Innsbruck’s Zoller Awarded Ramsey Prize

Leonardo Electronics US appointed Steve Patterson CTO for its laser solutions business unit. The unit designs and manufactures laser diodes for defense and commercial applications. Patterson has over...

TOPTICA Photonics Inc. moved its U.S. headquarters to Pittsford, N.Y. The company’s headquarters had been in Farmington, N.Y., and the new location remains near Rochester, N.Y. According to the...

TOPTICA Photonics has initiated its involvement in the 6G ADLANTIK Project to develop components based on photonic-electronic integration for the terahertz frequency range. Under the project...

A project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will investigate the viability of quantum optical imaging for tumor diagnostics. Nine project partners, including TU...

The VHS400 Verrillon® series of specialty optical fibers from AFL are designed to withstand harsh environments within the oil, gas, industrial, geothermal, and military markets. The pure...

The HP60A-15KW-GD-QBH power detector series from Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. is designed for the measurement of fiber lasers with powers of up to 15 kW. Users can measure average laser power for...

The TrueLase™ Yb 22/400-915-3kW ytterbium-doped active optical fiber from OFS Fitel LLC is a double clad fiber designed for high-efficiency, reliable, multi-kW fiber lasers. Tests in a...

The HVCM-019-032-003-02 Voice Coil Motor from Moticont is 19.1-mm-in. diameter with a 22.2-mm stroke and high force-to-size ratio. The miniature, hollow-core device features a 3.2-mm open...

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...

Aspheric surfaces are powerful tools that combine the optical corrections of multiple lenses into a single element (Figure 1) and affect performance in ways that spherical optics cannot. For example,...

Technological advances have resulted in new, higher-quality sensors that enable machine vision cameras to deliver greater features and functionality at a lower cost than ever before. These factors...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

We are pros at designing, developing, and manufacturing notch filters!

Sapphire is a tough optical material resistant to chemicals, scratching, and high pressure in many diverse environments and has exceptional transparency. Frequently it is the combination of two, or...

This document outlines how Seiwa Optical's fully automated inspection equipment can increase the threshold, reduce chip loss, and decrease production costs of wafer manufacturing.

Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. This paper outlines the results of...

Konstantin Birngruber and Max Eisele introduce TOPTICA's next-generation laser technology by highlighting multicolor light engines for standard fluorescence microscopy, as well as TOPTICA's...

The publishers of BioPhotonics invite you to attend a free virtual conference spanning three days. The BioPhotonics Conference will feature insights and innovations in microscopy, spectroscopy, flow...

Discover the latest trends in spectroscopy. Join us April 12-13, 2022 at the Photonics Spectra Spectroscopy Conference! The publishers of Photonics Spectra invite you to attend a free virtual...

Hair-thin strands of glass, intrinsically transparent and strong, connect today’s world in ways that were unimaginable even 20 years ago. Over the past 50 years, glass optical fibers have...

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...

A fiber optic component or system designed in such a way that it can be operated by people without specialized knowledge of the field.

A PIN photodiode is a type of photodetector or semiconductor device used to convert light signals into electrical signals. The name "PIN" is derived from the arrangement of the three semiconductor...

Fiber in which both core and cladding are made of plastic.

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...

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...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for 'Part 1' of an exclusive interview with SPIE CEO, Eugene Arthurs, as he speaks about his upcoming retirement. We’ll also take you to Rochester,...

Luminate NY, the only optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator and investment fund in the world, announced the final winners at the Light Tomorrow with Today event in Rochester, NY. For the...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 certified and D&B DUNS # 113515303 Shanghai Optics is an unparalleled custom system solution provider offering advance precision custom optical design, engineering,...

Lumispot Tech, a leading scientific and technical enterprise, specializes in advanced rangefinder module, laser diode, LiDAR laser source, DPSS laser, solid-state, and fiber lasers, as well as...

Frankfurt Laser Company (FLC) is a world-leading supplier of Fabry-Perot (FP), distributed feedback (DFB) and distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser diodes, SM individually addressable and...