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Photonics Spectra: July 2013

Photonics Spectra
 July 2013


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Lasers Help Shrink and Sharpen Medical Devices Product requirements and advances in lasers are leading to growing adoption of photonic manufacturing. In medical devices, smaller is often better – after all, implantable electronics, stents...
Fiber Optics Growing Strong for Biomedicine A Q&A with fiber companies reveals continuing advances in medical applications. Fiber optics allow medical devices to direct light to hard-to-reach areas for diagnostics and treatment –...
Early Compliance Saves Money Don’t put off thinking about regulatory approval for a medical device that you are bringing to market – experts say you’ll save big in the long run. Medical devices must pass strict...
Scanning White-Light Interferometry Fingerprints the Polishing Process Characterizing the effects of polishing optical surfaces beyond a surface roughness parameter may enable superior finishes. A wide variety of techniques can be used to manufacture high-quality...
Novel Fibers Use Space to Extend Capacity Limits New optical fibers such as multicore, multimode and hollow core use their spatial properties in the designs of next-generation systems to solve future fiber capacity bottlenecks and other sticky...
What the Photographers Know: CCD Sensor a Game Changer Manufacturers of cameras and components offer systems for professional photographers that incorporate the latest technological trends. Professional photographers who shoot for the world’s most...
EDITORIAL
Photonics Finding Niche in Device Manufacturing The global medical device market grew just 3 percent in 2012, reaching $331 billion dollars, according to health care market research firm Kalorama Information. The organization blames the reduced growth rate on a challenged health care market in Europe and slow funding increases in the US. The findings were revealed in Kalorama’s report The Global Market for Medical Devices, 4th Edition....
TECH PULSE
Pushing camera design beyond nature’s limits A camera design inspired by the ocular systems found in insects, arachnids and crustaceans is being pushed beyond anything that exists in nature. In the May 2 issue of Nature (doi:...
Strain ‘bridges’ move germanium closer to lasing Germanium, a semiconductor with far greater light conduction possibilities than silicon, is a step closer to providing a foundation for the light-based computers of tomorrow, thanks to a European...
OCT improves S-GRIN lens manufacturing process Spherical gradient in refractive index (S-GRIN) lenses are lightweight and easily deformable, but manufacturing them with high quality and consistency is challenging. Now, researchers at the...
Photonic topological insulator could enable quantum computing As computers get faster and chips get denser, there is a need for smaller light-manipulating devices. But as devices get smaller, imperfections in the fabrication processes can make light move...
Intricate experiment reveals cause of LED droop The future looks bright for alternative lighting, now that scientists have solved the mystery that causes LEDs to “droop” in efficiency at high currents. The phenomenon known as LED droop...
Optical fiber design uses Anderson localization The first practical application of “Anderson localization” – a Nobel Prize-winning phenomenon proposed in 1958 – has yielded a new method for transmitting light through...
Plasmon waves control light A nanoscale coupler that converts optical signals into surface plasmon polaritons can distinguish between different movements of polarized light and can precisely manipulate the signals in one...
Space telescope spots three super Earths Three super-Earth-sized planets in two newly discovered planetary systems are in a “habitable zone” – a distance from their stars suitable for supporting liquid water – and...
Kepler could be kaput The Kepler space telescope has discovered 132 planets since its launch in 2009, but now it appears to be on life support, NASA said in late May. Kepler had successfully completed its primary mission...
Algorithms precisely predict color from OLED designs OLED design processes could improve – and costs could drop – thanks to a technique that precisely calculates the color of light produced from white OLEDs. Regarded as the light sources of...
LIGHT SPEED
Inrad Optics installs vacuum deposition system Inrad Optics Inc. of Northvale, N.J., has installed a plasma-assisted e-beam vacuum deposition system to advance its thin-film coating capabilities. The 96-in. chamber, which enhances thin-film...
Imra files patent suit against Coherent in Germany IMRA America Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., has filed a patent infringement suit in Germany against two Germany-based subsidiaries of laser maker Coherent. The patent relates to using picosecond and...
VI Systems granted 3 US optics patents Fabless optical communication components supplier VI Systems GmbH of Berlin was granted three US patents for proprietary technology related to energy-efficient and compact high-speed optical...
Prism winner nabs Edison Award For its Aura noninvasive skin cancer detection device, Verisante Technology Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, received a bronze Edison Award in April. The Aura allows Raman-based disease...
Mercedes-Benz concept car has laser headlights Germany-based Mercedes-Benz unveiled its Concept GLA compact SUV at the Shanghai auto show in April. The car’s front headlights each feature a laser beam that can project pictures or video from...
People In The News Lambda Research Corp. of Littleton, Mass., has selected Corine Cupillard to head its European sales team, which was expanded to support increased regional demand for the TracePro optical and...
Moves and Expansions Diode-based laser modules and LED systems maker ProPhotonix Ltd. of Salem, N.H., will now distribute Germany-based Osram Opto Semiconductors’ green and blue laser diodes. The product range...
Collaborations To advance its silicon photonics production, Mosis, an integrated circuit fabrication service in Marina del Rey, Calif., has partnered with research institutes imec of Louvain, Belgium, and Tyndall...
GREENLIGHT
Concentrating the power of 2000 suns A new photovoltaic system could harness the power of 2000 suns and convert a whopping 80 percent of incoming light into useful energy – providing sunny, remote locations with electricity, fresh water and cooler air at lower prices than conventional devices allow. Just 2 percent of the solar energy from the Sahara Desert could meet the world’s electricity needs, according to a study...
LIGHTER SIDE
Wave a hand, create a touch screen Smartphone apps can take care of everything but walking the dog (although there may be an app for that, too). It’s convenient, sure, but you have to dig your phone out of your pocket, and you’re stuck with the interface designed by an app’s creator. Wouldn’t you rather draw your own virtual touch-screen interface on any given surface and tell it what to do? The technology...
PRODUCTS
Xenon Source The HPX-2000-HP-DUV xenon light source from Ocean Optics is a 75-W short-arc lamp for UV-VIS absorbance spectroscopy and other applications where a high-intensity lamp is required. It provides...
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Laser Power Meter Ophir Photonics, a Newport Corp. brand, has announced a new addition to its line of high-power laser detectors: the 30K-W laser power meter. The device’s design enables direct measurement of...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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PDA Spectrometer Horiba Scientific has released the VS-7000-PDA, a mini fiber optic linear photodiode array (PDA) spectrometer with a UV-VIS range from 200 to 860 nm, VIS from 380 to 750 nm or UV-NIR from 200 to 1050...
HORIBA Scientific
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Frame Grabbers Teledyne Dalsa’s Xtium-CL PX4 frame grabbers support a wide variety of area- and line-scan color and monochrome cameras, all in a compact, single-slot solution, and deliver twice the sustained...
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UV Fiber Assemblies Laser Components GmbH has released assembled patch cords based on UV fibers for applications including fluorescence spectroscopy, UV laser power transmission, medical technology and UV illumination....
Laser Components GmbH
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Linear Variable Filters Optical thin-film maker Delta’s new line of linear variable order sorting filters features wide transmission and reflectance bands, increasing the performance of grating-based spectrometers. ...
Delta Optical Thin Film A/S
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Piezo Linear Actuator Physik Instrumente (PI) has added the P-604 to its PiezoMove family of motion-amplified, flexure-guided piezo linear actuators. Providing a displacement of 300 µm and measuring only 20...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Ultrasmall Sensors Pepperl+Fuchs Inc. has introduced the R2 series, a complete family of ultraminiature photoelectric sensors available in four sensing modes for use in the semiconductor, biomedical and pharmaceutical...
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
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Laser Diode Collimators The Optoelectronics Co.’s new laser diode collimators have high alignment accuracy and are aimed at OEMs and system integrators who are looking for a smaller and more affordable laser source....
The Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.
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Hygiene Sensor Sick has launched the W4S-3, a hygiene photoelectric sensor for harsh wash-down environments in the food and beverage industry. The company says the device’s stainless steel housing...
SICK Inc.
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EMCCD Camera Raptor Photonics Ltd. has extended its line of EMCCD cameras with the Falcon Blue, an imaging device that delivers UV transmission using a MgF2 window to pick up signals from 180 to 1100 nm. ...
Raptor Photonics Ltd.
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Benchtop Spectrometer BaySpec Inc.’s SuperGamut series benchtop spectrometers incorporate multiple spectrographs and detectors, an optional light source(s) and sampling optics into one turnkey system to deliver...
BaySpec Inc.
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CCD Cameras Point Grey Research Inc.’s two new Blackfly cameras feature global shutter CCD sensors that provide low read noise, quantum efficiency near 70 percent and improved near-IR response. The...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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Microscopy Imaging Scientific camera manufacturer SPOT Imaging Solutions has launched the high-speed Insight Gigabit camera for live microscopy imaging. It is suitable for presentations at conferences and in the...
SPOT Imaging
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Board-Level Camera Baumer Ltd. has released the MXG03, a board-level camera equipped with Cmosis NV’s CMV300 VGA sensor. The camera delivers 250 fps for applications including packaging, industrial automation,...
Baumer USA
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DC Motor and Gearhead The EC4 from maxon motor is a 4-mm-diameter brushless DC motor and gearhead for miniature pumps, surgical robots, diagnostic devices, endoscopes and other miniaturization applications. To...
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Raman Spectrometer B&W Tek Inc. has enhanced its NanoRam Raman spectrometer with an embedded 2-D bar-code scanner, batch scanning capabilities, IP-64 rated (dust-tight and splashproof) housing and Ethernet...
B&W Tek LLC
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4-Channel Scanner Card Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. has released a four-channel scanner card for its models 336 and 350 temperature controllers, which are used in low-temperature physics research. The card, Model 3062, adds...
Lake Shore Cryotronics
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Miniature Spectrometer Avantes has announced the AvaSpec-Micro, a spectrometer measuring only 38.5 ml. The newest addition to the CompactLine is 30 percent the size of its predecessor, the AvaSpec-Mini. It offers a...
Avantes BV
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Linear Motor Stages The XM series of linear stages from Newport Corp. is now available with a minimum incremental motion of 1 nm for nanopositioning applications, including laser machining, semiconductor wafer...
MKS/Newport
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Motorized Focus Stage Santa Barbara Imaging has introduced the FS50X motorized focus stage. Featuring submicron positioning, a cross-roller stage, stepper motor drive and integrated stepper motor controller in a compact...
Santa Barbara Imaging LLC
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Excimer Laser Microtrace LLC has released a 193-nm tabletop excimer laser for micromarking, micromachining and microdrilling. The modified laser system is suitable for a variety of substrates, including...
Microtrace LLC
Epoxy Gel Master Bond’s Super Gel 9, an optically clear, two-component urethane-modified epoxy gel, offers dimensional stability, softness and resilience for applications including the encapsulation of...
Master Bond Inc.
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Multimode Detection Platform Molecular Devices has released its SpectraMax i3 multimode detection platform, a stand-alone reader that can be combined with various proprietary modules for added capabilities including...
Molecular Devices LLC
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Optical Microscope Bruker Corp. has released the ContourGT-K, the latest addition to its ContourGT line of 3-D optical microscopes The scalable device features patented, higher-brightness dual-LED illumination and...
Bruker Nano Surfaces
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DPSS Laser Laser distributor RPMC Lasers Inc. has released Areté Associates’ Airtrac, an ultracompact diode-pumped solid-state laser. The air-cooled laser provides 50 mJ of pulse energy at...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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Sapphire Windows Using its proprietary crystal growing technology, Monocrystal, a supplier of sapphire products for LED and metallization pastes for solar industries, has developed sapphire windows and blanks up to...
Monocrystal PLC
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LWIR Laser Interferometer 4D Technology’s AccuFiz long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) laser interferometer, suitable for measuring concave, convex, afocal infrared components, infrared telescopes and lens systems, is...
Laser Physics UK Ltd.
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Raman Spectroscopy Mirrors To complete its line of standard filters for Raman spectroscopy, Iridian is offering dichroic mirrors with high reflectance (>95%) at the laser line and high transmittance (>95%) of the Raman...
Iridian Spectral Technologies
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DPSK Reference Transmitter Photline Technologies has released the ModBox 1550-nm differential phase shift keying (DPSK) reference transmitter for use in optical telecommunications laboratories, test beds and production. ...
Exail
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TEC for Testing The LDT-5412B thermoelectric temperature controller from ILX Lightwave, a Newport Corp. brand, can be used for testing laser diodes, photodetectors and other optoelectronic devices. It features 6 W...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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Raman Spectrometer System Tec5USA Inc. has introduced a Raman spectrometer system for process control. Based on the established MultiSpec spectrometer system, the new cassettes contain a laser light source and a...
tec5USA Inc.
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H2 Leak Detector A portable hydrogen mass spectrometer leak detector released by Vacuum Instrument Corp. tests the integrity of components, systems and parts using hydrogen leak detection techniques. Designed...
Vacuum Instruments Corp.
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Fiber-Coupled Modules Seminex has announced the availability of high-brightness 25- and 50-W fiber-coupled multichip modules that can operate in the 13xx- to 17xx-nm region. At 1315 nm, they deliver up to 50 W through a...
SemiNex Corporation
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