ILMINSTER, England, Sept. 29, 2022 — G&H has won a contract to supply periscope technology as part of the U.K.’s Challenger 3 program, to upgrade the British army’s main battle tanks. Rheinmetall Electronics UK awarded the £4.1 million ($4.4 million) Challenger 3 contract to G&H for the supply of a custom specific variant of its Embedded Image Periscope (EIP) for integration into the Trailblazer Driver Vision System. Challenger 3 is a new main battle tank being developed by Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 11, 2022 — Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, formerly the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, developed a miniaturized optical tweezer that captured single atoms. The challenging task of single-atom...

ITHACA, N.Y., July 26, 2022 — Researchers at Cornell University have proposed a definition for the fundamental and practical limits of spaceplates, a technology developed to support the miniaturization of optical systems. According to the researchers, their attempt marks the...

AMSTERDAM, June 29, 2022 — An optical measurement method devised by a team of AMOLF researchers aims to simplify and streamline the ability to capture measurements from signals that are barely larger than the noise contained in the same system. The newly introduced approach...

TUCSON, Ariz., June 1, 2022 — A liquid silica resin (LSR) developed by researchers at the University of Arizona has proven successful as a 3D-printing medium for complex micro-optics. The organic-inorganic hybrid material has shown high curing speeds, better mechanical...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2022 — Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have developed a low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique for applying antireflective (AR) coatings to lens surfaces in multi-lens systems. The technique could reduce reflectivity and enhance...

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...

Nov 21, 2019 — Augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) devices are perceived by some as the next big thing in consumer electronics. These devices could form the basis of the next great computing revolution, joining the ranks of smartphones and personal computers as a...

Jul 22, 2019 — Image sensor evolution has been extremely expansive since the first digital camera was created in 1975. In more recent years, increasing use of image sensors has rapidly driven camera chip evolution in many aspects: resolution, sensitivity,...

Aug 2, 2018 — When it comes to long-range, multispectral optical systems, large mirrors play an integral role; there are tens of thousands of optical units containing large mirrors around the globe. With minimum diameters starting at 200 mm, the largest mirrors...

STANFORD, Calif., July 19, 2018 — Researchers have shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on an optical chip. The research demonstrates that an optical circuit can perform a critical function of an electronics-based artificial neural network, and that...

JENA, Germany, Aug. 12, 2016 — The archives of Carl Zeiss AG have acquired a historical microscope, said to made in 1850 by its founder, Carl Zeiss, marking his 200th birthday. Acquired at a pharmacy closeout sale by Manfred Eichel of Lahntal, Germany, the microscope was...

Feb 10, 2016 — Thin-film coatings have long been ubiquitous in precision optical systems, and are now finding increasing use in eyeglasses, architectural glass and displays. When fabricating precision optics, the primary requirement is that coatings meet...

Jan 12, 2016 — Engineering projects involving optical systems have the same time and money constraints as other engineering projects. Just as electrical engineers learned long ago that integrating standard resistors, capacitors and switches could save money and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 7, 2014 — Idex Optics & Photonics has enlisted Michael Marsh to be general manager of the Melles Griot Optical Systems business. Marsh is the former general manager for various Eastman Kodak groups including Inkjet Printing Solutions and Digital Capture; he...

ABINGDON, England, & BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Dec. 13, 2013 — Oxford Instruments plc is acquiring Andor Technology for approximately £176 million (about $286.5 million) in cash, the company announced this week. The deal, being made through a subsidiary, helps Oxford increase its focus on the fast-growing...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 21, 2013 — Melles Griot has hired Brian Hermes as vice president of sales for its Optical Systems business, the company said Wednesday. Hermes has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently with Topanga Technologies and PerkinElmer. He...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 7, 2013 — Optical systems manufacturer CVI Laser Optics has been named sole distributor of Semrock and Advanced Thin Films’ ultralow-loss PulseLine line of laser optics, specifically designed for femtosecond lasers and associated applications.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 30, 2013 — Certification from the US Department of State for International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) has been given to Semrock Inc., a designer and manufacturer of spectrally complex optical filters. Controlling the export and import of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 4, 2013 — CVI Melles Griot will now operate as two companies, CVI Laser Optics and Melles Griot, effective immediately, the Idex Optics & Photonics (IOP) platform announced.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., and WHARTON, N.J., Oct. 24, 2012 — Precision optics and imaging system components maker Navitar announced Wednesday that it has filled several positions at its Special Optics division, naming David Manzi as chief technology officer, Steven Morales as general manager and Thomas Young...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, and NORTHVALE, N.J., Oct. 19, 2012 — IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. and Inrad Optics Inc. have signed an agreement to identify alternative uses for IBC’s proprietary alloys.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 24, 2012 — By moving the phase shifting of light to the surface of a lens instead of creating phase delays as it propagates through a material, Harvard engineers have created an ultrathin, flat lens that could potentially replace bulk components in optical...

BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 25, 2012 — Photonics technologies are already key enablers of advanced manufacturing, and new initiatives to boost the US’s capabilities in that area will be a good use of the country’s photonics R&D, leaders of SPIE, the international society...

GERA, Germany, July 5, 2012 — More than 100 guests attended festivities to mark POG’s 20 years of business in the field of precision optics.