PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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Cover Picture: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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Editorial

Pioneering the future of integrated photonics

Jorn Smeets (PhotonDelta)

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Contents

Contents: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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News: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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Products: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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Communications: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

  • Pages: 16-18
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Interview

“Be prepared to be humbled, to listen, and learn a lot”
EPIC interview with Thorsten Mayer, CEO at Vanguard Automation

Jérémy Picot-Clémente (EPIC)

  • Pages: 19-21
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Technology Report

Innovations and challenges in modern optical design: Revolutionizing the field of optical design to enable faster and more accurate optimization of complex optical systems

Jérémy Picot-Clémente (EPIC)

  • Pages: 22-26
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Optics Design

Creating advanced photonics AI assistants: The first optical design copilot based on a novel dynamic agent approach

Erez Tepper, Haim Suchowski (both: 3DOptix)

Machine Vision

The importance of image quality in AI visual inspection systems: Why variability is the key challenge in model training

Sagi Dolberg (QualiSense)

  • Pages: 31-33
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Preview: 3D vision helps to precisely palletize parts: Reliable part recognition allows the entire workflow to be optimized and automated, which speeds up palletizing, saves costs, and relieves employees

  • Pages: 33
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AdheScan – adhesive failure surface inspection system: Adhesive failure surface evaluation based on machine learning of high-resolution stereo images

Luca Kuhlmann, André Lamott, Armin Thomsen, Heiko Mühlenfeld-Keßler, and Anja Knigge (all: Schäfter + Kirchhoff)

  • Pages: 34-37
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Laser Cleaning

Preview: Laser cleaning of insect residue without surface alteration: A pulsed CO2 laser provides an effective shockwave-based cleaning process

  • Pages: 38
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Process Control

Preview: Optimized powder bed laser melting processes: Stable processes are a challenge – machine vision provides insights and enables better control

  • Pages: 38
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OCT for automated conventional welding in the automotive industry: Optical coherence tomography provides robotic GMAW with a process and quality monitoring function

Nataliya Deyneka Dupriez & Samuel Adolph (both: Lessmüller Lasertechnik)

Laser Plastic Processing

Flexible laser plastic welding as an addition to AM: Highly efficient welding of additively manufactured thermoplastic components

Lea Kroth, René Geiger (both: Evosys), Sebastian-Paul Kopp, and Katja Tangermann-Gerk (both: Bayerisches Laserzentrum)

Additive Manufacturing

Increasing productivity by combining laser processes: Laser-based postprocessing of additively manufactured metal parts

Markus Hofele (LAZ Aalen UAS) & Matthias Buser (IFSW U Stuttgart)

Laser Sources

Tracking greenhouse gases with a laser: Fraunhofer ILT researchers develop advanced lidar systems to tackle global methane emissions and improve climate monitoring

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Calendar

Calendar

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Events

Events: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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Buyers’ Guide

  • Pages: 61-63
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Index & Masthead

Company Index

  • Pages: 65
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Fokus Nachhaltigkeit

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Digital tools or software can ease your life as a photonics professional by either helping you with your system design or during the manufacturing process or when purchasing components. Check out our compilation:

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