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Laser-Driven Light Source Energetiq Technology Energetiq Technology Inc. said its new EQ-1000 LDLS (laser-driven light source) is a deep ultraviolet-visible (DUV-VIS) light source that achieves extreme high brightness and power over a broad spectr...	Piezo Motor Linear Slide Physik Instrumente (PI) Physik Instrumente (PI) LP said its P-653 piezo motor linear slide is significantly smaller than other miniature linear stages and provides significantly higher velocities and resolution. This true li...
Multiwavelength Laser Combiner Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced a multiwavelength laser combiner developed to work with laser-based tools for microscopy applications including epifluorescence, laser scanning confocal and fl...	New Servo Controller Line Bookham Bookham Inc. announced it has acquired part of Precision Photonics Corp.'s LB1005 high-speed servo controller line. The LB1005 will be available, through Bookham's New Focus division, to the scientifi...
HHG191 Gauss Meter Omega Engineering Omega Engineering's HHG191 Gauss meter allows for measurements up to 2000 mG to 200 microtesla with a basic accuracy of 2.5% + 6-digit. It measures extremely low-frequency (30 to 300Hz) electromagneti...	Electronic Balances Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Shimadzu Scientific Instruments said its new line of 12 precision balances includes TX electromagnetic force restoration balances equipped with the UniBloc aluminum integral mass sensor and TXB electr...
Pastel InspirationLEDs Lumex Lumex Inc. said it is offering three new pastel color choices -- pink, purple and turquoise -- through its InspirationLEDs line of visible LEDs. The company said the new colors are ideal for adding im...	KCM-39 Metric Camera Geospatial Systems Geospatial Systems Inc. (GSI), maker of TerraPix modular airborne mapping and surveillance systems, has introduced the KCM-39 metric camera, designed to enable direct georeferenced airborne mapping an...
Light Tools Solar Design Utilities Optical Research Associates (ORA) Optical Research Associates (ORA) is expanding the capabilities of LightTools, its illumination design and analysis software, with solar-design utilities that enable engineers to create virtual protot...	ForceRobot System JPK Instruments JPK Instruments AG said its ForceRobot automation system is now making force spectroscopy, a single-molecule technique that allows the real-time study of molecular interactions at the nanoscale, avail...
Controlled Hole-Tapering JP Sercel Associates (JPSA) J P Sercel Associates (JPSA) announced its job shop now offers excimer laser drilling with controlled hole tapering. This means that holes of varying sizes in a wide variety of soft or hard materials ...	Fastcam SA2 Photron Photron Inc. said its new 4-megapixel Fastcam SA2 high-speed video camera delivers up to 1000 frames per second (fps) at full pixel resolution (2000 x 2000). Features include a PL lens mount, superior...
SpeedMarker Fiber Laser Trotec Trotec Laser Inc., an Austria-based maker of laser cutting, marking and engraving products, said its SpeedMarker galvanometer-based fiber laser is fast, precise and durable and that it provides high-q...	IQ Laser Module Power Technology Power Technology Inc. said it has made a significant increase in the power available in its instrument quality (IQ) modules by now offering a 405-nm IQ laser module with power output up to 120 mW.Acco...
Indoor Bird-Deterrent Laser Bird-X Spring is here, and birds who dare to venture indoors may meet their nemesis with the Bird BLazer, a 10-mW green laser device that uses "fat beam" technology to produce constantly changing patterns re...	InGaAs Linear Array Sensors Unlimited Inc. Sensors Unlimited Inc. (SUI), part of Goodrich Corp., announced its new LC series linear photodiode arrays. The new SU256LCS-2.6T2 detector array is available with 256 elements of extended-response In...
Lasiris PureBeam Laser StockerYale Canada StockerYale Canada said its new PureBeam laser is a temperature-stabilized, fiber-coupled device for a wide range of biomedical, medical, and industrial applications. This high-output power laser has ...	Lambda 1050 Spectrophotometer PerkinElmer The Lambda 1050 spectrophotometer from PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences is capable of testing an expanded variety of advanced materials, including highly reflective and antireflective coatings...
AlphaSpec Spectrophotometer Alpha Innotech Alpha Innotech Corp. said its new AlphaSpec µL (microliter) spectrophotometer is a compact ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometer providing superior performance and an intuitive workflow for applicatio...	TruMark 6020 Marking Laser Trumpf Laser Marking Systems Trumpf Laser Marking Systems AG has introduced the TruMark 6020, a marking laser that completes the TruMark 6000 series of diode-pumped marking lasers of various performance classes, wavelengths, and ...
Aspherized Achromats Edmund Optics Edmund Optics (EO) has introduced Techspec aspherized achromats, which it said bridge the gap between color-corrected achromats and spherical aberration-corrected aspheres. Applications include fiber-...	Manufacturing Capabilities Princeton Optronics Princeton Optronics, a provider of laser-based optical devices, announced it is offering its technical services and manufacturing capabilities, including its laser and optical subsystems qualification...
1940-nm Diode Laser Arrays Dilas High-power diode laser arrays from Dilas operate at 1940 nm with a wall plug efficiency (WPE) of >10 percent. With proprietary epitaxy, the arrays can be principally integrated into all Dilas pac...	Infrared Interferometers Graham Optical Systems Graham Optical Systems said its new line of 4-in.- and 6-in.-aperture infrared interferometers are affordable and include the 4-in. model 339ir, a phase-shifting Fizeau operating at 3.39 µm.Graham Opt...
Bioimaging Software Updates MBF Bioscience MBF Bioscience said it has released new, enhanced versions of its Stereo Investigator and Neurolucida quantitative imaging software packages and has also updated AutoNeuron, Neurolucida's advanced mod...	Cube 405 Laser Coherent Coherent Inc. said its newest Cube laser, the 405, delivers twice the power of previous models without any increase in footprint. The new Cube model outputs 100 mW at 405 nm and is contained in the sa...
PMi Laser Module Power Technology Power Technology Inc. said its new customizable PMi laser module is capable of producing 450 mW from lasers ranging from 405 to 2330 nm and can deliver 500 mA to almost any laser in a 9-mm or 5.6-mm p...	Fiber-Pigtailed Laser Diodes Ondax Ondax has introduced multimode fiber-pigtailed, single-mode wavelength-stabilized laser diodes that have a linewidth of less than 50 MHz. Wavelength stabilization is achieved by optical feedback using...
Acton Advanced Series Princeton Instruments Princeton Instruments (PI) has introduced the Acton Advanced series of monochromators and spectrographs. Unlike standard Acton spectrometers, PI said, the new Acton Advanced series combines high preci...	Shamrock Spectrographs Andor Technology Andor Technology's new Shamrock SR-500 and SR-750 spectrographs are among products it is exhibiting at Pittcon 2008 (Booth 4104), being held this week in New Orleans. Andor said the new Shamrock model...
Cavity Frequency Doubler Sacher Lasertechnik Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH said it offers a cavity frequency doubler (second-harmonic generation) for its established series of tunable diode-laser systems, such as Jaguar. The frequency doubler allows ...	Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser Bar Dilas Diodenlaser With a new module that delivers up to 50 W of continuous-wave (CW) power at 808 and 976 nm, Dilas Diodenlaser GmbH said it is raising the bar for high-quality, high-power, single-bar-based fiber-coupl...
ProScan II Motorized Stage Prior Scientific Prior Scientific said its new H117LSM ProScan II flat-top motorized stage is designed specifically for Carl Zeiss laser-scanning microscopes (LSM). The ProScan II was developed in close collaboration ...	Compass 561 Yellow Laser Coherent Coherent Inc. said its newest Compass 561 laser delivers 50 mW at 561 nm, while still offering substantially lower noise than any other solid-state yellow laser currently available. According to Coher...
Microfluidic Cuvettes ALine ALine Inc. said its newest disposable microfluidic cuvettes offer submicroliter volumes, real-time monitoring and submillimeter path-length-matched cells in high quality, ultraviolet (UV) transparent ...