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Photonics Spectra: March 2020

Photonics Spectra
 March 2020


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Prism Awards Celebrate Innovation The 12th annual Prism Awards ceremony showcased the best in photonics innovation: hand-held spectrometry, plug-and-play inspection, multispectral imaging, and more. The event, sponsored by SPIE and Photonics Media, honors the most innovative and groundbreaking products on the market. This year’s winners originated from 105 applications from 18 countries, evaluated by a panel of...
Coded Aperture Correlation Holography Coded aperture correlation holography (COACH) is a recently developed 3D-imaging technology. It began as a regular in-line, two-beam interference holography and has evolved into an interferenceless...
Moth-Eye Metasurfaces for Fiber Optics The use of optical fiber in astronomy, biomedical instrumentation, communications, defense, digital projection, industrial laser, medical, and sensing applications has increased over several decades...
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The Reality of Intelligent Manufacturing “Rise of the Machines,” the third “Terminator” sci-fi movie, features a future controlled by cold, calculating cyborgs that make their own decisions, including going back in...
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Metamaterials Extend Photonics Metamaterials — engineered to have unique photonic and other properties — can enable previously difficult or impossible-to-achieve performance. Radar or lidar steering, for instance, can...
EDITORIAL
Omissions, errata, abridgments The blog Time’s Flow Stemmed includes an anonymous entry called “Nothing Compared to the Stars,” which quotes a letter written by Caroline Herschel. Herschel (1750-1848) was the first woman to be awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and she — with her brother William — built England’s Great Forty-Foot Telescope, the largest in the world for...
TECH PULSE
Colloidal QD Breakthrough Could Lead to Manufacturing-friendly Laser Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of LED containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows the LEDs to function as lasers. The researchers demonstrated an operational LED that also functioned as an optically pumped, low-threshold laser. To achieve those goals, they incorporated an optical resonator...
New Rules Reveal How an Object’s Scale Affects Its Interaction with Light Princeton researchers have uncovered rules pertaining to how objects absorb and emit light. Their discovery addresses how the scale of an object affects the way it interacts with light. The new rules...
Quantum Loop Provides Testbed for Unhackable Communications Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago (UChicago) have launched a quantum loop, consisting of two connected, 26-mile...
NIST Proposes New Definition for Optical Watt Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seek to develop a more precise definition for the standard unit of light power, the optical watt. Instead of the current...
Laser Pulse Creates Nonlinear Effects in Amorphous Dielectric Material A new, all-optical technique for creating second-order nonlinear effects in materials that normally do not support them could lead to new options for creating these effects for optical computers,...
Quantum Sensors in Diamond Anvils Measure Materials Under Pressure To develop new, high-performance optical and electronic materials, scientists need to measure how material properties such as magnetism and strength change under extreme conditions. Diamond anvil...
Researchers Build Chip-Size Particle Accelerator For the first time, scientists at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created a silicon chip that can accelerate electrons using an infrared laser to deliver, at...
National University of Singapore Develops Large-Area, Flexible NIR LEDs A research team led by Tan Zhi Kuang from the Department of Chemistry and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) has developed high-efficiency, near-infrared LEDs that can cover an...
Silicon Quantum Bits Communicate over Relatively Long Distances A Princeton University research team has shown that silicon quantum bits (qubits), mediated by a microwave photon, can interact even when spaced relatively far apart on a computer chip. The ability...
LIGHT SPEED
CAREER Award Recipient to Explore Potential of Promising New Material in Optoelectronic Applications Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), is the recipient of the CAREER grant award. The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant will allow Shi and his team to explore new uses of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) in an optoelectronic device. Two-dimensional...
Coherent Shares Rose 10% in December 2019 Coherent Inc. (Nasdaq:COHR) saw its shares rise 10.3% over the last 30 days of 2019. The swift growth was due in part to new investments in the company’s manufacturing infrastructure as well as...
Laser Dermatology Pioneer Inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame Dr. Richard Rox Anderson, inventor of laser dermatology, is a 2020 inductee in the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). A total of 22 innovation pioneers were announced as the 2020 class of...
SPIE Announces 2020 Fellows SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced 72 members as new fellows of the society for 2020. Fellows are members of the society who have made significant scientific and...
DenseLight to Expand in Singapore and China Following Ownership Transfer Photonics integration technology company DenseLight Semiconductors Technology Co. Ltd. has become an independent organization following its divestment by POET Technologies Inc. for a total...
Electrical Engineer Granted $453K to Create Miniature On-Chip Laser Jelena Vuckovic, a Jensen Huang Professor in Global Leadership and professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, is the winner of the £350,000 IET A F Harvey Engineering Research...
FLIR Systems Invests in Providence Photonics' Gas Imaging FLIR Systems has made a strategic investment in Providence Photonics LLC, according to the two companies. Providence Photonics, a developer of advanced software used to quantify invisible gas...
Thorlabs Adds Crystalline Coating Capability Thorlabs has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business assets of Crystalline Mirror Solutions (CMS), a developer of substrate-transferred single-crystal optical coatings. By...
ZEISS Revenue Increased 11% in Previous Fiscal Year to $7.2 Billion The ZEISS Group saw revenue grow by 11% in fiscal year 2018-2019, reaching €6.43 billion ($7.18 billion USD; previous year: €5.82 billion). Zeiss’ fiscal year 2018-2019 ended Sept....
LASER-TEC COLLEGE PROFILE
Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) For more than 31 years, IHCC has offered an associate-level degree in applied science in laser and optics technology. More than 700 technicians have graduated from IHCC and are working in the laser/photonics industry throughout the U.S. and internationally. Companies that have hired graduates include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Raytheon, Mazak, Northrop Grumman, IDEX, Lumenis, DRS...
3 QUESTIONS
3 Questions with Tracey R. Jones Photonics Media spoke with Tracey R. Jones, senior graphic designer at Ocean Insight and creator of a video competition called Spectroscopy Star. What got you thinking about running a contest? Our...
3 Questions with Andrea Armani Photonics Media spoke with professor Andrea Armani of the University of Southern California about the first Photonics Online Meetup (POM). Armani organized and co-chaired the event with Orad Reshef...
LIGHTER SIDE
A fishy line of sight As if cuttlefish weren’t cute enough, a University of Minnesota (UMN) research team recently equipped 11 of them with specialized 3D glasses for use in an underwater theater built just for them. The researchers did this not just so the fish could enjoy the viewing experience; the team wanted to investigate how cuttlefish determine the distance from which to strike moving prey. The research...
PRODUCTS
Microscopy Extensions ZEISS has announced extensions on its Crossbeam 350/550 and Atlas 5 microscopes. Materials and life science researchers can now experience faster accessibility of deeper regions of interest...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Microscopy
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OA805 Video Processor The OA805 video processor from OmniVision Technologies Inc. is a video processor that supports high-efficiency video coding compression (HEVC) with low power consumption. Its power efficiency...
OmniVision Technologies Inc.
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LJ-X8000 The LJ-X8000 series of 2D/3D laser profilers from Keyence Corp. of America provides high-resolution inline measurement at 3,200 data points/profile. Designed to handle a wide range of...
Keyence Corp. of America
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Laser Cleaning System The LPC-2000CTH Jobsite™ CleanTech Laser Blaster from Laser Photonics is a water-cooled laser cleaning tool. The industrial-grade system is designed for large areas that require cleaning,...
Laser Photonics Corp.
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Optics Software The OpticsViewer™ software solution from Zemax LLC helps improve optical product manufacturing. OpticsViewer empowers manufacturing engineers and engineering managers to easily view and...
Zemax, Optical Product Design Software
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Raman Laser The 08-NLDM 785-nm Enhanced Spectral Purity Raman Laser from HÜBNER Photonics is part of the Cobolt 08-01 series of compact, high-performance, single-frequency and narrow-linewidth lasers. ...
HUBNER Photonics
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Industrial Inspection Cameras The X-Scan T series of industrial inspection cameras from Detection Technology PLC is based on time delay integration (TDI) technology. Designed especially for the food industry, the cameras...
Detection Technology Plc
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Machine Vision Lens The FIFO-1218ML5M machine vision lens from FIFO Optics Co. Ltd. is a 1-in. format lens at 5 MP. With a focal length of 12 mm, FIFO-1218ML5M machine vision lens provides an aperture of 1.8 on a...
FIFO Optics Co. Ltd.
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Polymer Optical Fiber The RAYTELA® Polymer Optical Fiber from Toray Industries Inc. is designed for minimally invasive surgery. The fiber is a flexible and efficient transmitter of high-intensity light. It...
Toray Industries Inc.
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Radiometric Sensors The UDT series of enhanced radiometric sensors from Gamma Scientific Inc. delivers femto-amp level sensitivity for low-light-level measurement. Configuration options include miniature,...
Gamma Scientific
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LED Tube Bulbs LED T5 Tube Bulbs from LEDtronics Inc. are high-lumen devices with multiple base selections to replace incandescent bulbs. The bipolar T5 compact bulb is available in a clear polycarbonate...
Ledtronics Inc.
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Aspheric Lenses NIR Precision Aspheric Lenses from Edmund Optics Inc. are optimized to eliminate spherical aberration. The aspheres are polished through a computer-numerical-controlled process for...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Embedded Laser Controller The LMC-3 embedded laser controller from FARO Technologies Inc. is a pluggable module with a powerful, remote application programming interface for beam steering applications. The compact,...
FARO Technologies
FARO Technologies Inc., Photonics
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Pulse Compressor + Booster The Pulse Compressor and Peak-Field Booster from OZ Optics Ltd. is a compact device that utilizes nonlinear effects from an optical fiber to surpass peak electric field limitations from an ultrafast...
OZ Optics Limited
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CMOS Camera LUCID Vision Labs Inc. has announced the first model in its Atlas10 10GBASE-T series of cameras, which features the 24.5-MP Sony Pregius S back-illuminated global shutter CMOS sensor. By...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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Fiber Collimator Adapter The WS-SM1-11P fiber collimator adapter from Spectrolight Inc. is designed for wavelength selectors. When used with incoherent light sources, the output of wavelength selector devices will be...
SPECTROLIGHT Inc.
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3D Lidar System The SyMPL laser-based environmental sensing system from Mirrorcle Technologies Inc. expands the capabilities of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors by adding time-of-flight distance sensing....
Mirrorcle Technologies Inc.
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Spectroradiometer The Labsphere UV LED Flux Spectroradiometer from Pro-Lite Technology Ltd. is an integrating sphere system designed for measuring the spectral radiant flux of UV-VIS-NIR LEDs in watts. It...
Pro-Lite Technology Ltd.
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Coordinate Measuring Machine The Leitz Reference BX coordinate measuring machine (CMM) from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence AB is designed for blade and glass manufacturers. The system accurately captures detailed...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Spectroscopic Prisms Spectroscopic Prisms from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are high-quality, uncoated and coated optics for image rotation, inversion, re-direction, and dispersion of light. Operating in a stable...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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