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Business
PhotonVentures Reaches $79M Funding Target Deep tech venture capital firm PhotonVentures has raised more than €15 million ($15.9 million) in a funding round, bringing the fund’s total to its target of €75 million ($79 million). PhotonVentures, the investment arm of Netherlands’ photonics ecosystem PhotonDelta, targets applications in data transmission, health diagnostics, and smart sensor systems, while also aligning...
Syntec Optics Shuffles Leadership Team Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc., a provider of optics for defense and aerospace OEMs, has made changes to its executive team to support strategic growth initiatives, including potential inorganic...
SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing to Bring Security Sensing to DC-Area SPIE’s annual showcase for mission-critical sensing technology and innovation heads to the DC Metropolitan Area for a five-day run from April 21-25. The Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS) show...
NTT Networking Breakthrough Combines Data Centers NTT Corporation (NTT) and NTT DATA Group Corporation (NTT DATA) have demonstrated Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) All Photonics Network (APN) connections between NTT Group data centers...
Advantest and Toray Engineering Partner on Display Technologies Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has entered into a technical partnership with Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., a provider of engineering technology and equipment, to promote...
Coherent Secures $15M in CHIPS Funding: Week in Brief: 4/12/24 Coherent Corp., a wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors company, has secured $15 million in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation wide-...
NACL Acquires Optical Filter Source North American Coating Laboratories has acquired Optical Filter Source, LLC (OFS) based in Round Rock, Texas. Both companies provide optical coating services to industry working with optical...
Imperx Adds Director of Business Development: People in the News: 4/10/24 Imperx, a provider of ruggedized cameras for aerospace and machine vision, has added David Head as its director of business development. Head has over 20 years of experience in the computer vision...
Luxium Solutions to Acquire Inrad Optics Luxium Solutions, a provider of advanced engineered materials and solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Inrad Optics, Inc., a provider of advanced optical components,...
OCT Luminary Figure Joseph Izatt Dies Joseph Izatt, the Michael J. Fitzpatrick Professor of Engineering and chair of Duke’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, passed away April 7. Joseph Izatt. Courtesy of Duke University. Izatt...
inTEST Acquires Alfamation inTEST Corporation, a supplier of test and process technology solutions for the semiconductor industry among others, has acquired Alfamation S.p.A., a provider of test and measurement solutions for...
QED Technologies Names Michael Mohammadi President and CEO QED Technologies has appointed Michael Mohammadi, current vice president of global sales and business development at Thorlabs, president and CEO. Mohammadi, who will assume the position next week,...
Project HiFi Addresses Quantum Frequency Conversion In the joint project “HiFi — Highly integrated quantum frequency converter of highest fidelity based on innovative laser, fiber and production technology” funded by the German...
Nu Quantum, SoftwareQ Partner for Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing Solution Quantum networking company Nu Quantum is collaborating on a project with quantum software developer SoftwareQ to build the theoretical framework for a fault-tolerant quantum computer. Sponsored by...
Lumencor Opens Sales, Demo Center at U-PARC; IOWN to Hold First Public Event: Week in Brief: 4/5/24 Lumencor, a developer of light engines and scanners, has opened a new sales and demo center at the University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center (U-PARC). The facility is equipped with a...
Honeywell to Acquire Optical Gyro Specialist Civitanavi Systems Honeywell intends to acquire Civitanavi Systems and will initiate a voluntary tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares, a transaction worth approximately €200 million at closing. The...
TiniFiber Adds Vice President: People in the News: 4/3/24 Micro-LED developer Mojo Vision appointed Achin Bhowmik to its board of directors. Bhowmik is a former executive at Intel and current CTO of Starkey and president of the Society for Information...
ViaLase Closes $40M Series Funding Round ViaLase, a clinical-stage medical technology company developing lasers for the treatment of glaucoma, has closed a $40 million series C funding round. Proceeds from the round will be used to continue...
Oriole Networks Raises $13M Seed Round Oriole Networks, a startup focused on light-based technology for AI systems and data centers, has raised £10 million ($13 million) in seed funding. The 2023 spinout of University College London (UCL)...
Research & Technology
Low-Power Lasers Prepare Polymers for Electronic, Bio, and Nano Tech A polymer that can be modified quickly with low-power lasers emitting infrared and visible light could provide a safe, inexpensive method to produce polymer surfaces for biomedical devices,...
Researchers Develop Programmable Metafluid Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity, and the...
Imaging Method Lights up Brain Oxygenation Researchers at the University of Rochester and University of Copenhagen’s Center for Translational Neuromedicine developed a bioluminescence imaging technique that tracks the movement of oxygen...
Microprism-Mediated Calcium Imaging Reveals Neural Dynamics Over Time An approach to deep brain imaging developed at the University of Washington uses microprisms to provide stable tracking of neuronal activity over a large field of view. According to the research...
Immersion Lens Focuses Radially Polarized Beam for Laser Nanoprocessing High spatial resolution in ultrafast laser processing is increasingly important in semiconductor fabrication, the automotive parts industry, medical device manufacturing, and other fields. In laser...
Mass-Production Method Aims to Drive Metalenses Toward Widespread Commercial Use With their ability to manipulate light and potential to drastically reduce the size and thickness of optical components, metalenses show great promise, especially for applications in the NIR region....
Wavelength-Dependent Threshold Fluences Guide Picosecond Laser Skin Treatment Laser treatment has gained popularity for the treatment of skin blemishes. To improve the efficacy and reduce complications from laser treatment, a research group led by Osaka Metropolitan University...
Fiber Oscillator Extends Femtosecond Lasing to VIS-Based Applications Femtosecond (fs) fiber oscillators are a standard technology used to generate fs laser pulses. They offer a compact design, outstanding performance, and are cost-effective to use. However, the...
Deep Learning Model Helps Target Prostate Cancer Treatments to Individual Approximately 250,000 men in the U.S. receive a prostate cancer diagnosis each year. While overall morbidity and mortality rates for this type of cancer are low, a subset of cases requires aggressive...
Ultrasensitive Chirality Detector Could Improve Drug Design and Efficacy Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) are investigating ways to enhance the development of new drugs and therapies. A tunable plasmonic platform from UCF, which enables accurate...
acquisitions
Coherent Secures $15M in CHIPS Funding: Week in Brief: 4/12/24 Coherent Corp., a wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors company, has secured $15 million in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation wide-...
inTEST Acquires Alfamation inTEST Corporation, a supplier of test and process technology solutions for the semiconductor industry among others, has acquired Alfamation S.p.A., a provider of test and measurement solutions for...
Products
LED Lighting Controllers ROCHESTER, Vt., April 16, 2024 — The HCS-150-ZEB from Advanced Illumination is an LED lighting controller developed specifically for Zebra Iris GTX smart cameras. The controller is capable of directly powering the camera connected to it, while also providing I/O functionality like triggering and analog dimming control between the connected light head, camera, and I/O accessories. The HCS-150-ZEB also features the ability to...
Advanced illumination (Ai)
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Infrared Glass ORLANDO, Fla., April 16, 2024 — The BDNL-4 from LightPath Technologies, Inc. is the first in a series of BlackDiamond-NRL infrared glass, a material in the chalcogenide glass series licensed from the U.S. Naval Research...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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AI 3D Vision System NATICK, Mass., April 15, 2024 — The In-Sight® L38 3D Vision System from Cognex combines AI, 2D, and 3D vision technologies to create projection images for simplified training and revealing features not visible with traditional...
Cognex Corp.
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Portable 3D Scanner SHENZHEN, China, April 15, 2024 — The Moose Series from 3DMakerPro are portable 3D scanners that use AI visual tracking. Using mark-free scanning, the scanners capture data at a depth of 100 mm, allowing for the measuring of complex...
3DMakerPro
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Machine Vision Tunnel NATICK, Mass., April 12, 2024 — The 380 Modular Vision Tunnel from Cognex is an automated scanning solution for logistics operations. Using Cognex’s DataMan® 380 wide field of view barcode readers, the tunnel is designed...
Cognex Corp.
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Machine Vision Spotlight PERTH, U.K., April 11, 2024 — The Z-SPOT from TPL Vision is a high-power spotlight made for machine vision applications that require focused and directional illumination such as pick-and-place, assembly inspection, and barcode...
TPL Vision UK Ltd.
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Global Shutter Color Camera CHENNAI, India, April 10, 2024 — The e-CAM56_CUOAGX from e-con Systems™ is a 5-MP global shutter color camera for vision applications including smart traffic, industrial automation, robotic arms, drones, and sports...
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
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PAM4 Modulator Driver IRVINE, Calif., April 9, 2024 — The TS8401/02 from TeraSignal is an intelligent 400-G (4×100G) PAM4 modulator driver for addressing AI bandwidth needs in data centers. Built with CMOS technology, the driver uses digital link...
TeraSignal
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Evaluation Kit DRESDEN, Germany, April 8, 2024 — The PyrIQ® Evaluation Kit from InfraTec supports the testing of digital detectors and IR source parameters without an otherwise required development of software, firmware, and test circuits....
InfraTec GmbH, Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik
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Ruggedized Lenses MEBANE, N.C., April 5, 2024 — The 1.4-in., 45-MP MPT-R Series and 1-in., 20-MP MPZ-R Series (shown) from Computar® are 45-MP and 20-MP ruggedized lenses for harsh environments. The ruggedized lenses have been designed to...
Computar Optics Group
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AI Vision Software SAN FRANCISCO, April 5, 2024 — The MIRAI 2 from Micropsi Industries is an AI vision software for robotic automation in industrial settings. The software enables robots to dynamically respond to varying conditions within their...
Micropsi Industries
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Sensor System LINKÖPING, Sweden, April 4, 2024 — The AugaOne™ from ArgusEye is a sensor system that is meant to accelerate downstream monoclonal antibody process development by providing specific real-time and automated in-line data with high...
ArgusEye AB
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Compact Smart Camera FRIEDBERG, Germany, April 4, 2024 — The Vision Cam XM2 from IMAGO Technologies is a compact smart camera powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin™ module. The embedded vision system is equipped with a high-resolution sensor that...
IMAGO Technologies GmbH
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Moving Coil Motor VAN NUYS, Calif., April 3, 2024 — The GVM-095-051-01 from Moticont is a linear voice coil servo motor that can be used in applications such as wafer handling, optical focusing, valve actuation, and antenna positioning. The brushless...
Moticont
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Single-Slot Card HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 3, 2024 — The FSP 3000 M-Flex800™ from Adtran is a multirate line card for ZR and ZR+ optics that can address issues in IP-over-DWDM solutions. Designed to meet the connectivity needs of telecom...
Adtran Inc.
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Optical Transport Solutions ESPOO, Finland, April 2, 2024 — The optical transport solutions from Nokia are meant for optical transport, IP routing, and PON applications and include coherent optical transceivers, a photonic engine, and a multihaul transceiver....
Nokia
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Flow Cell and Reflection Strobe PLAINVIEW, N.Y., April 2, 2024 — The ATR Flow Cell and near infrared diffuse reflection probe (shown) from tec5USA Inc. are 3-A certified and can be used for applications including spectroscopic analysis for food, feed, and...
tec5USA Inc.
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Compact ROADM OSLO, Norway, April 1, 2024 — The DCP-R-34D-CS from Smartoptics is a compact reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) for larger fiber optic networks. Taking up a single rack unit and consuming less than 100 W of power...
Smartoptics
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Day and Night Lens CHESHAM, U.K., April 1, 2024 — Resolve Optics’ motorized lens is capable of producing both clear daytime and night vision images and can be used for surveillance applications. Using a combination of motors and photo...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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