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Photonics Spectra: October 2017

Photonics Spectra
 October 2017


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Promise of Organic Photonics Looms Large Organic materials could supersede their inorganic cousins in many applications thanks to some unique and intriguing properties. From lasers, lighting and Li-Fi (light fidelity) to OLED TVs and solar cells, organic photonics offers a thin, flexible and easy-to-manufacture substance that is carving out new niches in some highly competitive markets. Materials composed of organic photonics are...
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Detectors: Options for Low-Light Applications Developed in the early 1990s, the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a solid-state photodetector whose sensitivity to light rivals that of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) in a regime where a few hundred...
Shrinking FT-NIR Spectrometers Empower Consumers, Businesses Chip-scale sensor integration has brought us to the edge of new market opportunities that are poised to transform business practices and consumer lifestyles. The ability to incorporate miniaturized...
Peak Power on the Rise For solid-state lasers, more power, along with increasingly robust systems and a wider variety of wavelengths, mean new applications in cutting, welding, precision manufacturing, marking and...
Optics, Imaging Software on the Ascent as Drone Use Expands For decades, many of the most impactful commercial technologies to hit the market have had their development either started or aided by the military. Among the most notable examples are personal...
EDITORIAL
Freedom of Design It’s no wonder that researchers and manufacturers alike are enamored by organic materials. They’re inexpensive, have a low environmental impact and can be manufactured onto wearable substrates. That makes them well suited for everything from lasers and Li-Fi (light fidelity) to OLED TVs. As we learn in “Promise of Organic Photonics Looms Large,” Contributing Editor Marie...
TECH PULSE
Camera Detects 23 Clues to Cosmic Dawn The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has detected 23 young galaxies, seen as they were 800 million years after the Big Bang occurred. DECam was recently made even more powerful when it was equipped with a...
Raman Amplification in Plasma Leads to Ultra-High-Gain Amplifier Using plasma, scientists have amplified short laser pulses of picojoule-level (pJ-level) energy up to 100 millijoules (mJ), a gain of more than eight orders of magnitude over existing capabilities....
New Polymer Material Goes for a Walk When Illuminated A new polymer material has been developed that can undulate and propel itself forward when exposed to light. Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology and Kent State University clamped a strip...
Highly Efficient Beamsplitter for THz Uses Artificial Dielectrics A novel technique for manipulating the polarization of light at terahertz (THz) frequencies uses stacks of closely-spaced steel plates to make a polarizing beamsplitter (PBS). Each pair of plates...
Self-Powered Smart Window Uses Near-UV Light A self-powered smart window features a novel type of solar cell that selectively absorbs near-UV light. The near-UV light is used to generate electricity, which powers chemical reactions that lighten...
Large-Mode-Area Optical Fibers Maintain Polarization An optical fiber has been developed that preserves the coherent properties of light. This novel tapered fiber could be useful in the construction of high-power pulsed fiber lasers and amplifiers and...
Hydrogen Could Provide Path to High-Efficiency OLEDs A molecule that changes its chemical structure slightly before and after emission could provide a novel, stable approach to achieving high efficiency in OLEDs. The mechanism explored by the...
Optical Signals Measured From Space Could Enable Quantum Encryption Network Quantum-limited coherent measurements of optical signals were sent from a satellite in Earth’s orbit to an optical ground station over a distance of 38,600 kilometers (almost 24,000 miles)....
Light-Matter Interaction in Single Layer of Atoms A new and more efficient way of detecting light and matter interactions at the atomic level has been discovered that could lead to advances in the emerging field of two-dimensional materials; it...
Ultrathin Camera Creates Images Without Lenses A novel camera uses an ultra-thin optical phased array (OPA) in place of lenses, to enable a thin, light, flexible and cost-effective design. The OPA has a large array of light receivers, and each...
LIGHT SPEED
Nicolaas Bloembergen, Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, Dies at 97 Dutch-born optics pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Nicolaas Bloembergen died on Sept. 5 in Tucson, Ariz. He was 97. The cause of death was cardiorespiratory failure. Dr. Bloembergen, who spent more than 40 years at Harvard University, made lasting contributions to the development of the laser and was a pioneer in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Dr. Bloembergen shared the 1981...
Framos, Pyxalis Enter Distribution Partnership Image sensor distributor Framos Technologies Inc. has extended its collaboration with CMOS image sensor designer Pyxalis SAS, entering a formal agreement to provide Framos partners with customized,...
Bodkin Design Awarded Contract for Military Illumination System Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC was awarded the first round of a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) phase two contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a power-efficient...
Syntec Consolidates Businesses, Announces Technology Acquisition Plans Polymer optics manufacturer Syntec Optics Inc. has successfully consolidated its three different operations and plans to acquire additional optics technologies. "Syntec Optics has always kept an eye...
iX Cameras Deployed by BMW, Nippon, SCUT The i-SPEED 7 series of cameras from iX Cameras has been selected by BMW Brilliance, Nippon Steel and South China University of Technology for applications ranging from particle image velocimetry to...
Voxtel Awarded $5.2M DOD Contract Laser and imaging systems provider Voxtel Inc. has been awarded the first phase of a potential $5.2 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency...
PG&O Installs Eddy Monitoring System Glass and optics provider Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O) has announced the successful installation of the SL-2012A SpectraLock index dispersion enhanced monitoring (IDEM) system from optical monitor...
NSF Awards $400K Grant to UCF for Photon Tunnel Development The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a University of Central Florida-led team $400,049 to develop photon tunnels, new devices for concentrating and controlling light. Concentrating light...
Isorg, FlexEnable Fingerprint Sensor Wins Sensors Expo Award A high-resolution, flexible plastic fingerprint sensor developed by Isorg SA and FlexEnable Ltd. won the Silver Applications "Best of" Award at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. "Isorg is very...
National Energetics Installs Laser at Tel Aviv University Laser developer National Energetics Co. has installed a 10-Hz, 20-TW laser system at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The system is currently the most powerful laser in the Middle East. The laser uses...
ILT, Xenon to Develop Radiometer for Pulsed Light International Light Technologies Inc. (ILT) has entered into a collaborative agreement with Xenon Corp. to develop a custom version of its ILT2400 handheld radiometer to meet the needs of measuring...
NASA to Test New Solar Array on International Space Station An experiment that recently arrived at the International Space Station will test a new solar array design that rolls up to form a compact cylinder for launch with significantly less mass and volume,...
PI Opens New Technology Center Less than one year after breaking ground and laying the ceremonial cornerstone, motion and nanopositioning solutions provider Physik Instrumente LP has opened its Technology Center with an inaugural...
University Extends Autonomous Vehicle Collaboration With Toyota The Transportation Active Safety Institute (TASI) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has extended its work with Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) to...
PureLiFi Teams Up with Verizon, Nokia, Agex Technologies Light communications provider PureLifi Ltd. has demonstrated its Li-Fi internet technology during a mock terrorist attack at the Disaster Preparedness and Tactical Training Center in Georgia. Li-Fi...
LIGHTER SIDE
Infrared Satellite Data Predicts End of Volcanic Eruptions The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington in 1980 took many by surprise, considering the volcano hadn’t been active in more than a century. The same held true in Chile after the Chaitén volcano erupted in 2008 following thousands of years of dormancy. Emphasis is often put on predicting the onset of the eruptions of these sleeping giants. But researchers from the University of...
OPTICS SPECIAL SECTION
Optics: Form, Function and the Future For all of their diversity of form and function, the vast range of available optical components and optical fibers have much in common — materials, engineering and design, and techniques in fabrication and metrology. And they are among the critical enabling technologies of the future. Today, optical technologies are integral to sensors, microscopes, lasers, cameras and more, and the list...
PRODUCTS
Distance Linear Image Sensor The S12973-01CT distance linear image sensor from Hamamatsu Corp. is capable of real-time distance measurement with a linear array of 64 pixels with a pixel pitch of 22 µm and pixel height of 50 µm. The S12973-01CT has peak wavelength sensitivity at 800 nm and measures the distance to an object by a time-of-flight method. When used in combination with a pulse modulated light...
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SWIR Camera The 1280SciCam from Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc. is an MP, SWIR camera without ITAR export restrictions. With a 1280 × 1024 image sensor on a 12 µm pitch, the camera...
Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc. (PIRT)
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Broadband Light Source The Mighty Light broadband light source from Spectrolight Inc. is turnkey and compact, based on a high-power tungsten-halogen lamp. With a nominal color temperature of 2900 K, the Mighty Light...
Spectrolight Inc.
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Differential Measurement Systems The KD-5100 differential measurement system from Kaman Precision Products Inc. provides resolution to a nanometer of positional change. The KD-5100 features rugged construction, with a mean time...
Kaman Precision Products, Measuring Systems
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Optimized Bespoke IR Lenses Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced optimized bespoke IR lenses. The bespoke fixed-focus and zoom lenses, as well as beamsplitters, operate in the IR region of 1 to 14 μm. The lenses are...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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Sample Illumination Light Source The ILM-660 light source from Spectral Evolution Inc. provides maximum sample illumination. The ILM-660 light source provides maximum illumination for samples. This 100-W tungsten halogen...
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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Laser Diode Driver The PPS-75-55OEMDP from Portable Power Systems Inc. is a microprocessor-controlled OEM laser diode driver capable of pulsing a laser diode, bar or array at up to 75 V, at 55 A. The unit generates...
Portable Power Systems Inc.
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Hypotenuse Right Angle Prisms The TECHSPEC BBAR Coated Hypotenuse Right Angle Prisms from Edmund Optics Inc. provide a tight angle tolerance of ±15 arcsec, reducing ray deviation and eliminating the need for recalibrations...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Modular Ellipsometer The UVISEL Plus modular ellipsometer from Horiba Scientific includes acquisition technology designed to quickly and accurately measure thin-film samples. FastAcq acquisition technology is based...
HORIBA Scientific
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Mounted Reference Flat Mirror Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced a 600-mm diameter mounted reference flat mirror that will enable the alignment of laser beam expanders. The silver coated, two-axis, gimbal mounted reference...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Spectroradiometer The GS-1160 compact, lightweight handheld spectroradiometer/flicker meter from Gamma Scientific is designed for accurate and repeatable display measurements. The device weighs 330 g with its...
Gamma Scientific
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Adjustable Optical Mounts Siskiyou Corp. has expanded its range of adjustable optical mounts, which are compatible with their unique, low-distortion optics clip. The IXF.75 flexure series and IM.75 series of kinematic...
Siskiyou Corp.
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High Refractive Index Coating High Refractive Index Coating from Fiber Optic Center Inc. is designed for optoelectronics, LEDs and emissive displays. The coating is an optical polymer dissolved in an evaporative solvent...
Fiber Optic Center Inc.
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Clear Epoxy The AC-526N-CL clear epoxy from EpoxySet Inc. is designed for applications requiring continuous operation at 300 °C. The low-viscosity adhesive yields high electrical insulation properties...
EpoxySet Inc.
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Phosphate Laser Glass APG-760 phosphate laser glass from Schott AG is made for high-performance applications at 1.05 µm. The glass is available in various versions and can be adapted for a variety of...
SCHOTT AG, Lighting and Imaging
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Spectrometer The Progeny ResQ analyzer from Rigaku Analytical Devices Inc. is a spectrometer for first responders. The 1064-nm device features an expanded library that includes the latest fentanyl strands,...
Rigaku Analytical Devices Inc.
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Image Sensor An RGB-IR version of the ON Semiconductor AR0237 image sensor has been announced by Framos GmbH and is designed for applications needing both visible and NIR light. With an optical format of...
ON Semiconductor
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Fiber Optic Cables RQB Fiber Optic Cables from Coherent Inc. are air-cooled, beam delivery, fiber optic cables with a standard QBH interface, for use with fiber lasers operating at continuous wave power levels up to...
Coherent Inc.
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Light Source Productivity Package Cymer has announced a new productivity package with enhanced chamber and optics technology for its installed base of argon fluoride light sources. The next-generation solution enables...
Cymer Inc.
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Mid-IR Optoelectronic Devices A range of optoelectronic devices for the mid-IR spectral range have been announced by Electro Optical Components Inc. Products include a wide range of LEDs, LED arrays and spectral-matched...
Electro Optical Components Inc.
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High-Voltage LED-Dimmable Circuits The LS9100 Archimedes Series of high-voltage, LED-dimmable driver integrated circuits from LSI Computer Systems Inc. has a rugged design optimized for driving LED banks directly from the main utility...
LSI Computer Systems Inc.
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LED Light Engine The LedHUB LED Light Engine from Omicron Laserage-Laserprodukte GmbH is an LED light source for science and research. The high-performance system can be equipped with one to six LED modules of...
Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH
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Light Cure Maskant The DYMAX Speedmask 9-7001 from Intertronics is a UV/VIS light cure maskant for electronics. The maskant offers significant time saving in the assembly of electronics connectors and other board...
Intertronics
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Z-Scanner The excelliSHIFT z-scanner from Scanlab GmbH eliminates the use of transmissive elements. A rise in functionality is independent of mounting orientation, thus significantly increasing the...
SCANLAB GmbH
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Pyroelectric Detector The LD2100 pyroelectric detector from Laser Components GmbH features a differential amplifier. The device provides double the signal compared to a single-ended detector when used with a...
Laser Components GmbH
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Polygon Scanner Controller The PLS-32-010 polygon scanner controller from Precision Laser Scanning LLC features USB and RS-232 interfaces for remote control. The on-board central processing unit can regulate the polygon...
Precision Laser Scanning LLC
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Off-Axis Paraboloids Off-Axis Paraboloids from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are suitable for broadband and multiple-wavelength applications due to their achromatic performance characteristics. The devices can be produced...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Single-Channel Signal Conditioner Micronor Inc. and Optocon AG have collaborated to create the FOTEMP1-OEM-MNT, a low-cost, small form factor, single-channel signal conditioner that seamlessly integrates fiber optic temperature...
Micronor Inc.
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Beam Profiling Camera The WinCamD-IR-BB MWIR to FIR Beam Profiler from DataRay Inc. is a beam profiling camera. It features broadband profile beams with wavelengths from 2 to 16 µm in a single unit. A...
DataRay Inc.
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OEM Optical Switch The OEM Optical Switch from Brimrose Corp. of America is capable of switching an optical path in <30 ns. The technology is based on an acousto-optic modulator with no mechanical moving parts...
Brimrose Corp. of America
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Linear Motor XY Stage The V-731 reference class XY stage from Physik Instrumente LP is a new addition to its PIMag series of high dynamics linear motor stages. The device is equipped with incremental linear encoders...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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High-Performance Delay Line Stages Newport DLS Series High-Performance Delay Line Stages from MKS Instruments Inc. feature affordable, high-performance linear motor driven stages with integrated motion controllers. Optimized for...
MKS/Newport
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Laser Beam Profiling Camera The Pyrocam IV USB, a laser beam profiling camera from Ophir that allows users to see their laser beam for dynamic alignment and proper operation, has been announced by MKS Instruments Inc. The...
Ophir, Photonics
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