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Photonics Spectra: August 2017

Photonics Spectra
 August 2017


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Conquering the Silicon Photonics Production Bottleneck The first computer link using optical fibers was commissioned four decades ago to safeguard communications at the Cheyenne Mountain strategic command center1. We have since seen broad adoption of photonic communications in an unfolding trend of diminishing scale. Transoceanic fiber cables have replaced satellite links; photonic communications have become the backbone of transcontinental...
Flat Surface Lens Overcomes Limitations of Conventional Optics The telescope has been used for more than 400 years. Although there have been many designs created for looking at distant objects, there is a fundamental weakness with the lens system. By necessity,...
Smart Perception is the Next Stage for Machine Vision Intelligent robotics is one of the technological disruptions that will fundamentally alter society — both from an industrial and a social perspective. And “smart perception” is a...
Portable Spectroscopy and the Fight Against Food Fraud Food fraud and adulteration is a serious and increasing problem with significant health and economic impacts. Although robust and sophisticated laboratory methods have been developed to detect fraud,...
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Via Photonics, Secure Communications Much of the world’s communications travel by light. So, data carried on photons moving through free space or over fiber must be made as secure as possible. Quantum key distribution helps do...
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EDITORIAL
The Fight Against Food Fraud Cases of food fraud — some of which cause serious illness and death — are a global issue. Forty-seven people died in 2012 in the Czech Republic after drinking spirits spiked with methanol. Tens of thousands of infants were hospitalized and six died in China after it was discovered that melamine had been added to baby formula to boost its protein content. Sophisticated laboratory...
TECH PULSE
NASA Investigates Optical Coatings for Far-UV Spectral Range To meet the projected goals for its next generation of space telescopes, NASA is taking on a new optical challenge — the fabrication of protective coatings for mirrors to be used for astrophysics studies in the Lyman Alpha range. So far, no one has developed a coating that effectively protects and maintains an aluminum mirror’s high reflectivity in the 90- to 130-nm range, also known...
Graphene-CMOS High-Res Sensor Images Visible and IR Light at the Same Time Graphene instead of silicon has been used for a CMOS integrated circuit, resulting in a high-resolution image sensor consisting of hundreds of thousands of photodetectors based on graphene and...
Jellyfish Proteins Used to Create Unconventional Laser A polariton laser based on lab-grown, fluorescent jellyfish proteins could impact the fabrication of artificial optical devices, advance the field of optical computing — as it require less...
Quantum Effect Changes Direction of Light Waves In a variation of the magneto-optical effect, special materials called “topological insulators” (TI) demonstrated the ability to switch the direction of a light wave in clearly defined...
Persistent Photoconductivity Used to Control Semiconductor Cells Use of light to alter the conductivity of semiconductor material could provide a new way to control cell behavior on semiconductors used for bioelectronics. The approach draws on persistent...
Unpolarized Single Photons Generated With True Randomness The generation of single photons in random polarization states from diamond could have significance in the development of quantum cryptography and the testing of fundamental problems in quantum...
Perovskite Stability Could be Improved by Atomic-Scale Redesign The mechanism that causes solar cells made with organic lead halide perovskites to rapidly deteriorate when exposed to oxygen and light has been discovered, and could provide the basis for solving...
Laser Pulses, Class of New Materials Show Potential for Energy Efficiency An experiment that involves the cutting edge of condensed matter physics and materials science could make superconductivity at room temperature and more efficient energy usage a reality. An...
Photodielectric Discovery Could Mean Greater Optical Control for Electronics The instrinsic photo-dielectric effect (PDE), which uses light to increase the permittivity of the dielectric used in capacitors, could aid in the development of photo-capacitors that would enable...
LIGHT SPEED
Brandon Born awarded 2017 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship Brandon Born, a student at the University of British Columbia, is the recipient of the 2017 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship. Born is a Ph.D. candidate and sessional instructor at the university,...
Thorlabs Establishes PolySense Research Lab in Italy Thorlabs Inc. has established of PolySense, a joint industry-university research lab in the physics department at the Technical University of Bari, Italy, to focus on the research and development of...
Alluxa to Double Production Capacity in Expansion Optical filter and coating developer Alluxa Inc. is expanding its Santa Rosa, California factory, doubling its production capacity over the next two years. “We are gratified that customer...
Purdue and Microsoft to Collaborate on Quantum Computer Purdue University and Microsoft Corp. have signed a five-year agreement to develop a useable quantum computer. Purdue is one of four international universities in the collaboration. Michael Manfra,...
ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope Casts Secondary Mirror of 4.2 Meters The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) 39-m Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has reached a new milestone with the casting of the telescope's secondary mirror (M2), which is larger...
Cynora Reaches Performance Milestone for Blue Emitter, Sets Commercialization Date Cynora, a developer of thermally activated, delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials for OLEDs, has reached new performance records with its newest blue emitter material. The material is close to the...
New England Optical Systems Receives ISO Certification New England Optical Systems, Inc. (NEOS) has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification with CIC Management, LLC. With this certification, NEOS has demonstrated that they have a robust Quality Management...
LightPath Technologies Joins Rochester’s Center for Freeform Optics Optical and IR component manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. has joined the Center of Freeform Optics (CeFO) at the University of Rochester. “We are extremely excited about LightPath...
SLD Wins Two International Innovation Awards Visible laser light source developer Soraa Laser Diode Inc. (SLD) has been presented with the Technical Innovation Award and the Best in Category Award for its SSL chips and modules at the 2017...
Photronics, Dai Nippon Printing to Form Joint Semiconductor Venture Photronics Inc., a supplier of technology solutions for the global electronics industry, has announced an agreement with Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (DNP) to form a joint venture focused on serving...
IPG Photonics Acquires OptiGrate Corporation IPG Photonics has acquired OptiGrate Corporation, a manufacturer of high-quality chirped volume Bragg grating (VBG) technologies. OptiGrate VBG-based components enable dramatic performance...
NREL Establishes Solar Hydrogen Production Efficiency of 16.2 Percent Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical...
EDUCATION SPECIAL SECTION
1970 Letter Opens Door to Learning the Power of Mentorship Forty-seven years ago, a 13-year-old boy with a passion for astronomy was looking for information about testing his telescope design for aberrations. He wrote a letter to an up-and-coming optical...
Innovative Optics Instruction: Prominent Theme of ETOP 2017 A Google search for “jobs that don’t exist yet” brings up millions of hits. So how do teachers prepare today’s students to learn what is important now and also how to continue...
LIGHTER SIDE
Terrestrial Laser Scans Preserve New Zealand Tunnellers' Legacy Fifteen meters below the northern French city of Arras, researchers have been busy laser scanning a network of caves and tunnels to document and preserve New Zealand’s presence during World War I. More than 120,000 New Zealanders enlisted during the First World War, serving in battles such as Gallipoli, Messines, Passchendaele and Le Quesnoy. Of that group, 1308 men — the New Zealand...
PRODUCTS
Optical Networking Unit Transceiver The Radio Frequency Over Glass (RFoG) Optical Networking Unit (ONU) Transceiver from Emcore Corp. is an optical beat interference mitigated design utilizing the company’s Linear Externally...
EMCORE Corp.
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Schlieren Imaging Mirrors High-precision mirrors for Schlieren imaging have been announced by Optical Surfaces Ltd. The devices are concave spherical mirrors, up to 800 mm in diameter, for Schlieren imaging systems in a...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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LED The LUXEON 2835E 3V LED from Lumileds features a 2.8 × 3.5-mm package. The device meets the DesignLights Consortium Premium requirements. The LUXEON 2835E is available in a wide range of...
Lumileds
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LED Underwater Light The full-color RGBW SeaBlaze Mini Spectrum LED underwater light from Lumitec LLC is surface mountable, constructed of hard-coat anodized aluminum and heat tempered glass, requires no external drivers...
Lumitec
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Test and Measurement Device The Moku:Lab all-in-one test and measurement device from Laser 2000 Ltd. measures, records and generates signals from direct current to 200 MHz and can seamlessly switch between instruments. ...
Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd.
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High-Power Laser Modules The LCW/SCW series of high-power laser modules from OSI Laser Diode Inc. is designed for optical testing. The specially-designed devices feature high-peak optical power up to 200 mW at 1000 mA...
OSI Laser Diode Inc.
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Film-Based Light Guides Nanocomp Oy Ltd. has announced multiple thin and flexible film-based light guides for medium-size displays. The ultra-thin light guide film for medium-size LCD backlights offers efficiency,...
Nanocomp Oy Ltd.
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Beam Splitter The High Efficiency Quadra Spot from Holo/Or Ltd., announced by Laser Components Inc., is a high-efficiency, 2 × 2 beam splitter. The device features an efficiency of >95 percent. It...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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Radiometer The RM9-Thz Radiometer from Ophir has been announced by MKS Instruments Inc. The device is a low-noise, high-sensitivity sensor for measuring low-power levels of 50 nW to 100 mW from...
Ophir Optics, IR Optics
Uncooled LWIR Camera and Cores The Calibir DX series of uncooled LWIR cameras and camera cores from Teledyne Dalsa Inc. feature a compact design and low weight for integration into tights spaces and low-profile solutions. ...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Zinc Selenide Optics Zinc Selenide Optics from Laser Research Optics are manufactured to OEM specifications for a wide range of optical components in spectrometers and other instruments. The optics can be custom...
Laser Research Optics
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Wide-Angle Lens The HF6XA-5M wide-angle lens from Fujinon has been announced by Framos GmbH. The lens is the latest addition to the HF-XA Machine Vision lens series. Applications requiring a short working...
FRAMOS GmbH
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One-Wrench Optical Concept Siskiyou Corp. has announced a one-wrench concept to several of its optical mounts and adjustment mechanisms including kinematic and gimbal mounts, translation stages and laser diode...
Siskiyou Corp.
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Full Frame Lenses The S7/i Full Frame Plus prime lens range from Cooke Optics Ltd. is designed to cover the emergent full-frame cinema camera sensors up to the full sensor area of the RED Weapon 8K. The lenses...
Cooke Optics Ltd.
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Spectroradiometer The CAS 140D spectroradiometer from Instrument Systems GmbH combines the measurement accuracy and reliability of the CAS 140CT with sustainable technical optimizations to enhance repeatability and...
Instrument Systems GmbH
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Compact Linear Lights The LM45 and LM75 series of compact linear lights with MultiDrive and OverDrive Strobe technologies from Smart Vision Lights are broad spectrum mini linear lights with a small footprint. The...
Smart Vision Lights
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Measurement System The OptiLux SD from Redlux Ltd. combines a high-resolution sensor head with a precision XY motion system to provide a fully automated, operator-independent surface measurement and analysis routine....
RedLux Ltd.
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Thermal Imaging Camera The T650sc thermal imaging camera from Flir Systems Inc. delivers high sensitivity and advanced feature sets on a portable IR camera. The T650sc camera is able to measure temperatures of up to...
Teledyne FLIR
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