Optical Components, Coatings & Materials News

31. Abrisa Technologies Has The Broadest Selection Of SCHOTT D 263® T Eco Ultra-Thin Glass In North America 4/18/2023

    Abrisa Industrial Glass has the broadest selection of SCHOTT D 263® T eco ultra-thin glass available in North America with 16 thickness options ranging from 0.03 mm to 1.1 mm. 

32. Defense + Commercial Sensing: Exploring The Latest Innovations In Imaging, Sensing, And Photonic Technologies 4/11/2023

    Over the past 68 years, SPIE has been connecting, engaging, and serving its global constituency of more than 258,000 people from 184 countries. A big part of meeting that mission is accomplished by hosting conferences and exhibitions and, at the end of the month, SPIE will be hosting a big one: The Defense + Commercial Sensing conference and exhibition.

33. Theater Projection Port Glass Windows Provide Eye Popping Optical Clarity For On-Screen Viewing 3/29/2023

    Abrisa Technologies’ ClearView projection port window glass features increased transmissivity, thereby ensuring a high quality, bright, and sharp screen image, with a transmission rate between 98% and 99%.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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.