Precision Laser Machining Consortium Fosters Diode Array Development

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...

Mark Sobey, president of Coherent’s lasers segment, has retired. Sobey held the position since July 2022, when II-VI merged with Coherent. Before the merger, Sobey served as Coherent’s...

US Capital Global has entered into a term sheet to provide credit facilities totaling a minimum of $100 million to Laser Light Companies, a global networking platform designer and builder. The...

Using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) as the light-sensing element, researchers from Tianjin University demonstrated non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging at two infrared (IR)...

New Imaging Technologies’ line of SWIR sensors are designed for the industrial, defense, and medical markets. All embedded InGaAs sensors are manufactured in-house, with silicon read-out...

The Lautrec LT-311 video acquisition card from Enciris Technologies features ultra-HD 4K up to 60 fps, four 12-G SDI inputs, 3D, 10-bit video processing, less than one-frame latency, PCIe 4xGen 2...

The Acuros GO 6 MP SWIR camera from SWIR Vision Systems is a portable, handheld mirrorless camera featuring the company's high-resolution colloidal quantum dot SWIR sensor technology. Able to capture...

The HP100A-50KW-GD from Gentec-EO is a laser power detector designed for high-power laser and laser system manufacturers, factories that cut thick metal parts with high-power lasers, and military...

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...

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...

Imaging has long been used in industrial processes to measure, monitor, control, or otherwise manage the production of goods. The challenge to the process designer is to develop a tool that captures...

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...

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

We offer custom prisms, polygons, windows, mirrors, and wedges from one source. FISBA not only has the complete production chain in-house, we can also develop entire systems built-to-spec or support...

MKS' Newport OptoFlash delivers up toe 10 discrete channels where pre-determined wavelength detection is essential to acquiring fast sample measurements.

Optical coating is a challenge for even the most well-established optical fabricators and custom coating providers. The field of optical coatings continues to evolve at a rapid pace, right along with...

The field of laser optics, while by no means new, continues to be a subject of confusion and frustration, but also exciting innovation. Recent developments in laser technologies have enabled...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

Imaging is a critical component of your machine vision solution, whether your field is security, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, building & construction or R&D. Selecting the wrong camera...

MWIR stands for mid-wave infrared, referring to a specific range of wavelengths within the infrared spectrum. Infrared radiation is categorized into three main regions based on wavelength:...

A microchannel plate (MCP) is a specialized electron multiplier device used in various applications such as particle detection, imaging, spectroscopy, and night vision technology. It consists of a...

A fiber optic sensor is a device that uses optical fibers to detect and measure physical, chemical, biological, or environmental parameters. Unlike traditional electrical sensors, fiber optic sensors...

A microdisplay is a miniature electronic display technology that is designed to project visual information onto a small screen. Unlike traditional displays, microdisplays are typically very compact...

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...

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...

As the demand for fluorides and other high expansion materials increases, it is important to understand the risks/challenges involved with these materials and how they affect various factors such as...

Check out our new video tutorial on how to clean spherical lenses! Our latest video breaks down the step-by-step process for effectively cleaning spherical lenses, ensuring crystal-clear images every...

The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have guided LaCroix Precision Optics to become the premier precision optics...

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,...

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...

Teledyne DALSA is a part of Teledyne’s Vision Solutions group and a leader in the design, manufacture, and deployment of digital imaging components for machine vision. Teledyne DALSA image...