DRS Technologies Receives Contract from US Marine Corps

With an advancement to the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) system, a team led by Raytheon Intelligence and Space, and by Kord, a subsidiary of KBR,...

Lockheed Martin and Israel's RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. have signed an agreement that includes jointly developing, testing, and manufacturing high-energy laser weapon systems (HELWS) in the...

For the last few years, I have taken time in December to reflect on what happened in the last year and what it means for the one to come. I would reflect on the major events within the laser industry...

Though the so-called debt limit deal that President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck this spring spared the U.S. from a default on its national debt, the subsequent Fiscal Responsibility...

The Wildcat+ 640 SWIR camera from Xenics NV is dedicated to demanding industrial vision applications such as process monitoring, machine vision, medicine, and more, along with scientific uses. ...

The EasyVision platform from Flex Logix Technologies Inc. is a machine vision platform for a wide range of markets such as robotics, industrial, security, and retail analytics. Trained object...

The ECX-3000 PEG, ECX-3000, and IVX-1000 Robust Edge AI Platforms from Vecow Co. Ltd. have been updated with the Raptor Lake-S 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9/i7/i5/i3 Processor. The...

The Harrier 55× AF-Zoom and 52× AF-Zoom IP cameras from Active Silicon Ltd. are autofocus zoom cameras suitable for UAV and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) projects, remote inspection,...

Image intensification, the basis of night vision, is a complex conversion of energy particles that occurs within a vacuum tube. An image-intensifier system works by collecting photons through an...

To Isaac Newton the problem was clear, and in 1704 he realized the effects of atmospheric turbulence on image formation. Just as heat waves shimmering above a hot patch of ground can distort our...

Infrared system design is not, like some circuit design, a synthetic process. One cannot start by stating the problem and proceeding in an orderly fashion to a final solution. Rather, we guess a...

Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...

OPTOMAN offers high LIDT, environmentally stable laser optics featuring excellent spectral performance.

Fluorescence imaging in life sciences and microscopy applications has traditionally used mercury, metal halide, and xenon arc lamps for illumination. With advances in technology, LEDs are now able to...

Two- and three-dimensional photonics arrays are commonly used for coupling light in photonic integrated circuits (PICs). With increasing demand for ultralow-loss transmission in applications such as...

Brian Sanders and Alfred Mottola of VIGO Photonics share the latest advancements in infrared (IR) detectors for the gas sensing market. These detectors are able to be deployed in small form factor...

Questions, Answers & Comments from the Webinar Current Status of Solar Photovoltaic Technology Platforms, Manufacturing Issues and Research Thursday, Sept. 27, 1 p.m. EDT ...

A quantum cascade laser (QCL) is a type of semiconductor laser that operates based on the principles of quantum mechanics. It is a versatile and powerful device used for emitting coherent light in...

An infrared detector is a device that is used to detect and measure infrared radiation, which lies beyond the visible spectrum of light. These detectors are utilized in various applications,...

A mid-infrared camera is a type of imaging device designed to capture images in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range, typically spanning wavelengths from approximately 3 to 12 µm. This...

Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser light. Laser optics play a crucial role in shaping the characteristics of...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

Students from large and small size companies and bigger Department of Defense affiliates of the AIM Photonics Institute took part in the recent AIM Photonics Summer Academy at MIT. This was the third...

Luminate is the world's largest Optics, Photonics and Imaging accelerator focused on advancing next-generation OPI-enabled companies. The accelerator program accepts ten companies per year to compete...

-Plasmonic Waves -2000 Sun Power -Reading while Running This week on Light Matters: bad guys can run, but they can’t hide from thermal imaging, on-chip optics makes advances, solar dish pulls in the...

Expanding upon the storied Fairchild Imaging legacy, we offer a wide range of imaging devices that provide our customers with top performance and key features for the most demanding applications. Our...

From engineering to volume production all from one source Founded in 1957, FISBA is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high precision micro-optics and optical system solutions. We...

Lambda Research Optics, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of laser optics with high power thin-film coatings and high precision fabrications. Lambda serves a wide range of industries, such as Biotech,...

RPMC Lasers Inc is a leading laser distributor in North America. We offer only diode lasers, laser modules, diode and lamp-pumped lasers, and fiber lasers (no systems). We sell at the manufacturers'...