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Photonics Spectra: February 2018

Photonics Spectra
 February 2018


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Measuring Diffraction Grating Efficiency Diffraction gratings are in most optical spectrometers covering visible, IR and UV spectra. Absorption and emission spectrometers, fluorimeters, inductively coupled plasma instruments and high-performance liquid chromatography equipment all use grating spectrometers. Large monochromators in fusion research, high harmonic generation for attosecond physics and synchrotron radiation all measure very...
Diffractive Optical Elements: Minimizing Zero Order Over the years, diffractive optics have evolved into an effective way of beam shaping and splitting. Their advantages over refractive optics are well known; they’re lightweight and compact and...
Raman Spectroscopy Peers Through Packaging Raman spectroscopy is a well-established molecular spectroscopic technique for noninvasive and nondestructive chemical analysis. It is used to identify mostly organic materials, such as carbon...
Onboard Lidar Detects Turbulence, Volcanic Ash Near and Far The accurate measurement of relative air speed, temperature and pressure is essential for the flight control system to operate safely and economically within the operational envelope and set flight...
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New Frontier for Quantum Sensing Quantum physics is a peculiar field. In the subatomic domain, the usual physical laws no longer apply. Instead, nonintuitive behaviors reign and new laws govern. A case in point is the Heisenberg...
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EDITORIAL
Detecting Turbulence Before it Hits Turbulence. It’s one of the leading causes of concern for anxious flyers. If you’ve ever flown, there’s a good chance you’ve been warned to fasten your seat belt or had a beverage spill as you’ve weathered a bumpy ride. But what if planes were equipped with a system that could detect turbulence from afar and automatically steer away from air currents ahead? Such a...
TECH PULSE
Time-Bin Encoding Technique Enables High-Rate QKD for Cybersecurity Researchers have developed a quantum key distribution (QKD) system that enables a greater number of secret bits to be packed into a single photon. The new technique allows for two secret bits in a...
Single-Shot Approach to HSI Uses Camera Equipped With Prism A compact, low-cost, single-shot hyperspectral imaging method has been devised, which captures images using a conventional digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera equipped with an ordinary...
Hybrid Perovskite Material Could Be Key to Making Organic Diode Lasers Researchers are closer to creating a tunable semiconductor diode laser from hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Using a material composed of an inorganic perovskite sublattice with relatively big...
Researchers Manipulate Light to Make Optical Chip Invisible Researchers have conceived a method that deflects and scatters light away from a ‘cloaking’ chip surface so it is not detected. The scattering fields of the object located on the cloak do...
Wave Mixing on Artificial Atom Could Be Used for Building Quantum Electronics Scientists have demonstrated quantum wave mixing (QWM) on a single superconducting artificial atom. In their exploration of the different regimes of QWM, they showed that superposed and coherent...
Optical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator Spins Light An optical whispering gallery mode resonator developed by Penn State electrical engineers can spin light around the circumference of a tiny sphere millions of times, creating an ultrasensitive...
Visible LEDs Enable Sensor Response Activation at Room Temperature Scientists have discovered a mechanism that allows hydrogen sensors to work under visible light, without heating, therefore enabling the sensor to work at room temperature. The discovery, based on...
Microfluidic Platform Performs Screens of Perovskite Nanocrystals ; An automated microfluidic technology has been developed containing a spectrographic monitoring module that collects both fluorescent and absorption data. The module can move along the microfluidic...
NASA Set to Use ‘Lobster-Eye’ Optics to Locate Source of Cosmic Waves A novel optics system that mimics the structure of a lobster’s eyes could be employed on the International Space Station to enable NASA to precisely locate, characterize and alert other...
Spectrometer Uses Silicon Photonics to Efficiently Monitor Gas Leaks ; A chip-based spectrometer that is smaller than a dime has demonstrated the ability to detect methane in concentrations as low as 100 parts-per-million. The spectrometer leverages silicon photonics...
Optical Fiber Used to Direct, Stabilize Random Laser An advance in laser technology combines the broad spectral features of a random laser with the spectral stability and high directionality of a traditional laser. Such an advance could enable greater...
Insight into Glass Formation Could Lead to Coatings, Other Applications To better understand the optical properties of stable glasses, and whether they are analogous to the properties of naturally aged glasses, researchers developed perfectly round molecules that retain...
LIGHT SPEED
Registration Open For LIA Manufacturing Events Registration is officially open for the Laser Institute of America (LIA)’s Laser Additive Manufacturing Conference (LAM), which takes place March 27-28, and for the Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME) taking place March 28-29. Both events will be held at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Ill. Celebrating its 10th consecutive year, LAM features presentations highlighting where...
RadTech Announces RadLaunch Accelerator RadTech, the association for UV and electron beam (EB) technology, has announced the formation of RadLaunch, a technology accelerator that will support early stage startups and small businesses as...
Excelitas Acquired by Private Equity Firm Photonic solutions provider Excelitas Technologies Corp. has been acquired by funds sponsored by AEA Investors LP. Formerly owned by Veritas Capital Fund Management since November 2010, Excelitas...
ESO’s ESPRESSO Spectrograph Makes First Observations The Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) has successfully made its first observations at the Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. Installed on...
UPI Acquires Surface Polishing Business Surface preparation materials manufacturer Universal Photonics Inc. (UPI) has acquired Massachusetts-based J.I. Morris Co.’s surface polishing pads and materials business. The business will...
Rigaku Opens New German Office X-ray analytical instrumentation provider Rigaku Corp. has opened a new office in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region. The new facility is home to a large and well-equipped application development and...
Heliatek Integrated Organic Photovoltaic Project Installed in France The world's largest building integrated organic photovoltaic (BIOPV) installation has been completed in France using Heliatek GmbHs’s HeliaSol solar film solution. In the southwestern port of...
UniKLasers Announces £1M in Funding UniKLasers Ltd. has received an investment of £1 million ($1.3 million) from Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and Lancaster Capital. Using...
University of Toronto Astronomers Receive $23M in Funding Astronomers from the University of Toronto's Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics have received $10 million in funding for the development of a radio astronomy data center and $13...
Merck Receives Technology Innovation Award Science and technology company Merck KGaA has received business consultant Frost & Sullivan’s Technology Innovation Award in the category of Smart Glass Industry. “The award honors us...
Toptica Opens New US Headquarters Toptica Photonics Inc. has opened its new U.S corporate headquarters and state of the art manufacturing facility in Farmington, New York. The building with new clean room facilities and laboratories...
Chromosol and IP Group forge Tech Partnership Chromosol, a silicon chip spin-out company from Queen Mary University of London, has received investment from IP Group to commercialize a new material technology that would both drastically cut...
ELI-ALPS Research Institute Opens Its Doors, Develops Mid-IR Laser Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) Research Institute has opened and become operational. The research institute’s mid-IR laser has been developed in a joint...
HRL Receives National Intelligence Award R&D laboratory HRL Laboratories LLC has received an award from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to develop...
ProPhotonix to Distribute Integrated Optics’ Lasers LED illumination developer ProPhotonix Ltd. is now a distributor of Integrated Optics UAB’s range of laser modules. “We are pleased to add the Integrated Optics platforms to our laser...
NREL Enters Solar Cell Technology Agreement with MicroLink Devices Inc. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has entered into a license agreement with MicroLink Devices Inc. to commercialize NREL's patented inverted...
Osram Licht AG Gains Minority Interest in Beaconsmind AG Through its Fluxunit venture capital division, lighting manufacturer Osram Licht AG has acquired a stake in Beaconsmind AG, a data technology firm. The minority interest aims to enable greater...
LIGHTER SIDE
Read By The Light Of a Glowing Plant? The global energy consumption attributed to direct and indirect lighting accounts for nearly 20 percent of demand and over 2 Gt of CO2 emissions per year. The rapid growth of cities and urbanizing regions around the world is changing the ways in which urban infrastructure is conceived, powered, delivered and maintained. Typical municipal lighting requires complex electrical grids and...
ASIA-PACIFIC SPECIAL SECTION
OPIC 2018: Promises Innovation, Education With groundbreaking research and innovative technology development, the future of the photonics industry is continually evolving. The Optics and Photonics International Conference (OPIC) will bring such developments, as well as a look at the future’s potential, to the Pacifico Yokohama convention complex in Japan from April 23 to 27. OPIC — organized by the Optics and Photonics...
Asia-Pacific: A Powerhouse Region As technology advances, so, too, does the level of competition among product developers. Those in the Asia-Pacific region are dashing to the front of the pack, boosting the market in various sectors...
High-Performance Vector Polarizer Tailors Light A newly proposed design for a vector polarizer could enable flexible filtering of a wide range of light sources and the generation of new light states. The design can be used to tailor light...
Quantum Emitter Integration May Enable Quantum Circuits Researchers integrated silicon photonic devices with a solid-state single photon emitter, using a hybrid approach that combines silicon photonic waveguides with quantum dots. The silicon photonic...
Hologram Memory Quality Key For Optical Data Storage A research team has applied magnetic assist recording technology to magnetic-holographic memory, reducing recording energy consumption and achieving non-error data reconstruction. Their work could...
Pulsed Laser Irradiation Enhances Nanoplate Properties When gold-coated silver nanoplates are irradiated with a pulsed laser, they release silver ions which are known to produce a strong antibacterial effect. Researchers observed that silver...
Team Taps Chalcogenide For Flexible Devices A method for making photonic devices that can bend and stretch without damage could find uses in cables to connect computer devices, or in diagnostic and monitoring systems that could be attached to...
Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector Sets Efficiency Record Researchers have demonstrated the fabrication and operation of a superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) with detection efficiency that they believe is the highest on record. The...
Whispering Gallery Microcavities Control Momentum of Light A method to control the momentum of broadband light using whispering gallery microcavities* (WGMs) could allow greater application of integrated photonic circuits. Optical devices typically require...
PRODUCTS
Photodiodes The SXUV100TF135 and SXUV100TF135B photodiodes from Opto Diode Corp. feature integrated thin-film filters. The detectors each feature a 100-sq-mm active area and a directly deposited thin-film...
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FROGs The Fast Frog line of frequency-resolved optical gratings (FROGs) from Femto Easy SAS provides reliable and compact single-shot FROGs based on second-harmonic generation. Key design features...
Femto Easy
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Natural Spectrum LEDs The SunLike Series of natural spectrum LEDs from Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. implements light that closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight. SunLike received the RG-1 rating in Eye...
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
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Optical Fiber The AmbientFiber 360° beam optical fiber from Leoni AG provides radial light distribution across the entire fiber length. The light distribution supplies many options in the area of ambient...
Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH, Wire & Cable Solutions
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Ring Laser MKS Instruments Inc. has announced the Spectra-Physics Matisse C, a compact, tunable Ti:Sapphire ring laser. Matisse C delivers an output power of up to >6.5 W, wide mode-hop-free tuning and...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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UV Inspection Light The MB Hercules Ex UV inspection light from Labino AB is an explosion-proof, handheld device for use in offshore oil rigs, refineries, aerospace and defense. The light is battery powered with...
Labino AB
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Fiber Laser Processing System The FLBK40 fiber laser processing system from Coherent Inc. is a modular beam delivery system that includes a variety of collimators, focusing lenses, cameras, camera adapters and an IR illuminator....
Coherent Inc.
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Laser Attenuator Delta Optical Thin Film AS has announced a laser attenuator with an ultra-hard-coated laser optical multilayer attenuator filter. The laser attenuator enables computer-controlled attenuation of...
Delta Optical Thin Film A/S
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Radius Slide The Vertical Digital Radius Slide from 4D Technology Corp. provides precise radius of curvature measurement of concave or convex optics. The slide provides axial positioning resolution to 1...
4D Technology Corporation
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Single Photon Counting Software The QuCoa software package from PicoQuant GmbH is an integrated solution for data acquisition and analysis using the T2 time-tagging mode of PicoQuant's time-correlated single photon counting...
PicoQuant GmbH
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Arbitrary Waveform Generator The HDAWG high-density, multichannel, arbitrary waveform generator from Zurich Instruments AG is designed for quantum research, spectroscopy applications and component testing. With high...
Zurich Instruments AG
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Linear Light The LXE300 Direct Connect Linear Light Multi-Drive from Smart Vision Lights is a bright linear light, delivering up to 100,000 lux in OverDrive mode. Users can directly connect up to six lights...
Smart Vision Lights
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Digital Controller The TC15 LAB ultra-stable digital controller from Wavelength Electronics Inc. is designed for thermoelectrics and resistive heaters where tight temperature stability is required. The controller...
Wavelength Electronics Inc.
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High-Resolution Color Camera Specialised Imaging Ltd. has announced a color version of its SIR3 camera, employing red, green and blue filters on each image intensifier channel. The camera is capable of simultaneously...
Specialised Imaging
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Digital Servo Controller The E-871.1A1N digital servo controller from Physik Instrumente LP is a compact closed-loop motion controller specifically designed for intertia-motor-based opto-mechanical actuators. The...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Lens Testing Modules Optikos Corp. has announced Finite Conjugate and Afocal Testing module options and enhanced software support for its OpTest Lens Testing System. Afocal module AF-1100 is an accessory to the...
Optikos Corporation
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Diode Laser The LDM 6000-100 diode laser from Laserline GmbH offers up to 6-kW laser power with a 7RU big 19-in. rack mount. The laser combines compact design with high-output powers, paving the way for...
Laserline GmbH
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Aspheric Condenser Lenses A new line of precision-molded aspheric condenser lenses from Moulded Optics GmbH have been announced by Docter Optics Inc., offered with or without outer flange or edge diameter. The aspheric...
Docter Optics Inc.
Moulded Optics GmbH
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Photovoltaic Detectors Hamamatsu Corp. has expanded its IR detector lineup with the P13894-011 series of photovoltaic detectors that cover the mid-IR region up to 11 μm. The P13894-011 series features high...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Optical Fiber Solutions OFS Fitel LLC has announced improvements to its portfolio of InvisiLight solutions with higher fiber counts for the InvisiLight MDU cordage and a two-fiber version of the InvisiLight Indoor Living...
OFS
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IR Laser Diodes The QL94J6S"X" and QL94R6S"X" IR laser diodes from ProPhotonix Ltd. offer a higher wavelength of 940 nm with typical mW output power of 50 or 200 mW. The 940-nm, 50-mW laser diode QL94J6S"X" is...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
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Sapphire Optical Domes Custom engineered sapphire optical domes from Meller Optics Inc. are ideal for subsea drone applications to extend the viewing angle of vision systems and resist algae growth. The devices are...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Imaging Spectrometers Imaging spectrometers from McPherson Inc. measure vertical spatial profiles in addition to dispersed wavelengths. The devices operate in the vacuum UV range to view plasma impurity emission...
McPherson
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Optical Subsystem Platform The Optical Line Subsystem platform from II-VI Inc. is designed for datacenter interconnects (DCI) and optimized for direct-detect dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transceivers. ...
II-VI Inc.
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Optical Transceiver The 200G QSFP-DD Optical Transceiver from Eoptolink Technology Inc. Ltd. is an optical module designed for high-volume and low-cost production for today’s 100-G products, as well as scalability...
Eoptolink Technology Inc. Ltd.
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Night Vision Focus and Alignment The NV-2020 compact, portable night vision device infinity focus and optical alignment system from Electro Optical Industries Inc. allows users to accurately adjust goggles just before a mission. ...
Electro Optical Industries Inc.
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LED Calibration Standard The FGC100 NIST-traceable LED calibration standard from Ophir Optics LLC has been announced by MKS Instruments Inc. It is designed to calibrate the Ophir FluxGage system. FluxGage is a compact,...
Ophir Optics, IR Optics
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LED Light Engine Technologies Advanced Technologies, key components of the Matrix Platform from Lumileds, streamlines the development of integrated, fully assembled LED light engines. Oberon Intelligent Assembly is a...
Lumileds
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