Raytheon Awarded Helicopter Sensor Contract

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are being released today, following an initial release of a “teaser” image July 7, and a subsequent preview image released July 11...

ABB, a leader in electrification and automation technology, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Canadian-based Real Tech, a supplier of optical sensor technology that enables...

With an advancement to the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) system, a team led by Raytheon Intelligence and Space, and by Kord, a subsidiary of KBR,...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, recognized the top innovations in new optics and photonics products at the 2024 Prism Awards held at Photonics West on Jan. 31. The gala...

Advanced Photonix’s new 1100-1700 nm Bandpass InGaAs Quadrant Photodiodes feature a 2 mm diameter active area. The APX-QPD-InG-3.1 is a hermetic, Leadless Chip Carrier (LCC) Surface-Mount...

The Digital Compact Laser from ProPhotonix Ltd. features an 8-mm diameter for digital control and monitoring where space is restricted. Digital functionality enables system designers to provide...

The GL1402 2k Line Scan Image Sensor from Gpixel features a horizontal resolution and a pixel size of 14 µm for color sorting, offering a balance of performance and advanced line rates. ...

New Imaging Technologies’ line of SWIR sensors are designed for the industrial, defense, and medical markets. All embedded InGaAs sensors are manufactured in-house, with silicon read-out...

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...

Infrared system design is not, like some circuit design, a synthetic process. One cannot start by stating the problem and proceeding in an orderly fashion to a final solution. Rather, we guess a...

Radiometry involves several activities. The two most common are the description and measurement of optical radiation, and, starting with the knowledge of some aspects of optical radiation at one...

Charged-injection device imagers are metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) detectors that can be fabricated using PMOS, NMOS and CMOS integrated circuit technology, and may be configured as a...

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...

MKS' Newport OptoFlash delivers up toe 10 discrete channels where pre-determined wavelength detection is essential to acquiring fast sample measurements.

When it comes to infrared measurements, a lock-in amplifier paired with a pulsed light source is an essential tool to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for low light applications. This tech...

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

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Tune into this month’s edition of Light Matters for the complete list of Photonics Media’s Industry Beacon award winners. We’ll also introduce you to an Industry Beacon in the Educator category, and...

Quantum information processing has arrived at the cutting edge. Ian Walmsley, elected member of the esteemed Royal Society and provost of Imperial College London, guides us through the narrative of...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at the recent Luminate Lightning Awards. New York’s Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was there and tells us why Luminate is important...

An APD detector, or avalanche photodiode detector, is a type of photodetector used to detect light or optical signals by converting incoming photons into electrical current. It operates based on the...

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),...

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...

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)...

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...