(September 21, 2021) Rochester, NY – GS Plastic Optics (GSPO), a Rochester NY based manufacturer of precision polymer optics, has been awarded the contract to produce optical components for a COVID-19 antibody testing platform developed by LightDeck Diagnostics, a Boulder-based diagnostic-testing company. LightDeck was recently awarded a $35.1 million contract to increase production capacity for...Continue Reading

“Soon, your cloud photo backups could reside on beams of light transmitted between satellites instead of in huge, power-hungry server farms here on Earth. Startup LyteLoop has spent the past five years tackling the physics challenges that can make that possible, and now it’s raised $40 million to help it leapfrog the remaining engineering hurdles...Continue Reading

ROCHESTER, NY (September 18, 2020) – Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) is pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Davenport to President, effective 21 September. Mike most recently served as Vice President of Operations, a position to which a majority of the RPO employees directly reported. This promotion follows the recent announcement of Randy Shaw’s pending...Continue Reading

The University of Rochester has received $12.96 million in federal funds to create a new Physics Frontier Center in Rochester, New York lawmakers announced Friday. By Victoria E. Freile Original Article The center — to be called the University of Rochester’s Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures — is part of a multi-university initiative to...Continue Reading

  New photonic integrated chip could enable developments for many optical technologies. By Penn State Original Article Led by Xingjie Ni, assistant professor of electrical engineering, the research was recently published in Science Advances. Penn State electrical engineering doctoral candidates Xuexue Guo, Yimin Ding, Xi Chen and Yao Duan were co-authors on the paper. Traditionally,...Continue Reading

Albany, NY – NY CREATES announce the appointment of Dr. Michael J. Cumbo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a program of NY CREATES, effective July 6, 2020. Dr. Cumbo succeeds Dr. Michael Liehr in the role. AIM Photonics is the nation’s premier Photonic Integrated Chip...Continue Reading

Full Press Release Navitar, a precision optical solutions provider based in Rochester, New York, designs and manufactures lens and camera systems, electro-optical vision solutions, and advanced vision technologies used in military and defense systems and homeland security applications. According to Navitar CEO, Jeremy Goldstein, “Navitar developed lens technology for the autonomous vehicle industry enabling cars...Continue Reading

ROCHESTER, N.Y., [MAY 14, 2020] ‒ Sydor Technologies, a global provider of advanced x-ray detectors and diagnostic instrumentation for the energy, research, and defense industries, announced today that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract worth $1.05M by the US Department of Energy. This Phase II award will extend the functionality...Continue Reading

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 28, 2020 — New York has been the hardest hit state in the most affected country in the world due to the novel coronavirus. With the photonics and optics industry deemed essential business by the state government, several companies have responded by shifting supply manufacturing or aiding employees and families with paid...Continue Reading

By Anne Fischer **Link to Original Article** Plastics have only been around since the 1950s and yet they’re everywhere: scattered in our lakes, rivers, floating on the top of oceans, and dropping to the bottom. Back in the 1950s and 60s, plastics were hailed as a useful invention, used primarily in packaging materials. Remember Tupperware...Continue Reading