Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW; Corning, NY) has acquired the assets of NovaSol (Honolulu, HI), a maker of hyperspectral imaging systems. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. NovaSol will be integrated into the Advanced Optics business unit within Corning’s Specialty Materials division.
Founded in 1998, NovaSol specializes in the R&D of active and passive optical systems, including electro-optical systems and optical communication systems. Corning says that NovaSol’s technology portfolio, combined with Corning’s expertise in the design, development, and manufacture of optical imaging systems, will deliver high-performance, low-cost solutions. In addition, Corning will be able to more efficiently address the needs of emerging industrial markets for advanced spectral imaging solutions.
NovaSol's line of microHSI sensors achieve a combination of size, weight, and power (SWaP) and high spatial and spectral performance with a miniaturized solid optical block spectrograph design, which embeds a low optical aberration Offner relay with integrated high efficiency diffraction grating into a solid glass block. Without air spacing, the light ray paths are highly condensed, resulting in the low SWaP and mechanical and thermal robustness.
Source: Corning Incorporated