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Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/15/21 Oct 15, 2021 — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Deepcell, a life science company focused on AI-powered cell classification, will collaborate with the Levesque Lab at the University of Zurich to identify and sort rare melanoma cells, profile melanoma tissues to gain a deeper understanding of tumor microenvironment, and enable molecular analyses of the sorted cells. The Deepcell platform combines high-resolution imaging of cells in flow with real-time cell classification and sorting, using cell morphology as
NIL Technologies Reports 94% Efficiency in Meta-Optical Lens COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 13, 2021 — Optical solutions company NIL Technology (NILT) reports that is has designed, built, and characterized multiple meta-optical element (MOE) lenses with 94% absolute efficiency. The demonstration was done with 940-nm NIR lens, with results being...
Devices Made of Multiple Materials Can Fit on a Single Chip WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 12, 2021 — A team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde has developed a highly accurate way to assemble multiple micron-scale optical devices extremely close together on a single chip. According to the team, the approach could eventually support the...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/11/21 Oct 11, 2021 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sivers Photonics, a subsidiary of Sivers Semiconductors, will develop CW-WDM MSA compliant laser arrays which support Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution. The announcement follows Ayar Labs’ demonstration of a...
Continuous-Wave OPA Supports Noise-Reduced Chip-Scale Optical Signal Processing GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 8, 2021 — An optical amplifier developed at Chalmers University of Technology is poised to radically improve optical communications performance. The compact amplifier is designed to fit on a chip and amplify light without generating excess noise. Light-based...
Optifab Returns to Showcase the Latest in Optics Manufacturing ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2021 — Optifab, North America’s largest optical manufacturing conference and exhibition, will return to the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center Oct. 18-21. The biennial event, organized jointly by SPIE and the American Precision Optics...
Common-Path Digital Holography Offers High Stability for Optical Measurement XI’AN, China, Oct. 5, 2021 — Compact, common-path digital holography could play an important role in the manufacture of highly stable optical measurement and imaging instruments, according to a scientific group at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China. The group...
Microscopy Method Enables Deep In Vivo Brain Imaging HEIDELBERG, Germany, Oct. 4, 2021 — A method developed by the Prevedel Group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) allows neuroscientists to observe live neurons deep within the brain — or any other cell hidden within an opaque tissue. The method is based on...
SPIE Funding Backs UK Optics and Photonics Education Initiatives BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 4, 2021 — SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will provide support through its Endowment Matching Program to two initiatives at universities in the U.K. The program has provided $500,000 to the University of Glasgow to support a...
NY Photonics Honors Five ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2021 — The Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster (RRPC) honored five leaders in education, business, and the public sector for their contributions to N.Y.’s optics and photonics industry. NY Photonics Executive Director Tom Battley presented the...
PreAct’s TrueSense Safety Tech Earns Top Prize at Luminate Finals 2021 ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2021 — PreAct Technologies, an Ore.-based developer of intelligent sensing technology designed to bridge the gap between collision avoidance and active safety, earned the top prize in the fourth cohort of the Luminate NY Program’s Innovation Finals...
SCHOTT Signs Agreement to Acquire Applied Microarrays MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 1, 2021 — SCHOTT MINIFAB, a subsidiary of SCHOTT that develops and manufactures microfluidic devices for point-of-care and life science consumables, will acquire Applied Microarrays (AMI). The acquisition expands SCHOTT MINIFAB’s biosensor printing...
Laser-Interference Structuring System Prepares Surfaces for Protective Coatings OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2021 — Although highly regulated, the chemical pre-treatment processes used to prepare U.S. Department of Defense materials for protective coatings involve hazardous compounds that can harm one’s health and the environment. A laser-interference...
Topological Approach Boosts Efficiency of On-Chip Frequency Combs COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 29, 2021 — Using a topological platform — topology is a field of abstract math that underlies some of the most peculiar behaviors of modern materials — researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have proposed a method to make chip-sized...
No Smoke, Lots of Mirrors: State-of-the-Art Optics Are Rebooting the Advanced Photon Light Source LEMONT, Ill., Sept. 28, 2021 — To support the massive upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the APS optics team has begun the monumental task of building a state-of-the-art optical system...
Hybrid Metalens Supports Miniaturization of Coherent Raman Imaging Devices BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2021 — Researchers at Boston University and Harvard University, with colleagues from the Misr University for Science and Technology in Egypt and the University of Waterloo in Canada, developed an achromatic, hybrid metalens that is designed to focus two...
OSA Becomes Optica, 'the Society Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide' WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 20, 2021 — The professional society in optics and photonics formerly known as The Optical Society (OSA) has changed its name to Optica, the Society advancing optics and photonics worldwide. The global organization, which was founded in 1916, announced the...
Er-Doped Fluoroindate Glass Displays Desirable Qualities for Mid-IR Lasers XI’AN, China, Sept. 16, 2021 — A research team from the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the spectroscopic properties of Er3+-doped fluoroindate glasses. Tests showed that fluoroindate glass is an attractive...
Light-Tracked Bio Device May Find Use in Space Applications BENGALURU, India, Sept. 9, 2021 — Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Space Research Organization have developed a modular, self-contained device to cultivate micro-organisms. The work could enable biological research in outer space. Using an LED and...
Graphene Diamond Junctions Mimic Brain Function NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 6, 2021 — Researchers from Nagoya University created graphene-diamond junctions capable of mimicking some of the human brain’s functions. The work opens doors for next-generation image-sensing memory devices. The impetus for the research stems from the...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 09/03/21 Sep 3, 2021 — MUNICH — TOPTICA Photonics’ TOPTICA Projects has successfully tested an experimental laser, jointly developed with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and industry partners, at the Allgäuer Volkssternwarte Ottobeuren observatory...
Structural Material Lets Autonomous Vehicles Read Signs on Their Own BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 3, 2021 — Research at the University at Buffalo has explored the science behind microscale concave interfaces (MCI) — structures that reflect light to produce beautiful and potentially useful optical phenomena. In a published paper, Buffalo engineering...
3D-Printed Ink Produces Elements with Disparate Optical Effects EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Sept. 2, 2021 — A light-reflective, 3D-printable liquid crystal ink could make it possible to use cholesteric liquid crystal — a human-made material found in TVs and smartphones that possesses properties between liquids and solid crystals — to add...
People in the News: 9/01/21 BATESVILLE, Ark., Sept. 1, 2021 — Kevin Weaver and Robert Brockway will serve as the first apprentices in LaCroix Precision Optics’ inaugural Optics Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship. The objective of the program is to engage employees with the overall understanding of...
Ansys to Acquire Optical Imaging System Simulation Firm Zemax PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31, 2021 — Engineering simulation software company Ansys has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire optical system simulation software company Zemax. The acquisition will expand the Ansys portfolio to provide comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for...
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