Coherent has today decided to accept II-VI's offer and will pay Lumentum the $217.6 million termination fee
Julie Sheridan Eng was named Coherent’s CTO in October 2022 after three years running the photonics manufacturer’s optoelectronic devices and modules business unit. In recent years, she has been involved primarily in the fibre optic communication and 3D sensing areas.
II‐VI has completed the acquisition of Coherent, forming a global company in materials, networking, and lasers
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Three-photon microscopy at 1300 nm is gaining popularity due to excellent transmission in brain and other tissues, thus maximising imaging depth. Two-photon optogenetic stimulation can target specific neuron populations with single-cell resolution, enabling all-optical physiology experiments. Monaco 1300, the latest addition to the Monaco portfolio, caters to researchers in these evolving fields, seeking a low-maintenance, integrated 3P imaging and 2P photo-stimulation source.
Rob Roe details how lasers and optics have enabled recent breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility
On 18 March, Coherent confirmed receipt of a revised acquisition proposal from II-VI. Lumentum now has until the end of the day to make a revised offer.
Following Lumentum's recent announcement it was set to buy Coherent, MKS Instruments and II-VI have both put in acquisition bids
Two laser manufacturing giants are set to merge following Lumentum's announcement that it will acquire Coherent for $5.7 billion
Coherent's revenues drop 30 per cent year-on-year, while IPG’s decrease by 12 per cent
The Coherent PowerMax Pro OEM is a laser power sensor, combining the response speed of a photodiode with the broadband wavelength coverage, large detection area, dynamic range, and laser damage resistance of a thermopile
Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
