Show Plans Laser Tribute
Special events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, including a "Cirque du Lasaire" reception, will mark SPIE Photonics West's first year in San Francisco. The primary photo...
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T-ray Tool Up and Running
A new $500,000 instrument recently went about its work emitting and reading high-speed pulses of silent and invisible terahertz rays. As it did, Thomas Chiou explained how the technology would allow I...
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Scope-Headed Rats Roam Free
By building a tiny laser microscope small enough to mount on a rat's head, researchers found a way to solve the puzzle of recording meaningful signals from brain cells that calculate perception and at...
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Shrimp Eyes That Polarize
Mantis shrimp, found on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, have the most remarkable and complex vision systems known to science. They can see in 12 colors – humans see in only three – and can distin...
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Linear Nanowires Kinked
Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensio...
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The Mercury II 5000
MicroE Systems
The Mercury II 5000 manufactured by MicroE Systems is a miniature high-resolution optical encoder that provides motion system designers with good performance, accuracy, versatility, ease of use and lo...
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X-Cite System
Exfo
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.’s Life Sciences and Industrial Division has introduced the X-Cite XR2100 handheld power meter and the XP750 objective plane power sensor for fluorescence microsco...
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Axio CSM 700
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. has added new functions to its Axio CSM 700 confocal light microscope. Materials scientists now can measure 3-D topography over large sample areas with more convenience an...
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The Optical Wizard 2.0
Navitar
Navitar Inc. has launched its second-generation interactive online lens selection tool, the Optical Wizard 2.0 online tool.The first-generation version was used by engineers, end-users and OEMs who ne...
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Luminescence Sensors
Sick
Sick Inc. has launched two new luminescence sensors. The LUT8 and LUT9 react to luminescent pigments that are activated by a UV light source in the sensor. These cost-competitive, high-performance dev...
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AMD Lasers Forms Alliances
Indianapolis-based AMD Lasers announced strategic partnerships with 1-800-Dentist, Fortune Management and Cetylite Industries, in a move aimed at providing more value for dental professionals that pur...
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CDI Awarded CNT Device Patent
Carbon Design Innovations Inc. (CDI) of Burlingame, Calif., announced that it has received a key technology patent for the fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT) devices. US Patent #7,601,650 was is...
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Veridiam Names New CFO
Veridiam of El Cajon, Calif., announced that Robert Mazzacavallo has been named its chief financial officer. Veridiam is a contract manufacturer of high-precision fabricated assemblies and metal c...
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Morse to Advise Dynasil
Kenneth P. Morse, founding managing director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, has been hired by West Berlin, N.J.-based Dynasil Corp. of America to help commercialize its technology portfolio, the ...
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PerkinElmer, Corning Partner
PerkinElmer and Corning will partner to develop next-generation detection technologies for life sciences research, the businesses announced today. The agreement brings together Corning’s optical label...
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