News
Read about some of the latest discoveries in spectroscopy, new innovative optical sensing instruments, and our participation at upcoming events.
Flash Photonics and OptoSigma Enter into a New Partnership
Seminole, FL., Santa Ana, CA. July 2020: Flash Photonics, a global manufacturer of photonic systems and components based in the USA, with divisions in China, has entered into a new partnership and distribution agreement with OptoSigma. The agreement includes...
Laser World of Photonics China, 9-Band PixelCam and Narwhal Water Analyzer
Salvo Technologies to be at the Laser World of Photonics in Shanghai, China! On July 3rd-5th, Salvo Technologies will be joining Brilliant Optics at the Laser World of Photonics in Shanghai, China! Asia's largest trade fair will be exhibiting the entire range of...
Salvo Technologies Acquires Flash Photonics
Seminole, FL – Salvo Technologies Inc., a technology-based holding company, has acquired Flash Photonics Inc. in a private deal with undisclosed terms. Flash Photonics serves multiple markets, including Consumer Product Manufacturing, Biological & Environmental,...
NIRONE Sensor X
NIRONE Sensor X Our partners at Spectral Engines are unveiling the new NIRONETM Sensor X which can easily integrate into consumer and handheld devices for material analysis and RGB color detection. See it first at Photonics West 2019! Applications NIRONE Sensor X can...
The Value of Conventions in the Digital Age
Three weeks ago, Flash Photonics exhibited at SciX 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Scientists and engineers from our partner companies including Timegate, SPECTRAL Industries, MarqMetrix, Custom Sensors & Technology, and AtomTrace flew across the globe to join us....
Opening New Possibilities in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is an optical sensing technique that has been used for decades to measure and test liquids, powders, solids, and gases with great success and accuracy. Because earlier NIR equipment was large and required a lot of power, it was...
Flash Photonics at SciX 2018
Are you attending SciX 2018? Visit us at Booth 313 or catch one of our talks! We will have representatives who can go into great detail about products from: • AtomTrace • BrightSpec • Custom Sensors & Technology • Gasera • Liquid Instruments • MarqMetrix •...
Dr. Smith reflects on the release of the PicoRaman – the first integrated time-resolved Raman Spectrometer
My first foray into the understanding of the time-evolution of Raman and Fluorescence was a Journal of Physical Chemistry paper (1) by office-mate Dr. Joseph Melinger and the late Professor A.C. Albrecht. The subject matter took me many months to digest to some level...
BrightSpec Inc. – The Rebirth of Rotational Spectroscopy
I enjoy working at Flash Photonics because we offer the most diverse set of spectroscopic solutions in the industry from terahertz spectrometers to x-ray fluorescence detectors. It’s really exciting to be a part of a quantum leap of capability in a field. Rotational...
2018 SPIE Optics & Photonics
Kevin Kaye, Rowena Clima, and I will be attending SPIE Optics and Photonics in San Diego from August 20th to 23rd. Find us at Booth 728 where we’ll be demonstrating some of our newest products including: • Moku:Lab • 3DOptix • Resolved Instruments...
See you at the National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference!
Flash Photonics Kevin Kaye and Steve Buckley in conjunction with Argos Scientific will be at the National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference in Portland, Oregon from August 13th to 16th. Flash Photonics will share how optical sensing technologies such as UV &...
Modernizing the Electronic Instrument Suite
Half a century ago, telephones featured rotary dials and were tethered to landlines. Those phones eventually evolved to phones having buttons and a simple caller ID digital display. Today’s telephones are wireless with touchscreen technology. Beautiful and intuitive...
Optomechanics 2.0: Increasing Productivity in the Optics Lab
One of my favorite responsibilities as the President of Flash Photonics is to bring up-and-coming technologies to market. The photonics industry consistently sees incredible, new technologies from the major industrial application manufacturers. Recently, I have also...
3DOptix Next Generation Optomechanics Now Available in the U.S. Exclusively Through Flash Photonics
3DOptix’s innovative optical components and mounting platforms enable advanced optomechanical functions and significantly simplifies alignment work. REDMOND, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2018 - 3DOptix has selected Flash Photonics as their exclusive distributor...
New technologies in the NIR
Just had an article come out in Spectroscopy magazine detailing some of the more interesting developments in NIR spectroscopy in the past few years. Hyperspectral imaging has taken center stage in NIR, but otherwise many people still think of dispersive spectrometers...
Flash Photonics Highlights Spectral Engines NIRONE in Talk at Pittcon 2018
Highlighting the Spectral Engines NIRONE sensor this week during a talk at Pittcon 2018 was lots of fun! Here's a synopsis in case you missed it! CLICK HERE for Summary Enjoy!
Ultrafast Lasers in Spectroscopy—Moving into the Mainstream
This article was written for Spectroscopy Magazine, Volume 33, Issue 4, pg 20–25. A decade ago few people would have had the fortitude to suggest that high-powered ultrafast lasers were "turnkey." Now they are moving toward widespread use in spectroscopy and in...
New AtomAnalyzer LIBS software is released!
AtomTrace has launched a new software suite called the AtomAnalyzer that is revolutionary in approach. Using a simple graphical interface, analysis methods are programmed into the software. With clear visualization of the operations, users can easily test and...
See us at CLEO in San Jose!
Come by CLEO booth 1429 to see us and talk about Gasera trace gas sensors, SPECTRAL Industries echelle spectrometers, AtomTrace LIBS systems, and TimeGate Raman systems. Cutting-edge near-IR spectroscopy solutions from Spectral Engines and TSI’s Raman and LIBS...
New LIBS update published in Applied Spectroscopy!
Most of my writing energy for the last few months has gone into writing a Focal Point review article on LIBS for Applied Spectroscopy. It’s been a lot of fun. In the article, co-author Amy Bauer and I discuss some of the most interesting LIBS papers of the last 18...
Flash Photonics Selected to Distribute TimeGate Raman Systems
TimeGate Instruments Oy of Oulu, Finland today announces that it has selected Flash Photonics as its exclusive sales and distribution partner in the United States and Canada. TimeGate, which makes a patented Raman analysis system that specifically minimizes...
Flash Photonics announces partnership with SPECTRAL industries
Summary: Flash Photonics, Inc., is selected to distribute SPECTRAL Industries revolutionary new UV-CMOS Echelle Spectrometer in the United States and Canada. The new system is perfect for LIBS, Raman, and fluorescence applications. SPECTRAL Industries of Delft is...
IFPAC 2017
Come see Kevin and Steve at the Spectral Engines booth! We are available for meetings and to talk about “all things Spectroscopic!” From the meeting website: Process Analytical Technology is one of the most exciting and important advanced technology areas meeting...
Photonics West
Meet Kevin and Steve at Photonics West – the world’s largest multidisciplinary event for photonics! Every year over 20,000 people come to hear the latest research and find the latest devices and systems driving technology markets including state-of-the art medical...