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Photonics Spectra - March 2007
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Triangulation Sensors Go 3-D
Noncontact measurements determine the quality of a manufacturing process so that it can be controlled. Using laser sensors to gather real-time data throughout the production process helps reduce...
Wavelength Monitors for Optical Sensing Applications
Many new applications of optical sensors have emerged in recent years. The automotive sector is creating demands for robust and advanced optical sensing as optical information processing expands into...
Efficacy Limits for Solid-State White Light Sources
Several recently published road maps for solid-state light have called for systems with efficacies of 200 to 240 lm/W. Luminous efficiency, or efficacy, is a common performance metric for light...
Digitizing a Century of Astronomical Images
From the early 1880s to the late 1980s, observers from Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., took more than 500,000 astronomical images of the night sky from Harvard telescopes around the...
High-Performance Silicone Materials for High-Brightness LEDs
High-brightness LEDs are increasingly being used in applications such as signs and displays, cell phone flash modules, automotive lighting and general illumination. Newer applications, however, such...
Eye Safety in the Laser Lab
If one played a word-association game with the term “laser safety,” the most common responses probably would be eyewear, goggles and, perhaps, eye injury. But as with so much in life, there is more...
Dimpled Displays and Sensors
Exploiting an accidental discovery, researchers at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y., have demonstrated a method to produce...
Inexpensive P-Type Zinc Oxide Nanowires
LEDs and lasers used in solid-state lighting, display and other applications often incorporate gallium nitride, and the process employed for large-scale production of such diodes is costly. Although...
An Optical Superlens That Is Easy on the Eyes
Superlenses are super because they can image below the diffraction limit of the light passing through them. However, current incarnations of superlenses — thin silver or silicon carbide slabs — are...
Superstrong Nanoillumination Created Inside Metallic Structure
Unusually strong nanoillumination has been achieved by researchers using a three-step enhancement process that successively augments light until it reaches intensity levels more than 1000 times...
Turning Quantum Dots into Tiny ‘Lightbulbs’
For anyone seeking a really small light source, researchers at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., have good news. The group has embedded quantum dots in structures similar to organic LEDs and has demonstrated...
Trends in Vision
In factory automation, the constant need for productivity and quality improvement is generating a strong demand for sensor solutions based on smart cameras and vision sensors. In choosing a vision...
Automotive Sealing and Bonding
The use of sealants and adhesives is increasing as automotive designers try to improve fuel efficiency by reducing vehicle weight. Safety, aesthetics and durability are all critical factors and, when...
Raman Scattering Improves When Substrates Are Adorned with Silver and Gold
Gold may glitter, but silver really shines when it comes to substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. SERS can augment a Raman signal by 14 to 15 orders of magnitude, which makes the...
NIR Method Developed for Testing Frying Oil Quality
French fry lovers, rejoice! A quick, reliable and relatively easy method has been developed that uses spectroscopy to monitor the quality of the frying oil into which so much tasty modern food is...
Testing Wine in the Mid-Infrared
To the connoisseur’s standard methods of testing wine using taste, smell and sight, scientists are adding another: mid-infrared spectroscopy. A team from Hardy Wine Co. of Reynella and from the...
Tech Pulse
Building a Room for a Bacterium
University of Texas at Austin researchers Bryan J. Kaehr and Jason B. Shear have developed a way to rapidly generate microscale patterns in biomaterials using a technique dubbed mask-directed...
Taking Raman Spectroscopy to Other Worlds
When future rovers go to Mars or other planets, equipping them with instruments capable of deep-UV Raman spectroscopy will give them a better chance of answering questions about their surroundings....
Two-Micron Fiber Laser Has Potential for
Military and Civilian Applications
Lasers emitting in the two-micron spectral region have important applications in medicine, spectroscopy and military countermeasures. Traditionally, these applications have relied on holmium-doped...
Biodegradable Holey Fiber Enables Drug Delivery
Scientists at École Polytechnique de Montréal have demonstrated what they believe is the first biodegradable microstructured (holey) optical fiber that is capable of multiple optical and/or...
Imager Eases Analysis of Space Weather
There’s more to bad weather than just wind and rain. When flares or coronal mass ejections occur on the surface of the sun, ensuing blasts of radiation cause storms in the Earth’s ionosphere, more...
A New Approach to Narrowband Visible and Ultraviolet Sources
From green laser pointers to sophisticated surgical instruments, frequency-doubled solid-state lasers have found countless successful applications during the past several decades. Now, by combining...
light speed
European Group Develops Plasmonics
The Centre Suisse d’Électronique et de Microtechnique SA of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is leading the European project PLEAS, Plasmon Enhanced Photonics, which aims to move plasmonics beyond the academic arena to a key position in the development of the European photonics industry. Funded by the European Union, the € 2.8 million initiative expects to achieve the goal by controlling light in metals...
Lidar Elevation Mapping Requested for FEMA
A National Research Council report requested by Congress says that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must have updated, high-resolution maps of the nation’s floodplains to help determine...
Companies Collaborate in Laser Production
Syntune AB of Kista, Sweden, a supplier of single-chip tunable lasers and transmitters, and CyOptics Inc. of Breinigsville, Pa., a developer of InP optical chip and component technologies, have...
Intevac to Supply Modules for NATO Use
Intevac Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has delivered the first pilot production quantities of its compact digital night-vision camera module for use in a NATO defense customer’s head-mounted...
Newport Initiates Fiber Laser Business Group
Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif., has established a fiber laser business group within its Spectra-Physics Lasers Div. The unit will specialize in fiber-based laser technologies incorporating the...
Florida Photonics Center to Establish Laser Technology Program
The Florida Photonics Center of Excellence, FPCE, was awarded $4.5 million in state funding to establish a program on advanced laser technologies to help strengthen the state’s position in the...
PI/Acton Expands in Canada, Asia
Princeton Instruments/Acton of Trenton, N.J., a supplier of cameras, spectrographs and optics-based systems for the imaging, x-ray, spectroscopy and surveillance markets, has formed an exclusive...
Partnership Formed to Produce Liquid Lenses in China
Varioptic SA of Lyon, France, and Creative Sensor Inc. of Taiwan have formed a partnership to mass-produce variable-focus liquid lenses in China. The companies say that the partnership will result in...
Halma Purchases Labsphere from X-Rite
Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma plc of Amersham, UK, has acquired Labsphere Inc. from color management system developer X-Rite Inc. of Grand Rapids, Mich. The transaction involves an...
Companies Develop Automotive Head-Up Displays
Microvision Inc. of Redmond, Wash., and Visteon Corp. of Van Buren Township, Mich., are collaborating to produce head-up display sample units that will meet stringent automotive environmental...
Lancer Systems Buys Units from Greene Tweed
Lancer Systems LP has purchased the defense and fiber optics businesses of Greene Tweed & Co. Inc., which had developed the units to access commercial opportunities for its materials in the...
Companies to Develop Compact Projectors
SpatiaLight Inc. of Novato, Calif., SI InfoComm Inc. of Korea and Scram Technologies Inc. of Bowie, Md., have entered into a memorandum of understanding agreement for the development of...
Agilent Acquires Product Line from GE
Agilent Technologies Inc. has acquired the chemiluminescence product line of GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies based in Boulder, Colo. The Santa Clara,...
Thorlabs Secures OFR
Optical technologies supplier Thorlabs Inc. of Newton, N.J., has acquired OFR Inc., a manufacturer of free-space and fiber-based optical isolators and circulators, objective lenses for laser...
RPI Licenses Microscope Technology to Thorlabs
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N.Y., has licensed its adaptive scanning optical microscope technology to Thorlabs Inc. The Newton, N.J., company plans to bring the technology to market as...
Lighting Science, Philips Sign Distribution Pact
Lighting Science Group Corp. of Dallas, a provider of LEDs, has signed a distribution agreement with Philips Lighting Co. of Somerset, N.J. The latter company is a division of Philips Electronics...
Heptagon Establishes US Subsidiary
Heptagon Oy of Rüschlikon, Switzerland, has expanded its operation with the establishment of a US subsidiary, Heptagon USA Inc. The company, a supplier of micro-optic components, also has opened an...
Oki Electric and ZyCube Agree to Market Image Sensors
Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with ZyCube Co. Ltd. to jointly commercialize the ZyCSP, an image sensor LSI with buried interconnects developed by ZyCube. The two Tokyo-based...
Carlisle Enterprises Secures UVP
Carlisle Enterprises LLC, a private equity investment firm, has acquired UVP Inc. of Upland, Calif., a supplier of fluorescence- and luminescence-based imaging systems for academic, biotechnological...
Imagine Optic Opens US Office
Based in Orsay, France, Imagine Optic, a provider of Shack-Hartmann wavefront analysis and adaptive optics hardware and software technologies, has opened an office in Cambridge, Mass., to strengthen...
Companies to Partner on Precision Optics
Advanced Photonics Solutions LLC of Rocklin, Calif., has entered into a strategic alliance with optics manufacturer Prodisc Technologies Inc. of Taipei, Taiwan. The US company will provide advanced...
Obzerv Technologies Wins Canadian Defense Contract
Quebec City-based Obzerv Technologies Inc. has announced a contract with Defense Research and Development Canada as part of a tactical surveillance project. Under the contract, which is valued at...
FiconTec Secures Newport Business Units
FiconTec GmbH of Bremen, Germany, has acquired the automated fiber alignment and laser welding product lines of Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif. It has assumed support for approximately 400 systems...
RSL Fiber Systems Gains Contract for Naval Project
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss., has contracted with RSL Fiber Systems LLC to supply the Advanced Lighting System (ALS) for the US Navy’s DDG 1000 program. The ALS integrates...
Micralyne to Expand
Micralyne Inc. has broken ground for a 10,000-sq-ft expansion of its facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The expansion will include both Class 10 and Class 1000 cleanrooms for silicon MEMS...
JAI Names Sales Representatives
JAI Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has appointed automated imaging specialist 1stVision Inc. of Andover, Mass., as a distributor of its high-performance industrial cameras throughout the US and eastern...
Photo-Sonics/IMC to Distribute for NAC
Instrumentation Marketing Corp. (IMC), a subsidiary of Photo-Sonics Inc., has been selected as the exclusive distributor in the US for high-speed digital imaging systems from NAC Image Technology of...
Ametek Forms New Division
Ametek Inc. of Paoli, Pa., has formed a new division, Ultra Precision Technologies, that combines its existing Taylor Hobson division with two recently acquired businesses, Solartron Metrology and...
NEC to Merge Subsidiaries
NEC Akita Ltd. and NEC Kagoshima Ltd. will merge with their parent company, NEC LCD Technologies Ltd. of Tokyo, effective April 1. The integration is aimed at improving operational efficiency. The...
J P Sercel Moves to New Facility
J P Sercel Associates Inc., a supplier of UV laser technology, has completed its move into a larger manufacturing and administrative facility in Manchester, N.H. The company’s new location is a few...
Adhesives Business Relocates
Dymax Corp., a manufacturer of solvent-free adhesives and light-curing equipment, has moved its headquarters to a 96,000-sq-ft facility in Torrington, Conn. The move was made to support the company’s...
CAO Group Selects Distributor
CAO Group Inc. of West Jordan, Utah, has selected Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc. of Phoenix, to distribute its Dynasty family of high-brightness LEDs, along with its...
EV Group and GenISys Form Partnership
EV Group of St. Florian am Inn, Austria, has formed a partnership with GenISys GmbH of Munich, Germany, to develop and market a simulation platform for advanced mask aligner lithography processes....
Plextronics Awarded Phase II Contract
Plextronics Inc. of Pittsburgh has been awarded a $1.8 million Phase II contract for the continued development of Plexcore technology. The technology seeks to increase the lifetime and efficiency of...
Mikron to be Acquired by LumaSense
LumaSense Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., is acquiring Mikron Infrared Inc. of Oakland, N.J. Under the terms of the merger, company stockholders will receive $11.50 per share. The...
Companies Partner in Fusion Splicing
Furukawa America Inc. of Peachtree City, Ga., and 3SAE Technologies Inc. of Franklin, Tenn., have allied to serve the optical equipment manufacturing market in the Americas. Furukawa’s Fitel fusion...
Safety Vision, Flir Systems Collaborate on IR Camera
Safety Vision LP, a Houston-based supplier of mobile digital video products, has entered into an agreement with Flir Systems Inc. of Wilsonville, Ore., under which it will promote Flir’s PathFindIR...
Aculight Increases Manufacturing Space
Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., has relocated its corporate headquarters to a facility with 60 percent more floor space. The 50,000-sq-ft plant will house office, laboratory and manufacturing...
NanoOpto and Sumitomo Form Partnership
NanoOpto Corp. of Somerset, N.J., and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. of Tokyo have formed a partnership to develop new products. The companies will collaborate on the development of integrated...
Accent on Applications
Tasting the Fizz of Soda Pop
Flat soda tastes different from fresh, and Kenneth S. Suslick, a chemistry professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has the pictures to prove it. The loss of carbon dioxide can...
Machine vision helps create a smart dartboard
An interdisciplinary group of students from Technical University of Munich in Germany recently put machine vision to the test. Although experts had deemed the project as unfeasible or illusory, the...
Presstime Bulletin
Nanomaterials Create Optical Coating That Is Almost Reflection Free
An optical coating engineered from nanomaterials has exhibited virtually no reflection, almost equaling the refractive index of air. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.,...
A Viable Substitute for the X-Ray Laser?
Practical x-ray lasers would provide a revolutionary advance in medical imaging and advanced lithography, but several fundamental roadblocks have prevented their development. Now scientists at the...
Lighter Side
Modern Technology Follows Ancient Paths
For almost 2000 years, ancient Central American villagers followed narrow footpaths while making spiritual retreats to dozens of distant burial grounds. Frequent single-file processions caused the...
Sap Sampling Made Simple
Making maple syrup has long been a rite of early spring. The process is labor-intensive: tapping sugar maples, gathering around 30 to 50 buckets of sap per gallon of syrup, stoking the sugarhouse...
Products
MARKING WORKSTATION
The VectorMark 5 HP from Trumpf Inc. maintains mark quality while operating at a speed nearly twice that of the standard model. The system features an Nd:YVO4 laser, a 120-kHz repetition frequency...
TRUMPF Inc., Laser Technology Center
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ANALOG AND DIGITAL MODES
Lightspeed Technologies has introduced analog and digital modes for its interchangeable high-power LED light sources. The analog mode features full optical power as high as 400 mW at 500 kHz. Optical...
Lightspeed Technologies Inc.
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LASER BARS AND STACKS
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH has added water-cooled vertical laser stacks and laser bars in standard packages to its range of high-power lasers. Operating in continuous- or quasi-continuous-wave...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
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REMOTE HEAD CAMERA
The IK-TU51 manufactured by Toshiba America’s Imaging Systems Div. is a three-CCD remote-head video camera that is offered with either 1/3- or 1/2-in. image sensors. Its 800-line resolution and...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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EMISSION MICROSCOPE
For applications between 1 and 1.5 μm, IRLabs Inc. has introduced the Irem-II emission microscope that provides failure analysis, yield enhancement and debugging with visibility to the faintest...
Infrared Laboratories Inc.
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WAFER TRANSFER
CyberOptics Semiconductor Inc. has unveiled the WaferSense automatic teaching system, a measurement technology for 200- and 300-mm semiconductor process equipment. The wireless and wafer-like device...
CyberOptics Corp.
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DIODE LASER
Alfalight Inc. has announced the availability of its Telcordia GR-468-compliant 4-W 940-nm multimode diode laser for CATV and telecommunications applications. The AM6-940A-20-408 is housed in an...
Alfalight Inc.
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ILLUMINATION DESIGN
The LightTools version 5.4 illumination design and analysis software from Optical Research Associates enables users to create an arbitrary geometrical object and produce surfaces in which the object...
Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group
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TELELENS
For online inspection in laser-based materials processing applications, Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG has released its S5LPJ0305 telelens. With a focal length of 150 mm, it provides 1:1 magnification...
Sill Optics
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HEAT SINKS
Advanced Thermal Solutions Inc. has developed heat sinks for cooling Osram’s Dragonstick LEDs and other linear LED lighting products. The ATS-486, ATS-503 and ATS-504 maxiFlow heat sinks decrease the...
Advanced Thermal Solutions Inc.
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LINEAR SENSORS
High-speed 8k linear sensors for use in industrial inspection are available from Sarnoff Imaging Systems, a business unit of Sarnoff Corp. Companies can purchase them individually to build cameras...
SRI International, Integrated Systems & Solutions
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MOBILE WORKSTATION
The goLab mobile workstation has been introduced by Analytical Spectral Devices Inc. for use with its FieldSpec, LabSpec, AgriSpec and TerraSpec VIS/NIR portable spectrometers and spectroradiometers...
ASD Inc.
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SOFTWARE INTERFACE
MVTec GmbH has launched an interface that enables operation of the Halcon software library for machine vision with the new Scout cameras from Basler. The Halcon 7.1 pylon frame grabber interface...
MVTec Software GmbH
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CAMERA LINK ANNOTATOR
Ionetrics Inc. has introduced the Annotator CL for stamping Camera Link data streams with precise time tags, a 32-bit frame number and other data. The time stamp can be synchronized to a modulated...
Ionetrics Inc.
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PROGRESSIVE-SCAN CAMERAS
The FWD progressive-scan FireWire-B cameras manufactured by Audio Video Supply Inc. for machine vision applications achieve transfer rates of 800 Mb/s and are available in monochrome and color...
Audio Video Supply Inc.
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TEST OPTICS
The Melles Griot Optics Group has unveiled additional Fizeau interferometer test optics to complement its line of Absolute Fizeau λ/40 transmission spheres. The Fizeau λ/50 concave and...
IDEX Health & Science
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LINE SENSORS
Four back-thinned full-frame transfer CCD line sensors designed for time delay integration (TDI) have been introduced by Hamamatsu Corp. The S10200-02 (1024 channels, two ports), S10201-04 (2048...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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INDUSTRIAL ALIGNMENT
Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. has released the Microgage 2D system for measuring the flatness of machinery and production equipment, including rolls, actuators, gantry systems, moving machinery stages...
Pinpoint Laser Systems
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MOTION CONTROL
Version 2.0 of the SoftMotion Development Module for LabView has been introduced by National Instruments. An add-on that enables users to create custom motion controllers, the package includes...
National Instruments Corp.
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SPOT LAMP
A UV-curing spot lamp that allows manual intensity adjustment during initial UV process validation and production has been developed by Dymax Corp. With the BlueWave 200, the upper and lower...
Dymax, Headquarters
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PROFILING SOFTWARE
BeamView-USB 4.3.1 laser beam profiling software has been released by Coherent Inc., enabling National Instruments’ LabView+ software to directly control Coherent’s LaserCam-HR beam-profiling...
Coherent Inc.
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3-D MICROSCOPE
A microscope that captures 3-D images in real time is being offered by Heliotis Inc. The M1 features an optical arrangement that combines low-coherent light reflected from a sample with a reference...
Heliotis AG
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QUARTZ CRYSTALS
Quartz crystals from Inficon are available in 5 and 6 MHz in alloy, gold and silver. The gold crystals are suitable for most applications, while the silver ones are recommended for processes with...
INFICON
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TERAHERTZ LASER
The Firefly-THz is a terahertz source that provides a wide tuning range, room-temperature operation, and high efficiency and brightness. Offered by M Squared Lasers Ltd., the device is based on...
M Squared
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OPTICAL TRAP DETECTORS
Large-aperture multireflection optical trap detectors are available from Spectrum Detector Inc. Based on National Institute of Standards and Technology-traceable calibration transfer standards, the...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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MICROSTEPPING DRIVER
The MForce MicroDrive microstepping driver measures 12.7 cubic cm and uses the same technology as the M3000-based MDrivePlus products. Released by Intelligent Motion Systems Inc., it accepts an input...
Novanta IMS
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NIR SPECTROMETER
Ibsen Photonics A/S has added a wavelength-extended, high-resolution model to its I-Mon series E-USB interrogation monitors for fiber Bragg grating sensor systems. The I-Mon 512E-USB spectrometer...
Ibsen Photonics A/S
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DOUBLE-CLAD FIBERS
For high-power amplifiers and lasers, OFS Specialty Photonics has introduced four erbium/ytterbium double-clad fibers. The fibers and the gain modules assembled from them offer high efficiency for...
OFS
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DEUTERIUM LAMP
A long-life deuterium lamp that delivers precise light throughout its lifetime is available from Heraeus Noblelight GmbH. After 2000 h of operation, the DX lamp maintains a noise level below 2 × 10–5...
Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
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POWER METER
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. has released the Uno laser power meter, the latest addition to its family of monitors. The Uno features a 76 × 57-mm LCD screen with large digits and has a more ergonomic...
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.
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PRODUCTION PLATFORM
For the production of high-brightness LEDs, Veeco Instruments Inc. has announced its TurboDisc K-series metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) gallium nitride platform. The modular and...
Veeco Instruments Inc.
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LASER MARKER
Alltec GmbH’s LC100 is a 10-W laser marking system that marks up to 1200 characters per second at a line speed of up to 10 m/s. It applies expiration and manufacture dates, ticket numbers, line...
ALLTEC Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH, FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving
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DETECTOR ARRAY
IDus, an InGaAs detector array system from Andor Technology, offers USB 2.0 connectivity and a choice of 512- or 1024-element linear photodiode arrays for near-IR spectroscopy from 800 to 2200 nm....
Andor Technology
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DIODE LASER BAR
Dilas Diode Laser Inc. has released a fiber-coupled diode laser module that delivers 40 W of continuous-wave output power at wavelengths of 808, 915, 940 and 980 nm via a 400-μm-diameter,...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
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HIGH-POWER LASERS
Cobolt AB has released higher-power versions of its Calypso CW diode-pumped solid-state lasers, which are suitable for cell sorting, spinning-disk or line-scanning confocal microscopy,...
Cobolt AB
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CURING ADHESIVE
A two-component room-temperature-curing epoxy adhesive, sealant and coating has been developed by Master Bond Inc. The EP21HT polymer system offers a 1:1 mix ratio by weight or volume. It is 100%...
Master Bond Inc.
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FIBER LASER
The LU1065F005 pulsed fiber laser from Lumics GmbH delivers an average optical output power of 5 W. The pulse energy is rated with 0.5 mJ at 10-kHz repetition rate and 100-ns pulse width. An...
Lumics GmbH
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OPTICAL COMPONENTS
Edmund Optics Inc. has introduced a family of TechSpec kinematic optical mounts and mounting table platforms that enable precision adjustment and high repeatability. The mounts feature high-accuracy...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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SPECTROSCOPY SOFTWARE
Version 6.06 of the GammaVision-32 gamma-ray spectroscopy software has been released by Ortec Products Group, a unit of Ametek Advanced Measurement Technology. Compliant with ANSI and ASME standards,...
ORTEC
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VIDEO MICROSCOPE
The SVM340 manufactured by LabSmith Inc. is a synchronized video microscope for microfluidics and microbiology research. The compact benchtop inverted fluorescence/dark-field instrument captures,...
LabSmith Inc.
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FIBER LASER
A 200-W continuous-wave water-cooled fiber laser system has been unveiled by Apollo Instruments Inc. Power stability is ±5%, linewidth is <2 nm FWHM, and central wavelength is from 1030 to 1100...
Apollo Instruments Inc.
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OPO
Aculight Corp. has introduced the Argos model 2400, a single-frequency continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that produces multiwatt signal wavelength output from 1.4 to 2.0 μm for...
Lockheed Martin Laser and Sensor Systems
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UVA LED MODULES
Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH has introduced the LEDMOD365.100, a thermoelectrically cooled UVA LED module that provides up to 100 mW at 365 nm. It is available in a free-emission 110° version...
Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH
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SPECTROSCOPY SENSOR
Princeton Instruments/Acton has announced the release of a hybrid spectroscopy sensor that combines the benefits of CCD and CMOS devices. The sensor features high quantum efficiency,...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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MEGAPIXEL VIDEO CAMERA
The Fastcam SA-1 manufactured by Photron Inc. captures 5000 full-megapixel-resolution frames per second and offers a choice of memory configurations: 8 GB with 6-s record time at 1000 full frames per...
Photron USA Inc.
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SERVOMOTORS
The DuraMotor series servomotors released by Nanomotion Inc. employ improved materials for the motor tip and drive strip and are suitable for applications including ambient, vacuum and...
Nanomotion Inc.
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NANOPOSITIONING
Five nanopositioners for linear and rotational movements have been unveiled by Owis GmbH. They are actuated by a piezo inertial drive for step sizes in the nanometer and microradian ranges,...
OWIS GmbH
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OPTICAL ELEMENTS
Elk Industries LLC has released a patented optical element for lasers, a four-sided pyramid that can be used as a 0° reflector to reflect laser or other optical beams or rays back toward the source...
Elk Industries, R-K Manufacturing
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LASER SERIES
The Javelin series of diode-pumped solid-state lasers offered by DPSS Lasers Inc. is available in four models. The J 355-100 operates at 355 nm with average power of 100 mW, a nominal pulse width of...
DPSS Lasers Inc.
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VISION SYSTEM
CompactVision, manufactured by Sirius Advanced Cybernetics (SAC) GmbH, is a compact industrial vision system based on FireWire technology and offering an alternative to intelligent cameras. It is...
SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics GmbH
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LEDS
LedEngin Inc. has launched the LZ line of ultrahigh-brightness 1-, 3-, 5-, 10- and 15-W LEDs offered in red, green, blue, dental blue infrared, ultraviolet and white. The single-die 1-, 3- and 5-W...
LED Engin Inc.
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DOCKING PLATFORM
Continuum has released a system that unites an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) docking platform and an Inlite laser under one control interface. Supporting both Inlite II and Inlite III lasers,...
Amplitude Laser Inc.
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CROSS CORRELATOR
Femtochrome Research Inc. has introduced a compact nonlinear crystal auto/cross correlator for use with weak laser pulse signals. The FR-103HS operates over a wavelength range from 410 to 1800 nm and...
Femtochrome Research Inc.
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ROUTING DEVICE
PicoQuant GmbH has developed a four-channel detector for its PicoHarp 300 time-correlated single-photon-counting system. The PHR 800 is a routing device that simultaneously collects fluorescence...
PicoQuant GmbH
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LENS CLEANER
Origin Laboratories LLC has added the Purosol Optical cleaner to its line of enzyme-based products for advanced lenses. The organic cleaner is designed to protect multicoated lenses and other optical...
PUROSOL
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ZOOM LENS
For automated imaging and inspection applications, Navitar Inc. offers the Zoom 6000 lens series. The parfocal optical system of the lenses has a 6.5:1 zoom ratio and a total optical zoom range from...
Navitar Inc.
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SMART HEAD
Ophir Optronics Ltd. Inc. has introduced the USBI-4 smart head-to-PC interface. The user installs the software and plugs the head and power source into the interface box and the USB cable from the...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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TEMPERATURE PROBE
The Tx model fiber optic panel feedthrough temperature probe from Neoptix Fiber Optic Sensors Inc. enables temperature tracking through the wall of an enclosure or a tank. It monitors temperature in...
Neoptix Canada LP
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