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Investment Firm Carlyle Group Acquires Czech Optics Company Meopta PREROV, Czech Republic, May 31, 2023 — Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire Meopta Optika, a manufacturer of optical, optomechanical, and optoelectronic solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Carlyle said it aims to partner with Meopta’s management team to capture opportunity in more advanced built-to-spec use cases through an increased focus on R&D. Carlyle further aims to expand Meopta’s international presence through the creation of a direct sales network. The acquisition,
Qcells Invests $100M in Perovskite Production: Week in Brief: 05/26/23 SEOUL, South Korea, May 26, 2023 — Qcells, a clean energy technology company, will invest $100 million to accelerate the commercialization of perovskite-based tandem cells, a solar cell technology designed to boost panel efficiency. Qcells’ parent company, Hanwha Solutions,...
Light-Field Sensor Uses Color Encoding for 3D Scene Reconstruction SINGAPORE, May 26, 2023 — Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) developed a light-field sensor that detects 3D light fields across the x-ray to visible light spectrum. The sensor relies on a pixelated color conversion strategy that is based on perovskite...
U.S. DOE Announces Funding for Eight Fusion Science Companies WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2023 — Eight companies developing approaches to fusion energy will receive funding from the Energy Act of 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week. The department awarded $46 million in total, with the funding earmarked for each...
Spatial Light Modulation Gauges How Lenses Slow Progress of Myopia WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2023 — Myopia, or nearsightedness, is one of the most common ocular disorders worldwide and a leading cause of visual impairment in children. Although specialized eyeglass lenses have been clinically tested to treat myopia progression, an in-depth optical...
Malley Richardson Awarded 2023 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship for Research in Optofluidics PITTSFIELD, Mass., June 5, 2023 — Malley Richardson, a mechanical engineering student at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has been awarded the 2023 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship for her contributions to the field of optics and photonics. Richardson is actively engaged in...
Team Engineers Visible Wavelength Metalenses for Mass Production POHANG, South Korea, May 25, 2023 — Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have demonstrated the mass production of metalenses for visible light wavelengths on a wafer scale. The researchers combined photolithography and nanoimprint lithography. Where...
AIM Photonics to Offer Optoelectronic Testing Services ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 31, 2023 — AIM Photonics has launched its new Opto-electronic Testing Services, which the institute said features a full suite of advanced tools for testing photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and conventional electronic ICs. The service will be offered...
Lightmatter Raises $154M Series C BOSTON, June 1, 2023 — Photonic supercomputing company Lightmatter has raised $154 million in a series C funding round. The company said that it will leverage the financing to deliver its photonic technology to cloud providers, semiconductor companies, and enterprises for...
NIH Grant Funds Wearable Brain-Imaging Tech ST. LOUIS, June 1, 2023 — Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are developing an alternative to the current gold standard of brain imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The researchers’ technology would allow subjects to move freely while...
On-Chip System Cuts Power Consumption, Drives Data Center Efficiency CORVALLIS, Ore., May 25, 2023 — According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a data center can consume up to 50× more energy per square foot of floor space than a typical office building. Data centers account for roughly 2% of all electricity use in the U.S., according...
Ayar Labs Adds $25M in Expansion of $130M Series C SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 30, 2023 — Silicon photonics technology company Ayar Labs has raised an additional $25 million in series C1 funding. The funding brings the company ’ s total series C to $155 million. Ayar Labs said it will use the funds to accelerate the implementation...
ADVA Details CEO Change; VELO3D Names CTO: People in the News: 05/31/23 MUNICH, May 31, 2023 — Christoph Glingene, CEO of optical networking company ADVA, will step down and transition to his previous role as CTO for ADVA, effective June 30, and will continue as CTO for Adtran. Tom Stanton will be appointed as ADVA’s CEO, effective July...
Metasurface Spectrometer Points to On-Chip System Integration EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 5, 2023 — Spectrometers typically use optical elements such as diffraction gratings and prisms to achieve the dispersion necessary to measure the properties of light over a specific portion of the spectrum. The use of free-space optical elements, along with...
Scientists Develop Nanometer Domain N-Slit Quantum Interferometers ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 29, 2023 — Researchers led by physicist F.J. “Frank” Duarte — credited with the 1993 invention of the N-slit laser interferometer — have designed practical N-slit quantum interferometers in the nanometer domain. The work, which the...
eMagin to Merge with Samsung Display HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y., May 31, 2023 — eMagin Corp., a designer and manufacturer of active-matrix OLED microdisplays for high-resolution, augmented reality/virtual reality and other near-eye imaging products, will merge with Samsung Display Co. Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, all...
Exail to Provide Navigation Tech to US Coast Guard: Week in Brief: 06/02/23 PARIS, June 2, 2023 — Exploration technology company Exail received a $2.2 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to replace obsolete gyrocompass systems on the 175-ft Keeper-class buoy tenders. The contract includes Octans gyrocompasses and Netans navigation data...
Inspection Technology Incorporates AI to Detect Defects in Real Time DRESDEN, Germany, June 6, 2023 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS have developed SURFinpro, a solution that uses artificial intelligence and optical measurement technology to detect, classify and visualize defects in real time, and report...
Edge AI and Vision Alliance Name 2023 Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Winners SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 24, 2023 — During the 2023 Embedded Vision Summit, Edge AI and Vision Alliance announced the 2023 winners of the Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Awards. The awards celebrate the innovation and achievement of the industry’s leading companies that...
LEADOPTIK Raises $5M in Seed Funding SAN JOSE, Calif., June 5, 2023 — Medical imaging company LEADOPTIK has raised $5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The funding will allow LEADOPTIK to move to the next stage of product development on the path to commercialization. The company is developing a...
Beamsplitter Benefits from Topological Antichiral Edge States GUANGZHOU, China, May 29, 2023 — Recent research has investigated novel approaches to beam-splitting in the context of topological photonics. Several beam-splitting mechanisms have been proposed relying on different topological states such as chiral edge states, valley-locked edge...
Marantz Electronics Adds to Leadership Team: Week in Brief: 06/07/2023 TILBURG, Netherlands, June 7, 2023 — Mek (Marantz Electronics), a provider of automatic optical inspection solutions, appointed Maria Dzionk operations manager. Most recently, Dzionk served as returns coordinator at GXO Logistics where she was responsible for maintaining company...
Ultrasmall Silicon LED Enables High-Resolution Integrated Imaging SINGAPORE, May 22, 2023 — Researchers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) developed a CMOS-based silicon LED that, though smaller than a wavelength, emits light at an intensity comparable to much larger silicon LEDs. In a separate study, the...
Cell Manipulation Technique Enters Commercial Market MUNICH, May 23, 2023 — In cell biology and medical imaging, the targeted manipulation of cells under controlled conditions is a major challenge in understanding processes and causal relationships. Researchers are dependent on tools that enable them to manipulate...
XTEND Acquires Drone Inspection Company Performance Rotors TEL AVIV, Israel, May 24, 2023 — XTEND, developer of the XOS human-guided autonomous operating system, has acquired Performance Rotors, a drone inspection company whose technology supports clients operating oil and gas, maritime, and infrastructure projects. The acquisition will...
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