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 August 2010


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Creaform Technology Certified by NIM Creaform, a provider of 3-D technology and engineering services, has announced the certification of its technology by the National Institute of Metrology (NIM). Two of the 3-D laser scanners from the Handyscan 3D line, EXAscan and MAXscan, scored great marks by complying with accuracy specifications of 40 and 50 µm, respectively. These results were obtained after performing feature,...
Zenaro Lighting Founded The Zenaro Lighting Alliance has announced the formation of a new company, Zenaro Lighting GmbH. With headquarters in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany, the start-up will develop and sell LED luminaires...
LIA: Class 4 Portable Lasers Pose Risks As new lower-cost laser technology becomes more readily available to consumers, laser safety experts at the Laser Institute of America (LIA) are concerned for the public’s safety. Recently...
Luminus Licenses PhlatLight to Epistar High performance solid-state light sources manufacturer Luminus Devices Inc. announced recently a licensing agreement with Epistar Corp. that enables the company to manufacture LEDs on its PhlatLight...
Ellsworth Adhesives Expands to Thailand Adhesive products and equipment distributor Ellsworth Adhesives announced the creation and launch of a new company, Ellsworth Adhesives (Thailand) Ltd., located in Bangkok, Thailand. The new...
Satellite to Add Beam Expander Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from Tesat-Spacecom GmbH of Backnang, Germany, for a high-performance, thermally stabilized beam expander. It will be used as part of Tesat’s optical...
REO Launches New Website Precision optical solutions manufacturer Research Electro-Optics (REO) Inc. announced the launch of a new website to provide technical reference and educational information on optics and thin film...
Agilent Offers Measurement Briefs Agilent Technologies announced that it has made available a series of measurement hint and tip brochures on various topics utilizing a two-channel function and arbitrary waveform generator. The...
AFOSR's Laser Contributions Highlighted Under the umbrella of “LaserFest” the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) hosted a series of celebrations to highlight the many Air Force and Defense Department-sponsored...
T-Ray Science Reorganizes Medical device company T-Ray Science Inc. announced it has adopted a plan of reorganization to consolidate management and administration, resulting in a net savings of approximately $500,000 in cash...
Laser Energetics Sells Dazer Lasers to Israel Laser Energetics Inc. has executed a sales contract with Israel’s Department of Corrections who is conducting a pilot program with Dazer Laser Guardians for use within the prison system....
Rudolph Acquires MKS Instruments Software Biz Rudolph Technologies Inc. reported that it acquired selected assets of the Yield Dynamics software business from MKS Instruments of Andover, Mass., a global provider of technologies to power,...
Olympus Scanner Wins 2 Awards Olympus won a pair of awards at the first European Scanner Contest, which took place May 25-29 in Berlin, running parallel to the 94th annual meeting of the German Society of Pathology. With...
UC Irvine Adds Optical Certificate Programs The University of California – Irvine, announced the availability of two new certificate programs designed for engineering professionals: Optical Engineering and Optical Instrument Design. Both...
ORA Names Winners of Optical Design Competition Optical software developer Optical Research Associates (ORA) announced the winners it selected for the annual Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition, with granted awards totaling...
eMagin to Build OLED Deposition Machine EMagin Corp., a developer of OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies, has signed an agreement to build its first production OLED deposition machine, leveraging the advances in its...
Dynasil Reports Q3 Profit Dynasil Corp. of America recently announced a third-quarter 2010 profit of $727,646, an 85 percent increase over the third quarter of 2009. The specialized instruments and products maker said...
Magnolia Wins QD Solar Cell Contract Magnolia Solar Corp., a developer of thin-film photovoltaic modules for defense and commercial applications, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar Inc., has received a second...
Boxlight Implements ‘Lamps 4 Life’ Program Boxlight, a projector manufacturer, announced a new lamp warranty exchange program, Lamps 4 Life, that will eliminate the need to purchase new lamps each time a replacement is needed for any of its...
Foss Acquires Majority Stake in Ibsen Foss A/S has become the main shareholder in Ibsen Photonics A/S through the purchase of an additional 73 percent of shares from existing shareholders, the companies announced today. Foss now owns...
LightWorks Optics Hires Program Manager Optical engineering and production solutions provider LightWorks Optics Inc. announced the hire of Daniel Hedberg as its new program manager. Hedberg will be responsible for the planning and...
eMagin Awarded Night Vision Subcontract OLED microdisplay and virtual imaging technologies provider eMagin Corp. announced it will receive a subcontract from ITT Corp. for supply of display beam combiner assemblies (DBCA), including its...
ProPhotonix Loses $983K in Q2 ProPhotonix Ltd. (formerly StockerYale Inc.) posted a $983,000 loss for the second quarter of 2010, up from $718,000 one year ago, as the company refocuses its business strategy toward LED production...
Queen’s University Selects Linkam Stages For 10 years, Linkam Scientific Instruments has been used as temperature stage suppliers to Queen’s University in Canada to study the properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals. The research...
Bio-Inspired Sensors Nab $6M DARPA Grant Bio-inspired nanostructured sensors enabling faster, more selective chemical and explosives detection will be developed by a team comprising private industry, universities and government agencies...
Zygo Earns Q4 Profit, Posts Loss for Year After posting a $47.4 million loss during Q4 2009, Zygo Corp. recorded a profit for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $4.1 million, or 23 cents per share, the optical metrology instruments and precision...
Rofin-Sinar Earns $9.7M Q3 Profit Laser-based tools maker Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. reported a profit of $9.7 million on revenue of $110.3 million for the third quarter of 2010. The company reported a loss of $4.9 million during...
Matrox Imaging Accepting Students for Training Course Component-level solutions developer Matrox Imaging is now accepting students for smart camera and software classroom training, October 5-7, 2010 at its Montreal headquarters. Titled, “Matrox...
Corning Expands Gorilla Glass Plant Corning Inc.’s board recently approved a capital expenditure of ~$180 million to expand the company’s Harrodsburg, Ky., manufacturing facility. The expansion will provide more capacity...
Omega Optical, Spectral Molecular Win SBIR Award Omega Optical Inc. announced it has won a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Cancer Institute to develop a high-speed fiber optic-based optical spectrum analyzer...
Newport Publishes Motion-Control Guide Newport Corp. announced the release of a motion control capabilities brochure that features a comprehensive portfolio of its precision motion control products, technologies and services for R&D,...
Frosini Joins Boulder Imaging David Frosini joined Boulder Imaging Inc. as its principal solutions engineer. He will lead sales efforts by working with customers to match the company’s products and services to their...
Flir Awarded $8.6M Navy Contract Flir Systems Inc. will receive an $8,624,000 firm-fixed-price contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center of Crane, Ind., for non-warranty repairs and spares for the maritime forward-looking...
Veeco Sells Metrology Unit to Bruker Veeco Instruments Inc. announced Monday that it will sell its metrology business to scientific instruments provider Bruker Corp. for $229 million in cash. The sale will transfer Veeco Metrology to...
Scanlab AG Marks 20 Years Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Scanlab AG has grown over the past two decades from a small, alternative to the monopolists of that era into a laser positioning and deflection provider with more...
Corning to Acquire Plaslab Corning Inc. will acquire plastic-labware maker Plaslab SAS of France, the specialty glass maker announced Friday. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed. Plaslab is a French simplified joint...
Flir to Buy Advanced Sensor Maker Thermal imaging systems manufacturer Flir Systems Inc. announced Monday that it will acquire sensor maker ICx Technologies Inc. for approximately $274 million. The acquisition expands Flir's...
VI Systems Begins Shipping Circular VCSEL Arrays VI Systems GmbH has released the first circular chip arrays of its vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) designed for wire- and flip-chip bonding. With seven channels for data rates of...
Newport to Ring NASDAQ Bell Aug. 16 Newport Corp. will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market opening bell Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. Members of the company’s board of directors and senior executives will be present for the...
Aixtron Receives 1st Order from Bulgaria Aixtron AG announced it received an order for three mass production MOCVD systems for GaN HB-LED production from the Incotex Group, a consumer-related electronic products company from Bulgaria. ...
ACS Honors Ultraslow-Motion Pioneer Ahmed H. Zewail, 1999 Chemistry Nobel laureate and Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, has been named winner of the 2011...
Apogee Changes Name, Relocates Apogee Instruments Inc. announced its name has changed to Apogee Imaging Systems Inc., effective immediately. The more accurate name defines the full range of products that Apogee provides to its...
EU Consortium Tackles Power Consumption A Europe-wide consortium will work to make a significant impact on the power consumption of telecommunications and data networks, which are estimated to consume as much as 3 percent of European...
JPK Announces Annual Meeting Nanoanalytic instrument maker JPK Instruments has announced that registration is open for the ninth annual international symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy and optical...
CUDOS Secures Funding for Next 7 Years In a move that will boost the integrated photonics industry, the Center of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) has secured major funding for the next seven years...
EOS Awarded Weapons Contract Electro Optic Systems Holdings Ltd. received a contract for delivery of remote weapon systems valued at approximately $10 million Australian dollars. To be delivered within six months, the...
Reflex Photonics Begins Shipping Products Built in Ontario High-speed, parallel channel optical connectivity solutions provider Reflex Photonics announced that it has begun shipping products built at its new contract manufacturer’s facility in...
A Leap for Lasers and Photodetectors A team of Arizona State University researchers will get support from the US Department of Defense to aid development of the next generations of lasers and infrared photodetectors. The...
Zygo CFO Steps Down Walter A. Shephard, vice president of finance, CFO and treasurer of Zygo Corp. announced his decision to step down from his positions with the company after serving for over six years. The worldwide...
Laser Components Expands Optics, Fiber Optics Production To provide improved delivery times and greater flexibility, Laser Components GmbH has expanded its lens production facility. The new facilities provide the company with more space for new...
GT Solar Acquires Crystal Systems GT Solar International Inc. announced the acquisition of privately-held Crystal Systems Inc., a crystalline growth technology company that manufactures high-quality, large area sapphire substrates...
Zecotek Lands Fermilab Contract Zecotek Photonics Inc. announced that the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois has contracted it to develop a custom micropixel avalanche photodiode (MAPD) based on its...
Philips Lumileds Ships 1 Billionth Luxeon LED Power LED provider Philips Lumileds announced that it shipped its billionth Luxeon power LED in the second quarter of 2010. Philips Lumileds' most recent addition to its portfolio, the Luxeon...
Kratos Wins $1M Navy Contract for Optical Mirrors Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. announced Monday that the Sensors & Space Systems group of its Weapons Systems Solutions (WSS) division has received a new contract award in excess of...
Schott, UScranton Get $2.8M for Exawatt Laser Specialty glass maker Schott North America Inc. and the University of Scranton will receive $2.8 million in federal funds for research and development into the creation of a laser a thousand times...
PerkinElmer Acquires VisEn PerkinElmer Inc. announced it has acquired VisEn Medical Inc. of Bedford, Mass., an in vivo molecular imaging technology company. The acquisition has enabled the company that focuses on the health...
Laser Earnings Exceed Expectations Quarterly earnings reports released by several major laser companies this past week show revenue growth and improved profitability, and all three exceeded the expectations of Wall Street analysts....
JDSU, Amada Co-Develop New Fiber Laser JDSU announced that it has collaborated with Amada, a manufacturer of machine tools for metal fabrication, to develop a new high-power 4 kilowatt (kW) fiber laser. The fiber laser has been integrated...
Navitar Awarded Lens Assembly Contract Navitar Inc. announced it was awarded a contract with the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio (DSCC) for a multi-element lens assembly to be used by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division...
PI Ceramic Launches New Website PI Ceramic, a piezo ceramic materials, piezo components and custom engineered piezo products manufacturer, announced Thursday that it released a new website. The new website offers more...
Qioptiq Appoints New CEO Effective September 1, 2010, David Marks will act as chief executive officer of Qioptiq, a global manufacturer of photonic products and solutions. The company’s current CEO, Fredrik Arp,...
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
Self-Cleaning Solar Cells Large-scale solar installations are most efficient in desert regions where the sun is the strongest. Unfortunately those regions are also clouded with dust that gets into, and onto, everything...
‘Spintronics’ Breakthrough Promising for Computers Using powerful lasers, researchers have now discovered a way to recognize currents of spinning electrons within a semiconductor. The discovery, dubbed “spintronics,” could lead the...
Revealing How Cells Die Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is essential to normal development, healthy immune system function and cancer prevention. The process dramatically transforms cellular structures, but the...
Bright Boost for Fluorescent Probes Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center (MBIC) are turning up the brightness on a group of fluorescent probes called fluoromodules that are used to...
Nova Explosion Reveals Gamma Rays Using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope satellite, astronomers have detected gamma rays from a nova for the first time, a finding that surprises both...
Ocean Optics LIBS IDs Fake Antiques To separate authentic ceramic antiques from fakes, nationally recognized antiques appraiser Guan Haisen has employed an Ocean Optics LIBS system, with QE65000 spectrometer, to help him identify...
Olympus Scanner Wins 2 Awards Olympus won a pair of awards at the first European Scanner Contest, which took place May 25-29 in Berlin, running parallel to the 94th annual meeting of the German Society of Pathology. With...
DNA Helps Chemists Build Artificial Nose A new approach to building an artificial nose – using fluorescent compounds and DNA – could accelerate the use of sniffing sensors into the realm of mass production and widespread use,...
Bright Future for Solar in India Hello friends, how have you been this past week? I'm back, and here's one more from the recently held Solarcon India 2010 in Hyderabad, India. Following the aggressive announcements made by the...
Multispectral Endoscopes on Horizon Spectral Molecular Imaging Inc. is to receive National Institutes of Health research funding via a collaboration with Omega Optical Inc. of Brattleboro, Vt. This effort will accelerate development of...
Solar Process Gives Oil a Run for its Money Stanford engineers have figured out how to simultaneously use the light and heat of the sun to generate electricity in a way that could make solar power production more than twice as efficient as...
Pulsed Light Paces Embryonic Heart Scientists at Case Western Reserve University and Vanderbilt University found that pulsed light can pace contractions in an avian embryonic heart, with no apparent damage to the tissue. ...
The Quantum Leap: Researchers Explore the Clinical Potential of Quantum Dots Researchers have made tremendous progress in recent years in developing optical imaging for the study and management of disease. By taking advantage of the near-infrared window — the wavelength...
Quantum Particles in Perfect Order For the first time a team around Stefan Kuhr and Immanuel Bloch at Max Planck Institute of Quantum (MPQ) has now succeeded in observing — atom by atom, lattice site by lattice site —...
Atom-Photon Pairs Key to Quantum Computers In the quest for developing quantum computers that will be vastly superior to present-day computers, physicists have found that strong coupling of quantum bits with light quanta play a pivotal role....
Nanotubes Cover Ultradark Detector Harnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at NIST have developed a laser power detector coated with the world’s darkest material — a forest of carbon nanotubes that reflects...
Glass Target Measures Laser Weapon’s Power Technologies for using laser energy to destroy threats at a distance have been in development for many years. Today, these technologies — known as directed energy weapons — are maturing...
Laser Technology Complements Radiation Therapy A new laser technology using accelerated ion beams to irradiate cancer cells while sparing more of the surrounding healthy tissue has been developed. Researchers at the OncoRay center and the...
Shrinky Dinks Heat Up Nanopatterning Nanoscientists are using flexible plastic sheets modeled after the popular shrinkable plastic toy Shrinky Dinks as the backbone of a new, inexpensive way to create, test and mass-produce large-area...
Lasers Enhance PV Cell Performance “The laser as an industrial tool is a key technology in the photovoltaics industry,” said Jürgen Stollhof, program manager of Micro Processing at Trumpf Inc., located in Farmington,...
Instruments Chosen for Mars Mission NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have selected the scientific instruments for their first joint mission to Mars. Scheduled for 2016, it will study the chemical makeup of the Martian...
Metrology System Advances Photomasks Sematech and the Semiconductor Metrology Systems (SMS) division of Carl Zeiss announced recently that Zeiss’ next-generation photomask registration and overlay metrology system has passed a key...
Cold Atoms Image Microwave Fields Microwaves are an essential part of modern communication technology. Mobile phones and laptops, for example, are equipped with integrated microwave circuits for wireless communication. Sophisticated...
Laser Etching Process Makes Glass Biochips Using laser etching, a new process for manufacturing glass biochips for medical engineering has been created by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT. The process,...
Help From the Dark Side Spectroscopic techniques are among the most important methods by which scientists can look inside materials. They exploit the interaction of light waves with a given sample. Now, using x-ray...
ID’ing Molecules from the Briny Deep In a pioneering research project, scientists at IBM and the University of Aberdeen have collaborated to “see” the structure of a marine compound from the deepest place on the Earth using...
Redrawing Microscopy’s Boundaries Two Andor back-illuminated electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) cameras have been instrumental in helping Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and current US Secretary of Energy, redraw the boundaries of optical...
Lasers Improve Conventional Welding Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) recently announced two new laser techniques that are improving conventional welding. Laser stabilization makes gas metal-arc welding (GMAW) faster and better. On...
Getting Insight into Insect Sight Despite their tiny brains, bees have remarkable navigation capabilities based on their vision. Now scientists have recreated a lightweight imaging system that mimics a honeybee’s field of view,...
Silicon Exhibits Retrograde Melting A new silicon material has been produced that actually melts as it cools off, which could lead to applications in solar cells and other devices. A tiny silicon chip — the glowing orange...
THz Semiconductor Laser Revealed Applications in terahertz science and technology may be getting a boost thanks to a new terahertz (THz) semiconductor laser that emits beams with a much smaller divergence than conventional THz laser...
Edible Optics, Implantable Electronics A decade of research has yielded new uses for an ancient material – silk fibers. Thanks to their amazing mechanical properties as well as their looks, silk fibers have been important materials...
Atom's Electrons Move in Real Time Using ultrashort flashes of laser light, scientists have directly observed the movement of an atom’s outer electrons for the first time. Through a process called attosecond absorption...
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be Images of tomorrow, of course, are all about the attitudes of today. Take a look at any comic, TV show or movie set in the future and you’ll see what its creators thought about the prospects of...
‘Pin Art’ Mass Produces Nanowires Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cultivated many thousands of nanocrystals onto silicon, a step they say will bring us closer to reliable mass production...
Imaging Technique Erases Background Noise Spotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor and is traveling through the bloodstream to colonize a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack, but a new imaging...
Green Laser Absorption Loss Culprit ID’d Computational scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) believe they have identified the source of absorption loss in green lasers. The team investigated the light absorption...
JILA Comb Purifies Semiconductor Process In a step that could aid semiconductor manufacturing, scientists have invented an optical frequency comb that detects gas impurities that hamper production of photonic devices. Purity of ingredients...
High IR Levels in Some Green Lasers “Beware the dim laser pointer,” NIST researchers have recently said. According to a team led by physicist Charles Clark at the National Institute of Standards and Technology the group has...
Light-Controlled Membrane Stops, Starts Gas Flow A newly invented membrane can stop and start gas flow simply by changing the color of the light shining on its surface. According to researchers at the University of Rochester’s...
Extravagant Fiction Today...Cold Fact Tomorrow In the oppressive heat of a summer’s day in A.D. 2331, the tinkerer shuffled deliberately across the foyer of the long-abandoned museum he called home. The late-afternoon sun tried to push its...
Taking the Twinkle Out of the Stars Star-gazers beware. Astronomers have developed a way to take the twinkle out of the night sky, but it’s really not as sinister as it may sound. Green guide star laser beams, used to sense...
Light-Amplifying Metamaterial Created Researchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in using new "metamaterials" for radical advances in optical technologies, including ultrapowerful microscopes and computers and a possible...
Fly Eyes Inspire Solar Cells Solar Cells Inspired by Fly Eyes UNIVERSITY PARK, Penn., Aug. 3, 2010 — Rows of tiny raised blowfly corneas may be the key to easy manufacturing of biomimetic surfaces, surfaces that mimic the...
Hot Tubbing with IR Lasers Using an infrared laser light, researchers at JILA have demonstrated that they can quickly and precisely heat water in a “nano bathtub.” These tiny sample containers are used for...
Single-Photon Project Launched “MISPIA” (Microelectronic Single-Photon 3-D Imaging Arrays for low-light high-speed safety and security applications) is a new collaborative research project funded by the European...
Photon Triplets Generated An international research team achieved a longstanding milestone in quantum optics research — the direct generation of photon triplets. This result has been sought for years but never achieved...
New Invisibility Cloak Made of Glass From Tolkien’s ring of power in “The Lord of the Rings” to Star Trek’s Romulans, who could make their warships disappear from view, from Harry Potter’s magical cloak to...
ACQUISITIONS
Rudolph Acquires MKS Instruments Software Biz Rudolph Technologies Inc. reported that it acquired selected assets of the Yield Dynamics software business from MKS Instruments of Andover, Mass., a global provider of technologies to power, control, measure and analyze advanced processes in high growth applications. The company’s purchase includes selected assets and intellectual property related to MKS yield management software...
Veeco Sells Metrology Unit to Bruker Veeco Instruments Inc. announced Monday that it will sell its metrology business to scientific instruments provider Bruker Corp. for $229 million in cash. The sale will transfer Veeco Metrology to...
Corning to Acquire Plaslab Corning Inc. will acquire plastic-labware maker Plaslab SAS of France, the specialty glass maker announced Friday. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed. Plaslab is a French simplified joint...
GT Solar Acquires Crystal Systems GT Solar International Inc. announced the acquisition of privately-held Crystal Systems Inc., a crystalline growth technology company that manufactures high-quality, large area sapphire substrates...
PerkinElmer Acquires VisEn PerkinElmer Inc. announced it has acquired VisEn Medical Inc. of Bedford, Mass., an in vivo molecular imaging technology company. The acquisition has enabled the company that focuses on the health...
PRODUCTS
TOCS LED Measurement Systems NORTH SUTTON, N.H., Aug. 31, 2010 — Labsphere Inc.'s TOCS (thermal/optical/electrical) LED measurement systems conform to IESNA LM-79 and LM-80 recommendations for LED characterization. To more easily meet new reporting specifications, the systems enable measurement of optical properties as a function of temperature and operating current using a single instrument to deliver accurate and reproducible LED measurements. ...
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P3 Series Linear Stages SOMERSWORTH, N.H., Aug. 31, 2010 — Airex Corp. has announced the P3 Series plug-and-play linear motor positioning stages with design features to handle the high-duty-cycle operations required in competitive precision manufacturing...
Airex Corp.
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EP30FLAO Low-Viscosity Epoxy HACKENSACK, N.J., Aug. 30, 2010 — Master Bond Inc.’s EP30FLAO is a two-component epoxy resin system for potting, bonding, sealing and coating. It can be used in a variety of cryogenic applications. This low-viscosity...
Master Bond Inc.
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UltraXRM-L200 Microscope CONCORD, Calif., Aug. 30, 2010 — A new computed tomography (CT) system that delivers synchrotronlike 3-D imaging at 50-nm resolution within a laboratory setting has been announced by Xradia Inc. The UltraXRM-L200 uses...
Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy LLC
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M3-F Module Developer’s Kits VICTOR, N.Y., Aug. 27, 2010 — Developer’s kits for New Scale Technologies Inc.’s miniature M3-F focus module are available for purchase online, shipping from stock. Each kit includes an M3-F module for precision...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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'Shuttle & Find' Interface OBERKOCHEN, Germany, Aug. 27, 2010 — Carl Zeiss AG has introduced an integrated hardware/software interface to connect light and scanning electron microscopes for materials analysis and correlative microscopy in the life sciences. ...
Carl Zeiss AG, Camera Lenses
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Sterilizable Fiber Strippers HUDSON, N.H., Aug. 27, 2010 — Sterilizable MediStrip fiber strippers have been developed by Laser Components IG Inc. for use in laser medicine. They ensure the safe and easy removal of the buffer of an optical fiber during an...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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Dual GigE Cameras SOUTHINGTON, Conn., Aug. 26, 2010 — For machine vision applications requiring high speed and high resolutions, Baumer has introduced the SXG Dual GigE cameras that transfer data at rates as fast as 240 MB/s and at distances of up to...
Baumer Ltd.
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Harsh Environment Servo Drives CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug. 26, 2010 — Advanced Motion Controls has released the AZX series of embedded extended environment servo drives that are designed for use in demanding applications. Available at servo2go.com, the servo...
Advanced Motion Controls
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OM3 Compliant Fiber Switch CRANSTON, R.I., Aug. 26, 2010 — For laser-enhanced 10-Gigabit laser applications, Electro Standards Laboratories has announced the QuickSwitch Model 6297 optical multimode 3 (OM3) LC duplex A/offline/B switch with serial remote....
Electro Standards Laboratories
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BeamGage Analysis Software LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 25, 2010 — Ophir-Spiricon has announced that its BeamGage next-generation laser beam analysis and profiling software now supports the XEVA InGaAs near-infrared camera that delivers high sensitivity from 900 to...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Evolution 200 MADISON, Wis., Aug. 25, 2010 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has launched its Evolution 200 series next-generation ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometers featuring new Insight software with Customized User Environment (CUE)...
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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XLamp MX-3 LEDs DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 25, 2010 — Cree Inc. has announced the commercial availability of its new RoHS-compliant XLamp MX-3 LED that offers enhanced uniform angular chromaticity and LED-to-LED color consistency. The flattop plastic...
Wolfspeed Inc.
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Light Tack Adhesive MAHWAY, N.J., Aug. 24, 2010 — MH&W International now offers U 90 silicone-free thermal interface materials (TIMs) with a new light tack adhesive to provide high thermal conductivity where contamination threats prevent the use...
MH&W International Corp., Thermal Products Div.
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ARI Nano Dispense Head CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 24, 2010 — Rigaku Americas Corp. and Art Robbins Instruments have announced that all Phoenix RE (Rigaku Edition) protein drop setters will now be equipped with a new nano-dispense head, the ARI nano, that...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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Sterilizable Brushless Motors FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 23, 2010 — Maxon Precision Motors Inc.’s newly improved EC 22 motors are equipped with preloaded ball bearings and latest generation neodymium permanent magnets. At up to 100 W, the motors are...
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WL27-3 Reflex Array Sensor MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23, 2010 — Sick has launched the WL27-3 reflex array photoelectric sensor for reliable leading edge detection of pallets and irregularly shaped and multiheight objects. Any object 12 mm or larger is detected...
SICK Inc.
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319CU Microscopy Camera COMMACK, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2010 — Accu-Scope Inc. has announced the second-generation 319CU 3.2-megapixel-resolution digital microscopy camera that builds upon and improves the architecture of its predecessor by offering faster frame...
ACCU-SCOPE Inc.
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Linear Motor and Voice Coil SOMERSWORTH, N.H., Aug. 19, 2010 — Airex Corp. has announced the development of an ultralow-profile linear motor. The C12 series of three-phase brushless linear servo motors can also be operated from a brush type servo drive as...
Airex Corp.
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QCL Mid-IR Spectrometers MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 19, 2010 — Block Engineering has announced the launch of a family of next-generation spectrometers based on widely tunable quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). The devices have both commercial and government...
Block Engineering
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Construction Kit KARLSRUHE, Germany, Aug. 19, 2010 — A standardized mechanical interface system for machine vision components has been released by autoVimation. The construction kit enables users to quickly and easily assemble image processing systems...
autoVimation GmbH
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Solardryer RDS 2100/RDS 3000 BLAUBEUREN-SEISSEN, Germany, Aug. 18, 2010 — Rehm Thermal Systems GmbH has launched the Solardryer RDS 2100 and RDS 3000 for metallization lines. The drying process consists of a combination of five infrared zones and one central convection...
Rehm Thermal Systems GmbH
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LDP-3832 Pulsed Laser Driver BOZEMAN, Mont., Aug. 17, 2010 — For absorption spectroscopy using quantum cascade lasers, ILX Lightwave Corp. has unveiled the LDP-3832 pulsed quantum cascade laser driver that provides peak current up to 5 A with a compliance...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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Axio Lab.A1 Microscope THORNWOOD, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2010 — Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. has introduced the Axio Lab.A1 microscope for use in polarization microscopy, student education and routine laboratory applications. This upright microscope suits...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC
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Air-cooled Picosecond Lasers O’FALLON, Mo., Aug. 16, 2010 — RPMC Lasers Inc. now offers affordable, rugged, compact, air-cooled, high-energy picosecond lasers providing up to 150 µJ of pulse energy. These short-pulsed lasers combine the advantages...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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MCPC618 Photon Counting System WESTFORD, Mass., Aug. 16, 2010 — Vertilon Corp. has launched the PhotoniQ MCPC618 eight-channel high-speed photon counting system for photomultiplier tubes and silicon photomultipliers. The data acquisition system uses photon...
Vertilon Corp.
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VC4467/NIR Cameras ETTLINGEN, Germany, Aug. 16, 2010 — For demanding machine vision applications, Vision Components GmbH is offering the VC4467/NIR sensitive image processing systems in the shape of a fist-size camera. The cameras feature an EXview...
Vision Components GmbH
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Axio Imager Vario Microscopes THORNWOOD, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2010 — Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. has introduced the Axio Imager Vario upright microscope modules for industrial tasks where large samples requiring various contrasting methods, such as solar cells,...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC
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PSM090-240P LED Driver FREEMONT, Calif., Aug. 12, 2010 — Phihong USA has unveiled the PSM090-240P LED driver that supplies 90 W of power for use in indoor lighting applications. The power supply's open-frame design allows for ease of integration into...
Phihong USA Corp.
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Microcast HD Digital Cameras GOLETA, Calif., Aug. 11, 2010 — Optronics has added the Microcast HD Pro-Lite and Print Pro camera models to its line of full 1080-pixel high-definition (HD) digital microscope camera systems. They are designed to provide end-user...
Optronics
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MD-0003 Measurement Module DEXTER, Mich., Aug. 11, 2010 — Dexter Research Center Inc. has unveiled the low-cost MD-0003 module, housed in a TO-5 package, for noncontact temperature measurements. With an application-specific integrated circuit that stores...
Dexter Research Center Inc.
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Aspheric Lenses ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 11, 2010 — LightPath Technologies Inc. has introduced a family of four aspheric lenses designed for laser diodes operating at 405 or 488 nm and as the primary optics for collimating blue lasers in a variety of...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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Optical Spectrum Analyzer QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 10, 2010 — Exfo Inc. has announced a significant processing speed increase for its FTB-5240S optical spectrum analyzer, which is purpose-built for fast and accurate dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM)...
EXFO Inc.
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LED Dimming Solution TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 10, 2010 — GlacialTech Inc. has introduced the GL-BR20D/30D/40D series low-power LED bulbs that are 110/220-VAC LED retrofits for conventional bromine halogen bulbs. What makes them unique is the triode for...
GlacialTech Inc.
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Custom Non-Browning Lenses CHESHAM, England, Aug. 10, 2010 — Resolve Optics Ltd. offers a custom OEM design and manufacture service for organizations requiring non-browning fixed-focus or zoom lenses optimized to their applications. Reflecting the...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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ESD Absorber ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 9, 2010 — Pangolin Laser Systems Inc. has announced the expansion of its LASORB product line with a series of components designed to protect 445-nm laser diodes from damage by direct and indirect electrostatic...
Pangolin Laser Systems Inc.
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LMS-Q680i Laser Scanner ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 6, 2010 — Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH has released its latest state-of-the-art airborne laser scanner, the LMS-Q680i for FAA rotocraft. It uses reduced laser power to achieve the Class 1 rating...
Riegl USA Inc.
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Endeavor 3 CMM Products NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Aug. 5, 2010 — Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the Endeavor 3 CMM, the next generation of its Endeavor line of vertical coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) that introduces new...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
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OMH-RL29-06 Mounting Brackets TWINSBURG, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2010 — Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced the OMH-RL29-06 mounting brackets designed for use with its Series 28 and Series 29 photoelectric sensors. They provide greater alignment and positioning...
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
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Cold Field Emission Gun PEABODY, Mass., Aug. 5, 2010 — A new cold field emission gun (FEG) from JEOL USA Inc. enhances the ultrahigh atomic-level resolution of the company’s JEM-ARM200F aberration-corrected scanning/scanning transmission electron...
JEOL USA Inc.
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ANT130-5-V Vertical Lift Stages PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4, 2010 — Aerotech Inc.’s ANT130-5-V mechanical bearing linear-motor-driven wedge-style vertical lift stages provide the high resolution, accuracy and in-position stability required in nanopositioning...
Aerotech Inc.
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Aspheres for Visible and IR BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4, 2010 — Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO) has introduced a range of high-performance aspheric lenses fabricated from CaF2, ZnSe and ZnS substrates. The lenses offer a combination of benefits for demanding...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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1920-nm Microchip Lasers O’FALLON, Mo., Aug. 4, 2010 — RPMC Lasers Inc. has announced a new 1920-nm microchip laser. The compact device provides 2-µj pulse energies with <20-ns pulses at repetition rates from 1 to 50 kHz in a compact FP-2...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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pco.edge Scientific CMOS Camera ROMULUS, Mich., Aug. 3, 2010 — The Cooke Corp. has introduced the pco.edge camera system that offers complete high-fidelity scientific imaging. Based on a scientific CMOS image sensor, it delivers low noise, fast frame rates, a...
PCO-TECH Inc.
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CCD Linear Image Sensors BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Aug. 3, 2010 — Hamamatsu Corp. has introduced CCD linear image sensors with an internal electronic shutter function. Designed for use in spectrometers, the S11155-2048 and S11156-2048 are back-thinned and achieve...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Diffusion Measurement Module HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 2, 2010 — Olympus Life Science Europa GmbH has introduced a diffusion measurement module for its ASW 2.1 software, designed specifically for use with its FluoView FV1000 confocal microscope system for...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Model 234/302 VUV Spectrometer CHELMSFORD, Mass., Aug. 2, 2010 — McPherson Inc. has announced that its vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) spectrometer, the Model 234/302, is now available with improved efficiency over a wide wavelength range. New platinum-coated gratings...
McPHERSON
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