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Covid update: 21 January 2021 21 Jan 2021 A round up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry. UV Accelerator supports development of UV-C LED disinfection systems.Asahi Kasei and Crystal IS have announced the second round of their UV Accelerator funding initiative for supporting the development of new disinfection products that use UV-C LEDs. Crystal IS manufactures aluminum nitride UVC LEDs, and through its Klaran product line offers UVC LEDs and modules to disinfect pathogens on surfaces and in water and air. Following the successful funding...

ASML smashes sales record after shipping 100th EUV system 20 Jan 2021 ASML, the world’s largest provider of lithography equipment used to pattern semiconductor wafers, has posted record annual sales of nearly €14 billion, with further growth anticipated as customers continue to invest in new production capacity. Up 18 per cent on the 2019 figure, the 2020 total included €4.5 billion from sales of 31 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, which rely on high-power “drive” lasers and a second “trigger” laser that are fired at a stream of tin ...

Job: Optical Systems Scientist - Thorlabs, Inc. Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Hamburg project develops platform able to distinguish malignant from non-malignant tissue.

Lumentum and Coherent merger to create photonics industry giant 19 Jan 2021 Two of the most recognized names in the photonics sector set to join forces in $5.7BN deal. Lumentum and Coherent, two of the biggest and best-known companies in photonics, have revealed plans to merge. The move will see Lumentum acquire Coherent in a cash-plus-stock deal valuing the latter at $5.7 billion - around a 50 per cent premium on its recent stock-market valuation. Describing the historic Coherent brand as a “crown jewel of the laser industry”, Lumentum’s CEO Alan Lowe told an investor ...