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Photonics.com - July 2011
Business
MicroVision Inks Distribution Deal with Intel
Ultraminiature laser display technology provider MicroVision Inc. has announced an agreement with Intel of Santa Clara, Calif. The latter will distribute and resell the former’s SHOWWX family...
Arbor Photonics Awarded Fiber Laser Funding
High-power fiber laser solutions provider Arbor Photonics Inc. was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the US Army to develop a compact, rugged femtosecond laser...
Boeing to Develop Navy Laser Under BAE Systems
The Directed Energy Systems Div. of Boeing has signed a teaming agreement with BAE Systems to develop the Mk 38 Mod 2 tactical laser system for the defense of US Navy ships, it announced yesterday....
GE Lighting to Acquire LED Driver Maker
GE Lighting has signed an agreement to acquire Lightech of Tel Aviv, Israel, a privately held lighting technology company. Purchase price was not disclosed. With commercial teams in Europe,...
Flir Buys Aerius Photonics, Reports Lower Profit
Thermal imaging systems maker Flir Systems Inc. has acquired California-based Aerius Photonics LLC, a provider of short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) detectors and laser components, for $27 million in...
Kodak to Survey Its Patent Options
After winning a key patent case against Apple Inc., Eastman Kodak Co. is exploring potential new strategies for its portfolios of digital imaging patents, including licensing of some and the outright...
Businesses, Clusters to Discuss Photonic Sensors
To accelerate the use of new photonic sensor applications in Europe, a group of three European defense contractors and 19 photonics clusters will hold the second Business Round Table for Photonics...
EPIC releases Photovoltaic Industry Report
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) released its report on the photovoltaic market, including production, deployment and R&D investments. EPIC data shows worldwide sales of...
Trumpf Sales Surge 51 Percent
The 2010-2011 fiscal year featured the biggest sales increase — 51 percent — in the company’s history, Germany-based laser and machine tools maker Trumpf Group announced Friday. The...
Holographic Material Stores 20 Blu-rays on 1 Disc
A new microholographic material can support data recording at the same speed as Blu-ray discs but with 10 times their typical storage capacity.
MicroVision Inks Head-Up Display Pact with Automaker
Ultraminiature laser display technology provider MicroVision Inc. has announced its entrance into a development agreement with a major automotive manufacturer to incorporate its PicoP head-up display...
Novaled Opens Office in South Korea
Organic LED (OLED) and materials provider Novaled AG has reinforced the support of its Asian customers by opening an office in Seoul, South Korea. Joining the Japan office created in 2008, the...
Hitachi Electron Microscopy Products Centre Opens
The official opening of the Hitachi Electron Microscopy Products Centre (HEMiC) is providing access to a uniquely configured transmission electron microscope, the first of its kind outside of Japan....
GE, Others Invest $10M in LED Cooling Tech Maker
Nuventix announced that GE has provided capital along with other investors and recently entered into a license agreement to access its patent portfolio. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of...
Biolase Issued 2 More Laser Patents
Dental laser manufacturer and distributor Biolase Technology Inc. announced that it has received two more patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its laser technologies that treat various...
Lumex and element14 Announce LED, LCD Asia Partnership
Lumex and element14, formerly Farnell, have announced a strategic partnership to enhance their LED and LCD product portfolios across the Asia Pacific region. The partnership is expected to strengthen...
Navy Awards Flir $7.8M Contract
Flir Systems Inc. received a $7,785,143 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div., of Crane, Ind., for its electro-optic...
Solar Inventories Soar, Shipments Fall
Solar industry market research company Solarbuzz has reported that weak European photovoltaic market demand in the first half of 2011 caused global solar module inventories to soar at the end of the...
Interns Provide Optimax with Fresh Ideas
On the path to lifelong learning, eight students have joined Optimax Systems Inc. as summer interns to work on research and engineering projects. With training and education in emerging...
Flicker Studies to Guide Future SSL Systems
A newly published study that tested the effects of flicker on humans offers recommendations that will become the basis for future Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies...
Michelson Diagnostics Adds US Subsidiary
Medical device company Michelson Diagnostics plans to expand availability of its skin cancer imaging products at its new US subsidiary, Michelson Diagnostics Inc. The company has recruited Karen...
Daylight Solutions Closes $15M Funding Round
Daylight Solutions Inc. has announced the close of a $15 million Series C equity financing round with Northrop Grumman Corp., the lead investor, together with several of the company’s existing...
PPT Vision Adds JAI Cameras to Machine Vision Line
JAI has announced a strategic partnership with Minneapolis-based PPT Vision Inc. to provide high-performance camera technology for integration into the latter company’s M-series embedded...
Zecotek Granted Medical Imaging Patent
Zecotek Photonics Inc. was granted Patent No. 7,956,331 B2 by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a depth of interaction technology that was developed to provide improvements in the precision and...
Vuzix, Fraunhofer Form Partnership for Wearable Displays
Vuzix Corp. announced a strategic technology development partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) to develop MEMS devices that are optimized for augmented and...
Elliot Scientific to Distribute Some IPG Lasers in UK, Ireland
Elliot Scientific Ltd. announced its agreement to distribute IPG Photonics Corp.’s low-power (up to 20 W) continuous-wave and single-frequency diode-pumped fiber lasers within the UK and...
Gigaphoton Confirms Debris Mitigation Technology
Gigaphoton Inc., a lithography light source manufacturer, announced that it has confirmed its original technology for mitigating debris with magnetic fields for laser-produced plasma (LPP) light...
Schneider Joins LPKF European Sales Team
Andreas Schneider has joined LPKF Laser & Electronics AG’s European cutting and laser structuring sales team, the company has announced. In his new position, Schneider will focus his...
UWarwick’s ‘Cooltronics’ Effort Wins $2.7M Grant
The University of Warwick’s physics department was awarded a five-year grant of £1.7 million (about $2.7 million) for its initiative “Creating Silicon Based Platforms for New...
eMagin, URochester Link OLED Development Deal
eMagin Corp., an OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies company, announced a partnership with the University of Rochester in New York to develop next-generation OLEDs for high-efficiency...
Newport Buying High Q
Laser, components and positioning systems maker Newport Corp. announced Wednesday it will broaden its ultrafast laser capabilities by acquiring High Q Technologies GmbH, for an undisclosed amount....
ColdQuanta Names Toptica as Euro Distributor
Ultracold and cold atom device provider ColdQuanta Inc. has named Toptica Photonics AG as the European distributor of its miniMOT kit, the first commercially available kit to enable the production of...
Tyndall Launches InfiniLED Spinout
Tyndall National Institute UCC has launched InfiniLED Ltd., a high-tech spinout that will commercialize a new generation of LED technology that significantly extends the battery life for portable...
Coherent, Partners Open Laser Cladding Apps Facility
Laser-based solutions provider Coherent Inc. has opened a laser applications center in Shanghai, China, with Höganäs (China) Co. Ltd. and ABB. The new facility offers access to a...
Understanding the Power of Laser Technology: A Closer Look at LME
The Laser Institute of America has assembled a stellar roster of speakers and exhibitors for its first Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME), a show that will focus exclusively on laser-based...
Vanasse Joins Boulder Imaging
Neil Vanasse has joined Boulder Imaging Inc. as its senior optical solutions engineer, the company announced recently. With more than 15 years of experience as an optical and mechanical...
Chernicoff Named President of IP, Microelectronics at Tessera
Tessera Inc., a subsidiary of Tessera Technologies Inc., has named Richard Chernicoff as president of its Intellectual Property and Microelectronics Div. Chernicoff will report to Robert A....
GT Solar Receives $81.7M in Orders
GT Solar International Inc. has received orders totaling $81.7 million from two new customers in Asia for its polysilicon production equipment. The orders include hydrochlorination equipment...
Halma Acquires Avo Photonics
Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma announced Monday that on July 8, it acquired Avo Photonics Inc. from Blaine Hobson, Whitecap Partners, and other shareholders and employees for an...
Elusive Green LED Demonstrated
RoseStreet Labs (RSL) has demonstrated a long-wavelength LED device with low-cost silicon wafer substrates that could improve solid-state lighting, LED backlighting and next-generation display...
PolyU’s FBGs Monitor High-Speed Rail System
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is collaborating with Southwest Jiaotong University and Dalian Jiaotung University to study the use of advanced fiber Bragg grating sensor (FBG) systems...
JML Optical Acquired by Investment Group
To position itself for continued long-term growth, custom precision optics and optical assemblies manufacturer JML Optical Industries Inc. has announced that it was recapitalized by BB&T Capital...
EU Project CLAiM Kicks Off
A European consortium with six partners from research and industry was developed to perfect laser-stabilized plasma welding processes, Laser Zentrum Hannover eV (LZH) announced recently. Fifty...
Ieraci Joins Dymax
Tony Ieraci was appointed as the marketing communications manager of Dymax Corp., the company has announced. Ieraci will report to Stephen LaCroce, director of strategic marketing, and will be...
Körber Science Prize Awarded to STED Originator
Stefan Hell of Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen has been awarded the 2011 Körber European Science Prize for his pioneering discoveries in the field of optics. ...
Newport to Acquire Ophir Optronics
Laser, components and positioning systems manufacturer Newport Corp. reported today that it will strengthen its position in photonics instrumentation by acquiring Israel-based Ophir Optronics Ltd....
Compact, High-Power Laser Program Hits Milestone
DARPA’s High-Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) has successfully demonstrated the ability to achieve high power and beam quality from a significantly lighter and smaller laser,...
LEDiL Taps Mouser as Global Distributor
Mouser Electronics Inc., a subsidiary of TTI Inc., announced an agreement with LEDiL to distribute the latter’s line of LED reflectors and lenses to customers worldwide. LEDiL manufactures...
QCL-Based JammIR Laser Successfully Tested
Daylight Defense LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daylight Solutions Inc., announced that its JammIR laser system successfully defeated heat-seeking missile threats during a test conducted by the US...
JDSU Buys QuantaSol IP
Optical networking and test and measurement products provider JDSU announced that it has acquired product design, patented intellectual property and other assets from QuantaSol, a concentrated...
Zygo Receives $3M Laser Fusion Amplifier Order
The Optical Systems Div. of Zygo Corp. has been awarded a $3 million continuation order from Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA) for its meter class laser fusion amplifiers....
e2v, Thales Ink 2 Sensor Contracts
Imaging solutions provider e2v and Thales Alenia Space of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, have signed two contracts worth a total of €4 million ($5.8 million USD). According to the agreements, e2v...
II-VI Acquires Aegis Lightwave
Engineered materials and optoelectronic components maker II-VI Inc. has acquired privately held Aegis Lightwave Inc. for an initial consideration of $52 million in cash, II-VI announced Tuesday.
Micron Optics Installs Sensors on Mount Rushmore
Fiber optic sensing and laser imaging equipment provider Micron Optics Inc. has installed an optical interrogation system on Mount Rushmore. The Rock Block Monitoring System (RBMS) will provide...
Former Bookham Director Named BeamExpress Chairman
Peter Bordui, former chairman of Bookham (now Oclaro) and a veteran of the fiber optics telco industry, has joined the board of directors at BeamExpress SA as its chairman, the company announced. ...
NikkoIA Licenses Siemens Imaging Tech
Grenoble startup NikkoIA SAS has signed a worldwide exclusive license agreement with Siemens AG to gain access to its patent portfolio on photodetector technology. The contract is accompanied...
Flexible Display Center Installs OLED Tool
The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University has installed Korea-based Sunic Systems' GEN-II OLED SUNICEL Plus 400 vacuum evaporation and encapsulation process tool. The new system...
Carl Zeiss, Digital Surf Pen Software Agreement
Carl Zeiss and Digital Surf have signed an agreement that enables the former company to provide the latter’s ConfoMap surface imaging and analysis software for use with Zeiss’ confocal...
TeraView Expands Customer Base in South Korea
Terahertz solutions and technology provider TeraView announced that it has received a key order from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea for its TPS spectra 3000 system for...
Model IDs Optimal Paths in Fiber Optic Networks
Fiber optic network designers need to find the most efficient way to connect distant phones and computers — a costly and time-consuming process. Now researchers have a model that they say finds...
Research & Technology
Emission Lifetime in Semiconductors Reduced
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have reduced the emission lifetime for photovoltaic devices by applying the “whispering galleries” concept to semiconducting nanowires. In...
Live-Imaging Technique Goes Sharper, Deeper, Faster
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have developed a novel approach that could redefine optical imaging of live biological samples by simultaneously achieving high resolution,...
First 3-D ‘Printed’ Aircraft Flown
A nylon laser sintering machine has been used for the first time to fabricate and “print” the entire structure of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV), including its wings, integral control...
How to Tell Real Scotch Whisky from Fake — Faster
Scientists at the University of Strathclyde have developed a method for distinguishing authentic from counterfeit Scotch whisky brands. The group used mid-IR spectrometry with attenuated total...
Five Bucks and a Cell Phone Builds a Flow Cytometer
At the University of California, researchers from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a compact, lightweight and cost-effective optofluidic platform that...
Metamaterial Engineers Blackbody Radiation
Thermophotovoltaics may get a boost from a new designer metamaterial that can engineer emitted blackbody radiation with an efficiency beyond the natural limits imposed by the material's temperature....
Max Planck Physicist Honored for Attosecond Imaging
Matthias Kling, head of the attosecond imaging research group at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, is to receive this year’s Röntgen Prize from the...
Physicist Decides to Build Own Microscope inSTED
Physicist Stephanie Meyer is bringing new capabilities to the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus by building an advanced, superresolution microscope that can see some of the...
Study Shows That Volvo Laser Sensor Prevents Crashes
A midsize Volvo SUV equipped with collision-avoidance laser sensor technology gets into fewer low-speed crashes than comparable vehicles, according to a study conducted by two institutes concerned...
Laser Surgery Promising as Epilepsy Cure
To most parents, a child’s laughter is music to their ears, but when 8-year-old Keagan Dysart laughed, it meant he was having a gelastic seizure — a rare convulsion that caused him to...
Laser Therapy May Help Snake-Bitten Dogs
A new study is testing the effectiveness of laser light therapy as a low-cost alternative to antivenom for dogs that have been bitten by a rattlesnake. Dogs are commonly bit in the face, which...
First Optoelectronic 3-D Photonic Crystal Developed
Using an epitaxial approach, the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal has been demonstrated – an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, LEDs, metamaterials...
Holographic Material Stores 20 Blu-rays on 1 Disc
A new microholographic material can support data recording at the same speed as Blu-ray discs but with 10 times their typical storage capacity.
Unassuming Pluto Caught Harboring Another Moon
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny satellite — temporarily designated P4 — was uncovered in a survey...
Hitachi Electron Microscopy Products Centre Opens
The official opening of the Hitachi Electron Microscopy Products Centre (HEMiC) is providing access to a uniquely configured transmission electron microscope, the first of its kind outside of Japan....
Optical Router Chip Is 100 Times Faster
An optical router chip that operates up to 100 times faster than those currently available is being called a scientific milestone in the field of optical communications by its international team of...
Hot Tip Leads to Nifty Lithography Technique
Writing circuits and other tiny structures onto flexible plastic substrates could become more practical with a technique developed by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology. The method could...
THz Laser Power Detector Is a Piece of Cake
Dense arrays of extra-long carbon nanotubes absorb nearly all light of long wavelengths and are promising coatings for prototype detectors intended to measure terahertz laser power. This type of...
In Soil, Quantum Dots Spill Their Toxic Guts
Within 15 days of entering soil, discarded cadmium and selenium quantum dots — even those with a protective shell — begin to leak toxic elements.
New Nanomaterials Control, Direct Light Energy
Inspired by photosynthesis, researchers have engineered a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from light. "Nanotechnologists have for many years been...
Diamonds Aren’t Forever
Diamond may be the hardest naturally occurring material on Earth, but admire a sparkler in unfiltered sunlight and it will start shedding atoms. The discovery shows that diamond can be etched gently...
Method Produces Liquid-Based LEDs
A new liquid processing method that can control the shapes of nanowires and produce complete electronic devices has been developed at MIT. The technique, called hydrothermal synthesis, works by...
Nanotubes Store Solar Energy Indefinitely
Carbon nanotubes can be used to store solar energy and can be recharged when exposed to the sun. Storing the sun's heat in chemical form — rather than converting it to electricity or...
Coated Nanowires Boost Photosensitivity
By applying a coating to individual silicon nanowires, researchers at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley, have significantly improved the materials’ efficiency and...
Molecules 'Light Up' Alzheimer's Roots
A breakthrough in sensing at Rice University could make finding signs of Alzheimer's disease nearly as simple as switching on a light, and should help bring about better medications to treat the...
UV-Exposed Nanotubes Emit Red Light
By simply attaching light-emitting chemicals to carbon nanotubes and exposing them to UV, researchers have enabled the nanotubes to emit red light. To the human eye, carbon nanotubes usually...
‘Optics Table on a Chip’ Superpositions Photons
A tiny, tunable superconducting circuit can place a single microwave photon in two frequencies simultaneously, potentially leading to the long-sought “optics table on a chip.” ...
New Electrochromatic Lenses Rapidly Change Color
Quick-changing electrochromatic transition lenses have been created that use an electric current rather than polymers to change colors in films and displays when triggered by light. The new...
New Laser Tech Beefs Up DVDs and Kills Viruses
Imagine a laser technology that could do everything from kill viruses to increase storage capacity of DVDs. Now a team from the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California,...
Projecting Safety onto Robot-Filled Work Zones
Human employees working next to industrial robots — rather than in separate areas — could become common because of a new imaging system that keeps an eye on both. At present,...
Light Propagation Controlled in Photonic Chips
In what is being touted as a major breakthrough in the field of telecommunications, scientists built optical nanostructures that can slow down photons and fully control light dispersion. They showed...
Squeezed Light From Single Atoms
Researchers have shown that an atom interacting with light inside a cavity can alter the wavelike properties of the light, reducing its amplitude or phase fluctuations below the level allowed for...
Attosecond Science for Solids
A technique for controlling the motion of electrons using very fast laser pulses, first demonstrated using gaseous atoms or molecules, has been shown to work for electrons emitted from a solid. The...
Billion-Pixel Camera to Help Map the Milky Way
The largest digital camera ever built for a space mission has been painstakingly pieced together from 106 separate electronic detectors. The resulting "billion-pixel array" will serve as the...
QUEST Begins for Improved Electromagnetic Manipulation
Becoming invisible with the swish of a cloak or bringing cell phone coverage to previously unreachable places could soon be a reality with a £4.5 million ($7.22 million) project led by Queen...
Laser, Electric Fields Combined for Novel Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
New technologies that combine a laser with electric fields promise new lab-on-a-chip designs for manipulating bacteria, viruses and DNA in a range of potential applications. A new method, dubbed...
Windshield-Embedded System Senses Fog, Darkness
An optical sensor designed for use inside windshields can tell the difference between fog and darkness, providing driver-assistance systems with information they need to help prevent accidents. Quite...
Light Dragged by Slowing It to Speed of Sound
For the first time, light has been slowed to the speed of sound using a technique that could improve optical storage and the processing of quantum information. Scientists at the University of...
Unique Luminescence Found in Nanocrystals
A fundamental principle of photoluminescence known as “Kasha’s rule” was broken by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory when they...
Robots and Autopilots Could Use a Bird’s-Eye View
New research on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests may lead to new developments in robotics and autopilots. Scientists from Harvard University trained pigeons to...
Knotting Particle Defect Lines
Loops and knots have been tied from microscopic topological defect lines that form when the ordering of a nematic liquid crystal is disrupted by the addition of colloidal particles. Knots and links...
Lensless Camera Fits on the Head of a Pin
Like a Brownie camera for the digital age, a novel microscopic device developed at Cornell University fits on the head of a pin, contains no lenses or moving parts, costs pennies to make and could...
QDs Help Make Solar Fuel a Reality
A solar-nano device is being created with the hope that it can harness the energy of the sun and convert it into a clean fuel alternative. Using quantum dots grafted with catalyst molecules,...
Nanowires Influence Direction, Intensity of LEDs
A new method for controlling the direction and intensity of LED light emission consists of growing partially emitting nanowires that form an ordered pattern, creating a "photonic crystal" that sends...
Shedding Light on the Private Lives of Electrons
Using laser light, scientists have peered into the complex relationship between a single electron and its environment known as a Kondo state. The results not only yield insights into a...
New Facility Enables Microsystem Technology
A new method of producing miniaturized thermal imaging sensors promises to permit large-scale manufacturing of automotive safety devices. The technique, developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for...
Inkjet Printing Could Go Solar
The next generation of high-performing, rapidly produced and cheaper thin-film solar devices could come courtesy of the common inkjet printer. "This is very promising and could be an important...
Model IDs Optimal Paths in Fiber Optic Networks
Fiber optic network designers need to find the most efficient way to connect distant phones and computers — a costly and time-consuming process. Now researchers have a model that they say finds...
acquisitions
Flir Buys Aerius Photonics, Reports Lower Profit
Thermal imaging systems maker Flir Systems Inc. has acquired California-based Aerius Photonics LLC, a provider of short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) detectors and laser components, for $27 million in cash. Flir also announced lower earnings for the second quarter, which ended June 30, and reduced its outlook for the rest of the year. Aerius Photonics, based in Ventura, Calif., designs,...
Halma Acquires Avo Photonics
Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma announced Monday that on July 8, it acquired Avo Photonics Inc. from Blaine Hobson, Whitecap Partners, and other shareholders and employees for an...
Newport to Acquire Ophir Optronics
Laser, components and positioning systems manufacturer Newport Corp. reported today that it will strengthen its position in photonics instrumentation by acquiring Israel-based Ophir Optronics Ltd....
JDSU Buys QuantaSol IP
Optical networking and test and measurement products provider JDSU announced that it has acquired product design, patented intellectual property and other assets from QuantaSol, a concentrated...
II-VI Acquires Aegis Lightwave
Engineered materials and optoelectronic components maker II-VI Inc. has acquired privately held Aegis Lightwave Inc. for an initial consideration of $52 million in cash, II-VI announced Tuesday.
Products
Visi-Blue Technology
UPLAND, Calif., July 29, 2011 — UVP LLC has announced enhanced visualization and imaging capabilities with new Visi-Blue technology. Visi-Blue transillumination is recommended for viewing a wide range of fluorescent stained gels that emit light between 460 and 470 nm, including GelGreen, SYBR Green, SYBR Gold, SYBR Safe, GelStar, SYPRO Ruby and SYPRO Orange. The technology, including transilluminators and converter plates, does...
Analytik Jena US LLC
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GHz Nirvana Receiver
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 29, 2011 — New Focus, a Newport Corp. brand, introduces the GHz Nirvana high-speed receiver, a photoreceiver with automatic signal balancing. It features high bandwidth and fiber coupling. The...
Newport - New Focus
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Photodiode Arrays
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 29, 2011 — For x-ray inspection applications, Hamamatsu Corp. has released the S11212 and S11299 series back-illuminated silicon photodiode arrays. They offer high-sensitivity uniformity across the array, as...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Green PNF Laser Module
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 28, 2011 — Power Technology Inc. has introduced a green wavelength version of its PNF structured-light series laser module for 3-D machine vision applications. The device delivers 20-mW output power at a...
Power Technology Inc.
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Lenses for SWIR Sensors
CHESHAM, England, July 28, 2011 — In response to increasing demand for off-the-shelf optics optimized for short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) performance, Resolve Optics Ltd. has designed two fixed-focus lenses (25 and 50 mm)...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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Variable-Bandwidth Filter
BIRKERØD, Denmark, July 28, 2011 — The SuperK Varia manufactured by NKT Photonics A/S is a computer-controlled variable-bandwidth filter that effectively turns a supercontinuum white light source into a powerful single-line laser....
NKT Photonics A/S
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Resistance Brazing System
MONROVIA, Calif., July 27, 2011 — Miyachi Unitek Corp. offers the IPB-5000A inverter power supply to provide metallurgical bonding of tin-plated copper ribbon and buss bar interconnects for photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing. ...
AMADA WELD TECH Inc.
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Olympus Stream 6.1 Software
HAMBURG, Germany, July 27, 2011 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has introduced its Olympus Stream software for optimizing industrial analysis using a microscope. Built-in instant extended focal imaging (EFI) and manual multiple image...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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PI200 Online Camera
BERLIN, July 26, 2011 — Optris GmbH has introduced the optris PI200 thermal imaging infrared camera series with bi-spectral technology, which integrates two established camera technologies into one stationary device. It...
Optris Infrared Sensing LLC
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Miniature IR ChipLED
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 26, 2011 — The ChipLED SFH 4053 from Osram Opto Semiconductors provides high output for superlow-profile optical touch screens and is suitable for use in small- and medium-size touch displays. Touch...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Laser Diode Drivers/Controllers
ST. LOUIS, July 26, 2011 — The PPS series analog laser diode drivers/controllers manufactured by Portable Power Systems Inc. can operate in pulsed or continuous-wave mode. Depending upon the unit, voltages range from 0 to 250...
Portable Power Systems Inc.
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488-, 532-nm Sapphire SF OPSLs
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 25, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has expanded its Sapphire line of compact, continuous-wave, visible lasers with several ultranarrow linewidth models. The new Sapphire SF lasers are available at wavelengths of 488 and...
Coherent Inc.
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S10341 Si Avalanche Photodiodes
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 25, 2011 — Hamamatsu Corp. has launched a line of silicon (Si) avalanche photodiodes for 800-nm measurements. The S10341 series devices offer high sensitivity at 800 nm, making them suitable for use in...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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BXiS Industrial Microscope
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., July 25, 2011 — Olympus has introduced the BXiS, a microscope system that streamlines industrial inspection and measurement workflows while providing accurate, actionable data with just a few clicks. The ergonomic...
Evident
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5-Megapixel CCD USB 2.0 Camera
OTTAWA, July 22, 2011 — Lumenera Corp. has released the Infinity2-5, a digital CCD USB 2.0 scientific camera engineered for qualitative image archiving in life sciences, clinical and materials sciences applications that...
Teledyne Lumenera
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FMS Precision Linear Stages
IRVINE, Calif., July 22, 2011 — Newport Corp. has launched the FMS series precision linear motion control stages. They are designed for use in surface profiling, tribology, and contact (stylus) and noncontact metrology (white-light...
MKS/Newport
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Fastcam SA6 High-Speed Camera
SAN DIEGO, July 22, 2011 — Photron USA Inc.'s high-definition high-speed Fastcam SA6 camera is suitable for use in automotive, military, broadcast, particle velocimetry and digital image correlation applications. It is...
Photron USA Inc.
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FirstGuard Raman Analyzers
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 21, 2011 — BaySpec Inc. has introduced its next-generation FirstGuard dispersive multiwavelength handheld Raman analyzers. Features and benefits include excitation wavelengths of 532, 785 and 1064 nm; a...
BaySpec Inc.
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Infrared OD 4 Bandpass Filters
BARRINGTON, N.J., July 21, 2011 — Infrared OD 4 bandpass filters that provide the high transmission and deep rejection necessary to isolate narrow spectral regions for use in a variety of applications have been unveiled by Edmund...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Blue Laser Diode Wavelengths
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 21, 2011 — Power Technology Inc. has announced the availability of new blue laser diode wavelengths and power levels for 2011. The laser diodes can be installed in a wide assortment of the company’s...
Power Technology Inc.
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PIXCI A310 Frame Grabber
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., July 20, 2011 — The PIXCI A310, a frame grabber launched by Epix Inc. for high-resolution, high-quality analog video, acquires images from monochrome or component RGB color cameras with formats that include RS-170,...
EPIX Inc.
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Board-Level Pulse Generators
BOZEMAN, Mont., July 20, 2011 — The 8000 series board-level digital delay pulse generators from Quantum Composers offer cutting-edge solutions to generate and synchronize multiple pulses in an easy-to-integrate package. They...
Quantum Composers Inc.
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Spacious UV Viewing Cabinet
WESTBURY, N.Y., July 20, 2011 — The Spectroline CL-150 Series UV workstations offered by Spectronics Corp. enable laboratory technicians to view, analyze and photograph fluorescent samples with both epi-illumination and...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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Automated TEM for Nanoanalysis
PEABODY, Mass., July 19, 2011 — A 200-kV transmission electron microscope (TEM) manufactured by JEOL USA Inc. performs high-throughput nanoanalysis for process and quality control of mass-produced semiconductor and materials...
JEOL USA Inc.
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Vision MINI Smart Camera
RENTON, Wash., July 19, 2011 — Microscan has announced its Vision MINI smart camera, an ultracompact fully integrated vision system designed for reliable vision performance in embedded clinical and laboratory automation...
Omron Microscan Systems Inc.
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Picosecond Pulsed Diode Lasers
BERLIN, July 19, 2011 — PicoQuant GmbH has unveiled 500- and 510-nm picosecond pulsed diode laser heads. Green laser emission is not generated by wavelength conversion techniques but directly by a semiconductor laser diode....
PicoQuant GmbH
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ASM-5216 Spectrometer Board
EERBEEK, Netherlands, July 18, 2011 — The ASM-5216 is the OEM version of Avantes BV’s AS-5216 spectrometer board. With industrial interfaces and a reduced size of more than 25%, it is designed for integrated OEM systems and...
Avantes BV
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Fiber-Coupled Multibar Modules
TUCSON, Ariz., July 18, 2011 — Dilas has announced its newest fiber-coupled multibar modules that deliver up to 1-kW output from a 400-μm core diameter fiber at 976 nm. The high-brightness, high-power modules offer a...
DILAS Diode Laser Inc.
TopLED Package Series Expanded
NORTHVILLE, Mich., July 18, 2011 — The compact TopLEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc. feature integrated lenses in black packages and are now available not only in red and yellow, but also in blue, green and orange. The company...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Mounted CO2 Laser Lenses
PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 15, 2011 — Laser Research Optics has introduced a full line of CO2 laser focusing lenses that can be supplied in mounts as complete assemblies for easy lens replacement in Amada Lasers. The mounted...
Laser Research Optics
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FLIM and FCS Upgrade Kit
BERLIN, July 15, 2011 — PicoQuant GmbH has extended the compatibility of its upgrade kit for laser scanning microscopes. The kit, which upgrades microscopes for fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) and fluorescence...
PicoQuant GmbH
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High-Dynamic-Range Cameras
BARRINGTON, N.J., July 14, 2011 — Edmund Optics has introduced high-dynamic-range cameras that provide high-quality images from the visible to the near-infrared for a variety of applications. They provide 50-fps image capture...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Environmental Control System
PEABODY, Mass., July 14, 2011 — Scientific instrumentation is typically housed in an enclosed room, with just enough access for operation or service. The heat generated from equipment, personnel entering and exiting, and the...
JEOL USA Inc.
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White PIN OLEDs
DRESDEN, Germany, July 14, 2011 — Novaled AG has developed power-efficient white organic LEDs (OLEDs) that achieve 60 lm/W at a brightness of 1000 cd/m2. They offer a lifetime of 100,000 h and use commercially available fluorescent...
Novaled AG
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Microplate Spectrophotometer
WINOOSKI, Vt., July 13, 2011 — BioTek Inc.’s monochromator-based Eon microplate spectrophotometer combines high performance and high value in microplate-based absorbance readings. The instrument’s...
BioTek Instruments Inc.
iC-NZN/-NZP Laser Diode Drivers
BODENHEIM, Germany, July 13, 2011 — The all-purpose iC-NZN and iC-NZP laser diode drivers from iC-Haus GmbH drive laser diodes in continuous-wave and spike-free pulse modes with up to 155 MHz and with either optical output power or...
iC-Haus GmbH
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Large-Angle EDS for STEMs
PEABODY, Mass., July 12, 2011 — JEOL USA Inc. has developed an energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) for ultrafast, ultrasensitive collection of x-rays through analysis with its scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEMs). ...
JEOL USA Inc.
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Low-Profile Rotary Table
AUBURN, Mass., July 12, 2011 — PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has released a higher-precision version of its M-660 low-profile rotary table. Driven by piezo motors that enable a profile of 14 mm, the new model is equipped with...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Glass Bottom Microplates
LEATHERHEAD, England, July 12, 2011 — Precision manufactured to be extremely flat (±15 μm across base), Krystal glass bottom microplates from Porvair Sciences Ltd. provide high performance for whole-plate CCD imaging and laser...
Porvair Sciences Ltd.
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Film Thickness Measurement Tool
SAN DIMAS, Calif., July 11, 2011 — For the semiconductor industry, Craic Technologies Inc. has developed the 20/20 XL, a film thickness measurement tool. It is a microspectrophotometer designed to nondestructively spectrally analyze...
CRAIC Technologies
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SCN400 F Slide Scanner
BANNOCKBURN, Ill., July 11, 2011 — The SCN400 F manufactured by Leica Microsystems Inc. is an all-in-one digital pathology slide scanner for high-end bright-field and fluorescence applications. It combines good bright-field...
Leica Microsystems Inc.
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Green Laser Diode Modules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 11, 2011 — Power Technology Inc.'s instrument-quality 515-nm 20-mW green laser diode modules were created to address the needs of high-end OEM applications requiring good optical quality, and ultrastable...
Power Technology Inc.
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I-MON 256 OEM
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 8, 2011 — Ibsen Photonics has launched the I-MON 256 OEM interrogation monitor for fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing systems at 1550 nm. The device complements the company’s extensive range of...
Ibsen Photonics A/S
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NanoRapid Soldering System
GROSS-UMSTADT, Germany, July 8, 2011 — The NanoRapid from nanosystec GmbH is a high-speed selective laser soldering system that is well suited for high-volume production. Its productivity reduces manufacturing costs. Selective...
nanosystec GmbH
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Single-Photon Counting Modules
OLCHING, Germany, July 8, 2011 — The COUNTblue series single-photon counting modules manufactured by Laser Components GmbH achieve a quantum efficiency of 60% in the blue spectral range and 70% in the yellow and green wavelengths....
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Europa MHz OPA
HARPENDEN, England, July 7, 2011 — Europa, an optical parametric amplifier (OPA) from Elliot Scientific Ltd., is directly pumped by submillijoule pulses provided by the FemtoSource high-energy oscillators such as the XL 500 and XL...
Elliot Scientific Ltd.
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VC Nano Cameras
ETTLINGEN, Germany, July 7, 2011 — The compact intelligent cameras in Vision Components GmbH’s VC nano series are available as board cameras or in a protective IP68 enclosure. Easy to integrate into machines, they deliver...
Vision Components GmbH
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Vertical Diode Laser Stacks
TUCSON, Ariz., July 6, 2011 — Dilas Diode Laser Inc. has announced the expansion of its quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) high-power vertical diode laser stacked arrays. The new devices are available at 1940 nm, with power ranges...
DILAS Diode Laser Inc.
Laser Scanning Microscopes
ITASCA, Ill., July 6, 2011 — The VK-X series 3-D laser scanning microscopes manufactured by Keyence Corp. of America combine the capabilities of scanning electron microscopes and noncontact roughness gauges with the simplicity...
Keyence Corp. of America
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Integrity VCS Series
IRVINE, Calif., July 6, 2011 — The Integrity VCS series vibration control systems launched by Newport Corp. provide a stable platform for basic photonics research and development at university, government and corporate labs. The...
MKS/Newport
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Spectrometer with Hybrid Optic
KLEVE, Germany, July 5, 2011 — Spectro Analytical Instruments GmbH, a unit of Ametek Materials Analysis Div., has unveiled an updated version of its Spectrolab metal analyzer that incorporates a number of improvements and achieves...
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments
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Ultrafast Intensified CCD
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July 5, 2011 — Andor Technology plc has launched the DH320T, the latest addition to its iStar range of scientific-grade intensified CCDs for spectroscopy applications. It offers high sensitivity, −40...
Andor Technology
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Fiber Optic Power Meter
BOZEMAN, Mont., July 1, 2011 — ILX Lightwave Corp. has introduced the FPM-8220 fiber optic power meter and the FMH-8715, FMH-87107 and FMH-8705 fiber optic measurement heads. The power meter replaces the FPM-8210 version and...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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Imaris 7.3 Microscopy Software
ZURICH, Switzerland, July 1, 2011 — Bitplane, part of Andor Technology plc, has released its Imaris 7.3 image processing, analysis and visualization software. New capabilities include novel segmentation functions in ImarisCell,...
Bitplane AG
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High-Voltage Power Supply
BEDFORD, Mass., July 1, 2011 — The HVPS series switching-mode, fully integrated, solid-state high-voltage DC power supply, which eliminates the need to connect several smaller switching power supplies for powering accelerators,...
Diversified Technologies Inc.
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