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Photonics.com - October 2011
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Prysm Adds $100M in Funding, Launches Volume Production
Digital display provider Prysm announced it has received more than $100 million in new capital since its launch, bringing total financing to more than $135 million. The financing has enabled the company to begin volume production of its laser phosphor display (LPD) technology and amass a global support team of more than 150 personnel worldwide. In addition, the company said, it is supported...
Pixtronix, Chimei Innolux Debut MEMS Display Prototype
Pixtronix Inc. and Chimei Innolux Corp. (CMI) have announced the joint development of 5-in. diagonal microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) display prototypes. The displays were demonstrated at FPD...
LightPath: Q1 Revenue Up 21%
LightPath Technologies Inc., a supplier of patented optical components and assemblies, has reported preliminary revenue of $2.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, an increase of 21%, as...
Zephyr Photonics Sets Sights on Commercial Success
Research and development company Zephyr Photonics has been acquired by Torch Hill Investment Partners, a Washington-based private equity firm, and is making the transition to becoming a commercial...
Proceedings of Internet Tech Symposium Published
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has announced publication of the Proceedings of the Symposium on World-Wide Developments in Internet Technologies. Organized by EPIC, the...
OSA Hosts Renewable Energy Congress
The Optical Society of America (OSA) is hosting the Optics and Photonics Congress: Renewable Energy & the Environment, which will be held at the Omni Austin Hotel Nov. 2 to 3, in Austin, Texas....
Lighthouse Imaging’s Endolume Issued Key Patent
Endoscopic equipment manufacturer Lighthouse Imaging Corp. announced that a key element of its Endolume testing device was issued Patent No. 8040496 by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The...
Sydor Completes $4.5M Equipment Buy; Adds 18 Jobs
Sydor Optics, a manufacturer of precision, flat glass optics, has completed the last stage of a $4.5 million investment in equipment to increase its capacity and capabilities for producing wafers,...
Zygo Wins $9M Contract for EUV Tool Optics
Optical metrology supplier Zygo Corp.’s Optical Systems Div. has been awarded a $9 million contract with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany and...
SiOnyx: Laser Texturing Tweaks Solar Efficiency
SiOnyx Inc. said that Black Silicon, its patented ultrafast laser texturing technology, has achieved a 0.3% (absolute) efficiency boost over industry-standard baseline solar cells. The SiOnyx 156-mm...
Flora Named CEO of OmniGuide
Scott Flora has joined OmniGuide Inc. as its president, chief executive officer and member of the board, the company announced. Flora brings to the privately held medical device company more...
Precision Optical Relocates
Precision Optical has moved to a new 42,000-sq-ft facility in Costa Mesa. The plant, approximately five miles from the company’s previous location, more than doubles its office and...
Flir 3Q Profits Up Slightly
Flir Systems Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011. Its revenue was $371.3 million, up 12% compared with third-quarter 2010 revenue of $332.5 million. The...
SETi Gears Up for High-Volume UV LED Manufacturing
Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. (SETi) announced it has set in motion a plan to expand its R&D efforts and to transition its production line to high-volume manufacturing, making it the first...
Hadland Imaging to Sell Telops Systems in US
To strengthen its position in the US, Telops has appointed Hadland Imaging LLC of Santa Cruz, Calif., as an authorized sales representative. Telops supplies infrared cameras and hyperspectral...
Cubic Wins $19M for Laser-Based Troop Trainer
Cubic Defense Applications, the defense systems business unit of Cubic Corp., has won a $19 million competitive contract for the Instrumentable Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual...
Intense CCO Laughlin Promoted to CEO
Kevin Laughlin has been appointed chief executive officer at Intense Inc., the company announced. Most recently serving as the company’s chief commercial officer, Laughlin brings to the...
Emcore Still Assessing Damage from Thailand Flood
Emcore Corp. announced on Oct. 24 that flood waters had penetrated the offices and manufacturing floor space of its primary contract manufacturer in Thailand. The water flowed into areas used to...
Sjogren Joins Optics Balzers’ Sales Team in North America
Optics Balzers has added Brian Sjogren to its sales team in Colorado as a result of increased sales activity at its North American business. Sjogren will join Steffen Capello, North American...
Trumpf Expects Growth Surge to Slow in 2011
Trumpf posted the largest revenue rise in its history, saying that, although it expects double-digit growth for the current fiscal year, it expects growth to be slower than last year because of the...
Netherlands Nanoscopy Center Opens Oct. 27
The Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy (NeCEN), a new microscopy facility with two highly advanced cryotransmission electron microscopes, will open its doors Oct. 27. Established through the...
Rubin to Lead North American Sales for Luminus
David Rubin has been appointed director of sales for North America, Luminus Devices Inc. announced. In his new position, Rubin will assume the leadership role in managing sales for direct and...
New Packard Fellow to Build 3-D Molecule Analyzing Spectrometer
A laser-based spectroscopic device for seeing the conformation — the shape and orientation — of any molecule, no matter how complex, is in development. The machine, designed for chemists...
Solyndra’s Assets to be Auctioned Off Online
Heritage Global Partners will conduct a global webcast auction of surplus assets held by Solyndra LLC, a cylindrical solar panel manufacturer that filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on...
OSA Elects VP, 3 Directors at Large
Members of The Optical Society (OSA) have elected Philip H. Bucksbaum as its 2012 vice president, the organization announced at Frontiers in Optics 2011 this week. Three directors at large also were...
Materion Acquires EIS Optics
Advanced materials company Materion Corp. announced today that it has acquired China-based optical thin-film filter maker EIS Optics Ltd. for $24 million in cash. Materion said the deal gives it a...
ilumisys Licenses LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements to LED Optics
ilumisys Inc., a supplier of solid-state lighting technology, has granted a license for LED fluorescent tube replacements to LED Optics of Boca Raton, Fla., a manufacturer of replacement LED T8...
NASA Goddard to Host Wavefront and AO Industry Day
The "Can You See It Now?" campaign, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's technology transfer initiative to bring awareness to Goddard's expertise in wavefront sensing and adaptive optics (AO)...
GE to Build Colorado Solar Plant, Add Jobs in NY
General Electric Co. is expanding its thin-film solar panel manufacturing business in a big way, making it clear that the company sees renewable energy and clean technology as prime business...
Infinera Posts Q3 Loss of $22M
Infinera Corp, a provider of digital optical communications systems, released financial results for the third quarter ending Sept. 24. The company reported a loss of almost $22 million for the...
Kodak Licenses Laser Projection Tech to Imax
Imax Corp. has struck a deal with Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester to license numerous laser-projection technologies. The large-screen and dome cinema specialist plans to use the technologies to...
Ocean Optics Awards Phase I Blue Ocean Grants
Ocean Optics, a supplier of optical sensing technology, has named the Phase I winners of its first Blue Ocean Grants and Challenges, an open innovation program seeking novel ideas and technologies...
MicroVision Receives $3.5M Follow-On Order
MicroVision Inc. has received a $3.5 million follow-on order for its current-generation PicoP laser projection display engine from ESPlus Co. Ltd., a Korean consumer electronics manufacturer, the...
Qioptiq's Litfin Receives German Cross of Merit
Professor Gerd Litfin, who is on Qioptiq’s board of directors, has been awarded the Cross of Merit, first class, of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by President Christian...
OSA Launches ‘Internship Gateway’
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch of an “Internship Gateway” to its job board website, WORKinOPTICS.com. The site, which already helps connect optics and photonics...
ASD Names CFO
Thomas Beck was recently appointed chief financial officer of ASD Inc., the company announced. In his new position, Beck will be responsible for all of the company’s planning, accounting,...
Rigaku Acquires BaySpec’s Handheld Raman Product Lines
Through its acquisition of BaySpec Inc.’s handheld Raman technology and product lines, Rigaku Americas Corp. has formed a new division, Rigaku Raman Technologies Inc. Rigaku’s new...
Laser Pioneer Anthony Siegman Dies at 79
Anthony Siegman, laser pioneer and professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Stanford University, died Oct. 7 at his Stanford home. He was 79. During his career, Siegman made many significant...
Eurazeo Acquires 3S Photonics
Eurazeo Croissance has acquired optoelectronic component maker 3S Photonics with the purchase of the holdings of Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI) and will spend 10 million euros...
Alternatives Sought for Rare-Earth Materials
In response to the shortage of rare-earth metals used for polishing in the optics industry, high-tech industry association Spectaris has developed a “Rare Earth” industrial consortium...
Iridex Co-Founder and CEO Steps Down, Becomes CTO
Iridex Corp. has named Dominik Beck president and CEO of the company. He replaces Theodore A. Boutacoff, a co-founder of Iridex who will become CTO. Beck will also replace Boutacoff on the...
Early Career Scientists Honored for Photonics Research
A physicist who made a breakthrough in the field of superconducting detectors and a scientist working on the development of nanophotonic devices for optical communications and on-chip biosensing are...
Universal Display Awarded $1M Contract for White OLEDs
Organic LED (OLED) technologies provider Universal Display Corp. has received a $999,963 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to further the...
e2v Delivers Imaging Sensors for ESA Space Mission
At its headquarters recently, e2v was joined by representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA), Astrium SAS, key suppliers and local dignitaries for a celebration to mark the delivery of more...
Frontiers in Optics to Highlight Optics Advances
Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2011, the Optical Society of America’s (OSA) 95th annual meeting, will highlight the latest advances in photonics, optical science and engineering. Held in conjunction...
‘Mosaic of Atoms’ Discoverer Wins Chemistry Nobel
The Nobel Prize in chemistry 2011 has been awarded to Daniel Shechtman of Technion, Israel Institute of Technology for the discovery of quasicrystals (quasiperiodic crystals). Scientists are...
Capasso Receives Czochralski Award
Federico Capasso of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has been awarded the 2011 Jan Czochralski Award. Capasso is the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton...
Ettenberg Tapped as Princeton Optronics’ New VP
Dr. Martin H. Ettenberg has joined Princeton Optronics as vice president of sales, marketing and business development, the company announced. In his new position, Ettenberg will report to Dr....
Jenoptik Expanding Laser Production in Berlin
As a result of increased customer demand, the Jenoptik Group announced it will invest approximately €10 million ($13.6 million) to increase laser production at its Berlin site. The...
Thorlabs Buys Burleigh Line from Lumen Dynamics
Lumen Dynamics has sold its Burleigh line to Thorlabs Inc., the companies announced Friday. The line includes piezoelectric micromanipulators and microscope mounting systems for life sciences...
Toptica Presents BEC Research Awards
Dr. Ian Spielman and professor Gora Shlyapnikov were honored for their contributions to the field of Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) by Toptica Photonics AG during the Bose-Einstein Conference in...
Northrop Grumman Integrates QCL into CIRCM System
Northrop Grumman Corp. and Daylight Solutions, of San Diego, have announced the testing and integration of the Solaris quantum cascade laser (QCL) based system into the Northrop Grumman offering for...
JPSA, UDelaware, MIT Collaborate on SunShot Initiative
J.P. Sercel Associates (JPSA) is partnering with SunShot Initiative F-PACE awardee University of Delaware (UD), along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on a $3.8 million project to...
Jury Rules IPG Did Not Infringe Upon IMRA Patent
A six-year fiber laser court battle ended Friday with a Michigan jury deciding that Oxford-based IPG Photonics did not infringe on IMRA America’s patent related to the use of an optical amplifier to...
LaserMotive to Work on NASA’s ‘Ride the Light’ Project
LaserMotive, an independent R&D company specializing in laser power beaming, is among the companies named to work on the new NASA “Ride the Light” project, a program in the Game...
Vytran hires Terceiro as European Sales Manager
Vytran, a supplier of optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, has hired Fernando Terceiro as its European sales manager. Terceiro brings more than 15 years of combined experience in...
University of Texas Endowment Supports Optics
To honor his physicist father and also strengthen the university's optics-related research, Fresnel Technologies President Nelson Claytor has established the Richard N. Claytor Distinguished...
Dynasil Promotes Shah to Lead RMD Unit
Dr. Kanai S. Shah will become president of Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD) Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of Dynasil Corp. of America, the companies announced. The promotion is effective Jan....
Edinburgh Instruments Marks 40 Years
Heriot-Watt University spinout Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. has announced its 40th anniversary. Founded by chief scientific officer professor S. Desmond Smith, OBE Fellow of the Royal Society, in 1971,...
UDC, PPG Extend OLED Partnership
Universal Display Corp. and PPG Industries have jointly announced their entrance into a new organic LED (OLED) materials supply and service agreement. Under the new agreement, PPG will remain...
Mooney Joins Gentec-EO Sales Team
Gentec-EO USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gentec Electro-Optics Inc., has announced that Burt Mooney has joined its force as sales development manager for the USA. Active in the field of...
A*Star, Washington University Collaborate on Silicon Photonics
*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and the University of Washington, in Seattle, will join forces to provide shared silicon photonics processes as part of the Optoelectronics Systems...
Coherent Opens Applications Center in Dieburg
Coherent Inc. has opened a showroom and laser applications center for its laser machine tools at its Dieburg facility. The center offers access to the company’s Metabeam laser cutting...
3-D Process Improves Diffractive Optics Form Accuracy
Precitech Inc. and Taylor Hobson have developed a process to measure, analyze and correct for diffractive form errors in three dimensions, Precitech has announced. Historically, it has not been...
Tillner Named COO at Osram Opto Semiconductors
Frank Tillner has succeeded Elke Eckstein as chief operating officer at Osram Opto Semiconductors’ Regensburg, Germany, headquarters, the company announced. In his new position, Tillner...
Former Novalux VP Hired as TriLumina CEO
Gary Oppedahl will take over as CEO and president of TriLumina, a laser technology company. He will replace TriLumina’s CEO and chairman of the board, Rudi Weideman, who has stepped down. ...
Avantes Moves to Larger Facility
Avantes BV, a manufacturer of instruments, light sources, software and accessories for spectroscopic applications, has moved to a state-of-the-art 2700-sq-m facility in nearby Apeldoorn. ...
StellarNet Launches Spectrometry Contest
Are you an academic researcher with an exciting new project involving spectroscopy, and do you need a free spectrometer system to help achieve this? StellarNet Inc. has launched its STAR Instrument...
Globalfoundries Vet Wurm Named Lithography Director at Sematech
Dr. Stefan Wurm was named Sematech’s director of lithography, the company announced. Wurm is a veteran of Globalfoundries, based in Milpitas, Calif., and has more than 20 years of experience in...
Solar Panel Glut to Continue into 2012
A recent Solarbuzz Quarterly report suggests that overproduction is continuing to take its toll on photovoltaic (PV) module prices. Factory gate prices are said to be down 33 percent year-on-year,...
FBGS Technologies Launches Subsidiary in Belgium
A new company, FBGS International, was founded and started as of July 1, 2011. FBGS International, headquartered in Belgium, is a fully owned subsidiary of FBGS Technologies of Germany. The...
Butterfly Inspires Banknote Authentication Tech
Inspired by the wings of the morpho butterfly, Nanotech Security Corp. (NTS), in collaboration with Simon Fraser University, has created the world’s first anti-counterfeiting master die. ...
Goodrich Acquires Aviation Safety Firm
Goodrich Corp. announced its acquisition of Winslow Marine Products Corp., a provider of life rafts to the corporate aviation, helicopter and marine markets. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Labsphere Sells Integrating Sphere System to Aurora
Through its exclusive UK distributor, Pro-Lite Technology, Labsphere Inc. has supplied a custom 2-m integrating sphere system to lighting manufacturer Aurora Lighting of St. Albans, England, for use...
Arquimed to Distribute for JEOL in Chile
Electron optical equipment and instrumentation provider JEOL USA has named Arquimed Ltda. of Santiago, Chile, as its exclusive agent in Chile. Although JEOL has had a presence in Chile and...
Samsung Invests in Novaled
Samsung Ventures Investment Corp. (SVIC) of Seoul and Novaled AG of Dresden announced that SVIC has become a shareholder of Novaled. Novaled is a key player in organic LED technology and...
Heinrich Joins Instrument Systems as COO
Dr. Thomas Heinrich has joined Instrument Systems GmbH as chief operating officer and managing director, the company announced. He will report to Richard Distl, the founder and president. ...
Frankfurt Laser Reps Focuslight High-Power Diode Lasers
Laser diode manufacturer and distributor Frankfurt Laser Co. has announced that it will distribute Focuslight Technologies Co. Ltd.’s range of high-power laser diodes. Focuslight, of...
Universal Display, Pioneer Ink OLED Licensing Deal
Organic LED technologies, materials and service provider Universal Display Corp. announced it has entered into an OLED technology license agreement with Pioneer Corp of Tokyo. Under the...
Photonic Solutions Adds Light Conversion Ultrafast Lasers to Portfolio
Photonic Solutions announced that, with the addition of the Pharos and Orpheus ultrafast laser systems, it has expanded its range of Light Conversion products distributed in the UK and Ireland. ...
Scanner Reveals Secrets of Ancient Documents
A scanner developed at the University of Oxford’s Classics Department is being commercialized by a new company — Oxford Multi Spectral Ltd. — spun out last week by the...
Research & Technology
Compact Laser Frequency Comb Really Goes Places
A compact laser frequency comb has been developed that is no bigger than a shoebox. Until now, frequency combs usually have been bulky, delicate lab instruments — about the size of a suitcase — that are challenging to operate. The new technology is a step closer to user-friendly and, ultimately, chip-based combs that could enable new applications in astronomy, high-capacity...
Biomolecules Show Their True Colors
After years of black-and-white and false-color 3-D molecular imaging, events beneath the surface of the skin can now be viewed in their true colors. A novel method detects and shows, for example, the...
Quantum Dot Coating Binds to Biomolecules
A newly developed coating allows quantum dots — considered toxic and unsuitable for use in living organisms — to be used inside the human body, even inside living cells. Scientists...
Lasers Enable High-Volume Handling of Microelectronics
A contactless laser-assisted packaging technology for high-throughput, low-cost assembly of ultrathin semiconductor chips onto rigid and flexible substrates has recently been developed. The...
Laparoscopy with LEDs Improves Pancreatic Cancer Detection
A laparoscopic technique that uses fluorescent light to improve pancreatic cancer staging and treatment is in development. The approach shows promise over conventional laparoscopy with no evidence of...
Optical Cavity Furnace Could Cut Solar Costs
A new furnace system for manufacturing solar cells has been developed — an advance that could boost efficiency and cut the cost of producing solar panels in the future. The Optical Cavity...
Diode Lasers Produce High-Quality White Light
While LED lighting is widely accepted as the more efficient alternative to the century-old tungsten incandescent bulb, it may soon be dethroned by the diode laser. Researchers at the US...
Photonic Crystal Controlled by ‘Nanoquake’
Until now, the idea of an acoustically modulated photonic crystal merely existed in theory, but a new technique is proving that sound waves can control photonic crystals within a nanocavity. ...
Laser Approach Advantageous for Cataract Surgery
Two new studies on the use of femtosecond laser procedures in cataract surgery back the argument that the technology may be safer and more efficient than the standard procedures used today. ...
Lasers Localize 3-D Matter Waves
In the first direct observation of 3-D Anderson localization of matter, laser light has shown the ability to completely localize atoms. The experimental demonstration will show how 3-D conduction is...
Tiny Switch Flipped with Light
Nanomechanical resonators can operate at amplitudes much higher than previously thought — a breakthrough in optomechanics that could have implications for future communications and sensing...
Laser Checks Food for Freshness
Most packaged food products are protected from oxidation by a gas such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen. Currently there is no method that can check whether the packaging has the correct gas content,...
Unique Laser Ion Source Produces Semiconductors
A unique laser ion source has been built that is equipped with a special system for accelerating ions to a chosen energy and for eliminating admixtures. This device has been used to produce...
New Packard Fellow to Build 3-D Molecule Analyzing Spectrometer
A laser-based spectroscopic device for seeing the conformation — the shape and orientation — of any molecule, no matter how complex, is in development. The machine, designed for chemists...
Tuning Viruses Creates Complex Biological Tissues
A benign virus has been turned into an engineering tool for assembling structures that mimic collagen, considered one of the most important structural proteins in nature. Researchers say this process...
Projection Systems that Interact
A system called SideBySide enables animated images from two handheld projectors to interact with each other on the same surface. The SideBySide concept – a self-contained, full-color, handheld...
Real-Time Imaging Through Concrete Now Possible
You no longer have to be from Krypton to see through walls, thanks to new radar technology developed at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory. Radar “sees” by sending out radio waves that...
Laser-Based Method Detects Optical Forces in Blood
A new laser-based analysis method can detect optical pressure differences among classes of blood cells, and it doesn't rely on prior knowledge, antibodies or fluorescent labels for discrimination. ...
Chip-Sized Device Converts Beam to Pulses
A device that can convert continuous laser light into numerous ultrashort pulses and that is small enough to fit on a computer chip has been created by researchers at Purdue University and the...
Kodak Licenses Laser Projection Tech to Imax
Imax Corp. has struck a deal with Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester to license numerous laser-projection technologies. The large-screen and dome cinema specialist plans to use the technologies to...
Light Moves Electron-Hole Pairs
Under the influence of light, electrons have been shown to move freely in layers of linked semiconductor nanoparticles. The breakthrough could lead to the development of cheap and efficient quantum...
Light at the End of the Funnel: IR Becomes EUV
The energy of IR light pulses has been concentrated with a nanofunnel and used to generate extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light flashes. These femtosecond flashes are thought to contain trains of...
Photon Emission from Diamond Controlled
Researchers have captured light in tiny diamond pillars embedded in silver, releasing a stream of single photons at a controllable rate. The advance represents a milestone on the road to...
Autofocus Lens Mimics the Eye
Making cell phone cameras work more like the human eye may help overcome limitations in low light sensitivity and focusing. Most cell phones today have built-in cameras, but these are not...
Smart Petri Dish Provides Lensless Imaging
Using a smartphone and some Lego blocks, engineers at California Institute of Technology have created a new way to analyze cell cultures on the fly. Because the phone’s imaging chip is...
Using Artificial Vision to Compare Oranges to Oranges
Scientists have created machines that detect and separate rotten oranges, classify mandarin segments according to their quality, and help citrus fruit pickers out in the field. All prototypes use...
Robotic Telescope Network to be Built
A world network of robotic telescopes is to be developed as part of a European citizen science project. The network, which will allow any citizen to connect and share observation time, will offer...
Topological Properties Protect Quantum Memory, Computing
Theoretical physicists have formulated a new concept for engineering so-called topological states of matter in quantum mechanical many-body systems. They linked concepts of quantum optics and...
All-Optical Signal Processor Meets Increasing Network Demands
A new all-optical signal processing device to meet the demands of high-capacity optical networks and with a wide range of applications, including ultrafast optical measurement and sensing, has been...
‘Mosaic of Atoms’ Discoverer Wins Chemistry Nobel
The Nobel Prize in chemistry 2011 has been awarded to Daniel Shechtman of Technion, Israel Institute of Technology for the discovery of quasicrystals (quasiperiodic crystals). Scientists are...
Object Cooled to Quantum Ground State with Laser Light
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers, in collaboration with a team from the University of Vienna, have cooled a miniature mechanical object to its lowest possible energy state...
Crab Pulsar Dazzles Astronomers with Bright Gamma Rays
About 1000 years ago, a star in the constellation Taurus exploded, astonishing observers from Arabia to North America to China, who watched the slow detonation even in daylight. The remaining heart...
Visible Spectrum Eyed for Communications
At the University of Edinburgh, Harald Haas and his team specialize in finding innovative solutions to mobile communication challenges. Visible light communication may expand our window on the world,...
Silicon Ink Is Useful in Solar Cells
A special ink that can suspend silicon nanoparticles evenly in a solution is proving useful in solar cell production. The silicon ink can lay down precise microns-thick lines that are needed to dope...
White Light Suppresses Melatonin More
A new international study reveals that the light from white LED bulbs suppresses melatonin five times more than exposure to the light of the more commonly used high-pressure sodium (HPS) bulbs, which...
Old Hubble Data Reveals New Planets
A new analysis of data acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1998 has unveiled evidence of two extrasolar planets that had gone undetected 13 years ago, but had since been found by sophisticated...
NIH Grants $12.5M for Optogenetics, Imaging, Tumor Detection
Three labs at the University of Pennsylvania have received $12.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pursue light-driven ideas expected to advance medical research. These...
Superbright Gamma Rays Shine New Light on Medical Imaging
The brightest gamma-ray beam ever produced — more than a quadrillion (thousand billion) times more brilliant than the sun — could open up new possibilities for medicine. Physicists...
Nanowires to Enable Photonic Chip Creation
Using an optimized laser nanofabrication technique, researchers have engineered one of the smallest nanowires made from the optical material chalcogenide glass. The nanowires could lead to the...
Redefining the Kilogram and Ampere with Graphene
Groundbreaking research by the National Physical Laboratory's (NPL) Quantum Detection Group and an international team is underpinning the biggest change in the Système Internationale...
Expanding Universe Work Earns Trio a Physics Nobel
Competing American astronomers who studied dozens of distant exploding stars, and in the process discovered that the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate, will share the $1.5 million...
StellarNet Launches Spectrometry Contest
Are you an academic researcher with an exciting new project involving spectroscopy, and do you need a free spectrometer system to help achieve this? StellarNet Inc. has launched its STAR Instrument...
ALMA Opens Its Eyes to First Light
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most powerful telescope of its kind in the world, has revealed its first image. About one-third of ALMA's eventual 66 radio...
Accurate Reading Taken from Mini-Quantum Computer
Scientists have taken an accurate readout from a mini-quantum computer comprising four quantum bits on a chip of diamond. The advance marks a step toward quantum computing and makes it possible to...
Laser Remelting Produces Structured Surfaces
A method of structuring the metallic parts of tool inserts using laser remelting, rather than the more commonly used ablation, has been developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT....
How to Perform Microscopy, Spectroscopy with an iPhone
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have transformed everyday iPhones into medical-quality imaging and chemical detection devices. With materials that cost about as much as a typical...
Butterfly Inspires Banknote Authentication Tech
Inspired by the wings of the morpho butterfly, Nanotech Security Corp. (NTS), in collaboration with Simon Fraser University, has created the world’s first anti-counterfeiting master die. ...
Light from Nanoparticles Controlled
Rice University researchers have created a technique to control plasmonic scattering from gold nanoparticles using liquid crystals. The researchers use voltage to sensitively manipulate the alignment...
Scanner Reveals Secrets of Ancient Documents
A scanner developed at the University of Oxford’s Classics Department is being commercialized by a new company — Oxford Multi Spectral Ltd. — spun out last week by the...
acquisitions
Materion Acquires EIS Optics
Advanced materials company Materion Corp. announced today that it has acquired China-based optical thin-film filter maker EIS Optics Ltd. for $24 million in cash. Materion said the deal gives it a manufacturing base from which to better serve its rapidly growing Asian optical coatings businesses. Materion made the acquisition through its wholly owned subsidiary, Materion Advanced Materials...
Eurazeo Acquires 3S Photonics
Eurazeo Croissance has acquired optoelectronic component maker 3S Photonics with the purchase of the holdings of Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI) and will spend 10 million euros...
Halma Acquires Avo Photonics
Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma of Amersham, UK, has acquired Avo Photonics Inc. from Blaine Hobson, Whitecap Partners, and other shareholders and employees for an initial cash...
Products
ImageIR Infrared Cameras
DRESDEN, Germany, Oct. 31, 2011 — InfraTec GmbH Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik has introduced ImageIR, infrared cameras that feature a rugged design. They have cooled focal-plane-array photon detectors of various types (indium...
InfraTec GmbH, Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik
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Adjustable Beamsplitter
OLCHING, Germany, Oct. 31, 2011 — Laser Components GmbH has designed a variable beamsplitter with a position-dependent reflection profile. By moving the beamsplitter, the user can obtain a reflection value between ±5%,...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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TechSpec Wedge Prisms
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 28, 2011 — For beam steering and beam shaping applications, Edmund Optics has launched its TechSpec fused silica wedge prisms, which are suitable for a variety of beam deviation options, whether used...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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1830-R Optical Power Meters
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2011 — Newport Corp. has announced the 1830-R optical power meters, drop-in replacements for the company’s legacy 1830-C power meter, which has been widely used in fiber optic component production and...
MKS/Newport
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Piranha4 CMOS Cameras
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 28, 2011 — Teledyne Dalsa Inc., a Teledyne Technologies company, has unveiled the Piranha4 8-k/7-μm-resolution dual line-scan CMOS camera line. The P4-8k, the first in the series, combines advancements in...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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600-W, 880-nm Line Sources
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 27, 2011 — Dilas has launched a line of conduction-cooled, multibar line source modules with a homogeneous top-hat optical beam profile in the slow axis and a diffraction-limited profile in the fast axis. They...
DILAS Diode Laser Inc.
Spectro xSort Spectrometer
KLEVE, Germany, Oct. 27, 2011 — Spectro Analytical Instruments has introduced Spectro xSort, a next-generation handheld energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The instrument comes in a smaller, lightweight package that...
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments
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PicoSpark Short-Pulse Laser
MEYLAN, France, Oct. 27, 2011 — Teem Photonics announces a 25% higher repetition rate and 25% shorter pulse version of the passively Q-switched PicoSpark laser family. Applications include high-quality micromachining and precision...
Teem Photonics
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MicroDyn Sputtered Coatings
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2011 — Deposition Sciences Inc. has unveiled its sputtered long-wavelength-infrared optical coatings. The proprietary MicroDyn sputtering deposition platform now delivers 8-μm long-wave pass and...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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iXH500H Dry Pump Series
CRAWLEY, England, Oct. 26, 2011 — Edwards Ltd. has expanded its iXH family of harsh process dry pumps with the introduction of the iXH500H series, optimized for flat panel, solar and advanced semiconductor processes requiring high...
Edwards Vacuum
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UV and EUV Photodiodes
Newbury Park, Calif., Oct. 26, 2011 — Opto Diode Corp., a division of ITW and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, offers semiconductor radiation sensors for detecting photons and other particles. With the recent acquisition of...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Crysta-Apex S CMM
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 25, 2011 — The Crysta-Apex S coordinate measuring machine (CMM) from Mitutoyo America Corp. brings high performance and economy to the 1.7-µm class of computer numerical control CMMs. With a maximum...
Mitutoyo America Corp.
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ChemiDoc-It TS2 Imager
UPLAND, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011 — UVP LLC announces the release of the ChemiDoc-It TS2 imager. The integrated touch screen and user-friendly capture software simplify work flow for imaging of chemiluminescent, fluorescent,...
Analytik Jena US LLC
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AS1123 ‘Green’ LED Driver
UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria, Oct. 25, 2011 — The AS1123, manufactured by austriamicrosystems, is a constant-current, 16-channel “green” LED driver with an on-chip diagnostic read-back function. It is for use in industrial...
ams OSRAM
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Vitara Ultrafast Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2011 — Vitara, from Coherent Inc., is a widely tunable ultrafast laser that delivers pulse widths shorter than 12 fs. It offers true hands-free and fully automated operation, including automated wavelength...
Coherent Inc.
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LumetriScan Measurement System
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 24, 2011 — Lumetrics Inc. has begun shipment of its LumetriScan fully automated noncontact thickness measurement system for the medical industry. The LumetriScan 360 can be used on medical tubing up to 36 in....
Lumetrics
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BOA Pro Smart Camera
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 24, 2011 — For industrial inspection applications, Teledyne Dalsa has released the BOA Pro smart camera, which has advanced Sherlock inspection software. The compact industrial vision camera features an...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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BioSpectrum Imaging System
UPLAND, Calif., Oct. 21, 2011 — UVP LLC has announced that the BioSpectrum imaging system is now configured with the new MegaCam 810 scientific-grade CCD camera. Designed for use in a wide range of proteomics and genomics...
Analytik Jena US LLC
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FlexPoint MV Lasers
OLCHING, Germany, Oct. 21, 2011 — The FlexPoint MVmicro and FlexPoint MVpico series machine vision lasers manufactured by Laser Components GmbH are line lasers to be used in image processing. The MVmicro models were developed...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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mvBlueFOX-IGC USB 2.0 Cameras
OPPENWEILER, Germany, Oct. 21, 2011 — Matrix Vision GmbH’s single-board camera family, mvBlueFOX-MLC, is now available with a housing. Named the mvBlueFOX-IGC (industrial-grade compact), the series includes two models with two...
MATRIX VISION GmbH
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µLinc Processor
FAIRBORN, Ohio, Oct. 20, 2011 — LaserLinc has introduced µLinc, a processor designed for integration with laser and ultrasonic measurement systems. Its connectors, for all system input/outputs, are conveniently located on the...
LaserLinc Inc.
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LumenLED System
ROCKLAND, Mass., Oct. 20, 2011 — Prior Scientific Inc. has released LumenLED, an illumination system for fluorescence microscopy. It offers two modes of operation, enabling the LEDs to be optimized for specific applications. ...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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CinCam CMOS Laser Beam Profiler
DUDERSTADT, Germany, Oct. 20, 2011 — Cinogy Technologies GmbH’s CinCam CMOS is a laser beam profiling system that features an ultracompact 1.3-megapixel CMOS sensor and Ray-Ci beam profiling software. It provides accurate and fast...
CINOGY Technologies GmbH
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TechSpec Right-Angle Prisms
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 19, 2011 — Edmund Optics’ TechSpec broadband antireflection (BBAR)-coated right-angle prisms are suitable for use with low-power laser sources for a wide variety of applications. Exhibiting a ray...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Koheras BoostiK Lasers
BIRKERØD, Denmark, Oct. 19, 2011 — NKT Photonics A/S has launched a range of high-power BoostiK single-mode and single-frequency fiber lasers that offer up to 15-W output with low phase noise and an ultranarrow linewidth for...
NKT Photonics A/S
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Rolera Bolt sCMOS Camera
SURREY, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 19, 2011 — For high-speed live-cell fluorescence imaging applications, QImaging announces the Rolera Bolt scientific CMOS (sCMOS) camera. Designed for low-light applications, it is suited for biomedical...
Teledyne QImaging, Teledyne Imaging
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SAL3D Shape Analysis Library
GIRONA, Spain, Oct. 18, 2011 — The enhanced 3D Shape Analysis Library (SAL3D) from Aqsense SL is a standard software library for range maps and cloud-of-points acquisition and processing, fully oriented to 3-D machine vision...
AQSENSE SL
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Network Cube Bandwidth Enhancer
MAINZ, Germany, Oct. 18, 2011 — Demand for digital bandwidth is driving fiber deployment beyond the central office and into regional hubs, local nodes, wireless backhaul corridors, street-level pedestals and subterranean...
H+S Cube Optics AG, Communication
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Risley Prism Pairs
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 18, 2011 — REO is offering a family of matched Risley (wedge) prism pairs to enable high-accuracy laser beam steering in a variety of military, industrial and instrumentation applications. Beam steering...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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X-Y-Z Laser Turnkey System
AUBURN, Mass., Oct. 17, 2011 — Integrated with the AL1500W or AL600W laser directly on the gantry, the X-Y-Z laser turnkey system manufactured by Alkras LLC includes a Dell desktop computer preconfigured with CAD and driver...
Alkras LLC
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Intracavity MMR-P Coating
JERUSALEM, Oct. 17, 2011 — Ophir Optronics Ltd. has announced that the CO2 Laser Optics Div. of its Optics Group has developed an MMR-P intracavity mirror coating for use in high-power CO2 laser systems based on...
Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd., Optics Group
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Idea Stepper Motor Drive
WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 14, 2011 — The Idea stepper motor drive platform from Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc. now communicates using an RS-485 data protocol that overcomes the limitations of other communication methods, rendering...
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc.
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NSC1101 Readout Circuit
VERRIÈRES LE BUISSON, France, Oct. 14, 2011 — The NSC1101 from New Imaging Technologies is a high-dynamic-range readout circuit that interfaces with any photodiode array through flip chip bonding. In VGA format, it has 640 × 512 pixels...
New Imaging Technologies (NIT)
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Genesis CX 514 Multiwatt Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has expanded its Genesis family of multiwatt visible solid-state lasers for life sciences with two models offering 2 and 4 W of output power at 514 nm. Based on proprietary...
Coherent Inc.
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Tera-Lyzer Analysis Software
MARTINSRIED, Germany, Oct. 13, 2011 — Menlo Systems GmbH is taking orders for Tera-Lyzer, the new terahertz (THz) data evaluation software developed by LyTera. The software enables advanced data analysis and brings terahertz time-domain...
Menlo Systems GmbH
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LED Prototypes for Headlights
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 — Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed two LED prototypes that combine new chip and package technologies to provide high light output, even at high currents; a uniform light pattern; thermal...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Drivers for Neo sCMOS Camera
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct. 12, 2011 — Andor Technology plc has announced availability of acquisition drivers for its Neo scalable CMOS (sCMOS) camera within the Meta Imaging series of software for live-cell microscopy from Molecular...
Andor Technology
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TEMPO Evaluation Services
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 12, 2011 — Cree Inc. has announced the commercial availability of its TEMPO (thermal, electrical, mechanical, photometric and optical) services, a comprehensive set of quantitative and qualitative tests and...
Wolfspeed Inc.
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PE-100 Convertible
CARSON CITY, Nev., Oct. 12, 2011 — Plasma Etch has introduced a plasma system that incorporates two individual plasma etching/cleaning-type-mode technologies into one complete stand-alone plasma etching/cleaning system. The...
Plasma Etch Inc.
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100-GHz OCPM
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2011 — BaySpec Inc. has announced commercial availability of its IntelliGuard optical channel performance monitor (OCPM), now with an enhanced 100-Gb/s modulation format defined by the Optical...
BaySpec Inc.
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USBKIT Interface Board
BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 11, 2011 — For precision USB laser diode and temperature control, Wavelength Electronics is offering the USBKIT interface board and software package. The bus-powered USB 2.0 interface board is easily wired...
Wavelength Electronics Inc.
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Blocks and I/O Cables
WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 11, 2011 — To simplify development of machine vision systems, BitFlow has unveiled a line of products designed to assist engineers in the layout and modeling of imaging systems using the company’s Karbon,...
BitFlow Inc.
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TestRun for Vision Systems
NATICK, Mass., Oct. 7, 2011 — Cognex Corp. has introduced a new feature for its In-Sight vision systems that allows manufacturers to easily and automatically test the vision system and verify that it is functioning correctly....
Cognex Corp.
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LTA Actuators and URS50B Stage
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 7, 2011 — Newport Corp. has announced the vacuum-compatible LTA series actuators and the URS50B rotation stage for research and industrial applications. They are compatible with 10 × e-6 hPa (7 ×...
MKS/Newport
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Metis Vision MV09 Camera
MILFORD, Mass., Oct. 7, 2011 — The new Metis Vision MV09 thermovision camera manufactured by Process Sensors Corp. is designed for precision temperature measurement and control applications. It features high, drift-free stability...
Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.
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NIR Single-Photon Counter
BESANÇON, France, Oct. 6, 2011 — Aurea Technology is launching the SPD_B, a single-photon-counting module for shortwave near-infrared wavelengths from 1000 to 1350 nm. The ultralow-noise, high-quantum-efficiency device...
Aurea Technology
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Precision Microshim
PEABODY, Mass., Oct. 6, 2011 — Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. has launched Microshim, a precision adjustable shim that is suitable for use in production plants, machine shops, utilities and other industrial facilities where machinery...
Pinpoint Laser Systems
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BlueWave LED DX-1000
TORRINGTON, Conn., Oct. 5, 2011 — Dymax Corp. has introduced the BlueWave LED DX-1000, an LED light-curing system designed to provide users with advantages over conventional lamp-curing systems, including cooler curing temperatures,...
Dymax, Headquarters
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Industrial Class 1 Laser
BORDEAUX, France, Oct. 5, 2011 — ES Technology has developed a laser marking workstation that meets industrial requirements for individual metal or plastic parts or small series marking. Made of stainless steel, it may be used in...
ES LASER
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900-W End Pumping Module
MERCERVILLE, N.J., Oct. 5, 2011 — Princeton Optronics Inc. has launched a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based 900-W end-pumping module for pumping Nd:YAG lasers. The device delivers >900 W of...
Princeton Optronics Inc.
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Model 2401 SourceMeter
CLEVELAND, Oct. 4, 2011 — Keithley Instruments Inc. has announced a low-cost addition to its Series 2400 SourceMeter instrument family. As with all of the company’s source measurement unit instruments, Model 2401 is...
Keithley Instruments Inc.
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LD8900 Goniometric Radiometers
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 4, 2011 — Ophir Photonics Group’s patented LD8900 goniometric radiometer performs holographic materials measurement and can make X-Y and 3-D measurements without moving either the detector or the source....
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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MPS50SL Positioning Stages
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3, 2011 — The MPS50SL miniature linear positioning stages manufactured by Aerotech Inc. meet the needs of space-constrained laboratories and production floors. The compact devices are 50 mm wide, with travels...
Aerotech Inc.
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Enhanced i-Raman Spectrometer
NEWARK, Del., Oct. 3, 2011 — B&W Tek Inc. has enhanced its i-Raman high-resolution thermoelectrically cooled Raman spectrometer and has introduced the BWIQ state-of-the-art chemometric software package. The i-Raman is...
B&W Tek LLC
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