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Automated Bonding Inspection in the Automotive Industry
In the automotive industry, bonding has become a key technology that is increasingly replacing other joining technologies. Both engine and body parts are bonded, and for good reason: bonded cars generally perform better in crash... -
Specialist Endoscope Systems for Challenging Applications
Resolve Optics is a well established supplier of specialist endoscopic systems for hostile environments where radiation, extremes of temperature / pressure or contact with corrosive liquids and gases would render standard... -
Is CoaXPress the Future of Autonomous Vehicle Camera Safety Systems?
While the CoaXPress (CXP) standard is intended primarily for machine vision tasks, it is equally well suited for imaging applications in other sectors where extreme high-speed data transmission from a camera to a PC is... -
First Field-Deployed Testbed for Multi-Core Fiber Communications
Optoscribe, a supplier of 3D glass-based integrated photonics components, and Sumitomo Electric Industries, an optical fiber cable and component manufacturing technology supplier, have teamed up with the University of... -
PicoQuant's Quantum Symposium: Focus on photonic quantum technologies
From May 22 to 24, 2019, PicoQuant held its second international symposium on “Single Photon Based Quantum Technologies” in Berlin. The three day event brought together scientists from various areas of quantum... -
Technological Advances that Facilitate True Mass Micro Manufacturing
Nanofabrica recently announced the commercial launch of the world’s first mass production additive manufacturing (AM) platform aimed at micro manufacturing applications. Boasting single micron resolution,... -
Lux Research Establishes AI's Role in Unleashing Intelligent Sensing
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is unlocking a wave of new sensor applications and driving market demand for intelligent sensing – the ability to extract insights from sensor data. To guide innovation and...
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Lasers and Industry 4.0
Cutting-edge laser-based technologies are a key component of Industry 4.0 systems and occupy an increasingly central role in the ongoing evolution of connected, agile and high-speed manufacturing processes. Versatile technology Industry 4.0 - also... -
Fixed-Wavelength Laser for Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy
The typical approach to generating images of biological samples through a two-photon non-linear process historically means using tunable solid state laser sources (Ti:Sapphire) that are costly and often suffer with reliability issues. In this... -
Micro-optomechanical Sensors for the Most Demanding Applications
At the end of 2017, imec presented a pressure sensor based on MOMS technology (micro-optomechanical systems). Basically it’s a sensor that converts the mechanical movement of a membrane (on micrometer scale) into an optical signal. It works... -
Addressing Photonics Challenges in Single-Mode Transceivers
In today’s digital age, consumers are uncompromising in their desire for on-demand, high quality and real-time access to content. Data center operators are under constant pressure to push for more efficient and innovative solutions to meet... -
Shedding Light on Quantum Computing
Quantum computers promise to transform information technology. Perhaps only a few years from now, they will be performing tasks impossible for any classical machine, powering data science, engineering and drug design. The commercial quantum... -
Laser Headlights in Autonomous Vehicles
Automotive technology is advancing rapidly, and integrated into today’s cars are features that are bringing us closer to advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). If we look at the six SAE Automation Levels, with zero being no automation and... -
Lighting the Cloud: Optical interconnects for data centers
As data storage and computing resources have increasingly moved into the cloud over the past decade, the demand on data centers for storage and data transfer capacity has increased dramatically (ref. 1). Stored data needs to be accessed and...
