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 August 2022


BUSINESS
SpaceLink and US Army Launch Collaboration SpaceLink, a space communication technology company, has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center to develop space communications pathways to...
Edmund Eyes Expansion, Hires James Fisher to Newly Created Role Edmund Optics has named industry veteran James Fisher senior vice president of corporate development. In the newly created role, Fisher will lead business development strategies, mergers and...
NUBURU to Go Public Blue laser technology company NUBURU entered an agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Tailwind Acquisition to allow NUBURU to become a publicly traded company. Upon closing of the...
NIST Puts $4M Toward Metals-Based Additive Manufacturing The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $3.7 million in grants to address current and future challenges to the implementation of metals-based additive manufacturing through...
Lumentum Completes NeoPhotonics Acquisition: Week in Brief: 08/05/22 Lumentum Holdings completed its acquisition of NeoPhotonics Corp., less than a week after obtaining receipt of antitrust clearance in China. The companies struck the deal in November 2021....
QLM Gains $14.5M in Financing, Launches Collaboration with Schlumberger Lidar imaging company QLM Technology closed a £12 million ($14.5 million) series A financing round and signed a collaboration agreement with Schlumberger, an oilfield services company....
SICK and Aeva Partner on 4D Lidar for Industrial Sensing Sensing perception system developer Aeva has partnered with SICK AG, a provider of industrial sensing solutions and cameras, in a multiyear collaboration to bring Aeva’s frequency-modulated...
Application Period Opens for 2023 SPIE Prism Awards The SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate their 15th anniversary in 2023 at SPIE Photonics West, are open for applications through Sept. 15. The awards, held annually by SPIE, the international...
Slingshot Aerospace Adds to Optical Portfolio with Dual Acquisitions Space technology company Slingshot Aerospace has acquired Numerica’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) division and U.K.-based Seradata. Numerica’s SDA division includes what it claims to be...
Prisma Photonics Secures Investment for Gas Line Monitoring Tech Fiber sensing company Prisma Photonics received an investment from Israel Natural Gas Lines. News of the investment follows a deal between the parties last year in which Prisma is to implement its...
Vuzix to Collaborate with L3Harris on Waveguide-Based Headborne System Rochester, N.Y.-based AR and smart glasses provider Vuzix inked an agreement with L3Harris Technologies to develop a custom waveguide-based optics engine for use in headborne systems for military...
Lightmatter Appoints Ritesh Jain VP of Engineering: People in the News: 08/03/22 Optical computing company Lightmatter has appointed Ritesh Jain as vice president of engineering. This follows the recent appointments of Jessie Zhang as vice president of finance and Steve Klinger...
Silicon Component Keys Environmental Satellite’s Optical System Two Fraunhofer institutes have delivered the core optical innovation supporting a recently launched space-based environmental mapping and analysis initiative. The components and devices supplied by...
Innoviz Signs Deal to Provide Lidar for Volkswagen CARIAD SE, a software company developing functions for vehicles built on the Volkswagen Group’s volume software platform, has tapped Innoviz Technologies to supply lidar technology for...
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
Durable Multicore Waveguides Herald Optimized Quantum Photonic Chips A fabrication technique developed by researchers at the University of Oxford enabled the rapid production of waveguides in a chip with precisely controlled 3D cross sections that exhibited changing behavior along the waveguide. The waveguides were demonstrated with very low losses and show promise for the design of photonic and/or quantum chips. Among the basic components of PICs are micron-scale...
Mechanoluminescent Glass-Ceramic Reads Out Structural Strain A team at Friedrich Schiller University Jena has developed a glass-ceramic material that emits light in response to mechanical stress. With further development, the mechanoluminescent material could...
Chip-Based Beam-Steering Lights the Way to Smaller, Cheaper Lidar Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark have developed a chip-based beam-steering device to reduce the size and cost of high-performance lidar technology. The device could have...
Application Period Opens for 2023 SPIE Prism Awards The SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate their 15th anniversary in 2023 at SPIE Photonics West, are open for applications through Sept. 15. The awards, held annually by SPIE, the international...
Lasers Spur Gas Motion in Water to Boost Chemical Manufacturing Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University have devised a potential solution for the self-transport of gas underwater using a femtosecond laser. The team created a superhydrophobic surface with a...
Fiber-Based Photoacoustic Endoscope Fits Inside Needle King’s College London and University College London researchers have developed a miniature, high-speed, photoacoustic endoscope that is small enough to fit inside a 20-gauge medical needle. The...
Silicon Component Keys Environmental Satellite’s Optical System Two Fraunhofer institutes have delivered the core optical innovation supporting a recently launched space-based environmental mapping and analysis initiative. The components and devices supplied by...
Needle-Shaped Beams Enhance OCT Image Quality Stanford University researchers have developed a method to create needle-shaped laser beams of varying lengths and diameters, capable of increasing the quality of images obtained by OCT and other...
Optical Switch Forms Inroad for All-Optical Signal Processing An optical switch developed by Caltech researchers harnesses the property of optical nonlinearity and aims to enable ultrafast all-optical signal processing and computing. According to its...
ACQUISITIONS
NUBURU to Go Public Blue laser technology company NUBURU entered an agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Tailwind Acquisition to allow NUBURU to become a publicly traded company. Upon closing of the...
Lumentum Completes NeoPhotonics Acquisition: Week in Brief: 08/05/22 Lumentum Holdings completed its acquisition of NeoPhotonics Corp., less than a week after obtaining receipt of antitrust clearance in China. The companies struck the deal in November 2021....
PRODUCTS
Linear Stages VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 9, 2022 — The AQ140 series of linear stages from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. are available in travel lengths of 600, 700, 800, 900, and 1000 mm. The long-travel, low-profile, motorized, profile rail positioning stages are available with a two-phase stepper motor with resolutions of 1.25 and 2 μm, with up to 80 mm/s of travel. Other options include a three-phase brushless servo motor or a...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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Image Signal Processor SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2022 — Xfuse LLC has announced Phoenix HDR image signal processor (ISP) technology to provide engineers with full control over the imaging pipeline. The technology supports multiple sensor types...
Xfuse LLC
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Raman Interface WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, England, Aug. 9, 2022 — The inLux™ scanning electron microscope (SEM) Raman interface from Renishaw PLC enables in situ Raman spectroscopy for highly specific chemical and structural characterization. The...
Renishaw PLC, Spectroscopy Products Div.
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Optical Spectrum Analyzers TOKYO, Aug. 9, 2022 — The AQ6375E and AQ6376E NIR/mid-IR band optical spectrum analyzers from Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corp. provide high-resolution and a wide measurement range to support the development of lasers...
Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corp.
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Compact Beam Expanders KENLEY, England, Aug. 8, 2022 — The A1 series of compact beam expanders from Optical Surfaces Ltd. delivers ×30 magnification from 2-mm aperture high-power laser beam lines. Delivering artifact-free high magnification,...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Elevator Stages VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 — The DAG20-120-01 and the DAG20-120-04 motorized elevator stages from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. are high-resolution, compact, low-profile devices with high-stability 120- × 120-mm tables...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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Wavefront Sensors ERLANGEN, Germany, Aug. 8, 2022 — The SHSCam wavefront sensors of the AR, HR, SHR and UHR series from Optocraft GmbH are now available in two versions with spectral ranges from 355 to 800 nm and 800 to 1064 nm. The SHSCam...
Optocraft GmbH
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Silica Plano-Concave Lenses BARRINGTON, N.J., Aug. 5, 2022 — TECHSPEC® 1064-nm Laser Line Coated, UV-fused Silica Plano-Concave (PCV) Lenses from Edmund Optics Inc. have a maximum reflection of 0.25%/surface at laser wavelengths. The lenses are...
Edmund Optics GmbH
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Image Analysis Tool WETZLAR, Germany, Aug. 5, 2022 — The Aivia 11 artificial intelligence-powered image analysis tool from Leica Microsystems GmbH features a deep learning-based cell segmentation algorithm that offers advanced insight creation...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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Linear Voice Coil Motor VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022 — The LVCM-019-048-02 Linear Voice Coil Motor from Moticont is a 0.750-in. servo motor featuring zero cogging, high accuracy, and high repeatability when operated in a closed position loop. The...
Moticont
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Laser Engraver and Cutter AURORA, Colo., Aug. 4, 2022 — The P20 PLUS laser engraver and cutter from Atezr is a four-beam diode device with a work area of up to 430 × 430 mm. It can cut >100 different kinds of materials with an engraving...
Atezr
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Fiber Optic Connectors ENDICOTT, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2022 — The Amphe-Lite connector series from Amphenol Industrial Operations has been enhanced to meet the needs of fiber optic interconnection applications in the medical, oil and gas, security, and grid...
Amphenol Industrial Operations
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Non-glare Glass SANTA PAULA, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 — Low-sparkle Non-glare Glass from Abrisa Technologies comes in 54 gloss levels, available in sheet sizes up to 63 × 40-in with thicknesses of 1.1 to 6 mm. The material diffuses reflection,...
Abrisa Technologies
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Global Shutter Camera GILCHING, Germany, Aug. 3, 2022 — The shr661 global shutter camera from SVS-Vistek GmbH is a 127-MP device that ensures distortion-free inspection of complex objects including solar panels, flat panel displays, printed circuit...
SVS-Vistek GmbH
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CMOS Camera TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 3, 2022 — The COSMOS™ camera from Teledyne Princeton Instruments Inc. is a 66-MP large-array device designed for astronomy applications. The deeply-cooled camera features LACera™ large-area...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Two-color Sandwich Detectors HAWTHORNE, Calif., Aug. 3, 2022 — Two-color Sandwich Detectors from OSI Optoelectronics Inc. are designed for optical remote temperature measurements. The devices include an uncooled silicon-silicon detector and an uncooled...
OSI Optoelectronics Inc.
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Coded Tube Reader CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 2, 2022 — The Duo dual-capability coded tube reader from Ziath Ltd. combines 2D-barcode reading technology with fast, accurate linear barcode reading. The reader provides a compact benchtop solution for...
Ziath Ltd.
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Optical Profiler MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., Aug. 2, 2022 — The Compass 2 optical profiler from Zygo Corp. provides Diamond Turning Machine (DTM) optimization and freeform surface metrology capability. Mold pins remain on their manufacturing fixture...
Zygo Corporation
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Global Shutter Image Sensor PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, Aug. 2, 2022 — The Mira220 global shutter image sensor from ams OSRAM features a high quantum efficiency of 38% at the 940-nm NIR wavelength to enable operation with low-power emitters and in dim lighting...
ams OSRAM
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Industrial Camera OBERSULM, Germany, Aug. 2, 2022 — The uEye Warp10 industrial camera from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH transmits data in the Gigabit Ethernet-based network at a high frame rate, without delay, due to 10 GigE. The first...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Optical Emission Spectroscopy Analyzer KLEVE, Germany, Aug. 1, 2022 — The SPECTROMAXx LMX10 ARC/SPARK optical emission spectroscopy analyzer from SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH is designed for next-generation advanced elemental analysis in metal producing and...
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH
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Holotomography Microscope DAEJEON, South Korea, Aug. 1, 2022 — The HT-X1 high-resolution holotomography microscope from Tomocube Inc. features an incoherent light source and is suited for higher-throughput and automated screening applications. The device...
Tomocube Inc.
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SWIR Camera LEUVEN, Belgium, Aug. 1, 2022 — The Wildcat 1280 SWIR camera from Xenics NV is a MP device based on a 1280 × 1024 sensor. The system features a pitch of 5 μm for high-precision and high-resolution inspection in laser...
Xenics
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