Laser-assisted bonding bypasses one of the remaining roadblocks in volume microLED display production. Samsung wowed attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2024, with their huge, transparent microLED display. But there’s more to microLED displays than just good looks. They offer several advantages over other display technologies, such as LEDs and OLEDs. These include improved energy efficiency, longer lifetimes, higher brightness, and better color accuracy. In addition, utilizing microLEDs allows manufacturers to easily modify s...

Coherent expands capacity in its U.S. and European fabs and significantly reduces die cost for InP optoelectronic devices including lasers, detectors, and electronics PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leading provider of compound semiconductors and high-performance optical networking solutions, announced today it has established the world’s first capability for 6-inch indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication, in the company’s Sherman, Texas, and Järfälla, Sweden, wafer fa...

VCSEL illuminators deliver higher efficiency and improved performance for in-cabin vehicle monitoring systems. Your car is watching you. That’s not paranoia or science fiction. It’s a crucial part of the Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) revolution. ADAS technologies, designed to enhance vehicle safety and driving efficiency, monitor conditions both inside and outside the vehicle to proactively prevent accidents and ensure optimal comfort. Inside the vehicle, Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) and Occupant Monitoring Systems (OMS) are...

A Coherent 140 W diode laser extends the range and battery lifetime of handheld rangefinders. Lasers have been used as distance-measuring tools for decades. As early as 1962, scientists at MIT bounced high-power ruby laser pulses off the moon to measure its distance from the Earth. In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts left retroreflector arrays on the moon that astronomers at Lick Observatory used to get even higher accuracy measurements of lunar distance. These reflectors are still in use today with earth-based lasers! Today, the miniaturization in microelectronics that ...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in semiconductor lasers for depth sensors, today announced the introduction of an illumination module platform for short- and mid-range light detection and ranging (LiDAR) in automotive safety and robotic vision in industrial applications. The growing adoption of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in vehicles and of depth sensing in industrial robots is accelerating the demand for compact and flexible LiDAR systems that perform efficiently and rel...

II-VI was founded 50 years ago as a specialized materials company. Today, as Coherent, it has technology platforms in multiple verticals and end markets. Coherent’s chair and CEO explains how it happened. Chuck Mattera, chair and CEO of Coherent, formerly II-VI, has spent a lifetime building businesses by harnessing breakthrough technologies. At Coherent, he has championed a strategy focused on acquisitions to achieve scale and deliver innovations in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. McKinsey’s André Andon...

  PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical sensing, today announced that it has shipped more than 200 billion vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser (VCSEL) emitters to date for sensing. “In 2013, we began working on two-dimensional VCSEL arrays for 3D sensing in smart phones,” said Dr. Giovanni Barbarossa, Coherent Chief Strategy Officer and President, Materials Segment. “We scaled our production capabilities from 3-inch to 6-...

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in semiconductor lasers, today announced the introduction of its 905 nm triple-junction edge-emitting semiconductor lasers for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) in industrial applications. Range-finding devices embedded in binoculars and increasingly in autonomous robots that accomplish complex tasks, such as handling, sorting, mapping, and navigating, are accelerating the demand for LiDAR-based depth sensing using components that perform efficiently and reliably, even in the most extreme environments. The new 905 nm semiconductor...

The combined company will be named Coherent and will trade under the ticker symbol COHR on the Nasdaq stock market on a date soon to be announced.   PITTSBURGH and SANTA CLARA, CALIF., July 1, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI) today successfully completed the acquisition of Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR), forming a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers.   Under the terms of the merger agreement, each share of Coherent common stock was converted into the righ...

Cash-and-stock deal could come together as soon as this week, report says Lumentum Holdings Inc. is in advanced talks to buy laser maker Coherent Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that would combine two companies whose products are used in everything from laser eye surgery to semiconductor manufacturing.   Ticker Security Last Change Change % LITE LUMENTUM HOLDINGS 106.32 +0.08 +0.08% COHR COHERENT...