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16 October 2024
Leadership Update at art photonics GmbH

art photonics GmbH is pleased to announce that Dr. Stefanie Foerster has been appointed as the new CEO! Dr. Foerster brings extensive experience in general management, business development, and sales across diverse industries, including environmental, petrochemical, energy, and high-tech industries. She has held senior leadership roles at companies like thyssenkrupp and Siemens, where she has […]

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23 September 2024
NEW: 3A-Certified Hygienic Transflection Fiber Probe

Introducing the 3A-Certified Transflection Fiber Probe for Enhanced Industrial Process Control As the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries rapidly evolve, maintaining precision and hygiene in production processes has never been more crucial. Our latest innovation, the 3A-Certified Hygienic Transflection Fiber Probe, is designed to meet the most stringent sanitary requirements while delivering real-time, in-line NIR […]

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Latest Events
22 October 2024
SciX 2024 | 20-25 October, 2024, Raleigh, NC, USA

Are you attending the SciX Conference this week? Don’t miss the opportunity to meet our Sales Director, Haro Fritsche, at the Avantes booth #511! Haro will be presenting art photonics' novel fiber optic probes designed for process-control in-line solutions, offering valuable insights into how our technologies can support your process analytical needs. Presentation Details: Title: […]

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7 October 2024
Reminder: Mini-APACT 2024 | 8-9 October 2024, Macclesfield, UK

Just a few days left until Mini-APACT 2024! We’re excited to be part of Mini-APACT 2024 as sponsors of this year’s theme: "Developments in Application of Optical Techniques for PAT." It’s a fantastic opportunity to explore the latest advancements in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) through a series of engaging talks. Don’t miss our colleague Martin […]

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About Our Company
art photonics GmbH, founded in Berlin in September 1998, is one of the worldwide leaders in development and production of specialty fiber products for a broad spectrum from 300 nm to 16 µm. Unique technologies of Polycrystalline Mid InfraRed (PIR-) fibers and Metal coated Silica fibers are used for assembly of various spectroscopy probes for medical diagnostics and industrial process control, in volume production of fiber for medical and industrial lasers, for different fiber bundles, etc. Since January 2024 art photonics GmbH is a member of NYNOMIC GROUP.

PIRMAH

PIRMAH: Photoacoustic Infrared Microscope for Automated Histopathology

Infrared microscopy is a method of choice for label free mapping of biomarkers leading to automated histopathology. However, infrared microscopy image acquisition speed is slow and offers limited spatial resolution. PIRMAH addresses these limitations by using a photoacoustic method for video rate mid-infrared (2-12μm) 2-D spectro-imaging and 3-D tomography. PIRMAH leads to commercialization of an ex-vivo microscope for automated histopathology and its miniaturization for endoscopic applications.

The overall project goal was to develop a photoacoustic infrared microscope (PIM) prototype that overcomes the limitations of conventional Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopy, and will allow extemporaneous ex-vivo and in-vivo automated histopathology:

  • High speed-video-rate image acquisition speed (up to 10 MHz infrared frequency-pixel acquisition rate)
  • Sub-wavelength spatial resolution (down to 1 μm) to achieve a higher contrast of cellular substructures
  • 3-D depth profiling (tomography).
  • Compatible with the dimension constrains of endoscopic applications

Art photonics provided the high-quality polycrystalline (PIR) and chalcogenide (CIR) glass and fibers for  transmitting in the mid Infrared region.

Manufacturing methods was adapted to achieve cost effective and mass production of disposable PIM optical heads. In details, to fit the PIRMAH device, the IR fibres distal end was served as diffraction limited point source. The mechanical properties (stiffness, resistance to repeated deformation) and diameter, were met the PIRMAH fiber scanner constrains.

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