Bringing Medical Photonic Devices to Market
A spectroscopy probe developed at imec enabled surgeon Rutger Schols to compose the first live human surgery spectroscopy atlas. Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talked to Fokko Pieter Wieringa,... Read More
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TriLite Raises Funds to Enable Augmented Vision for Consumer Eyewear
TriLite, developer of the world's smallest projection display, announced today that it has raised €8 million in a new round of funding, enabling its customers to bring mass market augmented reality eyewear to the... -
Hamamatsu Photonics Changes Tokyo Sales Office Location
Hamamatsu will change the location of its Tokyo Sales Office to the vicinity of Tokyo Station offering stakeholders convenient traffic and commuting benefits. Hamamatsu Photonics will furnish it with a fully-equipped showroom to... -
Flow Cytometry Market to Grow 8% CAGR; $6.3 billion by 2026
According to the new market research report "Flow Cytometry Market by Product (Analyzer, Sorter, Reagents, Consumables, Software), Technology, Application (Research, Clinical - Cancer Diagnostics, Hematology), End... -
Zyter Partners with Juganu to Deliver Digital Smart Lighting and Sensor Platform for Smart Cities
Zyter, Inc., a leading IoT-enablement platform, formed a strategic partnership with Juganu, an Israel-based, smart infrastructure company. Under the terms of the agreement, Zyter will leverage Juganu’s smart lighting... -
Lumentum Awards Sixteen Scholarships in First Diversity Scholarship Program
Lumentum Holdings Inc., a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, announced today it has awarded its first Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) scholarships to sixteen... -
Workforce Shortages: Panel discussion at Optifab 2021
Starting an optics apprenticeship has never been easier. A panel discussion on "Funding and Support to Establish Registered Apprenticeships to Address Critical Workforce Shortages" will be held at Optifab 2021 on... -
Synopsys and Dassault Systemes Partner to Enable Industry's First Holistic Lighting Design Platform
Synopsys, Inc. and Dassault Systèmes today announced their partnership to integrate Synopsys optical design solutions into the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform to... View All
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Open Call for Applications for the Innovation Award Laser Technology 2022
The Innovation Award Laser Technology is a European research and technology prize provided with 10.000 Euro prize money and awarded at 2-yearly intervals jointly by the associations Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute... -
Quantum Circuit Black Hole Lasers to Explore Hawking Radiation
The fundamental forces of physics govern the matter comprising the Universe, yet exactly how these forces work together is still not fully understood. The existence of Hawking radiation — the particle emission from near black holes —... -
Vector Photonics: Monolithic All-semiconductor PCSELs emitting at 1.3um
Dr. Calum Hill, Senior Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, will deliver a post-deadline presentation of the company’s latest paper, “Monolithic all-semiconductor PCSELs emitting at 1.3μm,” at the International... -
Advanced Photonics Honors Best Papers Published in 2020
Advanced Photonics, an open access journal published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press, has presented its Editor-in-Chief Choice Awards for papers published in 2020. The Advanced... -
Simultaneous Optical and Electrical Tracking of Heart Activity
It is still elusive to what extent interactions between different cell types of the heart influence the normal heart rhythm and possibly trigger life-threatening arrhythmias. A new measurement method developed at the University of Bern combines for... -
LAMpAS Prototypes In-line Monitoring System for Laser Surface Structuring
The EU-funded project LAMpAS has just announced the successful development of a prototype in-line monitoring system for laser surface structuring by researchers of the Technische Universität in Dresden, Germany. The system allows monitoring of... -
Specific UV Wavelength Could Curb Spread of COVID-19
A specific wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light is not only extremely effective at killing the virus which causes COVID-19, but is also safer for use in public spaces, finds new conducted at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The study,... View All
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DOE Awards Nearly $40 Million for Grid Decarbonizing Solar Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded nearly $40 million to 40 projects that are advancing the next generation of solar, storage, and industrial technologies necessary for achieving the Biden-Harris administration’s climate goal... -
Saule Technologies' Perovskite Cells Achieve 25.5% Efficiency
Saule Technologies' perovskite solar cells have achieved over 25% efficiency, as measured under 1000 lux illumination by a cold white LED, which represents the real-life environment for the first commercial application of these devices. The... -
A Robotic Arm that Finds Lost Items
A busy commuter is ready to walk out the door, only to realize they’ve misplaced their keys and must search through piles of stuff to find them. Rapidly sifting through clutter, they wish they could figure out which pile was hiding the keys.... -
Cannabis Lighting Market Report Details Meteoric Rise in LED Adoption
Fluence by OSRAM (Fluence), a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, today announced the release of the sixth annual “State of the Cannabis Lighting Market” report... -
Paper and Card Cutting Using a CO2 Laser
Paper converting processes generally operate at very high speeds, with roll-to-roll machines sometimes reaching speeds of up to 400m/min. Laser cutting is achieved by sublimation, removing material without melting. Paper and card materials... -
Sensor Uses Photonics to Spot Pesticides in Fruit and Vegetables
A recent study shows pesticides in fruit and vegetables kill 11,000 people every year and unintentionally poison 385 million worldwide. Monitoring these foods for microscopic chemicals and harmful bacteria can take days of sending small batches off... -
Hyper Vision Limited: How Augmented Reality is Improving Surgery
The rapid evolvement of technology has undoubtedly revolutionized the medical world. However, surgeons are still facing a major issue inside the operating room. To view images and data, medical professionals must glance at separate 2D display... View All
