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Photonics Spectra: August 2013

Photonics Spectra
 August 2013


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. . . and Everything in Its Place Machine vision advances help with sorting tasks in manufacturing. In an automated manufacturing environment, things must be placed accurately and very quickly: Industrial sorters frequently must decide in milliseconds where a blueberry should go. Glass in a recycling plant and packages being shipped have similar speed and accuracy requirements. Getting those decisions right demands vision...
Faster Mold Coating Tests Make Glass Processing More Efficient Bypassing the time-consuming wear stages of heating and cooling allows quick testing of mold coating lifetimes while increasing efficiency for precision glass molding. Optical components that fulfill...
Transparent Ceramics Find Wide Use in Optics Polycrystalline ceramics with the cubic spinel structure enable multiple defense applications, including night-vision goggles and IR optics for military systems such as domes, lenses, reconnaissance...
Hybrid Fabrication Makes Better Plasmonic Nanostructures for SERS Monolithic hierarchical plasmonic nanostructures improve results from surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Plasmonic nanostructures of gold and silver have emerged as attractive nanomaterials because...
Ones to Watch Ones to Watch Some bright lights are making very early contributions to photonics. by Laura Marshall, Managing Editor, [email protected] They’re making headlines for solving...
Improving Cancer Treatment Improving Cancer Treatment by Arjun Nair An experimental therapy that deploys gold nanoparticles in the fight against cancer won this 16-year-old high school student from Alberta, Canada, top...
STEM Outreach At 18, Das is the youngest University Medalist in the University of California, Berkeley’s, history; the annual award includes a $2500 scholarship and is given to the year’s top...
Finding Cancer Cells As a 17-year-old student at The College Preparatory School in California, Zhang was named a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) 2013 for developing a method to help surgeons...
Liaising for Light As a young girl in the Netherlands, Huisman had a curiosity about the world around her that led her to study physics. That same curiosity now drives the 18-year-old’s interest in photonics, and...
What advice would you give to recent graduates in your field? What advice would you give to recent graduates in your field? My advice to my students is to keep themselves informed and up to date, network with people in the field, and keep in touch! –...
Follower feedback A member of the SPIE LinkedIn group enjoyed the discussion so much that he added another question. If you have additional advice for Gábor or any of our other readers, please email our...
Reader Polls ABCs of Photonics How about starting a blog or section that caters to grade-school children? We could all participate, and we would hopefully spark interest in young minds. – Bruce Marvin (via...
Mergers, Acquisitions and More In past years, we’ve reported from trade shows and conferences that the mood was one of “cautious optimism” that progressed to, as someone said, “restrained exuberance.”...
EDITORIAL
Looking Back, Seeing the Future We were saddened to hear of the passing of James P. Gordon on June 21. Gordon, whose contributions to quantum electronics and photonics included work on the first demonstration of the maser in 1954, was 85. As a student in the lab of Charles Townes, Gordon analyzed, designed, built and demonstrated the successful operation of the first maser with Townes and Herbert Zeiger in 1954. He received a...
TECH PULSE
Groups demonstrate electrically driven polariton lasers An electrically driven polariton laser – one fueled by electricity instead of light – was demonstrated recently by two separate groups. Optically driven polariton (a mix of photons and...
Nonlinear media controls light with light A variety of nonlinear media, each with tailored optical properties, could be produced using a gold-disk patterning method to perform four-wave mixing. Developed at Rice University, the method is the...
Baby breathes easy with laser-printed air tube When a child stops breathing, it’s a mother’s worst nightmare. And a doctor’s first instinct is not to reach for a laser to solve the problem. But in a recent extreme case, a...
Electronic components speed spectroscopy Using electronic components could make atmospheric-gas measurement more even and 1000 times faster than with conventional techniques, and could advance greenhouse-gas measurement. Spectroscopy is the...
Spray-on flat lens works in the UV A new, easily fabricated metamaterial-based flat lens that bends and focuses UV light could improve photolithography, nanoscale manipulation and manufacturing, and even high-resolution 3-D imaging,...
Optical gratings could make quantum tech portable A microfabricated chip that produces ultracold atoms could lead to portable, ultraprecise clocks and quantum sensors. Many of the most accurate measurement devices, including atomic clocks, work by...
Nanoantennas improve infrared sensing Nanoantennas with “slots” that correspond to mid-IR wavelengths are a new way to tune IR light into mechanical action – which could lead to more sensitive IR cameras and more...
Cradle turns iPhone into biosensor A unique cradle and app for the iPhone use the phone’s own camera and processing power to create a handheld biosensor capable of detecting any kind of biological molecules or cells. The system,...
LIGHT SPEED
Lockheed updates laser rangefinders Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., has delivered the first modernized day sensor assembly (M-DSA) laser rangefinder designator (LRFD) for use on the US Army’s AH-64D Apache helicopter. As the...
People In The News Peter Call has been named field sales manager at CoolLED Ltd., an LED lighting products manufacturer based in Andover, England. Experienced in microscopy and imaging, he will be responsible for...
Patents Bruker Corp. of Billerica, Mass., has signed a patent license agreement with Minnesota-based 3M Co. enabling it to include 3M innovations relating to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization...
Collaborations In Glasgow, Scotland, M Squared Lasers Ltd. has launched a research partnership with Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics to improve environmental monitoring of waste gas emissions. Their project,...
Moves & Expansions Trumpf Laser Marking Systems AG has opened a 35,500-sq-ft production facility in Grüsch, Switzerland, to accommodate the 70 percent increase in orders for marking lasers over the previous year....
IPC-2013 Conference to spotlight breakthrough technologies Some 600 scientists, engineers and technical managers will gather Sept. 8 to 12 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue (Wash.) Hotel for the annual IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC-2013), formerly known as the...
GREENLIGHT
Transparent electrode enables flexible solar cells A hybrid transparent electrode that overcomes the “electron-transport bottleneck” of polycrystalline thin films could pave the way for flexible solar cells and color monitors, head-up displays in car windshields and opto-electronic circuits for sensors and information processing. Transparent electrodes used in today’s touch-screen monitors, cellphone displays and flat-screen TVs...
LIGHTER SIDE
Vision helps robots help you The robot extracts information from the videos on human motion and poses, and how these relate to objects and activities. Based on that information, it computes the probability for future human action in similar scenarios. Roomba may keep your floors spiffy, but it’s got nothing on Rosie, the household robot from The Jetsons – she took care of a wide range of domestic tasks, leaving...
PRODUCTS
Semiconductor Metrology The MeRiT HR II photomask repair tool from Carl Zeiss SMS GmbH offers automation and flexibility in the repair of transparent and opaque defects. The redesigned semiconductor metrology system...
Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH
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Z-Axis Elevator Stage Made for adapting onto the top of standard X-Y microscopy stages, the PZ 300 AP Z-axis elevator stage from piezosystem jena has two parallel working piezo drives that allow the centrically located...
piezosystem jena GmbH
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Ti:Sapphire-Pumped OPO Radiantis has launched the Oria IR, a Ti:sapphire-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for nonlinear microscopy and spectroscopy. Fully automated, it provides wavelength coverage with high...
Radiantis Light SL
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Plano-Concave Axicons Edmund Optics has released Plano-Concave (PCV) Axicons, specialized conical prisms featuring one concave conical surface and one plano surface, which are suitable for measurement and alignment,...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Multipurpose Microscope Keyence Corp. has released the VHX-700F all-in-one microscope for advanced imaging, recording and measurement. It incorporates observation, measurement and image recording capabilities into a...
Keyence Corp. of America
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UV Laser Micromachining The IX-255 UV laser micromachining system from IPG Photonics Corp. is a configurable multifunctional system with a beam energy density up to 25 J/cm2 for applications such as drilling and cutting...
IPG Photonics Corp.
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Voltage-Controlled Oscillators IQD Frequency Products’ IVCO-100 series voltage-controlled oscillators are suited for applications including test and measurement, satellite communications, telecommunications and digital...
IQD Frequency Products Ltd.
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Scan Heads Scanlab AG has enhanced its line of galvanometer scan heads with the III series, offering improved electronics and providing reference-setting accuracy and speed for systems with analog detectors. ...
SCANLAB GmbH
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Laser Diode Modules The Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. has introduced a line of tiny laser diode modules designed for OEMs, end users and systems integrators. The modules combine an Opnext (Oclaro) laser diode with...
The Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.
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UV, 1342-nm Lasers InnoLas Laser GmbH has expanded its Nanio line of UV lasers with the Nanio 355-6-V-80, a 355-nm laser delivering 6 W of power for micromachining applications including glass cutting, sapphire...
InnoLas Laser GmbH (See InnoLas Photonics)
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3-D Digital Sensor Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH has unveiled the Comet 6 16M sensor for the 3-D digitalization of delicate and detailed objects in conjunction with a single 16-megapixel camera. Based on a...
Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH
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ITO Coatings Dontech Inc.’s CAR- and VC1-IM-Series index-matched indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings on glass filters provide optical and electrically conductive properties for military, medical, industrial and...
Dontech Inc.
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Ultracompact Cameras Point Grey Research Inc.’s two new models of Blackfly ultracompact cameras — the BFLY-PGE-14S2C-CS and the BFLY-PGE-23S2C-CS — are suited for applications including machine vision,...
FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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Spectroscopy Software Customizable OceanView spectroscopy software from Ocean Optics combines data-processing capabilities with a graphical user interface to provide a visual road map of data flow from spectral inputs to...
Ocean Insight
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Q-Switched DPSS UV Laser Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has introduced Explorer One, an ultrasmall actively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state ultraviolet laser for applications including Maldi-Tof mass...
Spectra-Physics
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Power Supplies MicroPower Direct’s MPU-400F series of power supplies provides 400 W of output power with a universal AC input and active power factor correction, making it suited for a variety of industrial...
MicroPower Direct LLC
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Optical Display Adhesives Dymax Corp.’s line of Ultra Light-Weld optical display and touch screen adhesives is available in varying viscosities for use in flat panel display bonding. The two low-viscosity materials,...
Dymax Corp.
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Optical Chopper/Shutter Electro-Optical Products Corp. has introduced the SH-62, a variable low-frequency optical chopper/shutter with a blade mounted on a motor with a limited rotation angle. It is suitable for OEMs and...
Electro-Optical Products Corp.
Laser Rangefinder Receivers Voxtel Inc.’s new line of laser rangefinder receivers (LRFR) are suited for compact, low-power, weapon-mounted man-portable and unmanned aircraft applications. The ROX LRFR reduces laser pulse...
Voxtel Inc.
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Ti:Sapphire Amplifier Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories (KMLabs) has added the Wyvern-HE to its Dragon/Wyvern series Ti:sapphire ultrafast amplifiers. The device delivers >9-mJ pulse energy specification with...
KMLabs Inc (Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories)
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Single-Frequency Lasers The Mephisto family of single-frequency lasers from Coherent Inc. features linewidths of ~1 kHz over 100 ms, suitable for atom trapping and cooling, optical heterodyning, and injection locking and...
Coherent Inc.
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UV-VIS-NIR Spectrometer The Silver-Nova spectrometer from StellarNet Inc. has a ruggedized metal enclosure with a fiber optic input for spectroscopy applications in the 190- to 1110-nm wavelength range. The...
StellarNet Inc.
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Imaging Software Epix Inc. has released V3.8 software products for Windows 8 and Linux with 3.x kernels. The XCAP imaging programs, which support more than 1000 camera models, now support Raptor...
EPIX Inc.
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Bar-Code Readers Cognex Corporation has upgraded its line of DataMan 8000 series industrial handheld bar-code readers, which now come with Hotbars image-analysis technology and the 2DMax+ algorithm for decoding of...
Cognex Corp.
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