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Photonics.com - April 2015
Business
Lidar Firm Rechristened Teledyne Optech after Acquisition
Teledyne Technologies Inc. has taken full ownership of Optech Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of laser-based survey and digital imaging instrumentation. Terms of the transaction, which was carried out through Teledyne subsidiary of Teledyne Dalsa Inc., were not disclosed. Teledyne had held a majority stake in Optech for the last three years. The acquisition will not result in any significant...
Optical Processor to Boost Speed, Reduce Energy Demands of Genome Research
A prototype optical processor with a scalable, lensless design can crunch math problems faster than existing computers, according to its developer, Optalysys Ltd. With a processing speed equivalent...
Expansion Doubles Diamond-Growing Capacity at Scio
Scio Diamond Technology Corp. expected to complete an expansion in May that will more than double its capacity to create diamonds for optical and other applications. The company is refitting its...
Kopin Receives Orders Worth $1.8M for Fighter Jet HMDs
Kopin Corp. has received $1.8 million in follow-on production orders from Rockwell Collins Inc. for high-brightness LCD SXGA displays for helmet-mounted display (HMDs) worn by F-35 fighter pilots....
Schlüter to Head Business Development at Laser 2000
Dr. Ing. Holger Schlüter has been named head of business development for kilowatt lasers at Laser 2000 GmbH. Active in the field since 1993, Schlüter holds several patents in the field of...
Huennekens Named Board Chairman at EndoChoice
Scott Huennekens has been elevated to the position of chairman of the board at endoscope manufacturer EndoChoice Inc. Jim Balkcom, who had been chairman since 2009, will remain on the board of...
Richards-Kortum Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, a bioengineering professor at Rice University who uses optics to help fight disease, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A member of the...
PI Names Matt Reck Product Line Manager for Air-Bearing Positioning Stages
Matt Reck has been named product line manager for air-bearing precision positioning stages PI (Physik Instrumente) LP. Reck has worked for a number of motion control companies including Dover...
Attosecond Laser Facility Awards €1.4M in Secondary-Source Contracts
Leaders of the Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) facility planned for Szeged recently signed contracts totaling €1.4 million for development of four secondary...
Strengthen Ground-Based Optical, IR Astronomy, Says National Research Council
The National Research Council has called for improvements in observation, instrumentation and data management capabilities, as well as coordination among federal and private partners, to better...
ASML to Provide EUV Lithography Systems to US Semiconductor Manufacturer
ASML Holding NV will provide at least 15 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems under a new agreement with a U.S. semiconductor manufacturer. Financial terms were not disclosed. Delivery of...
Edmund Optics Awarded Multimillion-Dollar Defense Contract for IR Smart Sensors
Edmund Optics Inc. said it has received a multimillion-dollar defense-related contract for custom optical components supporting a smart sensors system. "We see positive response to new investments in...
Basler Hires Regional Sales Manager for Canada
Rob Karimi has been named regional sales manager for Canada by industrial camera firm Basler AG. He will be based in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Karimi graduated from York University in Toronto in 2005...
Trumpf Acquires Fiber Laser Subsidiary from GSI Group for $31.5M
Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG has acquired a subsidiary of GSI Group Inc. of Bedford, Mass., for approximately $31.5 million in cash. JK Lasers Ltd. of Rugby, England, will become part of Trumpf's SPI Lasers...
Deverell Named VP of Finance, Administration at Sydor Instruments
Sydor Instruments has named Scott Deverell vice president of finance and administration. In this newly created position, Deverell will provide financial leadership for the company, which operates in...
L-3 Beam Director to Aid Canadian Defense R&D
L-3 Integrated Optical Systems Brashear has provided Defence Research and Development Canada with a high-energy laser (HEL) beam director (BD) to enhance the government agency's mobile...
Cui to Bolster eMagin's HMD Effort as VP of Business Development
Dan Cui has been named vice president of business development for eMagin Corp.'s head-mounted display (HMD) group. The company has developed multiple HMDs for both military and consumer uses. It is...
Expanding Focus on OLED Displays, Aixtron Acquires PlasmaSi for $16M
Aixtron SE is targeting commercialization of thin-film encapsulants for organic LEDs with the acquisition of PlasmaSi Inc. of Freemont, Calif. The purchase price may reach up to $16 million and will...
Australian Military Tests Laser-Guided Missiles
Laser-based missile guidance systems scored 10 out of 10 hits in recent testing aboard an Australian military helicopter, according to developer BAE Systems Inc. The test shots, conducted in...
Kramer to Head Business Development for New Scale Technologies
New Scale Technologies Inc. has named Jeff Kramer vice president of business development, responsible for developing strategic deals and partnerships with key customers of the company’s...
Kopin Names General Manager for China
Wearable technologies firm Kopin Corp. has named Sam Zeng general manager of China operations. Zeng has more than 20 years of experience in Internet and mobile services, with extensive knowledge of...
QD Vision, Konka Partner to Launch Quantum Dot TVs in China
Konka Group Co. Ltd. has unveiled a pair of new quantum dot ultra-HD TVs based on Color IQ optics from QD Vision Inc. of Lexington, Mass. The new high-end TVs have features including large size, high...
Vision Engineering, RSS Logistics Chosen as Navy Prime Contractors
Two client companies of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program have been selected as prime contractors in a highly secure online community of U.S. businesses qualified...
Optics Golf Tournament Recognized by Rochester Children's Hospital
A patient room in the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center has been named in honor of the WNY Optics/Photonics Golf Tournament, an annual charity event....
First Light Imaging Wins EC Grant to Develop IR Camera
First Light Imaging SAS will use a grant from the European Commission to finalize development of an ultrafast, low-noise IR camera for use in astronomy, medical imagery, industry and defense. The...
Ross Launches Free Optical Calculator App
Ross Optical Industries Inc. has launched a free mobile version of its Optical Calculator, as well as a new online desktop version. The tool allows engineers and technicians to calculate to industry...
Lambda, Luxexcel Partner on 3-D-Printed Optics
Optical design software firm Lambda Research Corp. has partnered with Luxexcel Group BV of the Netherlands to produce customized 3-D-printed plastic optics. Lambda’s TracePro software allows...
Hamilton Thorne Acquires Reproductive Imaging Product Line
Hamilton Thorne Ltd. has acquired the Oosight product line from Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc. (CRi) of Hopkinton, a subsidiary of PerkinElmer Inc. Financial terms of the transaction...
Elbit to Provide HMDs for Navy Helicopters
Elbit Systems of America LLC will install and test its Color Helmet Display and Tracking System (CHDTS) on U.S. Navy helicopters under a contract from Science Applications International Corp. The...
Quantum Materials Names Lindberg CFO
Craig A. Lindberg has been named chief financial officer at Quantum Materials Corp., a manufacturer of quantum dots for medical, display, solar energy and lighting applications. Lindberg, 45,...
Facebook, Infinera to Create 8 Tb/s European Optical Network
Facebook Inc. is preparing to deploy an intelligent transport network developed by Infinera Corp. to create a 3998-km optical network route across Europe with a capacity of up to 8 Tb/s. The network...
Photopolymerization Approach Speeds 3-D Printing (with video)
A new approach to 3-D printing uses photopolymerization to create useful objects like stents in minutes rather than hours. Continuous liquid interface production (CLIP) works by projecting UV light...
Eurolaser Opens New Facility in Poland
Eurolaser GmbH has opened a branch office in Poland to address demand for CO2 laser systems for large-format cutting. Poland Sales Manager Mariusz Deptuch said the new office will facilitate...
Major Stakeholder Divests from Jenoptik; Shares Snapped up by New Investors
ECE Industrial Holdings GmbH has sold its approximately 10.48 percent stake in Jenoptik AG. Jenoptik said the roughly 6 million shares were purchased March 31 at a price of €11.90 per share...
Headwall Partners with Ocean Spray on Spectral Imaging for Agriculture
Ocean Spray will try to improve the quality and yield of its cranberries using spectral imaging systems from Headwall Photonics Inc. The two companies will cooperate on testing a new class of machine...
Research & Technology
Low-Energy Lasers Produce Microplasmas for Spectroscopy
Microplasma summoned out of thin air by low-energy laser pulses can be used as a source of broadband terahertz radiation for spectroscopy. Terahertz imaging needs only a narrow range of terahertz frequency to, for example, nondestructively look through layers of paint. But broader frequency range is necessary to differentiate the spectral "fingerprints" of various chemicals and identify threats...
Sharper 3-D Laser Scanner Impervious to Ambient Light
Refining principles of 3-D sensing for video games, researchers at Northwestern University have developed a 3-D laser scanner that produces detailed images even in the presence of bright ambient...
Raman Imager Speeds Cancer Detection
A vibrational spectroscopic imaging technology that can take images of living cells could represent an advanced medical diagnostic tool for the early detection of cancer and other diseases. The...
Frequency Comb Has the ‘Teeth’ to Measure Terahertz Waves
A frequency comb that generates and detects terahertz waves throughout a wide spectral range and with extreme precision could allow precise measurement of molecules in deep space. California...
Fluorescent Ink Proposed as Anticounterfeiting Tool
Fluorescent inks could one day be used in multicolored barcodes to authenticate frequently counterfeited products. Developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the inks are invisible under...
Angular Acceleration Observed in Helical Light Beams
The orbital angular momentum of laser light traveling along a helical path through space can accelerate and decelerate as it spins into the distance. This is the first time that angular acceleration...
Solar Nanowire-Bacteria Array Converts CO
2
into Useful Chemicals
A new artificial photosynthesis process could be used to capture carbon dioxide emissions and convert them into plastics, drugs and fuels with help from sunlight. Scientists with the U.S. Department...
Camera Powered by the Light It Captures
Absorbing solar energy one moment and capturing images the next, a prototype video camera is said to be the first that is entirely self-powered. Developed by researchers at Columbia University, the...
Acid-Free Fabrication Creates Longer-Lasting Flexible Displays
Hybrid organic-inorganic thin films for flexible displays can be created with a new technique that does without the corrosive acids used in conventional sol-gel fabrication. Developed by researchers...
Perovskite Nanowires Yield Efficient, Tunable Lasers
A “freshman-chemistry-level” technique for growing nanowires produces tunable lasers that are nearly 100 percent efficient. With low lasing thresholds and Q factors around 3600, these...
VA Researching LED Treatments to Battle Gulf War Illness
Following promising findings obtained from a pilot program, researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System are testing the effects of light therapy on brain function in veterans suffering from Gulf...
Camera-Based Monitoring of Vital Signs Improved
Refined signal processing allows video cameras to monitor vital signs regardless of ambient lighting and the subject’s skin color. A new algorithm developed by researchers at Rice University...
Plasmonic Nanodiscs Boost 2-D Material’s Light Emission
Augmenting molybdenum disulfide with plasmonic nanodiscs transforms the 2-D material into a promising light emitter. Researchers at Northwestern and Arizona State universities have found that a...
NIR Hyperspectral Imaging Roots out Peanut Contamination
Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging could eliminate uncertainty for food producers required to include the warning “May contain peanuts” on their packaging. A team of researchers from...
Lidar Chip Offers Mobile 3-D Scanning
A tiny lidar device could turn mobile phones into powerful 3-D scanning devices. Based on a silicon chip less than a square millimeter in size, the nanophotonic coherent imager (NCI) provides the...
Reinvented Optical Gyroscope Smaller, More Sensitive
A new spin on optical gyroscope technology could allow the devices, which are crucial to satellite and rocket guidance, to increase in sensitivity while shrinking to about 10 μm in size....
Photopolymerization Approach Speeds 3-D Printing (with video)
A new approach to 3-D printing uses photopolymerization to create useful objects like stents in minutes rather than hours. Continuous liquid interface production (CLIP) works by projecting UV light...
Products
Vertical Lift Stage
VAN NUYS, Calif., April 30, 2015 — The AT10-120 motorized vertical stage from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. is a high-resolution, low-profile, high-load vertical lift stage constructed of black-anodized aluminum alloy. The...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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Optical Displacement Sensor
MUNICH, April 30, 2015 — The IDS3010 optical displacement sensor from attocube systems AG has a data acquisition bandwidth of 10 MHz, allowing for the simultaneous detection of position variations of up to three targets with...
attocube systems AG
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THz Spectroscopy System
MARTINSRIED, Germany, April 29, 2015 — Suited for scientific materials testing and quality-control applications, a new fiber-coupled terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) system from Menlo Systems GmbH offers improved data...
Menlo Systems GmbH
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Industrial Camera
OBERSULM, Germany, April 29, 2015 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced its first USB Vision Class (UVC) industrial camera with autofocus and 13-MP resolution. The UV-3013XC operates within Windows, Linux, Mac OS X...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Short-Pulse Laser Diode
WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 29, 2015 — Flir Systems Inc. has announced a high-power, short-pulse laser diode with electronics designed for applications including lidar, gesture recognition and 3-D sensing. The VPowr laser source is...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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Two-Axis Gimbal
PITTSBURGH, April 29, 2015 — For applications from sensor calibration to laser beam steering, gimbals from Aerotech Inc. provide elevation-over-azimuth positioning in a variety of standard travel ranges. The AMG-GR...
Aerotech Inc.
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Nonmechanical Beam-Steering Device
GOLDEN, Colo., April 29, 2015 — A nonmechanical beam-steering device from Vescent Photonics Inc. operates at the crossroads of waveguide and liquid crystal (LC) technologies. The SEEOR (Scannable Electro-Evanescent Optical...
Vescent Photonics LLC
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Fiber Laser
VICTOR, N.Y., April 29, 2015 — The FemtoFiber Pro SCYb all-fiber high-power laser system from Toptica Photonics Inc. provides laser pulses with a center wavelength of 1030 nm and duration <100 fs. The device is based on a...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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Pickoff Mirrors
IRVINE, Calif., April 29, 2015 — Suitable for picking off closely spaced laser beams, D-shaped pickoff mirrors from Newport Corp. are offered with two standard broadband dielectric coatings that cover the visible and near-infrared...
MKS/Newport
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Pyroelectric Detectors
STUART, Fla., April 29, 2015 — Laser Components Pyro Group Inc. has announced new lithium tantalate (LTO) pyroelectric detectors in current mode. In current mode, the signal is relatively strong on a low offset with a...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Oscilloscope
BEAVERTON, Ore., April 28, 2015 — The DPO70000SX 70-GHz ATI performance oscilloscope by Tektronix Inc. provides ultrahigh-bandwidth, real-time signal acquisition and analysis up to 70-GHz analog bandwidth. The instrument is suited...
Tektronix Inc.
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Optical Modulation Analyzer
BEAVERTON, Ore., April 28, 2015 — Tektronix Inc. has introduced a 45-GHz optical modulation analyzer that can support 100-G and next-generation 400-G communications standards. Providing support for single- or multicarrier systems,...
Tektronix Inc.
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Imaging and Spectroscopy Software
TRENTON, N.J., April 28, 2015 — Princeton Instruments Inc. has released an update of its imaging and spectroscopy software. LightField 5.0 incorporates an all-new ‘math engine’ for analyzing 64-bit data in real...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Nonpolarizing Beamsplitters
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 28, 2015 — Insensitive to the input beam's polarization state, new laser line nonpolarizing plate beamsplitters from Edmund Optics Inc. are suited for laser applications where polarization control is critical....
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Optical Sampling Module
BEAVERTON, Ore., April 28, 2015 — Tektronix Inc. has announced a clock recovery trigger pickoff (CRTP) option for its 100-G broad-wavelength 80C15 Optical Sampling Module. This configuration is the first and only test solution...
Tektronix Inc.
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Laser Line Projection System
JERUSALEM, April 27, 2015 — Optimet (Optical Metrology Ltd.) has introduced the ConoLine-100 noncontact laser line projection system (pictured) for measuring distances. It is suited for a variety of applications including tire...
Optical Metrology Ltd. (Optimet)
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Laser Ablation System
PORTLAND, Ore., April 27, 2015 — Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI) has announced the NWRimage laser ablation system, giving researchers a new tool to investigate elemental binding and transport within cells. Used in...
ESI - Electro Scientific Industries
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Mass Spectrometry System
BILLERICA, Mass., April 27, 2015 — Bruker Corp. has announced the MALDI Biotypersmart, a new addition to the MALDI Biotyper product family of benchtop MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight) mass...
Bruker Daltonics Inc.
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2-MHz Lock-In Amplifier
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 24, 2015 — Designed for synchronous detection applications, the SR865 2-MHz lock-in amplifier from Stanford Research Systems Inc. offers a frequency range of 0.001 Hz to 2 MHz, dynamic reserve >120 dB,...
Stanford Research Systems Inc.
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Aspheric Lenses
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 23, 2015 — Offering high damage thresholds and maximized performance in high power, the TechSpec Laser-Line Coated Precision Aspheric Lenses from Edmund Optics are designed for high-power Nd:YAG laser...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Laser Projector
ITASCA, Ill., April 23, 2015 — NEC Display Solutions of America Inc. offers the NC1201L digital cinema laser projector for moderately sized theaters. As part of the company’s Digital Cinema Projector Series, the...
NEC Display Solutions of America
Laser Rangefinder
BEAVERTON, Ore., April 23, 2015 – The Rox μLRF microminiature eye-safe laser rangefinder from Voxtel Inc. achieves single-shot ranging to 3 km with 100-mm precision. The device is designed for consumer, industrial and...
Voxtel Inc.
Laser Cutter
FARMINGTON, Conn., April 23, 2015 — Trumpf Inc. has announced its second-generation TruLaser Cell 8030 for laser cutting hot-stamped 3-D components. The new TruLaser Cell 8030 has been updated to be more modular, energy efficient...
TRUMPF Inc.
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Thermal Imaging Core
WATERBEACH, UK, April 23, 2015 — Ready to integrate into OEM technology, the third-generation MicroCam thermal imaging core from Thermoteknix Systems Ltd. features shutterless XTi Technology for uninterrupted viewing. MicroCam...
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
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Fiber Laser Rangefinder
RENNES, France, April 23, 2015 — The LRF 1550 MR fiber laser rangefinder from SensUp is designed for medium- and long-distance measurements to static or moving targets in dynamic environments. It operates at a wavelength of...
SensUp
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Industrial Cameras
OBERSULM, Germany, April 23, 2015 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced a new line of USB 2.0 video class (UVC) board-level cameras for low-cost, high-volume projects. Part of the uEye LE family of cameras, models...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Laser Scanner
PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 23, 2015 — Extending its range of smart scanning sensors, Perceptron Inc. has announced the high-power Helix 200HDR sensor, offering an adjustable power range up to the maximum for a Class 3R laser. The...
Perceptron Inc.
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Digital Microscope
WETZLAR, Germany, April 23, 2015 — The DVM6 digital microscope by Leica Microsystems GmbH is suited for precise and repeatable imaging, analysis and measurement in quality control, failure analysis, research and development, and...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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CoaXPress Cameras
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 23, 2015 — The Sweep series of monochrome industrial line-scan cameras from JAI AS are now available with the CoaXPress interface standard. Camera Link models were released previously. The CoaXPress...
JAI A/S
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Laser Scanner Upgrade
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., April 23, 2015 — Delivering performance improvement for the Romer Absolute Arm, Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the release of the RS3 upgrade package. The RS3 integrated scanner delivers grater...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
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Femtosecond Laser Mirrors
WOKINGHAM, UK, April 23, 2015 — A new range of femtosecond laser mirrors Acal BFI UK Ltd. provide a >200-nm spectral bandwidth, high reflectivity, a high damage threshold and low group delay dispersion (GDD). The MLD and...
Acal BFi UK Ltd.
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Optical Mounts
GRANTS PASS, Ore., April 17, 2015 — A new series of optical mounts from Siskiyou Corp. enables high-resolution (4.5 arcsec) adjustment in two rotational axes (θx, θy) with long-term stability in a format suited for...
Siskiyou Corp.
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SWIR Camera
PRINCETON, N.J., April 17, 2015 — A new compact, rugged shortwave-infrared (SWIR) camera from Sensors Unlimited Inc. is suited for use in industrial systems for process monitoring, enhanced vision and persistent surveillance. ...
Sensors Unlimited Inc.
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Cylinder Inspector
GRAEFELFING, Germany, April 17, 2015 — The CylinderInspector 3D from Opto GmbH uses a white-light interferometric technique to provide nanoscale surface analysis of cylinders used in automotive engines. The instrument is also able...
Opto GmbH
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Digital Pathology Research Scanner
VISTA, Calif., April 17, 2015 — Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH offers a combination digital pathology research scanner for brightfield, fluorescence and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) imaging. The Aperio Versa...
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
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Multilabel Reader
BAD WILDBAD, Germany, April 17, 2015 — The TriStar2 S LB 942 multilabel reader from Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co. KG now supports time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) and homogenous time-resolved...
Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
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Automotive HUD Chipset
DALLAS, April 16, 2015 — A DLP chipset from Texas Instruments Inc. enables automotive head-up displays (HUDs) with a field of view (FOV) up to 12°. The DLP3000-Q1 chipset consists of a DLP 0.3-in. wide video...
Texas Instruments Inc., DLP Products
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Light Engine
RODGAU, Germany, April 16, 2015 — Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH offers a new adaptable light source for microscopy, flourescence analysis and multispectral forensics. The LedHub LED Light Engine can be equipped with one...
Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH
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Laser Projectors
ITASCA, Ill., April 16, 2015 — NEC Display Solutions of America Inc. has announced two new laser phosphor projectors for digital signage applications. The PH1201QL delivers a native 4K (4096 × 2160-pixel) resolution,...
NEC Display Solutions of America
Multisensor Security Camera
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, April 16, 2015 — A new security camera system from Avigilon Corp. allows up to four cameras at one location using a single Ethernet cable, housing and camera license. The HD Multisensor camera offers complete...
Avigilon
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Solar Cell Dicer
CHEMNITZ, Germany, April 16, 2015 — The MicroDice™ OTF system by 3D-Micromac AG uses thermal laser separation (TLS) technology to split photovoltaic cells into half cells. The use of half cells increases the average module...
3D-Micromac AG
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Frame Grabber
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, April 15, 2015 — The iPort CL-GigE external frame grabber by Pleora Technologies Inc. enables video transmission from Camera Link Base cameras over Gigabit Ethernet across the temperature range of –40 °C to...
Pleora Technologies Inc.
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Wear-Resistant Films
WINDSOR, UK, April 15, 2015 — Sacrificial wear layers to extend the life of alumina or beryllia electrostatic chucks (ESCs) for semiconductor, solar and LED applications are offered by Morgan Technical Ceramics, a division of...
Morgan Advanced Materials plc
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Spectrophotometer-Fluorometer
WILMINGTON, Del., April 14, 2015 — The DS-11 FX+, an all-in-one spectrophotometer and fluorometer system from DeNovix Inc., is designed for the quantification of nucleic acids and proteins over seven orders of magnitude. The...
DeNovix Inc.
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Scanning Laser Vibrometer
HARPENDEN, UK, April 13, 2015 — Polytec Ltd. has introduced a scanning laser vibrometer for study of complex structures. The PSV-500-NB Scanning Vibrometer (Notebook) allows noncontact, zero-mass-loading measurements, making...
Polytec Ltd.
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Noncontact Surface Profiler
LEICESTER, UK, April 13, 2015 — Taylor Hobson Ltd. has announced a new noncontact profiler for quantitative measurements of 3-D form and roughness features. Based on coherence correlation interferometry (CCI) technology, the...
Taylor Hobson Ltd.
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SWIR Cooler Assembly
HUDSON, N.H., April 10, 2015 — Optimized for hyperspectral and imaging applications, a new shortwave infrared integrated Dewar cooler assembly (IDCA) from American Infrared Solutions LLC (AIRS) offers higher quantum efficiency and...
American Infrared Solutions (AIRS)
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Optical Frequency Combs
VICTOR, N.Y., April 10, 2015 — New offset-free optical frequency combs from Toptica Photonics Inc. enable unprecedented passive stability for complex experiments. The difference frequency comb (DFC) operates with Cero...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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HD Daylight Cameras
STONEHAM, Mass., April 9, 2015 — Adimec Electronic Imaging Inc. has announced its new TMX74-60c/CL HD daylight camera with global-shutter CMOS technology for defense and security applications. It provides color imaging from...
Adimec Electronic Imaging Inc.
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Thermal Cameras
MEER, Belgium, April 9, 2015 — Flir Systems Inc.’s three new science-grade thermal cameras are designed for a variety of applications, including electronics development and nondestructive testing. The cooled devices’...
Teledyne FLIR
Digital Scan Head
HUDSON, N.H., April 9, 2015 — Nutfield Technology has introduced the D-20, a fully digital, encoder-based X-Y scan head suitable for micromachining, laser drilling and welding, laser ablation, materials processing, precision...
FARO Technologies Inc., Photonics
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Piezo Screw Drive
JENA, Germany, April 9, 2015 — Pizeosystem Jena GmbH has announced a hybrid nanopositioning element for improving resolution of linear stages, quality control, automation, fine adjustment of optical components and micro-assembly....
piezosystem jena GmbH
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Miniature Video Camera
IRVINE, Calif., April 9, 2015 — Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. has announced the IK-4K UltraHD, a three-CMOS 4K miniature video camera for live-event broadcast applications. The camera provides up to 1600 TV lines...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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Laser Fume Filtration System
LOEBAU, Germany, April 9, 2015 — ULT AG has launched the ULT 1500 and ULT 2500 extraction and filtration systems for dust, laser fumes and welding smoke. Both systems feature a conic filter cartridge and a 70-liter removal...
ULT AG
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High-Speed Monochromator
KYOTO, Japan, April 7, 2015 — For high-speed optical spectrometry applications, Shimadzu Corp. has introduced a compact monochromator system that achieves wavelength changes 10 times faster than conventional models. The...
Shimadzu Corp.
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Surveillance Mission System for Helicopters
HOD HASHARON, Israel, April 7, 2015 — Controp Precision Technologies Ltd.’s new A-SMS airborne surveillance mission system provides advanced electro-optical/IR surveillance capabilities for law enforcement and government...
CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd.
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IR Camera
WARWICK, N.Y., April 7, 2015 — The Pyroview 768N IR camera from Dias Infrared Corp. is designed for precise noncontact temperature measurement up to 3000 °C. The camera is suitable in a variety of process monitoring and...
DIAS Infrared Corp.
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Automotive LEDs
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, April 7, 2015 — Extending its automotive LED lighting portfolio, Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. now offers high-efficiency, sulfur-resistant golden frame series and PC Amber options. Gold-lead frames enhances...
Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd.
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Industrial Cameras
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 7, 2015 — JAI Inc. has added a four-channel CoaXPress interface to its 5-MP Spark SP-5000 camera, enabling the camera’s CMOS imager to run at its maximum full-frame rate of 253.8 fps for 8-, 10- or...
JAI Inc.
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UV Spectrophotometer
CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 7, 2015 — McPherson Inc.’s new UV absorbance spectrophotometer, VUVAS, is suitable for materials and optical characterization, process control and kinetics and optical transient measurement. The...
McPHERSON
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Hexapod Motion Simulator
AUBURN, Mass., April 7, 2015 — The H-860KMAG six-axis motion simulator “shaker” hexapod by PI (Physik Instrumente) LP is suitable for high-speed motion and vibration simulation, including simulation of camera shake. ...
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Motion Control Stages
JENA, Germany, April 7, 2015 — Offered by Piezosystem Jena GmbH, motion control stages with a travel range up to several millimeters can be used as single units or in combination with piezoelectric stages for a variety of...
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Line-Scan Cameras
WATERLOO, Ontario, April 7, 2015 — Teledyne Dalsa has added 2k and 4k GigE Vision models to its Linea family of line-scan cameras for machine vision applications. The new cameras offer up to 2 × 2 binning and multiple...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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3-D Aerial Cameras
TEL AVIV, Israel, April 7, 2015 — VisionMap Ltd. has added 3-D capabilities to its Mist and A3 Edge aerial cameras used in defense applications. The new 3D Edge feature communicates with a ground-based image processing system...
VisionMap Ltd.
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Robotic Laser Metrology System
PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 6, 2015 — Perceptron Inc. has announced the Autoscan series of laser-based industrial metrology products for shop-floor, automated 3-D scanning and dimensional measurement. The Autoscan Collaborate-CMM...
Perceptron Inc.
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Optical Fiber Identifiers
CHESSINGTON, England, April 2, 2015 — New optical fiber identifiers, used for identifying the light power presence in optical fibers, are available from Fujikura Europe Ltd. The FID-30R (pictured) includes an optical power meter...
Fujikura Europe Ltd.
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Pulsed-Laser Photoacoustics Instrumentation, Software
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., April 2, 2015 — New instrumentation and software from Quantum Northwest Inc. help users create a turn-key, pulsed-laser photoacoustics system. The PAS 1010 includes two integrated energy probes and an energy...
Quantum Northwest Inc.
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Laser Safety Eyewear
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 1, 2015 — P07 laser safety eyewear from Laservision USA provides protection for patients during laser procedures in surgery, dermatology and dentistry. The eyewear’s exchangeable silicone eye caps...
Laservision USA
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Video Measuring Microscope
PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 1, 2015 — The MarVision MM 320 video measuring microscope from Mahr Federal Inc. features image processing capability suited for the measurement and/or dimensioning of geometric elements. The instrument...
Mahr Inc.
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Digital Laser Scan Head
SHEFFORD, England, April 1, 2015 — Laser Control Systems Ltd. has introduced the fourth-generation Digi-Cube II digital laser scan head for high-speed laser marking. Suitable for OEM design integration, the compact version of the...
Laser Control Systems Ltd.
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Piezo Stage Scanners
AUBURN, Mass., April 1, 2015 — The PIHera family of piezo stage scanners by PI (Physik Instrumente) LP are suitable for nanopositioning applications such as micromanufacturing, photonics and test alignment, superresolution...
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Compact Fixed-Focal-Length Lens
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 1, 2015 — New machine vision lenses from Edmund Optics Inc. are suited for factory automation, inspection and qualification. The Techspec 3.5-mm compact fixed-focal-length lenses are designed to meet the...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Thermal Analysis System
TADWORTH, England, April 1, 2015 — A new thermal analysis system from Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd. offers as visualization-through-software approach. Vista combines the characterization power of thermal analysis with the...
Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd.
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Cuvette Changer
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., April 1, 2015 — The new qChanger 6 from Quantum Northwest Inc. is a Peltier-driven, 6-position linear cuvette changer compatible with Agilent, Cary and Shimadzu spectrophotometers. The device provides a range...
Quantum Northwest Inc.
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