Laser Technology

Jay Kumler, a longtime photonics industry expert, passed away February 10, 2025 at the age of 61. Jay was president of JENOPTIK North America, Inc. and JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC for many years. A member of the Jenoptik Executive Management Committee, he consulted on and actively shaped the development of Jenoptik’s photonics-based business in the […]

QD Laser, Inc. (Japan) proudly introduces “Lantana,” the world’s smallest all-in-one compact visible laser (532, 561, 594 nm) with a built-in driver in its class. Its high-quality elliptical beam is perfect for flow cytometry applications. Source link

SPIE On January 28th at a ceremony held during SPIE Photonics West 2025, Max-IR Labs was announced the winner of the $10,000 top prize at the 15th annual SPIE Startup Challenge, a pitch competition that showcases new optics- and photonics-based businesses, products, and technologies to address critical needs. Max-IR Labs’ AquaCarbon Monitor is set to

On January 29th at a gala during SPIE Photonics West 2025, SPIE announced its Prism Awards winners. The awards reflect the rapidly growing trajectory, exciting latest developments, and rich technical innovations across photonics and photonics-enabled industries. This year, the annual ceremony honored a range of established and emerging companies applying innovative and creative solutions to

January’s photonics-related IP activities include 43 cases concerning various technologies, including cameras, imaging systems, and image processing; displays; lighting and light sources; optical communications; solar cells; automotive applications; sensors; and eyewear. Here are the summaries. Cameras, imaging systems, and image processing On January 3rd, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB, a branch of the

SPIE Photonics The SPIE Photonics West 2025 event, set to take place January 25-30th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA, The event will kick off Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26th, with the Biomedical Optics Symposium (BiOS) and the BiOS Expo, followed by the SPIE Global Business Forum on Monday, January 27th for executives,

innovation Innovation and invention by nature are creative processes. People involved in bringing creative processes to fruition possess an ambiguous innate talent, for those not familiar with the work. A divinity of inspiration or a flash of insight or genius while engaged in other pursuits is how the process is often described. Is this an

Gallium (in the form of gallium nitride or gallium arsenide) is commonly used to create products ranging from semiconductors/electronic devices to laser diodes and solar cells. And germanium is used in infrared optics, solar cells, and fiber optics. Both are used for numerous military applications. The U.S. semiconductor device manufacturing industry is expected to be

In a fitting end to 2024, the headline venture funding for December was in the space of optical interconnects for datacenters and AI clusters, an area that dominated photonics venture funding all year (see the October, September, and March Photonics VC Updates). In December, San Jose, California-based Ayar Labs, one of the older startups within

Learning and recreating from the grip of a gecko Schöneich joined INM in 2017. At the time, the team had more than a decade of high-level, award-winning scientific research emulating the gecko adhesion effect. He and his team will tell you geckos are amazing: They can climb the steepest walls (of any texture—wet, rough, slippery)