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Photonics.com - February 2015
Business
Two Reach Top Rung of Zeiss Technical Ladder
Optics giant Zeiss has elevated two employees to the highest level on its technical ladder. Dr. Michael Kempe and Dr. Michael Totzeck of Zeiss’ corporate research and technology division, are...
Germany Opens Digital Photonic Production Research Campus
Government, scientific and industry leaders recently opened the Digital Photonic Production research campus to develop light as a production tool. The German Federal Ministry of Education and...
JDSU Reveals Spinoff Names: Lumentum and Viavi
Lumentum and Viavi are the names of the two companies JDSU plans to split into this fall. Meanwhile, Chief Financial Officer Rex Jackson will leave the company Sept. 30 following the expected...
Ferro Acquires Laser Marking Firm TherMark for $5.5M
Ferro Corp. has acquired the privately held laser marking technology company TherMark Holdings Inc. of Irvine, Calif., for $5.5 million in cash. TherMark’s technology uses precise lasers to...
Profitable Faro Pushes Further into Law Enforcement
Faro Technologies Inc. said its newest laser 3-D scanning products performed well as it closed the books on 2014 and announced a new acquisition. Yearly sales increased 17.2 percent to $341.8...
Semrock Names Life Sciences Catalog Leader
Semrock has named Dr. Prashant Prabhat the new business line leader for its newly formed life sciences catalog business segment. Prabhat and his team will focus on growing the catalog filter...
New Fibercore VP Targets Oil & Gas Market
Brian Herbst has been named global senior vice president of sales for Fibercore, where he will lead a push into new markets. Herbst was formerly director of specialty cables at AFL. He graduated from...
IR Drone Camera Provides Bird's-Eye View of Rochester at Night (with video)
Flying 15,000 feet over downtown Rochester at night, a midwave-infrared (MWIR) sensor from Exelis captured in detail the movements of cars and pedestrians. The company’s CorvusEye 1500 system...
Multilayer QD Solar Cells Promising for Natcore
A new breed of quantum dots (QDs) could enable multilayer solar cells that capture more of the sun’s energy. Natcore Technology Inc. said scientists in the laboratories of co-founder Dr. Andrew...
Expansion into New Markets Yields Strong Year for IPG Photonics
IPG Photonics Corp. says 2014 went just as it planned, with new sales efforts yielding a 19 percent rise in revenues and a 29 percent increase in earnings. The industrial lasers firm, which recently...
CyberOptics Looks to Break Even in 2015
Optical metrology firm CyberOptics Corp. said it expects sales growth of at least 10 percent and a break-even operating result in the year ahead after introducing new products and cutting losses in...
Bach Research Supplying Optics for Multiple Atmospheric Study Missions
Bach Research Corp. has completed two contracts and begun one more for optical components to be used in satellites studying the Earth’s atmosphere. Under a new contract with Ball Aerospace...
Edmund, Luxexcel Partner on 3-D Printed Optics
Edmund Optics has partnered with LUXeXceL Group BV of the Netherlands to develop 3-D printed plastic optical components. Luxexcel’s patented Printoptical technology uses additive manufacturing...
Neptec 3-D Lidar Sensor System Aims to Improve Mine Operations
Neptec Technologies Corp. has completed proof-of-concept testing on a new 3-D lidar sensor system designed to help truck drivers and shovel operators for mining operations. The 3DRi Spot Assist...
Prism Award Winners Recognized at Photonics West
From 3-D printed optics to novel laser systems to mobile medical diagnostics and chemical sensors, nine cutting-edge products were recognized Wednesday during the Photonics West trade show with Prism...
Earnings Jump at Hamilton Thorne
Biophotonics firm Hamilton Thorne Ltd. said it experienced a five-fold increase in profits from 2013 to 2014. Preliminary figures put net income at more than $800,000, compared to $125,000 the prior...
M Squared Secures $5M in New Funding
Eyeing oversees sales growth and the emerging quantum technology market, M Squared Lasers has secured £3.25 million (about $5.02 million) in new funding. The international bank Barclays has...
Newport Touts Record Sales Amid Acquisitions
Newport Corp. notched sales and orders records in 2014, with profits reaching $35.1 million. Net sales for the year were $605.2 million, $158.7 million of that coming in the fourth quarter....
Newport to Acquire Austrian Firm Femtolasers
Newport Corp. plans to acquire Femtolasers Produktions GmbH of Vienna. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close this quarter, were not disclosed. Femtolasers develops ultrafast lasers for...
Adimec Names Dual CEOs
Industrial camera company Adimec has promoted Chief Marketing Officer Dr. Joost van Kuijk and Chief Financial Officer Alex de Boer to serve cooperatively as chief executives. De Boer will run the...
Northrop Grumman Supplies Laser Mine Detection Systems to Navy
The U.S. Navy has contracted Northrop Grumman Corp. for the continued production of the AN/AES-1Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS). Mounted on the MH-60S helicopter, the ALMDS detects and...
Flir Marks Successful Foray Into Consumer Market
Ending a year in which it entered the consumer market with thermal cameras for smartphones, Flir Systems Inc. reported increased revenues and profits. “During the year we introduced several new...
Edmund, Fisba Partner on IR Glass-Molded Optics
Edmund Optics Inc. and Fisba Optik LLC of Tucson, Ariz., have teamed up to produce IR optics using nontraditional materials. The new components will be suited for life sciences applications such as...
Quantum Materials Begins Shipping of Cadmium-Free QDs
Quantum Materials Corp. has begun shipping cadmium-free red and green quantum dots in evaluation and production quantities to consumer electronics manufacturers. The company said a new facility,...
Teledyne Acquires Underwater Imaging Firm Bowtech
Teledyne Technologies Inc. has acquired Bowtech Products Ltd. of Aberdeen, Scotland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bowtech designs and manufactures vision systems, including rugged...
3 Finalists Vie for National Integrated Photonics Institute
Three consortia led by the universities of Central Florida, Southern California and New York have been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to submit full proposals for creating a $220 million...
Research & Technology
Nanostructures Enable Step Toward OLED Lasers
Organic LEDs made with finely patterned nanostructures can produce bright, low-power light sources, a key step toward making organic lasers. Researchers have long dreamed of building organic lasers,...
Printable Filters Manage THz Communications
Filters created with an off-the-shelf inkjet printer could enable blazing-fast wireless downloads and clearer cellphone calls using the terahertz spectrum. University of Utah researchers developed...
Germany Opens Digital Photonic Production Research Campus
Government, scientific and industry leaders recently opened the Digital Photonic Production research campus to develop light as a production tool. The German Federal Ministry of Education and...
Cubic Nanoantennas Eyed for NEMS Biosensors
Lab-on-a-chip applications could benefit from cubical nanoantennas that direct light more effectively than spherical ones. The cubes, which are composed of insulating rather than conducting or...
Model Predicts Metamaterials’ Nonlinear Optical Properties
A new approach that can predict the nonlinear light scattering properties of nanoscale objects could help turn optical metamaterials to more practical uses. The unique electromagnetic properties of...
‘Flat Lens’ Masters Chromatic Aberration
Overcoming a limitation of earlier flat optics, a new achromatic metasurface is able to bend different wavelengths of light by the same amount. The ultrathin “flat lens” is composed of a...
Laser Frequency Comb Boosts Solar Telescope Accuracy (with video)
Laser frequency combs can help telescopes achieve unprecedented accuracy in spectral measurements, and may someday aid detection of Earth-sized exoplanets. A team from three German institutions...
ZnO Nanowires Create Ultrasensitive UV Smoke Detector
A new low-temperature nanowire growth process can create ultrasensitive UV sensors for fire detection directly on a microchip. A ZnO nanowire detector created through a seedless hydrothermal...
Fluorescent Label Aids Whole-Brain Imaging In Vivo
A new permanent fluorescent label allows researchers to study complex neural activity in wide swaths of brain tissue in moving animals. Developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the label...
Lens Arrays Could Enable Rooftop Solar Concentrators
Tiny solar cells sandwiched between lens arrays could bring the promise of concentrator photovoltaics (CPVs) down to a consumer scale. “Current CPV systems are the size of billboards and have...
Film Enables Touch Displays That Respond to Bending, Heat
A novel film could be used to make flexible displays that respond not only to touch but also to bending. Developed by a team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC), the film is...
Fluorescent Probe Shows Promise in Osteoarthritis Treatment
A near-infrared fluorescent probe may make it easier to diagnose and monitor osteoarthritis. Tested in mice, the probe detected the activity leading to cartilage loss in joints. As the osteoarthritis...
Spontaneous Emission Enhanced by Nanoantennas
LEDs equipped with nanoscale optical antennas to spontaneously emit more light could be a better solution than lasers for short-range optical communications. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National...
Antennas Enable Nanoscale Terahertz Spectroscopy
Tiny antennas could bring the power of terahertz spectroscopy to bear on large molecules and other nanoscale objects. Nanoantenna-enhanced terahertz spectroscopy (NETS) involves chains of dipole...
Organic Solar Cells Unaffected by Nanostructure
Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells that are highly organized at the nanoscale are no more efficient at creating free electrons than cells with poorly organized structures. That is the finding of...
3 Finalists Vie for National Integrated Photonics Institute
Three consortia led by the universities of Central Florida, Southern California and New York have been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to submit full proposals for creating a $220 million...
Products
Industrial Camera
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 27, 2015 — Point Grey has announced the addition of the BFLY-PGE-50H5 camera model to its Blackfly family of GigE Vision cameras. The camera is based on the Sharp RJ32S4AA0DT monochrome and RJ32S3AA0DT color sensors, both 2/3-in., 5.0-MP global shutter CCDs. The camera is capable of streaming 2448 × 2048-resolution images at 7.5 fps, providing highly improved sensitivity and image quality...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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3-D Printer Extension Set
EGGENSTEIN-LEOPOLDSHAFEN, Germany, Feb. 27, 2015 — A new extension set from Nanoscribe bridges the gap between 3-D laser lithography and 3-D printing for microfabrication applications. Supplementing the company’s Photonic Professional GT...
Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG
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Detector Cards
OLCHING, Germany, Feb. 27, 2015 — Detector cards for wavelengths from 1.5 to 5 μm and 5 to 20 μm help verify the path of invisible laser radiation. Offered by Laser Components GmbH, the cards are ready for immediate...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Agricultural Spectrometer
APELDOORN, Netherlands, Feb. 27, 2015 — Avantes has announced a new near-infrared spectrometer suited for analysis of grain, corn, wheat and soy. Based on a 100-mm optical bench with NA of 0.13, the Avaspec-NIR 256-HSC is equipped...
Avantes BV
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Optical Encoders
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 26, 2015 — Pittman Motors has announced two new types of optical incremental encoders for precision motion-control applications for volume OEMs. E30C and E30D optical incremental encoders operate at 5 V...
Pittman Motors
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Profiler Optics
LEICESTER, England, Feb. 26, 2015 — Taylor Hobson has announced a new range of long-working-distance lenses for its coherence correlation interferometer (CCI) noncontact profilers for measurement of features such as rough surfaces and...
Taylor Hobson Ltd.
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Scientific Spectroscopy Camera
EDISON, N.J., Feb. 25, 2015 — The Synapse EM from Horiba Scientific is a deep-cooled electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) scientific camera for low-light and ultrafast spectroscopy experiments. It is available in front- and...
HORIBA
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Excimer Laser
SAINT-NOM-LA-BRETECHE, France, Feb. 25, 2015 — An eximer laser for ophthalmic marking from Laser 2000 may be used to create microdots on an optical surface, allowing for best adherence of hard or antireflection coatings. The L2Mark has an...
Laser 2000 SAS
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OEM Laser Modules
OLCHING, Germany, Feb. 25, 2015 — Laser Components’ OEM laser modules, with diameters of 3.3 mm and 11.5 mm, are suited for soldering to circuit boards. For all other applications, the modules are available with...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Spectrophotometer
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2015 — The Origin bright-white-light spectrophotometer from Radiantis is designed for use in reflection, transmission and absorption spectroscopy. Based on a linear diode array, it is built to handle...
Radiantis
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Optical Power Meter
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2015 — Suited for real-time monitoring of any light source, including lasers, Radiantis’ new photodiode-based optical power meter incorporates both the detector head and power meter to measure power...
Radiantis
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Optical Component Measuring Station
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 24, 2015 — Mahr Federal Inc. has announced a precision measuring station to evaluate optical components, including freeform, aspheric and spherical lenses. Developed to provide quick 2-D and 3-D testing...
Mahr Inc.
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ArF Immersion Light Source
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2015 — A new ArF immersion light source for semiconductor lithography from Cymer provides improvements in bandwidth, wavelength and energy stability to reduce process variability and increase yield over...
Cymer Inc.
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Reflectometric Interference Detector
BAD WILBAD, Germany, Feb. 24, 2015 — The 1λ-Reflectometric Interference Detection device (1λ-RIDe) from Berthold Technologies GmbH and Biametrics GmbH provides a bridge between conventional micro-array approaches and...
Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
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LED Curing System
TORRINGTON, Conn., Feb. 24, 2015 — The BlueWave QX4 high-intensity spot-curing system from Dymax Corp. features all the benefits of LED-curing technology in a small and versatile unit. The system is comprised of a controller and...
Dymax, Headquarters
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Linear Positioning Stages
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2015 — With a lower profile and better flatness than stacked stages, Newport Corp.’s One-XY series of integrated two-axis linear stages provides a compact, high-performance solution for demanding...
MKS/Newport
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Silicon Aspheres
BARRINGTON, N.J., Feb. 24, 2015 — Manufactured using an optical-grade silicon substrate, Techspec silicon aspheric lenses from Edmund Optics are suited for weight-sensitive IR systems, including those found in many defense...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Handheld Single-Fiber Fusion Splicer
TOKYO, Feb. 23, 3025 — A handheld single-fiber fusion splicer from Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. is suited for working on local-area network and fiber-to-the-premises connections. The FitelNinja NJ001 is designed to...
Optical Heated Windows
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2015 — Reynard Corp. has made available custom optical heated windows using conductive materials to keep imaging planes or optical instrumentation windows free of moisture or fog. Patterns can be...
Reynard Corporation
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Excimer Lasers
WESSLING, Germany, Feb. 20, 2015 — New excimer lasers from MLase AG are intended for glass marking. The MLI and MLI-OEM series are UV light sources at 193 or 248 nm with high pulse energies up to 16 mJ and repetition rates up to...
Laser 2000 GmbH
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Optical Spectrum Analyzer
AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, Feb. 20, 2015 — A new version of the AQ6373 optical spectrum analyzer from Yokogawa Europe BV incorporates a new monochromator with a sharp passband filter edge for clearly separating spectral signals in close...
Yokogawa Europe BV
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High-Speed Smart Camera
ST.-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France, Feb. 19, 2015 — The new ProcImage 500-Eagle CMOS smart camera from See Fast Technologies combines high-speed acquisition and real-time embedded processing. The camera offers 505 fps at 1280 × 1024-pixel...
See Fast Technologies
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Laser Positioning Stages
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2015 — New linear stages from Newport Corp. are engineered for extended operation in industrial environments with heavy duty cycles, like ultrafast laser micromachining, ablation, cutting or laser additive...
MKS/Newport
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Terahertz Spectrometer
CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 19, 2015 — TeraView’s new TeraPulse 4000 is a portable terahertz system intended for use in laboratory, production and industrial environments. It is available with an onboard spectroscopy and...
TeraView Ltd.
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VCSEL Linear Heaters
MERCERVILLE, N.J., Feb. 19, 2015 — Princeton Optronics Inc. has announced new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array linear heaters for printing and additive manufacturing. They offer 4 kW CW output from multiple 5...
Princeton Optronics Inc.
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Phase-Locked Optical Chopper System
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 18, 2015 — The 75160NF phase-locked optical chopper system from Oriel Instruments is suited for spectroscopy applications. It combines a chopper controller with an enclosed chopper head and includes four...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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Multiphoton Laser-Scanning Microscopes
HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 17, 2015 — Two new configurations of the FluoView FVMPE-RS series of multiphoton laser-scanning microscopes from Olympus can obtain vivid images 8 mm below the tissue surface, allowing observation of ultrafast...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Microscopy Camera
WETZLAR, Germany, February 17, 2015 — A new digital color CCD camera from Leica Microsystems is suited to fluorescence and brightfield microscopy applications. The DFC7000 T has a highly sensitive quad-tab sensor and is cooled....
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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High-Wattage LED Drivers
ELGIN, Ill., Feb. 17, 2015 — High-wattage LED drivers from Thomas Research Products eliminate the need for step-down transformers inside luminaires. The PLED96W-HV drivers work on any mains from 277 to 480 V and offer 96-W...
Hubbell Lighting Components
Excimer Laser
OYAMA, Japan, Feb. 17, 2015 — Gigaphoton Inc.’s newest ArF excimer lithography laser is equipped with environment- and cost-friendly gas- and electricity-reduction technologies. The GT64A4’s open platform is...
Gigaphoton Inc.
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Lighting Measurement System
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Feb. 17, 2015 — The EyeSens MCI (multicolor inspect), by EVT EyeVision Technology GmbH, provides efficient measurement of IR and UV LEDs, as well as different color spaces such as RGB, HSI and LALB. With...
EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH
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Large-Array CCD Camera
NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 16, 2015 — The LT665 large-array beam-profiling camera from Ophir Photonics joins the BeamGage family of laser beam profiling systems. Designed for applications such as ophthalmology, high-speed...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Optomechanical Module
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Feb. 16, 2015 — The IS-OGP by Siskiyou is an optomechanical module designed for integration of external laser beams into microscopes used for optogenetics experiments. It positions the focused laser...
Siskiyou Corp.
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Optical Fiber Polishers
OLCHING, Germany, Feb. 16, 2015 — Laser Components offers two new optical fiber polishers from Ultra Tec for small series, prototypes and retropolishing. The Minipol polisher (pictured) is small, lightweight and can run on a...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Camera Software
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Feb. 13, 2015 — The OneView UVC viewer application, by Vreo Innovation, is now available for Linux. It is designed for the Sony MA13x camera series. It allows the end user to adjust video streaming parameters,...
Vreo
Radiometry System
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2015 — The LIDA-SRS-KIT lock-in digital amplifier radiometry system from Oriel Instruments allows the accurate reading of optical detector signals, and can be used for spectroscopy applications. It...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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Laser Power Meter
NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 12, 2015 — The 120K-W Laser Power Meter from Ophir Photonics is a commercial sensor for measuring very high-power fiber, IR and Nd:YAG 120-kW lasers. It measures beams at a distance past the focal spot or...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Fiber Lasers
HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 12, 2015 — Rofin Macro Group’s third-generation FL Series fiber lasers are capable of generating 2 kW of power. The series is available with power levels ranging from 500 to 6000 W and optical...
Rofin-Sinar Inc.
Laser Lenses
DARMSTADT, Germany, Feb. 11, 2015 — Designed to meet the demanding requirements of ultrafast laser applications, Newport Corp.’s new antireflection-coated fused silica lenses are available in 12.7- and 25.4-mm diameters. ...
Newport Spectra-Physics GmbH, Photonics Solutions Div.
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UV Laser
BOZEMAN, Mont., Feb. 11, 2015 — Quantel Laser has announced its EverGreen laser designed for combined particle image velocimetry (PIV) and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) experiments. The 266-nm extension of the laser...
Keopsys by Lumibird
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Beam Profiling Camera
NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 11, 2015 — Ophir Photonics has announced the Pyrocam IIIHR, a camera designed for OEM applications. Featuring a sensitive, 160 × 160-pixel image array that can profile beams up to 0.5 in., the...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Imaging Photometer
MUNICH, Feb. 11, 2015 — Instrument Systems GmbH has announced the LumiCam 1300 Advanced, an imaging photometer and colorimeter designed to analyze the characteristics of displays and electronic panel graphics. The...
Instrument Systems GmbH
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Beam Combiner
NORCROSS, Ga., Feb. 10, 2015 — The new 4×1 TrueM2-14 beam combiner from OFS enables machine manufacturers to build their own fiber laser source based on their own specific requirements using modular architecture. The...
OFS
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UV Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2015 — A high-output-power UV laser from Spectra-Physics is suitable for manufacturing mobile device components such as printed circuit boards, semiconductors, electronic components and displays. The...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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LED Design Software
LITTLETON, Mass., Feb. 10, 2015 — The latest version of Lambda Research Corp.’s illumination and optical design software is suited for LED implementation into lamps and luminaires. TracePro v7.6 includes the capability to...
Lambda Research Corp.
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Monochromators
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 10, 2015 — A new line of 60 factory-configured monochromators from Oriel Instruments covers the wavelength range from 180 to 2500 nm. The Cornerstone monochromators feature a variety of input and output...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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Fiber Connector Kit
HICKORY, N.C., Feb. 10, 2015 — The new MTP connector kit from US Conec supports direct coupling to 900-μm loose- or tight-buffered fibers. The 900-μm MTP connector kit mechanically couples the buffer tubes, eliminating...
US Conec Ltd.
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SWIR Camera
LEUVEN, Belgium, Feb. 10, 2015 — Made for laser spot detection and tracking of hot, fast-moving objects, Xenics’ new high-speed shortwave-infrared (SWIR) camera, Cheetah-640CL, offers noncontact thermography up to 20000...
Xenics
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Spatial Light Modulator
DALGETY BAY, Scotland, Feb. 10, 2015 — Combining a microdisplay with an application-specific non-video interface, the QXGA-3DM from Forth Dimension Displays is a lightweight spatial light modulator with a small form factor. The 2048...
Forth Dimension Displays Ltd.
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TIRF Illuminator
HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 10, 2015 — Expanding its line of illuminators, Olympus has announced the cellTIRF-1L one-line illuminator, suited for use with laser combiners in total internal reflection fluorescence experiments. The...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Spectrometers
DUNEDIN, Fla., Feb. 10, 2015 — Delivering high thermal stability and low unit-to-unit variation, the Flame line of miniature spectrometers from Ocean Optics provides flexibility and configurability for a range of UV-VIS...
Ocean Optics - Part of Ocean Insight
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Videoscope
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Feb. 10, 2015 — The minnieScopeTM-XS from Enable Inc. is designed to provide embedded real-time optical imaging for medical devices. It consists of a 400 × 400-pixel CMOS image sensor, imaging optics,...
Enable Inc.
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Machine Vision Lenses
TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany, Feb. 10, 2015 — Kowa’s JCM-V lenses are designed for megapixel applications requiring a sensor size of 2/3-in. or smaller used in high-vibration and high-shock environments. The lenses are suited for...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Laser Beam Diagnostic Camera
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2015 — The new LaserCam-HR II diagnostic camera from Coherent Inc. improves on previous models by offering more sensitive and accurate laser beam diameter measurements, especially those involving D4sigma...
Coherent Inc.
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Lighting Power Supplies
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2015 — New power supplies from Oriel Instruments are designed to operate DC arc lamps and quartz tungsten halogen (QTH) lamps. OPS-A and OPS-Q series offer an integrated light-intensity controller and...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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Industrial Femtosecond Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2015 — The Spirit 1040-16 industrial femtosecond laser from Spectra-Physics delivers >16 W average output power with ultrashort <400 fs pulse width, 40 μJ pulse energy and repetition rate up to 1...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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Laser Diode Controller
BOZEMAN, Mont., Feb. 9, 2015 — Combining a precision current source with an integrated 128-W thermoelectric temperature controller, the LDC-37620 from ILX Lightwave is designed for controlling high-power single-emitter laser...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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Zero-Order Waveplates
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9, 2015 — Tower Optical Corp. has announced the Z-76.2-A series of 3-in., zero order waveplates with a clear aperture of 73 mm. Air spaced, the waveplates are available unmounted or in 4-in. mounting...
Tower Optical Corp.
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OCT Fiber Probes
NORCROSS, Georgia, Feb. 7, 2015 — OFS has announced new optical fiber assembly capabilities to build high-quality probes with flexible tip lensing designs for optical coherence tomography (OCT) applications. The technology...
OFS
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LED Driver
WOBURN, Mass., Feb. 6, 2015 — Innovations in Optics has announced the 5000D-100 LED Driver for its Aurora Classic Line source illuminators. The driver provides constant current in continuous, pulsed or pulse-width...
Innovations in Optics Inc.
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Fiber Optic Cable
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6, 2015 — FieldShield StrongFiber from Clearfield Inc. is a 900 μm G657 A2 bend-insensitive optical fiber cable with 0.2dB insertion loss. Its loose-tube construction features mini-Kevlar, providing...
Clearfield Inc.
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Tunable Laser
KOMAKI, Japan, Feb. 6, 2015 — Designed with system integration in mind, a new tunable laser from Santec Corp. is suited for spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The HSL-1 is based on electrically pumped...
Santec Corp.
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V-Groove Fiber Splicer
CHESSINGTON, England, Feb. 6, 2015 — The 21S V-groove optical fiber splicer by Fujikura Europe is designed for fiber-to-the-premises, data center, LAN and access network applications. It features accurate splice-loss estimation...
Fujikura Europe Ltd.
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Line-Scan Cameras
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 6, 2015 — The LQ-401CL and LQ-201CL from JAI A/S are the newest addition to the company’s Sweep+ series of multi-imager prism-based color line-scan cameras. Based on 4-CMOS prism technology, they...
JAI A/S
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LED Strobe Beacon
KEMP, Texas, Feb. 6, 2015 — Larson Electronics’ EPSLED-80-141 hazardous-area LED strobe beacon is weatherproof and suited for marine use. It operates on 120 to 277 V AC or 12 to 24 V AC/DC. Made from copper-free...
Larson Electronics LLC
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Progressive-Scan Video Camera
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2015 — The IK-HD5U progressive-scan HD 1080p/1080i video camera, by Toshiba Imaging Systems Division, is designed for scientific imaging and microscopy applications. It features a front-panel freeze...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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High-Temperature Fiber Coatings
ORANGEBURG, S.C., Feb. 6, 2015 — High-temperature coatings from Zeus make optical fiber more robust in applications that require mechanical strength and resistance to radiation or abrasion. They are designed for use with...
Zeus Industrial Products
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Quantum Cascade Lasers
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland, Feb. 6 2015 — New quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) from Alpes Lasers SA are available in high-heat-load housing with collimated output, and can be operated with drivers for optimal usage. The HP-QCL high-power...
Alpes Lasers SA
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Laser Spectrum Analyzer
VICTOR, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2015 — A new spectrum analyzer from Bristol Instruments Inc. characterizes lasers over wavelength ranges from the visible to midwave-infrared. The 771 Series includes shorter measurement times, more...
Bristol Instruments Inc.
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MIR Laser
BOZEMAN, Mont., Feb. 5, 2014 — Designed for industrial, medical and research applications, a new midwave-infrared laser from Quantum Composers offers software-selectable output pulse energies. The MIR Series features high...
Quantum Composers Inc.
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Fiber Wavelength Measuring Station
OLCHING, Germany, Feb. 5, 2015 — The MAP-200 from JDSU is a measuring station with a modular design for the characterization of fiber optic components and systems in research, development and production. The mWAVE-A1 module is...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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High-Power Laser
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 5, 2015 — Power Technology Inc. has announced the Grande high-power laser, offering power levels up to 20 W. Controlled by an internal microprocessor, the design features an LCD, providing users with...
Power Technology Inc.
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Optical Encoders
BODENHEIM, Germany, Feb. 5, 2015 — iC-Haus has developed optical encoders with photodiodes designed especially for blue light. The encoder chips optimize scanning and signal interpolation in the smallest available space of a...
iC-Haus GmbH
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Fixed Pyrometers
WARWICK, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2015 — Two new Pyrospot Series 54 and 56 fixed pyrometers from Dias Infrared Corp. provide temperature measurement in the midwave-infrared range around 5 μm, with a temperature measurement range from 100...
DIAS Infrared Corp.
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Scan System
PUCHHEIM, Germany, Feb. 5, 2015 — With a 20-mm aperture, the intelliSCAN III 20 scan system from Scanlab AG delivers a wide range of options and efficient digital-servo algorithms with application- and customer-specific tunings. ...
SCANLAB GmbH
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LED Weapon Light
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2015 — The CenterFire WeaponLight by LaserMax, designed for use with the Glock 42 semiautomatic pistol, is a high-output LED light. It emits 100 lumens of bright white light, allowing faster, more...
LMD Power of Light Corp. dba LaserMaxDefense
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Pulsed Fiber Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 4, 2015 — Spectra-Physics has introduced two new pulsed fiber lasers, the VGEN-ISP-POD and the VGEN-QS-HE-100. The VGEN-ISP-POD (pictured) is an IR short-pulse master-oscillator power-amplifier fiber...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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UHV Windows
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 4, 2015 — Custom fabricated sapphire viewports and sight windows for ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) systems and process machinery are available from Meller Optics Inc. The windows provide Moh 9 hardness and are...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Time-to-Digital Converter
OLCHING, Germany, Feb. 4, 2015 — A new time-to-digital converter from qutools GmbH is suited for time-correlated single-photon counting. The quTAU records the timestamps of electrical signals and transmits the time an event...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Board-Level Cameras
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 3, 2015 — Point Grey has announced the Chameleon3 USB3 Vision board-level camera line, combining the ease of USB 3.0 with the flexibility of board-level design with CCD and CMOS image sensors. The...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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HDR Imaging Photometers
UHLDINGEN, Germany, Feb. 3, 2015 — SphereOptics has introduced a multi-exposure high dynamic range (HDR) feature for its I- and Y-Series ProMetric imaging photometers. The HDR mode increases the dynamic range of the ProMetric...
SphereOptics GmbH
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Spatial Light Modulator
KOMAKI, Japan, Feb. 3, 2015 — An advanced reflective spatial light modulator, the SLM-100 from Santec Corp. is based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) technology. The SLM-100 provides 1.5 MP in high definition, with four...
Santec Corp.
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Remote Visual Inspection System
TUTTLINGEN, Germany, Feb. 3, 2015 — Featuring a powerful LED source, the Techno Pack T LED from Karl Storz Industrial Group is a measuring and documentation system for the remote visual inspection market. When used in conjunction...
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
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SWIR Line-Scan Camera
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 3, 2015 — A new 2k shortwave-infrared (SWIR) line-scan camera from Sensors Unlimited Inc. is designed for applications in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). The GL2048R is...
Sensors Unlimited Inc.
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UV Crosslinker
WESTBURY, N.Y., Feb. 3, 2015 — A UV crosslinker from Spectronics Corp. enables identification and analysis of trace amounts of DNA and RNA with greater sensitivity, accuracy and speed than conventional analysis. The Select...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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Streak Camera, Calibration Module
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 3, 2015 — A new optical streak camera from Sydor Instruments LLC has dual slots to mitigate space-time focus astigmatism and employs a curved image plane for superior focus out to the image boundaries. ...
Sydor Technologies
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Hyperspectral Camera
QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 3, 2015 — Telops has announced a new narrowband hyperspectral imaging camera for detection and identification applications in geological, chemical and environmental research. The Hyper-Cam NB has a...
Telops Inc.
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Lock-In Amplifier
ZURICH, Feb. 3, 2015 — A new low- and mid-frequency lock-in amplifier from Zurich Instruments is suited for optical experiments with a mechanical chopper or a pulsed laser system. The MFLI features a signal bandwidth...
Zurich Instruments AG
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Glass Refractive Index Measurement System
SAN DIMAS, Calif., Feb. 1, 2015 — The rIQ (refractive index quantification) from Craic Technologies Inc. and Laboratory Imaging s.r.o. of Prague performs analysis of glass trace evidence. It uses the thermal immersion method to...
CRAIC Technologies
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