OSA is seeking nominations for a NEW award, named after Rochester’s Kevin Thompson, for early-career professionals in optical engineering, metrology or lens design.  Who can you nominate???  Spread the word and help recognize innovators in optics! Anyone who knew him just has to LOVE this logo of Kevin Thompson, right? >>Read More and Nominate Here<<Continue Reading

Tuesday night, during The Optical Society’s Annual Business Meeting at the 2017 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FIO + LS) conference in Washington, DC, the Optical Society (OSA) announced that its members have elected Stephen D. Fantone, president and founder of Optikos Corporation, as its 2018 vice president. Three directors-at-large were also chosen during this year’s...Continue Reading

Grant funds the commercialization of a specialized Sydor Spectro CCD detector, designed for Soft X-ray Spectrometers. Sydor Instruments, a Sydor Technologies Company, announced today that it has been awarded a $991,741 SBIR Phase IIA grant from the Department of Energy, Office of Science to commercialize the unique Sydor Spectro CCD. Sydor Instruments will use this...Continue Reading

New renaissance framework can be used by any organization, in any field, to sustain high growth The pioneering challenge is that it is hard to build an organization that can do both: incrementally innovate existing offerings you have now, and pioneer transformational offerings for the future. The more extreme the difference between those two creativities, the...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

Light and Sound Interactive 2017 Co-located with the New York Photonics Annual Meeting September 12-14 Rochester Riverside Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Rochester, NY For businesses:  Showcase products at the Trade Show  Meet perspective employees at the Career Fair  Discover new technologies  Meet potential customers  Meet potential suppliers  Meet with startups  Networking  Enjoy entertainment For...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

An atomic-scale ID based on quantum technology has been demonstrated using a smartphone application. The quantum ID (QID) could potentially be used fo Source: Smartphone App Uses Quantum Technology to Identify Fake Products | Business | Jul 2017 | Photonics.comContinue 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