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Femtosecond Lasers Power New Approaches in Optogenetics
One of the most active and exciting areas in neuroscience is the use of optogenetics to unravel how neural pathways in the brain process and transmit information. Optogenetics involves the use of light-sensitive opsins — a special class of membrane-embedded proteins. Opsins are switchable channels or pumps for specific cations or anions whose on or off state is determined by irradiation...
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Optical Materials of Tomorrow
From silicon photonics and quantum dots to metamaterials and carbon nanotubes, innovative materials promise a faster, brighter and more integrated future. While some materials have already enjoyed a...
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In Vitro Diagnostics, Immunology Spurring Advances in Flow Cytometry
Cells are the building blocks of organisms. From yeast and bacteria to elephants and whales, cells are the fundamental units of both biological structure and function. They have long been the subject...
Quantum Cascade Laser Breakthrough for Advanced Remote Detection
The atoms in a molecule can bend, stretch and rotate with respect to one another, and these excitations are largely optically active. Most molecules, from simple to moderately complex, have a...
A High-Resolution View of the Universe
Under ideal circumstances, the resolution of an optical system is limited by the diffraction of light waves. This diffraction limit, the maximum resolution a telescope can achieve, improves linearly...
Editorial
Optimal Conditions, Great Viewing
Nestled in the Andes mountain range in the Atacama Desert in Chile sits the Las Campanas Observatory. At an elevation of almost 8,000 feet, the remote location is prized for its dark skies, excellent weather and superior visibility. Soon it will be home to the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) now under construction.
Tech Pulse
Novel Device Adds to Interferometry’s Optical Capabilities
Interferometers make minute measurements by manipulating beams of light using an optical delay — an effect that's typically achieved by adding length to one of the beam's paths, which slows the signal down. The creators of the Hilbert-space analyzer have found a way to introduce a delay that is unrelated to time.
Using Graphene to Lower the Cost and Footprint of LEDs
A white LED (WLED) has been developed using a hybrid metal-organic framework (MOF) material, which provides electrically driven white light emission with a continuous spectrum that matches well with...
Scientists Discern Light-Driven Molecular Changes Using LCLS Laser
To better understand how molecules undergo light-driven chemical transformations, a research team from the Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University, the University of Washington and the...
Direct-Drive Laser Fusion Experiments Move Toward Target Ignition
Conditions capable of producing a direct drive laser fusion yield that is five times higher than the current record for laser fusion energy yield have been demonstrated.
Solid-State Photodetector May Speed Switching of Optoelectronic Devices
An all-solid-state-wavelength-dependent bipolar photodetector (WBPD), composed of a single semiconductor, has demonstrated a faster response time than existing WBPDs that are comprised of...
Hyperspectral Imaging Shines Light on Ancient Mexican Text
Researchers at the Bodleian Libraries have used hyperspectral imaging to reveal never-before-seen pictographic scenes from a rare precolonial Mexican codex that has been hidden underneath a layer of...
Vortex Laser May Help Shape the Future of Data Transfer
A light-based communications tool that is structured to carry data in a helical path may enable fast transfer of large amounts of data, resolving potential bottlenecks in data transfer as the demand...
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Luxtera Ships One Millionth Transceiver Product
Semiconductor provider Luxtera Inc. has announced the shipment of more than 1 million silicon photonic parallel single-mode fiber four-lane transceiver products.
Lighting Sciences Signs Patent Agreement with Osram-Sylvania, Hubbell
LED solutions provider Lighting Science has announced the signing of a perpetual patent license agreement with Osram-Sylvania Inc. and Hubbell Lighting, a division of Hubbell Inc. The license...
Pyreos Secures £1.8M in Funding
Sensor developer Pyreos Ltd. has secured £1.8 million ($2.4 million) of funding from new and existing shareholders as it continues to expand its business.
Hyperspectral Imaging Poised for Growth
The global hyperspectral imaging market is projected to reach $90 million by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate of 9.8 percent, according to a report by Mordor Intelligence.
Trumpf Creates Venture Capital Firm
Manufacturing solutions provider Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG has founded Trumpf Venture GmbH, a venture capital company to fund technology startups. The company aims to fund promising young companies that...
OFS Cable Wins Innovation Award
The LaserWave FLEX WideBand Multimode Optical Fiber from OFS Fitel LLC has won a silver award from the 2016 Cabling Installation and Maintenance Innovators Awards Program. Presented annually, the...
Molex Fiber Used on NASA Climate Monitoring Satellite
Molex LLC has announced that is Polymicro Technologies optical fiber is being used to build NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) for climate monitoring. The satellite,...
Leica Expands in Southeastern US
Microscope developer Leica Microsystems Inc. has announced an expansion in the southeastern United States. Associated Microscope Company Inc. of Elon, North Carolina, will represent Leic’sa...
Laser Guide Star Alliance Wins Leibinger Innovation Prize
The Laser Guide Star Alliance, the development team led by Dr. Domenico Bonaccini Calia, Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders and Dr. Wallace Clements at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching, Germany,...
RPO Awarded Small Business Grant for Chalcogenide Glass IR Development
Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) LLC has been awarded a grant from the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) government program to pursue chalcogenide glass IR optic development for quantum...
CSA Laser Launches Aboard NASA OSIRIS-REx
A laser altimeter from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has been launched on board of NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)...
Carbon Nanotube Market Poised for Growth
According to a report by Lux Research, the carbon nanotube market will grow to 560 million in 2025, driven by faster development of commercial applications, while the market for graphene will lag at...
Specialised Imaging Awarded Queen’s Award
Imaging system developer Specialised Imaging Ltd. has been awarded the 2016 Queen’s Award for Enterprise and Innovation for its Kirana camera and its growth in export sales. The camera uses a...
Phoenix Software Joins AIM
With the support of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, photonic design automation (PDA) software developer Phoenix Software BV is now a member of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated...
Navitar Wins Legal Battle Against Chinese Counterfeiters
Optics manufacturer Navitar Inc. has won a legal battle against Chinese metrology machine makers over income tax evasion, smuggling crimes of evading import duties and value-added tax, along with...
Industry News
Hyperspectral Imaging Poised for Growth
The global hyperspectral imaging market is projected to reach $90 million by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate of 9.8 percent, according to a report by Mordor Intelligence.
Trumpf Creates Venture Capital Firm
Manufacturing solutions provider Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG has founded Trumpf Venture GmbH, a venture capital company to fund technology startups. The company aims to fund promising young companies that...
Lasers Special Section
3 Questions Interview
Walter Buell, principal director of the Electronics and Photonics Laboratory at The Aerospace Corp. in California, first became interested in lasers and optics more than 30 years ago. When his high...
From Masers to Lasers in Space — and at the Cinema!
Sixty years ago, physicists Charles Hard Townes, James P. Gordon and H.J. Zeiger demonstrated the maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation). It wasn’t long before...
Lighter Side
An Invisibility Cloak for the Non-Magical World?
Greek mythology is filled with references to an “invisibility cap” worn on occasion by Hades, Hermes and Athena that gave the wearer the power to become invisible. And today, legions of movie-goers are familiar with the title character of the Harry Potter series donning an “invisibility cloak” for all sorts of mischief. Yet despite being the stuff of fiction, researchers...
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Nd:YAG Laser
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Focal Length Calculator
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Image Sensors
ON Semiconductor has announced the P3 versions of the Python 1300 and 5000 image sensors, with half the frame rate and data ports of the original models. The Python 1300 achieves 105 fps with 2...
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Microscope Stage
Prior Scientific Inc. has announced the H112 microscope stage, featuring a travel range of more than 300 × 300 mm. The H112 is fully compatible with a wide range of microscopes and can...
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Micro-Intradyne Coherent Receivers
NeoPhotonics Corp. has announced a sampling of HB Micro-ICRs, or Class-40 High-Bandwidth Micro-Intradyne Coherent Receivers, capable of supporting 64-Gbaud symbol rates, which is double the bandwidth...
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Optical Modules
Finisar Corp. has announced a new family of 100-Gb/s optical modules, extending communication reaches in modern enterprise and hyperscale data center environments. Based on the QSFP28 form...
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LED Luminaire Measurement System
Ophir Photonics Group has announced the FluxGage LED luminaire measurement system. The FluxGage system uses solar panels as the light detector, measuring flux, color and flicker to evaluate the...
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Lidar Module
Invisage Technologies Inc. has announced the Spark Micro-LiDAR SML20 module. The previously announced Spark4K 13-MP, 1.1-µm NIR sensor enables the SML20 module to sense structured light...
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Compact UV Lamp
Spectronics Corp. has announced the Spectroline MiniMAX UV-5G compact lamp for laboratory applications. The UV-5G is a battery-operated, 5-W, short-wave UV lamp. It combines miniature size with...
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Photodiodes
First Sensor AG has announced Series 9.5 Avalanche Photodiodes, featuring increased sensitivity in the NIR wavelength range up to 950 nm. Due to its fast rise time and very low dark current,...
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Scan System
Scanlab AG has announced the basiCube 10 scan system, optimized for use with 532-nm green laser light. The system is ideal for laser marking applications, laser-based glass engraving and the...
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Optical Engines, Transceiver Solutions
Ranovus Inc. has announced a highly scalable Optical Engine and 200-Gbps CFP2 optical transceiver solution for the data center interconnect market. A multiwavelength subsystem based on a single...
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LED Driver
GlacialPower has announced the GP-HS35P-48CA LED driver with a rated power output of up to 33.6 W for LED lights from 33 to 48 V. The driver offers energy-saving features and a smooth output...
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Measurement Card
Anritsu Co. has announced a 40/100-G measurement card option that expands the analysis capability of its Network Master Flex MT1100A optical transport tester. The module supports the generation...
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Transceiver
Fiberstore has announced the SFP-10G-SR Compatible 10GBASE-SR SFP+ 850-nm, 300-m DOM Transceiver from Cisco Systems Corp. Every transceiver is individually tested on a full range of equipment....
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Line Scan Cameras
JAI AS has announced two new high-speed, monochrome line scan cameras for its Sweep series. The SW-4000M-PMCL model is equipped with a 4-K CMOS monochrome line sensor, delivering a scan rate of...
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Thermoelectric Modules
Phononic has announced the pico-TEC series of high-performance, solid-state, thermoelectric modules for temperature control in optoelectronics and fiber optics. The pico-TECs are manufactured...
Phononic Inc.
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Servo Controller
Physik Instrumente LP offers the E-873.3QTU three-axis digital servo controller for miniaturized precision positioning and handling tasks. The device complements the size of the ultracompact...
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Optical Sensor Module
AMS AG has announced the TMD3700 optical sensor module for color, ambient light and proximity sensing. The small 4 × 1.75-mm footprint has a height of 1 mm for next-generation mobile...
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Elemental Spectrometers
Spectro Scientific Inc. has announced the SpectrOil 100 series of elemental spectrometers, providing quick, laboratory-precise measurement elemental concentrations in a variety of fluid types. ...
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Integrating Sphere Source
Announcing the OL 455-6KSA Elongated Integrating Sphere Source. The device features an elongated sphere design to reduce the nonuniformity by a factor of 10×. An aperture drive design...
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2D Material Growth Process
Oxford Instruments plc has announced MoS2 growth process using the Nanofab nanoscale growth system. Single-layer MoS2 is a direct band gap semiconductor with wide ranging applications in...
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Vacuum-Compatible Beam Expanders
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced vacuum-compatible beam expanders for high-power laser applications. The expanders are aspheric mirror-based devices offering either beam expansion or...
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