PI Launches New Web Site

Physik Instrumente (PI) has established an “innovation hub” in Karlsruhe, Germany, as the company looks to intensify its cooperation with leading universities and research institutions....

Researchers from MIT have developed a low-cost optical fabrication method that enables the production high-quality thin mirrors and silicon wafers. The method developed by the team, led by research...

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Dec. 11 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The satellite embarked on a...

Researchers at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and Technical University of Munich (TUM) demonstrated a potential platform for large-scale quantum computing and communication networks....

Mad City Labs provides tools for the nanoscale for applications in photonics, microscopy, and physics. Our portfolio includes closed loop piezo nanopositioners, micropositioners, atomic force...

Mad City Labs provides tools for the nanoscale for applications in photonics, microscopy and physics applications. Our portfolio includes closed loop piezo nanopositioners, micropositioners, atomic...

The QS-PLL™ AFM controller is designed for use with AFM resonant probes. The high sensitivity of resonant probes makes it ideal for applications such as scanning NV magnetometry and quantum...

The Nano-LPS and Nano-LPQ are ultra-low profile 3-axis nanopositioning systems with sub-nanometer precision under closed loop control. These piezo nanopositioners incorporate our exclusive PicoQ®...

By its original definition, a nanopositioning device is a mechanism capable of repeatedly delivering motion in increments as small as one nanometer. Lately demands from industry and research have...

NSOM is suitable for studies on the mesoscopic scale (several tens to hundreds of molecular dimensions). It has become an important tool in research and applications of semiconductors, organic layers...

The applications where rapid detection of light is a must are many. They include a wide variety: semiconductor inspection, gene sequencing, oil well logging and high-energy physics. The reasons for...

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,...

Through a deep knowledge of sensing technologies, technically adept personnel, and experience across applications as diverse as astronomy to live cell imaging, Mad City Labs helps our customers...

A resonant probe atomic force microscope (AFM) offers capabilities and benefits not found in commonly used optical deflection AFMs in the measurement of physical constants, physical properties, and...

For some advanced microscopy and nanoscopy techniques it becomes necessary to modify existing instrumentation or build an instrument from scratch. This article helps readers determine whether a...

Understanding the interplay of optical filters, microscope light source and fluorophore selection can be a complex task, especially when it comes to multi-channel imaging. However, the selection of...

Advanced packaging enables researchers to combine different technology platforms such as photonics, electronics, micro-electromechanical, and fluidics to address a vast array of exciting...

This year is an odd and challenging one for many fields. For silicon photonics specifically, macroeconomic headwinds and concerns about war push against the tide of opportunity driven by the rapid...

Alignment time is the largest contributor to the cost of silicon photonics and optical assemblies. New industrial automation technology dramatically shortens the time required to optimally align...

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...

Nanopositioning refers to the precise and controlled movement or manipulation of objects or components at the nanometer scale. This technology enables the positioning of objects with extremely high...

Functional materials refer to materials that possess specific properties or functionalities that make them suitable for particular applications or purposes. These materials are designed and...

Piezoelectric motion systems are mechanical systems that utilize piezoelectric materials to generate controlled motion or displacement. Piezoelectric materials exhibit the piezoelectric effect, which...

A type of piezoelectric translator that uses two thin strips of piezoelectric material, one expanding while the other contracts, to produce movement.

On this week’s show, light-activated neurons restore paralyzed muscles, a semiconductor manipulates infrared light, and scientists propose growing biofuel crops on photovoltaic farms. Light Matters...

OSA Board Member Amy Eskilson, president and CEO of Inrad Optics, USA, talks about the excitement she feels being so close to a gold mine of scientific discoveries.

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...

The Agarwal Group at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Materials Science and Engineering focuses on understanding how light interacts with small scale nanostructures. They also work to...

A scanning tunneling microscope is a high-resolution imaging instrument that can detect and measure the positions of individual atoms on the surface of a material. A very fine conductive probe is...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

For over 100 years, Prior Scientific has been manufacturing precision optical and electro-mechanical equipment and instrumentation. Prior is a leader in the development of precision motion,...

Mad City Labs, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of piezo nanopositioning systems and instrumentation capable of sub-nanometer positioning resolution. Our product line of nanopositioners,...

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...