
Novus Light salutes all the companies that entered the Prism Awards competition and congratulates those who made it into the prestigious final round. These products are perfect examples of the range of applications that we're seeing across the show floor this week at Photonics West-- from single crystal synthetic diamond to an ultra-short pulsed seeder for a fiber laser to a breathalyzer to a 3D time of flight solution, and more.
Chosen from more than 100 applications, 3 finalists were chosen in nine categories:
Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, Ambit
Multiphoton Optics, LithoProf3D
PolarOnyx, Tungsten LAM
Biomedical Instrumentation
EyeQue, Personal Vision Tracker
Rapid Biosensor Systems, TB Breathalyser
Wasatch Photonics, WP MicroAngio
Detectors and Sensors
Aeris Technologies, Laser-Based Gas Analyzer
ALPhANov, GoSpectro
Hesai Technologies, Drone-Mounted Natural Gas Surveillance System
Luxmux Technology, BeST-SLED
Imaging and Cameras
E2v, 3D Time-of-Flight Solution
TAG Optics, TAG Inspector
TruTag Technologies, Handheld Hyperspectral Imager: Model 4100
Industrial Lasers
Amplitude Systemes, Tangor
Photonics Industries International, RGH Series/Pulse Picker Technology
QD Laser, Ultra-short Pulsed Seeder for Fiber Laser
Materials and Coatings
Crystalline Mirror Solutions, xtal mir
Element Six, Single Crystal Synthetic Diamond
InVisage, QuantumFilm
Metrology
4D Technology, 4D inSpec Surface Gauge
8tree, dentCHECK
Leica Geosystems, Leica BLK360 Imaging Laser Scanner
Optics & Optical Components
ContinUse Biometrics, Opto-phone
Nufern, NuBEAM Flat-Top
SoraaLaser, LaserLight SMD
Scientific Lasers
Integrated Optics, MatchBox2 Series
Thorlabs, Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Laser
TRUMPF Scientific, Dira 200-1