SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2007 -- Photonics West 2007's exhibition opened Tuesday with more than 1000 booths, making it North America's largest trade show on optics, lasers, biomedical optics, optoelectronic components and imaging technologies. Representatives from both the local region and the international optics and photonics communities are showcasing a wide variety of products and services.

The following is just a sample of what is being presented inside in the exhibit hall at the San Jose Convention Center this year:

Leikki's compatible optical engine and pump block unit

Spiricon laser beam analyzer

StockerYale's Lasiris PowerLine laser

Photonis's entire streak tubes portfolio

RSoft's new interface to provide extended modeling capabilities for optical devices on the macro and micro scales

Del Mar Photonics' femtosecond photonics products

The world's first megapixel back-illuminated EMCCD camera, from Andor

Novalux and its red 1.5-watt Necsel laser prototypes

Edmund Optics' Tech Spec Mechanics, ChamelEOs illumination and harsh-environment optics

Ibsen's pulse compression-grating product

An assortment of aspheric and IR lenses from LightPath

Double-clad active fibers from Nufern

Promet International's FiBO 300 Interferometer

PerkinElmer Optoelectronics is showcasing its new and enhanced sensor, lighting and vision system products

South Carolina's Upstate Alliance sent a team to Photonics West in cooperation with the Carolinas MicroOptics Triangle. Attendees promote research initiatives being developed at the triangle’s member universities: Clemson University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Western Carolina University. The group also hopes to identify leads and prospects for the region. The show is the first 2007 initiative for the Upstate Alliance in the advanced materials target market.