Aerotech has announced a series of integrated open-frame stages with precise geometric performance and micrometer-level straightness
Laser Components has announced it has now started to introduce pyroelectric and lead salt detectors to the IR market
Opto Diode, an ITW company, has launched the UVG12 photodiode with a 4.1 mm diameter active area
A Risley prism beamsteering development kit is being offered to experimenters and system designers interested in assessing the effectiveness of this beamsteering technology
The Laser Components detector group has introduced two new IR detectors, the IG19 and IA35
The global launch of advanced optical shutter and rotary solenoid device pairings have been announced by Daco Instruments, part of the Alinabal Group
AMS Technologies will present for the first time a new lightweight compressor with high efficiency, low vibration and low noise
The proven NIR-MX 1060nm band intensity modulator now comes with reduced insertion loss while preserving an unparalleled extinction ratio and high power handling
Richardson Gratings, a Newport Company, the world leader in diffraction grating technology, announces its new 2015 Gratings Catalog
The WaveShaper 1000/SP is a Polarization Maintaining (PM) programmable filter which provides full control of the amplitude and phase spectra across the entire operating wavelength range
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
