New developments for on-chip spectral imaging and video from VIS to SWIR

Wouter Charle Program Manager imec (Belgium)

Hyperspectral cameras used to be complex and expensive pieces of equipment, mainly for use in the lab, requiring large computers to process the data. Today’s technological innovations transform these complex giants into easy to use and compact devices, enabling also video rate spectral imaging and entirely new application areas. The most integrated, miniaturized and scalable solution today is provided by imec’s on-chip spectral-filter technology. In this talk we will zoom in on imec’s spectral imaging technology and its most recent innovations in visual, near infrared and short wave infrared technology. We will take a look into the future of hyperspectral imaging and elaborate on how this is applied to innovate applications and research. You will learn how you can access the latest spectral imaging technology and what opportunities this provides for your business.

Wouter Charle is manager of the spectral imaging technology program at imec. With background in industrial machine vision, software engineering and physics he has had a strong contribution to today's activities and roadmap from the beginning. He joined the team in 2016 as field application engineer, building up expertise on spectral imaging across many application fields. From this position and the connection to novel technology developments he developed a clear vision to unroll the future of spectral imaging and its opportunities.