SolarEdge Wins Edison Award for HD-Wave Tech

Aeluma Inc., a semiconductor company specializing in lidar, communication, and sensing, received funding from the U.S. Navy to develop high-speed photodetectors for defense and aerospace...

Seven early-stage startup companies have been selected to compete for a top prize of $10,000 at the 14th annual SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West on Jan. 30. The SPIE Startup Challenge is a...

GLASGOW, Scotland — Vector Photonics appointed Bill Ring to it executive team as chief product officer. Ring previously held senior roles at HP, Tyco Electronics, Solar Systems, Poet...

Vision and imaging company Immervision has appointed Michel Van Maercke as CEO, replacing Pascale Nini, who will transition to executive chairwoman. Van Maercke held the same position at Silex in...

The SE-10 and SE-50 Solar Energy Installation Systems from Laser Tools Co. Inc. are laser alignment systems for industrial photovoltaic installation contractors and commercial installers. Used...

The line of Optoelectronic Materials from Alfa Chemistry offers many organic solutions to photonic problems. The line includes a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), electrodes, flexible printed...

Alfa Chemistry’s line of naphthoquinone photosensitizers are available for applications such as organic synthesis, medicine, and photodynamic therapy applications. Photosensitizers are...

The DELOLUX 301 line lamp from Delo Industrial Adhesives cures adhesives and other multi-functional polymers with easily integration into production systems. The lamp is suitable for highly...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

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...

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...

Given the pace at which technology advances, there always seems to be a learning curve. With the abundance of consumer electronics available, there typically is no right or wrong way to use these...

Sapphire is a tough optical material resistant to chemicals, scratching, and high pressure in many diverse environments and has exceptional transparency. Frequently it is the combination of two, or...

We are pros at designing, developing, and manufacturing notch filters!

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...

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...

In this webinar, Mark Noschang and Renato Osaki from Omron delve into the crucial role of industrial vision in revolutionizing robot performance across various applications. From fixed industrial...

Tian Gu outlines the opportunities enabled by and challenges of employing metasurface flat optics in optical systems that are traditionally bulky and complicated. Leveraging a low-loss,...

Part 2 of the 2021 Freeform Optics Series Freeform optics can be manufactured by ultraprecision machining processes such as multi-axis diamond turning, diamond milling, and diamond grinding....

Optical fibers made of fused silica have many applications, including communications, manufacturing, medical care and diagnostics, and research. These applications are as varied as the requirements...

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...

A system of elements which rotates the optical image with respect to the optical axis by a factor of pi radians.

A device, consisting of a diode activated by an interference pulse, that is designed to minimize the white spots on a television screen that are intensified by interference.

The term perovskite refers to a specific crystal structure commonly found in various materials. Perovskite structures have a cubic arrangement of oxygen ions, forming a framework within which other...

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...

Luminate NY, the only optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator and investment fund in the world, announced the final winners at the Light Tomorrow with Today event in Rochester, NY. For the...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for 'Part 1' of an exclusive interview with SPIE CEO, Eugene Arthurs, as he speaks about his upcoming retirement. We’ll also take you to Rochester,...

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...

Incom is known as the world’s largest supplier of fused fiber optics solutions. We enable innovation in the medical, scientific, display, and defense industries. Combining the most progressive...

Photonics Media is the publisher of Photonics Spectra, BioPhotonics, and Vision Spectra magazines in print, digital and mobile app formats; the Photonics Marketplace featuring the Photonics Buyers'...