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Photonics.com - April 2011
Business
ALM Acquires Stake in Laser Sintering Biz
Advanced Laser Materials (ALM), which develops and manufactures materials for rapid manufacturing, announced its strategic partnership with Integra Services of Temple, Texas, which offers technical...
Iranian University to Host Optics, Laser Engineering Show
Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology in Central Iran, in association with the electronics industry of Iran, will hold the two-day conference “Optics and Laser Engineering in Iran” on...
3M to Expand Solar Manufacturing in China
In conjunction with the Hefei High-tech Industrial Development Area, 3M has announced its plan to build a manufacturing site for photovoltaic solar materials and renewable energy products. The...
DARPA to Issue New Challenge
DARPA will open a new $100,000 challenge in the next few weeks that will crowdsource the design of a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The announcement was made by David J. Neyland, director of the...
Strong Growth Projected for Silicon Photonics Market
The silicon photonics market is expected to reach a value of the $2.02 billion by 2015, reflecting a five-year compound annual growth rate of 78.2 percent, according to the report Global Silicon...
Ocean Optics Grant Program Deadline Set
Ocean Optics announced that its Blue Grants and Challenges program, designed to provide funding for new technologies in optical sensing, is accepting applications from all disciplines until June 30,...
Universal Display Unveils Novel Encapsulation Tech
Universal Display Corp. announced the release of a novel single-layer encapsulation technology for plastic substrate systems and thin-film devices, including rigid and flexible OLED displays and...
Laser Sensor Means Rifle Hits Bull's-Eye Every Time
Military and police marksmen could see their rifle sights improve with a fiber optic laser-based sensor system that automatically corrects for even tiny barrel disruptions. The system,...
MicroVision Opens 1st R&D Center Outside the US
Ultraminiature display technology provider MicroVision announced the opening of a research and development center at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The facility will focus on...
B&W Tek Launches Outreach Initiative
B&W Tek Inc. announced recently the “New Horizons” initiative, an outreach program designed to support breakthrough innovations in scientific research within academic institutions. ...
BAE to Demo Tactical Laser System for Navy
BAE Systems has received a $2.8 million contract from the US Navy to demonstrate a tactical laser system (TLS) that can be integrated with existing US Navy gun mounts. The Tactical Laser System...
Ophir Laser Group Rebrands as Ophir Photonics
Precision laser measurement equipment provider Ophir Photonics announced the launch of a new corporate branding strategy and the expansion of its US manufacturing and distribution facilities in...
Corning, DSM Extend Optical Fiber Deal
Corning Inc. and DSM have signed a multiyear contract that extends their 30+-year relationship in supplying optical fiber products to telecommunications operators. "The advanced DeSolite...
Empa Opens UV Laser Center in Thun
Earlier this month, Empa, a research institution for applied materials sciences and technologies, opened a new laser center in Thun, the only UV laser facility of its kind in the world. Empa said...
Kayat Joins B&W Tek as Sales VP
B&W Tek Inc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Kayat as vice president of sales and marketing at its headquarters in Newark. Kayat will lead global sales and marketing activities...
Creager Joins Boulder Imaging
Boulder Imaging Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas Creager as its new financial controller. Creager brings to the company more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive. He will...
PVJapan 2011 Rescheduled for December
In a joint statement, SEMI and JPEA (Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association) have announced that PVJapan 2011, originally slated for July, will now be held Dec. 5 to 7, 2011. The event will be at...
Dynasil Appoints New President
Dynasil Corp. of America announced that its board of directors has appointed Steven K. Ruggieri as the new president, effective May 17, 2011. Ruggieri will succeed Craig T. Dunham, who...
Radiant Imaging, Zemax Merge
Radiant Imaging Inc., which specializes in light and color measurement, and Zemax Development Corp., an optical systems provider, announced they have merged, backed by capital from Evergreen Pacific...
Jenoptik Nabs Laser Order
Optoelectronics manufacturer Jenoptik announced it received a €3.3 million ($4.4 million) order for diode-pumped green thin-disk lasers suitable for medical use. This year and next, Jenoptik's...
Heckart Joins Lam Research Board
Wafer fabrication equipment and services provider Lam Research Corp. has announced the appointment of Christine Heckart to its board of directors. Heckart is chief marketing officer at NetApp...
RIO Reports Strong Q1 Revenue Growth
Low-noise semiconductor laser and subsystem manufacturer Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. (RIO) has announced that its product revenue in the first quarter of 2011 increased 33 percent over the fourth...
GE Unveils Ultrapowerful Laser Welding System
GE Global Research has unveiled a 20-kW high-power hybrid laser arc welding (HLAW) system, one of the largest in North America. The system wields enough power to weld steels nearly 1 in. thick in a...
Universal Display Opens Japan Subsidiary
Universal Display Corp. has established a subsidiary in Japan to better serve and support the needs of its organic LED (OLED) display and white lighting customers and partners. The new company,...
Bonard to Manage 3S French Subsidiary
3S Photonics Group announced the nomination of Jean-Michel Bonard as its managing director in France, as well as the creation of three new transversal positions within the group’s board. ...
NSF, DoE Provide $39M for PV Cell Research
On April 8, 2011, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced a joint funding opportunity for the Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency, which will...
Gentec-EO Launches French Website
Laser beam measurement manufacturer Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. has launched a French version of its website so that its French-speaking users can navigate it in their native language. The new...
Dynasil Biomedical Begins Operation
Dynasil Corp. of America has announced the incorporation of a new business unit to pursue opportunities in the biomedical field. Located in Rochester, Minn., Dynasil Biomedical Corp. has hired...
TPV Researcher Wins NSF Early-Career Award
Tom Vandervelde, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Tufts University, has been given an early-career award from the National Science Foundation for promising research in...
New Metamaterials Center to Focus on Solar Energy, Sensors
A new industry and university cooperative research center proposes to provide a one-stop shop for the design, fabrication and testing of a wide range of metamaterials designed to aid solar...
Optis Acquires Software Maker
Optis Group announced the acquisition of SimplySim SAS, a software provider for rendering, simulation and robotics. The addition of the latter’s technology will allow Optis to integrate...
ProPhotonix to Distribute Opnext Laser Diodes
LED systems and laser modules manufacturer ProPhotonix Ltd. has announced that it will distribute two new high-power laser diodes from Opnext, an optical technology provider. Opnext’s...
Specialised Imaging Expands Operations
Specialised Imaging Ltd., a high-speed imaging firm, has announced expansion of its European sales and support operations with the opening of a new German subsidiary. After six years of...
HYSENS Aims to Develop Smart Sensing Materials
Tyndall National Institute at the University of County Cork has started coordinating a €3 million (about $4.3 million) European Union (EU) project for the development of smart sensing materials for...
3-D TV: Here To Stay?
Analysts predict there will be between 15 million and 21 million 3-D-ready TVs in US homes by the end of next year, but will they really be used to watch 3-D content? In this Web Exclusive, Editor...
SLAC, LBNL Select Calmar Laser System
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Facility (SLAC) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have announced the selection of Calmar Laser’s Cazadero femtosecond fiber laser chirped pulse...
Lancaster Award to Aid Photonics Research
Lancaster University was awarded €500,000 as part of a European program to encourage the next generation of photonics research. The €4.8 million program, Postgraduate Research on Photonics...
GigOptix Nets $750K to Update Modulator Drivers
GigOptix Inc., a supplier of electronic and electro-optic components for fiber optic systems, has received a $750,000 purchase order for its 100G quad driver for use by a tier 1 telecommunications...
FDA OKs Zeiss Laser for Hyperopia
Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. announced that its MEL 80 excimer laser has received premarket approval from the FDA for the treatment of hyperopia. The new indication complements the existing FDA-approved...
Cree, Osram Sign Cross-Licensing Deal
In a move that Cree Inc. says will enable its customers to accelerate LED lighting development, the company announced it has signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with Osram GmbH. The...
Block Engineering Gains Investor
Block Engineering, a quantum cascade laser (QCL) based spectrometer developer, announced that Michael L. Bickford of Vero Beach, Fla., has made a major equity investment in the company and has joined...
Pro-Lite Buys SphereOptics
British photonic instruments maker and light-measurement equipment distributor Pro-Lite Technology Ltd. announced today it has acquired German company SphereOptics GmbH of Uhldingen, effective April...
Tessera Mulls Imaging, Optics Spinoff
Tessera Technologies Inc. is considering spinning off its imaging and optics unit under new initiatives that include moving its microelectronics business beyond packaging, the company announced this...
Telops Awarded IR Camera Contract
Infrared camera and hyperspectral imaging systems supplier Telops announced it has been awarded a contract valued at more than $600,000 by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC). The...
Mouser, Osram Expand in Europe
Mouser Electronics Inc. has announced the expansion into Europe of its distribution partnership agreement with Osram Opto Semiconductors of Regensburg, Germany. The extended agreement further...
Mobius Photonics Expands Headquarters
Mobius Photonics Inc. has expanded its corporate headquarters to accommodate the backlog of orders and increased demand on its production flow. The expansion will allow the company to...
LI-COR, MitoSciences to Collaborate
Li-Cor Biosciences announced that it will work with MitoSciences to create specific assays for disease and metabolic pathway research. MitoSciences, a manufacturer of monoclonal antibodies and...
eMagin Hires Carollo
Active-matrix OLED microdisplays manufacturer eMagin Corp. announced the appointment of Jerome T. Carollo as senior vice president of business development. Carollo comes to eMagin from Intevac...
Photonis to Make X-ray Source for Telescope
Photonis Netherlands has reached an agreement with the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) to create a new type of x-ray source for the calibration of a spectrometer on the Japanese...
Bioeffects Researcher Wins LIA Award
The 2011 George M. Wilkening Award has been presented to Dr. Benjamin Rockwell by the Laser Institute of America (LIA) for his exceptional contributions to laser bioeffects research. Rockwell is a...
Olympus Licenses Digital Patents
Olympus America Inc. has signed an agreement allowing Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, to access an extensive portfolio of patents it holds in the field of digital pathology and virtual...
Teledyne Acquires Stake in Optech
Teledyne Dalsa Inc. has acquired a minority interest in the parent company of Optech Inc., a maker of laser-based survey and digital imaging instrumentation with 285 employees worldwide. Based...
Students Compete in Smart Lighting Challenge
Engineering and business students from Boston University and two other area colleges will compete in an April 9 contest to devise product strategy for an emerging lighting technology being developed...
Advanced Photonix Promotes Risser
Advanced Photonix Inc., a supplier of optoelectronic products, announced the promotion of Robin Risser to chief operating officer and member of the board of directors. Before the promotion,...
Spielmann Receives Research Award
Prof. Dr. Christian Spielmann of Friedrich Schiller University Jena has received the 2010 Thuringian Research Award for his work developing methods to generate ultrashort x-ray pulses that have paved...
IQE CEO Elected EPIC President
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has announced the election of Dr. Drew Nelson, chief executive officer at IQE of Cardiff, UK, as its president. He will begin his term today,...
TI Acquiring National Semiconductor for $6.5B
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) will acquire National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion in cash, the companies announced today. TI makes 30,000 analog products, and its manufacturing base includes the first...
Schott North America Names First Woman CEO
Schott North America Inc. announced today the appointment of Linda S. Mayer as president and CEO of Schott North America and Schott Corp., effective April 1. Mayer becomes the first woman to head the...
Ultrafast Imaging Pioneer Wins Priestley Medal
Ahmed H. Zewail has been awarded the 2011 Priestley Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Chemical Society. Zewail, who is a Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Linus Pauling Professor of...
US, UK Fund Photosynthesis Improvements
Scientists in the US and the UK have been awarded funding totaling more than $10.3 million to improve the process of biological photosynthesis. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the UK...
Lightwave Logic, CUNY Sign R&D Pact
Lightwave Logic Inc., a designer and producer of electro-optic polymers, announced today that it has entered into a formal agreement with Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) to...
IP Expert Joins Tessera Board
Kevin Rivette has joined the board of directors at Tessera Technologies Inc., it announced recently. Rivette is the current managing partner of 3LP Advisors Inc., an intellectual property (IP)...
Research & Technology
Zeroing in on the Elusive Green LED
In a critical step toward the development of LED televisions and displays, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for manufacturing green-colored LEDs with greatly enhanced light output. The team, led by Christian Wetzel, professor of physics and the Wellfleet Constellation Professor of Future Chips at Rensselaer, etched a nanoscale pattern at the...
Beetle ‘Bling’ Reveals Optical Secrets
Deep in Costa Rica’s tropical rain forests live two lustrous beetle species that are giving optics researchers new insights into the way biology can recreate the appearance of metals by means...
‘Time Traveling’ Mirrors Arrive at Space Center
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has received the primary and secondary mirror engineering design units (EDUs) from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. The units currently are undergoing...
Team to Mimic Camouflage Skill of Cephalopods
Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) are preparing to uncover the way in which cephalopods such as squids and octopi use light-sensing proteins in their skin to blend into their...
A New Twist on Light
Corkscrew-like light whose rotating waves spiral more tightly than other forms of circularly polarized light can discriminate between right- and left-handed versions of chiral molecules, which...
Light Shed on Mystery of Raman Signal Enhancement
Investigations into the chemical basis of Raman signal enhancement have resulted in a path to complementary data from SERS and other Raman-based experiments. SERS (surface-enhanced Raman...
Plasmonic Resonances Found in QDs
Until now plasmonic properties have been limited to nanostructures that feature interfaces between noble metals and dielectrics. Now researchers have discovered that plasmonic properties can also be...
Polarized Microscopy Shows Protein Position
A new polarization-based technique can help deduce the orientation of specific proteins within a cell. By turning their instruments toward the nuclear pore complex — a huge cluster of proteins...
LED Efficiency Puzzle Reportedly Solved
Nitride-based LEDs are efficient, nontoxic and long-lasting, but they are considered impractical for general lighting because of a drop in efficiency when operating at high power. Researchers at the...
Beam Me Up, Schrödinger: Bits of Quantum Light Teleported
Using a teleporter and a paradoxical cat, researchers have achieved the first-ever transfer of a particular complex set of quantum information from one point to another, opening the way for quantum...
Light Triggers Coating to Heal Itself
A new polymer-based material that can heal itself when exposed to ultraviolet light for less than a minute has been developed by an international team of researchers. They envision that the...
Vibrant Colors Created in Si Nanowires
Individual vertical silicon nanowires that shine in all colors of the spectrum have been developed that could increase the efficiency of nanoscale image sensors and give them the ability to detect...
Organic LEDs Get Chlorine Boost
A simple chlorine treatment is being used to improve OLEDs, which could make manufacturing this light display technology faster, easier and cheaper than current methods. Professor Zheng-Hong Lu...
New Metamaterials Center to Focus on Solar Energy, Sensors
A new industry and university cooperative research center proposes to provide a one-stop shop for the design, fabrication and testing of a wide range of metamaterials designed to aid solar...
Glowing Nanopillars Light Up Cells
A novel cellular research platform created at Stanford University uses nanopillars that glow in such a way as to allow a deeper and more precise look into living cells. The Stanford team — led...
Laser Used at Sea to Set Boat Afire
The Navy and Northrop Grumman have successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship, using it to set a smaller target vessel on fire. The Office of Naval Research...
Slow Light Slowed Even More
New nanomaterials that allow different wavelengths of light to be trapped have the potential to boost data storage communications. Qiaoqiang Gan, an assistant professor of electrical...
Laser Tech to Improve Free Space Communications
A high-speed communications technology not limited by a physical conductor such as fiber optics has been developed using laser light to transmit data through readily available open space. This...
Lancaster Award to Aid Photonics Research
Lancaster University was awarded €500,000 as part of a European program to encourage the next generation of photonics research. The €4.8 million program, Postgraduate Research on Photonics...
Optical Fiber Device Promises Safer Drug Delivery
A new optical fiber-based drug delivery device promises to unlock the potential of photosensitive chemicals to kill drug-resistant infections and perhaps cancer tumors as well. The device was...
Nerve Cells Controlled via Light Pulses
Using channelrhodopsins — ultralight-sensitive membrane proteins that can be inserted into cell membranes — researchers now can precisely control nerve cell activity with weak light...
Optical Nanoantennas Could Improve Data Transfer
Metallic antennas 100 nm in size that efficiently receive optical frequencies in the range of several hundreds of terahertz have been realized by researchers, who say this breakthrough could speed up...
There’s Gold in Them Thar Windows
A new method for the preparation of ultrathin gold-based glass electrodes is being developed for organic solar cells. Because gold is considered an air-stable metal that is already widely used for...
‘Spincasting’ Could Influence Optics
A technique called “spincasting,” which uses centrifugal force to distribute a liquid onto a solid substrate, is being investigated with the hope that it can create thin films of...
Acoustical Waves Tapped for Metamaterials
A very simple benchtop technique that uses the force of acoustical waves to create a variety of 3-D structures will benefit the rapidly expanding field of metamaterials and its myriad applications....
Color Holograms Generated Using White Light
A new technique uses ordinary white light instead of a laser to make three-dimensional color holograms that can be viewed at any angle, something that could prove useful in the next generation of 3-D...
Tiny Transmission Lines Nanofocus IR Light
Experiments conducted at nanoGUNE, a new nanoscience and nanotechnology center, show that infrared light can be transported and nanofocused with miniature transmission lines consisting of two closely...
Real-Time Monitoring of AFM Probes
A new way to measure the degradation of ultrasmall probes in situ and as it is happening promises to dramatically speed up and improve the accuracy of atomic force microscopy (AFM). If you are...
Device Tests for Night-Vision Changes
A program for testing alterations in night vision has been successfully developed by researchers in the University of Granada's department of optics. Using Software Halo v1.0, the...
Microchannel Advances Open New Industry Applications
A new way to use surface-mount adhesives in the production of low-temperature microchannel heat exchangers has been invented — a technology that researchers say will be needed in...
US, UK Fund Photosynthesis Improvements
Scientists in the US and the UK have been awarded funding totaling more than $10.3 million to improve the process of biological photosynthesis. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the UK...
QDs Increase Electricity Output of Solar Cells
A new study is supporting the multiple-exciton generation (MEG) theory, which speculates that an electron can transfer energy to more than one electron, resulting in more electricity from the same...
New Nanoparticles Change Colors
Tiny polymeric containers stuffed with red and green quantum dots promise to provide continuous light in biomedical imaging. Engineers at Ohio State University, led by Jessica Winter and Gang Ruan...
acquisitions
TI Acquiring National Semiconductor for $6.5B
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) will acquire National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion in cash, the companies announced today. TI makes 30,000 analog products, and its manufacturing base includes the first 300-mm analog factory. Its analog revenue of $6 billion in 2010 represented 14 percent of the market. National has a portfolio of 12,000 analog products, and its revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010...
Products
Image Sensors for OCT
Hamamatsu’s G10768-1024D InGaAs image sensor and the corresponding C10854 detector head feature high-speed operation of 5 MHz pixel frequency with 31.25 kHz line rate. These compact devices are operated at room temperature and offer 16-bit A/D and CameraLink compatibility.
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Glacier™X TE Cooled Spectrometer
The Glacier™ X is the smallest TE cooled spectrometer on the market, perfect for applications that require high performance and portability. Ideal for demanding low light level applications...
B&W Tek LLC
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Integrating Sphere Detectors
IRVINE, Calif., April 29, 2011 — Newport Corp. has announced the newly enhanced calibrated integrating sphere detectors. Suitable for measurement of output light power of high-power light sources, the spheres optimize the...
MKS/Newport
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Luxeon A LED
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 29, 2011 — The Luxeon A introduced by Philips Lumileds is the latest illumination-grade LED that reduces the engineering effort required for new solutions and delivers freedom from binning. Sharing the Luxeon...
Lumileds
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Legend Elite – Higher Power/Better Stability
With models up to 20W, Legend Elite is the field-proven solution for power-hungry ultrafast experiments. Legend Elite enables pumping of multiple OPAs, high-field THz experiments, EUV generation and...
Coherent Inc.
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IR Laser Spectrum Analyzer
The model 721 provides the most complete spectral characterization of CW and high-repetition rate pulsed lasers out to 12 um. Wavelength accuracy is as high as +/- 0.2 ppm and spectral resolution is...
Bristol Instruments Inc.
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Hybrid STACIS® iX LaserTable-Base™
TMC’s new STACIS® iX LaserTable-Base™ hybrid piezoelectric/air active vibration cancellation system combines TMC’s patented STACIS technology and air into one integrated system...
TMC
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High Power Diode Lasers
Coherent offers high power diode laser solutions to address your most demanding applications. Products include kW-stacks, fiber coupled devices, and unmounted bars. Our MBE and MOCVD technologies,...
Coherent Inc.
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552-nm OPSLs for Life Sciences
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 28, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has introduced a family of commercial, all-solid-state optically pumped semiconductor lasers (OPSLs) with output at 552 nm. The Sapphire 552 LP lasers offer continuous-wave output...
Coherent Inc.
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TechSpec Germanium PCX Lenses
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 28, 2011 — Edmund Optics Inc. has released TechSpec, germanium planoconvex (PCX) lenses that feature state-of-the-art precision diamond-turned surfaces. They are suitable for use in a variety of infrared...
Edmund Optics
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S11108 CMOS Linear Image Sensor
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 28, 2011 — The S11108 CMOS linear image sensor from Hamamatsu Corp. offers enhanced sensitivity. This is made possible by active pixel sensor technology, in which an amplifier is embedded in every pixel. ...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Piezo Microscope Stages
Piezo stages for high resolution microscopy (STED, PALM etc). PInano™ piezo flexure scanning stages (Z, XY & XYZ). Sensor options: Piezoresistive (lower cost) or capacitive (higher...
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10-Megapixel Cameras
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., April 27, 2011 — The Silicon Video 10C6 color and 10M6 monochrome cameras from Epix Inc. produce 10-megapixel progressive-scan images with an active programmable array resolution of 3840 × 2764 pixels and 12...
EPIX Inc.
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FlexPoint Lasers
HUDSON, N.H., April 27, 2011 — Laser Components USA Inc. has addressed the problem of laser markings appearing out of focus and much too large when magnification optics are used. The company has developed the FlexPoint laser...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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In-Line NIR Process Analyzer
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 26, 2011 — Perten Instruments’ DA 7300 in-line near-infrared process analyzer has been upgraded and can now be seamlessly integrated into industrial environments using OPC and RS-Linx. Used for...
Perten Instruments AB
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Tunable IR Lasers
Any wavelength you want between 4.3 and 16+ microns can be delivered in a small hermetic package with collimating lens and thermo-electric cooler inside. These room temperature devices require only...
Boston Electronics Corp.
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MicronSensIR Detector/Emitter
PALATINE, Ill., April 25, 2011 — Lumex has launched the MicronSensIR family of infrared detectors and emitters. The lead selenide (PbSe) and lead sulfide (PbS) detectors are available in single-element and multielement formats and...
Lumex
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Recirculating Chillers
The FL series of recirculating chillers for cooling applications with a working temperature range of -20°C to +40°C and a PID controlled temperature stability of ±0.5°C; 22...
Julabo USA Inc.
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ESM Imaging Technique
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 25, 2011 — Asylum Research's electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM) imaging technique for its Cypher and MFP-3D atomic force microscopes was developed with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This scanning probe...
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
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SDK for MatLab/LabView
SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2011 — Photron Inc. has added a device controller software development kit (SDK) for both MatLab and National Instruments’ LabView to the FastCam Viewer (PFV) software package. The PFV functionality...
Photron USA Inc.
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CONEX™ Compact Mirror Mount/Controller
The CONEX-AG-M100D is a compact, piezo-motor driven mirror mount integrated with a controller and features a patent pending absolute position feedback for 1" dia optics. It has a closed-loop MIM of...
MKS/Newport
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Laser Wavelength Meters
The model 621 measures laser wavelength to an accuracy as high as ±0.0001nm. Continuous calibration using a built-in wavelength standard ensures the reliable accuracy that is needed for the...
Bristol Instruments Inc.
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Digital Night-Vision System
LOS GATOS, Calif., April 22, 2011 — SA Photonics has developed the HRNVS high-resolution digital night-vision system, a digital night-vision head-mounted display with a wide field of view for use by commercial and military pilots of...
Vision Products LLC
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MICI Piezo Actuators
JENA, Germany, April 22, 2011 — Piezosystem Jena is offering the MICI series piezo actuators for fine adjustment in conjunction with manual course positioning stages. MICIs are often used in combination with micrometer screws and...
piezosystem jena GmbH
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1024 x 768 Hi-Res Uncooled IR Camera
The ATOM™ 1024 Uncooled IR Micro camera incorporates an advanced short time constant 17µm XGA microbolometer that delivers extremely high resolution infrared images in a small housing....
Lynred USA
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Image Stabilization and Resolution Enhancement
PI high-speed tip/tilt mirrors, piezo scanners and long-range hexapod 6-Axis parallel kinematics systems are used for advanced applications such as image stabilization, beam steering,...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Diode Lasers Power Military Laser Systems
Coherent offers high power diode laser solutions to the defense market, including fiber-coupled devices and a "Rainbow" version of our conduction cooled G-stack series. The Rainbow G-stack offers...
Coherent Inc.
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Get it Right With LightWorks Optics
LightWorks Optics, Inc. provides sophisticated optical solutions for mission-critical defense and space applications across all spectral bands. Our premier design engineering and high-volume...
II-VI Aerospace & Defense
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Remote Sensing & Imager Calibration
Labsphere offers standard and custom uniform source systems for remote sensing and imager calibration including vacuum-compatible radiance calibration sources. Our proprietary diffuse reflectance...
Labsphere Inc.
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High Voltage Diodes and Capacitors
VMI manufactures military and commercial high voltage diodes, assemblies, and power supplies. CalRamic manufactures high voltage mil & commercial grade multilayer ceramic capacitors. Visit...
Voltage Multipliers Inc.
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Ge, Si, ZnSe Mat’l & W/S In Stock
Novotech is a US supplier of Ge,Si & ZnSe materials & optics. We offer a range of services from raw material thru generated, diamond turned and coated optics. Ge, Si & ZnSe plano and...
Novotech Inc.
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Nano-F3D Nanopositioner
MADISON, Wis., April 21, 2011 — Mad City Labs Inc. has introduced the Nano-F3D lens nanopositioning system, designed to position an objective lens in three dimensions with subnanometer accuracy and repeatability. With a...
Mad City Labs Inc.
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High-Precision Vacuum Stages
BURLINGTON, Mass., April 21, 2011 — Steinmeyer Inc. offers a range of precision stages suitable for ultrahigh-vacuum applications. The model MT105-LM-HV is one example. Shown is a compact two-axis (X-Z) version with a travel range...
Steinmeyer Inc.
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IX81 Microscope
HAMBURG, Germany, April 20, 2011 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the inverted IX81, a microscope with a ZDC2 Z-Drift compensation system. The instrument provides sharp images and ensures that samples are always in focus. ...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Piezo Scanning Stage
JENA, Germany, April 20, 2011 — Piezosystem jena GmbH is offering the PXY AP low-profile flat and ultrafast piezo scanning stage. With its large clearance aperture, it enables the installation of diverse sample holders and other...
piezosystem jena GmbH
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RJ642A10000Q CMOS Camera
HAMBURG, Germany, April 20, 2011 — For automotive applications, Sharp Microelectronics Europe is presenting a small CMOS camera module that, because of its compact housing, can be hidden almost anywhere in the outer skin of vehicles;...
Sharp Devices Europe GmbH
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Mirror Mount
IRVINE, Calif., April 19, 2011 — Newport Corp. has launched the CONEX-AG-M100D, a remote-controllable, piezo-motor-driven mirror mount that combines the high angular position sensitivity of the Agilis piezo-motor direct-drive...
MKS/Newport
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LaserBoxx 515-nm Laser Diodes
LANNION, France, April 19, 2011 — The LaserBoxx laser diode modules from Oxxius SA are now available at 515 nm with output power of 20 mW in a circular diffraction-limited beam. The industry-standard package measures 100 × 40...
Oxxius SA
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Z-BLUE Beam 457
FREIBURG, Germany, April 19, 2011 — In cooperation with partners Xiton Photonics and the Institute for Medical Laser Technologies of Ulm University, Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH has developed a blue 457-nm-emitting laser module based on...
Z-LASER GmbH
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uEye Cameras Windows Interface
OBERSULM, Germany, April 18, 2011 — Microsoft Windows opens new possibilities for connecting multimedia equipment directly and conveniently with DirectX. The DirectShow component is the interface for cameras. With the current-version...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Custom Off-Axis Paraboloids
ENLEY, England, April 18, 2011 — Optical Surfaces Ltd. can typically produce off-axis parabolic mirrors up to 600 mm in diameter with surface accuracies to λ/20 peak to valley, depending upon off-axis angles. With...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Off-Axis Parabolas
ONTARIO, N.Y., April 15, 2011 — Rapid prototyping specialist Optimax has announced that it now offers lightweighted off-axis parabolas (OAPs) made from hard ceramic materials. The company says that the OAPs are free of...
Optimax Systems Inc.
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Fiber Splicing and Distribution Enclosure
SPARTANBURG, S.C., April 15, 2011 — AFL Telecommunication LLC has launched a new LL-580 optical splicing and distribution enclosure with preconfigured panels, allowing for fast, efficient installation of fibers. The enclosure allows...
AFL
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NanoModeScan
LOGAN, Utah, April 15, 2011 — Ophir Photonics has announced the NanoModeScan M2 laser beam propagation analyzer, which enables quantitative measurement and viewing of high-power CO2 laser beams. The system is easy to set up...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Achromatic Lenses
KEENE, N.H., April 14, 2011 — StingRay Optics has announced the all-refractive SuperBand Optic line. The superspectral achromatized lens series is designed to keep pace with advances in detector technology. The new lens...
G&H | StingRay, Optical Systems
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Infrared Line Camera
BERLIN, April 14, 2011 — Optris GmbH has announced a line scanner function for its optris PI Connect software, which can be used for displaying and reliably monitoring continuous processes. The company’s IR line...
Optris Infrared Sensing LLC
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Positioning Platform
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 14, 2011 — The Airglide LED wafer system from Dover is now available in a wide-base version for additional stiffness and support for payloads up to 50 kg, over a travel range of up to 1 m. Combining...
Dover Motion
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Optical Polishing Pitch
PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 13, 2011 — Meller Optics Inc. has released a full line of contaminant-free pitch for optical lapping, blocking and polishing. Gugolz Polishing Pitch is ready to use simply by slicing the amount required,...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Electron Microscope Decontaminator
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 13, 2011 — XEI Scientific Inc., manufacturer of the Evactron plasma cleaning system for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, has announced that the product can be used to clean carbon decontamination...
XEI Scientific Inc.
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Four-Axis Alignment Gage
PEABODY, Mass., April 11, 2011 — A new four-axis microgage receiver made by Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. provides information for evaluating and correcting machinery alignment problems. The 4-D Microgage Receiver measures two...
Pinpoint Laser Systems
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High-Power Test Meter
CLEVELAND, April 11, 2011 — Keithley Instruments Inc. has designed its high-power Model 2651A System SourceMeter for characterizing high-power electronics. The instrument provides the widest current range available in the...
Keithley Instruments Inc.
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Dilas Broadens Wavelengths
MAINZ, Germany, April 11, 2011 — Dilas has enhanced its line of diode laser bars with its 1210- and 1320-nm models. The fiber-coupled diode laser modules generate output powers of 12, 25, 40 and 100 W, using a standard...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
MountainsMap 6.1 Software
BESANÇON, France, April 8, 2011 — Digital Surf SARL has released MountainsMap 6.1, the latest version of its surface imaging and analysis software for all types of surface metrology instruments, including confocal microscopes,...
Digital Surf
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Six-Axis Parallel Positioner
AUBURN, Mass., April 8, 2011 — PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has launched a miniature hexapod. Two versions for standard conditions and for vacuum applications are available. The M-811 miniature hexapod measures 130 mm in...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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660-nm Flamenco 300-mW Laser
SOLNA, Sweden, April 8, 2011 — Cobolt AB has released a new wavelength on the single-frequency diode-pumped solid-state 05-01 series platform. The Cobolt Flamenco operates at 660 nm with up to 300 mW of continuous-wave output...
Cobolt AB
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Pixis-XB Cameras
TRENTON, N.J., April 7, 2011 — Princeton Instruments has launched the Pixis-XB series direct detection cameras designed for extremely low flux imaging and spectroscopy applications in the x-ray energy range between ~3 and 20 keV....
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Three-CCD and CMOS Cameras
IRVINE, Calif., April 7, 2011 — Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. has introduced its IK-HD1 and IK-HR1H cameras. The IK-HD1 is a compact three-CCD camera with a remote head that measures 1.6 in. and weighs 2.3 oz. It delivers...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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iStar Intensified CCD Cameras
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, April 6, 2011 — Andor Technology plc has launched the iStar range of scientific-grade intensified CCD cameras for rapid, nanosecond time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy applications. The instruments extract...
Andor Technology
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SuperBand Lens Series
KEENE, N.H., April 6, 2011 — StingRay Optics LLC has introduced SuperBand, an all-refractive optic. The superspectral achromatized lens series is designed to keep pace with today’s rapidly developing detector technology....
G&H | StingRay, Optical Systems
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EnergyMax Laser Energy Sensors
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 6, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has expanded its meterless laser measurement concept with a range of energy sensors in which all meter electronics are miniaturized and integrated within the sensor head cable. The...
Coherent Inc.
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Laser-Line Right-Angle Prisms
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 5, 2011 — Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec laser-line right-angle prisms. The versatile optics feature <0.25% reflection at the design wavelength and are suitable for industrial and low-power laser...
Edmund Optics
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Multichannel Spectrometers
TORONTO, April 5, 2011 — Multichannel spectrometers are used to monitor or measure multiple samples or sources simultaneously. Mightex Systems has leveraged state-of-the-art optics and CCD cameras to bring to the market...
Mightex Systems
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Four-Pin Diode Laser
PEABODY, Mass., April 5, 2011 — SemiNex Corp.’s four-pin fiber-coupled diode laser is available at 1450, 1470, 1532 and 1550 nm, or it can be manufactured for any customer-specified wavelength between 1300 and 1600 nm. ...
SemiNex Corporation
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PIXIS-XF: 2048B Camera
TRENTON, N.J., April 4, 2011 — Princeton Instruments has added the PIXIS-XF: 2048B to its line of x-ray cameras. It offers back-illuminated 4-megapixel resolution and operates at 100 kHz and 2 MHz. It supports the company’s...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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DFB Butterfly Laser Module
KANAGAWA, Japan, April 4, 2011 — QD Laser Inc. has introduced the QLD1061, a single-mode distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode emitting in the near-infrared wavelength band around 1064 nm. The RoHS-compliant device offers...
QD Laser Inc., Laser Device Div.
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HD Microscopy Cameras
IRVINE, Calif., April 4, 2011 — Toshiba Imaging Systems Division has announced an OEM relationship with Dage-MTI to introduce two high definition (HD) cameras designed for microscopy applications. Dage-MTI’s RealView HD...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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TechSpec Telecentric Lenses
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 1, 2011 — Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec in-line telecentric lenses that feature an ultracompact design with a small footprint for ease of integration into environments where space is at a premium....
Edmund Optics
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C10650-461 X-Ray TDI Cameras
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 1, 2011 — An x-ray time delay integration (TDI) camera for nondestructive inspection and testing, the C10650-461 is a new addition to Hamamatsu Corp.’s line. While maintaining high sensitivity, the...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Fixed-Focus IR Lenses
CHESHAM, England, April 1, 2011 — For thermal imaging applications, Resolve Optics Ltd. has unveiled a range of fixed-focus germanium lenses with antireflection coatings that provide high performance throughout the infrared waveband...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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