SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2024 — Exail’s low Vπ LiNbO3 phase modulator was designed for high-power laser applications. Dedicated for coherent beam combination and spectral beam combination, the modulator offers high stability over time, temperature, and vibration, while minimizing power consumption due to its low Vπ (up to 16 GHz). The low Vπ LiNbO3 phase modulator can handle up to 300 mW optical input at 1060 nm, has an insertion loss of <3 dB, and utilizes a DC coupling option that mitigates RAM effect for...

PREMSTÄTTEN, Austria, Feb. 2, 2024 — The SFH 2704A and Mira016 from ams-OSRAM is a chip LED photodiode and a CMOS image sensor, respectively. With a 2.0-mm × 1.8-mm footprint, the SFH 2704A improves the relative sensitivity at 530 nm green by about 27 percent and the relative...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 1, 2024 — The 532-nm HyperRapid NXT from Coherent is a picosecond industrial green laser for the manufacturing of thin-film solar cells. Based on the already established HyperRapid NXT platform, the laser includes all the standard functionality of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, 2024 — The Illucent and Neoteric families from LANTANA LED are lighting fixtures meant for commercial, industrial, and medical settings. The Illucent line includes linear, chandelier, and troffer styles that are UL-certified for elevated ambient operating...

SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, Feb. 1, 2024 — Exalos has released three superluminescent LEDs (SLEDs) for interferometry, fiber sensing and fiber component testing, and biomedical imaging. The red broadband SLEDs have a wavelength range at 633 nm, 638 nm, and 680 nm and are available as 14 pin...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30, 2024 — Coherent Corp.’s dot projector modules for depth sensing were made for use in consumer electronics, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. The modules are based on 940-nm VCSELs with designs ranging from 600 to 13,000 dots to match various depth...

WESTFORD, Mass., Jan. 30, 2024 — The TracePro 2023.5 from Lambda Research Corporation is an updated software for the design and analysis of illumination and optical systems. Users of both the standard and expert editions of the software can now model diffractive optical elements...

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 30, 2024 — The Stretto family from Leonardo DRS are a series of high-precision lasers designed for quantum information science applications, including computing, sensing, timing, and networking. Covering the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectrum,...

LONDON, Jan. 29, 2024 — Unilase’s pulsed diode-pumped and compact CW alexandrite lasers operate at 760 nm and offer a variety of output power. The CW lasers have a power from 100 mW to 5 W, a narrowband output of over 50-nm tunability, and near-SLM linewidth at the...

TAMPERE, Finland, Jan. 29, 2024 — The ML6600 from Modulight is a compact laser solution platform featuring customizable options including a specialized laser engine for flow cytometry, and distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) and vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL)...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29, 2024 — The OBIS 640 XT from Coherent Corp. is a red diode-pumped solid-state laser module for super-resolution microscopy. With a maximum 1000-mW output at 640 nm, the module includes integrated control electronics for a reduced footprint in instruments,...

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024 — The WC2X2C40L6-325 and WC2X2C40L9-340-V1 from Violumas are UV LEDs made for biological applications such as biological analysis, spectroscopy, and sensing. Producing wavelengths of 325 nm and 340 nm, respectively, the LEDs come in 2×2 modules...

MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 26, 2024 — The CL12G and CL30G from LumeDEL LLC are collimating lenses optimized for fiber optic patch cords with high numerical aperture up to 0.63. Made for laboratory setups, the lenses have a diameter of 12.5 mm and 30 mm, respectively, and use an SMA905...

JENA, Germany, Jan. 26, 2024 — The LS from Jenoptik is an open heat sink diode laser package for optical pumping of next-generation solid-state lasers. While slightly deviating from the CS form factor, the LS features improved conductive cooling of the laser bar by virtue of a...

PLYMOUTH, Mich., Jan. 25, 2024 — The TruMicro Mark 1020 from TRUMPF is a ultrashort pulse laser marking system for medical, microprocessing, and line production applications. Utilizing short pulses, operators can mark components and minimize heat generation through a process known...

BOSTON, Jan. 24, 2024 — The COBRA™ HyperSpec Visible from ProPhotonix Limited is an LED light that focuses exclusively on the visible band between 400 and 700 nm. Demonstrating a broad, flat, and fuller spectrum, the LED provides a solution to a range of color...

QUÉBEC CITY, Jan. 22, 2024 — The PRONTO-250-FLEX from Gentec Electro-Optics is a laser power meter with broadband calibration options for visible to near infrared wavelengths. With a NIST-traceable calibration at 1064 nm, the meter has a traceable wavelength correction to...

VAN NUYS, Calif., Jan. 15, 2024 — The AY110-40 series from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. are compact rotary stages for microscopy, laser positioning and machining, inspection, assembly, and testing applications. The stages have a 40-mm (1.575 in.) diameter table that is 30 mm...

QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 12, 2024 — The HP100A-50KW-GD from Gentec-EO is a laser power detector designed for high-power laser and laser system manufacturers, factories that cut thick metal parts with high-power lasers, and military applications. With a gold reflector cone and...

KINGSTON UPON HULL, England, Jan. 10, 2024 — The SR series from Luxinar are CO2 laser sources for ablating, cutting, drilling, marking, and scribing on materials such as glass, metals, paper, plastics, and wood. The lasers, which come in wavelengths of 10.6 µm, 10.25 µm, and 9.3...

ST. FLORIAN, Austria, Jan. 5, 2024 — The EVG®850 NanoCleave™ from EV Group is a system that enables nanometer-precision release of bonded, deposited, or grown layers from silicon carrier substrates. The system does this by utilizing an IR laser coupled with specially...

PREMSTÄTTEN, Austria, Jan. 1, 2024 — The SFH 7018 is a red/green/IR LED package from ams OSRAM that can make photoplethysmography (PPG) measurements in smart watches, wristbands, and other wearable devices. The multi-LED package uses a two-cavity design that separates the green from...

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 29, 2023 — LumiSpot Tech’s 8-in-1 lidar light source is a multifunctional device that produces a 1550-nm pulsed laser and can be used for remote sensing, autonomous/assisted driving, and airborne obstacle avoidance applications. The light source...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 28, 2023 — The LUX 3030 and 2835 from Luminus Devices are LEDs with KSF narrow-band red phosphor technology. The LEDs deliver a 120° typical viewing angle and minimum 90 color rendering index (CRI) with a lumen/watt efficacy as high as 207 for...

NORTON SHORES, Mich., Dec. 22, 2023 — The JWL225-DO Lightgistics series light from Smart Vision Lights is a machine vision light with hidden strobe technology. The light combines a linear light footprint with ring light functionality to deliver brighter, fast lighting at working...