Matter behaves very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although extreme matter doesn’t exist naturally on the earth, it’s very common in the universe, especially in the deep interiors of planets and stars. Understanding how atoms react under high-pressure conditions—a field known as high-energy-density physics (HEDP)—can lead to the creation of new materials and give scientists valuable insights into the fields of astrophysics, energy, and national security. Recognizing the importance...Continue Reading
Donald Ehinger and Paul Navik, as Vice President of Sales, Business Development and Marketing and Quality Engineer, respectively. Don comes to Sydor with more than 25 years’ experience in delivering optical solutions to the domestic and international markets, having most recently served as the Vice President of Sales for Navitar, Inc. Don holds a BS in Business Administration from Nazareth College. Paul has joined Sydor with extensive mechanical engineering experience...Continue Reading
Monroe Community College (MCC) , the nation’s leading two-year college providing optician training, located in the heart of the nation’s optics manufacturing industry, learned of the grant award on Monday evening. MCC, the nation’s only community college awarding associate degrees in precision optics, does not produce enough precision optics graduates to meet the annual demand. In 2019, 12 MCC graduates entered the optics industry to fill an annual demand of...Continue Reading
Not all the most interesting telescopes need to live in space. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will sit on top of a mountain in Chile some 8,800 feet up and snap 3.2-gigapixel (3,200-megapixel) images of the sky every 20 seconds. All told, it will be able to snap digital images of the entire southern sky every few nights. By taking relatively long 15-second exposures, scientists will be able to...Continue Reading
Award planned for the University of Arizona’s Homecoming Festivities in October The University of Arizona Alumni Association has announced that Dr. Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson as the 2019 Alumnus of the Year for the Wyant College of Optical Sciences. Currently a professor of optics and biomedical engineering and professor in the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester, Jannick earned graduate degrees (MS ’85 and PhD ’90) from the...Continue Reading
Source: CNN An unusual object detected streaking across the sky last month was a comet that originated outside our solar system, observations have confirmed, becoming only the second observed interstellar object to cross into our solar system. It has been named 2I/Borisov by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center. And it’s anywhere between 1.2 and 10 miles in diameter, Karen Meech and her colleagues at the University of Hawaii...Continue Reading
RIT will develop plan for open-access Quantum Foundry for quantum photonic circuits Don Figer, director of RIT’s Future Photon Initiative, led leaders in quantum science and technology on a tour of RIT’s photonics research facilities during the Photonics for Quantum Workshop earlier this year. The National Science Foundation awarded Rochester Institute of Technology a grant to conceptualize a new institute that would be at the forefront of quantum science and...Continue Reading
New York Photonics Golf Tournament & AmeriCOM Update! By popular demand, this year we are adding a Euchre Tournament for people tired of winning at golf. Registration includes a full day or 2 half day options. >>Registration is here<< Details: Monday, September 9th Shadow Lake Golf & Racquet Club Foursomes 9 Holes, 3 Clubs, Scramble format for golf tournament Schedule: 10:00 – 11:30: AmeriCOM Update and a Presentation on Cybersecurity....Continue Reading
Rochester, New York – Wednesday, August 7, 2019 – Navitar, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of imaging and projection optics, is pleased to announce its Rochester, New York facility has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification. The scope of registration includes the design, development and manufacturing of optomechanical and optoelectronic assembly and sub-assembly. The internationally recognized ISO 9001:2015 standard is based on quality management principles such as strong...Continue Reading
New York Photonics is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote and enhance the New York State optics, photonics and imaging industry by fostering the cooperation of business, academia and government.
