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Photonics Spectra: March 2021

Photonics Spectra
 March 2021


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Embedded Vision Is Streamlined for Application on a Massive Scale Compact, efficient, and highly application specific, embedded vision technology increasingly offers performance and price points that would have been impossible to achieve only a few years ago. The steady advancement in capabilities has been driven by improvements in all component technologies, including sensors, optics, and processors. But the most revolutionary advancements have unfolded in the...
Multiband Optical Filters Are Telecom Networks' Multitaskers Multiband optical filters have long been used in applications such as fluorescence spectroscopy, astronomy, and 3D cinema, to name a few. The ability to combine more than one spectral band into a...
Flow Cytometry Channels Photonics to Advance Immunology The COVID-19 pandemic has put the field of immunology under an international spotlight. Researchers in the field have been rigorously studying our immune system’s response to the SARS-CoV-2...
Spectroscopy Becomes a Potent Part of Pharmaceutical Production Fallout from the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to ripple across all sectors, and the photonics industry is no exception. But while the virus has raised challenges for many businesses, it has created...
Fiber Lasers Continue to Power Growth Early fiber lasers were inefficient and limited to low powers, until more effective methods emerged to deliver the pump light into the cladding. Valentin Gapontsev, founder and CEO of IPG Photonics,...
EDITORIAL
Evidence-based thinking is not rhetorical A few days before his inauguration, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Eric Lander to be his administration’s science advisor as well as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. In doing so, Biden took the additional and curious step of elevating the role of science advisor — which had historically been a nonofficial function — to a Cabinet-level position.
TECH PULSE
Retinomorphic Sensors Detect Motion as Mammals Do A retinomorphic optical sensor, featuring an ultrathin perovskite semiconductor layering, has demonstrated the ability to perceive changes to its visual field in much the same way as the human eye....
Sensor Design Grants New Life to Damaged Optical Fibers An international collaboration has found new use for damaged optical fibers, in measuring magnetic fields. Researchers have developed a sensor design that is significantly more sensitive than...
Chip-based Frequency Comb Sharpens Neural Networks Through an international collaboration, researchers from the University of Münster have developed photonic processors that combine processing and data storage on a single chip. Led by Wolfram...
Deep Learning-Designed Network Shapes Light Pulse UCLA researchers developed a method to shape light pulses by creating physical networks composed of specially engineered photonic layers. Networks built on similar concepts, already capable of...
Moiré Metasurfaces Extend Focal Length Tunability Researchers form Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have demonstrated that moiré metalenses can tune focal length along a wider range than previously seen. Moiré...
Etched Titania Films Could Speed Production of Integrated Photonics Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have achieved high-throughput production of thin, ordered, titania through-hole membranes. The method relies on anodization — a process that increases...
Hyperfluorescent OLED Produces Pure, Efficient Blues Researchers at Kyushu University have introduced a blue light source that could lead to more efficient OLED displays, while, at the same time, emitting blue light without compromise to the quality or...
Scientists Spin Graphene and Gold into Terahertz Waves A German-Spanish research team has developed a graphene-based approach for increasing the efficiency with which the scientists were able generate terahertz pulses. In the system, the researchers...
Hollow-core Fibers Improve Stability of Light-Based Gyroscopes Researchers at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre, collaborating with researchers from Honeywell, have applied nodeless antiresonant fibers (NANFs) — a...
Chip-Based Source Creates Entangled Photons 100x More Efficiently In pursuit of a fast and efficient source of entangled photon pairs necessary for quantum computing and ultrafast communications, researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a...
LIGHT SPEED
SPIE Names 2021 Award Winners in Light-based Innovation, Research SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, announced the recipients of its annual awards. In honor of transformative achievements in fields such as medicine, astronomy, lithography, and optical metrology, as well as community-focused achievements, the awards recognize technical accomplishments and committed service to advance light-based research for the betterment of the human...
RIT Scientists Receive Grants for Waveform Lidar, Remote Sensing Projects Imaging scientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) this month received nearly $400,000 in grants to support three projects aimed at improving the way scientists can use waveform lidar...
Chromacity, Heriot-Watt Collaborate on Research, Commercialization Initiatives Ultrafast laser manufacturer Chromacity and Heriot-Watt University have formalized a five-year partnership, enhancing the collaborators’ existing relationship. The agreement positions...
MassBridge Program Prepares Workforce for Advanced Manufacturing Jobs MIT, the commonwealth of Mass., and state community colleges and agencies are collaborating on the MassBridge program. The grant-funded initiative aims to prepare workers for stable, high-paying jobs...
Partnership to Launch SYLOS3 Laser System The Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) facility, a European research center aimed at providing the international research community with exceptional laser pulses...
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Integrated Photonics Opens New Frontiers for Chemical Sensing Smart devices enable us to take and share pictures, gather songs and sounds, and measure temperatures. We take such features for granted now, but they have triggered a dramatic change in our habits. The evolution of smart devices has mainly been driven by a generation of novel miniature sensors and electronics exhibiting higher performance at affordable prices. For example, cellphones first began...
LASER-TEC COLLEGE PROFILE
Sussex County Community College Sussex County Community College (SCCC) has developed a quartet of programs aimed at providing students with the knowledge, training, and experience required to excel in the field of optics and photonics. Whether pursuing the two-year Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree or one of the three one-year certificate programs, graduates will learn from experts in the field while expanding their own...
LIGHTER SIDE
And now for some light music Is it easy to learn to play the harp? Probing Google reveals that many musically inclined individuals are looking to answer similar questions about musical instruments. This searcher’s quest ended midway through an online forum in which users were exploring the topic, “On a scale from kazoo to violin, how hard is it to learn to play the lute?” The only conclusions achieved from...
PRODUCTS
F-Theta Battery Lens An F-theta lens for 1064-nm applications has been announced by Jenoptik AG, designed for battery laser foil cutting and high-volume serial production with ultrashort-pulse lasers. The lens...
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Video Pyrometer The CSvideo 3M video pyrometer from Optris GmbH features a cross-shaped sighting laser and an integrated video camera for the measurement of metals or composite materials, even at low temperatures....
Optris GmbH
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Fiber Inspection Scope The FIP-500 fiber inspection scope from EXFO Inc. improves multifiber optical connector testing in data centers and other telecommunications networks. The device inspects multifiber push on...
EXFO Inc.
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Raman Spectrometers The CiCi-Raman-785 engine from HORIBA Scientific is designed for high-volume OEM industrial users. The high-performance, 785-nm excitation wavelength spectrometer features an...
HORIBA Scientific
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Scalable LED Panel The AccuCure Scalable Panel from Digital Light Lab is a 12 × 12-in. LED panel that can be tiled and joined together for any size requirements in production line or curing tunnel applications....
Digital Light Lab
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Adjustable Diffractive Beam Shapers Adjustable Diffractive Beam Shapers from Holo/Or Ltd. optimize the throughput and process parameters of laser welding and soldering. The beam shapers contain multiple optical functions on...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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Image Acquisition Software Kit The Sapera™ LT 8.60 software development kit from Teledyne Imaging is an image acquisition and control software development toolkit that supports USB3 Vision cameras and improves performance...
Teledyne Lumenera
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Video Measurement Systems The LVC line of video measurement systems from Vision Engineering have been expanded to include the LVC200 and higher specification variants. The LVC200 and LVC200+ offer 8 × 6 ×...
Vision Engineering Inc.
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Multispectral Ground Observation The SPEED-LR smart system from CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. is an electro-optical IR defense and homeland security system designed for long-range ground observation. The digital,...
CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd.
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Image Signal Processor The Denali 3.0 programmable image signal processor (ISP) from Pinnacle Imaging Systems is a fully customizable solution for designers of mission-critical applications demanding maximum real-time...
Pinnacle Imaging Systems
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Fiber Channel Transceivers 32-G fiber channel transceivers from Smartoptics AS are intended for use in Brocade Gen 7 directors and switches. The devices enable a reduced overall footprint, low power consumption, and an...
Smartoptics
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Detection Sensor The TCS3410 combined ambient light/RGB color and flicker detection sensor from ams AG features a 2 × 1-mm footprint. Expanding customer options for use in bezel-less and ultra-narrow...
ams AG
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Image Capture System The StreamPix Recording Station from NorPix Inc. is a portable, high-speed recording system capable of capturing high-definition images from multiple synchronized cameras. The system uses a...
NorPix Inc.
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UV-Enhanced Photodiode The UVG20S UV-enhanced detector from Opto Diode Corp. features a 5.5-mm diameter active area. The photodiode is ideal for UV detection between 190- to 400-nm spectral wavelengths with a full...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Transponder/Muxponder The PL-4000T transponder/muxponder from PacketLight Networks Ltd. delivers any mix of 100-GbE, OTU4 or 400-GbE services over 400-G wavelengths for high-capacity data center interconnects, metro, and...
PacketLight Networks Ltd.
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Near-Eye Display Measurement System The NED-LMD Near-Eye Display Measurement System from Gamma Scientific Inc. provides users with a 158° wide field-of-view characterization of augmented, virtual, and mixed realities, along with...
Gamma Scientific
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Q-Switched Laser The Cobolt Tor™ XE Q-switched, pulsed laser from HÜBNER Photonics is designed for marking, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, and photoacoustic microscopy applications. The...
HUBNER Photonics
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ROADMs The DCP-R series of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) from Smartoptics AS addresses advanced and reconfigurable optical ring and mesh...
Smartoptics
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Microspectrometer The 20/30 XL™ Microspectrometer from CRAIC Technologies Inc. is designed to nondestructively analyze microscopic features of large flat panel displays by incorporating large scale sample...
CRAIC Technologies
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Laser Microscope The LEXT™ OLS5100 Laser Microscope from Olympus Corp. provides high levels of accuracy and precision for sub-μm 3D observation and surface roughness measurement in materials science. ...
Olympus Corp. of the Americas
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