In stand #320 (hall A2) at Laser World of Photonics 2017 in Munich, Germany (26-29 June), optical and photonic optical component and subsystem maker Lumentum Holdings Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA is showcasing its latest products addressing the ...
Tags: Pump lasers, 3D sensing
Two doctoral students and several research scientists from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute attended last month’s SPIE Optics + Photonics conference to present research on new innovative ...
Chien-Chung Lin, Huang-Yu Lin, Kuo-Ju Chen, Sheng-Wen Wang, Kuan-Yu Wang, Jie-Ru Li, Huang-Ming Chen and Hao-Chung Kuo The use of distributed Bragg reflectors in remote-phosphor white-LED packaging significantly improves luminous ...
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Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France (a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes cooled infrared detectors for military, space, scientific and industrial applications) says that its new Daphnis HD is entering production. Sofradir ...
Tags: Sofradir, HgCdTe, IR detectors
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that during March it received record volume purchase orders worth just over $3m (to be delivered over the next 12 months) for its indium antimonide (InSb) and gallium ...
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At the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS 2016) event in Baltimore, MD, USA (17–21 April), Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France, which makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors based on mercury cadmium telluride (MCT/HgCdTe), ...
Shigeya Kimura, Hisashi Yoshida, Toshihide Ito, Aoi Okada, Kenjiro Uesugi and Shinya Nunoue Metal organic chemical vapor deposition is used to grow aluminum gallium nitride interlayers within indium gallium nitride/gallium nitride ...
In booth 2223 (Hall C) at SPIE Photonics West 2016 in San Francisco (16-18 February), engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA is presenting a broad portfolio of products from several of its ...
Tags: Laser Modules, Photonics West
Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting that the switch to solid-state lighting will cut global electricity demand for general illumination by a remarkable 24 per cent by 2020. According to the firm’s lighting ...
The global photonics market is worth at least $150bn, according to analysis by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (and owner of optics.org). The data were presented last week (4 September) by SPIE’s Industry and ...
Tags: photonics market, SPIE
The global market for airborne infrared countermeasures will grow at an average rate of less than 3 per cent over the coming five years – despite the ongoing replacement of flares with far more advanced laser-based systems. That ...
Tags: airborne IRCM systems, aerospace, defense
The value of annual sales in the global photonics market has been revised upwards to $182bn, according to new analysis by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (and owner of optics.org). The new results were presented by ...
LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2015 broke all registration and trade-show records with double-digit growth marking the largest staging in its 26-year history, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president and chief ...
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At SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Technologies conference (DSS 2015) in Baltimore, MD, USA (21-23 April), epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK is presenting a series of three invited papers on recent key ...
Tags: DSS 2015, GaSb substrates
Xenics NV of Leuven, Belgium - a manufacturer of infrared detectors, cameras and customized imaging solutions covering the spectrum from long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) to the visible (0.4-14μm) – says that it is broadening its ...
Tags: Xenics, infrared detectors, cameras