SPIE Photonics West 2026 From Tuesday January 20-Thursday January 22, the 2026 edition of the SPIE Photonics West Exhibition will open its doors in the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA, USA. The event hosts the most cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, displays, quantum technologies, and more. It is [...]
PHABULOuS - A Collaborative Gateway Driving Micro-Optics Innovation, Excellence, and Growth The Phabulous Foundation brings together a complete value chain of Europe’s leading companies and research and technology organisations in the field of micro-optics. Its mission is to foster collaboration, accelerate technology development and enable the creation of innovative product and service solutions for customers. [...]
SPIE Photonics West 2025 From Tuesday January 28-Thursday January 30, the 2025 edition of the SPIE Photonics West Exhibition will open its doors in the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA, USA. The event hosts the most cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, displays, quantum technologies, and more. It is [...]
Exploring 3D Printed Large Format Optics For Rapid Validation and Demonstration Purposes The additive Luximprint Printoptical Fabrication process finds its origins in large-format digital printing. While the process has significantly developed and mutated over time to custom build specifications, some of the inherent large format possibilities remain to this day. The build tray of [...]
3D Printing Creates New Possibilities in Optics A recent article by Hank Hogan, contributing editor to Photonics Media, explores enabling Additive manufacturing technology for the fabrication of innovative, multifunctional lenses and components that promise to simplify and shrink conventional optical systems. Emerging 3D printing Technology for Optics Emerging 3D printing technology is transforming once-impossible designs [...]
Photonics Days 2022: Enabling Photonics Photonics Days 2022 Berlin/Brandenburg is organized as an in-presence event including, seven one-day workshops, two half-day workshops, an exhibition and plentiful networking opportunities. As a bonus and especially for the international guests, there are opportunities to tour Fraunhofer IZM the Tuesday before the conference and visit the Tech Park Adlershof [...]
Printoptical.Art: A Blend of Optical 3D Printing - Advanced Lighting Technologies and Interactive Art Luximprint Printoptical Technology has been widely adopted over the last decade for the rapid prototyping of custom optics. The controlled deposition of optical material, as well as the optical smoothness achieved directly from the 3D printer, offers great advances for the [...]
Additive Optics Manufacturing of Micro and Nanoscale Components Additive manufacturing methodologies have shown promising results in the fabrication of high-performance optics. The evolving capabilities of the various additive optics fabrication approaches lead to unique features and performance for the devices and systems these components apply to. The exact capability of this exciting 3D Printing technology [...]
3D Printing of Optical Components by Andreas Henrich The book '3D Printing of Optical Components' by Andreas Henrich provides an introduction to the principles of 3D printing of optical components. It provides an overview of techniques, materials and applications and explores the current limitations of the technology for the benefit of a broad readership with [...]
Frosted Finishes: Optically smooth and defined Roughness in one single Additive Manufacturing Process WEMELDINGE, NETHERLANDS – NOVEMBER, 2021 – Luximprint, a global leader in offering rapid prototyping services for custom optics and Optographix, based in The Netherlands is delighted to announce the availability of its refined ‘Frosted Finish’ capabilities for application with large-format 3D [...]
