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Photonics.com - June 2009
Business
Zeiss Adds Extreme Metrology
Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. is planning to roll some of its existing products into a new extreme metrology group. The new group will offer manufacturers solutions for products that are “different from the run-of-the-mill stuff,” said Kevin Legacy, the company’s manager of computed tomography and engineering.
Research & Technology
First Acoustic ‘Superlens’
The world’s first acoustic “superlens,” an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, nondestructive structural testing of buildings and bridges, and novel underwater stealth technology, has been created by researchers at the University of Illinois. The team, led by Nicholas X. Fang, professor of mechanical science and engineering, successfully...
Ultrafast Astronomical Camera
The next generation of instruments for ground-based telescopes took a leap forward with the development of a new ultrafast camera that can take 1500 finely exposed images per second even when...
Revolutionizing Spintronics
Physicists at the Department of Energy's (DoE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have now confirmed that there is an exotic type of material that could one day provide...
4 Photons Controlled on Chip
A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Bristol Centre for Quantum Photonics has demonstrated the ultraprecise manipulation skills needed to make a major advance toward quantum...
Light's Might Harnessed
A nanoscale device created at the California Institute of Technology exploits the mechanical properties of light to create an optomechanical cavity in which interactions between light and motion are...
News & Features
New Solar Airplane Unveiled
Swiss adventurer Dr. Bertrand Piccard unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane that he hopes to eventually fly around the world. Dubbed the Solar Impluse HB-SIA, it is designed to fly both day...
Making Nanoparticles in Cells
Tailor-made nanoparticles that can be used as position lights on cell proteins were realized by scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. The discovery could one day lead to...
NASA Taps Raytheon Team
NASA has selected a team led by Raytheon Company to develop enhancements to the system-wide modeling and simulation capability in the Airspace Concepts Evaluation System, or ACES. The plug and...
Microvision Secures $15M
Microvision Inc. has announced that Walsin Lihwa Corp., through its subsidiary Max Display Enterprises Limited, has agreed to invest approximately $15 million in Microvision. The investment was...
First Acoustic ‘Superlens’
The world’s first acoustic “superlens,” an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, nondestructive structural testing of buildings and bridges, and...
CEOs Look for Bright Spots
While some optical technology areas are experiencing high growth rates, that growth may be limited by the number of qualified workers available, and innovations are still needed in the production...
Lasers Lengthen Qbit Memory
Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers. A quantum dot is a semiconductor nanostructure that is one candidate for...
Nano, Solar Top Show Agenda
New research in nanoengineering, solar, optical engineering and photonics will be presented, and 400 years of telescopes celebrated, at SPIE Optics+Photonics 2009, the most multidisciplinary science...
Spectral Imaging of Melanoma
A new digital analysis system of multispectral images that helps physicians distinguish melanoma from other kinds of skin diseases is in process of being developed. The Computer Vision research group...
Ultrafast Astronomical Camera
The next generation of instruments for ground-based telescopes took a leap forward with the development of a new ultrafast camera that can take 1500 finely exposed images per second even when...
Boas Blog: Brain Mapping
Gary at Large San Francisco, June 23, 2009 The concierge didn't think I could do it. Or would do it, anyway. "Walk from Union Square to the Presidio?" he asked. (Did he just suppress a...
IR Astronomy Pioneer Dies
Infrared astronomy pioneer Frank J. Low died June 11, according to the University of Arizona, his employer since 1965. He was 75. Low was a solid-state physicist who became a leader in the new...
Pixel-like Light Sensors
Light sensors that act like pixels in a digital camera were created at the University of Toronto. The sensors benefit from a phenomenon known as multi-exciton generation (MEG). Until now, no group...
Acoustic Saser Laser Realized
A new type of acoustic laser device called a ‘saser’ was realized by scientists at the University of Nottingham. In collaboration with colleagues in the Ukraine, the group produced the sonic...
Magnetochromatic Beads
For the first time, stable photonic materials with tunable colors could be fabricated on a large scale after a new mechanism for inducing color change in materials was discovered at the University of...
Laser World Record in Munich
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) unveiled the world’s most powerful ultrashort-pulse laser during Laser World of Photonics 2009 here this week. The femtosecond laser has an average...
4.3 GHz Record Set With LET
Researchers constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz held by a...
Revolutionizing Spintronics
Physicists at the Department of Energy's (DoE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have now confirmed that there is an exotic type of material that could one day provide...
AFM Gauges Atom Charge State
IBM scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of individual...
Attendance Up at Laser Munich
Organizers of Laser World of Photonics 2009, which opened here today, were relieved to report that the industry picture looked good, evidenced by growth in this year’s conference. The...
Dr Späth Wins Visionary Award
SPIE, the international optics and photonics society, today presented Dr. h.c. Lothar Späth with the 2009 Visionary Award, recognizing him for his “exceptional foresight, creativity advocacy and...
1st Photonics21 Student Award
As part of today's opening session of Laser 2009's World of Photonics Congress in Munich, the first ever Photonics21 Student Award was handed over to PhD student Yannick Chassagneux, and was...
Flir Buys Salvador Imaging
Thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. announced it has acquired Salvador Imaging Inc., a provider of high-performance visible and low-light imaging systems, for $13...
Light Powers DNA Nanomotor
A new mechanism created by chemists transforms light into motion, albeit at an extremely small scale. The team from the University of Florida built a new type of "molecular nanomotor" driven only...
Raydiance Unveils Innovation
Vascular stents - small tube-like devices that are sometimes inserted into arteries during angioplasty to ensure that the artery remains open - are common medical devices. However, the difficulty of...
Awards Recognize Innovation
Photonics-related technologies were big winners at the 12th annual Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition. Winning products received gold or silver recognition at a ceremony held during...
Zeiss Adds Extreme Metrology
Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. is planning to roll some of its existing products into a new extreme metrology group. The new group will offer manufacturers solutions for products that are “different from the...
Opening Day at LaserTec 2009
On the first day of the exhibition at Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East, the LaserTec special focus pavilion was pleasantly busy. With exhibitors available to showcase lasers used in...
Metrology at Mahr: Diversify
Mahr Federal Inc. knows the value of diversifying. The company, which provides dimensional measurement solutions, has a range of products on display this week at MD&M East, a medical device...
4 Photons Controlled on Chip
A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Bristol Centre for Quantum Photonics has demonstrated the ultraprecise manipulation skills needed to make a major advance toward quantum...
ABL Talk Draws CLEO Crowd
During the PhAST Track session at CLEO 2009, Steve Post of the Missile Defense Agency offered an overview of the Airborne Laser program, describing mission objectives, weapon system elements and...
New Life for QPC Lasers
The investment group Laser Operations LLC announced it bought the assets of struggling semiconductor laser maker QPC Lasers Inc. for $750,000 after acquiring its $6 million debt from Finisar.
Labsphere, Orb Optronix Team
Light measurement companies Labsphere and Orb Optronix announced a far-reaching collaboration on the development of a broad range of new LED, display and light metrology products.
MD&M Touts Tools of the Trade
The Big Apple this week is home to a trade show devoted to the tools that help doctors diagnose diseases and treat patients. Medical Design & Manufacturing East (MD&M East) is being held from...
Light's Might Harnessed
A nanoscale device created at the California Institute of Technology exploits the mechanical properties of light to create an optomechanical cavity in which interactions between light and motion are...
Oclaro, Newport Trade Assets
Oclaro Inc., formerly Bookham, announced t it will sell the New Focus business of its Advanced Photonics Solutions division in exchange for the Newport Spectra Physics high-power laser diodes...
Staying Cool in a Bad Economy
“If you haven’t done the right thing before the downturn, chances are you’re not going to make it,” said Milton Huffaker of Coherent Investments during the PhAST Power Lunch at CLEO/IQEC 2009,...
A Twist on Chip-based Memory
The same polymer sheets used to make transparencies for overhead projectors have been used by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create an electronic memory...
Moses Fired Up Over NIF Start
In 2012, according to fans of fringe "science," the world as we know it will come to an end - apparently because the Mayans failed to develop the perpetual calendar. By then, however, we just might...
CLEO's Crème de la Crème
It was evident that there's a lot of excitement surrounding this year's CLEO/IQEC conference, which features more than 300 participating companies and groundbreaking research. On Monday, the...
The Final Days of CLEO 2009
Pittsfield, June 9, 2009 Nestled back in to the comforts of my desk and all that is familiar, I find my mind drifting back to the Charm City and, in particular, the Baltimore Convention Center,...
Laser Zap Brightens Bulbs
Firing a beam from an ultrapowerful laser onto the filament of an incandescent bulb can double its brightness without increasing its energy consumption, optics researchers at the University of...
Products
T8/bi-pin
TORRANCE, Calif., June 30, 2009 – Energy-efficient T8/bi-pin LED lighting tubes are the latest fluorescent-replacement LED lighting products announced by LEDtronics Inc. in its “green” technology lineup. The LED48T8-288-001W series bi-pin LED fits into standard G13 bases and is designed to directly replace the conventional T8 fluorescent tubes that provide general lighting for commercial, residential and architectural...
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Raman Spectral Engine
FREMONT, Calif., June 30, 2009 – BaySpec Inc. has released its first next-generation visible-NIR Raman spectral engine with a range of 300 to 1100 nm. The 2048 × 64-pixel CCD array produces typical resolution of approximately 5...
BaySpec Inc.
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Optical Thin-film Coatings
SANTA ROSA, Calif., June 26, 2009 – Deposition Sciences Inc. has introduced optical coatings on plastic materials and substrates. The rugged and reliable thin-film coatings can be deposited on materials such as Ultem, Zeonex and a...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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Vertical Diode Laser Stack
MAINZ, Germany, June 26, 2009 – Dilas Diodenlaser GmbH has announced its new compact quasi-continuous-wave high-power vertical diode laser stacked arrays that are available in wavelengths ranging from 808 to 9xx nm, with power...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
Precision Polymer Optics
G-S PLASTIC OPTICS manufactures optics for imaging, scanning, detection, and illumination applications. GSPO provides custom diamond turned and injection molded prototypes, production injection...
GS Plastic Optics
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The Hippo 532-14
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 24, 2009 – Newport Corp.'s Spectra-Physics Lasers Division has announced the Hippo 532-14, a new addition to its Hippo family of Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) industrial lasers. The device provides...
Newport Spectra-Physics GmbH, Photonics Solutions Div.
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Omegascope OS530LE-W9
STAMFORD, Conn., June 22, 2009 – For use in the chemical and automotive industries, Omega Engineering Inc. has introduced the Omegascope OS530LE-W9 series handheld infrared thermometers. Featuring built-in wireless measurement and...
Omega Engineering Inc.
OD Value Family
MINNEAPOLIS, June 22, 2009 – Sick Inc. has launched its OD Value family of optical displacement sensors, the latest addition to the company’s line of high-accuracy measurement solutions. They offer a variety of interface...
SICK Inc.
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HighLight 1000F
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 19, 2009 – Coherent Inc. has introduced a fiber-delivered direct diode laser system that offers up to 30% electrical to optical efficiency for use in industrial applications. With a reliable design based on...
Coherent Inc.
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MO Exposure Optics
GARCHING, Germany, June 16, 2009 – Suss MicroTec Lithography GmbH has launched an illumination system with patent-pending high-resolution MO exposure optics designed for all generations of the company’s manual and automatic mask...
SUSS MicroTec SE
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SWIR Cameras for PV Inspection
PRINCETON, N.J., June 16, 2009 – Sensors Unlimited Inc., part of Goodrich Corp., has introduced high-resolution shortwave infrared (SWIR) area- and line-scan cameras that are used to improve the manufacturing yield of concentrated...
Sensors Unlimited Inc. - A Collins Aerospace Company
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InfoVueT
PALATINE, Ill., June 15, 2009 – Lumex has launched its InfoVueT high-/low- temperature series of custom LCDs for applications that perform in extreme heat or extreme cold. The company says that they provide up to 50% technology...
Lumex
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Laser Diode Collimators
HATFIELD BROAD OAK, UK, June 15, 2009 – Photonic Products Ltd. has announced a line of laser diode collimators that combine high alignment accuracy with a tiny package. Designed for use in applications that require high beam alignment...
Photonic Products Ltd.
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T.rad 1000D
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 15, 2009 – Spectrum Detector Inc has introduced the T.rad 1000D, a broadband pyroelectric radiometer for intensity measurements covering the entire spectrum from 0.1 to 30 THz. It consists of a large-area,...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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Ultra-red 1180-M-UR
TORRINGTON, Conn., June 9, 2009 – For high-speed, high-volume needle bonding assembly, Dymax Corp. has introduced the Ultra-Red fluorescing 1180-M-UR, a multipurpose medical device adhesive that cures upon exposure to UV or visible...
Dymax, Headquarters
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Inspire OPO
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 9, 2009 – Newport Corp.’s Spectra-Physics Lasers Div. has introduced the Inspire optical parametric oscillator (OPO), a tunable, ultrafast laser source for advanced imaging and spectroscopy applications....
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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TA-7600 Amplifier
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 2009 – Oclaro Inc. has launched a high-power tapered amplifier for atomic and precision spectroscopy under the New Focus brand. The tapered structure of the amplifier medium maintains low power densities...
Newport - New Focus
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ODD-525W Photodiode
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., June 8, 2009 – Opto Diode Corp. has introduced the second in its series of selective-wavelength photodiodes. The ODD-525W, designed specifically for the automotive and colorimetry industries, has an active area of...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Visible and Infrared Absorbers
Exciton's new absorber dyes can provide selective or broadband light filtering throughout the visible and near infrared. Absorbers with relatively narrow absorption bands, such as those shown in the...
Exciton Dye Technologies (See Luxottica / Exciton)
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