Highlights

Detectors & Imaging

Deep learning methods enable image enhancement advances

June 5, 2024
How can algorithms improve image enhancement?
FIGURE 1. At the end of the fiber, the output field is no longer the same as the input field. To absorb the outgoing wave, a general absorbing artificial material is used (aka a perfectly matched layer).
Software & Accessories

Full-wave multiphysics simulation of optical fibers

July 25, 2022
Full-wave multiphysics simulations for optical fibers require sophisticated modeling and simulation techniques.
(Image credit: MVTec)
Software & Accessories

Machine vision software finds objects in real time

June 7, 2024
HALCON 24.05 standard machine vision software includes the first iteration of the extended parameter estimation for shape matching.
(Image credit: VPIphotonics)
Software & Accessories

Optical design software provides access to more than 900 simulation setups

May 26, 2024
Design Suite Version 11.2 optical design software advances the simulation and design flow for applications including direct detection and coherent transmission systems.
(Image credit: Endeavor Business Media)
Podcasts

PODCAST: Interview with Gisele Bennett, VP of Optica

March 5, 2024
Episode 2 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Gisele Bennett, the recently elected 2024 Vice President of Optica.
Mks Ophir
Software & Accessories

Laser beam analysis software is designed for additive manufacturing

Sept. 24, 2023
BeamPeek software is designed for real-time measurement of lasers in additive manufacturing chambers.
(Image credit: Flexcompute)
FIGURE 1. Schematic illustration of the PSR (a), simulated mode conversion efficiencies at the top and bottom waveguides with TE0 mode as the input (b), and simulated mode conversion efficiencies at the top and bottom waveguides with TM0 mode as the input (c) are shown. The insets show the field intensity plots.
Software & Accessories

Breaking time barriers: Millimeter-scale photonic simulations in minutes

Sept. 20, 2023
Two case studies demonstrate the transformative impact of advanced parallel computing on the field of computational electromagnetics.
Digital Metrology Solutions
Software & Accessories

Metrology software offers built-in crosshatch functionality

Sept. 8, 2023
TraceBoss+ surface roughness measurement software allows users to acquire an image of surface texture from any USB-equipped microscope.
Blackbird Robotics
Software & Accessories

Software for remote laser welding available

Aug. 3, 2023
Used in high-throughput automated manufacturing processes such as electro-mobility, OTF (On-the-Fly) MotionSync software determines the exact position of the scanner and component...