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Photonics Spectra - August 2005
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CMOS vs. CCD: Maturing Technologies, Maturing Markets
CCD and CMOS image sensor technologies were invented in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the time, CMOS performance was limited by available lithography technology, allowing CCDs to dominate for the next 25 years. Manufacturing and design of CCD and CMOS image sensors have changed significantly since they were invented. The original argument a decade ago for the renewal of CMOS image...
Free-Electron Lasers Come of Age
Free-electron lasers in 2005 are where airplanes were in 1925: well established as a useful new technology, but with enormous untapped potential — and lots of people seeking to tap it. As with other...
Measuring the Spectral Response of IR Cameras
In the research and development and government test range communities, the need for calibrated, scientific-grade infrared cameras has grown because of demanding, leading-edge applications such as...
Using the Modulation Transfer Function on the Factory Floor
Although resolution has historically been a dominant parameter of image quality, it is clear that contrast also plays an instrumental role, particularly in terms of the speed and accuracy of machine...
Silicon Photodiode Integrated Circuits Ready for Mass-Market Applications
The ever-increasing data rates of modern telecommunications networks demand low-cost optical interconnects between or within electronic systems to overcome the bottleneck of electrical interconnects....
Packaging Advances High-Power White LEDs
High-power white LEDs are in high demand for automotive use and are a potential replacement for the incandescent lightbulb. But problems with size, heat dissipation and efficiency have taken...
Material May Enable Single-Source White LEDs
White LEDs are commonly made by mixing blue light from an LED chip with yellow light from a stimulated YAG phosphor. This approach works, but just a single source would streamline the process....
Multicolor LEDs Get a Boost from Quantum Dots
Much attention in research communities is focused on generating light using semiconductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots. One benefit of this method is that emission color can be controlled...
Optical Microscopy Reveals Benefits of Strain for Spintronics
In experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Scott A. Crooker and Darryl L.G. Smith have demonstrated that strain can be used to control the spin of electrons flowing in bulk GaAs....
Laser Enables Resolution of Nanomagnet Flipping
At the University of California, Santa Cruz, researchers have demonstrated an optical method to watch nanomagnets flip. Optically tracking changes in the magnetization of the nanostructures could pay...
Optically Active Quantum Dots Embedded in Nanowires
Investigators at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have reported the fabrication of quantum dots in nanowires that display a level of brightness an order of magnitude higher than...
Laser Safety
LASER SAFETY POSTER
A poster from Dantec Dynamics A/S displays precautions for ensuring the safe use of lasers in a laboratory. Available in limited numbers to the fluid mechanics community, the 27 × 39-in. wall hanging is designed to serve as a daily reminder for experienced laser users, as a practical tool for explaining general laser safety to visitors before entering the laboratory or as a quick tutorial guide...
Tech Pulse
Two Imaging Elements Create One Multipattern Mask
Inspired by a species of thousand-eyed, ocean-dwelling brittle star, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., have demonstrated that two imaging elements -- a microlens and clear windows, or pores -- can be used to create a multipattern photomask. Utilizing an array of the two elements,...
Measuring Microholes by Measuring Shadows
Measuring microscopic holes may benefit from a light touch, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., and the University of North...
Ultrathick Nanostructured Diamond Films Produced
Diamond films are attractive for use as optical windows and in other applications requiring strength, transparency and chemical stability. In particular, nanocrystalline diamond films are smooth and...
Optical Data Stored on Fingernail
Researchers at the University of Tokushima and at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, both in Japan, have used human fingernails as a medium for three-dimensional optical data storage. Employing a...
InAs/GaSb Superlattice Photodiode Offers Uncooled Mid-IR Operation
Scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., the Missile Defense Agency in Washington and the US Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico have reported the...
light speed
Thales Group Repositions Operations
In France, the international Thales Group, based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, has linked its subdivisions Thales Laser SA of Orsay and DIS (Device hardening, Instrumentation and Safety). Their combined technologies are expected to have applications in the scientific, medical and defense sectors. The DIS unit, based in Colombes, specializes in linear accelerators, cyclotrons and synchrotrons. The...
Companies Form Limited Distribution Agreement
Melles Griot of Carlsbad, Calif., has agreed to be the global distributor for a number of products in Coherent Inc.'s laser measurement and control line. Power-, energy- and wavelength-measuring...
CVI Augments Prototyping Capabilities with Acquisition
CVI Laser LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., has purchased Optical Components Inc., enabling it to better meet market demand for rapid prototyping, high-volume production, and infrared imaging optics and...
Quintessence Photonics Wins Contract
Quintessence Photonics Corp. of Sylmar, Calif., has received development and multiyear production contracts for high brightness, direct diode, target designation lasers from a defense customer. The...
Dalsa Licenses Philips CMOS Sensor Technology
Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has signed an agreement to license CMOS image sensor technology from the Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics NV. The arrangement will enable Dalsa to...
Bausch & Lomb Expands Rochester Plant
The fields of optics, imaging and photonics appear to be thriving in the city of Rochester, N.Y., home to related university programs, a Center of Excellence in Photonics and more than 50 companies...
Custom Aspheric Manufacturing Unit Opens
Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has installed a custom aspheric manufacturing unit at its Pennsburg, Pa., facility with the intent to provide medium-volume production services as well as...
Coherent Acquires TuiLaser AG
Coherent Inc. has purchased the privately held TuiLaser AG for approximately $27.2 million, net of cash acquired. Based in Munich, Germany, TuiLaser designs and manufactures excimer and advanced...
NP Photonics Continues Work on Image Amplifier
NP Photonics of Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratories at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The Phase...
ILX Lightwave Will Donate $100,000 in Equipment
ILX Lightwave of Bozeman, Mont., plans to donate $100,000 in equipment to colleges and universities within the next five years. It will award $10,000 worth of equipment biannually, selecting the...
Harris Awarded Airborne Ladar Contract
Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Fla., has received a $6.6 million contract from the US Army Communications-Electronics Command to develop and demonstrate the Jigsaw laser radar (ladar) 3-D imaging test...
Brysen Optical Integrated into Flir Systems
Brysen Optical Corp. of Safety Harbor, Fla., has become a unit of Flir Systems Inc., a commercial infrared company that also is involved in optical design and fabrication. The Portland, Ore., company...
Axsys Receives Order for Thermal Weapons Sights
Axsys Technologies Inc. of Rocky Hill, Conn., has received its initial infrared lens production order from BAE Systems for the US Army's Thermal Weapon Sight II program. The order is valued at $4.4...
MEMS Industry Is Analyzed
Based on analysis of the 2004 sales figures of 30 manufacturers of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) worldwide, a report published by Yole Développement of Lyon, France, shows not only strong...
EO Technics Represents nLight
NLight has named EO Technics of Anyang, South Korea, as exclusive distributor in Korea of its CW and quasi-CW high-power visible and near-infrared diode laser product line. EO Technics is an optical...
First-Quarter Laser Shipments Climb 29%
Totaling $158.5 million, shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North America and for US exports in the first quarter were up 29 percent over last year's figures, according to a...
Atmel and Tower to Develop CMOS Technology
Atmel Corp. and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will work together to develop CMOS image sensor-related processes, such as modules for advanced photodiodes. The development and fabrication will be carried...
Heimann Picks UDT as North American Agent
UDT Sensors Inc. has begun a partnership with Heimann Sensors GmbH of Dresden, Germany, in which it will be the exclusive North American representative for Heimann's infrared thermopile and...
Photop and Pavilion Join to Develop Lasers
Photop Technologies Inc. and Pavilion Integration Corp. will jointly develop and manufacture red, green and blue lasers for the biotechnology, graphics and metrology markets. Pavilion, of Fremont,...
Ocean Optics to Distribute Polychromix Spectrometers
Expanding its offerings of spectroscopy products, Ocean Optics of Dunedin, Fla., has reached an agreement to distribute Polychromix Inc.'s near-infrared digital transform spectrometers. Polychromix,...
Danaher Acquires Motion Control Business
Danaher Motion of Wood Dale, Ill., has acquired G&L Motion Control Inc.'s operations in Fond du Lac, Wis. G&L, which provides motion control systems to machine-building OEMs in packaging,...
Alfalight Selects Agent in China
Alfalight Inc. of Madison, Wis., has appointed Sanetronic Co. Ltd. as its distributor in China. Based in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the company will provide sales and support for Alfalight's high-power...
Unaxis Licenses Color Management Technology
Unaxis Optics of Balzers, Liechtenstein, has licensed its patented ColorWheels technology to a Taiwanese optical manufacturer for use in projection display applications. The technology is used for...
Schott and Zett Optics to Advance Light Sources
In Germany, Schott AG's fiber optics unit in Mainz and Zett Optics GmbH of Braunschweig continue their long-term business relationship in the fields of microscopy and machine vision with a joint...
JDS Uniphase to Acquire Acterna
JDS Uniphase Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held Acterna Inc. of Germantown, Md., for $760 million, $450 million of that in cash and the remainder in JDS...
Cedip Opens Company in the UK
Cedip Infrared Systems of Croissy-Beaubourg, France, has opened a subsidiary, Cedip Infrared Systems Ltd., to increase support and to develop its growing base of customers in the UK. Established in...
M-Flex Acquires Assets of Applied Optics
Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. (M-Flex) of Anaheim, Calif., has entered into an agreement with Applied Image Group Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., to purchase the assets of its subsidiary, Applied Optics...
Organizations to Develop AFM Probe Tips
Veeco Instruments of Woodbury, N.Y., CEA Leti of Grenoble, France, and Team Nanotec GmbH of Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, have agreed to jointly develop next-generation probe tips, for use in...
Telops Augments Sales Network in Europe
Optronic test systems supplier Telops of Quebec City has selected ficonTec GmbH as a distributor in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Finland. In a recently signed agreement, the Bremen,...
Cognex and DEK Join Forces
Under a multiyear OEM agreement, Cognex Inc. of Natick, Mass., will supply machine vision systems for DEK International's screen printing machines, which are used to imprint circuitry patterns onto...
Machine Vision Companies Collaborate
PPT Vision Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn., will supply Automated Assemblies Corp. with its Impact series intelligent camera hardware and Inspection Builder machine vision software on a private-label OEM...
Accent on Applications
Combined Software Tools Model Effects of Optics on Ultrashort Pulses
Researchers and optical systems designers at Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik in Jena, Germany, faced a short and theoretical problem, but one with lengthy and real...
Beam Profiling Improves Laser Welding
Welding with CO2 lasers is common in all kinds of manufacturing environments. Despite its general reliability, changes in a weld from beginning to end as the power of the laser diminishes can create...
Femtosecond Laser Brings 3-D to Microfluidics
Microfluidic devices have submillimeter channels designed to control the flow of very small volumes of liquids, offering the promise of providing highly capable biological assays for such...
Laser Technology Identifies Counterfeit Currency
Counterfeiting currency is neither a new problem nor is it limited to any one country or currency. For example, since the euro was released in 2002, both the quality and quantity of counterfeiting...
Presstime Bulletin
Textile Marker Approaching Commercial Reality
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are confident that a textile marking system that they developed with funding from the Small Business Administration not only will help to identify illegally imported goods, but also will enable unique applications in security and copyright protection. Glenn O. Allgood, a senior research engineer at the lab and leader of the team,...
Optoelectronic Tweezers Manipulate Microparticles
In the July 21 issue of Nature, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, report the development of a novel technique for the manipulation of microscopic objects by electrokinetic...
White-Light Interferometry Exhibits Error
A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., has determined that measurements of surface roughness taken using white-light interferometry can differ...
Lighter Side
Deconstructing Garlic
Some people like to eat garlic, some don’t, but most of us don’t know what makes the pungent bulb repel or attract. Now scientists led by Ardem Patapoutian of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and Novartis Research Foundation in San Diego have published research in the May 24 issue of Current Biology that tells exactly how compounds in the herb activate sensory responses in the...
Roach Buggy
The idea of providing cockroaches with cars seems kind of a nightmare scenario -- they skitter around fast enough on their own, thank you, and their unpredictable maneuvers could wreak havoc with...
Science Scouts
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote education, the OSA Foundation has announced that it will partner with the Girl Scouts of the USA on a project designed to interest young women (11 to 17...
Products
LINE-SCAN FIXED-FOCAL-LENGTH LENSES
Edmund Optics has released three models of F-mount fixed-focal-length line-scan lenses. Available in 35- and 50-mm focal lengths, all have an f/2.8 aperture and a 45-mm maximum sensor length. They...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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PULSED DIODE CURRENT SOURCE
The LDP-3840B precision pulsed laser diode current source introduced by ILX Lightwave is a microprocessor-based instrument for pulse testing and characterizing low- and medium-power laser diodes. It...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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X-Y STAGES
OptoSigma Corp. has announced the integration of its linear X-Y stages into a high-resolution scanning curvature and stress measurement system produced by k-Space Associates Inc. The kSA MOS...
OptoSigma Corp.
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LASER DIODE DRIVER
The LDDL-1 laser diode driver from Clark-MXR Inc. measures 6 × 3.5 × 3 in., offers current stability of better than 0.15% and outputs at up to 2000 mA. A microcontroller eliminates analog control,...
Clark-MXR Inc.
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HEAT REMOVAL
A low-profile chiller that provides cooling for devices requiring deionized or high-dielectric coolants has been introduced by PolyScience. The Durachill DCA180 maintains process temperatures from 5...
PolyScience
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GALVO AMPLIFIER
Nutfield Technology Inc. has unveiled the miniature Class 1 QuantumDrive-1500 servo amplifier, which features an output power amplifier with improved performance, low-noise components that maximize...
FARO Technologies Inc., Photonics
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PHOTODIODE HEAD
The PD300-3W released by Ophir Optronics Inc. is a photodiode laser power head with power density up to 150 W/cm2 and a spectral response from 350 to 1100 nm. The power range is from nanowatts to 3...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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H2S ANALYZER
Applied Analytics Inc.'s H2S-220 is a 1024-element diode array UV fiber optic process spectrometer designed for in-line applications that require accurate and maintenance-free monitoring of...
Applied Analytics Inc.
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VIBRATION ISOLATION
The Active Workstation 780 and Active Workstation 900 unveiled by Halcyonics GmbH are compact, ergonomically designed active vibration isolation systems. Applications include laser interferometers,...
Accurion GmbH
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OEM BOARD
An OEM board for adding Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to industrial cameras has been introduced by Pleora Technologies. The iPort PT1000-VB in-camera engine allows manufacturers to integrate this...
Pleora Technologies Inc.
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PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS
For assembly and handling applications, Balluff Inc. has unveiled the BOS 2K family of photoelectric sensors. Measuring 20 × 7.5 × 10 mm, the sensors have a scan range up to 1.2 m and can be attached...
Balluff Inc.
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ANAEROBIC CONNECTORS
Anaerobic fiber optic connectors offer long-term durability and rapid termination. The anaerobic connector tool kit (SC and LC) from Fiber Instrument Sales Inc. contains such products as a...
Fiber Instrument Sales Inc.
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QUELLING BACKREFLECTION
To prevent mode-hopping and power instability, backreflections from CO2 lasers must be suppressed. The laser source is isolated by separating the forward beam that hits the workpiece from the light...
Kugler of America Ltd.
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DIGITAL CAMERA
Fastec Imaging Corp. announces its compact TroubleShooter RS digital camera, which provides point-and-shoot convenience for high-speed video applications. Available in four models, the...
Fastec Imaging Corp.
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PHOTODIODES
Photodiodes in the X-tra Small line, released by Albis Optoelectronics AG, measure 300 × 350 µm, produce typical low bias voltages of 1.5 V and, because of the small chip footprint, occupy less space...
Albis Optoelectronics AG
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TEST KIT
Based on Fabry-Perot optical sensor technology, the Dynamic MultiParameter Test Kit announced by Fiso Technologies Inc. is designed to deliver simultaneous, multichannel and fast data acquisition for...
FISO Technologies Inc.
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ERBIUM FIBERS
High-power, low stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) erbium fibers for laser and lidar applications have been launched by Neolight Labs LLC. The company's single-clad fibers produce high peak power...
Neolight Technologies LLC
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IR SOURCE
HGH Systèmes Infrarouges has upgraded its line of DCN 1000N differential and absolute blackbodies. Via a touch screen, a new electronic controller regulates the temperature with a resolution of 0.001...
HGH Infrared Systems
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VIDEO METROLOGY
Nikon Instruments Inc. has unveiled its Nexiv VMR LU series video measuring platforms, which combine reflected light microscopy and traditional measuring ability to perform coordinate measuring. The...
Nikon Instruments Inc.
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MEMS WORKSTATION
The Micromanipulator Co. and Polytec Inc. have unveiled a consolidated MEMS workstation for proof-of-design and prototype testing. The system can provide MEMS assembly, micromotion analysis, repair,...
Micromanipulator Co. Inc.
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NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTERS
Linear variable neutral density (ND) filters are available from Asahi Spectra Co. Ltd. Their optical density continuously varies from 0.04 to 5.0 via proprietary monitoring technology. Applications...
Asahi Spectra Co. Ltd.
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FIREWIRE SOFTWARE
Cognex Corp. has released software that enables direct connection of FireWire cameras to its PC vision systems. The company says that the software simplifies integration, expands acquisition options...
Cognex Corp.
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VIDEO OPTIC TRANSCEIVERS
American Fibertek Inc.'s 984-SL series optic transceivers transmit eight channels of 10-bit digitized video and full duplex RS-485 (2 or 4 wire), RS-422 or user-configurable Manchester data on a...
American Fibertek Inc.
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MICROPOSITIONING STAGES
For photonics packaging automation, quality control, test equipment and micromachining applications, PI (Physik Instrumente) LP has released the M-110, M-111 and M-112 micropositioning systems. The...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM
The FizCam family of dynamic Fizeau interferometer systems has been expanded by the introduction of the FizCam 1500. Manufactured by 4D Technology Corp., the turnkey system uses one camera and a...
4D Technology Corporation
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FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR
McPherson Inc. has introduced a four-channel fluorescence detector that uses line emission light sources and narrowband filters for discrete wavelength excitation. The system is compatible with the...
McPHERSON
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ELECTRON DETECTION
A modular electron detection unit manufactured by Hamamatsu Corp. features a patent-pending design that incorporates a typical 2.3-ns-decay phosphor and a compact, highly sensitive photomultiplier...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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SUPERLUMINESCENT SLED
Exalos AG has released a transmitter optical subassembly, 1550-nm superluminescent LED. The EXS1505-8111 offers high output and a typical bandwidth of 60 nm FWHM. Spectral ripple is <0.1 dB, and...
Exalos AG
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INTERFEROMETER
The Intellium H1000 instantaneous phase-shifting Fizeau interferometer released by Engineering Synthesis Design Inc. (ESDI) is vibration-insensitive and captures events down to 10 µs. With a compact...
Mahr Inc.
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MACHINE VISION CAMERA
The latest addition to JAI Pulnix Inc.'s line of AccuPixel dual-tap cameras, the TM-6740GE machine vision camera operates at 200 fps at full resolution and, in partial scan and binning modes, at up...
JAI Inc.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
Ocean Optics has announced laser-induced breakdown spectrometer systems that provide real-time, high-resolution qualitative analysis of every element in solids, solutions and gases in less than 1 s....
Ocean Optics - Part of Ocean Insight
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LENS CONTROLLER
The V3LC lens-motor controller has been released by Image Labs International (ILI). The device enables computer control of motorized lenses and pan-tilt units, networking up to 16 lens controllers to...
Image Labs International
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BLUE-VIOLET LED
The LED435-66-60 produced by Roithner Lasertechnik is a blue-violet illuminator designed for high-current operation. The 435-nm, high-intensity light source is assembled with 60 InGaN diode chips and...
Roithner Lasertechnik GmbH
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PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR
The SQ-115C Squiggler piezoelectric motor from New Scale Technologies Inc. is now operable from room temperature down to >4 K. The device is available in a metal housing for fast integration into...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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SOFTWARE UPGRADE
National Instruments has released NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection 2.6, an upgrade for configuring, benchmarking and deploying machine vision applications without programming. Engineers can...
National Instruments Corp.
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PHOTOVOLTAIC DETECTORS
The PVI-2TE series photovoltaic detectors produced by Vigo Systems SA operate in the 2- to 12-mm spectral range. Their architecture is based on 3-D heterostructures in HgCdTe compounds to produce...
VIGO Photonics
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OPTICAL FILTERS
Newport Corp. has enhanced its colored glass, absorptive neutral density (ND), optical crown glass metallic ND and UV fused-silica metallic ND filter lines. Colored glass filters, to which 29 have...
MKS/Newport
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CO2 HOMOGENIZERS
Holo Or Ltd. has introduced a series of CO2 laser homogenizers made of pure ZnSe, with high-power antireflection V-coating on both surfaces. Measuring 25.4 × 3 mm, they have a 23-mm-diameter clear...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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THERMOGRAPHY CAMERA
The HotShot thermography camera has been developed by Electrophysics for industrial inspection of high-voltage electrical systems, production machinery and buildings. The ergonomically designed...
Lynred USA
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MICRO-OPTICS
Foctek Photonics Inc. is offering micro-optics for use in optical communications systems. Products include prisms, wave plates, and polarization cube and nonpolarizing cube beamsplitters. The...
FOCtek Photonics Inc.
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FRAME GRABBER
A 64-bit LVDS/RS-422 frame grabber with powerful preprocessing capabilities has been launched by Matrox Imaging. The Matrox Helios XD uses a proprietary ASIC chip, which combines a PCI-X controller...
Matrox Imaging
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ADAPTIVE LIGHTING
Vision & Control GmbH has developed adaptive vicolux lighting, in which the users have control over the light and can custom design its precise arrangement. Via a mouse click within a Windows...
Vision & Control GmbH
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FIBER LASER
NP Photonics has expanded its line of Scorpion single-frequency fiber lasers with the introduction of the Scorpion Brillouin model that delivers light of high spectral purity with a linewidth of 200...
NP Photonics Inc.
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WIDE-ANGLE ADAPTER
Resolve Optics Ltd. has introduced a 0.5× wide-angle adapter that provides a true 0.5× field of view while maintaining minimal distortion and high resolution throughout a camera's zoom range. The...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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FIREWIRE CAMERAS
The Imaging Solutions Group (ISG) has released two line-scan cameras with FireWire connectivity, eliminating the need for frame grabbers and other hardware. Optimized for spectroscopy applications,...
Imaging Solutions Group
TURBO PUMPS
Pfeiffer Vacuum Inc. has introduced high-capacity, high-throughput turbo pumps that are designed for high-particulate processes in semiconductor, glass, industrial coating and R&D applications....
Pfeiffer Vacuum Inc.
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FIBER-COUPLED ARRAY
The FCA600C030 fiber-coupled array supplies >30 W from a 600-µm fiber, operates at a current of 39 A typical and 44 A maximum, with a threshold current of 7 A typical and 10 A maximum....
Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems Sector
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LASER OPTICS
Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG has released four standard models of f-Theta objectives for 405-nm printing applications, particularly for the process of transferring digital data from computers...
Sill Optics
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PLASTICS WELDING
ES Technology has announced the ES Weld 70, a standard 3-D laser plastics welding system that uses diode lasers manufactured by Lissotschenko Mikrooptik (Limo) GmbH. Maximum welding size is 400 × 600...
ES LASER
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LED ARRAY
A 60-die LED array has been developed by Opto Diode Corp. It has a 40° radiation beam angle with higher intensity in the center of the working beam than other LED arrays offer. Typical peak...
Opto Diode Corporation
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IEEE-1394.b CAMERAS
Sony Electronics Inc. has announced the XCD-V50 black-and-white and the XCD-V50CR color cameras, both featuring IEEE-1394.b-compliant interfaces to allow cable runs of up to 100 m and daisy-chaining...
Sony Electronics Inc., Visual Imaging Products Group
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OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
The Optica Software Div. of iCyt Mission Technology Inc. has released a suite of optical design software for Mathematica. Rayica performs geometric, nonsequential, polarization ray-trace calculations...
Optica Software
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HIGH-SPEED CAMERA
The SIR2 high-speed camera from Specialised Imaging Ltd. produces 11-million-pixel images and can acquire two separate full-resolution images. An integral TFT monitor lets users see what the camera...
Specialised Imaging Inc.
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AMPLIFIER MODULE
Piezosystem jena has expanded its d-Drive line of digital piezo amplifiers with the 30DV50 OEM module. The digital piezo nanocontroller offers high positioning accuracy and comes with an...
piezosystem jena Inc.
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USB INTERFACE
Mad City Labs Inc. has introduced a USB interface for computer control of scientific instrumentation, facilitating plug-and-play operation for nanopositioning applications. Incorporated into the...
Mad City Labs Inc.
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COMPACT CMOS CAMERA
Matrix Vision GmbH has added a compact CMOS version to its line of industrial mvBlueFox cameras. The 1280 × 1024-pixel device features two inputs and two outputs, which can be used for trigger and...
MATRIX VISION GmbH
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DIODE LASER
PicoQuant GmbH and Toptica Photonics AG have developed a high-power picosecond diode laser for the red and IR wavelength regions. The system combines PicoQuant's pulsed seed laser and Toptica's...
PicoQuant GmbH
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FIBER-COUPLED DIODES
The output power of Alfalight Inc.'s 976-nm fiber-coupled diode lasers has been increased by 33%. The AM4-976-10-203 thermoelectrically cooled laser, housed in a 14-pin package, produces 2 W and has...
Alfalight Inc.
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WHITE LEDS
The Ostar Lighting LED announced by Osram Opto Semiconductors produces more than 200 lumen from an operating current of 700 mA. Measuring 3 × 1 cm, the high-performance semiconductor source of white...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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MEGAPIXEL CAMERAS
Optronics' ImagingPlanet Research Microscopy Group has developed the 3.3MPX and 20MPX cameras for scientific and industrial imaging applications. The 3.3MPX is a color microscope camera with...
Optronics
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LINE DRIVER
Pulse Research Lab (PRL) has launched the PRL-444, a four-channel TTL line driver. The compact, self-contained buffer pod drives four TTL/CMOS signals into 50-ohm loads. With a 10k (omega) input...
Pulse Research Lab
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MOTION CONTROL
The MC73110 announced by Performance Motion Devices Inc. is a single-axis motor control integrated circuit with a precision velocity loop for brushless DC motors. It operates in internal velocity...
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