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Photek -The National Ignition Center Brings Star Power to Earth!

15th Sep, 2021

A recent experiment at National Ignition Facility (NIF) at LLNL made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ). This advancement puts researchers at the threshold of fusion ignition, an important goal of NIF, and opens access to a new experimental regime. Photek is proud to have contributed to…

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Precision X-ray – Duke Uses XRAD 225 CX to Test Radiosensitivity Hypothesis

24th Jun, 2021

  Image guided radiotherapy in a preclinical setting couldn’t be more useful than the treatment of brain tumors, where normal tissue damage can have severe and long lasting effects. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) kills more children than any other type of brain tumor. Despite clinical trials testing many chemotherapeutic agents, palliative radiotherapy remains the…

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High resolution X-ray scan for Ball Grid Array inspection

8th Jun, 2021

High resolution X-ray scan for Ball Grid Array inspection. Photonic Science X-ray sCMOS 16.8 megapixel camera used for high resolution sequence scan of industrial Ball Grid Array (BGA).  The bond wires and tracks of BGA industrial grade FPGA can clearly be seen in the short video below. Acquisition was performed over a 7 x 7…

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PROBA2’s EUV Imager for Solar Corona Detection

8th Jun, 2021

  PROBA2’s EUV Imager using P43 Scintillator coating Supplied by Scintacor  The PROBA2 Science Center, located at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Brussels, oversees scientific operations and data processing for ESA’s PROBA2 spacecraft.PROBA2 is a small ESA satellite with a scientific mission to explore the activity of the Sun and its effect on the…

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Tibidabo Scientific Industries Announces the Appointment of Gareth Jones as CEO of its UK Subsidiary TQ Scientific Ltd.

10th May, 2021

  Dublin, Ireland & Cambridge, United Kingdom, 10 May, 2021 – Tibidabo Scientific Industries Ltd (“Tibidabo Scientific”), is pleased to announce the appointment of Gareth Jones as CEO of its UK Subsidiary TQ Scientific Limited with responsibility for its growing family of companies including Photek Ltd, Photonic Science & Engineering Ltd and Scintacor Ltd. Gareth has over 30…

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