How femtosecond laser is enhancing automotive lighting design and manufacturing

How femtosecond laser is enhancing automotive lighting design and manufacturing

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How femtosecond laser is enhancing automotive lighting design and manufacturing

In recent years, there has been a clear trend towards miniaturization in the industry. Why? Because smaller means lighter, more efficient, more compact, and more sustainable. However, miniaturization comes with a major challenge: manufacturing precision at microscopic scales in a cost-effective way that ensures feasibility for large-scale production.
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Lightmatch: Bridging the optical gap between mock-up and production in automotive lighting

By integrating optical functionality directly into injection moulded surfaces, engineers can achieve lighter architectures, improved efficiency, and reduced system complexity — all critical factors in today’s landscape. However, this shift towards micro-structured optics introduces a rarely discussed but highly impactful problem across the development chain: The optical behaviour of your prototype may have some diferences from your final injected part.
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Morphotonics at SID Display Week 2026!

Morphotonics will participate in SID Display Week 2026, the leading global conference for display technology, XR, and next‑generation visual experiences. The event brings together innovators advancing AI‑based imaging, AR waveguides, 3D displays, OLED and microLED technologies, and the manufacturing platforms that bring these products to life. At SID Display Week 2026, Morphotonics will present how its nanoimprint lithography (NIL) platforms enable the scalable production of advanced optical co
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Morphotonics’ Global Lab-to-Fab Partner Network

Morphotonics is proud to announce the launch of its Global Lab-to-Fab Partner Network, a worldwide ecosystem giving customers immediate access to Morphotonics’ large-area Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) capabilities without upfront equipment investment.
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PlanOpSim to Present Invited Paper, co-authored with Thales, at SPIE Photonics Europe 2026

PlanOpSim is excited to announce that its CEO Lieven Penninck will present an Invited Paper, co-authored with Thales Research and Technology’ Sébastien Héron, at the upcoming SPIE Photonics Europe 2026 conference, taking place in Strasbourg, France. The presentation is scheduled for 2025-04-16 and will highlight the benefits of the co-optimization of metaoptics and refractive optics in infrared optical design.
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Automotive Ethernet: the backbone of next-generation vehicles

The automotive industry is undergoing a major technological transformation. As vehicles become increasingly connected, electrified and with software-defined functionalities, traditional in-vehicle domain-based communication networks are reaching their limits. This is where Automotive Ethernet comes into play. Originally developed for enterprise and data center environments, Ethernet network has been optimized for automotive and is rapidly becoming the standard communication backbone for modern
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PowerPhotonic will showcase its fused silica, freeform optical components, assemblies and design tools at SPIE Photonics West 2026.

PowerPhotonic, US and UK designer and manufacturer of precision, freeform, fused silica laser optics, will exhibit at SPIE Photonics West, Booth #5023. The company will showcase innovations in optical components; advanced optical assemblies; and design enablement tools for use in laser beam combining, collimation, shaping and correction, for high-coherent-power applications.
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Shelf life: Light therapy for fruit and vegetables

Using light to prevent spoilage: How LEDs could keep fruit and vegetables fresh for longer in supermarkets. According to WWF, food waste accounts for around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. About 40% of all of the food produced worldwide is lost or wasted along the value chain. And Austria generates one Million tonnes of avoidable food waste every year, although there is a lack of reliable data for the agriculture sector. More than enough reasons, then, to carry out a detailed analysis o
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