Photonics.com http://www.photonics.com/ This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. Alfven Instrument to Assess Aurora's Aura A small rocket was launched into the aurora borealis in an attempt to discover how its physical properties affect the satellite signals received on Ea http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50154&RSSFeed= Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ferris to Head Sales at JK Lasers To coordinate its global sales strategy, industrial laser manufacturer JK Lasers appointed Paul Ferris as its worldwide sales director. In his new http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50153&RSSFeed= Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT MicroLine LS Camera Series Finger Lakes Instrumentation has announced the MicroLine LS series of cameras for microscopy and life sciences applications. The cameras incorpora http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50152&RSSFeed= Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT OKI Develops Entangled Light Source OKI Electric Industry announced that it has developed a quantum entangled light source that offers the highest purity level achieved to date. OKI http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50151&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Kelly Named President, CEO of REO Photonics industry veteran Paul Kelly was named president and CEO of high-volume precision optical solutions manufacturer REO, the company announced. http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50150&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Long-Life, Low-Noise Microchannel Plates Photonis USA Inc. has announced a new long-life, low-noise (L3N) performance option for its microchannel plate (MCP) product line. The company says th http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50149&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT IWA-46EP Triple Isotope Analyzer Los Gatos Research has introduced a triple isotope analyzer for direct simultaneous measurement of δ17O, δ18O and δ2H ratios in liqu http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50148&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Redesigned Scale Objective Lens The redesigned plan-apochromatic 20×/1.0 VIS-IR objective lens from Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC makes it possible to acquire 3-D images of nerve c http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50147&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT UV240 Polarizer ProFlux® Nanowire® UV Polarizer Technology Overview The need for high performing UV polarizers has been growing dramatically both in size a http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50146&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT UV240 Polarizer ProFlux® Nanowire® Pixelated Polarizer Technology Overview The need for simple, instantaneous, simultaneous, snapshot polarization recordin http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50145&RSSFeed= Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT AWG-34G The AWG-34GSa/s is the fastest commercially available, fully integrated AWG system with a powerful and intuitive graphical user interface: 'Making Wav http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50144&RSSFeed= Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT OFC/NFOEC to Address Datacom Trends The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) will expand its 2012 program and exhib http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50143&RSSFeed= Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Cell Phone Microscope Accessory Launches in March A pocket-size accessory that turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope can accurately obtain images with a resolution of one-hu http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50142&RSSFeed= Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT “… For I Never Have Seen an Infidel Astronomer” I’d intended to write more about Newt Gingrich’s plans to reshape the face of the moon. Things change. When I wrote my last post, for exam http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50141&RSSFeed= Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Fiber Optic Safety DVD The new "Fiber Optic Safety" Staff Development DVD contains ten chapters that focus on key topics relevant to fiber and laser safety, optical fiber ha http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50140&RSSFeed= Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT BraggStar M Excimer Laser for FBG Writing The new BraggStar M from Coherent Inc. is an excimer laser that delivers high pulse energy and spatial coherence for fiber Bragg grating (FBG) writing http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50139&RSSFeed= Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nanomaterial Combinations Enhance IR Photodetection Improved infrared photodetector technology that uses multiple ultrathin layers of materials should have an impact on critical applications ranging fro http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50138&RSSFeed= Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Edmund Optics Opens 2012 Grant Program Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Edmund Optics Higher Education Grant Program, the company announced. Worldwide, Edmund Optics will be http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50137&RSSFeed= Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT EVG620HBL Mask Alignment System For LED manufacturing, EV Group has announced the EVG620HBL, the second-generation fully automated mask alignment system for volume manufacturing of h http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50136&RSSFeed= Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sapphire Optics For use in blood gas monitors and other medical instruments, custom fabricated sapphire optics that are chemically inert and that operate over a wide http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=50135&RSSFeed= Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT