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As Displays Evolve, Lasers Offer New Bonding Options Oct 2, 2020 — The display industry has used anisotropic conductive film (ACF) for component packaging applications for decades. By aligning display parts precisely and applying heat and compression for the right duration of time, ACF bonding technology ensures strong and reliable electrical-mechanical interconnections. Further, the characteristics of ACF make it possible to form electrical and mechanical bonding in a single step. New developments in display technologies are requiring ACF bonding processes to...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2020
Biological Systems Inspire New Image Preprocessing Solutions Aug 31, 2020 — Data, as the saying goes, is king. But as any chess player knows, the king without his minions is hamstrung by limited mobility. The ubiquitous deployment of CMOS and CCD imagers across a range of industries and applications has generated an...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2020
New Tools Promise the Next Big Thing for Quantum Sensing Aug 31, 2020 — Sensors form an important foundation for many everyday devices, including microphones, CCD cameras, and touch sensors in smartphone displays. Moreover, sensors play a key role in technological progress, in general, as illustrated by the old adage...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2020
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Drones Deliver a Fresh Take on Airborne Imaging Applications Aug 27, 2020 — Initially swooping in to provide aerial shots in big-budget movies, UAVs — or drones, in consumer parlance — are now bringing aerial cinematography technology to other applications. Drone-mounted imagers are helping to inspect infrastructure,...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2020
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How Vision Systems Can Deliver More than the Sum of Their Parts Aug 25, 2020 — The use of both 3D-imaging technology and smart cameras is expanding the flexibility and capabilities of machine vision systems. Integrating these elements with advanced image preprocessing and intelligent software can further enable automated...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2020
Optical Frequency Combs Enhance Hyperspectral Imaging Aug 24, 2020 — An optical frequency comb is an optical source characterized by a spectrum consisting of evenly spaced frequency lines, known as teeth. This Nobel Prize-winning technology has become a reference tool for optical frequency metrology and spectroscopy...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2020
Coherent Sensing Holds Promise for Machine Vision Aug 19, 2020 — Supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been a wake-up call for most, resulting in the acceleration of the onshoring trend started by the U.S.-China tensions. Offsetting higher wage structures with automation is key to a sustained...
Vision Spectra, Sep 2020
Laser Direct IR Imaging Projects Microplastics Analysis Aug 13, 2020 — Contamination of soil, air, and drinking water by microplastics is a growing focus of attention around the world. Environmental agencies are increasing the monitoring of waterways, and governmental bodies are seeking to protect these resources....
BioPhotonics, Oct 2020
Raman Imaging Opens View to Diagnosis and Discovery Aug 13, 2020 — By revealing the chemical composition of samples, Raman microscopy has proved to be useful in many fields, including medical diagnosis, materials science, cosmetics, and food science. For the researcher, clinician, or engineer, it is most useful...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2020
3D Thermophotonic Imaging Informs Biomedicine Aug 13, 2020 — Imaging plays an important role in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and new technologies are helping to overcome many limitations to resolution and depth. Early diagnosis of diseases can alter the path of treatment and its efficiency...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2020
Portable Microscopy Leverages Advancements in Electronics and Computing Aug 12, 2020 — Spurred by Moore’s law, the principle that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, the miniaturization of electronic components has resulted in optical devices shrinking as well. While etendue (a characteristic of light and...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2020
Optimal Defect Detection with Deep Learning Aug 5, 2020 — Technologies based on artificial intelligence are used in many industries today. For example, deep learning methods based on convolutional neural networks are used in machine vision, making it possible to detect and localize objects and defects in a...
Vision Spectra, Sep 2020
Tiny Quantum Effects Promise Big Impact on Future Instruments Aug 4, 2020 — While the quantum world may seem abstract and remote from day-to-day life, researchers are discovering that quantum effects such as photon entanglement could improve the performance and precision of everyday tools. Advancements in quantum metrology...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
Islam’s Golden Age Sparks a Spectrum of Optical Knowledge Aug 4, 2020 — The history of optics traces back to the primitive lenses of the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, the rudimentary logical conjectures of the ancient Greek philosophers, and the simple geometrical optics of figures such as Euclid, Ptolemy, and...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
Antireflection Coatings for High-Power Fiber Laser Optics Jul 31, 2020 — High-power kilowatt-level fiber lasers operating between 1.0 and 1.1 µm find frequent use in macro-materials processing applications, such as cutting and welding metal sheets. The nature of these applications requires laser optics to perform...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
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The Fight for First Light: Extremely Large Telescopes Jul 31, 2020 — The 2020 U.S. Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, a type of survey in which astronomers set priorities to guide federal budgets during the next 10 years, is in the process of listing its most important projects. Asteroid detection and Mars...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
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Vision Systems Perform Vital Checks on Medical Devices Jul 30, 2020 — Medical device manufacturing encompasses products that go inside the body, such as catheters and artificial joints. Other manufactured goods in this category include external devices that measure vital signs and other medically important parameters,...
Vision Spectra, Sep 2020
Diamond Raman Lasers Offer Multifaceted Potential Jul 28, 2020 — Ever since Ted Maiman used a flash-pumped synthetic ruby crystal to generate the first coherent light source in 1960, the development of optical gain media has become a critical area of study for many science and engineering fields. While...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
Bringing Habitable Planets to Light with Faster Adaptive Optics Jul 28, 2020 — At the heart of every imaging system, from endoscopes to extremely large telescopes, is the pursuit of a perfect image, extracting as much information as possible from every acquired photon. No matter how well designed the system, however,...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
Digital Age Sees New Demand for the Venerable Conoscope Jul 28, 2020 — After languishing for the first century of their existence, conoscopes have become essential to the production of consumer products in an increasing number of industries. What began in 1911 as simple scientific curiosities designed for liquid...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2020
Spectroscopic Methods Guide Precision Medicine Jul 21, 2020 — Raman spectroscopy captures the effect when light partially scatters inelastically as it interacts with matter. The amounts of energy transferred between photons and molecules during this process correspond to specific molecular vibrations....
EuroPhotonics, Sep 2020
Smart Control Methods Speed Up Micromachining Jul 14, 2020 — Considerable advancements have been made in the precision and dynamic control of laser scan systems during the last few years. Depending on the application, new control methods can bring additional productivity to users in fields such as...
EuroPhotonics, Sep 2020
Hyperspectral Imaging Discerns Authenticity of Artwork Jul 7, 2020 — Inauthentic artwork is a significant problem within the art world. According to the Fine Arts Expert Institute, as many as half of the pieces in the art market are forgeries, equaling roughly $60 billion in inauthentic work. Current authentication...
Vision Spectra, Sep 2020
Photonic Technologies Energize Sustainability Jul 2, 2020 — It could be a greener world, thanks to photonic technologies. That’s the conclusion of a 2020 study forecasting that photonics could eliminate 3 billion tons of CO2 emissions annually by 2030. Paris-based consultancy Tematys contributed to the...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2020
Supertwisted Light from a Metasurface Laser Jun 29, 2020 — Structured light refers to the tailoring or shaping of light in all its degrees of freedom. The recent development of structured light supports applications such as optical communications, enhanced resolution in imaging, and optical trapping and...
Photonics Spectra, Aug 2020
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