New York Photonics Annual Golf Tournament New York Photonics Annual Meeting Light & Sound Interactive All in one week.  All in September. The 2017  New York Photonics Annual Meeting Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Annual Meeting and Panel: 3:30PM – 5:30PM Networking Reception: 5:30PM – 7:00PM  HYATT REGENCY ROCHESTER Concurrent / Co-located with Light & Sound...Continue Reading

Rochester Institute of Technology researcher leading a three-year study on precision quantum sensing funded by a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Navy’s Office of Naval Research, officials announced Wednesday. Research underway at RIT advances a new kind of sensing technology that captures data with better precision than currently possible and promises cheaper,...Continue Reading

Luminate: The World’s Largest Start-up Accelerator for Optics, Photonics and Imaging Technologies Sujatha Ramanujan named Managing Director Advisory Board of Industry Leaders Named “Finger Lakes Forward” Investment Advances the Region’s Successful Strategic Plan to Grow the Economy and Create New Opportunities Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the application window is open for Luminate...Continue Reading

Two years ago, former Vice President Joe Biden came to Rochester to announce the start of AIM Photonics. WHEC TV in Rochester wanted to know: what has happened since? There are two different things here. The thing the Vice President talked about was AIM Photonics. That is the federally-funded research and development group that is...Continue Reading

Crosman acquired laser sight company LaserMax a couple weeks after the airgun and optics manufacturer was acquired by a Connecticut capital investment company. The chain of events kicked off July 5 when Compass Diversified Holdings completed the purchase of Crosman for $152 million using both cash and credit, according to public filings of the transaction. Then, Crosman acquired LaserMax on...Continue Reading

Rochester, NY.  Laboratory for Laser Energetics. The first laboratory generation of an astrophysical shock wave has been reported by scientists. To produce the wave, scientists used a laser to create a high-energy plasma — a form of matter composed of atoms and charged atomic particles — that expanded into a pre-existing magnetized plasma. The interaction...Continue Reading

Excited to be working with our partners at High Technology of Rochester (HTR) on developing the biggest Optics. Photonics and Imaging start-up development programs in the country!  This has been a long time coming, and we are glad to have finally achieved the recognition! Luminate:  Helping optics photonics and imaging enabled startups with investment, mentors,...Continue Reading

The Rochester alumnus will build on the institute’s outstanding reputation as nation’s oldest school of optics, as he takes up his new position on July 1st, 2017. Carney earned his PhD in physics at Rochester studying with Emil Wolf, the Wilson Professor of Optical Physics and Professor of Optics. His early career included an internship at...Continue Reading

Event showcasing the new ASM state-of-the-art manufacturing line at RIT.  Pursuing miniaturization and the convergence of lasers, silicon, optics, sensors and data. Concise remarks by several on the panel, including these by Irene Sterian, the Executive Director and architect of a $19M Business-led Network of Centers of Excellence (BL-NCE) for renewable energy, new materials and...Continue Reading

NAVER Corporation (035420: Korea SE) and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced an agreement for NAVER to acquire the Xerox Research Centre Europe in Grenoble, France. The two companies announced an agreement for NAVER to acquire the Xerox Research Centre Europe in Grenoble, France. The French Works Council’s consultation on this project has now been completed and the...Continue Reading