Internationally, many efforts are underway to support innovation and growth in photonics-which in turn promises to help society in so many fundamental ways.

The first Laser Bond Inspection (LBI) system from LSP Technologies was sold and delivered to Boeing.

The iC-TW8 high-resolution signal processor evaluates sine/cosine sensors, minimizing angular errors and jitters with automatic functions.

Murrieta and Tustin, CA--II-VI Incorporated subsidiaries Exotic Electro-Optics and LightWorks Optics have merged operations, forming the new company LightWorks Optical Systems.

The Leica M720 OH5 and Leica M525 OH4 3D surgical microscopes from Leica Microsystems feature TrueVision 3D Surgical stereoscopic high-definition visualization technology.

Palaiseau, France--Wavefront sensors are sometimes used in the laser-picoprojector industry to align the three small red-green-blue (RBG) lasers in X, Y, Z, and Ɵ so that they share the same optical axis and focus.

Scientists from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Manchester (MCCIR), using laser microscopy, have discovered why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells.

Philadelphia, PA--University of Pennsylvania researchers developed a new nanoparticle dye that fluoresces with much-lower-cost lasers, dramatically reducing the cost of multiphoton microscopy.

Researchers at Northwestern University and NorthShore University HealthSystem have developed an approach that combines microscopy and spectroscopy to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans.

Rome, Italy--A diode-pumped frequency-tripled pulsed Nd:YAG laser transmitter developed by Selex-ES has passed a three-week test during which it was run at 50 Hz, a total of 90 million shots.

Tucson, AZ--Rigaku Raman Technologies released a new version of its FirstGuard handheld Raman analyzer--calling it the first handheld spectrometer equipped with 1064 nm wavelength excitation.