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Photonics Spectra: July 2014

Photonics Spectra
 July 2014


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Positioning System Advances Could Herald Smart-Factory Era Optical positioning systems could be at the forefront of carrying factories into the fourth industrial revolution. Positioning systems are essential to ensure precision engineering in a number of manufacturing industries from lithography and inspection to calibration, measurement and testing. And the semiconductor industry places the biggest demand on such systems by far. Semiconductor chip...
Slow Light: Moving Out of the Lab When put into practical use, slow-light-enhanced technologies will improve the performance of photonic networks and optical sensors. Photonic crystals will play a key role in the transition, as they...
A Better Small View Can Yield a Big Impact Microscopy is a key tool in materials science, especially in the development of new and better materials, and microscopy methods keep advancing. As things get smaller, faster and cheaper, the stakes...
Novel Laser-Power Sensor Improves Process Control A new type of laser-power detector delivers fast speed and high laser-damage resistance, enabling real-time process control in embedded systems. Lasers process a wide range of materials in an...
Optical Filters Open Up New Uses for MWIR, LWIR Systems The future for photonics imaging is bright in a previously dark wavelength regime: The ability to image ‘invisible’ features such as thermal profiles, gases and other environmental...
EDITORIAL
Light Refreshments Will Be Served In less than six months, people everywhere will anxiously await the ball drop or other symbolic event signaling the start of 2015. It seems fitting that the International Year of Light will be ushered in by fireworks and laser light shows from Paris to New York to Sydney. Who knows – there may even be “vodka served as a flash of light” – à la Parks and Recreation...
WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW
Hands-on program ‘makes waves’ with kids There’s no need to make science exciting for kids – it’s already exciting. Educators just need to show them. That was the goal of the yearlong Making Waves: Optics and Acoustics program, which brought together students from three school districts in eastern Connecticut to explore the idea that understanding science can make a better artist and that cultivating the arts can lead...
TECH PULSE
Fluorescent Hybrid Changes Color with Polarization A fluorescent hybrid material that changes color based on light polarization could enhance a number of applications in nanotechnologies. Creating this material required a host inorganic material of crystalline structure with parallel nanochannels and pore size of less than 1 nm, as well as two dyes of similar size and shape with complementary optical properties that would respond differently when...
Stress Activates Light-Emitting Nanowires Stretching gallium arsenide nanowires makes them better light emitters, while compression makes them better light absorbers.
Solid-State UV Lamp Presents Sterilization Alternative A new solid-state UV lamp could provide a cheaper and safer option for surface sterilization.
Electricity Changes Polymer’s Optical Properties A newly developed polymer is said to be the first of its kind to combine optical and electrical properties. This could mean new manufacturing possibilities for glass, polarization filters and sensors...
Mid-IR Lens Incorporates Waste Sulfur Thin, inexpensive plastic lenses for IR imaging devices can be manufactured from waste sulfur generated by refining fossil fuels.
Long-Range 3-D Lidar Could Enhance Military Ops Advancement of 3-D imaging and lidar technologies could spell significant enhancement for target identification, tracking and surveillance, namely in military operations. A team at Selex ES has...
Two-Stage Laser Could Make Rain, Lightning Weather is beyond human control -- or is it? A team from the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Optics & Photonics and the University of Arizona are developing a technique to trigger rain...
Laser Process Allows Precision Design of Nanospheres A laser-based technique for creating light-scattering silicon nanospheres could have applications in medicine and sensor technology.
Frequency Combs Speed Up Data Transmission Miniaturized optical frequency combs may hold the key to faster computing centers and accelerated communications networks.
Plasmonic Tunneling Enables Ultrafast Circuits A marriage of photonics and nanostructures could enable a huge leap in computer processing speed.
Nanostructures Show Promise for Efficient LEDs Nanostructures and an indium nitride (InN) semiconductor could hold promise for improving the efficiency of LEDs, particularly in the green gap, where productivity typically takes a dive. Researchers...
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Solid-State UV Lamp Presents Sterilization Alternative A new solid-state UV lamp could provide a cheaper and safer option for surface sterilization.
LIGHT SPEED
3 Questions Interview Optics education advocate Judy Donnelly might have retired recently, but she won’t let that slow down her efforts to advance science and learning. Donnelly won the 2012 Esther Hoffman Beller...
Microspectrometer Earns Plaudits at Trade Show Horiba Scientific’s MicOS Microscope Optical Spectrometer was named “One of the Best New Instruments of the Year 2013” at the Annual Conference of China Scientific Instruments in...
NIST Awards Manufacturing Grants GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 9, 2014 — Two projects aimed at advancing photonics manufacturing have been awarded grants from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through its...
DEEPEN Project to Boost Device Development A new test environment is being planned to facilitate the creation of next-generation photonic and electronic devices. A team of researchers from throughout Europe is working to develop the...
Fiber Lens Market to Grow 45% Per Year The global market for fiber optic collimating lens assemblies is projected to grow at 45 percent per year through 2018, according to a study by ElectroniCast Consultants. The global consumption of...
Dramatic Growth Projected for PIC Market The Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) market should see significant growth over the next five years at an annual rate of 31.3 percent, according to a new report by Transparency Market Research. This...
GREENLIGHT
UV Takes Water Treatment Chemical-Free A new UV process quickly breaks down pollutants in wastewater without help from chemical catalysts. The system uses 172-nm light to trigger photolysis, splitting H2O molecules into highly reactive hydroxyl radicals. “These hydroxyl compounds have an even higher reaction potential than atomic oxygen, for example,” said Siegfried Egner, head of the Physical Process Technology department...
PROFILE
Novel Laser-Power Sensor Improves Process Control A new type of laser-power detector delivers fast speed and high laser-damage resistance, enabling real-time process control in embedded systems. Lasers process a wide range of materials in an extraordinarily diverse array of applications that often share a common requirement: the need to regularly measure laser output characteristics such as average power, pulse energy, pulse shape or beam...
3 QUESTIONS
Light Refreshments Will Be Served In less than six months, people everywhere will anxiously await the ball drop or other symbolic event signaling the start of 2015. It seems fitting that the International Year of Light will be ushered in by fireworks and laser light shows from Paris to New York to Sydney. Who knows – there may even be “vodka served as a flash of light” – à la Parks and Recreation...
LIGHTER SIDE
Moving Mother Nature Indoors Artificial light is not pretty. Spending time under the harsh fluorescence of office, hospital or store lighting can be straining on the eyes and draining on morale. Leaning back in your office chair or hospital bed, or in the checkout line, enclosed from every angle, you would do just about anything to feel the sun on your face. Soon, thanks to a project funded by the European Commission, you...
PRODUCTS
Measurement System 4D Technology has added a suite of components for measuring 300-mm-diameter optics. The AccuFiz series includes a 4-in.-aperture interferometer, a 100- to 300-mm beam expander for horizontal or...
4D Technology Corporation
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Blue Laser System The Model 87100 blue laser turnkey system from Laser Light Solutions delivers 100 W from a 1-mm, 0.22-NA fiber. With 445-nm performance from a DDL source, the system’s critical components...
Laser Light Solutions
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Galvo Scanner Option Laser Mechanisms has introduced a galvo scanner option for laser applications. It offers high speed and accuracy in a compact package. Available for up to 20-mm diameter beams, the unit...
Laser Mechanisms Inc.
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Probe System Mitutoyo America Corp. has introduced the Renishaw PH20 probe system, to accompany the Crysta-Apex S500/700/900 series Coordinate Measuring Machines, for test and measurement applications. The...
Mitutoyo America Corp.
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Laser Diode System Frankfurt Laser Co. has introduced the FLC300 laser diode system for applications in fiber optic communications. The new system delivers fiber output power of 2 mW to 300 W, and wavelengths...
Frankfurt Laser Company
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UV Fiber Lasers AMS Technologies has announced the PUFL series of UV fiber lasers, a line of 355-nm laser sources from Keopsys.. Based on the combination of a 1.0-µm fiber laser and a compact frequency...
AMS Technologies AG
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Ultrasonic Sensors Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced Series IO Ultrasonic Sensors, a line of IO-Link compatible sensors with pushbutton programming for on-site parameterization. IO-Link and Pactware software can be...
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
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Thermoelectric Coolers Elite Thermal Engineering has introduced the OCP-300L thermoelectric cooling plate and HS-004L high-power heat sink for laboratory and OEM applications. The OCP-300L offers 300 W of...
Elite Thermal Engineering LLC
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AOTF-NIR Spectrometer Brimrose Corp. has introduced the Luminar 4060 spectrometer for various applications in test and measurement. The new device features a scanning speed of 16,000 wavelengths per second, touch...
Brimrose Corp. of America
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FTIR Scanner Oriel Instruments, a Newport Corp. company, introduces the 8035 Fourier Transform-Infrared scanner for imaging and spectroscopy applications. The device features a 1.5-inch beam for higher...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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Spectrometer System The SP2100 Spectral Reflectometer from Verity Instruments is designed for film thickness measurement of in-situ and inline applications. Consisting of a high-performance spectrometer and xenon...
Verity Instruments Inc.
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Stabilized Imaging Hood Tech Vision has introduced the Alticam 05-EO5 Camera Turret, a stabilized imaging system for unmanned vehicles. The device’s gimbal system features low size, weight (0.75 kg) and...
HoodTech Vision, Stabilized Imaging Systems
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Hybrid Fractional Laser Sciton Inc.’s Halo, a hybrid fractional laser, applies tunable ablative and nonablative wavelengths in a single pass to maximize results and reduce downtime. Two functions provide...
Sciton Inc.
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2-D Semiconductor Detector Rigaku Corporation’s HyPix-3000, a 2-D semiconductor detector, has a large active area of 3000 mm² and a small pixel size of 100 μm² to ensure high spatial resolution. As a...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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Low Noise Input Cables Femto Messtechnik GmbH’s low-noise input cables, available from Electro Optical Components Inc., minimize triboelectric and microphonic noise for its signal recovery amplifiers. ...
Femto Messtechnik GmbH
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Micromachining System IPG Photonics Corp. has introduced the IX-200-F, a fiber laser micromachining system for general-purpose, R&D and batch-scale production applications. The multifunction system can be...
IPG Photonics Corporation
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Surgical Microscopes Carl Zeiss Meditec has unveiled the OPMI Lumera 700 and Rescan 700, surgical microscopes that feature integrated intraoperative OCT. Designed for ophthalmic surgeons, it provides visualization...
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
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Spectral Identification KnowItAll ATR/IR ID Expert and Raman ID Expert software from Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. uses IR and Raman spectroscopy to identify unknown compounds. The software, which accesses the...
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Informatics Div.
Miniature Encoder Atom, Renishaw Inc.’s new noncontact optical linear and rotary incremental encoder, combines miniaturization with dirt immunity and signal stability for applications including laser scanning,...
Renishaw Inc.
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RF Photonic Transmitter Pharad has added the PTX-030-500 radio-frequency photonic transmitter and the PRX-030-500 radio-frequency (RF) photonic receiver to its family of RF over Fiber products, which are suitable for...
Octane Wireless
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DPSS Laser RPMC Lasers has introduced Bright Solutions’ SOL diode-dumped solid-state (DPSS) laser for applications including plastics and metals marking and machining, lidar and rangefinding, and...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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UV Laser Spectra-Physics, a Newport company, has released the Quasar 355-60 UV laser for microelectronic device manufacturing. The device offers >60 W, pulse energies >300 µJ, repetition rate...
MKS Spectra-Physics
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PHOTONICS SPECTRA 2014
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