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Photonics Spectra - January 2023


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New Sensor Materials and Designs Deepen SWIR Imaging Capabilities Imaging in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) range, from 1000 to 2500 nm, offers significant new advantages in an array of applications, from autonomous vehicles to food quality inspection. SWIR photons are scattered less by dust or fog than shorter-wavelength light, for example, which allows cameras operating in this range to provide visual data for advanced driver assistance systems and...
PICs Set Their Sights Beyond Data and Telecom Due to the strong association that photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have with the data and telecom markets, it is easy to overlook their potential in other verticals — such as health care,...
Beam Profiling Evolves to Keep Lasers in Line with New Applications Lasers provide many different industries with greater efficiency, less waste, and higher precision, but they are not always as easy to fix as the machines they replace. A blunted drill bit is easier...
Quantum Technology: The Next Little Thing in Photonics The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, each with a record in quantum research. They were rewarded for discoveries they had made three decades ago, discoveries that paved the...
The Rise of Micro-Optics Shows No Sign of Slowing Micro-optics are a key enabler in the modern world, spurring advancements in consumer electronics, automotive lighting, and the next generation of autonomous vehicles. As demand grows from sectors...
Photonics Brightens the Future for Augmented Reality Out in the Gulf of Mexico, an offshore oil rig experiences a critical mechanical failure. The engineers with the expertise to fix the problem are back on the mainland, and flying them to the site on...
Lasers Shape a New Future for Additive Manufacturing of Metal Parts Aerospace and automotive manufacturers initially adopted additive manufacturing (AM) methods as a means to rapidly prototype new parts or to fabricate more complex or consolidated components in a...
Editorial
It’s the thought that counts It is poor form to compare the largesse of the recent gift-giving season against that of past holidays. Hopefully, the rules are more forgiving when comparing scientific discoveries. As rumors mounted last month about a major breakthrough in laser fusion, there was time to contemplate how the looming announcement might stack up against the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope that had...
Technology News
Modeling Microsphere Effects on Interferometric Resolution Though microspheres — microscale spherical particles that can be manufactured from natural and synthetic materials — are known to improve lateral resolution and enhance magnification in...
Miniaturized Spectrometer Proves Fit for Compact Electronics Scientists in Europe have collaborated to develop an ultracompact spectrometer design that offers large bandwidth, moderate spectral resolution, and a spectral sensitivity in the infrared (IR)...
Laser-Matter Interaction Improves Nanostructure Fabrication Recent progress in the fabrication of nanostructures has led to their application in numerous fields, including materials engineering, environmental remediation, biomedicine, and more. In particular,...
Technique Reduces Warpage in Laser Powder Bed Fusion In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) for the additive manufacture of metal parts, local high-temperature molten metal fits the surrounding solid part as a result of thermal expansion. As a negative...
Single Laser on Optical Chip Sets Data Transmission Record An international team of researchers has reportedly set a data transmission record using just a single laser and optical chip to transmit more than 1 Pbit/s. The researchers, from the Technical...
3D-Printed Achromatic Metalens Brings Fiber Imaging Into Focus Because light of different wavelengths is shaped and refracted differently, lenses located on the end faces of optical fibers can experience strong chromatic aberration. Chromatic aberration can lead...
Frequency Comb Advancement Improves Speed, Precision of Measurements Researchers at NIST have developed a method to enable frequency combs to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than was previously possible — potentially improving...
Nobel Prize-Winning Techniques Help Resolve Imaging Challenge Using a technique that was recently awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry, researchers at Cornell University used expansion microscopy to study lipids, the water-repellent, dynamic components...
Optics Accelerates Deep Learning Computations on Smart Devices MIT researchers have created a method for computing directly on smart home devices that drastically reduced the latency that may cause such devices to be delayed in offering a response to a command...
Multicolor Laser Expands Integrated Photonics Landscape Though integrated semiconductor lasers have been at the core of integrated photonics, enabling many advancements over the last few decades in information technologies and basic science, integrated...
Space-Saving Sensors Ease Automotive Design Woes Self-driving vehicles need enough sensors to guide them safely through all types of traffic situations — and the sensors need enough space to work properly. As more sensors are added to...
Laser Surface Modification Aims to Reduce Infection from Implants To help prevent infections caused by orthopedic implants, Purdue University researchers developed a laser-assisted surface modification process that may improve the efficacy of the implanted device....
Nanoscale Imaging Captures Soft Matter in Vitro Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) developed an imaging platform that enabled nondestructive spectroscopic imaging of soft materials with nanometer spatial resolution,...
Low-Cost Method Offers Solution for Small-Volume MEMS Sensor Production Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a 3D-printing technique for specialized manufacturing of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The approach offers a cost-efficient...
Machine Learning Reduces Drift in Fiber Sensors Using machine learning and an established mathematical model, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a machine learning-based algorithm to predict drift in...
Light Trap Provides Near Perfect Absorption Maximizing light absorption is essential for photovoltaics and many other photonic applications. It is also difficult, especially when the light is being absorbed by a thin layer of material that...
Industry News
Lidar Companies Velodyne, Ouster Agree to Merge Digital lidar company Ouster and lidar sensors and solutions developer Velodyne Lidar have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction. The combination reportedly brings together roughly $400 million in market value. Under the terms of the agreement, which the companies signed Friday, Nov. 4, each Velodyne share will be exchanged for 0.8204 shares of Ouster at...
U.S. Laboratories to Receive $1.5B from Inflation Reduction Act U.S. national laboratories will see an infusion of cash from the Inflation Reduction Act, amounting to $1.5 billion to fund facility upgrades, modernized infrastructure, and deferred maintenance...
Luminar Hits Production, Visibility Milestones Automotive lidar technology developer Luminar said that it began series production, ahead of schedule, of its Iris lidar units for an automotive client. The lidar units, the company said in revealing...
TOPTICA, ams OSRAM, Fraunhofer to Develop Quantum Light Sources Under the umbrella of the DigiQuant project funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, TOPTICA, ams OSRAM, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS (Fraunhofer IIS) will...
Airline Tests Laser-microfabricated Friction-reducing Film Nikon Corp. is providing Japan’s largest airline with a film treated by riblet processing — a processing that forms structures that emulate shark skin on surfaces in contact with fluid....
Investment Propels ColdQuanta Into Asia-Pacific Quantum Landscape A 29 million AUD ($18.5 million) investment into Colorado-based quantum technology company ColdQuanta from the government of the State of Victoria, Australia, via its Breakthrough Victoria Fund, will...
Avicena Acquires Micro-LED Fab, Engineering Team from Nanosys Avicena, a manufacturer of high-performance microLED-based chip-to-chip interconnects, has acquired a micro-LED fabrication facility and associated engineering team from quantum dot technology...
Gallium Nitride VCSEL Developer Inks Deal to Continue Joint Venture Ganvix Inc., a Delaware-based developer of gallium nitride (GaN) VCSELs, working with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a technology R&D institution based in Taiwan, completed...
Quandela Teams With CEA-Leti to Develop Quantum Photonic Chip Quandela — a quantum photonics company that is developing a complete optical quantum computer following the release of its photonic computer programming and simulation software earlier this...
LIDROTEC's Wafer-Dicing Laser Tech Earns $1M at Luminate Finals 2022 Lidrotec, a company that develops wafer-dicing laser technology for the semiconductor industry, took home $1 million in follow-on funding and Company of the Year honors as the winner of...
A3 Releases Camera Link HS Version 1.2 Standard During the second day of The Vision Show 2022 in Boston, A3’s director of standards development, Bob McCurrach, announced the release of v1.2 of the Camera Link HS (CLHS) standard. The new...
Optica Elects 2023 Vice President, Directors-at-large The membership of Optica elected James Kafka as the society’s 2023 vice president; Kafka is CTO at Spectra-Physics and an MKS fellow. Julie Sheridan Eng, CTO at Coherent Corp., and Ulrike...
SCANLAB, TU Dresden Develop Polygon Scanner Under LAMpAS Project Collaborators SCANLAB and the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) reported their design of a high-speed speed polygon scanner unit that produces periodic surface patterns by using the...
LASER-TEC College Profile
Cañada College Cañada College offers two Photonics and Laser Technology (PALT) certifications to prepare students to work in a variety of sectors, including telecommunications, health care, aerospace, and other end markets that apply light and lasers.
Lighter Side
Facial ID technology achieves seal of recognition People generally associate facial recognition with surveillance, Apple’s Face ID, and perhaps the biometric payment methods being deployed in China. The conservation of seals probably doesn’t make the list. The technology has found use for this exact application, as unlikely as this may seem, and it could see broader adoption. At Colgate University, a research team developed software...
Products
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Steering Mirrors Piezo and voice-coil steering mirrors from Physik Instrumente LP are designed for free space optical communications. Piezoelectric tip/tilt mirrors and voice-coil-driven units keep laser beams...
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
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360° Camera The Ladybug6 360° camera from Teledyne FLIR is a high-resolution device designed to capture spherical images from moving platforms in all-weather conditions. Its industrial-grade design and...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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Scanning Sensors REV7 scanning sensors from Ouster Inc. feature the L3 digital lidar chip and the OSDome hemispheric view sensor for industrial automation, crowd analytics, and security. Upgraded OS0, OS1, and...
Ouster Inc.
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Variable Gain Photoreceiver The OE-300 200-MHz high-speed photoreceiver from FEMTO and Electro Optical Components Inc. features quality photodiodes and a high-end, variable gain transimpedance amplifier. The device...
Electro Optical Components Inc.
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Laser Scanner The Focus Core Laser Scanner from FARO® Technologies Inc. is designed for 3D capture in the construction, building operations, and public safety markets. With scan speeds of less than one...
FARO Technologies
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Laser Sheet-Cutting System The LS7 laser sheet-cutting system from the BLM GROUP features laser power between 3 and 12 kW with simultaneous axis acceleration and metal cutting at 2-g acceleration. Processing cycles can...
BLM Group
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Laser Cutting Heads The BIMO-FSC3 line of laser cutting heads from Coherent Corp. features high-power ratings for materials processing. The BIMO-FSC3-Z-HP handles up to 30 kW of laser power and features...
Coherent Corp.
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Digital Fiber Optic Gyroscope The Boreas D70 digital fiber optic gyroscope from Advanced Navigation is an inertial navigation system for surveying, mapping, and navigation across subsea, marine, land, and air applications. ...
Advanced Navigation
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InGaAs Quad and Array Photodiodes InGaAs quadrant and array photodiodes from Marktech Optoelectronics Inc. are designed for laser alignment and position sensing applications. The quadrant photodiodes have low dark current, high...
Marktech Optoelectronics Inc.
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Laser Cutting Machine The TruLaser 5000 laser cutting machine from TRUMPF SE & Co. KG features the TruDisk 24001 solid-state laser that provides an output of 24 kW. The machine can handle sheet thicknesses of up...
TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
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Microscopy Software The Enersight software platform from Leica Microsystems is designed for microscope inspection and quality control. It allows users of any level to intuitively acquire images during inspection....
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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Radar Imaging Scanner The TeraScan 100 terahertz frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar imaging scanner from Lytid is designed for offline, nondestructive testing inspection on injected, extruded, or molded...
Lytid SAS
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Video Borescope Cameras The SV-2000 video borescope camera from Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. is a chip-on-tip device for inspection applications in compact spaces. Two camera control unit options, both with...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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UVC LEDs The SF1 far UV-C 235-nm LED series and the SN3 deep UV-C 255-nm LED series from the Silanna Group are available in either 120° or 30° viewing angle surface-mount packages. Both the SF1...
Silanna UV
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Laser Wavelength Selector The latest Flexible Wavelength Selector from Spectrolight targets the supercontinuum laser range from 385 to 1015 nm, covering the UV to NIR with ± 0.5-nm accuracy. The model covers the...
SPECTROLIGHT Inc.
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Hand-Held Gas Detection Camera The Handheld Optical Gas Imaging Camera from MFE Inspection Solutions visualizes harmful gas leaks in real-time for immediate action. The handheld device features a 640 × 512 HOT MWIR...
MFE Inspection Solutions
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Digital Pixel Readout Integrated Circuit The Calcium™ RP0033 digital pixel readout integrated circuit (DPROIC) from Senseeker Engineering Inc. features >120-dB dynamic range and a frame rate of up to 700 fps. The 20-µm,...
Senseeker
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Side-Pumped Modules The SP17 and SP18 high-power side-pumped modules from Focuslight Technologies Inc. offer peak powers of 30 and 5 kW, respectively. The SP17 offers high small signal gain of >55 while the...
Focuslight Technologies Inc.
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LED Tube Light Module The Corona II LED Combined Tube Light Module from Chromasens GmbH is a line scan platform for product inspection. With compact dimensions, the module delivers tube light brightness levels of up...
Chromasens GmbH
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Light Source Units The PFBR-600SW2 series of ultra-high-power light source units from CCS Inc. are bright enough to replace xenon flashlamps, with stable light emission and easy maintenance. At 14 million lux,...
CCS America Inc.
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Retinal Camera The NW500 Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera from Topcon Corp. is a fully automatic, non-mydriatic system that delivers reliable, sharp-quality imaging with enhanced capability. The camera offers...
Topcon Medical Systems Inc.
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3D OEM Laser Profiler The VC picoSmart 3D OEM laser profiler from Vision Components GmbH features integrated processors for 3D profile data analysis and image processing tasks. The device features a miniaturized...
Vision Components GmbH
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