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Photonics Spectra - October 2004
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Automation Advances Life Sciences Microscopy
Automated microscopy in the life sciences can trace its beginnings to the semiconductor industry. In the 1970s, automated microscope stages were developed and used extensively for wafer inspection in semiconductor fabrication. By grafting motorized components onto a microscope designed for manual use, automation was achieved. Over time, more functionality became internal to the microscope. By...
Spinning Disk vs. Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscopes
When imaging thick biological specimens, light from out-of-focus planes often obscures the fluorescence of structures of interest. Various confocal methods can remove out-of-focus light to reveal the...
Through the Looking Glass and What Cavity Ringdown Found There
What is air? Scientists worldwide continue to focus their attention and their instruments on answering that simple question with an ever-increasing standard for accuracy. It is no longer sufficient...
When the Light Fails
Proper lighting is an important part of any machine vision system. Obviously, the lighting needs to be adequate, but it also should be arranged so that it amplifies the things you want the vision...
UV LEDs Suitable for Fluorescence Spectroscopy
LEDs that emit in the 340-nm wavelength range have been developed by scientists in the division of engineering and department of physics at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and in the department...
Improvements Sought in Nitride-Based LEDs
A team of engineers at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, has reported the results of its investigations into the fabrication of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum-well green LEDs by...
Offering More Performance for Less Money, Accurately
The optical engineering discipline has entered a golden age. The computational power of personal computers has steadily increased for 20 years while costs have fallen. Similarly, the technical...
Interoperability in Optical Design Tools
Today's photonics market is demanding optical design tools that not only are powerful and easy to use, but that also work well with a company's already-established set of software tools. Optical,...
Better Illumination Design Through Automated Optimization
Light pipes couple and shape light-source output distribution in a variety of illumination applications, including automotive and avionic displays, fiber optic illuminators and display backlights....
Motion Control Meets the Vacuum
Traditional motion-control devices, including stepper motors and DC servomotors, were designed for the industrial manufacturing environment and brought repeatability and accurate automation to...
Motion and Vibration Control in Ultrafast Research
Research into ultrafast phenomena continues to be a dominant area of investigation, with wide-ranging applications in biological imaging, remote sensing, materials analysis and machining. Scientists...
High-Power Pulsed Laser Diodes Take on New Industrial and Commercial Applications
The ability of pulsed laser diodes to provide short pulses of intense power has made them an ideal choice for military applications such as target designating and rangefinding. Indeed, much of the...
Jobs in Photonics
When Photonics Spectra conducts a research project with its readership, the results are not always what we anticipate. Salary surveys for our industry in particular can be quite revealing because...
Tech Pulse
Polymer Holey-Fiber Laser Is Easy to Make
Solid-state dye lasers, in which the dye is dissolved in a solid host rather than in a liquid solvent, have several advantages over conventional liquid dye lasers, including compactness, robustness...
Cool Tunable Laser Suitable for Microscopy
A team of scientists at the State University of New York at Albany in Colonie and at the New York state Department of Health in Albany has demonstrated an inexpensive excitation method for...
Femtosecond Lasers Fabricate Improved Optical Waveguides
Many laboratories around the world are investigating the use of femtosecond lasers for fabricating optical waveguides. Recently, scientists in a US laboratory employed femtosecond lasers to create...
Liquid Used as Lens for Miniature Cameras
As cell phone cameras and other optical devices become smaller and smaller, the lenses become more complex. When the surface-to-volume ratio increases, so does friction, making it difficult to...
An Organic Field-Effect Transistor Emits Ambipolar Light
A new light-emitting field-effect transistor suggests the possibility of electrically pumped organic lasers, potentially prompting investigators to consider novel approaches to multifunctional...
Thermally Actuated Fabry-Perot Filter Tunes Across C- and L-Bands
A tunable filter at the output of a semiconductor laser could tune the laser's output across a range of wavelengths. Such a tunable laser would be invaluable in fiber optic communications systems...
Mode-Locked Laser Has Potential as OC-768 Transmitter
A research group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass., has designed, built and operated a 40-GHz mode-locked hybrid fiber/semiconductor laser that has...
Advances Lead to Miniature Supercontinuum Sources
Supercontinuum sources are finding increasing use in applications that require a source with very broad spectral bandwidth and high spatial brightness. A common method of generating supercontinuum...
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EM4 Acquires Assets of PowerNetix
Supplier of photonic and integrated optic modules EM4 Inc. of Bedford, Mass., has purchased the intellectual property and assets of PowerNetix Inc. The acquisition includes the San Jose, Calif., company's packaging technology, optical manufacturing fixtures, and all of its pending and existing patents. PowerNetix's 9000 series 980-nm pump lasers are Telcordia-qualified. The company has a global...
Video Display and e2v technologies Enter into Agreement
Video Display Corp. of Tucker, Ga., has arranged to acquire the Pevicon camera tube assets and business of e2v technologies ltd. of Chelmsford, UK, and intends to integrate the operation into its...
US Company Chosen as Supplier for German Space Projects
Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG of Backnang, Germany, has selected Discovery Semiconductors Inc. of Ewing, N.J., to supply fiber-coupled, high-speed photodiodes for space applications. Discovery,...
JDS Uniphase Buys, Divests Businesses
In California, JDS Uniphase Corp. of San Jose has expanded its high-definition display business with the purchase of Advanced Digital Optics Inc. for approximately $12 million in cash. By acquiring...
Novalux and Edmund Industrial Optics Form Distribution Partnership
Novalux Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., has signed a North American distribution agreement with Edmund Industrial Optics of Barrington, N.J., for its Protera Center for Devices and Radiological...
Honeywell Granted Rights to Optrand's Sensing Technology
Under a signed agreement, Honeywell of Morris Township, N.J., has garnered the exclusive rights to Optrand's fiber optic sensing technology for direct measurement of in-cylinder pressure in engine...
Bookham Technology Divests JCA Technology
As part of a strategy to focus on its core optical business, Bookham Technology plc has sold JCA Technology Inc. of San Jose to Endwave Corp. of Sunnyvale, both in California, for $6 million. A...
Rigaku Establishes Solid-State Detector Div.
Rigaku/MSC Inc., based in The Woodlands, Texas, has formed a wholly owned division charged with developing solid-state detectors for macromolecular and small-molecule crystallography. The unit,...
Image Sensor Design Company Opens
Awaiba Lda of Funchal, Portugal, has been founded to develop and produce high-performance image sensors. It specializes in customized intellectual property development for CMOS image sensors. The...
NSF Finances Nanosensor Research
A research team at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., will develop photonic crystal fiber nanosensors with a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, based in...
Kodak to Buy Imaging Business from National Semiconductor
Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y., recently agreed to purchase the imaging business of National Semiconductor of Santa Clara, Calif., a manufacturer of CMOS image sensor devices. According to...
GSI Lumonics and Alase Technologies Collaborate
GSI Lumonics Inc.'s Component Products Group of Billerica and Alase Technologies Inc. of Pepperell, both in Massachusetts, have forged a working relationship. Under the arrangement, Alase supports...
Universal Display Wins Government Contract
Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., has received a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract from the US Department of Energy. The goal of the program, which is titled...
IOTech Acquires Company
In Germany, IOTech Ingenieurgesellschaft Optische Technologien mbH of Waghäusel has taken over German Pyramid Optics GmbH of Lederhose to strengthen its operations in the field of fiber and...
ORA Recognizes Design Achievements
Optical Research Associates of Pasadena, Calif., has announced the winners of its annual Student Optical Design Competition. The company presents awards totaling $4000 to graduate and undergraduate...
Newport Funds Student Travel Grants to SPIE Meetings
Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif., is financing new travel awards totaling $10,000 for students who present papers at SPIE's annual meeting or at Photonics West. Given annually by SPIE, the Newport...
Company Wins Contract for Bonding Cluster
EV Group, a supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment based in Schrading, Austria, has received an order for an automated and fully integrated temporary bonding cluster from a US...
BAE Systems Receives Contract to Supply HIDAS
BAE Systems Avionics Group, based in Basildon, UK, has received a US Army supply contract for Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids Systems for Greece's Apache helicopters. It will provide electronic...
Goodrich to Provide Laser Warning Spares
The US Army's Communications and Electronics Command has awarded Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., a $4.5 million contract to supply helicopter laser warning survivability equipment spares. The...
Electronic Imaging Center Opens in the UK
In the UK, e2v technologies (uk) ltd. of Chelmsford and Brunel University of Uxbridge have established a research facility at the university dedicated to the development of technologies for...
Cambridge Technology Increases Services in Asia
To strengthen its sales and service network in Asia, Cambridge Technology Inc. has opened the Southeast Asia Logistics Center, which is operated by A & P Instrument Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong. The...
Markland Subsidiary Gains US Army Contracts
Markland Technologies Inc. of Ridgefield, Conn., has announced that its subsidiary, EOIR Technologies Inc., has received roughly $2 million in contracts from the US Army's Night Vision and Electronic...
Flir Supplies IR Cameras for Targeting Pods
Flir Systems Inc. of Portland, Ore., has received orders totaling $7.4 million to supply Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles with infrared imaging cameras for its Litening AT targeting pod. The...
Axsys Garners Contracts
Axsys Technologies Inc. of Rocky Hill, Conn., has received an $18.6 million contract from Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colo., to produce beryllium optical substrates for the James...
Northrop Grumman to Develop Method for Laser Manufacturing
Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp. will develop a method for bonding laser materials under a contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory/Directed Energy Directorate. Under the...
US Air Force Purchases Polytec 3-D Vibrometer
Polytec Inc. of Tustin, Calif., has announced that the US Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will implement its three-dimensional scanning vibrometer to...
ASIP Secures Contract for Integration Technology
ASIP Inc. of Somerset, N.J., has announced that its Netherlands-based subsidiary, ThreeFive Photonics BV, has won a $2.5 million government contract from SenterNovem, part of the Dutch Ministry of...
Accent on Applications
Robot Explores Gas Mains in New York
A self-propelled robot may be coming to the rescue of old, decaying gas lines running under New York and surrounding areas. With some pipes dating to the late 1800s, maintenance is a challenge made even more difficult by the city's web of underground copper, fiber optics, steel and plastics that move water, gas, electricity and communications. Repairs have become so cumbersome that they are...
Presstime Bulletin
Direct Subangstrom Resolution Demonstrated
A team of scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and Nion Co. in Kirkland, Wash., has used an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope to directly resolve subangstrom features in a silicon crystal lattice. The achievement, reported in the Sept. 17 issue of Science, suggests the potential of the technology to offer greater insights into the atomic-scale...
Laser-Induced Ignition Studied
At Technische Universität Wien in Vienna and Technische Universität Graz in Graz, both in Austria, researchers have reported the results of their experiments into the laser-induced ignition of...
Nanotubes Act Like Antennae for Light
In a series of experiments with random arrays of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, scientists in Zhifeng Ren's group at Boston College, in collaboration with the US Army's Natick Soldier Center and Mega...
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8-W QUASI-CW UV LASER
The Paladin 355-8000 manufactured by Coherent Inc. is a commercial quasi-CW laser that produces 8 W at 355 nm. It provides fast throughput and high resolution for laser direct imaging of PC boards...
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VIDEO AND IMAGE PROCESSING
The Video and Image Processing Blockset has been released by The Mathworks. The software is dedicated to embedded video and image processing system development. It enables imaging engineers in the...
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COMPACT 10-W CO2 LASER
A 10-W CO2 laser that measures 13.5 × 2.8 × 3.85 in. and weighs 7.25 lb has been launched by Universal Laser Systems Inc. The device has an integrated RF supply, offers good power stability and can...
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FTIR, RAMAN SYSTEM
InPhotonics Inc. and Remspec Corp. have announced a dual FTIR and Raman reaction-monitoring system. Remspec's RamIR real-time, 3-D reaction-monitoring software simultaneously controls Remspec's...
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MOTION CONTROLLER
Controllers for bipolar stepper motors and DC motors are available from Standa. Offered are one- to three-axis stepper motor controllers for a PCI or ISA slot, a microstep driver with a USB interface...
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FO COMPONENTS
Clairex Technologies Inc. has introduced the CFE370, CFD470 and CFR520 fiber optic components, all featuring self-aligning plastic lens caps for better optical transmission. Another model, the...
Clairex Technologies Inc.
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CMOS CAMERA
The pco.1200 hs CMOS camera system, which operates at 635 fps with 1280 × 1024-pixel resolution and 1.35k fps at VGA resolution, has been launched by PCO AG. It connects to a PC via FireWire, Camera...
PCO-TECH Inc.
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FUSED SILICA WAFERS
Semiconductor wafers up to 300 mm in diameter as well as those down to 0.2 mm thick and with thickness tolerances down to ±0.003 mm are available from Sydor Optics. The fused silica wafers...
Sydor Optics Inc.
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VISION SYSTEM
Matrox Imaging has announced Matrox 4Sight M, the third generation of its self-contained imaging platform. Equipped with either an embedded Intel Celeron M or a Pentium M processor, the system...
Matrox Imaging
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O/E CONVERTER
Terahertz Technologies Inc. has redesigned its optoelectronic converters to accept battery and external power supplies. The new TIA-525 comes with a 9-V lithium battery and a switching 120/220-V...
Terahertz Technologies Inc.
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WAVEGUIDE DESIGN
Optiwave Corp. has added features and functionality to its OptiBPM optical waveguide design software. Version 6.1's improved Mask Export provides more options for the export of the BPM layout into a...
Optiwave Systems Inc.
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POWER SUPPLIES
The 15-kV power supplies from Ultravolt Inc. have been extended to 25 kV. The 20C/25C DC/DC high-voltage converters deliver 0 to 20 kVDC and 0 to 25 kVDC in the smallest possible volume. Each device...
UltraVolt Inc.
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AQUAMARINE LASER
PicoQuant GmbH has expanded its LDH series picosecond pulsed diode laser heads with the introduction of the LDH 470, a 470-nm aquamarine model that produces pulse durations of 70 ps FWHM at...
PicoQuant GmbH
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SPHERICAL ILLUMINATOR
Model 12 HemiLite, produced by StockerYale Inc., is a spherical fluorescent vision illuminator for use in machine vision applications that require diffuse and uniform lighting to detect surface...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
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TEMPERATURE SENSOR
Optocon GmbH has introduced Fotemp 1-N, a fiber optic thermometer designed for temperature measurement in environments with high electromagnetic interference and in microwave fields. It comprises a...
Weidmann Technologies Deutschland GmbH, Optocon Optical Sensors & Systems
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PROGRESSIVE-SCAN CAMERAS
IEEE-1394 output-compliant, high-speed, high-resolution digital cameras have been launched by Sony Electronics Inc. The 910 series models have a 1/2-in. progressive-scan CCD, and the 710 versions...
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BENCHTOP SAW
Logitech Ltd. has developed a precision saw that operates in annular slicing and peripheral cutting modes. The APDI has an LCD control panel with a joystick to help the user input exact cutting...
Logitech Ltd.
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OPTICAL SOFTWARE
Photon Engineering LLC has released version 3.50 of its FRED optical engineering software. The more than 20 new features include gradient index materials, rectilinear arrays and improved stray light...
Photon Engineering LLC
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TRANSLATION STAGES
Gothic-arch-bearing linear translation stages introduced by New Focus Inc. are made of stainless steel for stability and have thumbscrew locks for rigidity. The ball bearings sit in guides with a...
Newport - New Focus
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MACHINE VISION LIGHTING
The Vicolux FDL and FAL series machine vision lighting components from Vision & Control GmbH can be used as direct or backlighting. Offered in a wide range of input voltages, they can be operated...
Vision & Control GmbH
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AUTOMATED WORKSTATION
The PM1000 workstation has been introduced by ficonTec GmbH for applications such as the automated assembly and testing of optical microcomponents. Based on the PM500 pick-and-place system, the...
ficonTEC Service GmbH
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UV-VIS MEASUREMENT
Optronic Laboratories Inc. has released the OL 756 high-accuracy UV-VIS spectral measurement system for the 200- to 800-nm range. The compact, portable, double-monochromator system features a USB...
Optronic Laboratories LLC
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IMAGING SOFTWARE
Optronics is including its newly released image-processing software, PictureFrame 2.1 for Windows, in its QuantiFire, MacroFire, MicroFire and MicroFire monochrome advanced scientific-grade CCD...
Optronics
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DIODE LASER
Micro Laser Systems Inc. has introduced a 90- to 100-mW narrow-linewidth diode laser available at 785 nm for Raman spectroscopy applications. Its 2-mm circular beam is suitable for use with optical...
Micro Laser Systems Inc.
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CMOS VGA CAMERAS
The MV-D640 series CMOS cameras from Photonfocus AG now have a USB 2.0 interface. They operate at more than 100 full frames per second, and the company says they eliminate the need for an additional...
Photonfocus AG
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PHOTODIODE
Hamamatsu Corp. has unveiled the S9089, a silicon photodiode that is designed with a quartz window hermetically sealed to its TO-8 metal package to increase its sensitivity to vacuum-UV light. The...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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IMAGING PLATFORM
Soft Imaging System Corp. has released analySis Five, the latest version of its image analysis platform with a new database for archiving and additional acquisition routines. The redesigned...
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ENDOSCOPE LENS TESTER
The ELT-1 endoscope lens tester from Lighthouse Imaging Corp. analyzes rigid endoscope lenses for problems such as adhesive degradation, dirt on surfaces, cracked relay lenses and moisture in the...
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THIN-FILM MEASUREMENT
NanoCalc, a thin-film reflectometry system unveiled by Ocean Optics Inc., can measure three layers 10 nm to 250 µm thick in less than 1 s. It is suitable for online thickness measurement of...
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RAMAN ANALYZER
For use in classified hazardous plant environments, the RamanRxn3 analyzer from Kaiser Optical Systems Inc. is a Class 1, Div. 1 Raman system with multichannel capability. Incorporating advanced...
Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis Inc.
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER
The WTC3293-14001 series temperature controller displays temperature directly, eliminating the conversion of resistance values. The instrument, which includes a 10-kΩ thermistor, red and green...
Wavelength Electronics Inc.
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SOLDER BOND INSPECTION
A handheld solder bond inspection tool is available in two configurations from Olympus Industrial America. The SolView-90, laterally configured, is placed beside components to allow inspection under...
Evident
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OPTICAL FIBER
CorActive High-Tech Inc.'s IRT-SU infrared transmission optical fibers are designed for the mid-IR from 2 to 5 µm. Nominal attenuation is <0.2 dBm, nominal numerical aperture is 0.20 and...
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MULTIPASS AMPLIFIER
The Femtopower compact Pro is a high-power, high-repetition-rate multipass Ti:sapphire amplifier from Femtolasers that delivers average power of >2.5 W at a repetition rate of >3 kHz, with...
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VIDEO CAPTURE
Epix Inc.'s PIXCI SV6 imaging board, a PCI bus master for 3.3- or 5-V signaling PCI slots, has a multiplexer for color or monochrome video that selects signals from one S-Video and two BNC inputs,...
EPIX Inc.
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STENCIL-CUTTING TOOL
The LSS laser stencil system unveiled by Synova SA is a high-speed tool for stencil and metal mask manufacturers. The machine, based on laser-microjet technology, cuts one to 20 holes per second at a...
Synova SA
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CONCAVE LEDs
The concave cylindrical 5-mm (T13/4) discrete LEDs from LEDtronics Inc. emit light that is as bright at its edges as it is in the center. The lenses improve the quality of the light by spreading out...
LEDtronics Inc.
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CCD CAMERAS
Princeton Instruments announces its Pixis line of deep-cooled spectroscopy and imaging CCD cameras. The ultracompact devices deliver 2100 °C cooling and read noise as low as 2.5 e2 rms. They have...
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MOTION CONTROL
The Magellan motion processor developer's kit announced by Performance Motion Devices Inc. includes a four-axis, surface-mount PCI motion card and a CD-ROM containing software and documentation....
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PYROMETER CONTROLLER
Fisba Optik AG has extended its PyroS line with the Pyro Controller, whose compact design and Ethernet and VNC interfaces make it suitable for integration into higher-order automation systems. A...
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DIGITAL CCD CAMERA
A digital 2/3-in. monochrome progressive-scan CCD camera launched by JAI Pulnix Inc. has 1392 × 1040 6.45-µm square pixels, extended IR sensitivity and 10-bit Camera Link video output. The CV-M4+...
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FERRULE MEASUREMENT
Daisi, a digital automated interferometer for surface inspection with no exterior moving parts, has been introduced by Data-Pixel. Designed for production facilities, it automatically measures PC and...
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AUTOMATIC MICROSCOPE
The electronic control system of Leica's DM5000 B digital microscope links the optical components and automatically selects the appropriate ones and their settings to match the user's chosen contrast...
Leica Microsystems Inc.
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IR GRATINGS
Gold gratings for use in IR laser applications are available from Optometrics LLC. The company says that gratings made of gold increase laser efficiency, enabling more generated light to be used, and...
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LASER SOURCES
Transmitter optical subassembly laser sources for use in optical fiber communications applications such as Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel have been introduced by Eblana Photonics. The first...
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CROSSED ROLLER SLIDES
A line of high-precision ball and crossed roller slides with straight-line accuracy of 0.000040 in. per inch of travel has been launched by Del-Tron Precision. Repeatability is 0.000020 in., carriage...
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LAMP MEASUREMENT
The SLMS-0400, designed by Labsphere to measure small, low-power sources such as LEDs and lamps, is a spectral lamp measurement system built around a 4-in.-diameter integrating sphere. The system...
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CCD CAMERA
Kappa opto-electronics GmbH says that a high-performance CCD sensor and low-noise circuits increase the sensitivity of its CF 8 HS monochrome camera by 400%. Designed for use in very low light...
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VIBRATION ISOLATION
Edmund Industrial Optics has unveiled the BM-4 1/2-Hz vibration isolation system. Based on patented negative-stiffness technology, it requires neither electrical nor air hookups, enabling easy...
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DATA MANAGEMENT
The ToolBox Office R/T Pro software manages optical test data and generates comprehensive reports. Developed by Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., it integrates test results from the company's...
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HIGH-POWER DIODES
Laser Components (UK) Ltd. says that, by combining its Volume Bragg Grating (VBG) with one of a variety of high-power laser diodes, wavelength stability can improve to better than ±0.5 nm,...
Laser Components (UK) Ltd.
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FIBER-COUPLED DIODE LASER
Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH (Limo) has developed a fiber-coupled, water-cooled, high-performance diode laser with 90-W output and a 0.22 NA at the exit of a 200-µm fiber. The LIMO90F200DL is...
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LINEAR STAGES
The LT 80 and LTM 80 series high-precision linear stages have been introduced by Owis GmbH for industrial applications. The stages can be combined to provide for any kind of X-Y, X-Z or X-Y-Z...
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MICROSCOPE CAMERA
A real-time, full-color, all-in-focus digital microscopy camera system, the FocusScope FVl-100C from Photron USA Inc. combines high-speed image processing with piezoelectric technology. The objective...
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LASER MEASUREMENT
Automated Precision Inc. has introduced the Laser Tracker II Plus for large-volume measurement tasks. The mobile tracker weighs only 19 lb, and the company says it is easy to set up and use. It...
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OPTICAL FIBER
Single-mode optical fiber with near-circular symmetry is available from IVG Fiber. Called SmartSpun, it allows optimization of Faraday- and Kerr-effect-based devices -- such as current and voltage...
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