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Photonics West 2026 Recap

Avantes at Photonics West 2026: Highlights, Demos & Insights

Avantes rocked Photonics West 2026! Over three days in San Francisco, we demonstrated our high-performance fiber optic spectrometers and modular optical sensing platforms, highlighting real-world applications in research, industrial, and OEM workflows—from thin-film metrology to live process monitoring and advanced spectroscopy analysis. Innovation, precision, and hands-on demos—our booth had it all! Curious to see it in action yourself? Request a demo today and experience our solutions firsthand.

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Product Launches at the Show

AvaSoft-X

AvaSoftX is Avantes’ next generation spectroscopy platform, built from the ground up to combine instrument control, data acquisition, real time monitoring, and advanced analysis with guided workflows and Python scripting.

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Ava-Light-DH-BAL

AvaLight‑DH‑BAL is Avantes’ new balanced broadband light source that delivers continuous, stable illumination from the ultraviolet through the near‑infrared (about 215–2500 nm) with reduced deuterium peak distortion and improved dynamic range, making it ideal for UV–VIS–NIR absorbance, reflectance, and spectroscopy applications.

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Avantes USA Highlights & Demos

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Experience a live LIBS demonstration at our booth, showcasing rapid, real-time elemental analysis for material identification and process control.

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Thin Film Metrology

thin film metrology demonstration, highlighting precise, non-contact measurement of film thickness and optical properties in real time.

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Pharmaceutical Tablet Sorting

Optical spectroscopy for PAT and quality control

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Avantes and NLIR Collaborative Demo

We showcased how you can unlocked MIR spectral information in real time using an Avantes VIS/NIR spectrometer paired with the NLIR converter. Attendees saw a live demonstration of the NLIR conversion instrument, showing how Mid-IR signals were converted into the visible range for detection.

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That's a Wrap on Photonics West 2026!