Newsletter | February 23, 2026

02.23.26 -- Spotlight On High-Speed & Scientific Cameras

FROM THE EDITOR

The Great Debate: LiDAR Or Camera-Based Systems For AVs

It’s time to decide. LiDAR or camera-based systems for autonomous vehicles. As a public service, Photonics Online is happy to host a debate between the two, the results of which may surprise you.

SPOTLIGHT ON HIGH-SPEED & SCIENTIFIC CAMERAS

The Advantages Of Optical Filters

These optical filters offer precise, high-transmission performance with steep edges, <1% tolerance, robust construction, and custom coatings—ideal for demanding industrial and scientific applications.

Precision At Altitude – Powering Aerospace Innovation

Explore aerospace precision through advanced metrology, optical systems, and tailored solutions—supporting manufacturing and high-performance optics in extreme conditions.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Micro Molding In Micro-Optic Manufacturing

Micro molding enables scalable, high-precision production of micro-optics for medical, telecom, and AR applications. Discover expertise ensures design optimization at the micron scale.

Advantages Of Multiple Band Pass Filters In Telecommunications Applications

Multi band filters help optimize price-performance balance while also conserving space, simplifying design, and improving (or offering equivalent) performance versus single band filters.

XY-Theta Stages Improve Quality And Throughput In High Precision Applications

High-accuracy 3-axis XY-Theta stages are critical in many test and production processes related to laser precision machining, semiconductor and photonics test and production, and medical device manufacturing.

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uOttawa Researchers Develop Better Framework To Understand Laser-Matter Interactions

Photonic Inc. Demonstrates World-First Quantum Communications For Network Infrastructure

Fraunhofer ISE Achieves Record Efficiencies For Tandem Photovoltaic Modules

Explaining Next-Generation Solar Cells

Tower Semiconductor Announces World's First Heterogeneously Integrated DWDM Lasers

Welinq Sells First Entangled Photon Pair Source For Quantum Networks

Quantum Sensor Research Advances Dark Matter Pursuit

FEATURED SOLUTIONS

Laser Rotary Encoders For Highly Accurate Angle Sensing

These laser rotary encoders can provide 81,000 pulses with a 36-mm diameter using the light-diffraction interference method, with a semiconductor laser serving as the light-emitting element.

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Canon USA, Inc. Optoelectronic Components

1280JSX-10µm VIS/SWIR Digital Video Camera

The 1280JSX-10µm VIS/SWIR digital video camera, developed by Raytheon’s RTX Business unit, is a next-generation high-definition imaging solution optimized for covert surveillance and low-light applications.

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Sensors Unlimited Inc., An RTX Company

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