Optical Components, Coatings & Materials News
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Bright Ideas — 3D-Printed Rocket Launched, NSF Gives Grant To University of Dayton, Nanophotonics And Ultrafast Optics Breakthrough, And More
3/29/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a SPIE Summit, combining MEMS with photonics in a single microchip, a demo of a new laser weapon system, and more.
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Bright Ideas — Exceptionally Brief Hard X-Ray Pulses, Silicon Photonics Kicking Down Doors, Gh-Gh-Gh-Ghost (Imaging), Butterfly Wings, And More
3/15/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a couple of pieces of Optica news, a Texas A&M professor wins a major award, a photodetector shows enhanced sensitivity and speed, and more.
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Bright Ideas — Quantum Imaging, Single Photons On A Chip, A Lattice With Properties Never Seen Before, And More
2/22/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at what’s happening with SPIE and Optica, explore nanophotonics, say hello to Eindhoven, and more.
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The Netherlands And Orlando: Hotbeds Of Photonics Growth
2/9/2023
The photonics market is predicted to experience explosive growth over the next several years. The Netherlands and Orlando are offered here as examples of a country and a city capitalizing on said growth.
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The Who, What, And Where Behind Photonics’ Explosive Growth
2/9/2023
The photonics market is growing at a tremendous rate from China, Japan, and South Korea to The Netherlands To Orlando. In this two-part look at photonics’ explosive growth, let's figure out why.
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Armadillo SIA Introduces Highest NA Pure Silica/Silica Core Fibers – Optran Plus UV/WF
1/13/2023
Armadillo SIA announces the Optran Plus UV and Optran Plus WF (water-free), featuring the highest numerical aperture (NA) pure fused silica/silica core fibers currently available.
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Moving Data Faster With An All-Optical Approach To Pumping Chip-Based Nanolasers
1/5/2023
Researchers have developed a new technology that could enable chip-based optical communication links that process and move data faster than today's electronic-based devices.
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PI Ceramic: 30 Years Of Excellence In Piezo Transducer, Actuator, And Motor Design & Production
12/14/2022
PI Ceramic celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2022 and continues to provide world-class standard and miniaturized piezoceramic components such as piezo rings, piezo benders, shear transducer plates, and more.
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Bright Ideas — Market Reports, ASU’s Role In Microelectronics, And The Promise Of Photon Counting
11/30/2022
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at the silicon photonics devices and fluorescence imaging systems markets, an optical chip that has the potential to train machine learning hardware, and why Arizona State University is becoming a major player in microelectronics.
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Navitar Expands AMETEK’s High End Precision Optics Capabilities
11/7/2022
AMETEK, Inc. today announced that it has completed two acquisitions – Navitar, Inc. and RTDS Technologies Inc., acquiring approximately $100 million in annual sales.