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This Week in Photonics: Fraunhofer IWS Develops Underwater Laser Cutting Method; Ghent U, Axithra Raise $10M (9/14/2023)

This Week in Photonics: Fraunhofer IWS Develops Underwater Laser Cutting Method; Ghent U, Axithra Raise $10M
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
 
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Underwater Laser Cutting Method Saves Energy, Optimizes Efficiency
Underwater Laser Cutting Method Saves Energy, Optimizes Efficiency
The need for modern technologies to dismantle existing underwater infrastructure is growing due to increasing demand for renewable energy sources. For example, to bring a wind power plant in the sea up to higher powers, the existing old steel frames, which may be below sea level, must first be dismantled so that engineers can rebuild them to obtain these higher powers. In laboratory tests, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have developed a shortwave green laser method for beneath-sea cutting that offers multiple advantages over commonly used techniques that use saws, automatic saw wires, and plasma cutters, for example. 
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Ghent University, imec Spinout Axithra Raises $10M
Ghent University, imec Spinout Axithra Raises $10M
Axithra, a spinout of imec and Ghent University, has raised €10 million ($10.7 million) in a seed round to develop a chip-based Raman spectroscopy platform to monitor drug concentration in the blood. The seed round, which saw backing from Hamamatsu, secures the first two years of research and development.
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Financing Moves Diamond Light Source Upgrade Forward
Financing Moves Diamond Light Source Upgrade Forward
A nearly £520 million ($648.3 million) investment in the U.K.’s national synchrotron, Diamond Light Source, will lead to the implementation of three new flagship beamlines, as well as upgrades to existing beamlines. The U.K. Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, together with the biomedical charity Wellcome, approved the facility upgrade project, with an investment of 86% from the U.K. government and 14% from Wellcome.
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HUBNER Photonics GmbH - Cobolt Jive™ 561 nm CW Laser – 1 W Cobolt Jive™ 561 nm CW Laser – 1 W

HUBNER Photonics GmbH
HÜBNER Photonics, manufacturer of high-performance lasers, showcases the release of a higher power model of the Cobolt Jive 561 nm on the 05-01 Series platform. Now with up to 1 W CW output power, the Cobolt Jive is perfectly suited to demanding applications in fluorescence microscopy, especially for super resolution...

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Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI) - Notch Filters Notch Filters

Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
DSI designs and manufactures notch and bandpass filters, beamsplitters, ARs and absorption coatings for use in the VIS to the MWIR wavelength regions, customized to specific requirements. Using photolithography, we can also pattern these coatings with feature sizes as small as 20 µm to define apertures, segments and/or fiducials.

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Quanergy, Teledyne FLIR Collaborate on Infrastructure Security  Read Article 

Tomography Technique Images Thick Bio Samples at High Resolution  Read Article 

Optical Resonator Design Eliminates Loss  Read Article 

Shoei Chemical Acquires Quantum Dot Business from Nanosys  Read Article 

DRDC Awards Immervision $5.7M to Develop Panoramic Imaging Systems  Read Article 

 
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Precision Automation Principles for the Optimal Testing and Packaging of PIC Devices Precision Automation Principles for the Optimal Testing and Packaging of PIC Devices
Thu, Sep 21, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision, optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide variances in chip designs and coupling features complicate test procedures, making it difficult to identify a system capable of producing repeatable measurements across various topologies. Brett Heintz of Aerotech Inc. provides a guide for selecting precision motion equipment to minimize the impact of positioning errors on optical alignment test results. Presented by Aerotech.
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The Past, Present, and Future of Optical Fiber The Past, Present, and Future of Optical Fiber
Tue, Sep 26, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Hair-thin strands of glass, intrinsically transparent and strong, connect today’s world in ways that are unimaginable even 20 years ago. Over the past 50 years, glass optical fibers have advanced from passive low-loss conduits for light to active light-amplifying hosts to a myriad of nano-to-macro-structuring of core-clad combinations. John Ballato of Clemson University discusses this history as a looking glass into the future of optical fibers and its symbiosis with light to address the question: What can the next 50 years bring? Sponsored by Fibercore and Lumatec GmbH.
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