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Quantum Leaps into the Imaging Market May 5, 2023 — Quantum ghost imaging was less than two decades old when the U.K. government launched the £1 billion Quantum Technologies Program in 2016. The program established four hubs dedicated to various fields in quantum research and development. One of these hubs, QuantIC, is focused on furthering advancements in quantum-enhanced imaging with 120 full-time researchers spread across eight partner institutions. QuantIC’s director, Miles Pladgett, recalled how when the hub was launched, “most industries...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2023
Multifield Imaging Enhances Detectability at Speed Apr 4, 2023 — Multifield imaging is a new imaging technique that enables the simultaneous capture of multiple images under various lighting conditions. Coupled with time delay integration, this emerging imaging technique can overcome many of the limitations of...
Photonics Spectra, May 2023
Polymer Optics Target Complex Imaging Systems Mar 27, 2023 — Polymer optics, also known as plastic optics, are ideal for reducing the footprint and weight of optical systems and assemblies, further fueling the demand for polymer optics in end uses in which these characteristics are important, such as in...
Photonics Spectra, May 2023
Multispectral Photoacoustic Imaging Peers into Skin Disease Oct 31, 2022 — The earlier that skin diseases are detected, the greater the odds that a particular therapy will be effective and successful. Optical dermoscopy, today’s medical standard for achieving early detection, allows experienced dermatologists to reliably...
Photonics Spectra, Dec 2022
The Evolution of Scientific Cameras Leads to the Advancement of Microscopy Oct 14, 2022 — Most people are familiar with standard qualitative cameras and bright high-contrast images, thanks to the prevalence of increasingly powerful smartphone and digital cameras in the marketplace. Scientific-grade cameras, however, are designed to be...
BioPhotonics, Dec 2022
Tiny Quantum Dot Sensors Solve Big IR Application Problems Oct 4, 2022 — As a second quantum revolution begins, many mysteries remain in the quantum realm. Perhaps this is unsurprising given the notoriously confounding properties of this new frontier. However, as time passes, it seems increasingly likely that the...
Photonics Spectra, Nov 2022
New Sensors and AI Optimize Laser Welding Oct 3, 2022 — Welding is an ancient technology. Five thousand years ago, Egyptians used it to join copper water pipes together. Over the centuries it evolved into an essential technology to fuse various types of metals as experienced welders learned to optimize...
Photonics Spectra, Nov 2022
A Multiphoton Microscope Enables Portable 3D Biological Imaging Sep 16, 2022 — For decades, optical microscopy has provided the mechanism with which to image cells and tissue for the purposes of cancer research, digital pathology, and the study of the brain. Samples are typically studied in frozen sections. Most of these...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2022
Optical Fiber Provides Real-Time Diagnostic Guidance Sep 16, 2022 — The biomedical community recognized the advantages of optical fibers long ago, accepting them even before their adoption for long-haul telecommunications. Early research on the light-guiding properties of fibers in the late 1920s was aimed at...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2022
UV Imaging Reveals Useful Details — at a Cost Aug 24, 2022 — Feature sizes of modern electronics continue to shrink, approaching or even surpassing the wavelength of light, and equipment manufacturers are looking for new ways to improve the optical resolution of their systems to inspect ever smaller...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2022
Sputter-Coated Optics Improve Machine Vision and Remote Sensing Jul 13, 2022 — For biomedical instrumentation applications such as fluorescence microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, sputter-coated thin-film interference filters deliver exemplary performance. These filters also enhance imaging system performance for applications...
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2022
More than Skin Deep: Photonics Protects Our Cultural Heritage Jun 23, 2022 — For hundreds of years, analysis trumped preservation when it came to irreplaceable cultural heritage objects such as paintings, icons, and written works. Today, conservators avoid taking even tiny samples from works of priceless art, making...
Photonics Spectra, Aug 2022
Assessing Food Inspection Techniques Jun 21, 2022 — A decade ago, food supply was not an issue for most of the world’s population, but today the world is facing a food crisis. Multiple factors have contributed to the problem, including recent supply chain issues, delivery and labor shortages,...
Vision Spectra, Jun 2022
Photoacoustic Imaging Uses LED Light to Guide Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Jun 15, 2022 — Efficient medical imaging techniques such as photoacoustic imaging help to accurately detect diseases as early as possible, resulting in timely intervention and reducing the need for medication and surgery. Conventionally used medical imaging...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2022
An Actively Cooled Mid-IR Telescope Peers Through Space Dust Jun 1, 2022 — When the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Herschel Space Observatory revealed that the universe was far richer in star-forming dust than previously thought, the engineers who were developing a new mid-infrared space instrument recognized...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2022
Food Inspection Techniques: From the Visible to 3D Imaging May 10, 2022 — Food sorting traces its origins all the way back to the nomadic hunter-gatherer days. While foraging out in the wild, gatherers handpicked fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts that would be shared with the rest of the tribe. Lacking the chemical...
Vision Spectra, Jun 2022
Navigating the Options for 3D Imaging May 9, 2022 — While 3D imaging in machine vision has been applied in key use cases for many years, use of the technology has recently grown and expanded, making it increasingly common in a wider range of applications. The best practices that can help to ensure a...
Vision Spectra, Jun 2022
Lighting Advancements Add Muscle to Machine Vision Apr 29, 2022 — After years of investment and research, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are cheaper and brighter than ever before, and they consume less power. With reliability measured in thousands of hours, LEDs are proving to be cost-effective solutions in both...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2022
Fluorescence Imaging Deepens the View: From Single Cells to the Subcellular Apr 14, 2022 — The human body is made up of trillions of cells, and each one is as unique as the person it is part of. Each individual cell is arranged alongside its neighbors in a specific pattern that is essential to its systemic role within the tissue. In...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2022
Raman Spectroscopy’s Signals and Future Continue to Get Brighter First introduced nearly a century ago, Raman spectroscopy and imaging methods continue to evolve through the development of new technologies and techniques. Spurred by the passage of state legislation last fall, the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project issued a methodology for monitoring microplastics in drinking water. The California regulation was the first of its kind in the U.S. to...
Photonics Spectra, May 2022
Large-Format Image Sensors Frame the Future Mar 3, 2022 — Sensor manufacturers have continuously sought to increase the resolution and performance of their products by decreasing the size of pixels while increasing their number. However, some applications require the scale and unique architecture of...
Photonics Spectra, Apr 2022
Hyperspectral Imaging Characterizes Healthy and Diseased Tissues During Surgery Feb 18, 2022 — Upgrades in medical imaging technology have made possible the accurate diagnosis and successful treatment of ailments ranging from broken bones to cancer. Techniques such as endoscopy keep evolving to image at greater depth and with stronger...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2022
AI Bridges the Gap Between Medical Imaging and Analysis Feb 18, 2022 — Improvements in the automation of functional mechanical, electrical, and optical components — along with increasing computing power for image analysis — have enabled the development of high-throughput microscopes, such as the whole slide scanners...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2022
LEDs and Optical Filters Expand Live-Cell Imaging Capability Feb 7, 2022 — The light source of a wide-field fluorescence microscope is often overlooked by scientists who perform live-cell imaging experiments. However, innovations such as transistor-transistor logic (TTL) triggering, which enhances on/off speed, and inline...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2022
Inspecting: One Line at a Time Feb 2, 2022 — When Artemis Vision took on a label inspection application, the client had a set of stringent conditions: They required high-resolution image capture and lighting, along with the ability to manage high throughput. They also needed to acquire the...
Vision Spectra, Mar 2022
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