Photonics West 2026

SPIE Photonics west was held at Moscone center on the week of 1/19/26. I went with two other people so that we could look at various different optical components and get a general consensus on how precision control systems function, cost, and apply to our UV Lithography project. We spent an entire day looking through multiple companies selling Optical cameras, test setups, lasers, linear actuators, precision stepper motors, optical materials, Lithography Machines, etc. Major manufacturers were present such as THOR Labs, THALES, HORIBA, ZEISS, Northrop Grumman, etc. I took many photos but I was more in the moment observing so I didn't get as many but we had a cameraman with us who did.