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Austria-based ams OSRAM will receive more than €300 million ($317.3 million) in funding over the next five years from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and...

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery and development of quantum dots, which are nanoparticles small enough that their...

Researchers have developed an all-light communication network that enables seamless connectivity across space, air and underwater environments. The new network design combines different types of...

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and SPIE have partnered to host the Photonics for Quantum 2022 event June 6-9 at the RIT campus. The four-day event will feature talks and research on a...

Red AlInGaP microLEDs from Micledi Microdisplays feature optimized display module performance for the augmented reality (AR) market. The microLEDs enable true consumer AR glasses through...

J Series® 5050C E-Class LEDs from Cree LED Inc. feature long lifetimes for directional lighting applications. The advanced LEDs are designed with corrosion resistance for the most...

Exalos has released three superluminescent LEDs (SLEDs) for interferometry, fiber sensing and fiber component testing, and biomedical imaging. The red broadband SLEDs have a wavelength range at 633...

The PixJet® line of high-index materials for next-generation displays from Pixelligent Technologies features breakthrough refractive index values ranging from 1.65 to 1.72 for optical...

The market for flat panel displays (FPDs) has undergone tremendous growth, driven mostly by increased demand for televisions, cell phones, computers, digital cameras and MP3 players. Similarly,...

An integrating sphere’s function is to spatially integrate radiant flux (light). However, before one can optimize a sphere design for a particular application, it is important to understand how...

An interferometer is an instrument that compares the position or surface structure of two objects. The basic two-beam division of amplitude interferometer components consists of a light source, a...

The wavelength range of commercially available LEDs with single-element output power of at least 5 mW is 275 to 950 nm. Each wavelength range is made from a specific semiconductor material family,...

The optoelectronic properties of an OLED device are mapped using an RMS1000 Confocal Raman Microscope in spectral and time-resolved photoluminescence and electroluminescence imaging modes. These...

Presenters: Professor Stephen Boppart The Future of Healthcare With Optical Biomedical Imaging A medical doctor and professor at the University of Illinois, Boppart's...

Lasers are made of physical matter. Therefore, the natural degradation of their materials can cause variability in performance. Aging optics often cause slow changes in laser behavior and, when left...

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...

Lasers, LEDs, and photonics in general are providing new dimensions to industrial automation solutions, far beyond illumination and material treatment. They enable open work-cell production setups as...

Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the transmission of data using modulated beams of light through free space (air or a...

An exciton is a quasiparticle that represents the bound state of an electron and a hole in a solid-state material, typically a semiconductor or an insulator. In simpler terms, an exciton is a paired...

Epitaxial equipment refers to a set of specialized tools and systems used in the process of epitaxy, which is the growth of crystalline layers on a substrate material. Epitaxial growth is a critical...

Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that focuses on the study and application of devices and systems that use light and its interactions with different materials. The term "optoelectronics" is...

Edinburgh Instruments is a world-leader in both single photon counting and time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) based fluorescence spectrometers. Our product range includes: FLS1000...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Trade Show in Austin, Texas, as new photonics innovations hit the show floor of the Austin Convention Center....

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we take you to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at MIT run by Dr. Dirk Englund. Dr. Englund's group, the Quantum Photonics Group, is made up of postdocs and...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to central Massachusetts as Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Quinsigamond Community College take on a comprehensive joint photonics laboratory...

A superluminescent light-emitting diode is an emitter based on stimulated emission with amplification but insufficient feedback for oscillation to build up.

Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA), an ITW Company, delivers industry-leading sensors, photodiodes, IR detectors, photonic modules, assemblies, and LEDs. Available in standard and custom designs,...

CoolLED designs and manufactures cutting edge LED illumination systems for researchers and clinicians using the latest LED technology. Since our team of four introduced the first commercially...

Boston Electronics specializes in products related to photo-detection and photon generation, especially, including Detectors, Sources, and Signal Processing Electronics. Photodetectors for the IR,...

Electro Optical Components (EOC) provides Advanced Systems and Components including Detectors, Sources, and Signal Recovery Amplifiers from the UV to the far IR. UV Photodetectors, UV APDs and UV...