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DUV Lasers Made with Nonlinear Crystals Enhance Lithography Performance
BEIJING, April 25, 2024 — Argon-fluoride (ArF) excimer lasers — deep ultraviolet (DUV) lasers emitting light with a wavelength of 193 nm — are used in lithography to create precise patterns. However, the limited coherence of conventional ArF excimer lasers hinders their effectiveness in applications requiring high-resolution patterns, like interference lithography.
Luminate NY Names Companies in Seventh Cohort
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 29, 2024 — Empire State Development has named the ten companies selected to participate in roun seven of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and will have the...
Traceable Standards Could Speed Development of Quantum Technologies
GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 26, 2024 — Devices that capture light from quantum dots, like chip-scale lasers and optical amplifiers, have made their way from the lab to the commercial market. The transition for newer quantum dot-based devices has been slower due to the extreme level of...
Tokamak Energy Commits to Testing Laser Technology for Fusion Power Plants
OXFORD, England, March 14, 2024 — Fusion energy technology developer Tokamak Energy is working on laser measurement technology crucial to controlling the extreme conditions inside future fusion power plants. The company is testing a laser-based dispersion interferometer system is at...
Hexagon Sells Precision Measurement Instruments Business
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20, 2023 — Digital reality solutions company Hexagon has entered into an agreement to sell its Tesa PMI (Precision Measurement Instruments) business to Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Company Ltd. The divestment is in line with Hexagon’s strategy to focus...
BAE Systems Is Recipient of First CHIPS Act Funding Award
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Dec. 13, 2023 — BAE Systems has received an approximately $35 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce to modernize its Microelectronics Center (MEC) in Nashua, N.H. The award is the first funding announcement as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, which...
James Wyant, University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Namesake, Dies at 80
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2023 — James Wyant, the founding dean and namesake of the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, died Dec. 8, the University of Arizona announced. Wyant was 80 years old. Wyant’s research focused on applying interferometry...
New Technology Quantifies Optics’ Elusive Mid-Spatial Frequencies
Dec 5, 2023 — New polishing technologies caused a significant shift in optical manufacturing during the start of the 21st century. Computer numerical control (CNC) and deterministic optical polishing/figuring techniques have taken center stage to transform how...
Imperfections Untether Quantum Sensors from Bulky Optics
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 30, 2023 — By adding tiny, periodic bumps to a microresonator, researchers were able to convert near-infrared (NIR) laser light into specific desired wavelengths of visible light with high accuracy and efficiency. Developed by the National Institute of...
Optifab 2023 to Showcase the Latest in Optical Manufacturing
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 10, 2023 — SPIE Optifab 2023, North America’s largest optical manufacturing conference and exhibition, will be held Oct. 16-19 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, N.Y. The biennial event is organized jointly by...
OLED Pumping Enables Electrically Driven Semiconductor Lasing
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct. 6, 2023 — Researchers at the University of St. Andrews demonstrated an electrically driven, organic semiconductor laser using a new approach that could improve the performance of this class of laser and further the development of ultrafast, organic...
Critical Tech, Policy Priorities at the Fore of Second SPIE Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2, 2023 — Policymakers and appointed officials outlined many of the U.S. government’s foremost priorities in science and technology, joining with leaders from the photonics sector in Washington, D.C., last week for the second SPIE Photonics Industry...
Manufacturing Methods Make Freeform Optics More Accessible
Sep 1, 2023 — From applications in ophthalmology, endoscopy, and microscopy — to use in head-up displays, lidar systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellites — freeform optics are enhancing the performance of existing imaging systems and are key...
Semiconductor Metrology Company Wooptix Closes $11M Series B
MADRID, July 25, 2023 — Semiconductor metrology company Wooptix has closed a €10 million ($11 million) Series B financing round. Wooptix is focused on commercializing semiconductor metrology equipment incorporating wavefront phase imaging with its Phemet system, which...
European Semiconductor Metrology Hub Launches: Week in Brief: 07/21/23
DRESDEN, Germany, July 21, 2023 — Applied Materials and the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Fraunhofer IPMS) collaborated to create what will be Europe’s largest technology hub for semiconductor metrology and process analysis. The hub will be located at the...
Jane Rigby Named Webb Telescope Senior Scientist: People in the News: 07/05/23
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2023 — NASA named Jane Rigby as the new senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope mission. Rigby is an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Rigby was one of the three commissioning scientists for Webb. She also led...
Holography Lends a Whole New Dimension to Metrology
Jul 3, 2023 — All optical imaging systems, from smartphone cameras to extreme-ultraviolet photolithography optics, are under increasing pressure to support higher resolution, broader spectral range, or higher sensitivity in low-light applications. Such demands...
Thermo Fisher Acquires Raman Specialists MarqMetrix
WALTHAM, Mass., June 22, 2023 — Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired MarqMetrix, a privately held developer of Raman-based spectroscopy solutions for in-line measurement. Based in Seattle, MarqMetrix provides in-line process analytical technology (PAT) for precise measurements...
Laser Measurement Adds Precision to Engine Core Technologies
PARIS, June 20, 2023 — Partners from aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney and Virginia Tech have developed an optical technology to calculate engine thrust to allow high-fidelity measurements of gas turbine engine parameters including velocity, temperature, and...
ZEISS to Provide Metrology Software for 3D Scan Solutions
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, June 9, 2023 — ZEISS and 3D scanner and measurement systems developer Scantech are partnering to offer Scantech scanners with ZEISS inspection software. The collaborations seeks to enhance the performance of Scantech's 3D solutions and to further expand its global...
Marantz Electronics Adds to Leadership Team: People in the News: 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...
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...
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...
Scientists Develop Nano-sized 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...
Photogrammetry Method Measures Wings During Flight
ETTINGEN, Germany, April 25, 2023 — One of the most important goals of the aviation industry is to make aircraft more fuel efficient. To this end, the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies, and Image Exploitation (Fraunhofer IOSB) is working with Lufthansa Technik to...
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