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 February 2012


BUSINESS
Quarles Named CEO of B.E. Meyers Current president and chief operating officer Dr. Gregory Quarles was appointed CEO of the optoelectronics company.
Luxtera Funding Round Raises $21M The fabless semiconductor company has closed a $21.7 million C round of growth capital financing to support design win opportunities and market adoption of Silicon CMOS Photonics.
Thorlabs Completes New Facility The photonics equipment manufacturer has completed its new three-story, 120,000-sq-ft facility in Newton, which will act as the central hub for the company’s sales, service, R&D and manufacturing...
Arnold to Manage IPG’s Midwest Sales The fiber laser and amplifier manufacturer appointed the industrial laser veteran as Midwest regional sales manager.
IPG Photonics, CEO Selling 3M Shares Fiber laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. announced that it will sell up to 2.8 million shares and that its chairman and CEO, Dr. Valentin P. Gapontsev, will sell another 200,000 shares in a public...
Lightweight Laser Targeting System Is Soldier Bound BAE Systems received a $23 million US Army contract to provide lightweight handheld Laser Target Locator Modules to soldiers for target identification.
Block MEMS Garners SBIR Contract The engineering and development company received a Phase II award for the enhancement of its LaserScan analyzer.
Zecotek Files Suit Against Saint-Gobain, Philips Zecotek Imaging Systems Pte Ltd. has filed a patent suit in the US against Saint-Gobain Corp. and Philips for infringing its US Patent No. 7,132,060.
Ocean Optics Expands in Latin America To better serve its Latin American customers, the instrumentation company appointed Marcio Siqueira as regional sales manager for Brazil.
Gigaphoton Names New Management Team The laser light source provider appointed Hitoshi Tomaru as its president and CEO, effective April 1.
Hanson Joins Infinera as VP Todd Hanson was appointed vice president of the fast-growing Global Professional Services Div. at the optical network company.
Ferris to Head Sales at JK Lasers Paul Ferris will coordinate the laser manufacturer’s global sales strategy in his new role as worldwide sales director.
Kelly Named President, CEO of REO In his new role, the photonics industry veteran plans to accelerate the growth of the precision optical solutions company.
OKI Develops Entangled Light Source The telecommunications company developed the world’s purest quantum entangled light source.
Cell Phone Microscope Accessory Launches in March A pocket-size accessory developed by Finnish scientists turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope that can accurately obtain images to one-hundredth of a millimeter.
OFC/NFOEC to Address Datacom Trends The leading conference for the optical networking industry will expand its 2012 program and exhibitor participation to spotlight the growing role of fiber optics technology in datacom, cloud...
Grant Program Open The optical components company is now accepting applications for its 2012 Higher Education Grant Program, which will award $80,000 in products worldwide.
Zecotek Commercializing Photodetectors The photonics technology company achieved commercial production status for its solid-state micropixel avalanche photodiode photodetector, the MAPD-3N.
Companies to Develop Laser Projection The entertainment company selected Barco to co-develop new laser projection technology that implements exclusively licensed patents from Eastman Kodak Co. for its IMAX theaters.
Armstrong Optical to Represent Ophir Optics Effective immediately, the metrology supplier will be the sales representative for the Infrared Optics Group’s thermal imaging lens systems and optical imaging components.
Former Broadcom Execs Join Luxtera Three former Broadcom executives have joined the silicon CMOS photonics company’s management team to advance its focus on high-volume optical applications.
Bridgelux Attracts $25M Investment Kaistar Lighting (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. will invest $25 million in the LED lighting solutions manufacturer to drive down the cost of solid-state technology for general lighting.
Jenoptik Wins Order for Traffic Monitors The optoelectronics company’s Traffic Solutions Div. will install up to 550 traffic monitoring systems in Malaysia and will support the operation over a five-year period.
Struthers Joins PD-LD A 30-year industry veteran, Struthers is now executive vice president of business development at the volume bragg grating technology provider.
Vixar Wins VCSEL Contract The National Science Foundation awarded Vixar the contract to demonstrate the feasibility of a composite resonator vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser that can achieve a 40- to 100-Gb/s serial...
NeoPhotonics Completes Phase The photonic integrated circuit module manufacturer completed the first phase of its plan to increase production capacity of narrow-linewidth tunable lasers.
Radiant Zemax Acquires Optima Research To strengthen its European presence, the test and measurement company bought its longtime UK-based distributor.
Arden Photonics Names China Distributor The optical fiber company named OgMentum as its sales and marketing partner for China and the western US.
Creasey to Lead Ocean Optics OEM Team As director of OEM business, Dr. David Creasey will lead the company’s sales and engineering teams in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific in providing integration support to original equipment...
Carl Zeiss SMS Opens South Korea Office The metrology company will provide spare parts and on-site activities at its new office in the Bundang province of South Korea.
eMagin Nabs $1M OLED Microdisplay Contract The SBIR contract will optimize the company’s WUXGA OLED microdisplay for mass production in military and commercial applications.
OLED Glass Venture Formed Combining Corning’s Lotus Glass substrate technology with Samsung’s OLED displays, the Korea-based entity will supply OLED backplane glass substrates for Samsung Mobile Display as well as the broader...
SPIE Photonics West Wrap-up The premier international photonics conference and exhibit, which drew in just more than 20,000 registered attendees, featured more technical papers, exhibiting companies, professional development...
EO’s Hollows Named AIA Chairman The optical components company’s director of machine vision solutions was named chairman of the Automated Imaging Association's board of directors for 2012-2013 during the AIA business conference in...
Power Technology Adds Branch The laser diode manufacturer established a its first sales center in Germany, to be led by the founders of Photonic Products Ltd.
ASD Awards Creative Spectroscopy Projects The seven Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program award recipients for 2012 received recognition for research ranging from hyperspectral analysis to noninvasive identification of artistic...
POC Awarded Phase II SBIR The small systems integrator received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to create the next generation of its helmet embedded conformal augmented display (HECAD) system.
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
Full Spectrum Boosts Solar Cell Power Solar cell efficiency, currently hovering in the 15 to 20 percent range, can theoretically be boosted to as high as 70 percent by printing specially engineered nanostructures on the cells,...
Lasers Find Distant Hidden Explosives A new method uses laser light to detect chemicals inside a container from a distance of more than 100 meters.
Glass-Based LEDs Go UV Inorganic LEDs that emit in the difficult-to-achieve ultraviolet range were produced by embedding nanocrystals in glass, a step toward using such devices in biomedical applications.
2 Molecules Communicate Via Single Photons Using an optical circuit, the interaction of a single photon with a single molecule — one of the most fundamental processes in nature — was successfully observed. The experiment is...
A Rainbow for the Palm of Your Hand A new kind of polymer that is cheap and easy to make reflects many different wavelengths of light when viewed from a single perspective and could form the basis of handheld multispectral imaging...
Tunable Optical Filter Uses Nanoantennas A new kind of tunable color filter that uses optical nanoantennas to obtain precise control of color output could be used to create invisible security tags to mark currency, and for display and...
ESA Pursues 3-D Imaging Lidar The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing a 3-D imaging lidar as a navigation aid for deep-space exploration.
New Bandgap Boundaries Could Boost Electronics A novel layer-by-layer growth technique can achieve a 30 percent reduction in the bandgap of complex metal oxides, bumping up the performance of solar cells, LEDs, displays and other electronic...
Alfven Instrument to Assess Aurora’s Aura A small rocket was launched into the aurora borealis in an attempt to discover what makes the northern lights tick.
Nanomaterial Combinations Enhance IR Photodetection Improved infrared photodetector technology that uses multiple ultrathin layers of materials should have an impact on critical applications ranging from national defense to medical diagnostics.
Information Recorded Using Only Laser-Induced Heat A novel magnetic recording method allows information to be processed hundreds of times faster than with current hard drive technology.
Laser Research Provides Insight into Planet Formation Phase changes in liquid magmas at pressures and temperatures that exist deep inside Earth-like planets could provide insight into the processes that govern planet formation.
Lasers Reveal Hidden Earthquake Damage New airborne lidar equipment reveals how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and shows how earthquake faults behave.
Butterfly Wings Inspire Thermal Imagers Mother Nature’s 5-million-year-old butterfly wing design, combined with a relatively new manmade material, enabled the development of a new sensor that is faster, smaller and more sensitive...
Quantum Dots Switch Neurons On, Off Light from electrons confined by quantum dots was used to activate and control targeted brain neurons, demonstrating a noninvasive method for studying cell communication and learning how specific...
EIT Extended to X-ray Regime A technique that makes atomic nuclei transparent to light at certain wavelengths was extended to the x-ray regime; it could have important implications in the fields of lasing and quantum information...
New Resonator Overcomes Obstacle to Ultimate Nanolaser Two very low power lasers that produce the smallest continuous-wave, telecommunications frequency demonstrated at room temperature to date may be a step toward the development of the “ultimate”...
Hollow Spheres Improve PV Panels Hollow spheres of photovoltaic nanocrystalline silicon exploit a peculiar phenomenon to better trap light and could dramatically reduce PV panel costs.
EUV Frequency Comb Debuts The first “frequency comb” in the extreme ultraviolet band has the potential to advance nuclear clocks and to measure previously unexplored behavior in atoms and molecules.
New Atomic X-ray Laser Created The shortest, purest x-ray laser pulses ever achieved were created by aiming the Linac Coherent Light Source at a capsule of neon gas, setting off an avalanche of x-ray emissions.
Between Light and Mechanics, A Quantum Connection In a new microscopic system, light is converted into a mechanical oscillation and then back to light in an interaction so strong that it allows oscillator motion control at the quantum level.
$1.8M Grant Funds Adaptive Optics Study for Glaucoma A $1.85 million NIH grant will support a study to determine the effectiveness of adaptive optics in capturing the earliest cellular changes signaling the onset of glaucoma, which may lead to earlier...
ASD Awards Creative Spectroscopy Projects The seven Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program award recipients for 2012 received recognition for research ranging from hyperspectral analysis to noninvasive identification of artistic...
Quantum Physics Enables Secure Cloud Computing By combining quantum computing with quantum cryptography, a perfectly secure cloud computing environment was achieved, addressing one of the many challenges facing the current trend of storing...
Laser Hints at Magnetism’s Origins Using a high-power laser to simulate the conditions under which the first galaxies formed, scientists may have uncovered a clue as to how magnetism originated in the universe.
Cancer Genes Detected with Liquid Lasers Genes linked to cancer and other diseases may now be easier to detect with a new method that uses liquid lasers to distinguish mutated DNA from healthy DNA by a single base. “We found a clever way to...
PRODUCTS
Polarized Multilaser Module MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012 — Blue Sky Research is accepting orders for its new SpectraTec dual-source polarized laser module. The device integrates a precision feedback system that allows polarization-maintaining fiber to be...
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High-Speed Camera System SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2012 — Photron Inc. has launched the Fastcam SA7 high-speed camera system, which uses a 1280 × 1024-pixel CMOS imaging sensor. It operates at rates of up to 3500 fps at full image resolution and...
Photron USA Inc.
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Polarization-Maintaining Filters SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2012 — Finisar Corp. has introduced two single-polarization programmable optical filters. The WaveShaper 1000S/SP and 1000M/SP are polarization-maintaining filters that provide full control of the amplitude...
II-VI Finisar
Expanded Integrating Sphere Product Line PEABODY, Mass., Feb. 24, 2012 — International Light Technologies has expanded its integrating sphere product offerings from two to five models. They are used for measuring a wide variety of light sources from miniature halogen...
International Light Technologies, Gilway & International Light Divs.
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Fluorescence Bandpass Filters BARRINGTON, N.J., Feb. 23, 2012 — Edmund Optics has announced the expansion, by nearly 100%, of its TechSpec fluorescence bandpass filters for fluorescence imaging applications. They are matched to common fluorophores used in...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Measurement System MONTFORT le GESNOIS, France, Feb. 23, 2012 — The Sarfus Mapping Lite measurement system unveiled by Nanolane, the nanotechnologies department of Eolane, accommodates any optical microscope setup functioning with reflected light. It is designed...
Nanolane
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Microscopy Cameras LIMA, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2012 — Finger Lakes Instrumentation has announced the MicroLine LS series of cameras for microscopy and life sciences applications. The cameras incorporate faster image capture and an expanded library...
Finger Lakes Instrumentation
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Redesigned Scale Objective Lens THORNWOOD, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2012 — The redesigned plan-apochromatic 20×/1.0 VIS-IR objective lens from Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC makes it possible to acquire 3-D images of nerve cells down to depths of 5.6 mm in intact tissue...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC
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Triple Isotope Analyzer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 — Los Gatos Research has introduced a triple isotope analyzer for direct simultaneous measurement of δ17O, δ18O and δ2H ratios in liquid water and water vapor samples. The...
Los Gatos Research Inc. (LGR)
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Low-Noise Microchannel Plates STURBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 21, 2012 — Photonis USA Inc. has announced a new long-life, low-noise (L3N) performance option for its microchannel plate (MCP) product line. The company says that the L3N option offers up to a 100-fold...
Photonis Technologies
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AWG-34G The AWG-34GSa/s is the fastest commercially available, fully integrated AWG system with a powerful and intuitive graphical user interface: 'Making Waves'. Making Waves enables researchers and...
Quantifi Photonics Ltd.
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Excimer Laser for FBG Writing SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 17, 2012 — The new BraggStar M from Coherent Inc. is an excimer laser that delivers high pulse energy and spatial coherence for fiber Bragg grating (FBG) writing. High pulse energy is a critical advantage...
Coherent Inc.
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Fiber Optic Safety DVD The new "Fiber Optic Safety" Staff Development DVD contains ten chapters that focus on key topics relevant to fiber and laser safety, optical fiber handling, chemical and environmental safety, and...
Light Brigade
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Sapphire Optics PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 16, 2012 — For use in blood gas monitors and other medical instruments, custom fabricated sapphire optics that are chemically inert and that operate over a wide spectrum, transmitting from the ultraviolet to...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Mask Alignment System SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2012 — For LED manufacturing, EV Group has announced the EVG620HBL, the second-generation fully automated mask alignment system for volume manufacturing of high-brightness LEDs. It delivers a tool...
EV Group (EVG)
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Benchtop Raman Spectrometer SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15, 2012 — BaySpec Inc. has released its next-generation high-resolution 1064-nm Raman spectrometer, the RamSpec-HR. The newly designed research-grade benchtop instrument delivers high sensitivity and spectral...
BaySpec Inc.
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Polarization Scrambler, 2-µm Fiber Couplers SOUTH CROYDON, England, Feb. 15, 2012 — With growing demand for products in the 2000-nm range, Phoenix Photonics Ltd. has extended the operational wavelength of its current selection of all-fiber-based components and introduced 2-μm...
Phoenix Photonics Ltd.
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Spectrometer GRENOBLE, France, Feb. 15, 2012 — Resolution Spectra Systems has introduced the high-resolution, compact Zoom spectra spectrometer. The handheld instrument, based on proprietary SWIFTS core technology, produces resolution that...
Resolution Spectra Systems
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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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ArF Excimer Laser OYAMA, Japan, Feb. 14, 2012 — Gigaphoton Inc. is introducing the GT63A, a next-generation deep-UV ArF excimer laser for multipatterning immersion lithography scanners. The laser incorporates sMPL (spectrum multipositioning...
Gigaphoton Inc.
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Diode Laser Bars MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 14, 2012 — Dilas is continuing its expansion of wavelengths for its high-power diode laser bars by extending its offerings to water-cooled laser diodes for alkali laser pumping at 766, 780 and 852 nm on...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
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Cameras with GigE Vision SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012 — JAI Inc. has added four GigE Vision cameras to its series of industrial-grade CCD cameras built around quad-tap sensors from Kodak. The AM-201GE monochrome and AB-201GE color models are built...
JAI Inc.
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PCI Express Frame Grabber WOBURN, Mass., Feb. 13, 2012 — Building on the success of its Karbon-CL line of PCI Express frame grabbers, BitFlow Inc. has unveiled the model CL4-F featuring interfaces for two independent base, medium or full Camera Link...
BitFlow Inc.
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Vision System NATICK, Mass., Feb. 13, 2012 — Cognex Corp. has launched the In-Sight 500 machine vision system for inspecting parts on fast production lines. The fixed-mount vision system is packaged in a rugged IP65-rated housing and...
Cognex Corp.
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Laser-Line Bandpass Filters BARRINGTON, N.J., Feb. 13, 2012 — Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec OD 6 laser-line bandpass filters, which provide the high transmission and deep rejection necessary to isolate narrow spectral regions for a variety of...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Rev2 Automated Micro-Polisher Krell’s next generation of Rev Polishers features automated z-axis movement. This “micro-feed” function gradually advances components to the polishing surface at a controlled rate....
KrellTech
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Negative-Stiffness Optical Table INGLEWOOD, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 — In collaboration with Kinetic Systems Inc., Minus K Technology has released an ultralow natural frequency optical table isolation system for Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM),...
Minus K Technology Inc.
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HCI and HF Analyzers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 — Three new analyzers from Los Gatos Research (LGR) provide precision and accuracy for monitoring power plant emissions compliance with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) recently announced by...
Los Gatos Research Inc. (LGR)
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8800-HF Laser System SOMERSET, N.J., Feb. 7, 2012 — Laser Light Solutions (LLS) has released the 8800-HF, a turnkey laser diode system designed for photoacoustic imaging, metrology and instrumentation applications. The system features...
Laser Light Solutions
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Optical Fibers for CO2, Er:YAG Lasers OLCHING, Germany, Feb. 3, 2012 — Pigtails for pump modules and medical laser systems are in increasing demand and, for these applications, Laser Components GmbH is offering Hollow Silica Waveguides (HSW) from its partner Polymicro...
Laser Components GmbH
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0.1-µm Micrometer AURORA, Ill., Feb. 3, 2012 — Mitutoyo America Corp. has announced the availability of its handheld Digimatic digital micrometer, whicht produces resolution of 0.1µm. It employs the patent-pending Absolute rotary...
Mitutoyo America Corp.
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OS Gimbal Mirror Mounts KENLEY, England, Feb. 3, 2012 — OS mounts from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are designed to support mirrors such as off-axis parabola, spheres and flats in applications where stability is important. Constructed in black anodized...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Scientific-Grade Lasers SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 — Coherent Inc. has launched several higher-power versions of its Verdi G series 532-nm scientific-grade lasers, which are based on proprietary optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technology....
Coherent Inc.
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High-Resolution Camera SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2, 2012 — Photron USA Inc. has launched the Fastcam IS-1M, an ultrahigh-speed, high-resolution camera system. The 312 × 260-pixel-resolution in situ image storage CCD sensor captures a wide range of...
Photron USA Inc.
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Radiometers/Photometers WESTBURY, N.Y., Feb. 2, 2012 — The AccuMax digital radiometers/photometers from Spectronics Corp. provide accurate readout for UV irradiance, visible illuminance and luminance light readings. The readout units are calibrated for...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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Back-Thinned Spectrometer DUIVEN, Netherlands, Feb. 1, 2012 — The Maya2000 Pro-VIS-NIR from Ocean Optics is a back-thinned 2-D fast Fourier transform-CCD spectrometer with high sensitivity, 80% peak quantum efficiency and good VIS-NIR response. It is suitable...
Ocean Insight
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