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Photonics Spectra: April 2016

Photonics Spectra
 April 2016


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Space-Based Remote Sensing Yielding New Insights into Climate Change From tracking ash plumes from volcanic eruptions to measuring water vapor, multispectral imagers, IR sensors and lidar systems in space are yielding critical data leading to better forecasting models and long-term insights into global climate change. In the past decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), along with...
OLED Microdisplays: Advancing Virtual and Augmented Reality Smart Glasses of Today and Tomorrow Mobile personal electronics and wearables have become immensely popular around the globe, and this has given rise to a new dilemma. Screen content has grown, mainly from multimedia applications,...
DCS 2016 Evolves, Expands Defense and Sensing Markets The advancement of sensing and imaging technologies is evolving the defense and security sectors worldwide, with a wide variety of applications in such areas as machine vision, process control and...
New Indium Antimonide-Based IR Detectors Surpass Previous Limitations Due to their high thermal sensitivity and favorable atmospheric transmission in the 3- to 5-µm spectral region, cameras based on InSb sensors have been used in traditional applications such as...
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Delivering Optical Devices to the Medical Market Medical optics is big business. The global market for medical device technologies is expected to reach $538.7 billion in 2018, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5 percent over...
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EDITORIAL
Clues in the Altocumulous Clouds — those mesmerizing cotton puffs in the sky — cover some 70 percent of the earth’s surface at any given time. While they’re made up of mere water droplets and tiny ice particles, their complexity is reflected in their swift formation and dispersion, and rapidly changing hues. For scientists, clouds represent the biggest source of uncertainty when it comes to...
TECH PULSE
Super Multiview 3D Display Overcomes Viewer Discomfort A super multiview technique has produced a 3D display that reduces the physical viewer discomfort that currently limits the widespread application of the technology. The technique greatly decreases...
Laser Light Controls Qubits for Robust Quantum Info Processing A laser-based technique for controlling qubit vector direction could advance practical quantum technology. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering and the...
Nanoscale Device Adapts Filtering Properties When Stretched A stretchable nanoscale device that can filter specific colors while remaining transparent may one day be used in smart contact lenses to filter harmful optical radiation, transmit data and gather...
NASA Announces Wide-Field IR Telescope, Laser Communications Projects NASA’s Agency Program Management Council has announced the decision to move forward with the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), a six-year mission set to launch from Cape Canaveral,...
Plasmonic Interferometry Could Enable Compact Bio-, Environmental Sensors A nanoscale plasmonic interferometry system that eliminates the need for an external coherent light source could enable accurate and compact bio- and environmental sensors. In the device, fluorescent...
Plasmon Etching Technique Produces Ultrathin Flat Optics A simplified approach for producing flat, ultrathin optics foregoes acids and other hazardous chemical etching agents. The method could enable do-it-yourself (DIY) optics, particularly those related...
Interferometric Systems Detect Gravitational Waves The observation of gravitational waves — described as ripples in the fabric of spacetime — arriving at the earth confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory...
Photon-Based Heat Transport Could Cool Quantum Computers A thermal-transport method that uses photons as carriers has been demonstrated over 1-m distances. The fundamental advance in heat conduction could drive the development of quantum computers....
Camera Overcomes Redshift for Astronomical Imaging Upgraded light sensors have enabled a camera to image outer space at red wavelengths that are too red for the human eye to see. Star trails take shape around Kitt Peak National Observatory in this...
Silicon Metamaterials Hold Promise for Photonic Circuits, Chips As data transmission technology seeks miniaturization, all-diaelectric, a silicon-based metamaterials may offer the necessary control of light through achievement of total internal reflectance....
'Hitless' Transmitter Converts Electronic Signals to Optical A bandwidth variable transmitter (BVT) that converts electronic signals to optical signals and featuring works without service interruptions, an advantage known as being "hitless." The...
Flexible Polymer Offers Tunable Transparency An experimental, rubber-like polymer structure has been used to model predictions of material transparency based on thickness and degree of structure. The material and predictive model could enable...
LIGHT SPEED
International Laser Material Processing Trade Fair LASYS to Feature Demos, Discussions LASYS 2016, the international trade fair for laser material processing, will be held for the fifth time from May 31 to June 2 at Messe Stuttgart, in Stuttgart, Germany. The biannual trade fair provides a forum for industry and R&D companies to jointly present applications of lasers in materials processing for multiple industries. LASYS 2016 will include myriad demonstrations of laser...
Infinera Annual Revenues Increase by 32 Percent in 2015 Optical transmission equipment provider Infinera Corp. has announced 2015 generally accepted accounting principle (GAAP) revenues of $886.7 million, a 32 percent increase from 2014 revenues of $668.1...
Bruker Revenues Decline, Earnings Per Share Increase Bruker Corp. has announced its financial numbers for 2015, with a revenue decline of 10.2 percent to $1.62 billion, compared to 2014’s $1.81 billion. However, its generally accepted accounting...
Fiberguide to Build Fiber Optic Array for Gemini Telescope Spectrograph The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) has selected Fiberguide Industries to build the fiber optic array at the heart of the GHOST (Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph) in the Gemini...
Winners of the Prism Awards Target Global Issues Nine innovations from across the globe took center stage last month at Prism Award ceremonies at SPIE Photonics West. While their applications ranged widely — from medical diagnostics to...
Corning, Workshop of Photonics to Develop Laser Glass Processing Corning Inc. and Altechna R&D’s Workshop of Photonics have entered into a joint development agreement for new laser glass processing technologies. “The emerging opportunities for...
UTA Receives $1.5M in Grants to Advance Lab-on-Chip Technology An ultrathin semiconductor laser under development at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) can be integrated with mainstream electronics on the same silicon substrate with increased capacity...
LZH Launches 3 Hybrid Numerical Optics Research Projects Nonprofit research institute Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is working on three subprojects in the new research priority, Hybrid Numerical Optics, of the Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies...
Jenoptik Announces 2015 Group Revenue up 13 Percent to €670 Jenoptik AG has announced its 2015 group revenue, with an increase of 13 percent to €670 million ($7.26 million). According to preliminary figures, income from operations (EBIT) rose at a faster...
LIGHTER SIDE
Cephalopod Meets Baymax: The Rise of Color-Changing Robots Imagine a health-care robot that can display patient information and then respond to human touch. Or consider the prospect of a pocket-sized flat screen display that could expand to six or seven times its size. While these applications may sound futuristic, a group of graduate students from Cornell University has unveiled a new hyperelastic, light-emitting material that could lead to significant...
PRODUCTS
Diode Lasers NLight Corp. has announced two additions to its portfolio of element fiber-coupled diode lasers. For fiber laser pumping, lasers are available at 155 W from a 105-μm fiber with 0.15 numerical aperture. For solid-state laser pumping, a high-power, wavelength stabilized, 88x-nm diode laser is available at 175 W from a 200-μm fiber.
nLIGHT Inc.
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Optic-Fiber Connector China Aviation Optical-Electrical Technology Co. Ltd., or Jonhon Optronic, has announced a new hermetic optic-fiber connector for aerospace applications. The connectors have eight insert... Request info >
Optical Management Platform Wave2Wave Solution Corp. has announced its ROME (Robotic Optical Management Engine) platforms, enabling full control of physical fiber connections. The ROME 500, 1000 and 2000 allow changes to...
Fiber Smart Networks Inc.
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Dichroic Beamsplitters Semrock has announced its line of BrightLine laser dichroic beamsplitters, offered on 3-mm-thick glass to reduce sensitivity to mounting stress in custom optical systems. Designed and...
IDEX Health & Science - Semrock Optical Filters
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Emergency LED Driver Fulham Co. Inc. has announced the HotSpot Plus all-in-one LED driver and emergency system, combining a dimmable driver, emergency driver and replaceable backup battery for LEDs in one package. ...
Fulham Co. Inc.
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Adaptive Optics Kit Edmund Optics has announced the Iris AO (Adaptive Optics) Kit, an image-based AO kit that includes a MEMS-based deformable mirror, optics, optomechanics, camera and graphical user interface software....
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Gas-Analysis Detector InfraTec GmbH has announced the LRM-254 miniaturized IR detector for gas analysis. The four-channel detector has an aperture of 5 mm and a central window in its detector cap. The sapphire...
InfraTec GmbH, Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik
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Coordinate Measuring Machine Perceptron Inc. has announced the Expert coordinate measuring machine (CMM), integrating touch-probe and laser scanning functionality into a single measuring station, operated exclusively by touch...
Perceptron Inc.
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FS Laser Micromachining Clark-MXR Inc. has announced femtosecond laser micromachining through its Micromachining Job Shop. The technology can analyze biomatter without contaminating adjacent material. Ablation occurs...
Clark-MXR Inc.
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Amplifier System Spitfire Ace ultrafast amplifer systems from Spectra-Physics, a Newport Company, utilize an ultrashort pulse oscillator. The amplifiers deliver >15 mJ of energy and can be synchronized with low...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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Compensation Unit Attocube Systems AG has announced the Environmental Compensation Unit (ECU), an automated device for ultraprecise distance measurements. The ECU provides fully automated air refractive index...
attocube systems AG
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Panamorph Camera The 6-MP, 360° IPC-EBW8600 panamorph camera from Dahua Technology Co. Ltd. has been certified ImmerVision Enables. The certification recognizes integration of 360° Video Standard, which gives...
Dahua Technology Co. Ltd.
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UV LED Curing Excelitas Technologies Corp. has announced the OmniCure AC9 UV LED Curing System for inks, adhesives and coatings. The AC9150, AC9150P, AC9225, AC9225P, AC9300 and AC9300P systems are small...
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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LED Drivers MicroPower Direct LLC has announced the LDC-120 series of compact, AC/DC LED drivers, designed to provide the constant current output, high efficiency, wide AC input range and rugged packaging...
MicroPower Direct LLC
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Spectrophotometer Datacolor has announced its 550 and 850 spectrophotometers, benchtop units that offer color professionals in the paint, plastics and textile industries high-performance for both reflectance and...
Datacolor Inc.
100G Transceiver Champion Optical Network Engineering LLC offers 100G QSFP28 hot-pluggable transceivers. The compact size and low power consumption of the QSFP28 optics make them ideal for customers looking to...
Champion ONE
OPF CMOS Sensors Panasonic Corp. has announced the development of image sensors that deliver a 100× wider simultaneous-capture wide dynamic range than conventional means using an organic photoconductive film...
Panasonic Corp.
LED Knock-Down Kit GlacialTech Inc. has announced the Igloo SS60 LED flood light knock-down kit for 60- to 80-W LEDs. The kit features a thermally efficient heatsink with a thermal resistance of 0.59 °C/W, a...
GlacialTech Inc.
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MROI Feature Nüvü Caméras Inc. now offers a multiple regions of interest (mROI) feature for faster electron multiplying CCD acquisition (EMCCD). The mROI for EMCCD offers adaption of the...
Nuvu Cameras
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Vision Sensor The IV-H vision sensor from Keyence Corp. of America increases the stability and functionality of visual inspection with an expanded toolset. The device replaces multiple sensors for an...
Keyence Corp. of America
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Photoelectric Sensors The ML6 series of subminiature photoelectric sensors from Peppel+Fuchs Inc. feature dual sensor redundant detection and independent outputs. The devices are available in long-range background...
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
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Ball Lens Coatings Deposition Science Inc. offers low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) coatings on ball lenses. The technique produces conformal, uniform coatings on ball lenses, from extremely small...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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Sensor Database Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has developed a high-performance sensor database for fast storage, searches and aggregation of sensor data used in the Internet-of-Things era. The database enables...
Fiber Splice Trays Fiber Optic Center Inc. has announced fiber splice trays, designed to provide complete protection to fusion and mechanical type splices. The trays are equipped with two mounting holes for...
Fiber Optic Center Inc.
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Waterproof Touchscreen Tru-Vu Monitors Inc. has announced the VMWTRPM-17C-SS waterproof panel-mount touchscreen, designed for wash-down environments or anywhere a flush-mount touch screen must function in a wet...
Tru-Vu Monitors Inc.
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USB3 Cameras Sentech America Inc. has announced USB3 Vision cameras using the Sony IMX250 and IMX252 Pregius sensors. The cameras feature 3.2- and 5.1-MP global shutter CMOS sensors in both monochrome and...
Sensor Technologies America Inc. (Sentech)
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Vision Sensors Teledyne Dalsa Inc. has announced BOA Spot vision sensors for quality inspections on the factory floor. The sensors combine a vision system with integrated LED lighting to deliver high value...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Vibration Isolation Station The Vision IsoStation Ergo from Newport Corp. is an ergonomic vibration isolation optical workstation designed for seated users. With an open-front design, hip guard and arm rests, the...
MKS/Newport
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Acousto-Optic Modules The Brimrose Corp. of America has expanded its line of acousto-optic (AO) components. A new line of fiber-coupled AO modules are available, able to withstand up to 5 W of CW optical power for...
Brimrose Corp. of America
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Atomic Force Microscope The MultiMode 8 atomic force microscope (AFM) from Bruker Corp. enables researchers to create high-resolution images and perform nanoscale, electrical and mechanical property mapping. PeakForce...
Bruker Optics Inc.
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LED Fiber Optic Illuminator Titan Tool Supply Inc. has announced the LuxPro LED Fiber Optic Light System, a fiber optic illuminator for illuminated borescopes and microscopes. The system has a guaranteed bulb life of...
Titan Tool Supply Inc.
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Nanopositioning Stage Aerotech Inc. has announced the QFocus QF1 single-axis, microscope objective, piezo nanopositioning stage, offering optics positioning with μm-level precision at high speeds. The stage is...
Aerotech Inc.
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Confocal Microscope The Smartproof 5 widefield confocal microscope from Carl Zeiss AG is designed for industrial applications in quality assurance and quality control departments, production environments and R&D...
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
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Time-of-Flight Sensors Heptagon has added ultrasmall form-factor SHILAH and TRINITY time-of-flight (ToF) sensors to its 3DRanger series. Each sensor can be dynamically configured for a single point or a range of...
Heptagon USA Inc.
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CCD Camera Critical Link LLC has announced the MityCCD-H11501 CCD camera equipped with the Hamamatsu S11501-1007s, a back-thinned, area-scan CCD image sensor with enhanced near-infrared sensitivity. The...
Critical Link LLC
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