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Mirrorcle Technologies Concludes successful SPIE Photonics West 2022

The world leading manufacturer of MEMS-based optical beam-steering products and system solutions, Mirrorcle Technologies, announces the successful completion of the first live, in-person, Photonics West after the cancellation of the 2021 show.

From Mirrorcle Technologies 17 Feb 2022

SPIE Photonics West Delivers a Successful Return to In-Person Science and Engineering Events

SPIE safely welcomed the international photonics community back to San Francisco’s Moscone Center from 22-27 January for Photonics West. The largest annual photonics conference and exhibition, including its BiOS, LASE, and OPTO symposia and the AR|VR|MR conference, garnered more than 10,000 registered attendees, hosted more than 950 exhibitors, and included 2,100 technical presentations.

4 Feb 2022

Biotium and UC Berkeley Announce New Study Offering Strategy for Designing Fluorescent Dyes for Super-resolution Imaging

Biotium, a leading life science reagent supplier and producer of innovative dyes, has collaborated with Professor Ke Xu at University of California, Berkeley to generate a strategy for improving the photoswitching behavior of rhodamine dyes for optimal (d)STORM [(direct) stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy] performance.

From Biotium, Inc. 4 Feb 2022

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Announces $300,000 in Funding from U.S. Department of Energy for Ultrafast Scintillation Detectors

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Professor of Nanoscience Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky has received $300,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to further develop state-of-the-art scintillating detectors, which, upon the detection of fast, charged particles, or X-ray photons, emit measurable light, resulting in the fastest high-yield scintillating materials reported so far.

2 Feb 2022

Collaborative Innovation Reaps Rewards for ficonTEC

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has recognized Torsten Vahrenkamp, CEO and co-founder of ficonTEC, as the recipient of the EPIC CEO Award 2021. Vahrenkamp co-founded the company with CFO Matthias Trinker.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

EPIC CEO Award 2021 Goes to Torsten Vahrenkamp, Interviewed by José Pozo, EPIC CTO

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) announced the winner of the EPIC CEO Award 2021 as Torsten Vahrenkamp, CEO and co-founder of ficonTEC.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

Robot Solution for Automating the Lettuce Harvest

British research team of agricultural engineering and machinery experts develops harvesting robot with IDS camera

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 20 Jan 2022

Wideband Infrared Beamsplitter for Military Testing

Optical Surfaces Ltd has supplied a high precision beamsplitter that lies at the heart of a Michelson type interferometer for testing of optical components used in military applications.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Dec 2021

Losing Isn’t Always Bad: Gaining Topology from Loss

Losing particles can lead to positive, robust effects. An international collaboration has demonstrated a novel topology arising from losses in hybrid light-matter particles, introducing a new avenue to induce the highly-prized effects inherent to conventional topological materials, which can potentially revolutionise electronics.

14 Dec 2021

Cirdan Launches “Photonics” Certificate, Facilitating Investment into the World’s First Photonics Index

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) is excited to announce that Cirdan Capital Management, with collaboration from C8 Technologies, has launched a Certificate based on the Solactive EPIC Core Photonics Index.

14 Dec 2021