KLA Instruments' profilers enable precise measurement of waveguide dimensions, enhancing the performance and reliability of photonic integrated circuits.
Optical topology engineers photonic lattices, waveguides, resonators, and crystals to create protected light states that resist backscattering, enabling robust edge transport, corner modes, lasers, and integrated photonic devices.
By Ankit Singh
3 Sep 2026
Evaluate optical coating performance with nanoindentation, focusing on temperature-induced changes in mechanical properties for enhanced laser reliability.
Silicon photonics reduces AI data center costs by lowering energy per bit, increasing bandwidth density, shrinking optical component counts, and enabling scalable co-packaged optics for accelerator-heavy traffic.
By Ankit Singh
27 Aug 2026
Combining Raman spectroscopy with advanced optical design enables in situ gas analysis, supporting fusion energy and process monitoring applications.
SWIR cameras capture reflected infrared for material differentiation, semiconductor inspection, laser profiling, and quality control, while MWIR cameras detect thermal radiation for long-range surveillance and darkness-resistant imaging.
By Samudrapom Dam
20 Aug 2026
Event-based vision sensors report brightness changes per pixel, enabling low-latency, high-dynamic-range machine vision for drones, vehicles, inspection lines, tracking, and neuromorphic systems with less data and power.
By Ankit Singh
13 Aug 2026
Laser safety is crucial in welding cameras. Cavitar ensures compliance with IEC 60825-1, balancing imaging performance and user safety in industrial settings.
Computational optics co-designs lenses, illumination, sensors, and reconstruction algorithms, enabling compact imaging systems that encode and decode light for better resolution, depth, polarization, spectral, and biomedical measurements.
By Ankit Singh
7 Aug 2026
The MKS Ophir BeamSquared analyzer now features the SP204S CMOS camera, enhancing sensitivity and reducing smearing and blooming effects in NIR measurements.