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 December 2011


BUSINESS
Novotech Completes Modernization Plan Infrared optics and germanium materials supplier Novotech Inc. has completed its 2011 equipment modernization plan, which included the purchase of automated robotic optics edging and curve-generating...
Efficiency Record Set for Organic Solar Cell Belgian research center Imec, electronic materials supplier Polyera and international chemical group Solvay have achieved a world-record efficiency of 8.3 percent for polymer-based single-junction...
FDA Clears Cataract Surgery Laser OptiMedica Corp., a global ophthalmic device company, received FDA 510(k) market clearance for its Catalys laser, a next-generation cataract surgery system. Catalys combines a femtosecond laser,...
Faris Joins LightPath Board M. Scott Faris was elected earlier this month to LightPath Technologies Inc.’s board of directors as a Class II member, the company announced. Faris, who was also appointed a member of...
SPIE Applauds Congress for Six-Year SBIR Reauthorization SPIE is pleased with the recent six-year reauthorization by Congress of the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBIR/STTR...
OFC/NFOEC Plenary to Focus on Tsunami Impact Isao Sugino, director of the Research and Development Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) in Japan, will give a keynote presentation at the plenary session of the...
Carl Zeiss Reports Increased Revenue, Earnings Carl Zeiss posted significant increases in revenue and earnings for the fiscal year 2010-11 ending Sept. 30, 2011 over the prior year. The company reported that revenue topped the €4 billion...
Owyeung Out, Keddington In as Lunera CEO LED lighting company Lunera Lighting Inc. announced a new CEO earlier this month, its second appointment to the position in just over a year. Michael Keddington will replace Karen Owyeung, who...
FDA Approves Handheld Brain Injury Detector The first handheld device intended to aid in the detection of life-threatening bleeding in the skull has been approved by the FDA. The device, called the Infrascanner Model 1000, can help health care...
BMC to Improve Imaging of Exoplanets Boston Micromachines Corp. (BMC) has been awarded a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research contract for $125,000 by NASA to advance exoplanet imaging research involving deformable mirrors. One of...
Optics Pioneer Dereniak to Lead SPIE in 2012 Optics and engineering pioneer Eustace L. Dereniak will become president of SPIE in January. An optical sciences and engineering professor at the University of Arizona, Dereniak has explored...
Alfano First Recipient of Britton Chance Award Robert Alfano, distinguished professor of physics at City College of New York, has been selected to receive the first SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award. Alfano, a longtime SPIE conference...
PhotOral Licenses Technology Life sciences startup PhotOral has licensed patented technology from Harvard-affiliated Forsyth Institute to develop a novel intraoral device that uses blue light for targeting and obliterating...
BinOptics Attracts $13M in Funding BinOptics Corp. has closed on $13.3 million in new funding, which it will use to continue the expansion of its product lines and to accelerate the development of its new products. Five new investors...
Cree Licenses Phosphor Patents Through its newly launched remote phosphor licensing program, semiconductor solutions company Cree Inc. has granted licenses for select remote phosphor patents to five LED lighting manufacturers. The...
Novaled Founders Honored for Innovation Three of the founders of Novaled AG were awarded the German Future Prize — German President’s Award for Technology for breakthroughs in the field of organic electronics.
E-ELT Mirror Work to Start in 2012 The ESO Council has approved funding for the first elements of the E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). Work will now begin on the instrument’s challenging adaptive optics mirror, M4...
OSA Elevates 66 to Fellow Members The board of directors of the Optical Society (OSA) announced that 66 OSA members were selected as the newest class of OSA fellows. The newly appointed fellows will be recognized individually at...
Gooch & Housego Takes Lead on ISLA Project Optical and systems manufacturer Gooch & Housego has announced that it will lead a €4.5 million (about $5.9 million) collaborative European Union-funded FP7 project titled “Integrated...
Affymetrix to Acquire eBioscience Affymetrix Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire eBioscience Inc. of San Diego, a privately held flow cytometry and immunoassay reagents company, for $330 million in cash subject to certain...
Datalogic Acquires PPT Vision Automatic data capture and industrial automation company Datalogic SpA acquired machine vision technologies provider PPT Vision Inc. for $5.2 million, financed with internal capital resources,...
Gigaphoton Reaches Milestone Lithography light source manufacturer Gigaphoton Inc. has shipped its 1000th excimer laser for semiconductor photolithography. Komatsu, Gigaphoton’s predecessor, marketed Japan’s first...
JDSU’s Koffman Elected to QuEST Board Ken Koffman, vice president of global business quality for the Communications Test and Measurement Div. of JDSU, has been named to the executive board of QuEST Forum. JDSU is the first communications...
Company Supplies Light Sensors for Smartphones Austriamicrosystems is supplying high volumes of intelligent ambient light and proximity sensors for four Samsung Galaxy models. The sensors, which are being integrated into the Galaxy Ace, Galaxy...
SpectraFluidics Secures Contract SpectraFluidics Inc. received a $1.3 million contract from the US Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration to develop and validate a system that detects homemade...
L-3 Buying Kollmorgen Electro-Optical for $210M L-3 Communications announced today it is broadening its base in the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) market by acquiring the Kollmorgen Electro-Optical unit of Danaher Corp for $210 million in cash....
Lockheed Delivers Laser Rangefinder Prototypes Global security company Lockheed Martin delivered the first modernized day sensor assembly (M-DSA) upgrade prototype units to the US Army for use on the Apache attack helicopter, it announced. ...
Newport Retires Notes Early To avoid cash interest payments, Newport Corp. retired $69.6 million of its 2.5% convertible subordinated notes due Feb. 15, 2012, for a sum of $70 million plus accrued interest. The early...
Teledyne Dalsa Secures Earth Observation Contract Teledyne Dalsa received a contract from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) of Guildford, UK, to develop a multispectral sensor for an advanced Earth observation application. The...
Jenoptik Doubling SC Laser Capacity in Berlin Laser and optical systems manufacturer Jenoptik is doubling its semiconductor laser capacity with a €10 million (approximately $13.2 million) expansion of its Berlin-Adlershof site. The larger...
Ocean Optics Promotes Creasey To meet the growing demand for its OEM engineering services, Ocean Optics announced the appointment of David Creasey to the newly created position of director of OEM business. In this role,...
Yakovian to Join Lumenis as CFO Ophir Yakovian was named chief financial officer of medical laser company Lumenis, the company announced. Effective Feb. 1, 2012, Yakovian will replace Aviram Steinhart, who will join Ceragon...
Dynasil Unit Wins $3M for Nuclear Detectors The RMD Research, a subsidiary of Dynasil Corp. of America, received $3.65 million in contracts to develop nuclear detectors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear...
Idex Names Silvernail Board Chairman Andrew K. Silvernail, Idex Corp.’s chief executive officer, was appointed chairman by the company’s board of directors. The appointment, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2012, will...
Elbit Receives $38M Award to Update HUDs Elbit Systems of America LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., was awarded a $38.5 million, five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the Defense Logistics...
Raytheon Awarded $13M for Thermal Imagers Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., has been awarded $13.4 million by DARPA to develop a manufacturing process that will make thermal imagers more affordable and thus accessible to every military...
Jenoptik Opens New Business in China Jenoptik, an integrated optoelectronics group headquartered in Jena, Germany, officially opened a new 100 percent-owned subsidiary in China called Jenoptik (Shanghai) Precision Instruments and...
Laser World of Photonics Expands into India Laser World of Photonics India will be held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai on Sept. 14-16, 2012. The event, a collaboration of Messe München and its subsidiary Messe...
Schweizer Eyes Asia Photovoltaics Market Schweizer Electronic AG has entered the Asian photovoltaics market as part of a business diversification strategy. A manufacturer of printed circuit boards, the electronics company offers solutions...
Prism Solar Completes $4M Funding Round Prism Solar Technologies Inc. announced the completion of a financing round of more than $4.4 million. With the funding, the company expects to bolster its holographic film and bifacial photovoltaic...
AIA Teams with Machine Vision Association in Korea Machine vision trade group Automated Imaging Association (AIA) signed a memorandum of understanding with the year-old Korean Machine Vision Industrial Association (KMVIA) to advance the understanding...
Samsung to Mass Produce Highly Interactive Displays Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun mass production of the 40-in. Optical Sensor in Pixel interactive liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, which features advanced optical sensors. Because the...
Potomac Photonics Adds New Capabilities Potomac Photonics announced the expansion of its microholes drilling capabilities and operations. Microhole drilling by Potomac Photonics (Image: PRLEAP.COM) The micromanufacturer has added...
Clear Align Receives Laser Patent for Intelligence Custom imaging and laser systems manufacturer Clear Align received a patent for laser technology that is suitable for various intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications. The US Patent...
Microtech: Better LED Process Is All Wet MicroTech Systems has developed a wet process station for etching patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) wafers, which are used to increase light extraction and efficiency in high-brightness LEDs. The...
AFOP Revises Forecast, Approves Stock Repurchase Program Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (AFOP) has revised its forecast for the fourth quarter of 2011, expecting its revenues to be below $11 million. Revenues for the third quarter of 2011 totaled $11.8...
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
Lidar-Based Camera Catches 20,000 Speeders in Five Days Despite ample warning of its installment, a lidar-based machine vision system on the Mitchell Freeway in Western Australia has caught 20,000 speeders in its first five days of operation. State...
NIR Lasers in Chile Measure Satellites The first laser measurements of Galileo operational satellites in orbit have been made from Chile. The Transportable Integrated Geodetic Observatory (TIGO) performed the laser ranging at an altitude...
Two-Photon Microscopy Reveals Skin-Allergen Connection Two-photon microscopy has shown that the skin absorbs various substances differently, depending on what they are mixed with. These differences may determine whether a substance causes contact...
Faster Lasers Sought to Map Jet Engines A laser that will help better understand the combustion process in jet engines and reduce emissions and pollution is being developed as part of a research project at the University of...
Flamac, Imec Team to Develop New Solar Materials The Belgian research centers Imec and Flamac have developed a novel semiconductor material for solar cell applications. The collaborators have been screening materials in search of an alternative to...
Giant Atoms Trapped with 90% Efficiency With an “egg carton” of laser light, physicists can trap giant Rydberg atoms with up to 90 percent efficiency. The achievement could advance computing and terahertz imaging and detection devices,...
STED Effect Enables Chips with Finer Features A new way to break through wavelength-related limits to feature size in state-of-the-art silicon chips could enable further leaps in computational power. The microchip revolution has seen a...
Webb Telescope Engineers to Test COCOA To verify the optical performance of the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA is using COCOA (center of curvature optical assembly) to check that the mirrors are perfectly shaped and will...
Light Used to Beam Songs Across a Room As part of a yearly tradition of challenging previous students’ designs, electrical engineering students at Brigham Young University created a free-space optical transmission device that beams...
Nanophotonic Endoscope Gently Probes Single Cells A newly developed nanophotonic endoscope can take high-resolution images of the inside of a single living cell and deliver therapeutic drugs and other cargo without injuring or damaging the cell. ...
IR Detectors to Help Pilots AVOID Volcanic Ash A camera designed to detect volcanic ash particles from a large distance may help airlines become more capable of avoiding large volcanic plumes in the future. The ash cloud resulting from the...
Plasma Expands Under Ultrafast Beams New insight into the behavior of ultrafast laser pulses could improve their performance in manufacturing, diagnostics and other research. A laser's pulse at durations of 100 fs, or...
Thermal Conductivity Tuning Could Cool Optoelectronics The thermal conductivity of a pair of boron nanoribbons can be enhanced by up to 45 percent — a discovery that could give rise to a new tool for managing thermal effects in smartphones,...
Capsule Endoscope Forges Precise Path Through the Body Tiny capsules guided by magnetic steering are set to do the work of bulkier endoscopes, perhaps leading one day to less invasive, yet more powerful, imaging and drug delivery inside the body. ...
Technique Combines Optical Fibers, Silicon A technique for depositing a noncrystalline form of silicon (hydrogenated amorphous) into the long, ultrathin pores of optical fibers has been developed — making the optical fibers more...
Cascade Lasers Made More Powerful New mid-infrared gallium arsenide (GaAs) -based cascade lasers with a pulse three times stronger than previous versions could prove useful for industrial and medical applications. The Institute...
Data Transfer Hits Record of 186 Gb/s With a sustained data transfer rate of 186 Gb/s, a new world record has been set, ushering in the next generation of high-speed network technology. At the SuperComputing 2011 conference in Seattle in...
Reconfigurable Photonic Chip Realized A versatile optical chip that produces, measures and controls two important quantum phenomena — mixture and entanglement — has been developed, representing an important step toward...
Trillion fps Video: Streak Camera Stops Light A novel streak camera that captures images in picosecond increments now makes it possible to stop not just a horse in mid-canter or a bullet piercing an apple, but light particles themselves as they...
Label-Free Bioimaging Tool Tracks Nanotubes A new imaging tool tracks carbon nanotubes inside living cells and throughout the bloodstream, which could hone the particles’ usefulness in biomedical research and clinical medicine. ...
Teledyne Dalsa Secures Earth Observation Contract Teledyne Dalsa received a contract from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) of Guildford, UK, to develop a multispectral sensor for an advanced Earth observation application. The...
Here, Kitty Kitty! Carefully placed camera traps — imagers equipped with motion sensors — have taken the first photos ever of two elusive members of the cat family. Images of both snow leopard and manul...
Method Uses Glass Fiber to Detect Atoms A highly sensitive method that requires specially prepared light waves coupled to ultrathin glass fibers can be used to count and interact with a very small number of atoms — making it possible...
Submillimeter Camera Set to Scan the Universe The world’s largest submillimeter camera is now ready to scan the universe, including faint and faraway parts never before seen. Mounted on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Mauna Kea, the...
Laser-Produced Proton Beams Open New Research Areas Recent proton beam experiments using high-intensity lasers have unveiled a new way to heat material and create novel states of matter in the laboratory. This advance could lead to medical...
Young Star Really Gets Around The fastest spinning star yet has been discovered, a hot blue giant rotating at a stupefying million miles an hour. Twirling 100 times faster than our sun does, the star VFTS 102 is very close to the...
Solar Concentration Without Mirrors By employing a photonic crystal to keep heat from escaping, thermophotovoltaic devices can concentrate sunlight without mirrors, potentially making thermophotovoltaics much simpler and less expensive...
SPIE CEO: Photonics Industry Growing The demand for photonics is large and on the way to becoming "enormous," yet the ubiquitous technology remains nearly invisible to the general public, SPIE CEO Eugene Arthurs told participants last...
Lasers Control Electronic Spin For the first time, light has proved useful in obtaining information about the spin of electrons flowing over topological insulators — a discovery that could open up possibilities for new...
UArizona Receives $500K for THz Imager The University of Arizona College of Engineering has received half a million dollars to develop a unique terahertz imaging instrument. The imager will generate terahertz emissions and analyze how...
Biomimetic Antenna May Transform Solar Devices A newly developed light-harvesting antenna modeled on the chlorosome found in green bacteria could transform solar-powered devices and give silicon and printed dye photovoltaics a run for their...
Laser Imaging Assesses Sunscreen Safety In an attempt to answer safety questions about the use of nanoparticles in sunscreen, a new laser imaging technique has been developed to assess the risks associated with one of sunscreen’s...
ACQUISITIONS
L-3 Buying Kollmorgen Electro-Optical for $210M L-3 Communications announced today it is broadening its base in the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) market by acquiring the Kollmorgen Electro-Optical unit of Danaher Corp for $210 million in cash. Northampton, Mass.-based Kollmorgen Electro-Optical (KEO) develops and manufactures specialized equipment, including submarine photonics systems and periscopes, ship fire control systems, visual...
PRODUCTS
Deep-Violet Laser Diode MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 30, 2011 — Elk Industries LLC has announced a rugged and robust variable-power OEM/laboratory deep-violet continuous-wave laser diode operating at 401 nm with output power of 400 to 500 mW. It operates on 2-W...
Elk Industries, R-K Manufacturing
SuperGamut NIR Spectral Engines SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 30, 2011 — BaySpec Inc. has released the f/1.8 series SuperGamut near-infrared spectral engines. Designed for demanding applications, they feature ultrahigh throughput, no moving parts and ruggedized...
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Visible SWIR Camera LARNE, Northern Ireland, Dec. 29, 2011 — Raptor Photonics Ltd. has announced the release of the OW1.7-VS-CL-320 visible short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) camera. It features a Thales Alcatel 320 × 256-pixel, 30 × 30-μm...
Raptor Photonics Ltd.
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Video Borescope for Remote Inspection BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2011 — For on-site remote inspection, Titan Tool Supply Inc. has introduced two portable articulating video borescopes. The instruments feature two-way articulation (+120°) with onboard...
Titan Tool Supply Inc.
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Polarization Extension for LSMs BERLIN, Dec. 29, 2011 — PicoQuant GmbH has released a polarization extension for its upgrade kit for confocal laser scanning microscopes (LSMs). Previously, commercially available upgraded LSMs could perform time-resolved...
PicoQuant GmbH
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Large Sapphire Windows PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 28, 2011 — Custom-fabricated sapphire windows and lenses that transmit from the UV to the IR and are impervious to most chemicals, water, and fast-moving dirt and sand are available from Meller Optics Inc. ...
Meller Optics Inc.
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iStar 312T Intensified CCD BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Dec. 28, 2011 — For time-resolved imaging applications, Andor Technology plc has launched the latest addition to its iStar range of scientific-grade intensified CCDs. The iStar 312T imaging platform provides...
Andor Technology
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Collimating Focal-πShaper BERLIN, Dec. 27, 2011 — AdlOptica GmbH’s water-cooled Focal-πShaper is designed to operate with high-power (>1 kW) fiber lasers. The device combines the functions of collimation and beam shaping,...
AdlOptica GmbH
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Mentad Fiber Laser O’FALLON, Mo., Dec. 27, 2011 — The Mentad fiber laser from RPMC Lasers Inc. is now available at 1 μm and produces pulse energies up to 50 μJ, with pulse widths from 500 ps to 1.25 μs and repetition rates from 5 kHz to 2...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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25x Objective Lens HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 22, 2011 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the XLPLN25XSVMP ScaleView 25× objective lens with a numerical aperture of 1.0 for deep imaging of thick biological samples. The ScaleView...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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640 × 512 InGaAs Camera TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 22, 2011 — Princeton Instruments has introduced the PIoNIR:640, a scientific-grade camera that uses a deep-cooled InGaAs focal plane array. It is designed for use in low-light near-infrared or short-wavelength...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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OL 730E Radiometers/Photometers ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 21, 2011 — Gooch & Housego has announced the release of the OL 730E series radiometers/photometers. The newest model has a smaller footprint and reduced cost while providing similar research-grade...
Optronic Laboratories LLC
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Self-Blocking SWIR Filters BALZERS, Liechtenstein, Dec. 21, 2011 — Optics Balzers AG offers customized bandpass filters with a self-blocking filter design for the short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) spectral region. They combine a wide blocking range and high bandpass...
Materion Balzers Optics
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Radiation-Tolerant Lens CHESHAM, England, Dec. 21, 2011 — Resolve Optics Ltd. has introduced a 15-mm-focal-length lens, expanding its line of fixed-focus radiation-tolerant lenses. Designed for high performance with the cameras and sensors used in...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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Quantum Cascade Lasers Spectroscopy-grade Quantum Cascade Lasers for the mid-IR from 4.2 to 11.8 microns are now available in hermetic packages with integrated TE coolers and collimation lenses. A large selection is...
Boston Electronics Corporation
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Fiber-Pigtailed Option for Cobolt 04-01 BANBURY, England, Dec. 20, 2011 — Laser Lines Ltd. has released a true fiber-pigtailed option for Cobolt AB’s 04-01 series single-longitudinal-mode lasers. In this compact and robust fiber delivery option, the single-mode...
Laser Lines Ltd.
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Sol-UV Series UV Solar Simulator STRATFORD, Conn., Dec. 20, 2011 — Oriel, a Newport Corp. Brand, is offering the Sol-UV solar simulator for photobiological applications such as testing over-the-counter sunscreen products’ sun protection factor (SPF). The...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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PI400 and PI450 Thermal Imagers BERLIN, Dec. 19, 2011 — The newly developed PI400 and PI450 from Optris GmbH are additions to the company’s family of online infrared cameras. Measuring 56 × 46 × 90 mm, they weigh only 320 g, with...
Optris Infrared Sensing LLC
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DPSS Lasers O’FALLON, Mo., Dec. 19, 2011 — The Archimed series diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers manufactured by RPMC Lasers Inc. offer 45 to 150 mJ of pulse energy at 1064 nm, with pulse widths from 9 to 12 ns and repetition rates up to...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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Multipixel Photon Counter Test WESTFORD, Mass., Dec. 19, 2011 — Vertilon Corp. has launched the SIB416 for testing and evaluating the Hamamatsu S11064 multipixel photon counter. It is designed to give researchers and developers a quick and easy way to evaluate...
Vertilon Corp.
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Blue Lasers TAMPERE, Finland, Dec. 16, 2011 — Modulight Inc. has extended its LimeLight product family with the introduction of 465-nm single-emitter blue lasers for acne treatment and teeth whitening. The 1-W lasers are supplied with an...
Modulight Inc.
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i-Raman and PolymerIQ NEWARK, Del., Dec. 15, 2011 — B&W Tek Inc. and Gnosys Global Ltd. have formed a strategic partnership and introduced PolymerIQ software for accurate, real-time, nondestructive identification and quantification of polymers. ...
B&W Tek LLC
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Pulsed Precision Current Source The LDP-3830 Pulsed Precision Current Source is specifically designed for controlling laser diodes and quantum cascade lasers. The LDP-3830 provides adjustable peak pulse current up to 5A, a...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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TM-3000 2-D Optical Micrometer ITASCA, Ill., Dec. 15, 2011 — Keyence Corp. of America’s TM-3000 2-D optical micrometer introduces technological advancements to 100% automated high-speed, in-line or offline measurement and inspection applications. It...
Keyence Corp. of America
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Wide-Dynamic-Range Sensor SOUVIGNARGUES, France, Dec. 14, 2011 — The NSC1105 manufactured by New Imaging Technologies is a 1.3-megapixel wide-dynamic-range sensor with a 10.6-μm pixel size. It provides a dynamic range of >140 dB in a single frame. ...
New Imaging Technologies (NIT)
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EP1654-DM Laser Diode DUBLIN, Dec. 14, 2011 — Eblana Photonics Ltd. has launched a 1653.7-nm single-wavelength laser diode for methane detection. The EP1654-DM is built on proprietary “discrete mode” technology and delivers good...
Eblana Photonics Ltd.
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MetaBeam 1000 Laser Machining Tool SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has introduced the MetaBeam 1000, a turnkey laser-based machining tool that enables cost-effective cutting of sheet metal, including stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum and brass. ...
Coherent Inc.
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A3200 MotionPAC PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13, 2011 — Aerotech Inc.’s A3200 MotionPAC is a software-based programmable logic controller (PLC) that is integrated with the company’s A3200 motion controller to increase programming efficiency...
Aerotech Inc.
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FERA3 XMH Scanning Electron Microscope BRNO, Czech Republic, Dec. 13, 2011 — Tescan has unveiled the FERA3 XMH high-resolution Schottky field emission scanning electron microscope with an integrated plasma source focused ion beam (FIB). The system has been developed in...
TESCAN
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TechSpec Plastic Acylinder Lenses BARRINGTON, N.J., Dec. 13, 2011 — Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec plastic hybrid acylinder lenses. Similar to both aspheric lenses and cylinder lenses, they provide diffraction-limited focusing performance in only one...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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MP-2 Microscope Photometer SAN DIMAS, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 — For photometric analysis of microscopic samples in fields including biology, geology and cytophotometry, Craic Technologies Inc. has launched the MP-2 microscope photometer. The rugged...
CRAIC Technologies
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Temperature Controller BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 12, 2011 — ILX Lightwave Corp. has introduced the LDT-5910C thermoelectric (TE) temperature controller featuring 32 W of temperature control and an intuitive front panel. It is a direct replacement for the...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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Optical Oxygen and pH Sensors DUNEDIN, Fla., Dec. 12, 2011 — For monitoring of food and fermentation processes, Ocean Optics Inc. has unveiled optical oxygen and pH sensors. Advances in sensor materials and optoelectronics have enabled new optical sensors for...
Ocean Insight
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CO2 Laser Mirrors PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 9, 2011 — Laser Research Optics, a division of Meller Optics Inc., has introduced a full line of CO2 laser mirrors that are made from molybdenum and are suited for the low- and high-power lasers used in harsh,...
Laser Research Optics
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Thermal Detector LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 9, 2011 — The BeamTrack 3A-QUAD manufactured by Ophir Photonics is a high-sensitivity thermal detector that combines multiple functions — power, energy and position — in a single compact laser...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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QI for NanoWizard 3 AFM System BERLIN, Dec. 9, 2011 — JPK Instruments has announced new quantitative imaging (QI) capabilities for the recently launched NanoWizard 3 atomic force microscopy (AFM) system. The QI mode was developed by the company to...
Bruker Nano GmbH, JPK BioAFM
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SCG-02 Wavelength Extender IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2011 — Newport Corp. has introduced the SCG-02 wavelength extender to its line of nonlinear microscopy and spectroscopy application solutions. It is designed as a modular solution for supercontinuum...
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Green PM Series Lasers for Surgery LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 8, 2011 — Power Technology Inc. has launched a green-wavelength version of its PM series laser module. Designed for medical and surgical applications, the company says it performs better than red lasers on...
Power Technology Inc.
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Copper Mirrors for CO2 Lasers BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 8, 2011 — REO Inc. now offers a variety of copper high reflectors suitable for beam-delivery and beam-shaping tasks involving high-power CO2 lasers. The mirrors offer reflectivity of >99.7% at 10.6...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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CM-10MP Mini Viewing Cabinet WESTBURY, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2011 — The compact, lightweight CM-10MP mini viewing cabinet manufactured by Spectronics Corp. is suitable for life sciences applications that require high-contrast fluorescence analysis, for viewing...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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CHARM Active Coherence Stabilization VICTOR, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2011 — Toptica Photonics Inc. has expanded its BlueMode diode laser family product portfolio to include GreenMode and RedMode. The new models deliver high power and high coherence from a single diode across...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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Reference Flats KENLEY, England, Dec. 7, 2011 — Working with high-stability materials such as glass, Zerodur and silica, Optical Surfaces Ltd. supplies high-precision reference flats. Reference flats are a proven method of measuring the...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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OFI-400HP Optical Fiber Identifier SPARTANBURG, S.C., Dec. 6, 2011 — AFL Telecommunications is introducing its Noyes OFI-400HP, an optical fiber identifier designed to simplify installation, maintenance, rerouting or restoration tasks in high-power optical networks....
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afm+ AFM Platform SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 — Anasys Instruments Corp. has launched an easy-to-use research and analysis tool. The afm+ is a fully integrated atomic force microscopy (AFM) platform that offers three important analytical...
Anasys Instruments Corp.
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Near-IR VCSELs MERCERVILLE, N.J., Dec. 6, 2011 — Princeton Optronics Inc. has announced the availability of single-mode near-infrared vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with output power up to 100 mW, useful for applications including...
Princeton Optronics Inc.
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Piranha HS NIR Line-Scan Camera WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 5, 2011 — The Piranha HS (high sensitivity) near-infrared 8k line-scan camera manufactured by Teledyne Dalsa has enhanced quantum efficiency and features time delay and integration (TDI) technology. The...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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IDEA Programmable Linear Actuator WATERBURY, Conn., Dec. 2, 2011 — Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc., a division of Ametek Inc., has introduced the programmable and RoHS-compliant IDEA size 23 noncaptive linear actuator, which combines high-output force, rotary to...
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc.
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TCS3x71/TCS3x72 Digital Color Sensors PLANO, Texas, Dec. 2, 2011 — TAOS has announced the TCS3x71 and TCS3x72 digital color RGB sensors with an infrared blocking filter and a proximity sensor. The sensors provide color measurement and, when coupled with an IR...
AMS-TAOS USA Inc.
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FieldSpec 4 Spectroradiometers BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 2, 2011 — ASD Inc. has released the FieldSpec 4 line of portable full-range spectroradiometers designed for fast, precise spectral data collection. The instruments operate from 350 to 2500 nm and allow...
ASD Inc.
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Innova-IRIS TERS-Ready AFM System TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 1, 2011 — Bruker Corp.’s Nano Surfaces Div. has released the Innova-IRIS, an integrated system for correlated atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopic imaging. Its ultralow closed-loop...
Bruker Nano Surfaces
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ORCA-Flash4.0 Scientific CMOS Camera BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 1, 2011 — Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced the ORCA-Flash4.0 scientific CMOS camera. Featuring good quantum efficiency, low noise, high resolution and fast readout, it delivers better signal-to-noise...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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DP73 and DP73WDR Digital Cameras HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 1, 2011 — For bright-field and fluorescence microscopy imaging applications, Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the ultraresolution DP73 and DP73WDR digital cameras. The multipurpose microscope...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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