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Optical Surfaces Reports CFHT First Solar Light Optical Surfaces Ltd. has reported first solar light result achievement by the SPIRou spectrograph, which is installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) near the summit of Mauna Kea...
RIT’s Kartaltepe to Use NASA James Webb Space Telescope Soon After Launch Astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will be one of the first scientists to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring...
Merck Opens New Liquid Crystal Module Production Facility Science and technology company Merck KGaA has opened a new production facility for liquid crystal window modules in Veldhoven, Germany. The investment of €15 million ($17.9 million) is a further...
LightPath to Begin Chinese Expansion Optics and IR component manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. announced the expansion of its operations in China with the addition of 1,200 sq m of manufacturing space, upgrades to coating...
IPG Photonics Acquires Laser Depth Dynamics Fiber laser developer IPG Photonics Corp. has acquired Laser Depth Dynamics (LDD), an provider of in-process quality monitoring and control solutions for laser-based welding applications. LDD’s...
Furukawa Electric Opens Mexican Plant Furukawa Electric LatAm, a company of the Furukawa Electric Group, has opened new manufacturing facility in Mexico focused on the production of solutions for the communications market. Located in...
Yelo Opens 25,000-sq-ft Northern Ireland Facility Yelo Ltd., a photonics equipment manufacturer, has opened its new 25,000-sq-ft facility in Northern Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland, the regional’s economic development agency, offered Yelo...
Critical Link Announces Full Engineering Support Image sensor technology developer Critical Link LLC has announced full engineering support services to enhance the company’s product development and manufacturing capabilities. Specializing in...
Revels Made Fiberguide VP of Operations Optical fiber and assembly developer Fiberguide Industries Inc. has appointed David Revels as its new vice president of operations. Besides managing the company’s optical fiber assembly...
LESA RPI Horticulture Lighting Study Points to Lumileds LEDs The results of a controlled horticulture lighting study conducted by the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been released, citing...
Hendel Joins SPI Lasers as Sales VP Fiber laser manufacturer SPI Lasers Ltd. has appointed Richard Hendel as its vice president of sales. The role is tasked with ensuring sustainable growth across the company’s range of...
PerkinElmer, TeakOrigin Partner for Food Detection Detection and imaging technologies developer PerkinElmer Inc. has announced a collaboration with TeakOrigin, a company that integrates technology and data platforms to serve as a detector for food...
RadTech Announces RadLaunch Accelerator RadTech, the association for UV and electron beam (EB) technology, has announced the formation of RadLaunch, a technology accelerator that will support early stage startups and small businesses as...
Hexagon Manufacturing Opens Second California Solutions Facility In January, metrology and manufacturing solutions provider Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence AB will open its second solution center in Irvine, California. The 15,500-sq-ft facility is the company's...
Tix Appointed CEO of Lakesight Machine vision technology developer Lakesight Technologies has appointed Peter Tix as its CEO. Tix will take the lead in developing and implementing strategies at Lakesight Technologies to rapidly...
Excelitas Acquired by Private Equity Firm Photonic solutions provider Excelitas Technologies Corp. has been acquired by funds sponsored by AEA Investors LP. Formerly owned by Veritas Capital Fund Management since November 2010, Excelitas...
ESO’s ESPRESSO Spectrograph Makes First Observations The Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) has successfully made its first observations at the Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. Installed on...
UPI Acquires Surface Polishing Business Surface preparation materials manufacturer Universal Photonics Inc. (UPI) has acquired Massachusetts-based J.I. Morris Co.’s surface polishing pads and materials business. The business will...
Concept Laser Breaks Ground on New German Facility Machine technology developer Concept Laser GmbH, a part of GE Additive, has laid the foundation for a new facility in Lichtenfels, Germany. The new campus will unite R&D with production, service...
Rigaku Opens New German Office X-ray analytical instrumentation provider Rigaku Corp. has opened a new office in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region. The new facility is home to a large and well-equipped application development and...
Silicon Sense to Import Nanodiamond Materials Into US Silicon Sense Inc., the U.S. representative of Finnish nanodiamond manufacturer Carbodeon Ltd. Oy, has become the first U.S.-based importer of detonation nanodiamond materials to be granted...
Heck Appointed Principal Device Development Engineer at CST Global Opto-electronic semiconductor foundry CST Global has appointed Susannah Heck as principal device development engineer. “Susannah brings a wealth of technical experience in monolithic and hybrid...
Optical Surfaces Completes Order for The Table Stable Optical component developer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced receipt of an order for precisely matched etalon pairs from active vibration isolation technology developer The Table Stable Ltd. for...
Bosch Sensortec Named CES Honoree Bosch Sensortec has been named an embedded technologies honoree at the CES 2018 Innovation Awards for its BMA400 ultra-low-power accelerometer designed for wearables and Internet of Things...
CSIR Celebrates 10 Years of R&D The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa's central and premier scientific research and development organization, is celebrating its tenth year of R&D in the nanotechnology...
Optical Surfaces Provides Paraboloid and Flat Mirror to Simera Technology Optical component and system provider Optical Surfaces Ltd. has delivered a 300-mm diameter off-axis paraboloid and a mounted flat mirror to Simera Technology Group Ltd., an engineering design and...
RPI’s Sawyer, Tufts’ Koomson Receive Grant for Floodwater Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Shayla Sawyer and Tufts University Professor Valencia Koomson, both part of the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA), have been...
Zwicky Transient Facility Camera Undergoes First Light A robotic camera with the ability to capture hundreds of thousands of stars and galaxies in a single shot has taken its first image as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) automated sky survey...
Columbia Receives NSF Grant for Wireless Sensors The Data Science Institute and the Electrical Engineering Department at Columbia University received a $650,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop energy-efficient sensors that allow mobile...
Cancer Detection Device Developers Win James Dyson Award Michael Takla, Rotimi Fadiya, Prateek Mathur and Shivad Bhavsar, all graduates of McMaster's Electrical and Biomedical Engineering program, have received the prestigious James Dyson Award with $50K...
NASA Radiometry Instrument at MIT to Launch Into Orbit The NASA-funded CubeSat, the Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA), will be launched into Earth's orbit from the rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Sandia’s Michelsen, Tsao Elected OSA Fellows Sandia National Laboratories researchers Hope Michelsen and Jeff Tsao have been elected fellows of the Optical Society. Michelsen was elected for pioneering contributions to the fundamental...
Trumpf, A3DM to Develop 3D Manufacturing Powders, Parameters Laser developer Trumpf Inc. and additive manufacturing powder developer A3DM Technologies have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop specialty metal powders and laser parameters. As part...
Antoniadis Made Technology EVP at Kateeva OLED production equipment developer Kateeva has appointed Homer Antoniadis as its executive vice president of technology. With decades of technical and executive leadership in OLED displays and...
PHIX and Tyndall Institute Collaborate to Boost Europe’s Photonic Ecosystem PHIX Photonics Assembly and PIXAPP Pilot Line coordinator Tyndall National Institute are collaborating to provide dedicated training to PHIX engineers on Tyndall’s advanced packaging equipment....
GE Additive Reveals First Beta Machine Additive technology developer GE Additive has unveiled the first beta machine developed as part of its Project Additive Technology Large Area System (ATLAS) program. Project ATLAS is GE...
Heliatek Integrated Organic Photovoltaic Project Installed in France The world's largest building integrated organic photovoltaic (BIOPV) installation has been completed in France using Heliatek GmbHs’s HeliaSol solar film solution. In the southwestern port of...
Evans, Berntson Promoted at Indium Materials manufacturer Indium Corp. has named Greg Evans as its CEO and Ross Berntson as its president and chief operating officer. Evans has been with Indium for 36 years. He began as a technical...
UK’s National Centre for Healthcare Photonics Begins Construction The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), the UK’s technology innovation provider for process manufacturing, has begun construction of its National Centre for Healthcare Photonics, which will...
Leica Microsystems, Centre for Structural Systems Biology to Develop Cryo-Imaging Microscope developer Leica Microsystems GmbH and the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) will collaborate for the development of new integrated cryo-Imaging solutions and the establishment...
NIH Supports Research on Neuromodulation Researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University and the University of Pittsburgh have received a four-year, $9 million grant from the National...
Motic China Group Partners With Global Good Fund Advanced microscope designer and manufacturer Motic China Group Co. Ltd. has partnered with the Global Good Fund, a collaboration between Intellectual Ventures and Bill Gates, to develop technologies...
University of Toronto Astronomers Receive $23M in Funding Astronomers from the University of Toronto's Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics have received $10 million in funding for the development of a radio astronomy data center and $13...
Merck Receives Technology Innovation Award Science and technology company Merck KGaA has received business consultant Frost & Sullivan’s Technology Innovation Award in the category of Smart Glass Industry. “The award honors us...
Research & Technology
Time-Bin Encoding Technique Enables High-Rate QKD for Cybersecurity Researchers have developed a quantum key distribution (QKD) system that enables a greater number of secret bits to be packed into a single photon. The new technique allows for two secret bits in a single photon, with a secret key rate of 26.2 megabits per second. Current QKD systems are only able to transmit 10,000 to 100,000 secret bits per second. QKD, an emerging quantum technology that...
Researchers Use Multiplexing to Improve Quantum Memory Capacity Researchers have built a quantum memory-enable source of spatially structured nonclassical light, based on a principle of wavevector multiplexing. The high-capacity memory, which is based on a group...
Researchers Improve ToF Resolution 1000-Fold Using Computational Approach In a novel approach to time-of-flight (ToF) imaging, researchers correlated the principle of heterodyning to increase ToF depth resolution 1,000-fold. Higher ToF resolution could enable accurate...
Laser Scanner Could Help Diagnose Disease Before Vision Loss Occurs A retinal imaging scanner has been developed that can produce high-resolution, 3D cross-sectional images of the retina, including individual photoreceptors and fine capillaries. The scanner is...
Lensless Camera Creates Detailed 3D Images Without Scanning A new camera has been developed that produces 3D images from a single 2D image without using any lenses. Called DiffuserCam, the camera consists only of a diffuser placed a few millimeters in front...
Mounted Cameras Track Location of Autonomous Vehicles Underground A positioning technology uses vehicle-mounted cameras supported by algorithms to track the position of a vehicle in underground tunnels to within yards of its location. This technology could increase...
Changchun Team Investigates Threshold and Light Amplification in Electrically Pumped OSLDs Organic semiconductor laser diodes (OSLDs) can be prepared using simple processing technologies and can be integrated easily with other optoelectronic devices. This makes them attractive for use in...
Electron-Tunneling Nanomaterial Could Boost Optoelectronics and Sensing A material that uses quantum effects and allows precise control of hot electrons shows potential for use in chemical research, optoelectronics and sensing. Scientists at King’s College London...
Researchers Generate a Directional, Spin-Polarized Photocurrent Using Topological Insulator Researchers have developed a device for controlling the direction of photocurrent without using an electric voltage. This device, according to researchers, could provide a way of implementing coupled...
Spectroscopy Instrument to Aid in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Could life exist outside of Earth? All we know for sure is that scientists will keep exploring this question until they have a definitive answer. To that end, a compact spectroscopy instrument has...
Optofluidic Smart Glass Heats and Cools Efficiently, Inexpensively We may not be able to control the weather, but new switchable window technology using optofluidic smart glass could someday be used to keep our vehicles, businesses and homes comfortable regardless...
Next-Gen Image Sensor Delivers High-Quality, Low-Light Imaging ; A new imaging technology has been developed that can capture and count single photons with resolution as high as one megapixel and as fast as thousands of frames per second. Called the Quanta Image...
High-Performance Vector Polarizer Tailors Light A newly proposed design for a vector polarizer could enable flexible filtering of a wide range of light sources and the generation of new light states. The design can be used to tailor light...
Quantum Emitter Integration May Enable Quantum Circuits Researchers integrated silicon photonic devices with a solid-state single photon emitter, using a hybrid approach that combines silicon photonic waveguides with quantum dots. The silicon photonic...
Team Studies Optical Properties of Plasmonic Nanovesicles An on-demand, light-triggered drug release method — vesicular assembly of small plasmonic nanoparticles, or plasmonic vesicle — could aid in treatment of disease, support efforts to study...
Hologram Memory Quality Key For Optical Data Storage A research team has applied magnetic assist recording technology to magnetic-holographic memory, reducing recording energy consumption and achieving non-error data reconstruction. Their work could...
That Was Then, This Is Now: Fiber Optic Cables Find New Use as Seismic Sensors The decade that gave us the Sony PlayStation also gave us dark fiber – an excess of optical fiber cables installed underground, mostly in the 90s, before advances in data transmission reduced...
Transparent Materials Absorb Light Researchers have demonstrated an optical paradox — they have made a completely transparent material appear perfectly absorbing. The results of their research contradict the idea that materials...
Single-Shot Approach to HSI Uses Camera Equipped With Prism A compact, low-cost, single-shot hyperspectral imaging method has been devised, which captures images using a conventional digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera equipped with an ordinary...
Microscope Uses UV Light to Provide High-Res Images in Minutes, Without Damaging Tissue A fluorescence-based, slide-free optical imaging system, known as microscopy with UV surface excitation (MUSE), uses UV light at wavelengths below the 300 nanometer (nm) range to penetrate the...
Hybrid Perovskite Material Could Be Key to Making Organic Diode Lasers Researchers are closer to creating a tunable semiconductor diode laser from hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Using a material composed of an inorganic perovskite sublattice with relatively big...
All-Optical Ultrasound Transducer Could Transform Keyhole Surgeries An optical ultrasound needle has been developed that allows heart tissue to be imaged in real-time during keyhole procedures. The technology was successfully used for minimally invasive heart surgery...
Researchers Manipulate Light to Make Optical Chip Invisible Researchers have conceived a method that deflects and scatters light away from a ‘cloaking’ chip surface so it is not detected. The scattering fields of the object located on the cloak do...
Visible Light Controls Chemical Reaction Pathways, Could Be Industrial UV Alternative A technique has been developed that modulates visible colored light to enable it to control the reactions of chemical coupling agents. The modulation of the reactivity by light is reversible, and the...
Four-Wave Mixing Paves Way for Optical Computing Researchers have reduced the distance over which light can interact by 10,000 fold by performing efficient four-wave mixing (FWM) over micrometer-scale interaction lengths at telecommunications...
High-Intensity Photon Beams May Work in Large-Scale Laser Facilities A scientific team has identified the numerical models and analytic estimates for simulating ultra-strong gamma rays in a highly efficient way. According to the team, these high intensity gamma rays...
Quantum Optics Lead to Spectroscopy Method for Measuring on FS Timescale Scientists have demonstrated a time-resolved spectroscopy technique that enables the study of very fast processes in samples on the femtosecond (fs) time scale without the need for an fs laser or a...
Products
Data Acquisition Software ULM, Germany, Dec. 29, 2017 — The Suite FIVE data acquisition, evaluation and processing software from WiTec GmbH now features active focus stabilizing with the ability to compensate for thermal and mechanical variations during long-term measurements. Active focus stabilization ensures that the ideal focus between the microscope objective and sample is maintained and signal collection is unaffected while temperature or...
Oxford Instruments WITec
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3D Measuring Laser Microscope HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 29, 2017 — The LEXT OLS5000 3D measuring laser microscope from Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG is a confocal microscope that improves efficiency in industrial inspection. The LEXT OLS5000 combines 4K...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Mobile Hyperspectral Camera OULU, Finland, Dec. 28, 2017 — The SPECIM IQ mobile hyperspectral camera from Specim, Spectral Imaging Ltd. is an advanced measurement and imaging solution that provides information in an instant for critical decision-making and...
Specim, Spectral Imaging Ltd.
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Triple Monochromators CHELMSFORD, Mass., Dec. 28, 2017 — The triple monochromator from McPherson Inc. is ideal for Raman, photoluminescence and Thomson-scattering measurements. The triple configuration allows users to create a bandpass notch of...
McPHERSON
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Portable Laser Beamsplitter ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 27, 2017 — The Ophir LBS-300s from MKS Instruments Inc. is a compact, portable laser beam splitter for handling small beam diameters and a wide range of powers. The LBS-300s measures laser beams with...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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SWIR Camera MEER, Belgium, Dec. 27, 2017 — The A6260sc SWIR camera from Flir Systems Inc. incorporates a proprietary high-resolution detector to offer improved sensitivity and linearity across the full dynamic range, making it ideal for...
Teledyne FLIR
OCT Imaging System BARRINGTON, N.J., Dec. 27, 2017 — The OQ LabScope OCT imaging system from Lumedica has been announced by Edmund Optics Inc. The all-in-one, high resolution imaging system is designed as an affordable alternative to more...
Edmund Optics
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Modeling Software BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 27, 2017 — The Multiphysics and Server products from Comsol Inc. are software solutions for multi-physics modeling and simulation. Version 5.3a provides simulation specialists with cutting-edge modeling...
COMSOL Inc.
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Optomechanical Software LITTLETON, Mass., Dec. 26, 2017 — The TracePro 7.8.3 optomechanical software from Lambda Research Corp. enhances optical analysis and streamline the prototype-to-manufacturing process by combining an intuitive 3D CAD interface,...
Lambda Research Corporation
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Warehouse Logistics Solution The Static Dimensioner from Framos GmbH is an autonomous static precision solution, capable of calculating accurate 3D size and weight measurements for automated master data acquisition. The...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Portable Handheld Magnifier NEW MILFORD, Conn., Dec. 25, 2017 — The Camβ portable handheld magnifier from Vision Engineering Inc. provides on-the-go magnification. Designed for use in the workshop, laboratory, production, analytical environments or in...
Vision Engineering Inc.
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Multi-Camera Vision System WATERLOO, Ontario, Dec. 25, 2017 — The GV 4000 vision system from Teledyne Dalsa is a multi-camera system that offers more memory resources, power-enabled camera ports and a small step-up in performance over the GV 3000, making it...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Soldering Station EAST KILBRIDE, Scotland, Dec. 22, 2017 — The Metcal CV-5200 Connection Validation Soldering Station from Ellsworth Adhesives Europe has been developed to deliver the desired amount of power based on the requirements of the solder joint...
Ellsworth Adhesives Europe
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Photodiodes CAMARILLO, Calif., Dec. 22, 2017 — The SXUV100TF135 and SXUV100TF135B photodiodes from Opto Diode Corp. feature integrated thin-film filters. The detectors each feature a 100-sq-mm active area and a directly deposited thin-film...
Opto Diode Corporation
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SWIR Camera MEER, Belgium, Dec. 22, 2017 — The A6260sc SWIR camera from Flir Systems GmbH incorporates a proprietary high-resolution detector and offers improved sensitivity and linearity across the full dynamic range. The A6260sc is...
Teledyne FLIR
Laser Diode Driver LONGWOOD, Fla., Dec. 22, 2017 — The Model 787 Stackable CW and Pulsed Laser Diode Driver from Analog Modules Inc. is an efficient, current-regulated, low-ripple tri-phase laser diode driver designed to power pulsed and continuous...
Analog Modules Inc.
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Higher-Accuracy Thin Films SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 21, 2017 — Advanced optics and thin-film optical coatings for life science and biomedical applications have been announced by Precision Glass & Optics. With a recently announced installation of an in...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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White Surface-Mount LED CAROL STREAM, Ill., Dec. 21, 2017 — The SML-LX4014UWC-TR ultrabright white surface-mount LED from the ITW Electronic Component Solutions Group is a QuasarBrite 4 × 1.4-mm device. Features include a unique rectangular...
ITW Electronic Component Solutions
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Compact Wire-To-Board Connectors DARMSTADT, Germany, Dec. 21, 2017 — The SlimSeal Connector Miniature compact vertical and right-angle IP67-rated wire-to-board connectors from TE Connectivity Ltd. are designed for outdoor lighting and other high-humidity applications...
TE Connectivity
Compact Linear and Rotary Stages AUBURN, Mass., Dec. 21, 2017 — Physik Instrumente LP has announced a line of compact linear and rotary stages driven by ceramic direct-drive motors. The patented ultrasonic motors provide smooth motion with high resolution...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Eddy Current Measurement MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Dec. 21, 2017 — The Digital Differential Impedance Transducer (DDT) from Kaman Precision Products Inc. is an eddy current measurement system. The DDIT is designed to provide a digital interface for high-speed...
Kaman Precision Products, Measuring Systems
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Standalone Calibrator AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, Dec. 20, 2017 — The LS3300 standalone calibrator from Yokogawa Europe BV is designed to reduce the cost and complexity of calibrating power meters and analyzers with accuracies up to 0.15 percent. Unlike...
Yokogawa Europe BV
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Red Laser Diodes WARABI, Japan, Dec. 20, 2017 — The Optoelectronics Co. has announced two new red laser diodes from Ushio Opto Semiconductors Inc. that focus on laser projection and laser television. The HL63283HD is a visible wavelength...
The Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.
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Industrial Camera Features OBERSULM, Germany, Dec. 20, 2017 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has extended the range of its GigE Vision industrial cameras with features such as auto exposure, auto gain, subsampling, black level, LUT and gamma. New...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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CMOS Image Sensor TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany, Dec. 20, 2017 — The new consumer-grade image sensor IMX211 from Sony Semiconductor Solutions has been announced by Framos GmbH. The ultrahigh-resolution CMOS image sensor is designed for consumer applications...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Mobile Hyperspectral Camera OULU, Finland, Dec. 19, 2017 — The SPECIM IQ mobile hyperspectral camera from Specim Spectral Imaging Ltd. allows real-time material sample analyzing for industries ranging from food and health to forensic investigation,...
Specim, Spectral Imaging Ltd.
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Solar Wafer Texturing Process KAHL AM MAIN, Germany, Dec. 19, 2017 — Singulus Technologies AG has announced a new texturing process for the machining of multicrystalline solar wafers to production readiness. Using a sawing technique is more environmentally...
Singulus Technologies AG
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Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer BERLIN, Dec. 19, 2017 — The FluoTime 300 fluorescence lifetime spectrometer from PicoQuant GmbH is now available with double monochromators in excitation and emission. Due to the high stray light rejection of these...
PicoQuant GmbH
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High-Speed Imaging Cameras PALAISEAU, France, Dec. 19, 2017 — The NoxCam HSi series of cameras from Noxant features a stiff and robust housing specifically designed for harsh environments. The NoxCam HSi is ideal for applications requiring high-speed...
Noxant
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Lab Enclosures INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 18, 2017 — EnviroMax Enclosures from Hemco Corp. are engineered to isolate lab automation instrumentation and processes that include liquid handling, powder weighing, sample weighing and high-throughput...
HEMCO Corp.
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Widefield Microscope MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Dec. 18, 2017 — The DeltaVision Ultra Imaging System from General Electric Healthcare Life Sciences is equipped with a high-resolution widefield microscope, a customized workstation, a monitor and software needed...
Cytiva
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Dispensing Component Sample Kits GERMANTOWN, Wis., Dec. 18, 2017 — The QK-CSK and QK-NSK dispensing component sample kits from Fisnar Inc. offer greater accuracy and improved yields. Designed for first-time buyers, Fisnar QuantX sample kits give users the...
Fisnar
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Machine Vision Software KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. 18, 2017 — EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH’s EyeVision machine vison software now supports the Vision Box processor by Hikvision. The users of Hikvision cameras now have more possibilities in the...
EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH
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FROGs LE BARP, France, Dec. 15, 2017 — The Fast Frog line of frequency-resolved optical gratings (FROGs) from Femto Easy SAS provides reliable and compact single-shot FROGs based on second-harmonic generation. Key design features...
Femto Easy
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Image Processing Software With Deep Learning KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. 15, 2017 — EyeVision 3.8 image processing software from EVT EyeVision Technology GmbH supports Deep Learning, making it unnecessary to formally specify all information for an inspection program through the...
EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH
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Time-of-Flight Sensor SARGANS, Switzerland, Dec. 15, 2017 — The epc611 time-of-flight sensor from Espros Photonics AG provides high photon sensitivity, a substantial distance measurement frame rate and versatility. With its small footprint of 2.6...
Espros Photonics AG
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Divergence Adjustable Fixed YAG Beam Expanders BARRINGTON, N.J., Dec. 15, 2017 — TECHSPEC Divergence Adjustable Fixed YAG Beam Expanders from Edmund Optics Inc. are compact beam expanders designed for demanding laser applications including laser materials processing, medical...
Edmund Optics
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Horticulture Lighting Solutions AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 14, 2017 — The RAZR series of horticulture lighting solutions from Fluence Bioengineering Inc. are designed for vertical farms, delivering uniform photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) for maximum space-use...
Fluence USA
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End-Of-Life IR Emitters BROOKLINE, Mass., Dec. 14, 2017 — Boston Electronics Corp. has announced the end-of-life for its IR emitter products from Flir Systems Inc.. The announcement details discontinuation of ReflectIR and PulsIR product lines, along...
Boston Electronics Corp.
FLIR Systems
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Tri-Stimulus Sensor PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, Dec. 14, 2017 — The AS7264N tri-stimulus sensor from AMS AG provides measurements of color that closely match the human eye’s response to the visible light spectrum. The small, low-cost, board-mounted...
ams OSRAM
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GPU Processing Frame Grabbers IVER, England, Dec. 14, 2017 — Active Silicon Ltd.’s frame grabbers are now compatible with both AMD's DirectGMA and NVIDIA’s GPUDirect for Video to support real-time GPU processing. DirectGMA and GPUDirect for...
Active Silicon Ltd.
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CCD/CMOS Camera GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 13, 2017 — The USB3.0 Microscope CCD/CMOS camera from Guangzhou JPLY Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. features high usability and flexibility seen in USB2.0 devices with a higher data rate. The camera...
Guangzhou JPLY Electronic Technology Co. Ltd.
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Compact Smart Spectrometers IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 13, 2017 — The SP series of compact smart spectrometers with integrated CCD linear array detectors from Spectrolight Inc. provide a turnkey solution for measurement of light source behavior, analytical samples...
SPECTROLIGHT Inc.
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Tunable Lasers LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 13, 2017 — The TiSon GSB Titan Sapphire laser line from Power Technology Inc. are high-energy, broadly tunable lasers for the biosciences industries including photoacoustic imaging. The lasers are...
Power Technology Inc.
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Continous Wave Lasers STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 13, 2017 — The Cobolt 06-01 series of modulated continuous wave lasers from Cobolt AB offers high performance and ranges in wavelengths from 405 to 660 nm. The Cobolt 06-01 series consists of a mix of...
Cobolt AB
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Photodiodes CAMARILLO, Calif., Dec. 12, 2017 — The SXUV100TF135 and SXUV100TF135B photodiodes from Opto Diode Corp. feature integrated thin-film filters. The detectors each feature a 100-sq-mm active area and a directly deposited thin-film...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Light Measurement Service HERRSCHING, Germany, Dec. 12, 2017 — A measurement service for photometric data, optical sensing and sensor calibration has been announced by SphereOptics GmbH. Classical parameters of luminaires and lamps such as luminous flux,...
SphereOptics GmbH
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CMOS Camera Link Module WEYBRIDGE, England, Dec. 12, 2017 — The XCL-CG510 CMOS Camera Link Module from Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions features burst-trigger, area gain and defect/shading correction in a compact 29 × 29 ×30-mm package....
Sony Europe Ltd., Image Sensing Solutions
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SWIR Cameras ESSONNE, France, Dec. 12, 2017 — Widy SWIR cameras from New Imaging Technologies feature patented logarithmic pixel technology architecture. The cameras allow an ultralow exposure time of 200 ns fully synchronized with...
New Imaging Technologies (NIT)
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Transient Absorption Spectrometer EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 12, 2017 — The LP980 Transient Absorption Spectrometer from Edinburgh Instruments offers calibrated, software-controlled energy meters to monitor experimental conditions in real time. The meters are...
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.
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OLED Microdisplay OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 11, 2017 — The Sony ECX335B Organic Light-Emitting Diode Microdisplay from Framos Technologies Inc. is a small-sized, high-resolution solution well-suited for head-mounted devices enabling virtual and augmented...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Line Polymers NESS ZIONA, Israel, Dec. 11, 2017 — BIO-133 Line Polymers from MY Polymers Ltd. combine a low refractive index of 1.33 and 1.34, minimal cytotoxicity, and minimal fluorescence. The low index matches the index of water and cells,...
MY Polymers Ltd.
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Ultrafast Laser SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 11, 2017 — The Chameleon Discovery laser with total power control from Coherent Inc. is a one-box turnkey laser for multiphoton excitation microscopy to include built-in, high-speed power modulation. The...
Coherent Inc.
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Steep-Edge Longpass Filters SALEM, N.H., Dec. 11, 2017 — Steep-edge longpass filters from Andover Corp. feature magnetron-sputtered hard oxide coatings. The devices yield deep rejection to >OD 4 and a sharp transition slope of 1 percent to very...
Andover Corporation
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USB3 Vision Cameras OPPENWEILER, Germany, Dec. 8, 2017 — Matrix Vision GmbH has announced a new USB3 vision camera for the mvBlueFOX3-2 family that includes Sony's new low-cost rolling CMOS sensor, Starvis. The mvBlueFOX3-2064 is capable of achieving a...
MATRIX VISION GmbH
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CXP-6 Frame Grabber ANGLEUR, Belgium, Dec. 8, 2017 — The Coaxlink Octo from Euresys SA is an eight-connection CXP-6 frame grabber. The camera data transfer rate of the Coaxlink Octo is 5 GB/s. The device comes with a PCIe Gen 3×8 bus...
Euresys SA
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Raman Microspectrometer SAN DIMAS, Calif., Dec. 8, 2017 — The Apollo II high-performance Raman microspectrometer from Craic Technologies Inc. features high sensitivity, high spectral resolution, a broad spectral range and rapid sampling times. ...
CRAIC Technologies
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Ventilated Laboratory Cabinet ISLEHAM, England, Dec. 8, 2017 — The GP540 from Asynt Ltd. is a bench-mounted, general-purpose, ventilated laboratory cabinet designed for use in a wide range of applications. The GP540 is optimized for applications such as...
Asynt Ltd.
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Natural Spectrum LEDs ANSAN, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2017 — The SunLike Series of natural spectrum LEDs from Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. implements light that closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight. SunLike received the RG-1 rating in Eye...
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
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Application Software Packages KANAGAWA, Japan, Dec. 7, 2017 — The NB-IoT Uplink Tx Measurement MX887067A software and NB-IoT Downlink Waveforms MV887067A package from Anritsu Corp. supports 3GPP RF measurement tests for NB-IoT devices and further strengthening...
Anritsu Corp., Test & Measurement
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Optics Cleaning Pen DUNCAN, S.C., Dec. 7, 2017 — The FCC3 Debris Destroyer Pen from AFL is designed for cleaning fiber optic connectors, adapter sleeves, optical distribution frame bulkheads and bare fibers in preparation for fusion splicing. ...
AFL
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Optical Fiber NUREMBURG, Germany, Dec. 7, 2017 — The AmbientFiber 360° beam optical fiber from Leoni AG provides radial light distribution across the entire fiber length. The light distribution supplies many options in the area of ambient...
Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH, Wire & Cable Solutions
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Laser Beam Monitoring System ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 6, 2017 — The Ophir BeamWatch AM is a non-contact laser beam monitoring system for additive manufacturing. BeamWatch AM is a lightweight, compact system designed for real-time measurement of focal shift...
Ophir Optics, IR Optics
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Fiber Laser Cutting Systems LAKE MARY, Fla., Dec. 6, 2017 — The innovative Titan Series of large-format fiber laser cutting systems from Laser Photonics Corp. gives small- to mid-sized manufacturing agility and responsiveness. The Titan Express is...
Laser Photonics Corp.
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Cell Culture Dish MUNICH, Dec. 6, 2017 — The µ-Dish 35-mm Quad from Ibidi GmbH is a four-compartment cell culture dish that can be used for simultaneous assays, guaranteeing high optical quality. Researchers will benefit...
ibidi GmbH
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Collimated Homogenizer Module REHOVOT, Israel, Dec. 6, 2017 — For multimode sources, the Collimated Homogenizer Module from Holo/Or Ltd. is a tailored solution for applications requiring a long working distance range. The Collimated Homogenizer is the...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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Collimated Beam Shaper Module REHOVOT, Israel, Dec. 5, 2017 — The Collimated Beam Shaper Module from Holo/Or Ltd. is a tailored solution for applications requiring an extended working distance range or long depth of focus. With this module, the...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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CMOS Camera AHRENSBURG, Germany, Dec. 5, 2017 — The Microscopy ace camera from Basler AG offers 12.2 MP with up to 15 fps with the latest Sony STARVIS IMX226 rolling shutter CMOS sensor. The camera uses backside-illuminated pixels and...
Basler AG
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Machine Vision Cameras OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 5, 2017 — Pixelink has launched new cameras with Sony IMX-based USB 3.0 machine vison sensors. The Pixelink PL-D795 camera is based on the Sony IMX264 sensor, has 5-MP resolution, a 2/3-in. lens...
Pixelink
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Balance Enclosure INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 5, 2017 — The VSE Balance Enclosure from Hemco Corp. is designed for critical procedures involving powders and liquids. The VSE is offered in 24-, 36-, and 48-in. widths to accommodate an analytical...
HEMCO Corp.
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THz TDS Systems MARTINSRIED, Germany, Dec. 4, 2017 — A new generation of THz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) systems has been announced by Menlo Systems GmbH with significantly increased specifications to the market. All THz-TDS systems with an...
Menlo Systems GmbH
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Lab Starter Kits BARRINGTON, N.J., Dec. 4, 2017 — Lab Starter Kits from Edmund Optics Inc. are designed for the opening of brand-new laboratories and include many components that are typically consumed in an optical lab or can be misplaced over...
Edmund Optics
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Electron-Multiplying CCD Controller MONTREAL, Dec. 4, 2017 — The CCCP electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) controller from Nüvü Cameras Inc. is designed for extreme-low-light imaging in a space environment. Capable of sub-electron readout noise,...
Nuvu Cameras
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Real-Time Monitoring KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. 4, 2017 — Explorer Real Time Monitoring (RTM) from Cognex Corp. is designed for factory automation and logistics operations, supporting smart factories and emerging industry 4.0 environments by providing...
Cognex Germany
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Turbine Flowmeters DORSET, England, Dec. 1, 2017 — The 800 series of turbine flowmeters from Titan Enterprises Ltd. is a line of monitoring devices that ensures accurate and repeatable long-term operation. The flowmeter offers a balance of...
Titan Enterprises Ltd.
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