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Photonics Spectra: September 2020

Photonics Spectra
 September 2020


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Tiny Quantum Effects Promise Big Impact on Future Instruments While the quantum world may seem abstract and remote from day-to-day life, researchers are discovering that quantum effects such as photon entanglement could improve the performance and precision of everyday tools. Advancements in quantum metrology could help sharpen sensor location data, improve the precision of atomic clocks, or enable more versatile detectors for sensing greenhouse gas...
Islam’s Golden Age Sparks a Spectrum of Optical Knowledge The history of optics traces back to the primitive lenses of the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, the rudimentary logical conjectures of the ancient Greek philosophers, and the simple geometrical...
Antireflection Coatings for High-Power Fiber Laser Optics High-power kilowatt-level fiber lasers operating between 1.0 and 1.1 µm find frequent use in macro-materials processing applications, such as cutting and welding metal sheets. The nature of...
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The Fight for First Light: Extremely Large Telescopes The 2020 U.S. Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, a type of survey in which astronomers set priorities to guide federal budgets during the next 10 years, is in the process of listing its...
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Diamond Raman Lasers Offer Multifaceted Potential Ever since Ted Maiman used a flash-pumped synthetic ruby crystal to generate the first coherent light source in 1960, the development of optical gain media has become a critical area of study for...
Bringing Habitable Planets to Light with Faster Adaptive Optics At the heart of every imaging system, from endoscopes to extremely large telescopes, is the pursuit of a perfect image, extracting as much information as possible from every acquired photon. No...
Digital Age Sees New Demand for the Venerable Conoscope After languishing for the first century of their existence, conoscopes have become essential to the production of consumer products in an increasing number of industries. What began in 1911 as simple...
EDITORIAL
Putting optics into focus In its most practical form, photonics isn’t such a complicated industry. It has three basic components: the generation, manipulation, and detection of light. As an industry, we invest most of our attention in the manipulation part, which enables, enhances, and bridges the industry’s other pillar practices. Without the ability to focus, diffract, reflect, transmit, or filter photons,...
TECH PULSE
German Collaboration Improves Accuracy and Speed of Metal-cutting Lasers Research collaborators from Fraunhofer Institute of Laser Technology (ILT), KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH, Amphos GmbH, and Pulsar Photonics GmbH have combined the precision and quality of helical...
Fraunhofer ILT Project Demonstrates Thulium Laser Welding Using a thulium laser, a team from the Fraunhofer Institute of Laser Technology (ILT) has developed an innovative process for producing the smallest weld seams in transparent plastic components. The...
Hybrid Process Integrates PIC with Artificial Atoms to Scale Up Quantum Chip MIT researchers have developed a way to manufacture and integrate artificial atoms with photonic circuitry to produce a quantum chip that could be used for large-scale quantum systems. Using a...
Computer Clock Synchronization Allows Optical Switching in Data Centers A University College London (UCL) and Microsoft-led research team has introduced a new technique for simultaneously synchronizing the clocks of thousands of computers, in less than one nanosecond....
Methodology Aids Microscopic Study of Fibrils in Molecules Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have found a mechanism to efficiently and accurately measure the point spread functions (PSFs) of the position of molecules, called variance upper...
T-Ray Camera Speed Boosted a Hundredfold An international research team led by professor Emma Pickwell-MacPherson from the University of Warwick has reached a crucial milestone toward developing single-pixel terahertz imaging technology for...
NIH Researchers Speed Image Processing for Fluorescence Microscopy Advances in image processing techniques could reduce post-processing time for highly complex microscopic images up to several thousandfold, based on work done by a research team at the National...
Molecular Qualities Captured with Plasmons Specific properties of small amounts of molecules can now be isolated with the use of graphene-metal film structures, thanks to the work of scientists in Russia and Spain. Their work focuses on a...
Massive Light Emission Emerges from Nanogap Between Plasmonic Electrodes While investigating above-threshold light emission from electromigrated tunnel junctions, researchers from Rice University and the University of Colorado Boulder discovered that an unexpectedly...
Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated Aboard Orbiting CubeSat An international research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has generated and detected quantum entanglement onboard a CubeSat nanosatellite weighing less than 2.6 kg and orbiting...
Integrated Platform for Visible-Light Chip Could Further Miniaturization To support the miniaturization of optical devices and components, a scientific team led by researchers at ITMO University has devised a quick, affordable method to make visible-light nanophotonic...
Single-Photon Detectors Could Improve Low-Power OCT Sensitivity A detection technology used in quantum optics also could be used to perform OCT (optical coherence tomography) with lower light power than previously possible, potentially improving the imaging...
LIGHT SPEED
SPIE Reschedules 2021 Photonics West Conference and Exhibition for March SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has rescheduled its 2021 Photonics West conference and exhibition for March 6-11. The event will be held at the Moscone Center in San...
Emergent Vision Technologies Expands into EMEA Market with Subsidiary Emergent Vision Technologies Inc. announced it has launched overseas operations in Europe. A leader in the field of industrial cameras based on the 10-GbE and 25-GbE interface, the company said its...
ASML Set to Expand with Acquisition of Berliner Glas ASML, a global leader in the development of lithographic equipment and chip-making materials, has acquired full shares of the Berliner Glas Group, the German-based provider of optical key components,...
SMART Photonics Raises €35M in Series C Round SMART Photonics, the independent foundry for photonic integrated circuits, today announced a €35M Series C investment from a Dutch consortium led by Innovation Industries. Founded in 2012, SMART...
Jenoptik Acquires TRIOPTICS Jenoptik AG has announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares in TRIOPTICS GmbH. Both parties to the contract have agreed not to disclose details of the purchasing price. The transaction will be...
Industry Consortium Forms to Drive New Standard for Optical Laser Sources The CW-WDM MSA (Continuous-Wave Wavelength Division Multiplexing Multi-Source Agreement) Group announced its formation as an industry consortium dedicated to defining and promoting specifications for...
SPIE, ICFO Unveil $1M Endowed Diversity-Focused Chair at ICFO SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and ICFO, the Barcelona-based Institute of Photonic Sciences, a center devoted to the development of research, post-graduate training, and...
Raicol Crystals, Qubitekk Awarded Grant from BIRD Foundation Raicol Crystals, manufacturer of nonlinear crystals for space, aviation, and pharmaceutical applications, and Qubitekk, a manufacturer of products for quantum networks and quantum key distribution,...
LASER-TEC COLLEGE PROFILE
Monroe Community College Rochester-area employers have relied on Monroe Community College (MCC) since 1963 to educate generations of students to become optical technicians. Offering stackable certificate and associate degree programs, it is the only community college to offer an Associate of Applied Science degree in optical systems technology.
LIGHTER SIDE
Science seeks to serve up softer avocados Avocados are one of the most popular and versatile fruits today, and spreading them on toast is much easier than deciding when they’re ripe and ready for sale. The Waste and Resources Action Programme’s 2011 “Fruit and Vegetable Resource Maps” report estimates that almost a third of avocados are lost in the supply process in the United Kingdom, with about 2.5% to 5% lost as retail waste....
PRODUCTS
3D Depth-Sensing Technology The DEPTHIQ™ 3D computer vision platform from AIRY3D can convert any camera sensor into a single 3D sensor for generating both 2D images and depth maps. A hardware-enabled software...
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Deep UV LED The ZEUBE265-2CA Deep UV LED from Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. can be used for sterilization applications, maintaining high linearity even when the current increases. The 265-nm device uses a...
Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.
Polygon Laser Scanner The Gecko-45-HSS from Precision Laser Scanning is a polygon laser scanner with a 4.5-mm aperture. With a linear scan speed of up to 12 KHz combined with a 20° scan angle, the device is...
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Thermal Imager The Seek Scan™ thermal imager from Seek Thermal Inc. meets FDA guidelines for initial temperature assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically designed and calibrated to deliver...
Seek Thermal Inc.
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Integrating Sphere The RT sphere from Spectral Evolution is a portable, compact, 4-in. reflectance/transmittance integrating sphere for measuring the reflectance and transmittance of a wide variety of material types....
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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Fiber Laser The HighLight FL4000CSM-ARM fiber laser from Coherent Inc. enables advanced welding capabilities for high-thermal-conductivity metals. With a unique dual beam output and a center beam with...
Coherent Inc.
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Four-Channel Oscilloscopes The PicoScope 6000E four-channel oscilloscope series from Saelig Co. Inc. are mixed-signal devices with up to 5-GSa/s real-time sampling and 4-GSa deep memory. The devices provide 8 to 12 bits...
Saelig Co. Inc.
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Laser Alignment Modules Flat Pack Laser (FPL) Alignment Modules from BEA Lasers include the laser diode and housing, a mounting base, and a separate power supply. The FPL is a low-profile, 20-mm high, flat pack...
BEA Lasers
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Microspectrophotometer The 20/30 Perfect Vision™ microspectrophotometer from CRAIC Technologies can acquire Raman and photoluminescence spectra with lasers from the blue to the NIR range, in addition to...
CRAIC Technologies
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Reflectometer The OBR 6225 reflectometer from Luna Inc. provides field characterization and high-precision length measurement of optical fiber using optical frequency domain reflectometry. Portable and...
Luna Innovations Inc.
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Two-Axis Laser Deflection Units The SUPERSCAN IV-10 two-axis laser deflection unit from Raylase GmbH provides dynamic response and high speeds for maximum productivity. Digital driver electronics enable speed and versatility,...
RAYLASE GmbH
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Fiber Laser Marking System The LXQ series of fiber laser markers from Laserax features remote connection capability to grant control to system integrators and partners in any location. Relying on a secure cloud VPN,...
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Polarizing Beam Splitting Cubes MOXTEK wire-grid ICE Cube™ polarizing beam splitting (PBS) cubes have been announced by Meadowlark Optics Inc. The ICE Cube polarizer performance exceeds that for the commonly used...
Meadowlark Optics Inc.
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Photodiode Sensor The Newport 818-MSCOPE photodiode sensor from MKS Instruments Inc. is shaped like a microscope slide to measure optical power at the sample plane in a microscopy setup. Equipped with a silicon...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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Ultra-Thin Glass Platforms Ultra-thin glass platforms from Abrisa Technologies can be fabricated and coated down to a thickness of 0.175 mm. The rugged, ultra-thin glass reduces weight for improved portability. A broad...
Abrisa Technologies
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Rugged GPU Computer The GM-1000 rugged GPU computer from Cincoze Ltd. is powered by eighth- and ninth-generation Intel® CPUs, supporting one MXM GPU module expansion. The GPU computer provides high-performance...
Cincoze Ltd.
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Imaging Spectrograph The IsoPlane® 81 from Teledyne Princeton Instruments is an aberration-free imaging spectrograph with a deeply cooled, research-grade CCD camera in a small form factor. The model includes...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Single-Axis Positioning Stages Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. has added five profile single-axis positioning stages to their AQ150 Series of linear stages. Available in off-the-shelf travel lengths of 600, 700, 800, 900,...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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