For thin film optical coatings, most critical production challenges appear in the first half of the manufacturing cycle, particularly in coating deposition methodologies. As explained by Ron Willey, ...

Conventional nanoscale electroplasmonic structures provide limited electrical tunability of nonlinear optical responses. Scientists at Japan's Institute for Molecular Science have demonstrated an ...

In a discovery that challenges conventional optics, scientists have managed to make a laser beam cast its own shadow—a feat previously thought impossible, as light typically passes through other light ...

The international optical and photonic components market reached over $300 billion in 2020. Optical processing starts with raw materials and finishes with finely crafted optical components. The ...

Forvia has been granted a patent for a process to manufacture optical lenses from glass. The method involves tempering a glass blank, press-molding it between molds to form the lens, and using an ...

TriQuint Semiconductor (Hillsboro, OR) recently announced a new foundry process that will enable cost-effective millimeter-wave (mmWave) applications. Called TQP15, this 150-mm GaAs commercial foundry ...

Fives, a global leader in industrial engineering solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its innovative In-Process Composite Inspection technology, “COAST: Composite Optical Automated Surface ...