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Photonics Spectra: December 2018

Photonics Spectra
 December 2018


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Nonstop Photonics: Photonics West Energizes with Education, Events, Awards With over 5000 presentations, more than 1300 exhibitors, 70 courses, three separate conferences, a two-day AR|VR|MR immersive, Prism Awards, a Startup Challenge, and a generous list of other special...
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For Self-Driving Cars, Sensors Galore Self-driving cars bring both opportunities and challenges to photonics-based sensors. Autonomous vehicles will need dozens of sensors ofmany types — lidar, camera, radar, and ultrasonic —...
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Photodetectors in Flow Cytometers Flow cytometry is a technique that can provide quantitative and qualitative information about biological cells and microparticles. The information is in the light that has interacted with the cells...
Low-Powered VCSELs Find a Wide Variety of Uses By the end of 2018, nearly 1 million sq ft of new production space will have opened in the previous two years — space dedicated to making some of the world’s smallest and least...
Nuances in Optical Design for Manufacturing From time to time, a lens assembly that appears successful in the software stage encounters roadblocks once moved to manufacturing, assembly, and testing. Closing the loop between design and...
Ultraprecise 3D Microprinting for Optical and Photonic Components Miniaturization is the trend of downsizing devices and products, which is triggering technological innovation. Miniaturization down to the microscale means functional components are becoming even...
EDITORIAL
VCSELs, contrary to convention It’s easy to be impressed by a killer app. Apple’s iPhone X, for example, is equipped with a TrueDepth camera and Face ID, which are creating new baselines in biometric security. ExtremeTech describes how TrueDepth works: “[It] starts with a traditional 7 MP front-facing ‘selfie’ camera. It adds an infrared emitter that projects over 30,000 dots in a known pattern...
TECH PULSE
Agarwal Group Puts Spin on Photons The University of Pennsylvania's (Penn) Agarwal Group, headed by professor Ritesh Agarwal, seeks to understand how light interacts with small-scale nanostructures. The group then uses that...
Rice Researchers Investigate 2D Materials for Maximum Optical Response Rice University scientists have used qualitative analytical modeling and first-principles calculations to determine the theoretical limit of the maximum optical response in 55 2D materials. Their...
Miniature Lens Could Enable Fast Transfer of Quantum Information A tiny camera lens, invented by an international research team led by the Australian National University (ANU), could one day be used to link quantum computers to an optical fiber network. The lens...
Enhanced Photosensors Exploit Wavelength-Shifting Properties of Nanoparticles Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are using nanotechnology to improve the ability of photodetectors to handle the UV radiation produced in...
Optical Sensors Based on WGM Could Be Used for IoT Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have used a wireless photonic sensor with a whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) architecture to record environmental data. The photonic sensors recorded...
Photoelectrode Traps, Converts Light Efficiently A photoelectrode developed by a team at Hokkaido University harvests visible light across a wide spectral range using a semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer sandwiched between gold film (Au...
Momentum of Light Drives Elastic Waves with Unique Signatures The exact nature of how light interacts with matter is the focus of an international research study including researchers from Brazil and Slovenia and led by professor Kenneth Chau at the University...
Ultrathin Optical Cavities Could Streamline, Enhance On-a-Chip Color Production A Purdue University-led research team has simplified the manufacturing process that allows utilizing multiple colors at the same time on an electronic chip. By embedding silver metasurfaces --...
Nanofabricated Metamaterial Could be Used in Solar Cells, Nano-Optics A new type of silicon metamaterial that has unique characteristics and is easy to manufacture promises a new direction in the development of metamaterials and their practical application to...
Kirigami-Inspired Technique Manipulates Light at Nanoscale Researchers have applied the principles of kirigami — the traditional art of paper folding and cutting — to the fabrication of advanced 3D nanodevices for manipulating light. The team...
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
OPI Accelerators: Bridging Ideas to Enterprise Sujatha Ramanujan, Ph.D., is managing director of Luminate. She is a serial entrepreneur and has started and built businesses in cardiac surgical equipment, optical communications, and nano materials. Business accelerators — such as Y Combinator, renowned for its contri­bution to the success of high-growth companies such as Dropbox and Reddit — have been around for years. Yet these...
LIGHT SPEED
British Researchers Awarded EPSRC Funding for Quantum Laser Project Scientists at the University of Plymouth have been awarded funding to investigate quantum physics using lasers. Funded largely through a grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...
FEFU Team Awarded Russian Material Grant for Manufacturing A research team led by Denis Kosyanov at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) has received grant funding from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) for developing and standardizing...
Luna Innovations Acquires Micron Optics Luna Innovations Inc., an advanced fiber optic technology developer, has announced it has acquired Micron Optics Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of innovative optical components and laser-based...
NRG Acquires Pentalum Lidar Wind Measurement Portfolio NRG Systems, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc., has acquired a portfolio of advanced lidar technologies developed by Pentalum, an Israeli company that specializes in remote sensing solutions for...
Ghent, imec Incorporate Sentea Ghent University (UGent) and imec has announced the incorporation of Sentea, which was incorporated as a spin-off of the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University and imec to commercialize more...
Study by UW-Madison, UO Details Vulnerable Internet Infrastructure Due to Sea Level Rise Thousands of miles of buried fiber optic cable in densely populated coastal regions of the U.S. may soon be inundated by rising seas, according to a new study by researchers at the University of...
Brixon Licenses Sensor Technology From ORNL Brixon Inc. has exclusively licensed a multi-parameter sensor technology from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) The integrated platform uses various sensors that...
Corning Advanced Optics Unit Receives Raytheon Supplier Awards The advanced optics business unit of Corning Inc. has received two 2018 Supplier Excellence EPIC awards from Raytheon. One of the awards recognizes Corning’s Keene, N.H., manufacturing facility for...
CSIR Constructs Mobile Lidar at UNIZULU to Monitor Air Quality The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an African R&D organization, has designed and constructed a mobile lidar lab at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) to monitor air...
Source Photonics Implements 100-G R&D Optical communication technology provider Source Photonics Inc. has implemented early R&D efforts and investments in the operational infrastructure of 100-G single-mode devices with a small form...
Infinera Completes Acquisition of Coriant Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced it has closed on its acquisition of Coriant, a privately held global supplier of open network solutions for the largest global network...
Rice, Baylor, TFA Collaborate for Drone Air Monitoring Rice University researchers, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and technology nonprofit Technology For All (TFA), are developing a fleet of autonomous aerial drones that coordinate...
Samara National Research University Granted UAV Patent The drone is independent of navigation systems such as GPS and GLONASS. Full autonomy of the UAV system is provided by the built-in alternative navigation block based on the principles of optical...
RIT Awarded $422K Grant for Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology will use photonic integrated circuit technology to improve the processing speed and energy consumption of brain-inspired computing technique...
CUNY’s Alù Receives $3.2M DARPA Award Andrea Alù, director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and Einstein Professor of Physics at...
U.S. Naval Research Lab Telescopes Being Used in NASA Solar Probe The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s expertise with sun-viewing telescopes is being used in NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission to better understand how the sun affects our solar system....
LIGHTER SIDE
Wireless RoboFly Spreads Its Wings and Flies Solo Slightly heavier than a toothpick and powered by a laser beam, an insect-sized flying robot could help survey crop growth and sniff out gas leaks. These miniaturized drones, which soar by fluttering tiny wings rather than by rotating propellers, use their small size as an advantage and are fairly inexpensive to make. RoboFly — created by researchers at the University of Washington (UW)...
PRODUCTS
RGB Dot Matrix LED Display The ezDisplay Dot Matrix Series from Lumex is an RGB dot matrix LED display with a built-in UART interface. The display reduces the workload of engineers and can be used by any nonengineers when displays are needed. The device features nonvolatile memory and free applications for PC and mobile.
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Tunable LED Light Source The SpectralLED RS-7-2 tunable LED light source platform from Gamma Scientific Inc. incorporates 35 LED wavelengths for the synthesis of commercially available light sources such as CIE Illuminants...
Gamma Scientific
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Halogen Lamp The BN-LH250 250-W halogen lamp from Gigahertz-Optik is an alternative to the 1000W FEL and DXW type calibration standard lamp. Short-term and long-term stability is achieved because of its...
Gigahertz-Optik GmbH
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Anamorphic Lenses The Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus range of anamorphic lenses from Cooke Optics Ltd. is designed to meet the growing appetite for large-format production while applying the popular anamorphic...
Cooke Optics Ltd.
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Industrial IR Cameras IRSX cameras from Automation Technology GmbH are intelligent, self-contained thermal imaging systems that are consistently designed for industrial use. Designed as an all-in-one solution, the...
AT - Automation Technology GmbH
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Liquid Crystal Thermography System The tvLYT high-resolution liquid crystal thermography system from Advanced Thermal Solutions Inc. provides a cost-effective and portable solution for precision temperature measurement of electronics,...
Advanced Thermal Solutions Inc.
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Global Shutter CMOS Image Sensor The Sony IMX426 Pregius third-generation Global Shutter CMOS image sensor from FRAMOS GmbH provides 9-µm pixel size and reaches VGA resolution with 1,449 fps at 10-bits for maximized throughput...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Industrial 3D Cameras The Ensenso XR series of industrial 3D cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH features integrated data processing for higher flexibility in 3D vision applications. In contrast to...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Surface Texture Software OmniSurf3D software from Digital Metrology Solutions Inc. is designed for 3D surface texture visualization and analysis. The software provides a suite of 3D surface analysis tools that can be...
Digital Metrology Solutions Inc.
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Portable Measuring Arm The Absolute Arm range from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence AB is a portable measuring arm for metrology users, featuring a ground-up redesign. A modular wrist design allows both the RS5...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
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Raman Mini-Spectrometer The C14214MA Raman mini-spectrometer from Hamamatsu Corp. is a compact device designed for Raman spectroscopy applications. Measuring 100 × 60 × 12 mm and weighing 95 g, this...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Polarization Camera The 5-MP Phoenix polarization camera from LUCID Vision Labs Inc. features the Sony IMX250MYR polarized color sensor. The 5-MP global shutter sensor with a pixel size of 3.45 μm and frame...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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Prism Coatings Edmund Optics Inc. has announced new coating options for its TECHSPEC fused silica wedge prisms, which are designed for a wide variety of beam steering applications using Nd:YAG lasers. The...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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DC LED Modules The LP-LinearHO high-output DC LED modules from Fulham Co. Inc. are low-profile versions of LinearHO LED Modules, available in eight configurations. The devices are ideal for linear highbays or...
Fulham Co. Inc.
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Optical Monitoring System The SpectraLock Optical Monitoring System from Eddy Co. provides in situ monitoring and deposition rate control to produce single- and multilayered thin films with exact accuracy without iteration or...
Eddy Co., Eddy Marketing
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Photodetectors The N-on-P YAG series of photodetectors from OSI Optoelectronics Inc. are optimized at 1060 nm for critical military and aerospace sensing applications. The YAG laser light wavelength combines...
OSI Optoelectronics Inc.
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MEMS VCSEL Laser Sources Thorlabs Inc. has released the SL131090 and SL132120 next-generation versions of its 1300-nm MEMS-VCSEL Swept-Wavelength Laser Sources. With a coherence length of >100 mm and sweep rates of...
Thorlabs Inc.
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Laser Beam Profilers MKS Instruments Inc. has announced new additions to the Ophir NanoScan 2s line of high-power scanning slit laser beam profilers. The new Ophir NanoScan 2s Pyro/9/5-MIR is a lower cost profiler...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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Laser Fume Extraction System The LAS 1200 laser fume extraction system from ULT LLC applies a specially configured filtration concept. To enable high-degree purification of laser fumes and laser dusts, the airflow is led...
ULT LLC
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Motor-in-Mirror Scanners MIM (Motor-in-Mirror) scanners from Precision Laser Scanning LLC feature a very low profile through building the compact, precision scanning motor inside a hollow, precision polygon mirror. A...
Precision Laser Scanning LLC
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Nitrogen Dioxide Pyroelectric Detectors Pyroelectric detectors with narrow-band IR filters from Laser Components USA Inc. are designed for nitrogen dioxide measuring (filter option V). This makes the challenging nitrogen dioxide...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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High-Precision Camera The handheld Model 4100H high-precision camera from HinaLea Imaging features a built-in illumination source that captures high-resolution snapshot images. The device yields a spectrum at each...
HinaLea Imaging
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Lidar The Spectrum-Scan lidar from Baraja Pty. Ltd. uses prism-like optics and shifting wavelengths of light to create powerful optics for autonomous vehicles. The system pairs a wavelength-tunable...
Baraja Pty. Ltd.
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Optoisolators The CSM100L2S four-pin LCC4 phototransistor optoisolator/optocoupler from Isocom Ltd. is radiation tested and designed with cyclotron using 200 MeV for displacement damage. The devices offer a...
Isocom Ltd., Optoelectronics Div., Power Products
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Moisture Detector The HALO KA Max Analyzer from Tiger Optics LLC enables detection of trace moisture down to a 100-parts-per-trillion (ppt) level in an ultrahigh-purity (UHP) gas stream. The analyzer excels in...
Tiger Optics LLC
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IR Lens Assemblies IR lens assemblies in LWIR, MWIR, and SWIR from ISP Optics Corp. include thermal fixed field-of-view (FFOV), dual-field-of-view, and manual-focus IR lenses. The 7204100 LWIR 60-mm f/1.4 FFOV...
ISP Optics Corporation
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Diffractive Multifocal Lenses Diffractive multifocal lenses from Holo/Or Ltd. are designed for glass cutting applications. The lenses are integrated with a focusing objective. Unlike refractive solutions, this diffractive...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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