Researchers in Photonic Sensors, Fibre-Optic Communications Win SPIE-Supported Innovation Prizes at Photonics21 Annual Meeting
SPIE Europe a Sponsor of Photonics21 Student Innovation Awards at 10th Annual Meeting
Finalists Named for 2016 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation
BELLINGHAM, WA and PITTSFIELD, MA — (Marketwired) — 12/17/15 — Dolby, Coherent, Hamamatsu, Alakai Defense Systems, PI (Physik Instrumente), KMLabs, Rochester Precision Optics, and QD Laser are among 27 finalists in nine categories for the 2015 . The awards are sponsored by , and .Winners will be announced by industry leaders on 17 February during in San Francisco at a gala banquet that has become the largest gathering of CEOs, VIPs, and entrepreneurs in photonics.Entries are judged by an in
New Photonics Entrepreneurs Must Apply Now for SPIE Startup Challenge 2016
BELLINGHAM, WA — (Marketwired) — 10/22/15 — New photonics entrepreneurs have through 20 November to enter the , an opportunity to pitch their light-based technology products to a team of business development experts and venture capitalists. The annual competition is held during at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, running 15-17 February and hosted by .Cash prizes, including $10,000 for the first prize, $5,000 for second prize, and $2,500 for third are funded by Founding Partner Jenoptik.
Entry Deadline Is 9 October for Photonics Prism Awards
BELLINGHAM, WA and PITTSFIELD, MA — (Marketwired) — 10/01/15 — Entries are being accepted through 9 October for the prestigious 2016 . The international competition honors new technology and product inventions from the multi-billion dollar optics and photonics industry, and is sponsored by , and ."It is inspiring to see so much insightful research applied not only to the increase of human knowledge, but in the form of new products and processes that save lives, secure our communities, e
Light-Based Technologies –See– Through Walls, Monitor Cancer Treatments and Air Pollution, Preserve Artworks, More
CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 07/06/15 — Co-located major European conferences in optical metrology and biomedical optics in Munich, Germany, 21-25 June, featured highlights including two Nobel Laureates presenting in an (IYL2015) session on their work to enhance the resolution of microscopes.(SPIE OM) and the SPIE/OSA (ECBO) speakers covered applications of light-based technologies ranging from monitoring air pollution and preserving valuable artworks and cultural sites to &qu
Comment Deadline Looms on Regulation Changes Proposed for U.S. Export Controls on Photonics Technologies
BELLINGHAM, WA and WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 06/19/15 — A July 6 deadline looms for comments on proposed changes to U.S. export regulations covering a wide range of key photonics technologies — regulations that some in the industry say are hampering global competitiveness of U.S. industry.The U.S. Department of State is accepting which govern the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The rewrite is part of an overarching (ECR) initiative undertaken by the Administr
Celebrate Light, Make a Photographer–s Year: Cast Your Vote for the People–s Choice Award
BELLINGHAM, WA and CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 05/15/15 — Voting is open online for the in the SPIE International Year of Light Photo Contest, organized as part of the United Nations-declared (IYL2015). The winning photo will receive a prize of US$500, and voters who register have a chance to win a GoPro camera.The 32 dazzling finalist photos portray light and light-based technologies in daily life — LEDs, solar panels, adaptive optics, and lasers — and in doing so promote
LightPath Technologies Exhibiting at SPIE Defense, Security + Sensing 2015
LightPath Expert to Present on the Investigation of As40Se60 Chalcogenide Glass in Precision Glass Molding for High-Volume Thermal Imaging Lenses
New Photonics Entrepreneurs Need to Apply Now for SPIE Startup Challenge 2015
BELLINGHAM, WA — (Marketwired) — 11/19/14 — New photonics entrepreneurs have through 1 December to enter the , an opportunity to pitch their light-based technology products to a team of business development experts and venture capitalists. The annual competition is held during at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, running 7-12 February and hosted by .Cash prizes — $10,000 for first prize, $5,000 for second prize, and $2500 for third — are funded by Founding Partner Jenoptik. Additional
SPIE Praises Chemistry Nobel Microscopy Pioneers
BELLINGHAM, WA — (Marketwired) — 10/08/14 — For the second time in as many days, photonics has been central to a Nobel Prize. William Moerner, Stefan Hell, and Eric Betzig are the recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy."For years optical microscopy was held back by a presumed limitation: that it would never obtain a better resolution than half the wavelength of light. Helped by fluorescent molecules, this year-