Photonics & Imaging

Find the latest developments in Photonics & Imaging essential to both Commercial & Government applications. Get expert solutions for imaging systems, machine vision, visualization software, human machines (HMIs), plus advances in infrared cameras and display monitoring.

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Briefs: Materials
The technique could easily be translated into existing medical device manufacturing processes for use in orthopedic implants.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Data storage boards, modular plugs, equipment enclosures, and more.
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Briefs: Medical
Tiny, metal-rich particles can be excited with a low-power laser for deep-tissue imaging.
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Products: Imaging
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
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Articles: Imaging
When inspecting products for instance, machine vision is not only faster but also far more accurate.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
The Perseverance rover has an almost human-like way of keeping its lenses clean.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds...
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INSIDER Product: Imaging
Ultraviolet-Enhanced Circular Photodetector Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA) has introduced the UVG5S, an ultraviolet-enhanced photodiode with a 5 mm² circular active area. The new device is suitable for detection between...
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Carolin Frueh is among only a handful of researchers who have persisted in using a complex technique that can diagnose a problem from thousands of miles away based on how a...
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INSIDER: Materials
A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of...
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Question of the Week: Imaging
Can Camera Systems Replace the Wall-Mounted Thermostat?
Our lead INSIDER story today showcased an autonomous 'HEAT' camera system that uses facial temperatures to determine a room's optimum temperature. What do you think? Can Camera Systems Replace the Wall-Mounted Thermostat? Share your questions and comments.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
A reader asks our NASA expert: "What kind of redundancy is built into the Mars 2020 rover?"
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Exploring Mars - July 2020
As NASA prepares this week to launch its latest robotic rover to the Red Planet, we are excited to present this commemorative publication chronicling – through historic images and video – six decades of Mars...

Briefs: Motion Control
A fleet of “roboats” could transport people, collect trash, and self-assemble into floating structures.
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Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NIBIB is committed to integrating the physical and engineering sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Sensors in the hand can actually detect forces being transmitted through the thickness of the robot.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality.
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Briefs: Lighting
Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a tiny unit that is both an optical transmitter and a receiver.
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Application Briefs: Lighting Technology
There’s been a race to the top among industrial LED lighting manufacturers as they scramble to squeeze the maximum possible lumens per watt (LPW) out of their products.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new CT scan method using intense synchrotron radiation produces higher quality images within milliseconds.
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Briefs: Communications
Using integrated photonic chips fabricated at EPFL, scientists have demonstrated laser-based microwave generators.
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Articles: Imaging
A new iteration of sCMOS camera technology promises even higher sensitivity than prior designs.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
High-speed cameras, ultra-stable mounts, automated inspection systems, and more...
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Technology Leaders: Aerospace
Highly technical glass-ceramic delivers optical precision at nanometer scale.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In-line testing of certain LEDs, using nanosecond pulses, will become more and more relevant with time-of-flight applications.
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Make sure the polished optic meets the requirement of a particular application.
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Application Briefs: Imaging
New surveillance sensors are able to perform better than ever under unpredictable and dynamic lighting conditions.
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Briefs: Imaging
A new low-cost imaging system could make it easier to track mosquito species that carry disease, enabling a more timely and targeted response.
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Briefs: Imaging
A research team has built a super-high-speed microscope.
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