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Photonics Spectra - August 2010
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FaceTime
Novel technology and powerful new algorithms have facilitated a range of advances in face recognition systems, leading to improved accuracy in traditional applications – mostly in the areas of...
To Step Up, Semiconductor Lithography Steps Down – Way Down
For semiconductors, smaller is better. That’s why the industry may soon take a big step down. On the horizon is a switch from 193- to 13.5-nm-wavelength lithography. This extreme-ultraviolet...
Electron-Multiplying CCD for Lidar Applications
Until recently, only photomultiplier tubes were suitable for low-light imaging. However, this technology and associated poor spatial resolution were not suited to scientific applications. Solid-state...
Lidar Reveals Hidden Aftershock Hazard in Haiti
Rescue agencies the world over have rallied together in a bid to bring relief to the thousands of people left injured, homeless and without food or sanitation in the wake of the Haiti earthquake,...
Cut, Mark, Drill, Repeat
Increasingly, the medical devices used to support good health and provide emergency and long-term care are not being designed to sit on a rack or table next to a patient’s hospital bed....
Listen hard, and you’ll hear the NEXT BIG THING coming!
It’s still quite young, but the 21st century has yet to produce a truly life-changing technology. Certainly the 20th century did, with the advent of lasers and transistors and all of the tools...
Editorial
Picking up the pieces
Science is all about seeking to understand the world around us, studying the way things work so that we can work with them. When something goes wrong in our world, we often turn to science and technology to help us fix it. In the June editorial, I discussed the ways in which photonics technologies were being deployed to assess and monitor the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As...
Tech Pulse
Building with optical Legos
Just as generations of children have enjoyed stacking and building with plastic Lego toys, scientists are now using light-activated nanoshells as Lego-like building blocks for both 2- and 3-D structures that could be used in chemical sensors, metamaterials and nanolasers. In a collaborative effort, scientists from Rice University, Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin and the...
Optical gain in plasmonic waveguides opens door to subwavelength applications
Researchers at the University of Iceland, in collaboration with colleagues at Germany’s University of Cologne and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering in Jena, have...
Transistor laser breaks the law
A three-port quantum well transistor laser developed by Milton Feng and Nick Holonyak Jr. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is rewriting a major current law. Thanks to this device,...
Nanoscale gold boosts infrared detection
For the past decade, state-of-the-art infrared photodetectors have been based on MCT, or mercury cadmium telluride, technology, which offers strong signal sensing but is associated with various...
Rationally designing plasmonic devices using imaging and simulation
Researchers intent on building plasmonic sensors to a set of specifications now have a new tool to help in that quest, according to a group of investigators. The team has demonstrated that electron...
light speed
Fiber optics in avionics: Upward bound
The total market for fiber optics in military and commercial aircraft, estimated at $306 million in 2009, is expected to reach $703 million in 2013, according to a report from Information Gatekeepers...
Lithography System Order
Pennsylvania State University of University Park has ordered Vistec Lithography Inc.’s EBPG5200 electron-beam lithography system for the National Science Foundation’s National...
Solar Plant
Holzkirchen, Germany-based Carpevigo AG, an independent project developer and operator of solar power plants, has announced the operation of Osterhofen-II. With a capacity of 1.71-MW peak, the...
European Anniversary
Precision optical components supplier Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has served the European market from its offices in the UK and Germany for 11 and 10 years, respectively. The UK office...
LED Backlighting
LED packaging house and technology provider Everlight Electronics of Taipei, Taiwan, PC monitor manufacturer TPV Technology Ltd. of Hong Kong and LED chip provider Epistar Corp. headquartered in the...
Microscope Installation
FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., has completed the installation of its Titan scanning transmission electron microscope at the Zaragoza University Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon in Spain. The...
$20.9M Order
In Portland, Ore., Flir Systems Inc. has announced that it has received a $35.2 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with an initial $20.9 million order from...
License Agreement
GE Lighting, a unit of General Electric Co.’s Appliances & Lighting business, and Los Altos, Calif.-based Rambus Inc. have signed a broad licensing agreement for the use of the...
Laser Contract
Mercerville, N.J.-based Laser Energetics Inc. has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products of Charlotte, N.C., a $2.6 million contract to produce its nonlethal Dazer Laser. Consisting...
Integration Completed
The companies of the Linos Group have changed their names. Linos GmbH, formerly Linos AG, now will be called Qioptiq Holding GmbH, and Linos Photonics GmbH & Co. KG will operate under the name...
Language Adaptation
Lumenera Corp. of Ottawa, a digital camera and custom imaging solutions manufacturer, has announced that its Infinity Analyze scientific software has been translated into eight languages. The...
Guide Star Facility
Toptica Photonics Inc. of Victor, N.Y., has won an approximately $6.4 million contract from the European Southern Observatory to develop four continuous-wave, high-power laser guide stars for its...
Purchase Contract
The FBI has awarded a contract to Optra Inc. of Topsfield, Mass., to supply laser event recorders that will be used to fight the laser dazzle problem faced by pilots worldwide. The ultraprecision...
Cooperative Agreement
Optical design software maker Optical Research Associates of Pasadena, Calif., and Rochester, N.Y.-based QED Technologies, a finishing and metrology products provider to the precision optics...
GreenLight
Sustainable photonics: A perspective
The photonics industry is involved in nearly every facet of a sustainable future. Photonics technology is at the heart of solar energy and remote sensing. Photonic devices are used in biodiesel...
For better LEDs, two V’s could mean victory
For light-emitting diodes, a brighter, more efficient and groovier future may be at hand. The result could be billions of dollars of annual energy savings, say researchers from the National Institute...
Lighter Side
A deeper look at your odds and ends
In any industry, there are many ways to reach out to potential customers. Most of these involve advertising and branding, but also engaging in conversations with existing and potential customers, either face to face, over the phone or through social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Typically, the goal is to tell one side of the story (why you should do business with us), leading to an...
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Ballistic Range Camera
The SIR3 ballistic range camera from Specialised Imaging Ltd. is a new generation of ultrahigh-speed camera designed to withstand the harsh environment of the proofing ground and to provide high reliability and image quality. New features include an optical viewfinder to ease image focus and framing while still maintaining the possibility of electronic focusing via an external thin-film...
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LED Driver Boards
Endicott Research Group has unveiled two new LED driver boards that provide compact, economical solutions to OEM panel designers looking to get the maximum performance out of their displays. The SFDK...
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Tunable Filter Module
DiCon Fiberoptics has announced a new tunable optical filter module for the GP750, a fiber optic test system that is able to automate fiber optic switches, fiber optical variable attenuators and,...
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Optical Connector Cleaner
NTT Advanced Technology Corp. is offering the NeoClean-E cleaner, a pen-style optical connector cleaner designed to clean the end faces of in-adapter ferrules. It simplifies the cleaning process...
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Diode Laser
Coherent Inc. has increased its range of Cube FP fiber-pigtailed diode laser products with the addition of several new wavelengths and output power levels. With these additions, the lasers are now...
Coherent Inc.
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Thermal Imaging Lenses
LightPath Technologies has introduced f/1.0 athermalized long-wavelength infrared lens assemblies with a 10.65-mm focal length. Developed for uncooled infrared sensors using 8- to 12-μm infrared...
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Epoxy Resin
IMSEAL-800, a high-strength epoxy resin, seals visible porosity deep below the surface in castings and other metal parts, completely and permanently filling blowholes, cracks and other defects where...
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Infrared Camera
For spectral-selective temperature measurements in the mid-wavelength infrared, Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH has launched the VarioTherm InSb camera. With a bandwidth of 2 to 5 μm, it...
Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems
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Raman System
BaySpec Inc.’s RamSpec series high-resolution long-wave 1064-nm compact Raman system is designed for high performance, long-term reliability and ultralow fluorescence interference for...
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Optical Backscatter
Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Inc., has launched the Optical Backscatter Reflectometer 4200, a portable ultrahigh-resolution device offering advanced inspection and diagnostic...
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IR Thermometers
Process Sensors Corp.’s newly released, self-contained, Metis HS09/HI16 noncontact infrared temperature sensors capture 20,000 measurements per second with a 50-μs response time. The three...
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Digital Thermometers
Omega Engineering Inc.’s CE-compliant DTG-RTD100 series digital thermometers are designed for use with resistance temperature detector (RTD) sensors and feature a large backlit display with...
Omega Engineering Inc.
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Spindle Alignment Kit
Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. has introduced a measuring and alignment system for lathes, turning equipment, spindles and related machinery. The lathe and spindle alignment kit is turnkey, easy to use...
Pinpoint Laser Systems
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LED Modules
Sharp Microelectronics Europe has developed the MiniZeni series high-power warm-white and pure-white LED modules. The six models have compact outer dimensions and are flat, economical and bright....
Sharp Devices Europe GmbH
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Mass Spectrometer
The Spectro MS from Spectro Analytical Instruments is a mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma that simultaneously records the entire elemental spectrum between lithium and uranium for...
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments
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Microscope Automation
Prior Scientific Inc. has launched the ProScan III microscope automation system. With its compact modular design and its programmable TLL, it can control up to 16 axes, including a motorized stage,...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Spectroradiometer
Designed to characterize and evaluate light emissions according to industry standards used for solar simulators, a new spectroradiometer system from StellarNet Inc. is a complete NIST-traceable...
StellarNet Inc.
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LED Radiometer
Although many UV and visible radiometers have a wide range of sensitivity in the UVA through visible portions of the spectrum, their sensitivity levels may not match the specific narrowband...
Dymax, Headquarters
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DPSS Laser
The Samba 05-01 platform, manufactured by Cobolt AB for single-frequency and ultralow-noise continuous-wave lasers, generates up to 1 W of CW output power at 532 nm from a compact package....
Cobolt AB
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Lapping/Polishing Machine
Engis (UK) Ltd. has unveiled a benchtop four-way, double-sided lapping and polishing machine, suited to research applications and short production runs in precision optical and small component...
Engis UK Ltd.
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Machine Vision Camera
A machine vision camera with 3-megapixel resolution that can detect both small and large objects with high precision on the production line has been released by Mikrotron GmbH. The compact EoSens 3CL...
Mikrotron GmbH
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Industrial Camera
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has released a free software update for its USB uEye XS industrial camera. The camera previously supported live image acquisition in a high-definition-ready...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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LED Strips
JKL Components Corp. has announced the Alumiline Slim series rigid LED light bars. The Alumiline Slim ZLF-multi series is offered in multiple LED spacing and in whites ranging from warm to cool (3500...
JKL Components Corp.
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Lighting Tubes
GlacialTech Inc. has launched the T8 low-power LED lighting tubes under the GlacialLight brand. Their power consumption is <10 W for a 2-ft tube and less than 20 W for a 4-ft tube. They...
GlacialTech Inc.
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Retroreflective Sensors
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.’s RLG28 retroreflective area sensors feature six light beams that generate a constant 60-mm detection field to consistently detect objects as small as 12 mm in diameter over...
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
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Vibration Workstation
Newport Corp. is launching the Vision IsoStation, a vibration isolation workstation that offers high performance and user-friendly features and accessories. Designed to improve ease of installation,...
MKS/Newport
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Optical Profilers
Veeco Instruments Inc. has unveiled the ContourGT Surface Metrology product family, its 10th generation of noncontact, 3-D optical surface profilers. Based on proprietary white-light interferometry...
Veeco Instruments Inc.
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µ-Slide Chamber
The μ-Slide Chemotaxis 3D, a chamber for chemotaxis and migration studies of nonadherent cells in 3-D gel matrices, has been released by ibidi GmbH. The slide enables motion tracking of...
ibidi GmbH
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GigE Vision Interface
A new GigE vision interface has been released by MVTec Software GmbH for its Halcon standard machine vision software. Tested with numerous cameras, the interface has been validated as GigE...
MVTec Software GmbH
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Imaging Station
For maximizing information during the imaging of gross specimens in digital pathology applications, Nikon Instruments Inc. has unveiled the Mi macro imaging station, which addresses the work flow...
Nikon Instruments Inc.
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OEM Spectrometers
Ibsen Photonics has announced the Rock series industrial-grade, robust OEM spectrometers for the visible, short-wavelength near-infrared and near-infrared wavelength ranges. The instruments’...
Ibsen Photonics A/S
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Black Chromium Coating
For applications in medical device lens systems, Optics Balzers has unveiled the RoHS-compliant CrBlack chromium coating, a solution for reducing light scattering. The company has used the black...
Materion Balzers Optics
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60x Objective
Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has introduced the PLAPON 60xOSC objective lens with a numerical aperture of 1.4, offering high levels of chromatic aberration correction for life sciences imaging...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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