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Photonics.com - March 2008
Research & Technology
LEDs Provide Stable Spectroscopic Light Sources
To estimate the concentration of various species in plasmas, scientists frequently employ broadband absorption spectroscopy. The xenon arc or deuterium lamps used as light sources in the devices,...
Using Femtosecond Lasers in Multiplex Spectroscopy
When conducting broadband molecular spectroscopy, researchers should use a high-brightness light source to obtain optimum results. Spectrometers used for analysis in the mid-infrared region,...
News & Features
Explosives Emboss Holograms
Hear the word "explosives" and images might spring to mind of an old building being demolished, or an avalanche being triggered. But now a more precise, delicate task has been found for explosive...
Lumera, GigOptix to Merge
Photonic communications company Lumera Corp. announced it will merge with privately held integrated circuit maker GigOptix LLC and discontinue its Plexera Bioscience LLC life science tools...
Sharp Invests in Film Plant
Sharp Corp. said it has invested 72 billion yen (about $725 million) to build a thin-film silicon solar cell plant in Sakai City, Osaka, where it will produce 1000 x 1400-mm glass substrates...
DSS 2009 Adds Sensing Topics
SPIE said it will enhance its 2009 Defense+Security Symposium (DSS) by incorporating the sensing topics of its defunct Optics East show. SPIE DSS 2008, held last week, was well attended, the...
Silicon IC Folds, Stretches
Integrating electronic materials with ultrathin plastic and rubber-like substrates has resulted in a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit (IC) that can be folded and compressed -- even...
MRI Reveals Tumor Patterns
A noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method has the potential to determine how tumors will respond to treatments based on their specific molecular properties. "For the first time, we...
Tiny Biosensor to Detect DNA
A biosensing nanodevice powered by a tiny enzyme motor may one day eliminate long airport security lines and revolutionize health screenings for diseases such as anthrax and cancer and...
Each Photon Sends 1.63 Bits
The record for the most amount of information sent by a single photon has been broken in new research that reports an average transmission of 1.63 bits of information per photon, allowing...
Sun Wins $44M to Speed Chips
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced today it has received $44 million to speed computing by interconnecting an array of microchips into one "macrochip" using lasers instead of copper wires. If...
Graphene In, Silicon Out?
Graphene's ability to conduct electricity has been found to be higher than any other known material at room temperature. The research shows that graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite that...
Nanotech Drives TE Boost
Nanotechnology has been used to crush and then reconstitute a classic semiconductor used in industry and research, dramatically improving its ability to conduct electricity but not heat. The work...
Sensor Traces DIY Bombs
A penny-sized electronic sensor is capable of sniffing out hydrogen peroxide vapor in the parts-per-billion range from peroxide-based homemade explosives, such as those used in the 2005 bombing of...
Unidym Forms Bioscience Unit
Carbon nanotube maker Unidym Inc. announced this week it has formed a spinoff, Ensysce Biosciences Inc., that will focus on research into medical applications of carbon nanotubes. Unidym, a...
'Small' Science Awarded
Frank Ruess, PhD, a researcher at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, has been pioneering a way to make atomic-scale electronic devices using the atomic resolution...
Block Sought on Imports
A retired Columbia University professor alleges that 34 major electronics manufacturers in Asia and Europe are infringing her patent for LEDs and laser diodes and she wants to block them from...
Swift Team Finds Bright Burst
Astronomers have found by far the most distant object ever seen by the naked eye -- a gamma ray burst from 7.5 billion light-travel years away. "The object that exploded produced more optical...
Hi-Fi Optic Analysis Shown
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, in collaboration with spinoff company PicoSolve Inc., have demonstrated a measurement method to analyze optical signals with information...
A Camera with 12,616 Lenses
A digital camera is being developed with 12,616 microlenses -- each in effect a tiny camera -- that can take photos in a kind of super 3-D for potential use in facial recognition, biological imaging,...
Luminus LEDs to Surpass TVs
Luminus Devices Inc., a maker of light sources for the TV and display industry, said the $72 million raised in a new round of financing will allow it to expand its Phlatlight LED chip sets into...
East Meets West at PICALO
Opportunities for laser business in China and the impact of globalization on the laser industry will be two topics of discussion during PICALO 2008, a biennial event focused on new developments in...
Si MEMS Record Set
A device that generates a 4.5-GHz signal, the highest achieved in silicon, has been developed at Cornell University. With a quality factor, or Q, close to 10,000, it pushes the upper limits of...
Photons on Demand
A device uses the unique properties of diamonds to produce single photons on demand at room temperature. Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV), part of the University of Melbourne's physics...
Bankrupt Diomed to Sell
Diomed Holdings Inc., a developer of minimally invasive medical laser technologies, announced it has filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell some assets to medical laser maker Biolitec AG of Germany...
Nano Switch Routes Light
Using light pulses instead of electrons to send information inside a computer chip may be more attainable as a result of a tiny nanophotonic switch developed at IBM. With a footprint about 100 times...
UUL Could Replace Chemo
Femtosecond lasers have entered a "new era" of applications. The ultrafast, ultraintense laser, or UUL, with laser pulse durations of one quadrillionth of a second -- a femtosecond-- could change...
SC Grown in Optical Fiber
An international science team has added new electronic capabilities to optical fibers by growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside the tunnel of a hollow fiber, work that could boost the...
HRL to Make Phaser Cell
HRL Laboratories LLC will demonstrate a programmable radio-frequency photonic filter with a $1.5 million award from DARPA for its Phaser (photonic analog signal-processing engines with...
Laser Adds Wood Grain to MDF
A laser has been used to give the inexpensive building material MDF, or medium density fiberboard, a surface finish that can match that of expensive wood grains. MDF is a strong, flexible material...
Flir Award Tops $57M
Thermal imaging systems maker Flir Systems Inc. announced today that it has been awarded orders totaling $57.7 million from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., for its...
More Exact Than an Ion Clock
An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single mercury atom. Both...
MEMS Center Awarded $17M
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will award $17 million over the next five years to research that aims to make microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) more reliable and durable for...
Sensors Monitor Drug Usage
A sensor necklace that records the exact time and date when pills are swallowed and reminds the user if doses are missed could help the one in three adults in the US who fail to take their medicines...
Unruly Electrons Quieted
Noise in graphene-based semiconductor devices can, in fact, be suppressed, it has been discovered. IBM scientists said they have found a way to suppress unwanted interference of electrical...
Fab Method Aids Biodetectors
A more flexible way of making diagnostic chips may hold the key to producing tiny medical devices capable of testing for viruses or cancer. The new fabrication method, bottom-up manufacturing,...
Virus Imaged in Great Detail
Single-particle electron cryomicroscopy, also known as cryo-EM, has been used to capture a 3-D image of a virus with near atomic-level resolution, the highest level of detail achieved for a living...
Kilogram Definition Weighed
The kilogram is losing weight, and many in standard-measurement circles believe it should be redefined. The kilogram is the unit of mass in the International System of Units (abbreviated as SI,...
Ball to Study Laser Effects
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $42 million research and development contract to study laser effects on missiles for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL),...
Kodak Acquiring Software Firm
Eastman Kodak Co. announced it is acquiring Connecticut-based workflow software developer Design2Launch Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Design2Launch's system of integrated modules is...
Lab Beats Guinness Record
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world's most powerful pulsed neutron spallation source. The SNS recently...
Biomagnetics Eyed for Tests
A device that combines magnetic nanoparticles with an extremely sensitive magnetic microscope could make early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The device...
Agilent to Buy Till Photonics
Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., announced this week it has signed an agreement to acquire Till Photonics GmbH and has acquired Colloidal Dynamics of Warwick, R.I. Both companies will...
Inkjet Solar Cells Demo'd
Konarka Technologies Inc. said it has demonstrated for the first time the making of solar cells by inkjet printing. Inkjet printing is commonly used in the controlled deposition of solutions of...
Particles' Surprising Moves
Microscopic Janus particles -- spheres whose halves are physically or chemically different -- have been found to propel themselves in unexpected ways when an electric field is applied....
Zygo Buys Solvision
Zygo Corp. said it has entered the semiconductor back-end inspection market by acquiring Canada-based Solvision Inc., a manufacturer of visual inspection equipment for the microelectronics industry....
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Zygo Buys Solvision
Zygo Corp. said it has entered the semiconductor back-end inspection market by acquiring Canada-based Solvision Inc., a manufacturer of visual inspection equipment for the microelectronics industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Solvision was founded by former IBM foundry managers and scientists with experience in microelectronics manufacturing. Included...
Products
Fastcam SA3
SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2008 -- Photron Inc. has introduced the Fastcam SA3, a megapixel, high-speed video imaging system that is designed to withstand high-G and rugged environments. Ideal for automotive safety testing, the new camera features a 17-µm pixel size for demanding frame rate or low-light applications, providing exceptional light sensitivity, image quality and color fidelity. It has been operation tested to 100...
Photron USA Inc.
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Remote Head Camera
IRVINE, Calif., March 31, 2008 -- Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. said its IK-TF7H7U camera is a tiny, high resolution, remote head, progressive-scan model that delivers crisp, true color video output of 1024 (horizontal) x 768...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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Transparent Coatings
SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 26, 2008 -- Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI) has introduced a line of transparent conductive coatings for use in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) spectral ranges. The new line of transparent coatings is...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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Bioimaging Software Updates
WILLISTON, Vt., March 25, 2008 -- MBF Bioscience said it has released new, enhanced versions of its Stereo Investigator and Neurolucida quantitative imaging software packages and has also updated AutoNeuron, Neurolucida's advanced...
MBF Bioscience
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Cube 405 Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 20, 2008 -- Coherent Inc. said its newest Cube laser, the 405, delivers twice the power of previous models without any increase in footprint. The new Cube model outputs 100 mW at 405 nm and is contained in...
Coherent Inc.
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Light-Grid Sensor
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 20, 2008 -- Sick Inc. said its new HLG automation light-grid sensor features high resolution and fast switching speeds, making it ideal for part counting and leading-edge detection on a conveyor. The HLG...
SICK Inc.
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DWDM Lasers, 10Gb/s Transceivers
SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 18, 2008 -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) has introduced three DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) lasers and two 10 Gb/s XFP pluggable transceivers. AOI said its new C-band DWDM QAM...
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI)
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PMi Laser Module
ALEXANDER, Ark., March 17, 2008 -- Power Technology Inc. said its new customizable PMi laser module is capable of producing 450 mW from lasers ranging from 405 to 2330 nm and can deliver 500 mA to almost any laser in a 9-mm or 5.6-mm...
Power Technology Inc.
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NIR Photodetector-Preamp
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., March 14, 2008 -- Opto Diode Corp. said its near-infrared (IR) red-enhanced, 6-mm² ODA-6W-500M photodetector-preamplifier is a combination device that offers 500-Mohm gain (custom gains are available0 in low-light...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Analog Output Encoders
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., March 12, 2008 -- Micronor Inc. said its new ENA361M (hollow shaft) and ESA361M (solid shaft) series high-resolution analog output encoders provide 12-bit resolution with a choice of analog output, making them ideal...
Micronor Sensors Inc.
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Acton Advanced Series
ACTON, Mass., March 10, 2008 -- Princeton Instruments (PI) has introduced the Acton Advanced series of monochromators and spectrographs. Unlike standard Acton spectrometers, PI said, the new Acton Advanced series combines high...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Broadband Infrared Camera 1-20 µm
Electrophysics debuts its PV320L2Z Infrared Camera that produces the widest infrared spectral sensitivity range. The camera is ideal for a variety of applications including spectroscopy, laser beam...
Lynred USA
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Modulight RangerLase family
With output powers between 100 mW and 20 W @ 1550 nm and a broad selection of packages, the RangerLase family targets applications in need of medium or high-power cw and pulsed infrared beams, such...
Modulight Inc.
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RadOMA-LED Goniometric System
SAN DIEGO, March 6, 2008 -- Gamma Scientific said its new RadOMA-LED goniometric system combines RadOMA multielement arrays with the high sensitivity of backside-thinned CCD detectors available only with its 940-LED measurement...
Gamma Scientific
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Zing Laser
GOLDEN, Colo., March 5, 2008 -- Epilog Laser said its new Zing laser is the industry’s first high-quality 25-W entry-level machine for under $8000. The Zing has an all-metal, air-cooled laser tube and several standard features...
Epilog Laser
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HyperScan Sensor
TORRANCE, Calif., March 4, 2008 -- HyperScan is a pushbroom hyperspectral sensor for both stationary and airborne applications, according to its manufacturer, Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. (OKSI). The system combines an imaging...
Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. (OKSI)
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Cavity Frequency Doubler
MARBURG, Germany, March 3, 2008 -- Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH said it offers a cavity frequency doubler (second-harmonic generation) for its established series of tunable diode-laser systems, such as Jaguar. The frequency doubler...
Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH
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Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser Bar
MAINZ, Germany, March 3, 2008 -- With a new module that delivers up to 50 W of continuous-wave (CW) power at 808 and 976 nm, Dilas Diodenlaser GmbH said it is raising the bar for high-quality, high-power, single-bar-based...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
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Suprasil Standard
Suprasil Standard by Heraeus is a high purity synthetic FS material. It combines great optical characteristics & excellent transmission in the DUV to NIR. Technical features: low bubble and...
Heraeus Quartz North America (Heraeus Conamic)
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