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Photonics.com - December 2009
Business
Duca to Head Canon Unit
Canon USA Inc. of Lake Success, N.Y., has announced the appointment of Chris Duca as president of its Deerfield, Fla.-based wholly owned subsidiary, Virtual Imaging Inc., a maker of diagnostic imaging products. Canon acquired the business in April 2009 (See Canon Buys Virtual Imaging). Duca succeeds Virtual Imaging founder Tim Martinson, who is retiring. Duca began his career in the medical...
Thorlabs Tests Green Packaging
As a way to minimize packaging waste under its green initiative, photonics company Thorlabs of Newton, N.J., is experimenting with Geämi packaging to protect some of its mechanical components....
Spectrum, Laserpoint Partner
Spectrum Detector Inc. of Lake Oswego, Ore., a manufacturer of standard and custom detectors and instruments for optical power and energy measurement, has announced an agreement with Laserpoint Srl...
Mobius Moves to New Facility
Mobius Photonics, producer of short-pulse fiber laser sources (IR, green and UV), has moved its corporate headquarters from a facility in Santa Clara to a larger facility in Mountain View, Calif....
Ocean Optics Forms OEM Team
To better serve its growing global OEM business, Dunedin, Fla.-based miniature spectrometer maker Ocean Optics announced last week that it has formed a dedicated OEM engineering group. The group,...
Companies Ink Patent Pact
Japan-based Sharp Corp. and Toyoda Gosei Co. announced Friday that they have signed an agreement cross-licensing their LED and laser diode patents, a move they say will enhance both companies'...
Spectranetics to Pay Feds $5M
Excimer laser maker Spectranetics Corp. has agreed to pay the US $4.9 million in civil damages plus $100,000 in cash or property to resolve claims against the company, the Justice Department...
Finisar Appoints New Director
Finisar Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company dealing in fiber optic solutions for high-speed networks, announced that the board of directors has appointed Thomas E. Pardun to serve as a director...
Flir Buys Motion Control Firm
Thermal imaging and camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. acquired Directed Perception Inc., a provider of pan-tilt motion control systems for commercial and military markets, for $20 million in...
II-VI to Acquire Photop
II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., announced it plans to acquire, by the end of January, China-based photonics company Photop Technologies Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth approximately $83 million.
Photron Donates Camera to MIT
Photron Inc., a high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software manufacturer based in San Diego, is donating a video system to the Edgerton Center at MIT for long-term use by students and...
Kingbright Taps Allied Electronics
Fort Worth, Texas-based Allied Electronics has signed an agreement with Kingbright to distribute its LED products. Kingbright, which is headquartered in Taiwan, has manufacturing plants in China....
GigOptix Nets $4M in Funding
As part of the fiscal 2010 US Department of Defense appropriations bill, GigOptix Inc. has been approved to receive $4.5 million in funding toward the development of an integrated photonic...
BioTek Expands HQ
BioTek Instruments has added 800 sq ft to its world headquarters in Winooski, Vt., increasing the size of its service department twofold. The space houses a new applications laboratory, which...
Rudolph Hires Mullins as Director
Rudolph Technologies Inc., specializing in process control systems and software for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, announced the appointment of Tony Mullins as director of global process...
Single Nanoparticle Detected
Nanoparticles can be found just about everywhere: in makeup, sunscreen, home pregnancy tests, anti-odor socks, plastic beer bottles, antibacterial doorknobs, and plastic bags for storing vegetables,...
IPG Announces 5th Intl. Symposium
High-power fiber lasers and amplifiers maker IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass., announced the 5th International Symposium on High-Power Fiber Lasers and their Applications. The symposium will be...
Oclaro Acquires Xtellus
With its acquisition of optical components company Xtellus Inc. of Denville, N.J., Oclaro Inc. said it now has a complete family of wavelength selective switches capable of powering reconfigurable...
Samsung Restructures Leadership
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a Seoul, South Korea-based technology company, appointed Geesung Choi as its new CEO as part of an organizational restructuring aimed to increase operating efficiencies...
3 Companies Team to Design LED
Arrow Electronics Inc. of Melville, N.Y., has announced that it has teamed with Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., and National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., to deliver a reference design for a...
3S Photonics Buys Fiber Units
Debt-laden holding company Avensys Corp. announced it will sell its sole operating business, a fiber optic components maker and instrumentation integrator, to 3S Photonics, a manufacturer of optical...
Boston Scientific Adds Director
Boston Scientific Corp. of Natick, Mass., a developer of medical devices, has announced the appointment of Nelda Connors as a director of its board. Connors is president of the Electrical and Metal...
Beckman, CompuCyte Pen Deal
Beckman Coulter Inc. and CompuCyte Corp. have entered into a five-year global distribution agreement, under the terms of which Calif.-based Beckman Coulter will have the right to distribute CompuCyte...
CVI Optics Hit Prime Time
CVI Melles Griot products such as an optical table, a diode-pumped solid-state laser, and assorted optics had their 15 minutes of fame by appearing in The Gorilla Experiment episode of the CBS hit...
Andor Taps West Coast Distributor
Andor Technology plc, a scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions and microscopy systems company located in South Windsor, Mass., announced the appointment of Burlingame, Ca.-based Technical...
Rambus Buys Tech from GLT
Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. announced it acquired technology and a portfolio of advanced lighting and optoelectronics patents from Brecksville, Ohio-based Global Lighting Technologies...
LED Xmas Superstar Unveiled
Beginning at dusk every evening throughout the month of December, the world’s biggest revolving Christmas star can be seen at the northern gateway to Munich. Siemens AG, an electronics and electrical...
Kodak Sells OLED Unit to LG
OLED (organic LED) technology pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. announced it will sell its OLED display business to a group of LG companies for an undisclosed amount.
Flir to Merge 2 Divisions
Thermal imaging and infrared camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. said it will merge its Commercial Vision Systems and Thermography divisions into one unit as of Jan. 1.
First Solar Taps New Executive VP
First Solar Inc., a Tempe, Ariz.-based manufacturer of photovoltaic modules, announced that TK Kallenbach has been appointed executive vice president of marketing and product management. Kallenbach...
ASCB: Spotlight on Cell Bio
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting at the San Diego Convention Center featured new products exhibited by companies such as Photometrics, Hamamatsu Photonics, PerkinElmer,...
ASCB: Spotlight on Cell Biology
Not even a day of rain and wind could keep attendees away from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting at the San Diego Convention Center this week. In fact, the...
Sanyo to Cancel Red, IR Diodes
Photonic Products Ltd. of Hatfield Broad Oak, UK, a Sanyo laser diode distributor, has announced that, as a result of the recent merger between Sanyo and Panasonic, Sanyo will end production of its...
Tridak Appoints Product Manager
Tridak, a manufacturer of industrial fluid dispensing and filling equipment headquartered in Torrington, Conn., announced the appointment of Shawn Cole as product manager. Cole comes to Tridak...
Laser Services Celebrates 30 Yrs.
Laser Services Inc., a precision laser cutting, drilling, scribing, etching and welding job shop located in Westford, Mass., is celebrating its 30-year anniversary. Established in 1979 by founders...
Suss Joins Sematech Program
Suss MicroTec, a supplier of test solutions for the semiconductor industry located in Munich, Germany, and Sematech, an Austin, Texas-based consortium of chipmakers, announced that Suss will join the...
UK Boosts Plastic Electronics
A new $45.5 million government strategy was launched to ensure that the UK remains a global leader in the high-growth and environmentally friendly plastic electronics industry. Plastic electronics...
Laird Opens Design Center in India
Laird Technologies Inc., a St. Louis-based manufacturer of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, announced the opening of its...
2 to Join Dynasil Board
West Berlin, N.J.-based Dynasil Corp. of America, a maker of specialized instruments and products for the medical, industrial and homeland security/defense markets, announced today that Dr. Michael...
Oclaro Honored by Huawei
Oclaro Inc. of San Jose, Calif., announced today that it was the only supplier in the optical category to receive an Excellent Core Partner Award from China-based telecommunications equipment maker...
GigOptix Appoints New CFO
GigOptix Inc., a fabless supplier of high-speed analog components located in Palo Alto, Calif., announced that Dawn Casterson, chief accounting officer and acting chief financial officer, tendered...
STMicro Consolidates in Asia
STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor solutions company located in Geneva, announced changes in its global sales and marketing organization aimed at better serving its customers and improving the...
Trumpf Opens US Tech Center
In South Carolina, Trumpf Medical Systems officially opened its new Design & Technology Center next to Charleston’s Cooper River on Oct. 28, 2009. The new US headquarters, a 27,000-sq-ft medical...
Irvine Sensors Awarded $5M
Irvine Sensors Corp., headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., announced that it received approximately $5.1 million in new development contract awards since late September. These awards are in addition...
IPG’s Bill Shiner Nabs LIA Award
Fiber lasers and amplifiers maker IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass., announced that Vice President of Industrial Markets Bill Shiner received the 2009 President’s Award from the Laser Institute of...
Solyndra, alwitra Pen Agreement
Solyndra Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a new long-term framework agreement with alwitra GmbH & Co., a...
Laser Avenger Destroys IEDs
A laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those used in war zones during tests in September by the Boeing Co. and the US Army.
Research & Technology
X-ray Determines Cell Density
Researchers usually have to destroy their samples to determine the densities and volumes of the different components which make up a biological cell. Larger subunits of the cell, consisting of many different biomolecules, are often destroyed before the mass and volumes can be determined. A team of researchers led by Tim Salditt of the University of Göttingen together with colleagues from the...
IR ‘Eyes’ to See Back in Time
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) detectors will see even further back in time than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, when it is sent into orbit in 2014....
A Few Photons Control Atom
The motion of a single atom in an optical trap has been controlled by the use of a fast feedback logic loop developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), who also...
Fluorescein Images Graphene
Researchers at Northwestern University used the dye fluorescein to create an imaging technique to view graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet that could be used to produce low-cost carbon-based transparent...
Glitter-sized Solar Cells
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The solar particles, fabricated of...
Quantum Entanglement
A new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems has been realized by researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Their ideas...
4-D Microscopy Films Photons
A new 4-D microscopy technique was used to track and image nanoscale matter in real-time, allowing researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to image electrical fields produced...
Single Nanoparticle Detected
Nanoparticles can be found just about everywhere: in makeup, sunscreen, home pregnancy tests, anti-odor socks, plastic beer bottles, antibacterial doorknobs, and plastic bags for storing vegetables,...
New Lens: GRIN on Steroids
Engineers created a new generation of gradient index (GRIN) lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater detail,...
Micromachines to Mimic Birds
Using lasers and a water tank, an engineer hopes to use secrets gleaned from the aerodynamically unconventional flights of hummingbirds and other tiny birds and insects to help design tiny...
3 Companies Team to Design LED
Arrow Electronics Inc. of Melville, N.Y., has announced that it has teamed with Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., and National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., to deliver a reference design for a...
Tumors Under Laser Fire
A highly energetic ion beam in an accurately defined dose that provides a pin-sharp (and cost-effective) radiation treatment of tumors was experimentally demonstrated. Physicists at the Munich Centre...
Laser Stretches 167 Miles
A 270-km (167.7-mile) optical fiber has been transformed into the world's longest laser, a platform capable of delivering next-generation, secure information transmission, including...
Kodak Sells OLED Unit to LG
OLED (organic LED) technology pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. announced it will sell its OLED display business to a group of LG companies for an undisclosed amount.
Vistec, MIET to Collaborate
Vistec Electron Beam GmbH of Jena, Germany, has announced its entrance into a joint electron beam lithography project with Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET). The two will collaborate...
ASCB: Spotlight on Cell Biology
Not even a day of rain and wind could keep attendees away from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting at the San Diego Convention Center this week. In fact, the...
Laser Re-creates Stellar Jet
At the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in New York state, a team led by Rice University’s Patrick Hartigan used a powerful laser beam to re-create, on a small scale, the...
Plasmon Laser Shatters Limits
The world’s smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection, has been demonstrated by Dr. Xiang Zhang at the...
UK Boosts Plastic Electronics
A new $45.5 million government strategy was launched to ensure that the UK remains a global leader in the high-growth and environmentally friendly plastic electronics industry. Plastic electronics...
THz QCL Made Tunable
A new approach to tuning a laser’s frequency could bring us closer to airport scanners that can distinguish explosives from nonthreatening substances, according to scientists at the Massachusetts...
Light Measures Glacial Melt
Scientists discoverd a way to overcome the disadvantages traditional methods of measuring glacial melt by applying laser technology. A beam of light shot from an aircraft measures the glacier's...
Solar Impulse Aces 1st Flight
The first airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, left the ground for the first time today. The results of the ground tests conducted over the past few weeks to...
Lasers Spin Nanotube Yarn
Lasers now have been used to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications from solar cells to stronger body armor. Researchers...
QCL Output Power Boosted
An output power of 120 W was delivered by a single mid-infrared quantum cascade laser operating at room temperature, a breakthrough seen as important for future defense applications and nearly four...
Atoms Fooled by Fake Field
For the first time, physicists have used laser light to create "synthetic magnetism," an exotic condition in which neutral atoms suddenly begin to behave as if they were charged particles interacting...
Nanotowers Fire Off Photons
Nanotowers made of semiconducting material 'fire off' single photons in a targeted fashion, an ability needed for secure data transmission through quantum cryptography, said researchers at the...
Laser Avenger Destroys IEDs
A laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those used in war zones during tests in September by the Boeing Co. and the US Army.
News & Features
X-ray Determines Cell Density
Researchers usually have to destroy their samples to determine the densities and volumes of the different components which make up a biological cell. Larger subunits of the cell, consisting of many different biomolecules, are often destroyed before the mass and volumes can be determined. A team of researchers led by Tim Salditt of the University of Göttingen together with colleagues from the...
IR ‘Eyes’ to See Back in Time
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) detectors will see even further back in time than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, when it is sent into orbit in 2014....
A Few Photons Control Atom
The motion of a single atom in an optical trap has been controlled by the use of a fast feedback logic loop developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), who also...
Spectranetics to Pay Feds $5M
Excimer laser maker Spectranetics Corp. has agreed to pay the US $4.9 million in civil damages plus $100,000 in cash or property to resolve claims against the company, the Justice Department...
Flir Buys Motion Control Firm
Thermal imaging and camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. acquired Directed Perception Inc., a provider of pan-tilt motion control systems for commercial and military markets, for $20 million in...
II-VI to Acquire Photop
II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., announced it plans to acquire, by the end of January, China-based photonics company Photop Technologies Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth approximately $83 million.
Fluorescein Images Graphene
Researchers at Northwestern University used the dye fluorescein to create an imaging technique to view graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet that could be used to produce low-cost carbon-based transparent...
Glitter-sized Solar Cells
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The solar particles, fabricated of...
GigOptix Nets $4M in Funding
As part of the fiscal 2010 US Department of Defense appropriations bill, GigOptix Inc. has been approved to receive $4.5 million in funding toward the development of an integrated photonic...
Quantum Entanglement
A new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems has been realized by researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Their ideas...
4-D Microscopy Films Photons
A new 4-D microscopy technique was used to track and image nanoscale matter in real-time, allowing researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to image electrical fields produced...
Single Nanoparticle Detected
Nanoparticles can be found just about everywhere: in makeup, sunscreen, home pregnancy tests, anti-odor socks, plastic beer bottles, antibacterial doorknobs, and plastic bags for storing vegetables,...
New Lens: GRIN on Steroids
Engineers created a new generation of gradient index (GRIN) lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater detail,...
Micromachines to Mimic Birds
Using lasers and a water tank, an engineer hopes to use secrets gleaned from the aerodynamically unconventional flights of hummingbirds and other tiny birds and insects to help design tiny...
Oclaro Acquires Xtellus
With its acquisition of optical components company Xtellus Inc. of Denville, N.J., Oclaro Inc. said it now has a complete family of wavelength selective switches capable of powering reconfigurable...
3S Photonics Buys Fiber Units
Debt-laden holding company Avensys Corp. announced it will sell its sole operating business, a fiber optic components maker and instrumentation integrator, to 3S Photonics, a manufacturer of optical...
Tumors Under Laser Fire
A highly energetic ion beam in an accurately defined dose that provides a pin-sharp (and cost-effective) radiation treatment of tumors was experimentally demonstrated. Physicists at the Munich Centre...
Laser Stretches 167 Miles
A 270-km (167.7-mile) optical fiber has been transformed into the world's longest laser, a platform capable of delivering next-generation, secure information transmission, including...
CVI Optics Hit Prime Time
CVI Melles Griot products such as an optical table, a diode-pumped solid-state laser, and assorted optics had their 15 minutes of fame by appearing in The Gorilla Experiment episode of the CBS hit...
Rambus Buys Tech from GLT
Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. announced it acquired technology and a portfolio of advanced lighting and optoelectronics patents from Brecksville, Ohio-based Global Lighting Technologies...
LED Xmas Superstar Unveiled
Beginning at dusk every evening throughout the month of December, the world’s biggest revolving Christmas star can be seen at the northern gateway to Munich. Siemens AG, an electronics and electrical...
Kodak Sells OLED Unit to LG
OLED (organic LED) technology pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. announced it will sell its OLED display business to a group of LG companies for an undisclosed amount.
Flir to Merge 2 Divisions
Thermal imaging and infrared camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. said it will merge its Commercial Vision Systems and Thermography divisions into one unit as of Jan. 1.
ASCB: Spotlight on Cell Bio
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting at the San Diego Convention Center featured new products exhibited by companies such as Photometrics, Hamamatsu Photonics, PerkinElmer,...
Laser Re-creates Stellar Jet
At the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in New York state, a team led by Rice University’s Patrick Hartigan used a powerful laser beam to re-create, on a small scale, the...
Plasmon Laser Shatters Limits
The world’s smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection, has been demonstrated by Dr. Xiang Zhang at the...
UK Boosts Plastic Electronics
A new $45.5 million government strategy was launched to ensure that the UK remains a global leader in the high-growth and environmentally friendly plastic electronics industry. Plastic electronics...
THz QCL Made Tunable
A new approach to tuning a laser’s frequency could bring us closer to airport scanners that can distinguish explosives from nonthreatening substances, according to scientists at the Massachusetts...
Light Measures Glacial Melt
Scientists discoverd a way to overcome the disadvantages traditional methods of measuring glacial melt by applying laser technology. A beam of light shot from an aircraft measures the glacier's...
Solar Impulse Aces 1st Flight
The first airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, left the ground for the first time today. The results of the ground tests conducted over the past few weeks to...
Lasers Spin Nanotube Yarn
Lasers now have been used to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications from solar cells to stronger body armor. Researchers...
QCL Output Power Boosted
An output power of 120 W was delivered by a single mid-infrared quantum cascade laser operating at room temperature, a breakthrough seen as important for future defense applications and nearly four...
Atoms Fooled by Fake Field
For the first time, physicists have used laser light to create "synthetic magnetism," an exotic condition in which neutral atoms suddenly begin to behave as if they were charged particles interacting...
Nanotowers Fire Off Photons
Nanotowers made of semiconducting material 'fire off' single photons in a targeted fashion, an ability needed for secure data transmission through quantum cryptography, said researchers at the...
Laser Avenger Destroys IEDs
A laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those used in war zones during tests in September by the Boeing Co. and the US Army.
acquisitions
Flir Buys Motion Control Firm
Thermal imaging and camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. acquired Directed Perception Inc., a provider of pan-tilt motion control systems for commercial and military markets, for $20 million in...
3S Photonics Buys Fiber Units
Debt-laden holding company Avensys Corp. announced it will sell its sole operating business, a fiber optic components maker and instrumentation integrator, to 3S Photonics, a manufacturer of optical...
Products
Easy White LED Bins
DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 30, 2009 – Cree Inc. has announced EasyWhite bins, an LED innovation that improves LED-to-LED color consistency and simplifies LED system design by reducing the number of required components. The bins are offered in 3500, 3000 and 2700 K color temperatures and are 75 percent smaller than the ANSI C78.377 standard color regions. Previously, customers had to manually mix multiple LED bins to achieve...
Wolfspeed Inc.
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Compact Green Laser up to 6W CW
BrightLock Ultra-G™ offers high power green light at 532nm in a compact, passively cooled package for medical, military and display applications. The module, equipped with smart features, is...
QPC Lasers Inc.
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ImageUV Microscope Camera
SAN DIMAS, Calif., Dec. 29, 2009 – Craic Technologies Inc. has announced the release of its ImageUV microscope camera control and image analysis software for Windows 7. Scientists and engineers using it will notice a more fluid...
CRAIC Technologies
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Ultraquiet Air Compressor
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 29, 2009 – Newport Corp. has introduced the compact, ultraquiet ACWS air compressor that is clean, portable and more convenient than bottled air supplies. Fast-filling and economical, it can supply air to any...
MKS/Newport
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Range Version Hardware
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 24, 2009 – Photron Inc. has unveiled a new option that enhances two select models from its Fastcam SA high-speed camera family. The Range Version (RV) hardware can extend the normal operating temperature range...
Photron USA Inc.
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PowerMax USB/RS
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 24, 2009 – The PowerMax USB/RS laser power sensors from Coherent Inc. use state-of-the-art microelectronics miniaturization techniques and integrate an entire instrument within a USB 2.0 or RS-232 cable...
Coherent Inc.
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532-nm Handheld Raman Analyzer
FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 23, 2009 – BaySpec Inc. has unveiled a handheld 532-nm Raman analyzer that provides a cost effective way of performing nondestructive measurements for portable field applications, including gemstone analysis...
BaySpec Inc.
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Deposition Materials from Lesker
Our Materials Division offers a wide range of deposition materials for all optical applications including IR, AR, TCO and reflective. Configurations include sputtering targets and pellets. Many...
Kurt J. Lesker Co.
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W4S-3 INOX Photoelectric Sensors
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22, 2009 – The W4S-3 INOX photoelectric sensors have been launched by Sick Inc. They feature a smooth IP 69K-rated stainless steel housing that has been field-tested to withstand harsh wash down applications in...
SICK Inc.
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LED Microscope Illuminator
RICHMOND, Calif., Dec. 22, 2009 – DiCon LED, a business division of DiCon Fiberoptics Inc., has announced the release of a tunable benchtop LED microscope illuminator with good programmability, long lifetimes of 50,000 h, typical,...
DiCon Fiberoptics Inc.
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USB and GigE Cameras
OBERSULM, Germany, Dec. 22, 2009 – IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has launched new USB and GigE cameras designed around a 10.6-megapixel CMOS sensor from Aptina Imaging Corp. The company says that the sensor provides four times...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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High Speed 12 bit CMOS Camera at HDTV
pco.dimax high speed camera provides 1279fps @ 2016 × 2016, 4502fps @ 1008 × 1000, up to 56,300fps @ 144 × 128 pixels. 32GB internal imaging memory max, multiple trigger options,...
PCO-TECH Inc.
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Precision Glass & Optics
Our company began with an ingenious idea: combine high-volume, low-cost commercial glass manufacturing with the technical precision of optics and thin film coating. 25 years later, we put all those...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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Lenscan System Model LS 200
Fogale Lenscan systems allow direct measurement of the position and center thickness of all optical elements (lenses, cubes or flats) of a closed optical assembly along the optical axis to 1-micron...
Mildex Inc.
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Glass Aspheric Lenses
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 21, 2009 – LightPath Technologies Inc has introduced RoHS- compliant molded glass aspheric lenses with a high index of refraction for use in telecommunications systems. The company has developed a set of lenses...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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LE-0903 Series
PACOIMA, Calif., Dec. 18, 2009 – JKL Components Corp. has launched the LE-0903 series of flat top wedge-base LED lights for panel illumination, display lighting, gaming machines, and landscape and architectural lighting...
JKL Components Corp.
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AOTF Hyperspectral Imager, AO Components
Brimrose Corporation of America is a manufacturer of very fast, solid state Hyperspectral AOTF Imagers in the VIS, SWIR and LWIR bands. Other products include high quality free space and fiber...
Brimrose Corp. of America
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New, Compact Linear-Array SLM-128
CRi introduces a much smaller Spatial Light Modulator with 128 pixels for phase and/or amplitude modulation of your ultrafast laser. Same pixel size, same reliability, same rapid solid-state...
PerkinElmer
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NIKRFK Focus Drive
ROCKLAND, Mass., Dec. 17, 2009 – The NIKRFK focus drive with integral electronic clutch is now available from Prior Scientific Inc. Designed for the Nikon Ti, 80i and FN1 microscopes, the focus drive offers resolution and...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Synergy H4
WINOOSKI, Vt., Dec. 16, 2009 – BioTek Instruments Inc. has expanded its Synergy multimode microplate reader family with the release of the patent-pending Synergy H4 with hybrid technology. The newest model combines the sensitivity...
BioTek Instruments Inc.
Verdi G-Series
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2009 – Coherent Inc. has launched the next generation of diode-pumped solid-state continuous-wave lasers. The Verdi G-Series is available in both 2- and 5-W green (532 nm) versions. By replacing the...
Coherent Inc.
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Fiber Bundles / Medical Assemblies
GerLat Fiber Tech is a world class manufacturer of optical fibers for UV and NIR range. Featuring: Fiber Bundles with custom designs, patented Fused End Fiber Bundles, Medical Optical Fibers or...
LIGHTGUIDE
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High Performance Cooled IR Cameras
Sofradir-EC has introduced a range of high performance infrared cameras that cover the spectral band 1-to-12 microns. The SSC IR cameras feature variable frame rate and integration time, <20mK...
Lynred USA
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ATOM320 World’s Smallest IR Camera
The ATOM320 from Sofradir-EC has been designed for integration into a wide range of size-constrained infrared imaging products. Despite its tiny size, the ATOM delivers exceptional image quality,...
Lynred USA
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Engineered Diffuser™ Optical Films
RPC Photonics, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Engineered Diffuser™ optical films. Seamless rolls of film in widths up to 900mm (~35”) can now be produced with our high-performance diffuser...
RPC Photonics Inc.
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H117P2IX Flattop Stage
ROCKLAND, Mass., Dec. 14, 2009 – Prior Scientific Inc. has introduced the H117P2IX flattop stage for the Olympus IX series of inverted microscopes. It is suitable for all high-precision biomedical and materials sciences scanning...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Huygens 3-D Software
HILVERSUM, Netherlands, Dec. 14, 2009 – Scientific Volume Imaging BV has released version 3.5 of its Huygens 3-D deconvolution, visualization and analysis software. This version includes the newly developed object stabilizer tool that can...
Scientific Volume Imaging
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Repair Damaged Optical Connectors
The Rev™ Micro-Polisher repairs scratched and damaged fiber optic connectors as quickly as 15 seconds. Whether damaged by high power lasers, repeated matings or general handling, Rev™ resurfaces...
KrellTech
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Handheld Power Meters
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 11, 2009 – The Flash handheld power meters manufactured by Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. have a response time that the company says is at least two times shorter than that of most of the competition. They allow...
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.
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Versatile Fizeau Interferometer
ZYGO expands its VeriFire™ line of versatile Fizeau interferometers to ensure confidence in metrology – in all environments. Powered by ZYGO’s next generation software platform, MetroProX, combined...
Zygo Corporation
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Polyimide Optical Fibers
STIRLING, N.J., Dec. 9, 2009 – Manufactured by Fiberguide Industries Inc., a full line of standard optical fibers with polyimide coating provide optimal performance of fiber optics in extreme thermal conditions. The coating...
Molex, Fiberguide
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Xcelera-HS PX8
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 9, 2009 – Dalsa Corp. has announced the availability of the Xcelera-HS PX8 frame grabber to support the new Piranha HS 12k 90-kHz camera, which was introduced at the same time. Building on the field-proven...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Nano Cut-Off Long Pass Filter
New generation edge pass filter allows cut off values of <0.2% which gives you more signal, less background noise in your application. This is achieved with dielectric thin film filter technology...
Iridian Spectral Technologies
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Revolutionary DSS Shutter Series
The DSS series shutter is the latest technology available from UNIBLITZ. These patent pending devices have eliminated the external protruding actuator and contain no other interfering components....
Vincent Associates
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Diamond E-1000 Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2009 – Coherent Inc. has unveiled a small sealed 1-kW CO2 laser. The compact Diamond E-1000 measures less than 1497 × 471 × 384 mm and weighs 173 kg, including its integrated power supply. It is suited for...
Coherent Inc.
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OD-469L LEDs
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Dec. 8, 2009 – Opto Diode Corp. has unveiled its OD-469L high-output blue LEDs. Featuring a narrow beam angle, they are suitable for fluorescence applications in medicine, scientific testing instruments and...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Helios10 MD Panel
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 7, 2009 – Rad-icon Imaging Corp., a division of Dalsa Corp., has released the Helios10 MD panel, the first product in the company’s new Helios camera family. With an active sensing area of 20 × 25 cm, the CMOS...
Teledyne Rad-icon Imaging
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L10711 Microfocus
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 7, 2009 – The L10711 microfocus x-ray source manufactured by Hamamatsu Corp. delivers the high resolution (0.25 µm minimum) and stability required for x-ray nondestructive inspection, 3-D imaging and computed...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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One Custom Lens or a Million
Specializing in custom polymer optics and optics systems with capabilities for design, molding, diamond turning, assembly, and metrology. Ask about our new clean room assembly capabilities. Visit us...
Syntec Optics
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PI Nanopositioning made in the USA
PI USA now designs and manufactures cost-effective standard & custom nanopositioning systems at its Auburn, MA headquarters. PI is the global leader in piezo / nanopositioning systems with...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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SX Cameras
SOUTHINGTON, Conn., Dec. 3, 2009 – For industrial vision applications requiring 1- to 2- megapixel resolutions at frame rates of up to 120 fps, Baumer Ltd. has introduced the SX cameras that feature Kodak’s progressive-scan interline...
Baumer Ltd.
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Stradus 488-nm
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 3, 2009 – Vortran Laser Technology Inc. has introduced the Stradus 488-nm blue laser diode module that outputs 50 mW. The newest product in the company’s Stradus line has been designed as an affordable...
Vortran Laser Technology
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Precision Machined Optical Pieces
Precision machined optical pieces as well as parts from other technical ceramics useful for fixturing or as a carrier. Insaco engineers are available to discuss your intended application and suggest...
Insaco Inc.
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Thermopile Detectors
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2009 – Newport Corp. has announced three new additions to its 818P Series thermopile detectors: the fan-cooled 818P-500-55, the water-cooled 818P-3KW-060 and the high-sensitivity 818P-001-12NIR. The...
MKS/Newport
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CRI White LED
MELAKA, Malaysia, Dec. 2, 2009 – To complete the Primax product portfolio and fulfill the lighting market demand, Dominant Semiconductors is extending this series with a high color rendering index (CRI) LED in a 0.5-W white version....
DOMINANT Opto Technologies
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Alphion 1060nm SOA
The 1060nm X-band amplifier is suitable for use as a gain element in swept source and as an ASE source. It is used in a broad spectrum of applications including fiber optic sensing, medical imaging...
Alphion Corp.
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Custom Miniature Auto Focus Module
NEW SCALE, manufacturer of ingeniously small motion control systems, now provides engineering and production services for custom auto focus modules used in board-mounted CCD/CMOS cameras. Modules...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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TECHSPEC Bandpass Interference Filter
Edmund Optics TECHSPEC Hard Coated Bandpass Interference Filters selectively transmit a narrow range of wavelengths while blocking others. Filters fabricated with EO's Advanced Plasma Reactive...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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MDrive Linear Actuators
MARLBOROUGH, Conn., Dec. 1, 2009 – The MDrive linear actuators manufactured by Intelligent Motion Systems Inc. provide linear motion in a compact all-in-one package with leading integrated step motor and driver technology....
Novanta IMS
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OPB732 Infrared Switch
CARROLLTON, Texas, Dec. 1, 2009 – Providing alternative energy design engineers with a means of reliably and accurately detecting the speed of wind turbines, TT electronics Optek Technology Inc.’s OPB732 series long-distance infrared...
Optek Technology, Industrial Sensing & Control
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MasterSil 151 Med
HACKENSACK, N.J., Dec. 1, 2009 – Flexibility is important in the design of medical devices subjected to vibration, impact, shock and thermal cycling. Two-component, room temperature-curing Master Bond MasterSil 151 Med is a...
Master Bond Inc.
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