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Photonics.com - August 2011
Business
BAE, Navy Successfully Test Laser Tactical System
BAE Systems, Boeing and the US Navy conducted a successful field test of the Mk 38 MOD 2 Tactical Laser System (TLS), demonstrating the high-energy laser system’s ability to identify and...
Healthy Q2 for Machine Vision Market
Sales inside the machine vision industry grew 16 percent in North America in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, according to the Automated Imaging Association...
American Optics Completes New Facility
American Photonics Co. announced the completion of its new manufacturing facility, located at 6621 19th St. E. Quadrupling its capacity, the new site will open Sept. 1. The facility was designed and...
Universal Display Licenses OLED Tech to Panasonic
Universal Display Corp. has announced its entrance into a technology license agreement with Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting Co. Ltd. (PIOL) of Osaka, Japan, a joint venture between Panasonic...
Virginia Tech Photonics Center to Develop Sensors for Power Systems
Looking for novel sensing technologies that will aid in everything from clean energy technology to the monitoring of various gases, the US Department of Energy (DoE) and the Electric Power Research...
New Process Paves Way for Affordable PV
Thin-film solar cells consist of several layers, with each having a different function. The light-absorbing layer is in the center, encapsulation layers on the outer sides protect the solar cell...
New LIGO Executive Director Named
David Reitze has been named executive director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). A professor of physics at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and a...
Air Force, Lockheed to Integrate Laser Sensor into Weapons
To assess the viability of its cooled tri-mode seeker for integration onto Air Force weapons platforms, Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., has signed a five-year cooperative research and development...
Schott to Produce Chalcogenide Glass in US
Specialty glass and optical components manufacturer Schott AG announced at SPIE Optics + Photonics this week that it will now make products based on chalcogenide glass at its Duryea, Pa., facility....
EOS Receives $3M Space Contract
Electro Optics Systems (EOS) Holding Ltd. has been awarded a $3 million Department of Defence Concept Technology Demonstrator (CTD) contract to demonstrate that its electro-optic space surveillance...
PPGI Posts Loss, but Revenue Increases
Photonic Products Group Inc. posted a $96,000 loss for its second quarter, but its revenue increased 49% year over year, the company reported through the consolidated financial results for its second...
Winners of Optical Design Contest Announced
Synopsys Inc. has announced the winners of the 2011 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition, two University of Rochester students who were recognized for their achievements in optical...
Zygo Reports Record Profitability for Q4 2011
Precision optics and metrology company Zygo Corp. has posted fourth-quarter net earnings of $6.1 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, a 49% increase, compared with $4.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted...
Infinera Opens Hong Kong Office
To demonstrate its commitment to provide support to customers in Asia Pacific, Infinera has opened a full-service facility in Hong Kong. The office will provide a local environment for product...
Konarka Names New Director of Business Development
Kevin Debasitis has joined Konarka Technologies Inc. as its new director of business development, the company announced. Debasitis has more than 20 years of business development experience in...
Bridgelux Demonstrates New Level for GaN-on-Si LEDs
LED light technology and solutions provider Bridgelux Inc. announced it has broken its previous industry record for highest lumen per watt values for gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si). ...
Thermo Fisher Closes Phadia Deal
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has completed the acquisition of Phadia of Uppsala, Sweden, a provider of blood tests for the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergies and autoimmune diseases. ...
Economy Crawls, Solar Industry Soars
Despite the slow GDP growth of 2.8 percent in the US economy in 2010, the solar market grew 67 percent, soaring to $6 billion and adding jobs at a much quicker pace than the general economy. In...
Zhang Appointed Director of URochester’s Institute of Optics
Xi-Cheng Zhang has been named director of the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics effective Jan. 1, 2012, pending approval of the board of trustees. Zhang succeeds Wayne Knox, who...
Spectra-Physics Granted Multiphoton Imaging Patent
Spectra-Physics, a division of Newport Corp., has announced the issuance of US patent No. 7,962,046 for its DeepSee multiphoton imaging technology. Used in both the Mai Tai DeepSee and the...
Anderson Hired as Advanced Photonix CFO
Jeffrey Anderson has been hired by Advanced Photonix Inc. (API) to serve as its chief financial officer, effective Aug. 29, the company announced. With the appointment, Anderson will receive a...
NSF, DoE Co-Fund Solar Tech Research Center
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DoE) have announced that they will fund an engineering research center (ERC) that will develop interdisciplinary research and...
SoloPower Secures DoE Loan to Expand 3 Solar Plants
SoloPower Inc. has received a $197 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy that will support the construction of three facilities that are expected to produce approximately 400 MW of...
Accu-Scope Named US Distributor for CoolLED Illuminators
LED light source provider CoolLED has named Accu-Scope Inc. the master US distributor of its pE-100 illuminators for fluorescence and light microscopy. CoolLED’s illuminators address the...
Cree Acquires Outdoor LED Maker for $525M
LED lighting provider Cree Inc. has announced the acquisition of LED outdoor lighting company Ruud Lighting Inc. of Racine, Wis., for $525 million. The addition of Ruud Lighting’s BetaLED...
Photonics, Optics Certifications Available
The Electronics Technicians Association International (ETA) has added the photonics technician and precision optics technician certificates to its list of ETA technical certifications. The two...
QD Vision Awarded DARPA Contract
QD Vision Inc. was awarded a $900,000, 12-month R&D development contract from DARPA to advance its quantum dot-based infrared materials and to deliver two prototype devices, the company announced...
Lighting Bigwigs to Headline LEDs 2011
Some of the biggest names in lighting will headline the LEDs 2011: Bringing Lighting to Life conference, which will focus on the adoption of LEDs in general lighting, their design and reliability,...
Laser Fab System Increases Machining Speed
By combining holographic beam shaping and multiple focal spot generation, University of Oxford researchers developed a method for the adaptive control of multiple focal spot illumination that they...
Labsphere to Supply Shanghai Center with LED Measurement Systems
Labsphere Inc., a Halma company, has signed a cooperation agreement with National Lighting Test Centre in Shanghai, China. The partnership, facilitated by Labsphere distributor Shanghai Alpha...
AIA Appoints New Director
Robert McCurrach has joined the Automated Imaging Association (AIA) as director of standards development. He will work closely with Jeff Fryman, who has handled standards development for AIA and its...
Asylum Research Installs First Cypher AFM in China
Asylum Research recently installed the first of its Cypher atomic force microscope systems in China. The system was installed in the lab of Xingsen Gao at South China Normal University’s...
Special Focus Issue: Space Multiplexed Optical Transmission
To highlight state-of-the-art research activities for ensuring that fiber optic communication systems can handle rapidly increasing demand, editors of the Optical Society’s (OSA) journal Optics...
Photonics Quality, Costs Top Concerns in SPIE Survey
Quality, costs and intellectual property confidence rated high on the list of concerns for respondents to a photonics industry survey conducted by SPIE this spring. The survey was designed to...
WOP, USouthampton Develop Z Polarizers
Workshop of Photonics (WOP) has collaborated with researchers at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton to develop a direct laser writing technique for the...
Indiana Museum Explores Art with Novel Microscopy Tech
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has installed a “Shuttle & Find” correlative microscopy package from Carl Zeiss of Oberkochen, Germany, for its state-of-the-art conservation science...
4 Companies Partner to Standardize 3-D Glasses
Three of the top 3-D display manufacturers have announced their intent to collaborate on a standardized type of 3-D glasses to facilitate cross display compatibility. Panasonic Corp., Samsung...
VSG, Xradia Ink OEM Deal
Visualization Sciences Group (VSG) and Xradia Inc. have signed an OEM partnership agreement in which the latter company will offer VSG’s Avizo Fire software for 3-D visualization and analysis...
Photonic Crystals Market to Hit $34.5B by 2016
According to a new report from companiesandmarkets.com on photonic crystals, titled “Photonic Crystals: Materials, Technologies and Global Markets,” the photonic crystals market is...
Smith Named President of Sick
Craig S. Smith has been appointed president of Sick Ltd. in Canada, the company has announced. In his new role, Smith will be responsible for all sales, marketing and operating activities...
Carl Zeiss Licenses Light-Sheet Microscopy Technique
Carl Zeiss has received a license from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of multidirectional selective plane illumination microscopy (mSPIM), an advanced...
Tessera Appoints New Board Member
Anthony J. Tether, PhD, has been appointed to the board of directors at Tessera Technologies Inc., effective immediately, the company announced. He is the former director of the Defense Advanced...
NDC Infrared Acquires IRM Group
NDC Infrared Engineering has acquired the IRM Group of Alleur, Belgium, a manufacturer of high-tech measuring systems for the metals industries. Under the agreement, IRM will become aligned...
Avo Photonics to Package PulseTor’s SiPM-Based Products
Avo Photonics was selected by PulseTor Inc., a provider of detectors, preamplifiers and digital pulse processors, to advance the performance, packaging and production of the latter company’s...
Bandgap Engineering Issued 2 Solar Patents
Silicon nanowire solutions supplier Bandgap Engineering has secured a pair of patents that represent significant breakthroughs in solar energy conversion efficiency and cost, it announced. ...
Bruker Wins JPEO-CBD Contract
Bruker Detection Corp. announced it has received a contract for 40 systems from the Improved Point Detection System – Lifecycle Replacement (IPDS-LR) program through the Joint Program Executive...
Robert Edmund Elected SPIE Senior Member
Robert Edmund, CEO and chairman of the board of Edmund Optics, was recently elected to the position of SPIE senior member, the company announced Wednesday. SPIE honors senior members for their...
Leica Microsystems, CMED Collaborate on FISH Kits
In vitro diagnostic company China Medical Technologies Inc. (CMED) and Leica Biosystems, a division of Leica Microsystems, have established a sales, research and development collaboration to develop...
Increased Demand for 3-D Machine Vision Expected
Three-dimensional machine vision will be a key topic at Vision 2011, the international trade fair for the industry to be held Nov. 8 to 10. The third dimension is becoming more important in machine...
Cree Inks Global Distribution Deal with Mouser
Semiconductor and electronic components distributor Mouser Electronics Inc., a subsidiary of TTI Inc., has signed a global distribution agreement with Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., an LED lighting and...
Gopalakrishnan Joins OIDA as Exec Technical Director
Ganesh Gopalakrishnan has joined the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) as its executive technical director, the organization announced yesterday. Gopalakrishnan will...
Precision Optics Sells Patents for $2.5M
Precision Optics Corp. Inc. has announced the receipt of $2.5 million from Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., for all of its currently issued and nonexpired patents and pending...
Silvernail to Replace Kingsley as Idex CEO
Andrew Silvernail will succeed Larry Kingsley as chief executive officer of Idex Corp., the company announced. Effective Aug. 10, Silvernail will also serve on Idex’s board of directors....
StellarNet Marks 20 Years in the Spectroscopy Industry
StellarNet Inc. announced its celebration of a 20-year milestone in the spectroscopy industry. Over the past two decades, it has pioneered innovations such as the world’s first miniature...
Longtime Sun Microsystems Exec Joins Oclaro Board
Industry veteran Marissa Peterson was appointed to the board of directors at optical communications and laser solutions provider Oclaro Inc., the company announced. Peterson brings 17 years of...
Caliper Settles Lawsuits with Carestream
Caliper Life Sciences Inc. announced it favorably settled two lawsuits with medical imaging systems provider Carestream Health Inc. of Rochester, N.Y. The first lawsuit, filed in February 2010,...
Imaging, Optics Expert Stork Joins Rambus
Rambus Inc. has appointed David G. Stork, PhD, to spearhead Rambus Labs’ initiative in computational sensing and imaging. Stork is an industry expert in optics and in the development of...
Optimax Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Optimax Systems Inc. is celebrating 20 years of innovative optics manufacturing by focusing on maintaining its corporate culture of continuous learning, the company has announced. This year, it...
Philips Bulb Wins DoE’s First L Prize
The US Department of Energy has announced Philips Lighting North America as the first winner of the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The contest challenged the lighting...
Schmidt Joins Imaging Diagnostics Systems’ Board
Strategic marketing executive David Schmidt has joined the Imaging Diagnostic Systems Inc. board of directors, the company announced recently.
Ewald to Manage Rofin’s Swiss Subsidiary
Andreas Ewald is the new managing director of Lasag AG, the Swiss subsidiary of Rofin-Baasel Lasertech GmbH & Co. KG, the company announced. Ewald, whose experience in the laser industry...
EWI Adds Green Laser to Welding Lab
To increase its capability for noncontact joining of small conductive parts, EWI has acquired a Miyachi Unitek LW2AG laser for its welding lab. The company will use the 532-nm wavelength green...
NSF Aims to Bring Science Innovations to Market
The National Science Foundation has announced a program aimed at helping develop scientific and engineering discoveries into useful technologies, products and processes. The NSF Innovation...
Newport Sets $130M Sales Record in Q2
On Wednesday Newport Corp. became the third laser company in the past week to report impressive results for the quarter, joining IPG Photonics and Coherent Inc., which both set all-time revenue...
Ellsworth Adhesives Partners with Dymax in Australia
Ellsworth Adhesives has announced that its Australian entity, Ellsworth Adhesives Australia Pty Ltd., is an authorized distributor for Dymax of Torrington, Conn., an industrial adhesives provider. ...
Coherent Board Chairman to Head Advanced Energy
Advanced Energy Industries Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Garry Rogerson, PhD, as its chief executive officer and board member, effective Aug. 4. Dr. Hans Betz, CEO since 2005, will...
Flat Panel Orders Drive Coherent Profits
Strong sales in the microelectronics market — including the first bookings of a record $77 million display order — allowed laser maker Coherent Inc. to post a third-quarter profit of $19...
IPG Photonics’ Profit Triples in Q2
Driven by demand for high-power and pulsed fiber lasers for materials processing applications such as marking, welding and cutting, IPG Photonics Corp. reported that second-quarter revenue was up 81...
NASA Makes Optical Tech Available to Industry
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is offering its advanced optical technologies for licensing and partnership opportunities. Wavefront sensing and adaptive optics technology, procedures and...
Intevac Photonics Receives $9M Contract from Navair
Intevac Photonics, a subsidiary of Intevac Inc., has received a $9.6 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (Navair)...
Julabo Opens New US Facility
Julabo USA Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new North American headquarters on June 16, the company announced recently. The event celebrated the company’s state-of-the-art facility....
DuPont Acquires Innovalight, Expands Solar Energy
To position itself as a leader in materials for the solar energy market, DuPont has acquired Innovalight Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., a provider of advanced silicon inks and process technologies that...
RIO Expands North American Sales Channel
Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. (RIO) has added TeraComm LLC to its North American sales network. The latter company will represent RIO’s portfolio of low-noise external-cavity lasers and...
Solvay Invests $15M in Plextronics
To support the acceleration of Plextronics Inc.’s technology development and delivery of its innovative products, Solvay S.A. has provided the company with €10 million (USD 15 million) in...
Research & Technology
Portable Microscope Uses Holograms Instead of Lenses
A compact, lightweight, dual-mode microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses could prove to be a boon for global health initiatives. The palm-size device, developed at UCLA, costs only...
Hard X-ray Technique Sees Below the Surface
A new technique called HARPES (Hard x-ray Angle-resolved PhotoEmission Spectroscopy) can study electronic structures deep below the material surface, including buried layers and interfaces in...
New Process Paves Way for Affordable PV
Thin-film solar cells consist of several layers, with each having a different function. The light-absorbing layer is in the center, encapsulation layers on the outer sides protect the solar cell...
New LIGO Executive Director Named
David Reitze has been named executive director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). A professor of physics at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and a...
Octave-Spanning Optical Ruler Is Precisely Tunable
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) scientists succeeded in generating optical frequency combs using chip-based quartz glass toroids with diameters on the micrometer scale. Taking it a step...
A SLIM Chance for Measuring Cell Growth
A new imaging method that can measure cell mass using two beams of light — called spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) — offers new insights into whether cells grow at a constant...
Spiraling Light Boosts Telecom Channels
Physicists have mapped spiraling light that could help to harness untapped data channels in optical fibers, which could increase bandwidth and ease the burden on fiber optic telecommunications...
NASA Pursues Photonics Technology for Space Demos
NASA has selected three technology demonstration missions that it says will transform its space communications, deep-space navigation and in-space propulsion capabilities. The three projects include...
Infrared Cameras Keep an Eye on Active Volcanoes
An infrared camera is just the tool to survey the biggest and most impressive hot spots on earth: volcanoes. In Italy, home to at least two of the world’s most active volcanoes, the...
‘Photon Loop’ Sidesteps Defects in Delay Devices
The dawn of optical fibers a few decades ago made it possible for independent phone conversations to travel long distances across town and even across the ocean along a single glass cable with little...
How Nanowires Got Their Groove Back
As nanowires grow vertically, they can become unruly and lose their full potential as effective semiconductors. Now, a team from Weizmann Institute of Science has found a way to grow semiconducting...
3-D Medical Imaging Systems Market to Grow
The global 3-D medical imaging market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 8.8 percent from now until 2014, according to MarketResearch.com, a provider of market-intelligence products and...
Transport of Molecules Through Nuclear Pore Complex Shown for First Time
The mechanism behind nuclear pore complexes — the cellular structures that control how materials move between the nucleus and the cytoplasm — has come more sharply into focus. ...
Laser Balloon Calms Racing Heart
Doctors at The Heart Hospital in London have successfully treated a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation with a new “laser balloon” technique. The procedure inflates a balloon...
Method Lops Years off Organic Semiconductor Development Process
Imagine if you could roll up an iPad — or any other tablet-esque display — like a yoga mat and tuck it into your back pocket or under your arm for ease of transport. Researchers at...
Fluorescent Probe Finds S. Aureus Inside Infected Hearts
A novel imaging probe may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the heart valves. Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) found that the presence of...
Molecular Sensor Changes Color When Stressed
It is helpful — even life-saving — to have a warning sign before a structural system fails, but when the system is only a few nanometers in size, having a sign that is easy to read is a...
Tunable, High-Quality E-beams for Tabletop Accelerators
A simple way to tune highly stable electron beams through a wide range of energies for tabletop accelerators has been discovered by researchers in the LOASIS program at the US Department of...
Record Set for Cesium Atom Entanglement
A record for maintaining the entanglement of the spins of two gas clouds of cesium atoms for up to an hour has been set by researchers from Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) at the University of Copenhagen....
Spinning Fibers Produce Aligned Nanorods
A new way to align masses of gold nanorods could aid the development of potent biomedical imaging technologies. Aligning gold nanorods is important because the way they respond to light depends...
OCT Distinguishes Between Low- and High-Risk Cysts
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can distinguish between pancreatic cysts that are at low risk for becoming malignant and those that are high-risk. Other optical techniques often fail to provide...
MIRI Emerges from Exhaustive Tests in UK Space Lab
A pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope has completed cryogenic testing during which the instrument’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) was exposed to the harsh...
Magnetized Common Metals Refract Negatively
While it is generally believed that negative refraction cannot be achieved with natural materials, scientists at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) report that when common metals such as...
Biological Pacemaker Triggered by Light
A new method of stimulating heart muscle cells could lead to the creation of pacemakers that are remotely controlled with low-energy light. Employing optogenetics, researchers at Stony Brook...
Photonics Quality, Costs Top Concerns in SPIE Survey
Quality, costs and intellectual property confidence rated high on the list of concerns for respondents to a photonics industry survey conducted by SPIE this spring. The survey was designed to...
Nanostructured Glass Creates 5-D Computer Memory
A new type of nanostructured glass that has been adapted into a five-dimensional optical recording device has been developed by researchers at the University of Southampton, who say that data stored...
Exciton Diffusion Explains Plastic Solar Cell Bottleneck
Light-emitting excitons have been directly observed as they diffuse in the single-crystal organic semiconductor rubrene. The new technique, used at room temperature, could provide a better...
Throwing Light a Curve in Real Time
A new technique that dynamically controls plasmonic Airy beams over metallic surfaces is paving the way for fast, ultracompact communication systems and optoelectronic devices. When Airy beams...
Attosecond Lasers Produce Electron Movies
Hoping to gain a clearer understanding of what happens during chemical reactions, a team of researchers is working to create a laser device that can release bursts of laser light to capture...
Two Atoms Entangled Using Microwaves
For the first time NIST physicists have linked the quantum properties of two separated ions by manipulating them with microwaves instead of the usual array of laser beams. The development could pave...
Tiny Mirrors to Help VIRUS Spot Trails of Dark Energy
Precision Glass & Optics recently delivered specialized optical mirrors for use in building VIRUS, a key instrument for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), a $36 million...
Lensless X-ray Microscope Images Nanoscale Detail
A new x-ray microscope that computes images using an algorithm rather than a lens is allowing scientists to see minute details at the nanoscale. The algorithm can convert the diffraction patterns of...
Plasmonic Nanowires Advance Optical Computing
A technique that combines surface plasmons, useful for data transfer, with cold atoms that store data may enable the construction of optical and quantum computing devices. A Bose-Einstein...
Pedal-Powered LEDs Light Up Bike Wheels
A safety system for bicycle wheels that is illuminated by LEDs and powered by pedaling is the brainchild of two undergraduate industrial design students who wanted to make night riding more secure....
Turning Motion Capture Technology Inside Out
In the film industry, traditional motion capture techniques use cameras to meticulously record the movements of actors inside studios, enabling those movements to be translated into digital models....
‘Invisible Sphere’ Solves Cloaking Problem
An undergraduate at the University of St. Andrews has overcome a major hurdle in the development of invisibility cloaks — namely, the ability to move while cloaked — by adding an optical...
Robust Imaging Tool Boosts Biology, Materials Science
A novel imaging method developed at the University of Oregon may help researchers better understand and predict how nanometer-size pieces fit together into structures ranging from living cells to...
Visual Biochemistry Tracks Molecules in Action
With more precision than ever, researchers can watch molecules move inside living cells, thanks to a new microscope developed at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). By combining...
Gold Nanoparticles Detect Flu in Minutes
Physicians and health officials may no longer have to choose between flu tests that are either accurate yet time-consuming or rapid but error-prone, thanks to a new detection method that can identify...
X-ray Camera Can Acquire 3-D Images of Single Molecules
Designed to record bursts of images at an unprecedented 4.5 million frames per second, an innovative x-ray camera will help a major new research facility shed light on the most minute structures of...
Rise of the ARPES: Spectroscopy Technique Sheds Light on Superconductors
Through the use of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), University of California physicists have reported progress in developing a better understanding of high-temperature...
Light Isolated on a Photonic Chip
Information systems increasingly are relying on fiber optic networks carrying data via photons instead of electrons, but computer technology still relies heavily on electronic chips, which are slower...
High-Speed 3-D Imaging Could Improve Cancer Screening
Researchers at MIT have developed an imaging system that enables high-speed, 3-D imaging of microscopic precancerous changes in the esophagus or colon. The new system is based on optical coherence...
Insectlike UAVs to Revolutionize Surveillance
Insect-size, camera-bearing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being developed that could help in emergency situations considered too dangerous for people or in covert military surveillance...
Laser Writes Storage into Graphite Sheets
Using a CO2 laser, a Rice University team etched patterns of reduced graphite oxide (RGO) into thin sheets of graphite oxide (GO), effectively turning them into free-standing supercapacitors with the...
Dream Screens from Graphene
Graphene-based electrodes developed by a team at Rice University could revolutionize touch-screen displays, solar panels and LED lighting, bringing flexible, transparent electronics closer to...
Herschel Telescope Detects Oxygen in Space
The Herschel Space Observatory’s large telescope and state-of-the-art infrared detectors have provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space. Individual atoms of oxygen...
‘Guide Stars’ Improve Adaptive Optics-Based Tissue Imaging
Inspired by adaptive optics (AO) technology for telescopes, researchers are developing novel microscope techniques that can deeply image living cells and tissues. Funded by a $1 million grant from...
LEDs Transfer Optical Data to Mobile Devices
Common room-illuminating LEDs are now being used to transport HD video from the Internet directly to laptops and other mobile devices. With only a few adjustments, regular LEDs are being turned into...
Metamaterial Manipulates Light at Will
Much in the same way that electronics manipulate electrons, Duke University researchers have developed a material that allows them to manipulate light at will, a discovery that could help replace...
Telescope Technology Aids Ocular Health
The James Webb Space Telescope is under budgetary pressures that may scuttle the deep-space scanning mission, but its technologies are already proving useful to human eye health here on Earth. "The...
Laser Spectroscopy Precisely Measures Antiproton
A new laser spectroscopy measurement providing the most accurate weight of antimatter yet reveals the mass of the antiproton (the proton’s antiparticle) down to 1.3 parts per billion. It is...
Products
Achromats and Doublets
WESTFIELD, Mass., Aug. 29, 2011 — Bern Optics Inc. has announced the availability of submillimeter achromatic lenses with 0.20-mm diameters for use in precision medical and analytical devices. The most common type of achromat...
Bern Optics Inc.
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Hall Effect Measurement System
WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 29, 2011 — Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc., in collaboration with Toyo Corp. of Japan, has introduced the 8400 series Hall effect measurement system with optional AC field measurement capability. Hall...
Lake Shore Cryotronics
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Spectrolinker for Cross-Linking
WESTBURY, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2011 — The Spectrolinker XL-1000 UV cross-linker from Spectronics Corp. is designed for use by biotech researchers. Ease of use and high accuracy render it suitable for elimination of polymerase chain...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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IR OSLON SFH 4715S LED
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 26, 2011 — The IR OSLON SFH 4715S from Osram Opto Semiconductors produces >1 W of optical power and measures 3.75 × 3.75 mm. It enables development of compact illumination units for CMOS and CCD...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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IK-HD1 Three-Chip Camera Head
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 26, 2011 — Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. has introduced an ultracompact three-chip high-definition camera head that measures 1.6 in. and weighs 2.3 oz. The three-CCD IK-HD1 is suitable for capturing unique shots...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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18-W GL-DL08 LED Downlights
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 25, 2011 — GlacialLight, a division of GlacialTech Inc., has expanded its Capella Series of LED products with the GL-DL08 LED downlights. The 8-in., 18-W LED downlights are all-in-one bulbs and fixtures for...
GlacialLight
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Thermal Oxidizer
BLAUBEUREN-SEISSEN, Germany, Aug. 25, 2011 — A thermal oxidizer from Rehm Thermal Systems GmbH eliminates residue contamination from the photovoltaic metallization process, reducing emissions from the drying process during the metallization of...
Rehm Thermal Systems GmbH
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2-Megapixel HD Cameras
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 24, 2011 — JAI Inc. has introduced two 2-megapixel industrial-grade CCD cameras featuring full high-definition (HD) TV resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels) at 64 fps. The AM-201CL monochrome and AB-201CL...
JAI Inc.
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Nonbrowning Zoom Lenses
CHESHAM, England, Aug. 24, 2011 — As a result of the increased interest in radiation-resistant zoom lenses for 1-in. (16-mm diagonal)-format cameras, Resolve Optics Ltd. has introduced variants of its nonbrowning zoom lenses that...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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VisionPro with 3-D Vision
NATICK, Mass., Aug. 23, 2011 — Cognex Corp. has added 3-D vision to its VisionPro software for machine vision applications. VisionPro 3-D delivers accurate, real-time, 3-D position information to automate assembly verification,...
Cognex Corp.
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Multiband Filters
BARRINGTON, N.J., Aug. 23, 2011 — Edmund Optics has announced multiband filters that feature multiple passbands on a single filter for real-time live-cell analysis and high-speed imagery. They offer high peak transmission with good...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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36-mm G4 Linear Actuator
WATERBURY, Conn., Aug. 23, 2011 — Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, a division of Ametek Inc., has unveiled a new version of its 36-mm G4 linear actuator. Included is an adapter plate that allows the smaller 36-mm-outer-diameter unit to...
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc.
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Laser Optics
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 22, 2011 — A full line of CO2 laser optics featuring lenses and mirrors that are direct OEM replacements for popular multikilowatt steel-cutting lasers is available from Laser Research Optics, a division of...
Laser Research Optics
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USB Industrial Camera
OBERSULM, Germany, Aug. 22, 2011 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH now offers its uEye ME series as board-level cameras for OEMs. With an optional lens mount, the ME features a 90° angled lens flange and is suitable for use...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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AccuFiz Fizeau Interferometer
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2011 — The compact AccuFiz interferometer manufactured by 4D Technology Corp. offers a combination of accuracy, quality and value for surface shape and transmitted wavefront quality measurements of optical...
4D Technology Corporation
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LightField 4.0 Software
TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 19, 2011 — Princeton Instruments has released LightField 4.0, a 64-bit image and spectral acquisition software package that provides the functionality needed to set up and perform complex optical diagnostic...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Model MB35 IR Pyrometers
MILFORD, Mass., Aug. 19, 2011 — Process Sensors Corp. has added the improved high-accuracy, low-temperature Metis Model MB35 sensor series to its line of precision noncontact infrared pyrometers. With an operating temperature...
Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.
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A011 FlexBlock LED Driver
RANDOLPH, Vt., Aug. 18, 2011 — LEDdynamics Inc. has expanded its LUXdrive line of high-power, constant-current drivers with the release of the A011 FlexBlock. The LED driver, configurable in either boost-only or buck-boost...
LEDdynamics Inc.
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Examet-4 Microscope Series
COMMACK, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2011 — Unitron Ltd. has released its Examet-4 series microscopes. The industrial metallurgical microscopes are designed for production lines, materials science applications, metal manufacturing and...
UNITRON Ltd.
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Chameleon OPO
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 18, 2011 — The latest Chameleon optical parametric oscillator (OPO) from Coherent Inc., the Chameleon Compact OPO-Vis, includes an optional fully integrated second-harmonic-generation (SHG) accessory that...
Coherent Inc.
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NanoGlue for Optical Devices
GROSS-UMSTADT, Germany, Aug. 17, 2011 — Assembly of optical devices with UV-curable resin is a common procedure. In the data and telecom industries, especially, devices must be aligned precisely, and the subsequent gluing and curing should...
nanosystec GmbH
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Laser Alignment Tuning Kits
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2011 — Newport Corp. has announced the LAKIT series laser power alignment tuning kits. Suitable for laser tuning and alignment in research setups, the kits include the new 1917-R laser power meter and a...
MKS/Newport
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Rolera Thunder EMCCD
SURREY, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 16, 2011 — For high-sensitivity low-light imaging, QImaging has released the Rolera Thunder electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) microscopy camera. Its quantitative capability with linear EM gain and high frame...
Teledyne QImaging, Teledyne Imaging
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Precision Polymer Optics
G-S PLASTIC OPTICS manufactures optics for imaging, scanning, detection, and illumination applications. GSPO provides diamond turned and injection molded prototypes, production injection molding,...
GS Plastic Optics
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Easy Quantum Yield Measurements
The Quantaurus-QY is a faster, easier way to measure quantum yields. It performs absolute measurements and does not require known reference standards, unlike the traditional relative method....
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Visit Labsphere at Booth 323
Discover how Labsphere is mastering light to solve your toughest application requirements. Items on display will include a 10 inch CSLMS Light Measurement System, a 20 inch Luminance/Radiance Sphere...
Labsphere Inc.
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6-Axis Optical Alignment Systems
PI offers the largest selection of high-accuracy Hexapod 6-D Micropositioners — ideal for precision alignment & handling from fibers to MEMS to heavy optics. Vacuum compatibility; very high...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Looking for a Precision Aspheric Lens?
LightPath Technologies is here to partner with you. Choose from over 40 different molded glass aspheric designs or work with our expert design team to produce a custom aspheric lens in as little as 6...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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LightTools Illumination Design
LightTools version 7.2 delivers features that will help users graphically analyze simulation results, compute important metrics when designing for the lighting industry, iteratively design with CAD...
Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group
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Low-Profile ZLP Series LEDs
PACOIMA, Calif., Aug. 15, 2011 — JKL Components Corp. has announced the addition of the ZLP low-profile series LEDs to its family of linear LEDs and high-brightness lighting components. The ZLP light bars are intended for...
JKL Components Corp.
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uEye CMOS Cameras
OBERSULM, Germany, Aug. 12, 2011 — Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced that its uEye camera family now has 18 models with a 1.3-megapixel CMOS sensor featuring global shutter readout mode, which is typically available only...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Microstructures
GREIFENSEE, Switzerland, Aug. 12, 2011 — Available from IMT Mask und Teilungen AG are microstructures in sizes down to 0.150 µm in combination with optical coatings on glass and other substrates that are customized for OEM solutions...
IMT Masken und Teilungen AG
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COMPACT Diode Laser System
MAINZ, Germany, Aug. 11, 2011 — Dilas Industrial Laser Systems, a division of Dilas Diodenlaser GmbH, has introduced a diode laser system based on a module with increased beam quality and an optical output power of 30 W continuous...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
Laser-Gard Aviator Eyewear
SMITHFIELD, R.I., Aug. 11, 2011 — Laser pointer beams cause distracting glare and pose a temporary flash blindness hazard to pilots and security personnel. As laser attacks on aircraft are doubling each year worldwide, with...
Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc.
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SLED for OCT Applications
SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, Aug. 11, 2011 — Exalos AG has introduced a fiber-coupled and cooled superluminescent light-emitting diode (SLED) centered at ~1060 nm and matching the water absorption window. With a typical 3-dB optical bandwidth...
Exalos AG
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Atmospheric Plasma Monitor
WARRINGTON, England, Aug. 10, 2011 — The HPR60-EQP from Hiden Analytical Ltd. is a fully integrated system configured for measuring atmospheric and near-atmospheric plasma and reactive processes in applications including analysis of...
Hiden Analytical Ltd.
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Pentaprisms
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 10, 2011 — REO offers pentaprisms with coatings optimized for demanding laser applications such as target designation and rangefinding. The pentaprisms' all-dielectric antireflection and high-reflection...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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Phantom v-Series Cameras
WAYNE, N.J., Aug. 10, 2011 — Vision Research, a business unit of the Materials Analysis Div. of Ametek Inc., has introduced two Phantom v-Series cameras. The Phantom v1210 and v1610 1-megapixel digital high-speed instruments...
Vision Research Inc., Phantom Digital High-Speed Cameras
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Optical Timing Reference Source
NORTHAMPTON, England, Aug. 9, 2011 — Armstrong Optical Ltd. has expanded its range of optical timing reference sources with the introduction of the FLP fiber laser pulser. The system is based on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting...
Armstrong Optical Ltd.
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Metis HQ Infrared Thermometers
MILFORD, Mass., Aug. 9, 2011 — Process Sensors Corp.’s newly released self-contained Metis HQ11/HQ22 two-color noncontact infrared temperature sensors capture 12,500 measurements per second with an 80-μs response time. ...
Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.
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Vertical Diode Laser Stacks
MAINZ, Germany, Aug. 8, 2011 — The latest product release from Dilas is a high-duty-cycle vertical diode laser stack that enables long pulse lengths for hair removal and high-energy applications. The compact, completely...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
Standard, Custom Fiber Optics
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Aug. 8, 2011 — Leoni Fiber Optics Inc. has introduced a line of standard and custom fiber optics for medical probes for the laser energy transmission of argon, Nd:YAG excimer, KTP and diode lasers. The company...
Deimos DLC Coatings
PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 5, 2011 — Artemis Optical Ltd. has launched its Deimos DLC (diamondlike carbon) line of coatings. The coatings are fully compliant with all applicable environmental standards and salt fog-qualified to...
G&H Artemis
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LMF-2000-SM Fiber Laser Markers
MONROVIA, Calif., Aug. 5, 2011 — In response to customer demand for fine-marking (<30 μm) and micromachining applications, Miyachi Unitek has developed a 20-W single-mode fiber laser marker. The LMF 2000-SM has a high beam...
AMADA WELD TECH Inc.
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MH-910W Work Cell
CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 5, 2011 — Nordson Asymtek has introduced an automated work cell for film-frame wafer-level packaging applications. It is intended for customers who want to buy their dispensing and handling equipment from a...
Nordson Asymtek
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AFBR-5972Z Transceiver
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2011 — The AFBR-5972Z transceiver from Avago Technologies delivers fast Ethernet communication over robust plastic optical fiber connectors. The device offers reliable data transmission at up to 100...
Broadcom Inc.
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Apollo Raman Microspectrometer
SAN DIMAS, Calif., Aug. 4, 2011 — Craic Technologies has developed the Apollo Raman microspectrometer for use in a stand-alone configuration or added to one of the company’s UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometers or optical...
CRAIC Technologies
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635-nm PM Series Laser Modules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 4, 2011 — Power Technology Inc. has announced that it is now offering more powerful PM industrial-grade laser modules designed for use in standard or rugged OEM environments. The 635-nm modules offer diode...
Power Technology Inc.
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SMT-9700 Sensor System
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Aug. 3, 2011 — Kaman Precision Products | Measuring’s SMT-9700 system uses inductive (eddy current) technology to provide nanometer/subnanometer resolution, noncontact position/displacement feedback of...
Kaman Precision Products, Measuring Systems
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Benchtop Orion Laser Modules
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 3, 2011 — Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. has announced that its Orion laser module platforms are now available in a fully integrated and compact benchtop configuration. The benchtop lasers are designed...
Ceramic Motor Stage
SLINFOLD, England, Aug. 2, 2011 — Nanomotion has added a Z-wedge vertical stage to its FB range of compact nanometer-level micropositioning mechanics. Available in the UK through Heason Technology Ltd., the stages complement a...
Heason Technology Ltd.
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Universal Polishing Fixture
MORGANVILLE, N.J., Aug. 2, 2011 — Krell Technologies Inc.’s UVG universal workholder polishes any fiber optic component that incorporates a UPC-style ferrule with a diameter between 1.25 and 3.2 mm. This includes...
KrellTech
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Compact M3-F Focus Module
VICTOR, N.Y., Aug. 2, 2011 — New Scale Technologies Inc. has upgraded the lifetime specification of and provided new repeatability data for its miniature M3-F focus module, which replaces fixed lens holders in compact board...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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PyLoN CCD Cameras
TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 2, 2011 — Princeton Instruments' PyLoN series controllerless, cryogenically cooled CCD cameras are designed for quantitative spectroscopy applications that demand high sensitivity. The first commercially...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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LightTools 7.2 Software
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 — Synopsys Inc. has announced the availability of enhancements to its LightTools illumination design and analysis software, obtained as part of its acquisition of Optical Research Associates. ...
Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group
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CHRocodile IT Sensor System
NORTHAMPTON, England, Aug. 1, 2011 — A noncontact high-precision sensor that provides thickness measurement of infrared silicon and other semiconductor substrate wafers, doped or undoped, has been unveiled by Precitec Optronik and is...
Armstrong Optical Ltd.
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UI-5480CP Camera
WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 1, 2011 — Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced the UI-5480CP, and industrial camera that offers a 5-megapixel ½-in. CMOS sensor, Power over Ethernet (PoE) and 14-fps image capture at 2560...
IDS Imaging Development Systems Inc.
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Waveguide Design Software
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 1, 2011 — Lumerical Solutions Inc. has released MODE Solutions 5.0, the latest upgrade to its fast broadband omnidirectional waveguide design software. MODE Solutions 5.0 includes both an eigensolver and...
Ansys Canada
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