Editor’s Picks

31. POET Technologies And Lumilens Advance Wafer-Level Photonic Integration For Next-Generation AI Optical Networks 5/14/2026

    POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: POET), a leader in highly integrated optical engines and light sources for AI networks, and Lumilens Inc. ("Lumilens"), an emerging leader in high-performance scale-up and scale-out optical interconnects for AI workloads, today announced they have entered into a supply agreement that establishes a strategic joint development and commercial technology partnership to advance a new class of wafer-level photonic integration for frontier AI infrastructure.

32. 'Optical Fingerprints' On An Electron Beam 1/12/2024

    The precise control of electron beams in so-called transmission electron microscopes (TEM) makes it possible to analyze materials or molecules at the atomic level. Combined with short light pulses, these devices can also be used to analyze dynamic processes.

33. FISBA Attending SPIE DCS To Exhibit Precision Molded Aspheres, Diffractives, And Free Form Optics 3/20/2018

    FISBA will exhibit optical components and system solutions for defense and security applications at SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing 2018.

34. Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. Announces U.S. Army SBIR Phase II Award for Real Time On Board Video for Gun Launched Munitions 10/22/2019

    Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. specialists in indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology and affordable shortwave-infrared (SWIR) linescan cameras, visible-SWIR science cameras, and 1- and 2-D imaging arrays, announces a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. The Phase II SBIR contract with the United States Army at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ will fund the development of a small size, weight and power and cost visible/short wave infrared (SWIR) camera for precision guided gun launched munitions based on successful technology demonstrations in Phase I.

35. Reynard Corporation Produces Custom Optical Heated Windows 2/23/2015

    Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and thin film coatings, has now made available custom optical heated windows that utilize conductive materials.

36. Resolve Optics Ltd. Announces Large Format Camera Lenses 4/28/2009
    Custom Large Format Lenses from Resolve Optics Ltd. provide the very high resolution over a large image format required by current and future generation megapixel line scan and area scan sensors and cameras used in demanding scientific and machine vision applications.
37. Nanoparticles Combine Photodynamic And Molecular Therapies Against Pancreatic Cancer 1/19/2016

    A nanoparticle drug-delivery system that combines two complementary types of anticancer treatment could improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer and other highly treatment-resistant tumors while decreasing toxicity.

38. Ophir-Spiricon Achieves ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation For Calibration Of Laser Measurement Instruments 3/26/2013

    Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, is pleased to announce that Ophir-Spiricon is now ACLASS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the international standard that recognizes the technical competence of laboratories to carry out calibrations.

39. Crystallography For The Misfit Crystals 1/19/2022

    Francis Crick, who famously co-discovered the shape of DNA, once said: “If you want to understand function, study structure.” Many decades later, this remains a tenet of biology, chemistry, and materials science. 

40. Inspired By Prehistoric Creatures, NIST Researchers Make Record-Setting Lenses 4/19/2022

    Five hundred million years ago, the oceans teemed with trillions of trilobites — creatures that were distant cousins of horseshoe crabs.