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Photonics Spectra: April 2018

Photonics Spectra
 April 2018


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All-Optical Logic Gates Show Promise for Optical Computing When it comes to computing, one of the primary bottlenecks in increasing data transfer rates is the conversion time required from optics to electronics when the signal reaches a semiconductor...
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Beyond the Lab Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) techniques have been studied and applied for more than half a century. The first plasma induced by a laser was observed shortly after the invention of the...
Maximizing Optical Alignment Advances in silicon photonics and micro-optic technologies are driving automated alignment tolerances down to nanometer levels. Misalignment between optical components in today’s photonic...
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Lasers Adapt to Changing Threat Landscape The danger facing today’s global defense force is shifting. With the rise in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and enemies gaining greater ballistic missile expertise, ultraprecise and...
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Germanium Alternative Gaining Momentum for IR Optics When it comes to designing IR imaging systems, manufacturers have traditionally worked with crystalline materials such as germanium. To make compact, lightweight systems, fabricators are driven to...
Getting the Total Picture, Remotely Thanks to advances in photonics and image processing, scientists, farmers and others can get a better picture of what’s going on across a landscape. With cameras operating over large swaths of...
EDITORIAL
Speed-of-Light Defense The last few decades have seen the laser assume a pivotal and unique role on the battlefield, from aiding the precise delivery of munitions to jamming optical trackers and countering IR-guided missiles. The rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is putting renewed focus on the laser, given its precision and capacity for quick response. As chronicled in this month’s cover story,...
TECH PULSE
Ordering Discovery Could Help Overcome Limitations to InGaN Material Systems An international research group has discovered the core mechanism that limits the indium (In) content in indium gallium nitride (InGaN) thin films, a key material for making blue LEDs. In an effort...
Silicon Nanoblock Arrays Create Vivid Colors With Subwavelength Resolution Researchers have demonstrated precise color control using monocrystalline silicon. Their work exploits the resonance of silicon materials to enable high reflectance and purity of color. A research...
Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Rectennas Get an Efficiency Boost The research team that announced the first optical rectenna in 2015 reports that it has improved multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) rectennas by creating and optimizing new diode structures that allow...
'Quantum Cocktail' Provides Insight Into Magnetic Storage To speed up the writing and readout of magnetic information from storage devices, researchers are exploring the use of ultrashort laser pulses that can switch magnetic domains in solid-state...
Single Metalens Focuses all Colors of the Spectrum in one Point Metalenses are flat surfaces that use nanostructures to focus light. These simple, flat surface lenses could replace bulky, curved lenses currently used in optical devices. Researchers at the Harvard...
Nonplanar Design Could Increase Display Flexibility, Resolution and Imaging Speed A newly developed transistor architecture could boost the performance of display circuitry, leading to flexible ultrahigh definition displays. The new, nonplanar design uses vertical semiconductor...
All-Si Laser Could Advance Integrated Photonics An optically pumped all-Si distributed feedback laser has been demonstrated using active layers of high-density Si nanocrystals. The new laser provides high optical gains, overcoming the low...
Energy-Efficient Frequency Comb Could Be Used for Quantum Encryption A new design for a frequency comb that requires 1,000 times less power than traditional combs uses organic molecules to generate combs in ultrahigh-Quality Factor (ultra-high Q) microcavities. A...
Fiber OLEDs Developed For Wearable Displays Researchers have fabricated highly efficient OLEDs on an ultra-thin fiber for use in wearable displays. The weavable OLEDs, which are based on a simple, low-temperature solution process, achieved...
Low-Energy Laser Pulse Generates Relativistic Electron Beams Relativistic electrons driven by low-energy, ultrashort mid-infrared (MIR) laser pulses have been produced, according to researchers for the first time. Researchers used long-wavelength low energy...
LIGHT SPEED
Ten innovators recognized with Prism Awards The 2018 Prism Awards recognized technologies including 3D lidar, a white laser light module and smartphone sensors. The awards were announced at a black-tie gala on Jan. 31, during Photonics West in San Francisco The 2018 Prism Award winners. Courtesy of SPIE. “Each year, categories for the awards are driven by the innovations entered, providing direct insight into thriving and emerging...
LASYS Scheduled For June 5-7 at Messe Stuttgart LASYS, the International Trade Fair for Laser Material Processing, is scheduled for June 5 – 7 at the Messe Stuttgart trade fair center. LASYS displays the entire user spectrum of lasers, covering a...
Dynasil Develops Thin-Film Coatings for Military Optics developer Dynasil Corp. of America has completed the development of its first IR high-efficiency anti-reflective (HEAR) thin-film coatings for the 8- to 12-μm spectral region. "We are very...
Qbic Laser System Representing Bristol Instruments in Asia Optical interferometer-based instrumentation developer Bristol Instruments Inc. will be represented by Qbic Laser System Inc. in Asia. The company will represent Bristol's laster spectral...
Block MEMS Reaches Phase II of IARPA Explosion Detection Program Quantum cascade laser and FTIR spectrometer developer Block MEMS LLC has been chosen for Phase II of the Intelligence Advanced Research Programs Activity (IARPA) program for the standoff detection of...
Rockley, Hengtong Forge Joint Venture Silicon photonics network developer Rockley Photonics Ltd. and fiber optic communications developer Hengtong Optic-Electric Co. Ltd. have formed a joint venture to manufacture high-performance...
Light-Splitting Greenhouse Film Could Improve Photosynthetic Efficiency University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) engineers have received a $2.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that...
UT Austin’s Milliron Awarded O’Donnell Award Delia J. Milliron at The University of Texas at Austin is the recipient of the 2018 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas...
The New Jersey Institute of Technology Opens Rapid Prototyping Facility The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has opened Makerspace, a training-focused, rapid prototyping manufacturing facility. The 10,000-sq-ft. space operates equipment ranging from small 3D...
Glass Firm Announces US Inventory Capacity Glass substrate and fabrication service provider S.I. Howard Glass Co. Inc. has announced a 20,000-sq-ft glass inventory capacity at the company’s U.S. facility. The company features brands...
LightPath to Begin Chinese Expansion Optics and IR component manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. announced the expansion of its operations in China with the addition of 1,200 sq m of manufacturing space, upgrades to coating...
Furukawa Electric Opens Mexican Plant Furukawa Electric LatAm, a company of the Furukawa Electric Group, has opened new manufacturing facility in Mexico focused on the production of solutions for the communications market. Located in...
Sandia’s Michelsen, Tsao Elected OSA Fellows Sandia National Laboratories researchers Hope Michelsen and Jeff Tsao have been elected fellows of the Optical Society. Michelsen was elected for pioneering contributions to the fundamental...
SPECIAL SECTION
DCS 2018 Spotlights Defense, Agriculture, IoT Today’s high-tech world is reinventing warfare with the most advanced tools for soldiers and others in the defense and security landscape. The onset of new technologies is also advancing the environmental, cyber and health care segments. SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS) — slated for April 15-19 in Orlando, Fla. — puts such advancement at center stage. The DCS exhibition...
LIGHTER SIDE
YouTube Phenom Builds Lasers From Spare Parts Drake Anthony calls himself a professional mad scientist on YouTube. That’s because … well … he sort of is. Anthony has built his own lasers since he was 12, when he first took apart a green laser pointer, modified it and made it stronger. Today, viewers of his styropyro YouTube channel can see a number of his laser building exploits. Drake Anthony and his real burning...
PRODUCTS
Pyroelectric Flame-Sensing Module Trueyes Co. Ltd. has announced the world’s smallest pyroelectric flame-sensing module using Pyreos Ltd.’s ezPyro chip. Trueyes’ TF100 module measures just 16 × 16 mm and...
Pyreos Ltd.
Pulse Diode-Pumped Lasers The DP Series of pulsed diode-pumped lasers from Photonics Industries Inc. feature 5 to 10 × lower power consumption. The devices feature high pointing stability and better pulse-to-pulse...
Photonics Industries International Inc.
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Scan Lenses II-VI Inc. has announced its scan lenses for micromaterials processing in the NIR and MIR spectrum. By combining optics based on zinc sulfide multispectral and fused silica materials, smaller...
Coherent Corp.
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Flicker Test System The BTS256-EF flicker test system from Gigahertz-Optik GmbH is a universal measuring device for the determination of all relevant light parameters in general lighting. Combined with an...
Gigahertz-Optik GmbH
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SWIR Platform The SpectralLED RS-7-SWIR platform from Gamma Scientific Inc. incorporates nine SWIR wavelengths for synthesis of commercially available light sources or based on imported spectra. The product...
Gamma Scientific
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Continuous-Wave UV Laser The TopWave 266 continous-wave UV laser from Toptica Photonics AG is available with 300-mW output power at 266 nm. TopWave 266 is a turnkey system driven by a fully digital control electronic,...
Toptica Photonics AG
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Spectral Focuser The Newport Spectral Focusing Timing and Recombination Unit (SF-TRU) has been announced by MKS Instruments Inc. The second-generation device has been upgraded to add grating pairs for...
MKS/Newport
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Spectrophotometer The SpectraNova D8-M2 spectrophotometer from FluxData Inc. offers high-accuracy, noncontact color measurement. The measurement head is sealed to protect the integrating sphere from the factory...
FluxData Inc.
Light-Curable Adhesives The Dymax 215-CTH-UR-SC family of light-curable adhesive products from Dymax Corp. are ideal for the fast bonding of difficult-to-bond plastic substrates typically used in specialty catheter devices....
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Picosecond Laser The PIXEA-analytics high-performance picosecond laser from Aurea Technology is based on a gain-switched laser diode. Available for a large variety of center wavelengths from 375 to 1990 nm, the...
Aurea Technology
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Distributed Feedback Lasers The distributed feedback quantum cascade laser (DFB-QCL1) CAN module from Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. can oscillate in a single mode under continuous-wave conditions up to a device temperature...
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
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OEM Custom Lens Assemblies OEM custom lens assemblies from Resolve Optics Ltd. include complex high-speed imaging, material sorting inspection and radiation resistant lenses for critical medical and nuclear applications. ...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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LED Solutions The DSM7T Series of rugged and efficient LED solutions from Visual Communications Co. LLC are thin, numeric displays ideal for a wide range of applications including industrial devices, light...
VCC (Visual Communications Co.)
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UV-Hardened Spatial Light Modulator The SLM150 UV hardened spatial light modulator from Santec Corp. is based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) technology. The SLM150 is a 2D spatial light modulator with 42× higher UV...
Santec Corp.
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Graphene Photodetectors Graphene photodetectors from Emberion Oy convert light to an electronic signal using graphene charge transducers combined with a nanocrystal light absorber. The photodetectors provide...
Emberion Oy
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Deep UV Lens The quartz lens from Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (AGC) is designed for deep UV LEDs. Deep UV LEDs have a low impact on the environment and strong disinfectant action. They are expected to be the...
AGC
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Multiaxis Precision Motion Controller The A-82× multiaxis precision motion controller from Physik Instrumente LP is designed to handle 4, 6 or 8 axes of PIglide air- bearing positioning stages and precision automation subsystems....
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Intelligent Software and Sensor EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH has announced the combination of EyeVision 3D software and the Intel RealSense 3D sensor for intelligent and interactive systems. With the image processing...
EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH
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Super-Polishing Capabilities Ross Optical Industries Inc. has announced a super-polishing capability for windows, mirrors and other flat optics. The technology can achieve extremely smooth surfaces on optics from 5 to 300...
Ross Optical Industries
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Achromatic Doublet Lenses Knight Optical LLC has announced a range of stock Achromatic Doublet Lenses for use within wind lidar. Achromatic doublets correct for chromatic aberrations that exist in singlet lenses when...
Knight Optical
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Internet Protocol Camera Solution OmniVision Technologies Inc. and Vatics Inc. have announced the OS05A20 sensor and M5S system-on-chip, a high-performance, NIR internet protocol camera solution for 5-MP indoor and outdoor...
OmniVision Technologies Inc.
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Automated Optical Interface The DRAGONFLY next > series of automated optical interface systems from Seica SPA provide optical inspection capabilities for through-hole technology components of electronic boards, as well...
Seica SpA
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Optical Gas Imaging Camera The FLIR GF346 optical gas imaging camera from Flir Systems Inc. is able to detect the leaks of carbon monoxide and other gases. The FLIR GF346 traces leaks to their source by visualizing an...
Teledyne FLIR
IQ Laser Diode Modules Power Technology Inc. has announced instrument-quality, IQ laser diode modules for high-end OEM applications that emit between 2000 and 3000 nm. The six additions to the IQ product family are...
Power Technology Inc.
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Laser Detectors Coherent Inc. has extended is series of large-area, high-speed PowerMax-Pro laser detectors to enable power measurement of continuous-wave laser beams of 3- and 5-kW peak power with modulated laser...
Coherent Inc.
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Light Stripper Recoatings Low Modulus Stripper Recoatings from MY Polymers Ltd. are used in cascaded cladding light strippers. The cascaded design includes few segments, each with a higher refractive index of 1.47, 1.48...
MY Polymers Ltd.
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