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Photonics Spectra: August 2012

Photonics Spectra
 August 2012


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Mergers and Acquisitions, Oh My! It has been another eventful year for the photonics industry as companies continue to seek new opportunities, fresh markets and complementary technologies to add to their portfolios. The weakening of overall consumer and industry markets in Europe and Asia is pushing smaller companies to consider buyouts, and larger businesses to exploit cash-strapped but technology-rich firms. The continued...
Ones to Watch The first South African to earn a doctorate in biophotonics was recognized by her nation’s leader, an honor that took her by surprise. A physics professor from the University of Sydney in...
Reader Poll: School & Major University programs with “photonics” in their names are a rather new development – a reflection of the growing importance of photonics not only to science but to the world –...
Reader Poll: Essential Reading We reached out to Photonics Spectra readers on various social media platforms to see what they consider the must-read books for people who work with photonics and optics, and the resulting list...
Reader Poll: Recruitment Strategies Because the field is so vast, it can be difficult to explain to outsiders just what photonics is – and why it’s so important. So we polled readers to find out what they would say to...
The Largest Photonics Regions in the World Fans of the science and industry of photonics are joiners, not loners. Usually because of the influence of one or two giants of industry or renowned academic institutions, clusters of like-minded...
Photonics Institutions Flourish Around the World Every corner of the world, it seems, is involved with photonics-related research. Organizing all of the expertise is a daunting task, and no single academic or commercial entity even tries to be the...
Where the Jobs Are In today’s recovering economic climate, the outlook for jobs in photonics, optics and related disciplines is generally more favorable than it has been and is showing signs of continuing...
Position Yourself for Success Whether you are a new graduate or an experienced professional displaced for reasons beyond your control, if you are out of the workforce, there are things you can do, strategies you can employ, to...
True Invisibility Remains Elusive But research moves toward practical applications of cloaking technology. Invisibility cloaks have long captured our imaginations, whether actual cloaks imbued with magical powers – see the Lord...
IR Imaging Optics Meet Varied Needs Infrared camera technology spans a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, with results that vary with the waveband. Although there is some overlap of applications between the different infrared...
EDITORIAL
Are you positioned for success? The one thing that is never far from our thoughts these days is the economy and, closer to home for many of us, the state of the jobs market. The latest US jobs report told the grim story of only 80,000 jobs added in June, far below the number needed to significantly lower the jobless rate. Of course, the situation is not just a US problem. Despite the somber jobs numbers, there is hope....
TECH PULSE
Gigapixel “supercamera” delivers sharp shots The challenge to creating high-pixel imaging lies in the sophistication of the integrated circuits rather than the optics, and now scientists have overcome this hurdle by developing a supercamera...
Tabletop device generates all wavelengths in single beam For the first time, a device small enough to fit on a single laboratory table has converted a coherent, directed light beam generated from more than 5000 low-energy photons into one high-energy x-ray...
Nondistorting mirror eliminates blind spots Have you ever been passed on the road by a vehicle that seems to have come out of nowhere? Well, drivers: Take heed. A new subtly curved side mirror that dramatically increases the field of view with...
FEL reveals protein architecture in detail A free-electron laser (FEL) x-ray technique that obtains high-resolution structural insight into biomolecules to deliver structural data eventually could be used to design tailor-made medications....
OCT device could KO chronic ear infections A new optical coherence tomography (OCT) device that can see difficult-to-detect bacteria behind the eardrum could help clinicians better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections. Ear infections are...
Laser rulers join the planet hunt Astronomers searching for extrasolar planets may be a step closer to finding other Earth-like places in the universe around sunlike stars, thanks to a new tool that promises to increase the accuracy...
Matter waves conjured in Schrödinger’s hat An amplifier devised to boost light, sound or other waves while hiding them inside an invisible container could lead to the construction of a quantum microscope that captures quantum waves and...
Laser ARPES helps explain superconductivity A new ultrafast laser angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) technique may soon help scientists realize some of the biggest obstacles to the electronic states of high-temperature...
LIGHT SPEED
EuroLED draws more than 2000 attendees The ninth annual euroLED exhibition, gala dinner and conference attracted more visitors than ever. The two-day event for the LED and solid-state lighting industry was held at Birmingham Science...
Astronomers decry UK’s defunding of Hawaii telescopes May 31 was “a sad day for British astronomy,” according to David Southwood, president of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). That was the day the Science and Technologies Facilities...
Mobius Granted Patent Fiber laser producer Mobius Photonics Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has received US Patent No. 8,160,113 for its pulse burst laser system. The optical system can produce user-specific bursts of...
AFL Expands in Europe AFL of Spartanburg, S.C., has announced the Netherlands-based Systicom Solutions as an authorized distributor of its specialty fiber optic cable products. The partnership enables AFL to extend its...
SPIE Backs SMART Jobs Bill A new bill that would enable foreign students educated in US graduate programs to stay in the country and work has gained the support of SPIE. The Sustaining our Most Advanced Researchers and...
Teledyne Acquiring Companies Teledyne RD Instruments Inc., a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Inc. of Thousand Oaks, Calif., has entered an agreement to acquire BlueView Technologies Inc. of Seattle. The closing of the...
NSF Award Creates Partnership The National Science Foundation awarded $3.3 million to the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of California, Santa Barbara, to establish a long-term partnership for materials science...
Süss MicroTec Takes Over Company Süss MicroTec AG of Garching, Germany, has increased its shareholding in Suss MicroOptics SA of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from 85 to 100 percent. Suss MicroOptics manufactures refractive and...
Light Brigade Names VP The Light Brigade, a fiber optic training provider, has appointed Dario De Paolis as its vice president and general manager, responsible for strategic development and management of worldwide...
Edmund Named Finalist Robert Edmund is a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 program based in the Greater Philadelphia region, according to optical components provider Edmund Optics of...
Genia Photonics Granted Loan Genia Photonics of Laval, Quebec, Canada, has received $300,000 in financial assistance from the Canadian government to acquire state-of-the-art production equipment and laboratory materials. The...
Laser Operations Names CEO Laser veteran Dr. Vittorio Fossati-Bellani is the new CEO of QPC laser manufacturer Laser Operations LLC of Sylmar, Calif. He had served as chief marketing officer since the beginning of the year....
LightPath Hires Hayden IR Optical components manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. of Orlando, Fla., has retained Hayden IR to develop and implement a strategic investor relations program to raise its visibility and to...
Raytheon Executives Honored Mark E. Russell and James A. Horkovich of Raytheon Co., which is based in Waltham, Mass., were honored as 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellows at an awards gala May...
Biolase Responds to Patent Suit CAO Group Inc. of West Jordan, Utah, has filed a lawsuit against dental laser company Biolase Technology Inc. of Irvine, Calif., in US District Court, alleging patent infringement involving...
Evans Joins Artemis Optical Chris Evans has been appointed sales manager for defense and aerospace at Artemis Optical Ltd. of Plympton, UK. He previously worked at Meggitt Aerospace Ltd., Honeywell Defence and Lucas Girling....
UK Companies Win Queen’s Award Three photonics companies have received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s most coveted award for business success. Edinburgh Instruments of Livingston, a photonics and...
Korean Unit Begins Operations Lithography light source manufacturer Gigaphoton Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary Gigaphoton Korea Inc. began business operations May 1. The subsidiary will promote new business opportunities...
MicroVision Secures $5M Investment Projection display maker Micro-Vision Inc. of Redmond, Wash., has received a $5 million equity investment from private investors. The deal was expected to close by May 29. The investors had agreed to...
Next Lighting Names Katona VP of Products Dr. Thomas Katona is the new vice president of products for solid-state lighting provider Next Lighting Corp. of San Francisco. He will be responsible for all aspects of product marketing and...
Northrop Grumman Fires Up Laser Northrop Grumman Corp. of Falls Church, Va., test-fired the first product in its next-generation Firestrike family of high-energy solid-state lasers. Conducted at the company’s Redondo Beach,...
Sensors Selected for Airborne Apps Headwall Photonics’ Hyperspec short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) sensors have been selected for airborne applications after the successful completion of rigorous performance testing at the Naval...
Synopsys Acquires RSoft Electronic design automation company Synopsys Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has acquired the privately held RSoft Design Group Inc. of Ossining, N.Y., a photonics design and simulation software...
Boston Micromachines Awarded Contract Boston Micromachines Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., has received a $750,000 Phase II NASA Small Business Innovation Research contract to support NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration program. The company...
Emcore Secures Contract Emcore Corp. of Albuquerque, N.M., has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, which is...
Rusnano Invests in NeoPhotonics Photonic integrated circuit manufacturer NeoPhotonics Corp. of San Jose, Calif., has received a $39.8 million investment from sovereign investment firm Rusnano of Moscow in a private placement...
Lasertel Buys MBE System To increase its laser diode manufacturing capacity, Lasertel Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., has purchased a second high-throughput, multiwafer GEN200 Edge molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) production system from...
Desai Joins Kotura Team Silicon photonics company Kotura Inc. of Monterey Park, Calif., has named Samir Desai as vice president of business development. He will oversee expansion of business activities in the growing...
GREENLIGHT
Sometimes green saves green – by accident Environmentally friendly solutions can have a positive financial impact. In this case study, recycling polishing slurry is shown to be good for the environment and the bottom line. Just because a project is green doesn’t mean it started out that way. Our story begins with the price explosion of rare earths, namely cerium oxide, which started in September 2010 as a result of the newly...
Artificial leaf could charge up developing world The first practical artificial leaf – composed of silicon, nickel and cobalt – can convert sunlight into chemical fuel, a milestone in the drive for sustainable energy that mimics the...
New dyes seek to replace silicon for solar Silicon solar cells could be replaced by flexible, lightweight and inexpensive dyes, if scientists in Finland achieve their goal. Jongyun Moon and colleagues at the University of Turku have developed...
LIGHTER SIDE
Photonics Bestsellers That Never Were As we in the industry know, optics and photonics are vital to modern life. But the reality is that many people are unaware of this fact. So, to celebrate our second annual “list” issue, I wondered what a bestsellers list might look like if photonics and pop culture collided. The Girl with the Argon Tattoo The Girl Who Played with Fiber The Girl Who Kicked the Honeycomb Table The...
PRODUCTS
IR Emitter Opto Diode Corp. has introduced the third in its line of superhigh-power infrared emitters. Based on gallium aluminum arsenide technology, the OD-250 features a wide-angle, uniform optical beam with...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Opto-Digital Imaging Systems Olympus America Inc. has unveiled a line of optodigital microimaging and metrology systems for inspection, test and quality control applications. The DSX Series imaging systems offer the touch-screen...
Evident Scientific
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Vision Sensors To reduce costs and improve the quality of vision systems, Baumer Ltd. has introduced the VeriSens XC Series vision sensors. Featuring a fully integrated flash controller, the adaptable and reliable...
Baumer Ltd.
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UV Imaging Lens The Model 228 lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. delivers high performance in the UV and visible wavebands, enabling forensic scientists and crime scene investigators to identify and focus on a target in...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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Cooled CCD-Camera The Bigeye G-283B actively cooled, low-noise CCD manufactured by Allied Vision Technologies GmbH delivers high-quality 14-bit images with long exposure times in low-light conditions. The...
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
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Analytical Field-Emission SEM JEOL USA Inc.’s series of field-emission scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) is now complete with the introduction of the JSM-7800F for nanotechnology imaging and analysis. The...
JEOL USA Inc.
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Multispectral Camera JAI Inc. has released the AD-130GE, a two-CCD multispectral camera offering high resolution and good light sensitivity. It incorporates a dichroic prism to provide simultaneous capture of both color...
JAI Inc.
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Ultrahigh-Speed Camera Alacron Inc. and affiliate company FastVision LLC’s new FC300 ultrahigh-speed camera is built around Panavision Imaging LLC’s quiet, high-speed Dynamax CMOS sensor. It also incorporates a...
Alacron Inc.
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514- and 552-nm Smart Lasers Coherent Inc. has added 514- and 552-nm wavelengths to its OBIS family of plug-and-play smart laser modules. The OBIS 514 LS and 552 LS are now available with output powers of 20 mW and feature...
Coherent Inc.
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6-Megapixel Cameras Point Grey Research Inc. has announced the addition of 6-megapixel models to its Grasshopper Express IEEE 1394b (FireWire-b) digital camera series. The new Grasshopper Express GX-FW-60S6 uses the...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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Interferometer QED Technologies International Inc. has released its QED Interferometer for Stitching (QIS) system. Until now, the company’s metrology systems have used a general-purpose interferometer....
QED Technologies Inc.
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Multizone Filters Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. is offering multizone filters on a single substrate. The company’s newly enhanced capabilities enable it to provide robust multifilter assemblies and...
Iridian Spectral Technologies
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Sapphire Windows for Aircraft Custom-fabricated sapphire windows for installation on the outboard of aircraft to protect sensors from water, wind and high-speed particulates are being offered by Meller Optics Inc. The...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Q-Switched DPSS Laser The Starlase AO40 UV is the newest addition to the Starlase series from Powerlase Photonics and is available from RPMC Lasers. The high-power Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state laser was developed...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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Z-Scanning Add-On PhaseView’s ZeeScan is an electro-optics module adding fast Z-stack and remote focus capabilities to any transmitted or reflected light microscope. ZeeScan fits between the user camera...
PhaseView
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Yellow HeNe Laser REO Inc. has released a 594-nm (yellow) HeNe laser suitable for bioinstrumentation and fluorescence excitation applications. It features a circular beam profile and beam quality with M2...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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Picomotor Mount New Focus, a Newport Corp. brand, has introduced the Clear Edge Picomotor Mount 8821. The new mirror mount, featuring a clear edge for greater beam access, has two picomotor actuators for added...
Newport - New Focus
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Optical Modulation Analysis Southern Photonics has announced the introduction of a new product to its Coherent Solutions range. The IQScope-30G is an economical option for optical modulation analysis. With 30 GHz of bandwidth,...
Quantifi Photonics Ltd.
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Infrared Objectives Rochester Precision Optics has announced the debut of its FireEye line of infrared standard products. Designed for the newest compact infrared focal planes offered by Flir and other...
Rochester Precision Optics (RPO)
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Imaging Computer Matrox Imaging has announced the Matrox 4Sight GP, the fifth generation of its 4Sight family of industrial computers for machine vision and medical imaging applications. Powered by an embedded...
Matrox Imaging
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Mobile Web-Based LED Selector Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc. has built a web-based smartphone app for designers of exterior automotive lighting. The Automotive Signal LED Selector is available for the iPhone, Android and...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Calibration System For the LRS-9550 high-power laser diode life-test and burn-in system for single emitters, ILX Lightwave, a Newport Corp. brand, has unveiled the LRS-9580 calibration system. A complete,...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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X-Y-Z Nanopositioning Stage For use with a 3-D laser lithography system made by Nanoscribe GmbH, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has released an X-Y-Z nanopositioning stage. The lithography system produces complex 3-D...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Pulsed Laser Diodes The CVN Series high-power monolithic pulsed laser diodes have been launched by OSI Laser Diode Inc. Featuring reliable and efficient performance, they deliver stable operation in extreme...
OSI Laser Diode Inc.
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Adjustable Laser Pointer Ocean Optics has added an accessory option for its Jaz modular sensing system, enhancing performance in standoff light-measurement applications. The Jaz adjustable laser pointer (ALP) is a tool for...
Ocean Insight
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Optical Spectrum Analyzer Thorlabs has released the first product in a planned line of optical spectrum analyzers (OSAs). While many commonly available models are grating-based monochromators, this version uses a Fourier...
Thorlabs Inc.
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CMOS Sensor Photonis USA’s new Lynx low-light digital CMOS image sensor performs under both daylight and low-light-level conditions, making it suitable for use in applications where high-resolution...
Photonis Technologies
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Linear Amplifier IC Teledyne Dalsa Semiconductor has launched the DH9665A sample and hold precision linear amplifier integrated circuit (IC). Using proprietary high-voltage CMOS/diffusion metal oxide semiconductor...
Teledyne DALSA Semiconductor
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Weatherproof Hyperspectral Imager Telops Inc. has introduced the improved Hyper-Cam Weatherproof, which provides the same hyperspectral imaging capabilities but benefits from an upgraded weatherproof enclosure. It operates over...
Telops Inc.
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Industrial DPSS Lasers Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has introduced two industrial Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers for 24/7 microelectronics manufacturing applications. The Pulseo...
MKS Spectra-Physics
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