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Photonics Spectra: April 2013

Photonics Spectra
 April 2013


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With Infrared, Military Owns More Than the Night Short-, long- and mid-wave IR imaging helps defense agencies find targets and even determine intent. At the US Army’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, the goal is to see –...
Advances in Standoff Detection Make the World Safer An abundance of new research and development in optical detection at a distance is increasing the ability of governments and military organizations to more efficiently identify and categorize...
ITAR: Keeping the US Safe or a Global Trade Headache? Whether you view ITAR as a necessary and justifiable control helping to safeguard US national security or as a roadblock to reaching the global market, any US photonics company that wants to trade...
Software Unites Vision and Robotics Vision technology gives robots the ability to see, and today’s software enables robots to pick up more details, opening the door to an extremely wide range of applications. For decades, vision...
Coupled Waveguide Technology Enables Multiple Imaging Advances This approach enables not only wide-range tunable filters, but also an image demultiplexer that forms the core of a multispectral imaging system that captures high-resolution images in real time over...
Hybrid LEDs Pave Way to New Lighting Applications Low-cost Lumogen dyes can give white LEDs high quantum yield, reduced environmental impact and more. Many analysts agree that the global lighting market is close to a real revolution: the LED...
EDITORIAL
Building a Workforce Excited About Light As business leaders, educators and politicians around the world continue to debate how best to fill jobs with well-trained engineers to stay competitive, one widespread effort – encouraging STEM education – may not be delivering the desired results. While the photonics industry in the US, the EU and elsewhere works to define itself and the considerable global business that has grown...
WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW
An ‘Epic’ Plan: Student Outreach Program Takes the Long View As a student, I learned a lot of science facts that seemed to have no connection to what I might do in the future. The EPIC Adopt a Classroom project is notable for industry support of education, a...
Lasers and Industry Advocacy Colette DeHarpporte, founder of Laser Classroom, left a job in curriculum design when project funding ran out, and bought her father’s laser pointer business. Realizing the limited prospects...
TECH PULSE
Silica’s compatibility broadens through self-assembly Silica, a rugged compound with unbeatable optical transparency over long distances, is about as easy to combine with other materials as oil is with water. But a novel manufacturing technique...
Eyeglasses inspire blind-spot-free car mirror Progressive adaptive optics technology used in bi- and trifocal vision correction has been applied to a prototype automobile side mirror that has no blind spot and that does not distort images. In...
On-chip detector reliably finds single photons Single photons can be reliably detected for data transmission and quantum computing by integrating detectors with nanophotonic chips, an international team has discovered. Ultrafast, efficient and...
Fiber lasers for particle acceleration technologies A novel laser system combining the output of thousands of pulsed fiber lasers could be the solution to two main issues affecting current laser particle acceleration technologies: efficiency and...
Rare mineral yields light-emitting nano triangles A rare mineral formed into single sheets produces triangular structures with unusual light-emitting properties that could be used in optical technologies such as light detectors or lasers. Creating...
Optical fibers may transport quantum information Optical fibers, which transport data around the world, now may be able to carry quantum information, according to new research. Rainer Blatt and Tracy Northup of the University of Innsbruck have...
Nanotubes on a chip simplify optical power measurements A chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes may simplify absolute measurements of laser power, especially the light signals transmitted by optical fibers in telecommunication networks. A...
Supernanograting enables spectrometer sensor Combining nanophotonics technology with traditional optical spectroscopy has yielded a new kind of optical spectrometer with sensing and spectral measurement functions. Traditional optical...
Gold nanoparticles boost QD glow A DNA template that controls the distance between gold nanoparticles and quantum dots can predictably increase or decrease the intensity of a quantum dot’s fluorescence. The breakthrough could...
Laser plasma process could advance optoelectronic materials A novel nanohybrid structure synthesized using a pulsed laser ablation technique could yield a new generation of optoelectronic switches, fast photodetectors and third-generation solar devices....
LIGHT SPEED
3 Questions Interview Director of R&D at ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems in Rochester, N.Y., Dr. Robert D. Fiete has been elected a 2013 SPIE Fellow. He created the imaging chain model for Ikonos, the first commercial...
Scientists team up Scientists from Dow Corning and IBM teamed up to develop a new type of polymer material that enables transmission of light instead of electrical signals within supercomputers and data centers, the...
Laser Munich to focus on industrial, medical and lighting applications Laser World of Photonics will celebrate its 40th birthday when the biennial trade fair and accompanying World of Photonics Congress are held this spring. The technical conference will welcome...
Steven Chu Wins Award The Optical Society presented US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu with its 2013 Advocate of Optics honor at its Leadership Conference in Washington in February. Chu was recognized for “public...
Vision 2013 canceled The Vision Show will move to a biennial schedule next year, event organizer Messe Stuttgart announced. The show had been scheduled for Sept. 24-26, 2013, and will now take place Nov. 4-6, 2014. The...
Biolase patents ophthalmic tech The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued dental laser manufacturer Biolase Inc. of Irvine, Calif., a patent covering the use of its laser tunneling technologies for treating eye conditions,...
Partners to improve high-brilliance systems Osram Opto Semiconductors is coordinating a three-year project to improve high-brilliance infrared laser systems’ performance and to reduce production costs. The IMOTHEB (Integrated...
OFS reports fusion splicing A Norcross, Ga.-based fiber optic network products supplier has successfully fusion-spliced silica and sapphire fibers using a proprietary standard S178 portable fusion splicer. The new method...
Synthetic diamond wafer production up Luxembourg-based Element Six, the synthetic diamond division of the De Beers Group, announced at Photonics West 2013 that its California facility has boosted production levels of synthetic diamond...
Milestones Guernsey Coating Laboratories (GCL) is celebrating 30 years in the photonics industry as a manufacturer of vacuum-deposited optical coatings. With the aim to improve the performance of thin films,...
People In The News Laser Energetics Inc. of Mercerville, N.J., has hired consultant Jerome E. Dennis to help bring its Dazer Laser products into full compliance with the requirements of the Center for Devices and...
Collaborations DRS Technologies Inc. of Arlington, Va., will transfer its microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared detectors to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., for high-volume manufacturing....
Moves & Expansions Carl Zeiss has expanded its operations at Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd. in Cambridge, England. The expansion allowed the UK sales and service business Carl Zeiss Ltd. to relocate to Cambridge to...
New QDs address biocompatibility Quantum Materials Corp. (QMC) has developed a class of cadmium-free, nonheavy metal tetrapod quantum dots (NHM-TPQDs) to address global concerns regarding nanoparticle biocompatibility and...
GREENLIGHT
Next-gen solar cells trap sunlight with microbeads Silicon solar cells 20 times thinner than commercial ones have been produced using 95 percent less silicon, reducing production costs considerably. The trick? Using a back sheet peppered with microbeads that fool light into staying longer within the solar cell. Standard commercial photovoltaics are made of 200-µm-thick plates sliced from a large block of silicon. To make several billion...
LIGHTER SIDE
For better solar cells, observe the snail What do snail teeth and solar cells have in common? A lot more than you might think, if University of California researchers have anything to say about it. The gumboot chiton uses its exceptionally hard teeth to gnaw on rock to consume algae; because this wears teeth down, the snail’s teeth are replaced continuously in a conveyor-belt kind of motion that constantly brings forward new...
PRODUCTS
Portable Raman Spectrometer B&W Tek Inc. has launched the i-Raman EX portable Raman spectrometer, an extension of its i-Raman portable spectrometer, with a 1064-nm excitation laser for biological substance and fluorescent...
B&W Tek LLC
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Fiber-Coupled Tailored Bar Dilas’ fiber-coupled tailored laser bar meets the critical metric of <1 kg/kW of overall module weight to optical output power while maintaining nearly 50% efficiency. The fiber-coupled...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
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Mini-Fiber Optic Spectrometer Avantes has released the AvaSpec-Mini fiber optic spectrometer. Measuring 122 cubic centimeters, it is smaller than a deck of cards. It is the first product in Avantes’ CompactLine, consisting...
Avantes BV
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Negative-Stiffness Vibration Isolator Minus K Technology has released a compact, high-capacity, low-frequency negative-stiffness isolator designed to support heavy payloads while reducing low-frequency vibrations. The CM-1 isolator comes...
Minus K Technology Inc.
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CO2 Laser Cutting System The CL-400 CO2 laser cutting system from Cincinnati Inc. uses water-cooled, high-speed linear motor drives and HMI touch-screen control and nesting software. Dual 1.5 × 3-m pallets and an...
Cincinnati Inc.
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Swept Light Source for OCT A light source from AMS Technologies AG uses a high-speed KTN light deflector and high-speed wavelength swept variable laser technology, both developed by NTT for use in telecommunications. The...
AMS Technologies AG
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Single-Photon-Counting Module Aurea Technology has launched the LynXéa stand-alone time-correlated single-photon-counting (TCSPC) module for lifetime and time-resolved measurements of any low-level-of-light and fast events...
Aurea Technology
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Specialized Durable Coatings Deposition Sciences Inc. has announced its ability to apply highly specialized durable coatings onto complex shapes and multifaceted surfaces. Proprietary IsoDyn low-pressure chemical vapor...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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Explosion-Proof Fluorescent UV Lights Larson Electronics LLC has announced fluorescent light fixtures that produce output in the ultraviolet. The explosion-proof EPL-48-2L-UV is approved for hazardous locations and paint spray booth use...
Larson Electronics LLC
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UV Fiber Laser A new ultraviolet fiber laser from Coherent Inc. offers the precision processing capabilities of a short-pulse, picosecond laser, together with the high-throughput speed of a Q-switched, diode-pumped...
Coherent Inc.
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Pre-Mounted Fluorescence Filter Cubes Edmund Optics’ TechSpec pre-mounted fluorescence filter cubes easily integrate into Olympus and Nikon microscopes for use in life sciences applications. Pre-mounting ensures proper...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Real-Time Interferometric Sensor The FPS3010 from attocube systems AG is an ultrahigh-sensitivity, high-bandwidth, three-channel interferometric displacement sensor that enables simultaneous detection of position variations of up to...
attocube systems AG
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Smart Controller for Laser-Driven Light Sources Energetiq Technology is introducing a smart controller for its laser-driven light sources (LDLS) at Photonics West 2013. Developed for the EQ-99 series LDLS, the EQ-99 Manager enhances...
Energetiq Technology Inc.
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Thermography Cameras The IR-TCM HD high-definition cameras from Jenoptik use an uncooled infrared detector with 1024 × 768 pixels for thermal image aquisition. With proprietary optomechanical resolution enhancement...
Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems
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Metallized Sapphire Windows Guild Optical Associates has found a way for metallized endoscopic optics to better withstand harsh sterilization techniques. For years, metallized sapphire windows stayed the same while autoclave...
Guild Optical Associates Inc.
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Ultracompact Camera Xenics has launched the Bobcat-640 ultracompact, low-noise, low-dark-current camera equipped for GigE Vision or Camera Link. The short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) camera with an InGaAs detector...
Xenics
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Dichroic and Polychroic Thin-Film Filters Ultraflat dichroic and polychroic thin-film filters that feature flatness of <0.1 wave rms and transmission of >95% have been launched by Alluxa. They achieve flatness by eliminating the...
Alluxa
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Multiwavelength Laser Diode Modules Akela Laser Corp. has released its multiwavelength laser diode modules in wavelengths from 650 to 1950 nm. They operate at up to five wavelengths with an aiming beam from a single fiber. The...
AKELA Laser Corp.
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PHOTONICS SPECTRA 2013
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