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Episode 69 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Jeroen Hoet, cofounder and CEO of eyeo.
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Singular Photonics’ Andarta sensor.
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Learning Resources

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Case Study Precision MgF₂ Hyper Spherical Dome for Airborne Optical Systems
Project Background: Large-Aperture Infrared Dome for Airborne Systems A defense industry customer approached us to evaluate the feasibility of producing a large-format infrared...
Sept. 15, 2025
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Laser reliability is critical to ensuring precision, uptime, and safety in a wide range of industries. This whitepaper will examine how lasers perform over time, the impact of...
Sept. 9, 2025
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Engineering a Custom Underwater Lens Assembly for Subsea Imaging
Project Overview: Engineering a Custom Underwater Lens Assembly for Subsea Imaging A leading provider of subsea imaging solutions approached Avantier to develop a ...
Sept. 8, 2025
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Chroma - Sputtered Coatings for Space-Based Optical Systems
In satellite communications (SatCom), precision and reliability are critical to maintaining clear signals and optimizing system performance. At Chroma Technology, we design and...
Sept. 5, 2025

Lasers/Sources

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The Gweike M Series 6-in-1 laser processing machine works with a wide range of materials.
Sept. 10, 2025
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The PicoBlade Core ultrafast laser platform offers up to 150-W average power.
Sept. 2, 2025
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The BIDOS P3435 Q BELAGO 1.2 Dot Projector emits light at 940 nm.
Aug. 29, 2025
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FIGURE 1. ULTIMA project’s goals.
High-power fiber lasers enable deep space optical link between an optical ground station on Earth and a spacecraft 300 million kilometers away.
Aug. 28, 2025

Optics

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ODiate Raman longpass optical filters are optimized to block 488-, 532-, 632.8-, and 785-nm laser lines.
Sept. 12, 2025
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A Red Pitaya board in LongPath Technologies' field-deployed cabinet.
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can provide adaptability at the hardware level—a blank slate of digital hardware engineers can rewire at will.
Sept. 8, 2025
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The Aura family of 1550-nm noiseless indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) avalanche photodiodes (APDs) adds a 30-µm optical window version.
Sept. 6, 2025
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Selerion-BHX hybrid organic electro-optic (OEO) material is designed for area-constrained applications requiring bandwidths beyond 100 GHz.
Sept. 4, 2025

Quantum

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Episode 65 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Part Three of our interview with Robin Hawk, CEO of Galxyz LLC.
Aug. 19, 2025
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Scanning electron microscope image of the team’s chiral metasurface. Credit: EPFL
Optical metasurfaces can control light by leveraging chirality—difference of a shape from its mirror image or its ‘handedness’—and it can be tuned via polarized light as a simple...
Aug. 13, 2025
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Episode 64 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Part Two of our interview with Robin Hawk, CEO of Galxyz LLC.
Aug. 12, 2025
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Episode 63 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Part One of our interview with Robin Hawk, CEO of Galxyz LLC.
Aug. 5, 2025

Test/Measurement

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The LD250mTC5 LAB Series temperature control instrument has a 250-mA laser diode current capacity for cumulative current noise of 3 µA.
Sept. 16, 2025
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ImageQuality Hub software provides harmonization and visualization of measurement data for image quality.
Sept. 8, 2025
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Infiltration of the nanosensor solution into a plant leaf.
Making it easier to monitor plants and their growth, a first-of-its-kind nanosensor could help safeguard healthy crops.
Aug. 21, 2025
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Reflections in nature can lead to reflections in the mind and lab.
Integrating novel magneto-plasmonic cryosorets onto a photonic crystal interface enables harnessing both electric and magnetic components of light—and it shows promise for highly...
Aug. 14, 2025

Detectors/Imaging

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The LiSaSWIR shortwave-infrared (SWIR) line-scan camera and sensor is designed for the inspection of silicon wafers, solar panels, and waste management.
Sept. 14, 2025
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The Visoria upright microscope series offers models for industries spanning life sciences to geology.
Aug. 27, 2025
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The MIRA shortwave-infrared (SWIR) camera is powered by a SWIFT-EI indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) detector.
Aug. 17, 2025
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The ORCA-Halo C17440-20U scientific CMOS (sCMOS) camera features a back-illuminated sensor with a peak quantum efficiency of 86%.
Aug. 9, 2025

Executive Forum

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Sept. 8, 2025
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Sept. 2, 2025
U.S. Patent application submissions (yearly).
Aug. 14, 2025