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Advancements in Telecentric Technology Mar 18, 2020 — The discipline of machine vision encompasses imaging technologies and methods to perform automatic inspection and analysis in various applications, such as verification, measurement, and process control. Driven by trends in Industry 4.0, machine vision has grown steadily over the past few years and now covers a wide range of applications in the most disparate sectors: from automotive to pharma, from food and beverage to electronics. Practically no sector has been left out of this transformation.
Vision Spectra, Mar 2020
Consumer Electronics Inspection Put to the Test Mar 18, 2020 — Every year, smartphones, TVs, tablets, and computers get more capable in terms of screen resolution and processing power. Better consumer electronics and more demand have led to volume increases. According to an October 2019 report from Kenneth...
Vision Spectra, Mar 2020
Prism Awards Celebrate Innovation Mar 3, 2020 — The 12th annual Prism Awards ceremony showcased the best in photonics innovation: hand-held spectrometry, plug-and-play inspection, multispectral imaging, and more. The event, sponsored by SPIE and Photonics Media, honors the most innovative and...
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2020
Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging Mar 3, 2020 — Over the past two decades, hyperspectral imaging and multispectral imaging have been growing in prominence and utility. Although the terms are often conflated, they represent two distinct imaging practices, each fitting its own application spaces....
Photonics Spectra, Apr 2020
High-Pulse-Energy Air-Cooled Lasers Mar 2, 2020 — Size, weight, and power (SWaP) are key attributes of laser transmitters for military, defense, and aerospace applications. Battlefield lasers must be compact, lightweight, and have high wall-plug efficiencies to meet aggressive demands. Fiber lasers...
Photonics Spectra, Apr 2020
Lasers for Hybrid Silicon Photonic Integration Feb 28, 2020 — The wide adoption of smartphones, high-definition content streamed on social media, the Internet of Things, data saved to the cloud, and artificial intelligence used in massive data analytics have ushered in the current era of digital economies and...
Photonics Spectra, Apr 2020
Car In-Cabin 3D Sensing Is Within Sight Feb 24, 2020 — It is expected that in the future, cars will drive themselves. Between now and then, though, cars will partially drive themselves, much like today’s Tesla with Autopilot. Ensuring that drivers are paying attention during assistance is, and...
Photonics Spectra, Apr 2020
Opsins Travel to the Brain’s Hidden Places Feb 13, 2020 — The brain is one of the most complex systems in the known universe, a living computer that controls not only basic functions of the body but ponders and directs responses to what’s going on in its surroundings. But when it comes to...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2020
Spectroscopic Technique Targets Drug Porosity Feb 7, 2020 — In the pharmaceutical field, porosity is an important trait in helping to measure the effectiveness of tablet quality. Thanks to modern spectroscopic techniques, manufacturers are getting the characteristics they’re looking for. Porosity, in...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2020
A Laser Points Toward Disease Diagnosis Feb 6, 2020 — According to the latest reports from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the World Health Organization (WHO), life expectancy has more than doubled in the last two centuries, from less than 30 years to over 70, thanks to...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2020
The Microscope Enters the Digital Age Feb 5, 2020 — Within the field of pathology, the upright light microscope is perhaps the most ubiquitous piece of equipment used for examination. Found on every pathologist’s desk, the glass and light device plays a central role in disease diagnosis,...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2020
Advancements in Telecentric Technology Feb 3, 2020 — The discipline of machine vision encompasses imaging technologies and methods to perform automatic inspection and analysis in various applications, such as verification, measurement, and process control. Driven by trends in Industry 4.0, machine...
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2020
Coded Aperture Correlation Holography Jan 28, 2020 — Coded aperture correlation holography (COACH) is a recently developed 3D-imaging technology. It began as a regular in-line, two-beam interference holography and has evolved into an interferenceless technique based on a working principle entirely...
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2020
Standards Bridge the Gap Jan 28, 2020 — New production trends such as IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and the smart factory are changing value chains, increasing efficiency with a greater number of interconnections and enhanced standardization. Accompanying technologies —...
Vision Spectra, Mar 2020
Moth-Eye Metasurfaces for Fiber Optics Jan 23, 2020 — The use of optical fiber in astronomy, biomedical instrumentation, communications, defense, digital projection, industrial laser, medical, and sensing applications has increased over several decades to the point that it is now almost ubiquitous....
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2020
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The Reality of Intelligent Manufacturing Jan 23, 2020 — “Rise of the Machines,” the third “Terminator” sci-fi movie, features a future controlled by cold, calculating cyborgs that make their own decisions, including going back in time to exterminate the human resistance. While the...
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2020
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Advancements in 3D Vision, Software Bolster Bin Picking Jan 21, 2020 — Industrial robots are the key element in automating processes throughout the manufacturing sector, with their numbers rising globally each year. In the U.S., for example, their numbers reached 200 robots per 10,000 employees in 2017, ranking seventh...
Vision Spectra, Mar 2020
Metamaterials Extend Photonics Jan 20, 2020 — Metamaterials — engineered to have unique photonic and other properties — can enable previously difficult or impossible-to-achieve performance. Radar or lidar steering, for instance, can be achieved inexpensively without moving parts....
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2020
Pulsed Lasers Create Optimal Cladding for Tools Jan 13, 2020 — Lasers are versatile tools with negligible changeover times in manufacturing processes, but in some areas their uses are still suboptimal, such as in welding. Crack formation and problems with fusion of material can still occur and hinder the...
EuroPhotonics, Mar 2020
The New Technologies Shaping Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Jan 9, 2020 — Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is the branch of vibrational spectroscopy related to the molecular absorption of light between ~750 to 2500 nm, which has a variety of industrial and medical applications. This region of the electromagnetic spectrum...
Photonics Spectra, Feb 2020
Special Majorana-Like Vector Photon Beams Jan 6, 2020 — A special, newly proposed photon called a “Majorana-like” photon possesses spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbit angular momentum (OAM) coupled together. Experiments with mouse brain tissue have revealed the plausibility of using these...
Photonics Spectra, Feb 2020
Wafer-Level Optics Enable Small-Form Photonic Sensors Jan 6, 2020 — For many years, innovations in sensors for mass markets such as automotive, gaming, and consumer electronics have been driven by the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) industry. MEMS-based sensors are well known to provide solutions for a...
EuroPhotonics, Mar 2020
Infrared Sensors Offer Insights into Invisible Threats Dec 30, 2019 — Mark Zondlo has an atmospheric chemistry laboratory at Prince-ton University, but you may have a hard time finding him there. Most of his team’s environmental research is conducted in the real world — roaming through America’s...
Photonics Spectra, Feb 2020
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Improving Devices with Plasmonics Dec 27, 2019 — Researchers are putting electron oscillations, or plasmons, to work and paving the way for instruments that could improve food safety and devices for future mobile communications. Additionally, plasmonic-enabled nanolasers could provide a means to...
Photonics Spectra, Feb 2020
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Artificial Intelligence in Particle Image Velocimetry Dec 27, 2019 — The first article to use the term “particle image velocimetry” (PIV) was published in 1984. Since then, PIV has become a standard method for flow measurements. The technique has remained largely unchanged over the past 35 years. Continuous lasers or...
Photonics Spectra, Feb 2020
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