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Automation and photonics: a powerful synergy

Jürgen Niederhofer (MKS Instruments)

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Communications: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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“Our commitment to sustainability and social responsibility enhances our reputation”

Pascal Grahnert, managing director of Jabil Optics Germany, a provider of design and
engineering services for opto-electronic devices from concept to mass production, talks to EPIC photonics technologies program manager Jérémy Picot-Clémente.

• Pages: 20-21
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Laser Micromachining

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Electronics on any surface: SSAIL brings innovations to chip packaging, displays, and PCBs

Valdemar Stankevič (Akoneer, FTMC), Karolis Ratautas (FTMC), Deividas Andriukaitis (Ekspla), Tadas Kildušis (Akoneer), Oliver Rohm (Topag Lasertechnik)

• Pages: 26-29
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Optical Measurement Technology

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Utmost flexibility paired with high accuracy

Researchers at ICFO rely on MKS measurement technology

• Pages: 30-31
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Spectroscopy

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Boosting efficiency and data quality – lasers for LIBS aluminum recycling

Flexible MOPA lasers from Neolase improve aluminum sorting speed and accuracy

Torsten Ledig (AMS Technologies)

• Pages: 32-34
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Laser Materials Processing

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2 in 1: laser cutting and welding in one

Hiwin and Laservorm realize a real heavyweight

• Pages: 35-37
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Technology Feature

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Photonics – a key enabling technology in the quantum world

Inside Hamamatsu Photonics' expanding portfolio of quantum technology

Naveen Balla (Hamamatsu Photonics)

• Pages: 38-40
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Beam Shaping

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Why laser beam shape matters

The performance of laser systems is significantly affected by the laser's beam shape

Anna Hetzelt, Sara Castillo (both: Edmund Optics)

• Pages: 42-45
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Beam shaping: a key enabler to upscale industrial laser processes

Case studies highlighting beam shaping as a driver of industrial laser process innovation

Gwenn Pallier, Clémentine Maurier (both: Cailabs)

• Pages: 46-50
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Biophotonics

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Unveiling cell secrets with lasers

Ultrafast lasers enable rapid cancer diagnosis with simultaneous two and three-photon imaging

Oliver Prochnow (Hübner Photonics), Laura van Huizen (Flash Pathology)

• Pages: 51-53
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Technology Report

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The new green revolution: Photonics for smart farming

Jérémy Picot-Clémente (European Photonics Industry Consortium)

• Pages: 54-57
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Community Features

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Investment in Photonics: Three experts share their advice on how to increase your chances of finding the right investors for your enterprise

Carlos Lee (European Photonics Industry Consortium)

• Pages: 58-60
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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40 years of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT

The laser is a success story and some chapters of it were written in Aachen

• Pages: 62-68
• First Published: 16 June 2025
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Company Profiles: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Editorial

Oliver Dreissigacker (WILEY)

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News

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Optical Components and Systems

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PARMS coating technology for UV to IR laser applications

• Pages: 12-17
• First Published: 23 January 2025
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Beam Shaping  

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Line beam shaping with a tailored anamorphic diffuser

Alexander Brodsky, Natan Kaplan, and Tamir Amrani (Holo/Or)

• Pages: 18-24
• First Published: 23 January 2025
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Optical Measurement Technology

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Beginning to see the light: Calculating the reflectance of semiconductors with vias

Michael Quinten (Dr. Michael Quinten – Wissenschaftlich Technische Software)

• Pages: 25-28
• First Published: 13 January 2025
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Silicon Photonics

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Preparing to mass produce photonic devices: Advances in active alignment engines for efficient photonics device test and assembly

Scott Jordan, Stefan Vorndran (PI Physik Instrumente)

• Pages: 29-33
• First Published: 13 January 2025 in PhotonicsViews 1/2025
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Optoelectronics

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Behind the science: Many international research facilities rely on photonic technologies

• Hamamatsu Photonics
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• First Published: 13 January 2025 in PhotonicsViews 1/2025
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Communications

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Calendar

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Events

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• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Photonics outlook for 2025: Illuminating the path to innovation

Shahida Imani (Singular Photonics)

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• First Published: 13 January 2025

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News

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Products

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Products: PhotonicsViews 1/2025

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Communications

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Communications: PhotonicsViews 1/2025

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Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 1/2025

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• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Interview

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“If you are asked to take a risk, accept the challenge”

• Imran Mukhtar, business director emerging technologies in advanced optics at Corning Incorporated, talks to Lidia Briquets, program manager at EPIC.
• Pages: 22-23
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Process Monitoring

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Shaping high-power laser beams for superior welding: Cailabs relies on an Ophir BeamWatch non-contact beam profiler to develop and analyze high-power laser processes

• Pages: 24-25
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Silicon Photonics

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Preparing to mass produce photonic devices: Advances in active alignment engines for efficient photonics device test and assembly

Scott Jordan, Stefan Vorndran (PI Physik Instrumente)

• Pages: 26-29
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Optoelectronics

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Behind the science: Many international research facilities rely on photonic technologies

• Hamamatsu Photonics
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• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Creating a virtual reality by ion beam technology: Ion beam technology enables the manufacturing of waveguides for AR devices as the next computing platform

Mandy Gebhardt (Scia Systems)

• Pages: 34-38
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Early View

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Beginning to see the light: Calculating the reflectance of semiconductors with vias

Michael Quinten (Dr. Michael Quinten – Wissenschaftlich Technische Software)

• Pages: 38
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Spectroscopy

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Addressing transferability and stability in Raman spectrometers: How to design instruments for industrial environments

Bjarke Rose (Ibsen Photonics)

• Pages: 39-43
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Quantum spectroscopy using entangled photons: Fiber lasers improve the efficiency and reliability of entangled photon creation

Wojciech Gora (Chromacity Ltd)

• Pages: 44-47
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Biophotonics

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Future touchscreen disinfection by integrated UVC LEDs?
A quartz plate and UVC LEDs enable fast automatic touchscreen disinfection

Martin Hessling,  Kilian Noller,  Ben Sicks (all: THU Technische Hochschule Ulm)

• Pages: 48-51
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Optical Measurement Technology

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How laser material processing can benefit from OCT technology: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of ultrashort-pulse processing of glass

Michael Seiler,  Samson Frank,  Dennis Thelemann,  Oliver Elies,  Pouria Teymori,  Jens Bliedtner (all: EAH Ernst-Abbe-Hoschschule Jena)

• Pages: 52-55
• First Published online: 31 October 2024

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Additive Manufacturing

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Industrialization of additive manufacturing: End-to-end automation and virtualization as a key to successful business cases

Ingomar Kelbassa,  Frank Beckmann,  Dirk Herzog,  Katharina Bartsch,  Mirco Jankowiak,  Julian Ulrich Weber,  Philipp Kohlwes,  Philipp Imgrund,  Vishnuu Jothi Prakash,  Matthias Brück (all: Fraunhofer IAPT)

• Pages: 56-58
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Technology Report

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Smart photonic sensors: Systems for transforming the automotive, agriculture, and healthcare sectors

Ivan Nikitskiy (EPIC)

• Pages: 59-62
• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Calendar

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• First Published: 13 January 2025

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Events: PhotonicsViews 1/2025

• Pages: 65-67
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Company Index

• Pages: 73
• First Published: 13 January 2025 

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