NEWSLETTER | 2025 | Issue No. 1

Photonics for Humanity

Photonics for Humanity

Our Photonics for Humanity blog series shines a light on how photonics is advancing applications that tackle global challenges and improve daily lives. The content series explores photonics' role in several critical applications, including:

• Quantum technologies in healthcare, secure networks, and climate control
• LiDAR for autonomous systems
• Gas analysis for environmental safety
• Water and soil analysis for sustainable agriculture
• Food safety and quality control with NIR analysis
• Optical coherence tomography for early disease detection

Discover the light-based technologies that are creating a brighter future. Read the series.

Featured Application: Semiconductor Manufacturing

Featured Application:

Spectroscopy for Food Safety

From wafer grinding through inspection and marking, we understand the accuracy that semiconductor manufacturing requires. Our advanced imaging, sensing, and diagnostic technologies help you optimize processes and improve yield. Explore our solutions that can help you enhance your semiconductor manufacturing. 

See the solutions

Spectroscopy solutions are being used to achieve fast, portable testing at every point in the food chain, improving food safety and quality control. Compact near-infrared (NIR) spectrometers deliver 3x better resolution, higher sensitivity, and broader spectral range. 

Discover how NIR spectroscopy is improving food safety.

Upcoming Lunch & Learn

Bringing Light to Food Science: NIR & Raman Workshop at OSU

May 21, 2025 | 10 AM - 3 PM ET | Ohio State University

We're excited to partner with Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences for a new lunch and learn that explores NIR spectroscopy in food safety! Hosted at Ohio State University, attendees will have the chance to learn about NIR spectroscopy fundamentals, including instrumentation, data processing, and chemometrics.

View the full event agenda and register today to reserve your spot.

New Quantum Sensor Technology



Making its debut at Photonics West 2025, our new optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) is a highly sensitive device designed to measure magnetic fields with extraordinary sensitivity.  

Discover how OPM leverages quantum mechanics and light interaction with atomic vapors to enable breakthroughs in scientific and industrial applications. 

Ask an Engineer

All About Drivers/Software for Hamamatsu Products

Q&A with Osiel Vivar, Applications Software Engineer

In the latest entry in our Ask an Engineer series, Osiel Vivar answers frequently asked questions we hear about drivers/software. Some of the questions he answers include:

• What if I no longer have the original CD containing the drivers/software?
• What’s the difference between DCAM-API and DCAM USB?

When he's not answering software questions, Osiel enjoys playing soccer and learning about new cultures. Learn more about his hobbies and his expertise in drivers/software.

Read Osiel's Q&A