The competitive polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber market is expected to grow over the next five years at rates between 5% to 12% depending on the market segment, but there's a lot more to the...

If you buy products and services related to lasers, optics, imaging, sensors, detectors, test and measurement, light sources, fiber optics, spectroscopy, materials and coatings -- you need the...

Drawing mainly from the pages of Photonics Spectra and focusing on the last decade or so of developments, Defense & Aerospace offers an overview of these industries as only Photonics Media can...

The Epitex D-Series of SWIR LEDs from Ushio achieves a two-fold improvement of output and efficiency over its predecessor for the majority of wavelengths. Low-power chips are mounted in...

An international team of researchers has developed a method of fabricating high-performance lenses in monolayer two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) material using a femtosecond...

A custom contact lens could offer a convenient way to help people who experience color blindness. Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) embedded large-scale, plasmonic metasurfaces into...

Precision Optics Corp. Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments for the medical and defense industries, has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Ross Optical...

For an example of a high-stakes measurement, talk to Dan Bukaty Jr. He’s president of Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O) of Santa Ana, Calif., an optical fabrication shop that makes...

Profiling beams under 10 µm in size is one of the more challenging beam profiling applications. There are numerous reasons for this, including the very small size. Focal plane arrays commonly...

In addition to a good understanding of your application, carefully defining your requirements can save manufacturing time, which translates to reduced costs. In this paper, learn the important...

HÜBNER Photonics is one of the leading suppliers of all laser wavelengths to the high resolution Raman spectroscopy market and now introduces the 08-NLDM 785 nm ESP (enhanced spectral purity) as part...

Free Webinar Additional Questions & Answers from the Webinar (below) Dr. Dae Wook Kim Assistant Research Professor College of Optical Sciences University of Arizona ...

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This event was previously recorded. This webinar is for scientists, engineers and others interested in developing and commercializing photonics and other technologies in businesses large and small. ...

If you are interested in learning how QDs are currently used in displays and how the same materials are being engineered to yield even brighter, more efficient, better colors for future displays,...

1. In color development, the chemical that combines with certain by-products of the development procedure to form a dye. 2. Device for distributing optical power among two or more ports. 3. Device...

The term used in reference to vacuum systems using oil and diffusion pumps, describes the migration of pump fluids and their decomposition products into the vacuum chamber.

The determination of what, how much and in what proportions chemicals must be combined to produce the desired reactions and products.

Multispectral Imaging: Creation of an image where each pixel contains more than three spectral data points, typically four to 20. This is contrasted with a standard color camera that only captures...

In this episode, we take you to the stage with a professional lighting designer who uses the latest technologies to create the ambience of theatre productions. And we take a look at just how...

A complete history of Precision Optical is presented along with products and services offered.

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a single flat lens that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light in the same spot and in...

Watch our Fidelity HP, Femtosecond Fiber Laser drop 2m from a fork life to the ground. See it for yourself!

Photonics Media is the publisher of Photonics Spectra, BioPhotonics, EuroPhotonics, and Vision Spectra magazines in print, digital and mobile app formats; the Photonics Marketplace featuring the...

Reynard Corporation has been a premier supplier of custom optics and thin-film coatings to a global customer base since 1984. Reynard focuses on manufacturing the highest quality products with...

In 1977, Dale Flaming, a scientist working at the University of California at San Francisco, was having difficulty reliably producing micropipettes. He developed the first electronically controlled...

With more than 20 years of experience in design, development, and manufacturing of specialty optical fibers and complex optical fiber assemblies, art photonics GmbH is a major solution provider in...