News 2017 Vol. 1
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Company News
Hamamatsu shines at Photonics West 2017
SPIE Photonics West was held in San Francisco, California, from January 31
through February 2. With over 23,000 attendees and 1,300 exhibitors, it is
the biggest trade show in the photonics industry and has become the ideal
platform to announce the release of new products.
This year, the technologies that generated the most interest were NIR-sensitive silicon
photomultipliers (SiPM), MEMS mirrors, LCOS spatial light modulators, IR light sources
and detectors, compact xenon flash lamps, and the W-VIEW GEMINI-2C image splitting
optics for microscopy. We also showcased several products that can be used for food
safety and quality, automotive LIDAR for autonomous and ADAS, and UV printing.
Booth visitors enjoyed engaging demos such as a car racing game that highlighted HUD
technology by using Hamamatsu’s MEMS mirror to project a virtual image of their car’s
data as they “drove.” Another popular demo used a micro-spectrometer’s precise color
measurement capabilities to identify several different types of beer.
Hamamatsu also presented at various industry events and conference sessions. These
talks covered topics related to photodetector selection, SiPM, single-photon avalanche
diodes (SPAD), MEMS mirrors, and scientific CMOS cameras.
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