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Photonics Spectra: February 2021

Photonics Spectra
 February 2021


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SOI Technology Lights Up the Next Wave of Photonics Solutions Silicon has been the mainstay of micro-nanoelectronics since the late 1950s, being widely adopted for electronic devices and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technologies. In the early years of the semiconductor industry, germanium was the favored material for electronic applications due to its higher carrier mobility; however, innovations at Bell Labs in surface passivation by...
3D Imaging Sees Growth in Multiple Dimensions From time to time, we all find ourselves forced to rummage through the cluttered jumble of our home “junk drawer” to dig out a screwdriver, battery, paper clip, or other much-needed...
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Lasers and LEDs Layer on New Capabilities for Additive Manufacturing Additive manufacturing, aka 3D printing, offers an alternative to conventional manufacturing and assembly methods by building products layer by layer. In addition to enabling heretofore impossible...
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Growth in OLED Lighting Demands New Metrological Traceability The increasingly broad transi­tion from incandescent light bulbs to OLEDs for general lighting poses new challenges to light measurement. OLEDs exhibit completely different and far greater variations...
Digital Micromirrors Reveal New Opportunities for Near-IR Spectroscopy Since its emergence in the 1990s, digital micromirror device (DMD) technology has been used extensively in display applications for conference rooms and cinemas. The technology has also supported...
EDITORIAL
Transformational change is relative Those of us in the media hear about transformational change a lot. It’s a useful claim that gets people’s attention in the busy marketplace of ideas. But the term can get a little threadbare — both from overuse and from inevitable comparisons with the actual transformative changes that we’ve all personally endured over the past 12 months.
LASERS IN USE
Inexpensive Hand-Held Lasers Come at a Cost to Safety While a familiar fixture in the lab or workplace, the laser has taken on a different perception with the general public. For many people outside of the photonics industry, the first introduction to laser technology comes from the James Bond film “Goldfinger,” or possibly the Austin Powers parody “Goldmember” for the younger set. These exotic — and wildly exaggerated...
LASER SAFETY
Inexpensive Hand-Held Lasers Come at a Cost to Safety While a familiar fixture in the lab or workplace, the laser has taken on a different perception with the general public. For many people outside of the photonics industry, the first introduction to...
LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group Opens Facility LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group opened its new 29,000-sq-ft facility in Chandler, Ariz. The Phoenix-area facility features cleanrooms optimized to ensure safe materials transfer and strict particle...
TECH PULSE
Single Carbon Dot Emits Multiple Wavelengths of Light Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have synthesized a collection of nanoparticles known as carbon dots, capable of emitting multiple wavelengths of light...
Light-Matter Coupling Offers Implications for Quantum Optics An international research team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has produced a quantum state that is part light and part matter. The research has implications for the next generation of...
Light Powers Butterfly-Inspired Hydrogen Sensor Butterfly wings are the inspiration for a light-activated hydrogen sensor device capable of producing ultraprecise results at room temperature. Tests demonstrated the sensor’s ability to detect...
3D Multiphoton Lithography Adds a New Dimension to Photonic Circuits Using 3D multiphoton lithography, a method of 3D printing, researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) demonstrated high-resolution 3D photonic structures capable of guiding...
Hollow-Core Fibers Outperform Silica Glass Counterparts Researchers from the University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have introduced three unique hollow-core fiber designs that each exhibit losses comparable to or lower than those...
3D Printing Offers Versatility in Optical Design Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) used multimaterial 3D printing to develop tailored gradient refractive index glass optics, delivering a result that could enable the...
VCSELs Employ Slow Light to Boost Speed George Washington University (GWU) researchers have combined multiple transverse coupled cavities to develop a new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). The cavities in the laser system...
Researchers Push Boundaries of High-Energy Laser Pulses INRS researchers have pushed the boundaries of high-energy laser pulse propagation, with reliance on the observation of high-energy multidimensional solitary states (MDSS), allowing the direct...
All-optical Sensor Safely Detects Volatile Chemicals University of Navarra scientists in Spain and partners from European photonics innovation hub ACTPHAST 4R are collaborating to develop technology capable of detecting lethal and highly explosive...
Camera Design Aims to Make Multispectral Imaging Cost-effective Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have incorporated three resolutions into a single camera using a cost-efficient process and construction. The...
LIGHT SPEED
PODIUM Consortium Will Develop Integrated Photonics Solution Chip Integration Technology Center (CITC), Tegema, Physik Instrumente (PI), and PHIZ announced a photonics assembly consortium called PODIUM (PIC Open Development Infrastructure for Universal Markets). The consortium is funded by PhotonDelta and CITC. The consortium runs a program in which optical termination technology, assembly, and packaging is developed for a wide range of integrated photonic...
COBO Launches Co-Packaged Optics Working Group The Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) announced the creation of the Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Working Group. CPO will develop technical guidance and standards for implementations, encouraging the...
Jenoptik Expands Production Capacity Jenoptik’s facility in Jupiter, Fla., expanded its production capacity with the addition of a new Class 5 cleanroom and an expanded production area, as well as new equipment. The cleanroom is...
A3 Postpones Automate until 2022 The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced it will postpone the Automate show until June 6-9, 2022. The show will take place at the TCF Center in Detroit, Mich. A3 additionally announced...
LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group Opens Facility LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group opened its new 29,000-sq-ft facility in Chandler, Ariz. The Phoenix-area facility features cleanrooms optimized to ensure safe materials transfer and strict particle...
AIM Photonics to Lead $19M DARPA-Funded Photonics Program AIM Photonics (American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics), part of NY CREATES, announced $19 million in research program awards for advanced integrated photonics research projects....
M Squared Announces $43.4M in Financing Photonics and quantum technology developer M Squared announced £32.5 million in financing to accelerate growth and advance quantum technology. Santander UK is providing a £20 million debt...
Collaboration Draws Federal Prize Trumpf, Zeiss, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics were awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2020 (German Future Prize 2020) for their project “EUV...
Basler Commences Building Project at Ahrensburg Site Basler AG has broken ground on a new, expanded complex in Ahrensburg, Germany. The manufacturer of industrial cameras and imaging systems said the new six-floor facility will cover more than 310,000...
LASER-TEC COLLEGE PROFILE
Front Range Community College Front Range Community College (FRCC) offers a two-year associate of applied science (AAS) degree program in optics technology, as well as a one-year certificate program. Both programs were developed with the support of the Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA), which helps FRCC students to network with relevant employers, including Excelitas Technologies, Perkins Precision Developments,...
LIGHTER SIDE
Bringing cameras to a staring contest It seems unlikely that the work of Jessica Yorzinski, a sensory ecologist at Texas A&M University, draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” For one, the blackbirds of Yorzinski’s focus are grackles, which are more like crows than ravens. The aim of Yorzinksi’s research, as outlined in a Biology Letters paper published in December, is to determine why and...
PRODUCTS
VCSELs The Brightlaser Ltd. line of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) from Laser Components USA Inc. feature reliability and high beam quality. VCSEL technology emits light from the top...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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Industrial Camera The Cyclone-65-70 high-resolution industrial camera from Optronis GmbH transfers image data in real time at 71 fps via the standardized CoaXPress interface. Designed for demanding measurement...
Optronis GmbH
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Pyrometers The PSC-55N pyrometer series from Process Sensors Corp. are high-speed, one- and two-color devices designed for use in the steel and metal, ceramic and furnace, and soldering industries. The...
Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.
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Machine Vision Starter Kit The Embedded Vision Starterkit from Allied Vision Technologies GmbH and MVTec Software GmbH brings industrial machine vision applications to embedded systems. It is possible to easily test...
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
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System on Chip The CV28M System on Chip from Ambarella Inc. enables new categories of intelligent sensing devices for artificial intelligence processing. Combining advanced image processing, high-resolution...
Ambarella Inc.
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Servomotor The integrated MAC1500 servo motor from JVL AS has been announced by Electromate and features a length of 182 mm for a 1500-W motor. With a torque of 4.78/14.3 nm at 3000 rpm, this MAC motor...
Electromate Inc.
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Optical Patch Cords OZ Optics Ltd. has developed optical patch cords with built-in directional inline optical taps for high-power applications. The taps are written directly into the optical fiber to extract a...
OZ Optics Limited
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Laser Direct Imaging System The X3000 Laser Direct Imaging (LDI) system from Limata GmbH accurately images ultra-large, flexible, and endless PCB panels for dry-film patterning and solder mask imaging in PCB production. ...
Limata GmbH
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Thermal Camera Core The Athena 1920 uncooled, high-definition thermal sensor from BAE Systems combines IR image clarity with a wide field of view. The compact, light, and low-power thermal camera core delivers...
BAE Systems, Sensor Solutions
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Motion Controllers The ICAD series of integrated motion controllers and drivers from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. is designed for two-phase stepper motors. Available as one-, two-, three-, or four-axis...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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C-mount Lenses More than 20 C-mount lenses have been announced by IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH with lens resolutions of 5, 8, and 10 MP, as well as different focal lengths and optical classes. The...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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CCD Cameras The VS255 and VS825 CCD cameras from Atik Cameras Ltd. are designed for quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) instruments for accurate, reliable COVID-19 testing. The VS255 camera is...
Atik Cameras Ltd.
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Zoom Block Camera The Harrier 10× AF-Zoom Camera from Active Silicon Ltd. is an autofocus-zoom block camera for affordable, high-quality vision systems. The camera is now available with LVDS, EX-SDI; USB...
Active Silicon Ltd.
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Hand-held Barcode Reader The V410-H handheld barcode reader from Omron Corp. delivers traceability throughout industrial manufacturing and beyond. The XD, SR and HC models operate on the WebLink platform with PC...
Omron Automation
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3D Profile Sensors The Z-Trak™2 series of 3D profile sensors from Teledyne Imaging delivers up to 45,000 profiles/s for high-speed, in-line height measurement and inspection applications using 5GigE. ...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Non-Browning Fixed-Focus Lens The Model 214 Non-Browning Fixed Focus Lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. is designed for close-up monitoring of radioactive processes in nuclear power, reprocessing, and waste storage plants. This...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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MIR Spectral Sensing Platform The NeoSpectra-MIR Spectral Sensing Platform from Si-Ware Systems is a miniaturized device based on NeoSpectra technology for on-site use in a fixed or portable application, allowing on-site staff in...
NeoSpectra
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Wafer Vision Inspection Handler The Wi8i G2 Wafer Vision Inspection Handler from ViTrox Technologies is designed for 2D surface defect inspections and metrology. The Wi8i G2 features multiple handling mechanisms to support...
ViTrox Technologies
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