Sensors / Detectors News

1. MKS Instruments Announces Ophir® PD300RM-UVA For Use With Narrowband And Broadband Sources 2/24/2021

   MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has announced the Ophir® PD300RM-UVA Irradiance and Dosage Sensor. Calibrated over the UVA and violet spectral range (350-450nm), the sensor provides a flat spectral response that is forgiving of inexact wavelengths, wide bandwidths, and wavelength shifts (e.g. due to heating). This allows for measuring both narrowband (lasers) and broadband sources, such as LEDs, without the need to know the exact wavelength.

2. Ibeo And SICK Bring Stimulus To The Industrial Sector With New 3D Solid-State LiDAR Sensor 1/14/2021

   A technology partnership between Hamburg-based automotive LiDAR specialist Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH and SICK AG has resulted in a 3D solid-state LiDAR sensor for industrial applications.

3. Breakthrough Optical Sensor Mimics Human Eye, A Key Step Toward Better Artificial Intelligence 12/8/2020

   Researchers at Oregon State University are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye’s ability to perceive changes in its visual field.

4. Opto Diode’s New UV-Enhanced Detector With 5.5 mm Diameter Active Area 11/16/2020

   Opto Diode Corporation, an ITW company, announces an ultraviolet-enhanced detector featuring a 5.5 mm diameter active area, the UVG20S. The photodiode is ideal for UV detection between 190 nm  to 400 nm spectral wavelengths with a full spectrum of 190 nm out to 1000 nm. The device features stable responsivity over wide temperature ranges and features 100% internal quantum efficiency from 200 to 400nm. 

5. The Brightest In The Bunch: LASER COMPONENTS USA, Inc. Offers VCSEL Technology 11/5/2020

   LASER COMPONENTS USA, Inc. is pleased to announce its new VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) product line in partnership with supplier Brightlaser Limited. This addition is complimenting LASER COMPONENTS offerings of optoelectronic components.

6. An Improved Wearable, Stretchable Gas Sensor Using Nanocomposites 8/27/2020

   A stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing has been developed and tested by researchers at Penn State, Northeastern University and five universities in China.

7. OmniVision Announces Full HD Image Sensor For Mainstream Security Cameras Requiring Excellent Low-Light Pixel Performance 8/25/2020

   OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OS02G10 security image sensor, which provides the best value for mainstream, high-volume security cameras requiring 1080p resolution and excellent low-light pixel performance.

8. A Highly Light-Absorbent And Tunable Material 8/10/2020

   By layering different two-dimensional materials, physicists at the University of Basel have created a novel structure with the ability to absorb almost all light of a selected wavelength. The achievement relies on a double layer of molybdenum disulfide.

9. Scientists Make Quantum Technology Smaller 7/29/2020

   Sensing devices have a huge number of industrial uses, from carrying out ground surveys to monitoring volcanoes. Scientists working on ways to improve the capabilities of these sensors are now using quantum technologies, based on cold atoms, to improve their sensitivity.