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Photonics Spectra - March 2014
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Manufacturers Refocus Technology Efforts Following Recent Financial Woes
Overcapacity has caused financial problems in the past few years, so the solar industry has been somewhat less focused on implementing technology advances - but today things are looking up and research is being rivived. The solar market was technology driven until 2012, but then experienced a collective tightening of belts as the industry went into overcapacity in 2012 and 2013. Much of the...
SFG Spectroscopy Is Key to Oil Industry Research
Sum-frequency generation spectroscopy offers insights for oil and other applications – but assembling the right equipment can be a slippery problem. Laser spectroscopy enables the minute...
Materials Evolving for Lighter, Stiffer Optics
Building better optical materials will impact applications in high-energy lasers, consumer devices and more. For optical materials, less can be more: Coatings that reflect less could lead to displays...
New Approaches Improve Beam Expansion
Afocal beam expansion systems based on the basic principles of Kepler and Galileo telescopes can be improved in terms of wavefront quality by using additional optical surfaces or aspherizing them...
InGaAs SWIR Cameras Open New Opportunities
Shortwave infrared imaging is finding new applications by improving spectroscopy, inspection and more. A whole new waveband of the electromagnetic spectrum has been opened up for exploitation in the...
Editorial
Thanks for Stopping By!
Maybe you came for a meeting with a member of our team, or to tell our Light Matters newscast crew how you got your start in the industry. Perhaps you happened upon our Photonics Buyers’ Guide 60th-anniversary celebration, heard our president, Tom Laurin, speak about the company’s early days and then stayed for a piece of cake. Or maybe you came by to say a few words about one of our...
Workforce of Tomorrow
Lasers and Fake Corneas Connect Teens, STEM and Photonics
Learning middle school science from a textbook can be boring; at least it was for me! But it would have been less so if I could have constructed solar ovens, performed “simulated laser surgery” or seen photonic technologies at work in the real world. A special science program at North Carolina State University has found the secret to exciting kids and their teachers about STEM...
Tech Pulse
Space Lasers Have ‘Bright Future’ in Communications
Neither wind, nor clouds, nor even atmospheric turbulence kept NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) from its mission of providing error-free communications to ground stations...
‘Warping’ Compresses Big Data
A physics-based data compression method outperforms existing technologies, such as JPEG, for images and could eventually be adopted for the capture and analysis of massive amounts of data in real...
Ultrathin PV Device is Highly Efficient
A thin film of perovskite sandwiched between two very thin organic semiconductors makes for a photovoltaic device with high power conversion efficiency, researchers have discovered. The thin-film...
Liquid Crystal ‘Flowers’ Into Lenses
A 3-D, liquid-crystal array shaped like a flower can be used as a lens similar to an insect’s compound eye, a team of material scientists, chemical engineers and physicists has found. The...
Technique Stabilizes Femtosecond Pulses
A new technique that stabilizes femtosecond (fs) pulses generated in a microresonator could improve devices dependent on such pulses for applications in telecommunications, broadband spectroscopy and...
Active Cloak Most Broadband to Date
An active invisibility cloak — that is, one designed to work with an external power source — could significantly broaden the device’s operation bandwidth, moving its applications...
Hubble Spots Vapor Venting Off Europa
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopically detected water vapor over the frigid south pole of Jupiter’s satellite Europa, providing the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting...
THz Generator Has Highest Signal Quality
A terahertz (THz) generator currently in development improves signal quality by 1 million times as compared with the best device of its kind available on the market, opening the technology to...
Quantum Phenomenon Shown with Plastic Film
Instead of the usual ultrapure crystals, a plastic film similar to the material used in light-emitting smartphone displays has been used to demonstrate a complex quantum mechanical phenomenon. The...
Nanowire Lasers Emit at Useful Wavelengths
Threadlike semiconductors can be made to emit light at useful wavelengths, demonstrating potential as lasers for applications in computing, communications, and environmental and biological sensing....
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Prism Awards honor innovations in photonics
A laser camera to detect veins under the skin, a security system that identifies hidden drugs and explosives, and a laser for digital 3-D cinema projections were among the nine winners of the 2014...
Company offers credit for damaged lenses
Laser Research Optics of Providence, R.I., will offer a credit of up to 20 percent toward new CO2 lenses if purchasers return their damaged 1.5- and 2-in. zinc selenide lenses. The offer applies...
ITC Rules on Avago, Mellanox Patent Dispute
Both Mellanox Technologies Ltd. and Avago Technologies are claiming victories in recent rulings by the International Trade Commission (ITC) regarding an ongoing patent dispute. Avago's claims that...
Campaign Begins to Endow Award Honoring Tingye Li
The OSA Foundation is launching a fundraising campaign to endow an award for recognizing young optics researchers, in honor of the late optical communications pioneer Tingye Li. The annual Tingye Li...
Photonics Grants Awarded to Four Colleges
The chronic nationwide shortage of new photonics technicians has prompted the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to provide grants to four US colleges, with the goal of...
Lightwave Pioneer Kaminow Passes
Ivan P. Kaminow, a pioneer in photonic devices and developer of several key aspects of lightwave communication systems, died on Dec. 18. He was 83. Born in Union City, N.J., and raised in Passaic,...
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Tapping solar’s full potential
Solar cells may be a little closer to full realization of their potential, thanks to the creation of large sheets of nanotextured silicon microcell arrays. The discovery promises to make solar cells lightweight, bendable, more efficient and easily mass-produced. Converting sunshine into electricity is not a difficult process, although the lack of a national solar cell network reveals that much of...
Lighter Side
Seeing the puck in strobe
The buzzer sounds. The crowds cheer. Twelve angry hockey players fly out onto the ice, blades clicking, to test their reflexes, brute force and balance. It’s pandemonium. Chaos. And in the middle of it all, each player is hunting for a tiny, wily puck. Any training tool that offers the upper hand is invaluable, even if it sounds counterintuitive. One such instrument is a piece of special...
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Infrared-Emitting Diode
The Oslon Compact SFH 4710 IRED (infrared-emitting diode) from Osram Opto Semiconductors is suitable for applications such as surveillance, digital image processing, 3-D measurement, pattern...
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Fiber Laser
NKT Photonics has released the Koheras Basik X15 ultralow-noise fiber laser for industrial applications such as seismic mapping for oil and gas, pipeline monitoring and security. The device...
NKT Photonics A/S
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Photometer/Colorimeter
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas has added Instrument Systems’ LumiCam 1300 imaging photometer and colorimeter to its light- and display-measurement portfolio. The camera also is designed...
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.
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Beam Analyzer
The Beam Analyzer Touch from AMS Technologies measures beam profile, size, shape, position and power. The stand-alone unit has a built-in touch screen and measuring head. Its 190- to 2700-nm...
AMS Technologies AG
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Off-Axis Paraboloid Mirrors
Off-axis paraboloid mirrors by Optical Surfaces Ltd. direct and focus incident collimated light at a specific angle for unrestricted access to the focal point. The mirrors are suitable for...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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LED Light Engine
Model 2400B-510, the latest addition to Innovations in Optics Inc.’s line of LumiBright FC fiber-coupled LED light engines, was designed for fiber and lightguide input apertures from 1 to 3 mm...
Innovations in Optics Inc.
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Single-Active-Area Photodiode
The SXUV100 by Opto Diode is a single-active-area, 100-mm2 photodiode for detecting 13.5-nm wavelengths or for monitoring high-power-density sources between 1 and 150 nm. It is operational from...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Laser Micrometer Interface
NetLinc, a laser micrometer interface from LaserLinc, streamlines the setup process by enabling transmission of measurement data via a standard Ethernet cable. LaserLinc's TLAser230™...
LaserLinc Inc.
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Black Coatings Data
Reflectance data for Acktar Ltd.’s black-light-absorbing coatings has been incorporated into the libraries of optics simulation software packages Zemax and TracePro. The programs are designed...
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Data Acquisition Software
PicoQuant GmbH has released 3.0 data-acquisition software for its PicoHarp 300 time-correlated single-photon-counting (TCSPC) system. The software provides a programmable time offset in the...
PicoQuant GmbH
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360° Camera
Sundance DSP is now offering the iStar, a fully automatic, high-resolution camera that captures, creates and distributes 360° spherical images for a variety of applications, such as crime and...
Sundance Digital Signal Processing Inc.
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Remote-Sensing Pistol Grip
Spectral Evolution is now offering a pistol grip for ambient light remote-sensing applications in the field requiring fiber optic data collection, such as climate research, and environmental,...
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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Camera Module Testing
Trioptics GmbH’s ProCam tests the active alignment of camera modules that combine optics with a sensor and a readout circuit. The device includes standard measurement systems with test...
TRIOPTICS GmbH
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Driving Technology
The Thermal camera on Chip by Senso Optics adds thermal night-vision capability to its proprietary advanced driving assistance system, ADAS. The technology is designed to reduce automobile accidents...
Senso-Optics Ltd.
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Aspheric Measuring Station
Mahr Federal Inc. has released the MarSurf LD 130/260, a 2-D/3-D measuring station for checking contour and surface topography of aspheric optical lenses and other components during multistage...
Mahr Inc.
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Image Analysis Software
Media Cybernetics’ Image-Pro Premier 9.1 image analysis software provides tools to capture, process, measure, share, visualize and compare images for scientific and industrial analysis and...
Media Cybernetics Inc.
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Sapphire Optical Domes
Meller Optics Inc. has introduced sapphire optical domes for protecting guidance systems, sensors and other devices in harsh airborne and subsea environments. The domes feature Moh 9 hardness...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Mineral Identifier
PANalytical Boulder (formerly Analytical Spectral Devices) has introduced the ASD TerraSpec Halo mineral identifier, a handheld near-IR spectrometer that delivers mineralogy results in <20 s. ...
ASD Inc.
Convex Mirrors
Edmund Optics’ TechSpec convex mirrors create virtual, upright images for use in a variety of optical systems. The mirrors expand an imaging system’s field of view without...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Optical Mirrors
Newport Corp. has released ValuMax research-grade optical mirrors for general laboratory use, prototype development, and proof-of-concept or educational applications. The mirrors are available...
MKS/Newport
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HeCd Replacement Laser
Power Technology Inc. has developed the Concerto, a 442-nm solid-state HeCd replacement laser that delivers up to 150 mW of actively stabilized single-frequency light with a spectral bandwidth <5...
Power Technology Inc.
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UV viewing systems
Available from Spectronics Corp., the Spectroline CC-80 and CC-81 UV viewing systems provide suitable fluorescence analysis and “no wait” photodocumentation of research findings....
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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