Optica Sensing Congress

Industry Sessions

These sessions focus on opportunities for commercialization of emerging technologies and understanding the commercial market’s view of imaging optics.

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Transformation is the opposite of business as usual. It requires an update to business practices and an enhanced mix of industry and academia. More output from industry is needed within a shorter time, and more input by basic research is necessary as well.

Background

Industry sessions will focus on news, challenges, applications, opportunities and scalability in emerging technologies on a system or component level. The program is comprised of:

• Three industry sessions (one held in conjunction with the Optica Imaging Congress). The sessions include panel discussions and a “News Flash” 5/5 format with five-minute talks followed by five-minute discussion.
• Free online content made available each day of the congress: a mix of short interviews, discussions and poster pitches.

The value of industry sessions rests upon interaction and discussion. Presentations are brief and to the point so that more session time is reserved for engagement with speakers and other session attendees.

Objectives

The goal of the industry sessions is to pave the road toward substantial future growth. There is great momentum in the optical sensing industry since pilot projects like infrared skin moisture measurement have become more accessible and adopted. This momentum should continue to grow and make optical sensing a preferred career path.

Speakers

Session I, 17 July 2024
16:30-18:00

Carlo Sirtori, École Normale Supérieure, France    
30 years of QCL, Part 1, Fundamental

Werner Mäntele, DiaMonTech AG, University of Frankfurt, Germany    
30 years of QCL, Part 2, Application – Finally Sufficient Photons for IR Spectroscopy: QCL-Based Sensors for Medical Applications

Johannes Koeth, Sensalight Technologies GmbH and Nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies GmbH, Germany    
Recent Developments in Long Wavelengths Semiconductor Emitters and their Use in Midsize and Mass Markets

Mircea Guina, Vexlum Ltd., and Tampere University, Finland    
Wavelength Versatile Semiconductor Lasers (VECSELs): Technology Overview and New Applications

Silvan Schmid, Invisible-Light Labs and Technische Universität Wien, Austria
EMILIE - Nanomechanical Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy for Nanomaterial Characterization

David Stark, ETH Zürich, Switzerland    
Commercializing Quantum Cascade Surface Emitting Lasers – From the Lab to Market

Session II, 18 July 2024
11:00-12:30

Ryszard Piramidowicz, VIGO Photonics S.A and Warsaw University of Technology, Poland    
On the Road to mid-IR Photonic Integrated Circuits – from MIRPIC to HyperPIC

Mihaela Zigman, DiaMonTech AG, University of Frankfurt, Germany    
Vibrational Fingerprinting of Blood to Phenotype Health and Disease

Werner Mäntele, DiaMonTech AG, University of Frankfurt, Germany    
Mid IR based Blood Analysis for Point-of-Care Applications

Matthias Budden, WiredSense GmbH, Germany    
Open FTIR – Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Simplified

Marco Schossig, INFRASOLID GmbH, Germany    
Broadband Radiation Source for Infrared and Tterahertz Spectroscopy

Christian Müller, trinamiX GmbH, Germany    
Bringing Spectroscopy to the People – Miniaturizing NIR Spectroscopy Towards Consumer Electronics

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