Editor’s Picks

  1. Motion Control And Precision Positioning In Vacuum Environments 9/29/2016

    Vacuum applications, and technologies that can only be applied in vacuum or cryogenic environments have grown in importance within scientific research and industry applications. Optics technologies use vacuum environments to manufacture components such as fiber laser optics and sensitive detectors. Other applications that use vacuum environments include small epitaxy processes, semiconductor manufacturing, and X-ray or UV applications.

  2. Tailor-Made Micro Optics With A 'Volume Discount' Fast-Axis Collimator: 300 µm Focal Length For NIR Range 3/7/2012
    Users of laser technology expect their suppliers to perform a very special kind of balancing act: The products should be tailor-made and of the corresponding excellent quality, but must only cost as much as a large series item.
  3. Photonics Firms & Faces, 6/30/99 6/30/1999
    A roundup of personnel changes, company relocations, patents, and other items of interest in the photonics industry...
  4. LeddarTech Releases Its LeddarSteer Automotive-Grade, Solid-State Digital Beam Steering Technology For LiDAR Sensor Developers 5/10/2022

    LeddarTech®, a global leader in providing the most flexible, robust and accurate ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to announce the official release of LeddarSteer™, a digital beam steering solution designed for LiDAR smart sensor developers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers.

  5. Defects Are Perfect In Laser-Induced Graphene 12/10/2014

    Researchers at Rice University have created flexible, patterned sheets of multilayer graphene from a cheap polymer by burning it with a computer-controlled laser.

  6. Aeluma To Exhibit And Present At SPIE Photonics West January 30 - February 1, 2024 In San Francisco, California 1/3/2024

    Aeluma, Inc., a semiconductor company specializing in scalable, cost-effective technologies for LiDAR (light detection and ranging), communication, and sensing, announced today that it will host an exhibitor booth and deliver a presentation at the upcoming SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, California.

  7. High Precision Linear Stage Family From PI miCos Offers Large Variety 6/18/2012

    More than 20 product families are available starting with miniature translation stages and positioning ranges of 40 mm to high load, linear translation stages for travel ranges to 1 meter. These motorized precision positioners come in a large variety of standard and custom versions for any budget and application. 

  8. Point Source Launches Violet & Blue Fiber-Coupled Lasers 10/1/2001
    Point Source, a world leader in flexible laser technology, announces the availability of two new violet and blue fiber-coupled laser systems...
  9. Heating Up Quantum Science Education With Laser Cooling 10/11/2021

    If you imagine a laser, you might think of beams of light popping balloons or slicing through a metal slab like butter. Lasers can indeed heat things up, but they can also cool things down.

  10. New Research Could Improve Solar Cells 8/12/2015

    New research from Professors Saiful Islam and Aron Walshcould lead to more efficient solar cells. The work appears in the leading journal Nature Communications.