple lens elements...

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...