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June 2018

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Kevan Named ALS Director of Berkeley Lab

Stephen Kevan has been named the new director of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The ALS produces...

Chambers Appointed VP of Manufacturing at Timbercon Timbercon Inc., a fiber optic solutions provider, has appointed Gina Chambers as its vice president of manufacturing. Chambers will be responsible for Timbercon's overall manufacturing and...

Vuzix, Plessey to Partner for Smart Glasses Technology Optronics solutions developer Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. is partnering with Vuzix to develop smart glasses technology. The two companies are partnering to develop the necessary technologies for a...

Osram to Support NASA Horticulture on International Space Station

High-tech lighting developer Osram Licht AG has been tapped by NASA to support its food production research. Osram’s smart horticulture lighting system prototype used in NASA ground research....

Optical Surfaces to Supply Optics for Hensoldt’s ESA Instrument Optical component and instrument developer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been selected by Hensoldt Optronics GmbH to supply key precision optics for optical testing the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA),...

LaCroix Precision Optics Names New President Precision optics manufacturer LaCroix Precision Optics has announced the promotion of Kirk Warden to president of the company, effective July 2. Warden will replace Raymond LaCroix Jr., who will...

EQT Acquires Optical Software Provider Zemax Zemax Software Holdings, a global provider of optical and illumination design software, has been acquired by EQT Partners, a leading investment firm with portfolio companies in Europe, Asia, and the...

NationalChips to Distribute Desert Silicon SOG Products in South Korea Spin-on glass (SOG) and material supplier Desert Silicon Inc. has selected NationalChips Co. Ltd. to distribute its SOG products in South Korea. “We are thrilled to announce this partnership...

Edmund Promotes Edmund, Hollows, and Lynch to Executive Leadership Team Optical component developer Edmund Optics Inc. has announced three promotions to its executive leadership team. Marisa Edmund has been appointed chief marketing officer; Greg Hollows has been named...

CMC Microsystems, AMF Partner for Silicon Photonics Platform Microsystem and nanotechnology systems developer CMC Microsystems and Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), a Singapore-based manufacturer of silicon photonic integrated circuits, are partnering to develop a...

Laser Components to Distribute LEJ Product Laser Components USA Inc. is now distributing Leistungselektronik JENA (LEJ) GmbH’s LED evaluation kit. Both companies are closely cooperating in the growth market of UV LEDs. The AMPYR LED...

Opton Laser to Distribute New Scale Technologies Devices Opton Laser has entered into an agreement to distribute New Scale Technologies’ piezoelectric-based micromotion modules. The M3 microstages and actuators are all-in-one smart modules with built-in...

MILabs Imaging Technology Installed at TUM A VECTor5PET/SPECT/OI/CT system from imaging technology developer MILabs BV has been installed at the Chair of Pharmaceutical Radiochemistry on the Technical University of Munich (TUM) campus. Under...

Boeing Awards UTA Researchers AI Grant Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) have received a new grant from Boeing to help the company understand future learning environments where new technologies such as bots,...

Deegan to Lead Tech R&D at Rochester Precision Optics

Optical component and assembly manufacturer Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) has appointed John Deegan as its director of technology for research and development. Reporting to the vice president of...

US Army Places $2.6M Order for FLIR Reconnaissance Systems

Sensor systems developer FLIR Systems Inc. has been awarded a $2.6 million order for the U.S. Army to deliver Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRSs). The units delivered under this...

Princeton Instruments, C-SOPS Partner for Drug Monitoring Princeton Instruments Inc. and the Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) are entering into a six-month collaboration on a novel pharmaceutical technology to enable the close...

Night Vision Devices to Distribute Photonis Night Vision Intensifier Tubes Night Vision Devices Inc. has become the U.S. distributor for Photonis USA’s 16-mm night vision intensifier tubes. Photonis’ 16-mm image intensifier tubes are the lightest mass-produced tubes on the...

Research and Industry Partner to Commercialize Silicon Photonics in Finland VTT Technical Research Center and Tampere University of Technology (TUT) are accelerating the development and commercialization of silicon photonics products in support of the Finnish electronics...

Barrett Joins FRAMOS as Sensor Engineering VP

Image and vision technology supplier FRAMOS GbmH has appointed Chris Barrett as vice president of sensor engineering. "I'm very pleased to join FRAMOS and be part of their growth as they move into...

Opton to Distribute Luxmux Diodes Photonics technology distributor Opton Laser International has announced a distribution agreement with superluminescent diode light source developer Luxmux Technology Corp. Luxmux’s BeST-SLED...

Brimrose AO Modulator Used on ISS

A Brimrose Corporation of America acousto-optic modulator (AOM) is now being used by NASA as part of a new facility known as the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) on the International Space Station (ISS)....

Coherent Acquires O.R. Lasertechnologie Laser provider Coherent Inc. has acquired O.R. Lasertechnologie GmbH, a developer of compact, high-precision tools for laser additive manufacturing. “The acquisition of Rofin-Sinar made Coherent into...

Gans Appointed Elbit America’s VP of Strategy Justin Gans has joined defense technology company Elbit Systems of America as vice president of strategy and corporate development. In this position, Gans will help develop and execute the company’s...

Zebra Medical Announces Algorithm Approval Health care imaging analytics developer Zebra Medical Vision has announced CE (European Conformity) regulatory approval of its newest algorithm to be included in its deep learning imaging analytics...

Sfeir Named Inventor of the Year by Battelle

Matthew Sfeir, a chemical physicist developing enabling technologies for next-generation electronic devices at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been selected...

Optics and Photonics Tech Transfer Programs Merge Industry and Research

Technology Transfer Programs are often a concerted effort to share skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing, and facilities among governments or...

Optical Surfaces to Supply Moon Explorer Optics for Hensoldt Optronics

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been selected by Hensoldt Optronics GmbH to supply key precision optics for optical testing the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) on board the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer...

Moll Earns Nicholas Kurti Science Prize

Oxford Instruments has announced Philip Moll as the winner of the 2018 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize for Europe. Moll is recognized for leading the development of microstructuring techniques, allowing...

ON Semiconductor Acquires SensL Semiconductor solution developer ON Semiconductor Corp. has acquired sensing technology developer SensL Technologies Ltd., based in Ireland. SensL specializes in silicon photomultipliers,...

Optics Balzers, WaveOptics Partner for Near-Eye Display Applications Optical coating and component developer Optics Balzers AG and diffractive waveguide developer WaveOptics are collaborating to industrialize diffractive waveguide manufacturing for near-eye display...

Menlo Launches Optical Clock into Space Menlo Systems GmbH has launched a next-generation optical clock into space for a 10-min journey. The payload consisted of two separate units, a fully automated dual comb system (FOKUS II), and an...

Baby Sleep Monitor Developer Nanit Secures $14M in Funding Nanit, a smart baby monitor developer that uses computer vision technology to help baby sleep development, has secured $14 million in Series B financing led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). With...

Luminate NY Accepting Applications for Round II Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the world's largest business accelerator for startup firms in the optics, photonics, and imaging industries (OPI), Luminate NY, is accepting applications for...

Timbercon Names Chambers VP of Manufacturing Timbercon, a U.S.-based fiber optic solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Gina Chambers as vice president of manufacturing. Chambers will be responsible for Timbercon's manufacturing...

Luminar Collaborates with Volvo Cars Luminar has announced a collaboration with Volvo Cars to provide its core LiDAR sensing platform to help plans towards deploying safe autonomous vehicles. The new Volvo Cars Tech Fund also announced...

KARL STORZ Launches Blue Light Bladder Cancer Treatment

Following the approval of a supplemental new drug application and a premarket approval supplement from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc. has launched the...

Donald to Lead Marketing at Laser Spine Institute

Minimally invasive spine surgery center operator Laser Spine Institute has appointed M. Kathleen Donald as chief marketing officer. Donald will work alongside the Laser Spine Institute’s...

Unda Appointed CEO of SENER Group

Jorge Unda, managing director of the engineering and construction area of engineering and technology provider SENER Group, has been appointed CEO of the entire entity. Unda replaces Jorge Sendagorta,...

II-VI Opens Illinois Semiconductor Material Center

Compound semiconductor epitaxial wafer developer II-VI Inc. has opened a high-tech compound semiconductor material center of excellence in Champaign, Illinois. “It’s a thrill to...

Jabil Opens Israeli Optics Innovation Center Jabil Optics has opened a new 2,000-sq-m Optics Technology Innovation Center in Haifa, Israel, to provide the Israel tech community with additional opportunities in computational cameras, projection...

Elbit Systems of Australia Delivers Thermal Weapon Sights to ADF High-technology company Elbit Systems of Australia Pty. Ltd. has completed delivery of XACTth65 thermal weapon sights to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) through a Land 125 Phase 3C contract. Dan...

PicoQuant Opens Chinese App Center Optoelectronics developer PicoQuant GmbH has opened its Application Center China, a showroom for time-resolved fluorescence test measurement technology based in China’s Optical Valley. The new...

Parikh Joins Dynasil as Marketing VP Optics and photonics technology developer Dynasil Corp. of America has appointed Nirmal Parikh as its vice president of marketing. "We are very excited to welcome Nirmal to the Dynasil team," said...

Love Joins CoolLED

Danielle Love has joined LED illumination systems developer CoolLED Ltd. as its field sales manager for southern and central Europe. Love studied biomedical science at the University of Southampton...

Reynolds Joins CoolLED

Brad Reynolds has joined LED technology developer CoolLED Ltd. and will be responsible for field sales management across the East Coast of the U.S. Reynolds comes to CoolLED after years of service in...

CORIAL to Represent ONIX in Spain Plasma processing equipment manufacturer CORIAL SAS will act as ONIX’s agent in Spain. CORIAL recently delivered and installed a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system at the...

Swansea Announces Materials and Manufacturing Plan The Welsh government's finance secretary, Mark Drakeford, announced £1.4 million ($1.87 million) in European Union (EU) funding that will enable the Materials and Manufacturing Education...

WaveOptics, EV Group Announce AR Partnership Diffractive waveguide developer WaveOptics has announced a collaboration with wafer bonding and nanoimprint lithography (NIL) equipment supplier EV Group to bring high-performance augmented reality...

Beck, Lee Joins WiZ U.S. Sales Team Jeff Beck and Brian Lee have joined the North American sales team for WiZ Connected Lighting Co. Ltd., a provider of advanced lighting control systems. “Brian and Jeff bring with them more than...

Emil Wolf, Pioneer of Optical Physics, Dies at 95

Emil Wolf, a pioneer in optical physics, died on June 2. He was 95. Wolf, the Wilson Professor of Optical Physics at the University of Rochester, where he had taught and worked for nearly 60 years,...

Cleaves Joins Specialised Imaging as Sales, Marketing Director

Imaging systems developer Specialised Imaging Ltd. has appointed Jolyon Cleaves as its sales and marketing director. “I am delighted to have joined Specialised Imaging and am very much looking...

SPI Lasers Set to Expand Fiber laser manufacturer SPI Lasers is expanding its headquarters by obtaining another manufacturing property on its site and increasing space by 40,000 sq ft. The soon-to-be 100,000-sq-ft facility...

RIT’s Zhang Receives NSF CAREER Award

Jing Zhang, an assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her work on...

Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging Industry Group Forms The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s (SNMMI’s) Value Initiative Industry Alliance has been established to connect corporate members to the future of nuclear medicine...

ORC Researchers Receive ERC Advanced Grants The Optoelectronics Research Centre's (ORC) Peter Kazansky and Nikolay Zheludev are two of five researchers from the University of Southampton to win European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced...

ORS Labs Acquires Silicon Cert Laboratories ORS Labs Inc., the parent company of Oneida Research Services Inc. (ORS), has acquired Silicon Cert Laboratories, a developer of environmental and mechanical testing and qualification products and...

UTA’s Makeev Awarded $1.5M in ONR Grants for Materials Research Andrew Makeev at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has received two U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) grants worth nearly $1.5 million that will further enhance the Advanced Materials and...

Howard Hughes Award Presented to ONR, Aurora Flight Sciences for Autonomous Flight Work

The American Helicopter Society’s Howard Hughes Award was presented to the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Aurora Flight Sciences for their joint work on the Autonomous...

Laser Washing Revolutionizes Denim

Patterned, tattered, and faded denim jeans are popular worldwide, with young and old. While there are many ways to achieve the trendy look — from stonewashing and bleaching to do-it-yourself...

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

Nighttime Light Pollution May Be Cause of Insect Population Decline

An analysis of the effects of artificial light at night on insects shows that there is strong evidence to suggest a link between nighttime light pollution and declines in insect populations....

Large Laser Crystal Could Serve as Active Medium for Lidar

A colquirite crystal grown over a three-year period by a team of Kazan University physicists could be used with lidar to detect polluting compounds in the Siberian atmosphere and measure their...

LaCroix Precision Optics Names New President Precision optics manufacturer LaCroix Precision Optics has announced the promotion of Kirk Warden to president of the company, effective July 2. Warden will replace Raymond LaCroix Jr., who will...

Portable Camera Module Could Monitor Health From Home

Fundus photography, a standard imaging tool used by ophthalmologists, has existed for almost two centuries. However, its use in remote and low-resource regions, where traveling to a clinic is not...

Plasmonic Antennas Could Deliver Ultrafast Pulses for THz Electronics

In an experiment that combined the advantages of femtosecond nanophotonics with on-chip communications, researchers generated ultrashort electric pulses on a chip using metal structures (i.e.,...

Stealth Sheet Conceals Hot Objects from IR

An ultrathin cloaking material has been developed that can hide hot objects, such as human bodies and military vehicles, from IR cameras. The new “stealth sheet” is <1 m thick and...

Superresolution Microscopy Enhances DNA Nanostructures

A method of superresolution microscopy, called DNA-PAINT, allows all of the strands within DNA-based nanostructures to be visualized individually, with a high degree of spatial resolution. Using...

Carbon Nanotubes Emerge as Potential Quantum Light Sources

Researchers report on the potential of carbon nanotubes as single-photon emitters for quantum information processing. A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is collaborating with colleagues...

Freeform Optics Design Approach Uses Starting-Point Geometries

Researchers have developed a step-by-step design method for determining which freeform surfaces will work best in a given configuration. The new method, which combines theory and practice, could...

Nanolaser Inspired by Nature Changes Colors Like a Chameleon

A new nanolaser, with a design inspired by nature, can change color using the same nanomechanics that a chameleon uses. A chameleon changes color by controlling the spacing of nanocrystals on its...

Research and Industry Partner to Commercialize Silicon Photonics in Finland VTT Technical Research Center and Tampere University of Technology (TUT) are accelerating the development and commercialization of silicon photonics products in support of the Finnish electronics...

Solid-State Optical Cryocooler Refrigerates an IR Sensor to 135 K

Researchers have demonstrated an all-solid-state optical cryocooler. The structure, which according to researchers is the first demonstration of laser cooling of a payload connected to a cooling...

Optics and Photonics Tech Transfer Programs Merge Industry and Research

Technology Transfer Programs are often a concerted effort to share skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing, and facilities among governments or...

Optogenetics Shapes Tissue to Reconstruct Epithelial Folding

Using optogenetics, researchers have guided the folding and shaping (morphogenesis) of tissues and cells. Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) used precise light-mediated...

Frequency-Stable Laser Enhances Optical Satellite Navigation

Scientists report that an active optical frequency reference based on molecular iodine was successfully tested for the first time in space. Results of the JOKARUS experiment (German acronym for...

Guide to Building Biointerfaces to Photostimulate Neurons, Tissues, Limbs Developed

Researchers have devised design principles for building silicon-based interfaces for light-induced biological processes that do not use genetic modification. The design principles quantify and...

Low-Cost Monolithic Fabrication of f-VLEDs Could Boost Adoption of MicroLEDs

A low-cost production technology for thin-film blue flexible vertical micro LEDs (f-VLEDs) could help advance the commercialization of micro LEDs in flexible displays and for bilateral visual...

Researchers Devise Exciton Scaling Rule for Optoelectronics Design

Scientists have created a scale by which labs can determine the binding energy of excitons, and thus their bandgap structures, in perovskite quantum wells of any thickness. The findings were based on...

Optical Probes Allow Ultrafast, High-Resolution Imaging of Dopamine Activity

Fluorescent sensors that optically record dopamine activity in the brains of behaving mice could help facilitate the discovery of therapeutics for depression and addiction. The technology precisely...

Luminate NY Accepting Applications for Round II Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the world's largest business accelerator for startup firms in the optics, photonics, and imaging industries (OPI), Luminate NY, is accepting applications for...

BIG Bell Test Results Published

Results have been published from a set of first-of-its-kind quantum physics experiments, known as the BIG Bell Test, which took place on Nov. 30, 2016. Led by the Institute of Photonic Sciences...

Precision Optical Components Fabricated by Inkjet Printing

Researchers at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components, such as waveguides. The printing...

3D Printed Metals Shown to Be Both Strong and Ductile

Most mechanisms used for strengthening crystalline materials lead to the reduction of ductility. Selective laser melting produces a stainless steel with both significantly enhanced strength and...

Robotic Work Cell Conducts High-Throughput Testing in an Instant

A commercial robot has been developed that conducts high-throughput testing to determine the performance and properties of a manufactured part. Sandia National Laboratories designed and built the...

New Approach Contains Light, Protects It from Defects

Researchers have found a way to confine light so that it is insensitive to imperfections in the material that confines it. The new approach is based on “topological protection,” a concept...

Point-of-Use Power Meter Can Monitor High-Power Lasers in Real Time

A high-accuracy point-of-use laser power meter, in the form of a folding mirror called the Smart Mirror, could make in situ, real-time measurement of laser power possible. Unlike most traditional...

Photonic-Phononic Waveguides Used to Create Brillouin Laser

A laser that uses sound waves to amplify light could help address the need for silicon lasers that can overcome obstacles associated with silicon’s indirect bandgap when powering photonic...

Study Shows How Quantum Magnets Mimic Emergent Light

A theory about the quantum properties of magnets forms the basis for a hypothesis about emergent light. Several years ago, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)...

Stereolithographic Bioprinting Device Creates Biological Tissue

A stereolithography-based bioprinting platform for building therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials could help advance on-demand printing of artificial tissues for regenerative medicine. The...

New Approach to Solar Material Design and Manufacturing Uses AI

To speed the search for well-matched solar materials, scientists applied random forest (RF) screening, a machine learning technique, for the design, synthesis, and characterization of a polymer that...

Terahertz Frequency Pulses Uncover Hidden State of Matter

Researchers have used ultrafast photonics to visualize electrons interacting as a hidden state of matter in a superconductive alloy. When fully understood and tuned, this state of matter could be...

Label-Free Microscopy Analyzes Dynamics of Cell Membranes

A new live cell imaging technique will enable researchers to observe the formation and growth of cell membrane focal adhesions. Examining focal adhesions — cell membrane components that...

Scientists Discover Light, Gold Thin Films Interaction

Physicists have devised a way to determine the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light, a discovery that could further scientific understanding of how light affects...

Temporal Characterization of the Laser Field Using Tunnel Ionization

A way to measure the shape of laser pulses in ambient air has been developed. In contrast to the existing method for studying waveforms, it does not require a vacuum environment or x-ray pulses. The...

Transparent Hybrid Film Changes Color in Response to Humidity

Scientists developed a transparent hybrid film and investigated its chromic behavior in relation to relative humidity (RH). The film is made from environmentally friendly clay minerals and a dye,...

AI Learns How to Approximate Light Scattering to Speed Inverse Design

A computational neural network (a form of artificial intelligence) was able to learn how a multilayered nanoparticle scatters light by learning the relationship between the nanoparticle’s...

ACQUISITIONS

EQT Acquires Optical Software Provider Zemax Zemax Software Holdings, a global provider of optical and illumination design software, has been acquired by EQT Partners, a leading investment firm with portfolio companies in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., and with total sales of more than €19 billion ($22 billion) and approximately 110,000 employees. EQT acquired Zemax from Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in...

PRODUCTS

Laser-Free Confocal Microscope

ABINGDON, England, June 29, 2018 — The all-in-one, benchtop, laser-free confocal microscope — unity — from Aurox Ltd. is designed for affordability, accessibility, and ease use within the life sciences laboratory. The instrument includes a laser-free confocal microscope, an integrated sCMOS detector, an LED-based light source, an objective lens, a motorized XYZ stage, and an OMERO-based image server. It can be...

640-nm Laser

SOLNA, Sweden, June 29, 2018 — The Cobolt Bolero laser from Cobolt AB now features a 640-nm wavelength with up to 500-mW. With a linewidth of <1 MHz, the Cobolt Bolero is ideal for holographic and advanced interferometric...

Additive Manufacturing Software

MÖMBRIS, Germany, June 29, 2018 — The 4D_Additive software solution from CoreTechnologie GmbH features interfaces for independent and precise data exchange with all common CAD systems and 3D printers for additive manufacturing. ...

CT CoreTechnologie GmbH

Industrial Diode Laser System

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 28, 2018 — The HighLight DL4000HPR compact, high-power, fiber-delivered industrial diode laser system from Coherent Inc. offers convenience and economy for metal processing applications, such as cladding, heat...

Laser Spectrum Analyzer

VICTOR, N.Y., June 28, 2018 — The 771A-MIR Laser Spectrum Analyzer from Bristol Instruments Inc. includes a series of unique instruments that operate as both a high-accuracy wavelength meter and a high-resolution spectrum...

Bristol Instruments Inc.

Compliance Test Solution

LUTON, England, June 28, 2018 — The Signal Quality Analyzer-R MP1900A series and compliance test solution from Anritsu Corp. features multivendor oscilloscope support. The test solution supports both PCI Express transmitter...

Camera Link Simulator

SHREWSBURY, Mass., June 27, 2018 — The CLS-221 Camera Link Simulator from Vivid Engineering is an affordable, high-performance video test pattern generator that supports all video formats, including those introduced in the new version...

Vivid Engineering

Diffractive Optical Element

OLCHING, Germany, June 27, 2018 — Holo/Or, the industrial partner of Laser Components GmbH, has developed a diffractive optical element (DOE) that significantly accelerates the laser brazing process for hot-dip galvanized metal...

Laser Components GmbH

Connector Inspector

KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 27, 2018 — The 3D PinInspector from EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH allows for the 3D inspection of connectors. The PinInspector contains specially adapted EyeVision 3D machine vision software with a...

EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH

Hygienic Pressure Sensor

FRAUENFELD, Switzerland, June 27, 2018 — The PP20H hygienic pressure sensor from the Baumer Group features condensate-resistant measuring cells for increased operation safety. The sensor has a robust, IP69K-rated stainless steel...

Baumer Electric AG

Neutral-Point-Clamped Power Modules

UNTERHACHING, Germany, June 26, 2018 — The flowNPC 0 neutral-point-clamped power module from Vincotech GmbH features the latest insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology in a combination engineered to optimize cost and...

Modular LED Light Source

HUNTINGDON, England, June 26, 2018 — BlueBox Optics has announced the niji modular LED light source for fluorescence microscopy. With up to seven LED channels, the niji delivers powerful, multiwavelength excitation from UV to...

Benchtop Event Timers

BERLIN, June 26, 2018 — The MultiHarp 150 benchtop event timers from PicoQuant GmbH feature a USB 3.0 interface. High data throughput allows full exploitation of the count rate limits in time-resolved single-photon...

CMOS Cameras

FRAUNFELD, Switzerland, June 26, 2018 — The LX series 10 GigE cameras from the Baumer Group feature the Sony Pregius sensor to capture fine detail in dynamic applications. The global shutter LXT cameras with 3-, 5-, 9-, and 12-MP...

Baumer Electric AG

Machine Vision Software

KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 25, 2018 — EVT Eye Vision Technology’s EyeVision machine vision software now supports Modbus. Users of EyeVision software can now access all important PLC systems. The inspection results of the...

EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH

Pulsable IR Sources

SANTA ROSA, Calif., June 25, 2018 — The Micro-Hybrid JSIR350-4 pulsable IR sources from Electro Optical Components Inc. survive high humidity and high temperature. The sources feature faster modulation rates because of low time...

Electro Optical Components Inc.

Optics Design Software KIRKLAND, Wash., June 22, 2018 — LensMechanix from Zemax LLC is designed for the Creo CAD platform, enabling mechanical engineers to design mechanical packaging around accurate optical components and validate the impact on the...

Zemax, Optical Product Design Software

Industrial Diode Laser System

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 22, 2018 — The HighLight DL4000HPR from Coherent Inc. is a compact, high-power, fiber-delivered industrial diode laser system that offers unmatched convenience and economy for metal processing applications,...

Laser Spectrum Analyzer

VICTOR, N.Y., June 22, 2018 — The 771A-MIR Laser Spectrum Analyzer from Bristol Instruments Inc. combines high wavelength measurement accuracy and spectral resolution for IR and MIR laser applications. The 771A-MIR measures...

Bristol Instruments Inc.

Benchtop Pulsed Light System

WILMINGTON, Mass., June 21, 2018 — The X-1100 benchtop system from XENON Corp. provides researchers with proven photonic technology designed to overcome the limitations inherent in laser systems and help users discover potential new...

XENON Corporation

Filter Holders

BAD KREUZNACH, Germany, June 21, 2018 — Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH has converted its filter holders from black chrome to Gliss-Coat. The dry lubricant coating features optimum antifriction properties and corrosion and heat...

Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, Industrial Solutions

High-Speed, Low-Noise Camera

TRENTON, N.J., June 21, 2018 — The SOPHIA-XO cameras from Princeton Instruments Inc. are high-speed, ultralow-noise devices designed for soft x-ray and vacuum UV applications. The SOPHIA-XO camera platform is specially...

Teledyne Princeton Instruments

Thermoplastic Polyimide Resin RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 20, 2018 — The EXTEM thermoplastic polyimide (TPI) resin from SABIC features low haze, IR transparency, and high glass transition temperature for optical sensor lens applications that require high refractive...

Test Targets

ANDOVER, Mass., June 20, 2018 — The Newport Super High Resolution USAF test targets from MKS Instruments Inc. are designed for high-resolution microscope systems. The targets are mounted in a black-anodized aluminum...

MKS Instruments Inc.

Long-Range Line Module

OLCHING, Germany, June 20, 2018 — The FLEXPOINT Long Range Line (LR-L) module from Laser Components GmbH is a highly precise positioning tool for long distances. Even at 50 m, the line is only 4 m long and can be adjusted to...

Laser Components GmbH

Add-On Optics Software

BURLINGTON, Mass., June 20, 2018 — The Ray Optics module, an add-on product for the Multiphysics software from COMSOL Inc., allows for the simulation of optical phenomena in laser and fiber ring gyroscopes, supporting the ability to...

3D Printing Cleaning Unit

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., June 19, 2018 — The 1900BT and 1900BTX ultrasonic cleaning units from Omegasonics are effective for 3D printing applications through its generation of cavitation energy inside the bath, which creates its own...

Video Tracking Mount

PITSTONE, England, June 19, 2018 — The Lightweight Optical Motion Analysis (LOMA) video tracking mount from Specialised Imaging Ltd. is supplied as a compact bare-bones or turnkey solution, incorporating high-speed IR or visible...

Specialised Imaging Ltd.

Coded Industrial Lenses

BAD KREUZNACH, Germany, June 19, 2018 — Industrial lenses from Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH now feature a DataMatrix code, making it easier and faster to trace lenses. Users can now quickly check where a specific lens is in...

Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, Industrial Solutions

Brushless DC Servo Motor

FELDKIRCHEN, Germany, June 19, 2018 — The PD2-C-IP brushless direct current (DC) servo motor from Nanotec Electronic GmbH & Co. KG features an integrated controller and 42-mm flange size in protection class IP65. It was developed for...

Nanotec Electronic GmbH & Co. KG

Explosion-Proof Fluorescent Light Fixture

KEMP, Texas, June 18, 2018 — The EPL-24-2L-INTL-20WT8 explosion-proof fluorescent light fixture from Larson Electronics LLC is approved for hazardous locations where flammable chemical and petrochemical vapors may exist. ...

Larson Electronics LLC

Image-Processing Software

KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 18, 2018 — EyeVision 3.8 image processing software from EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH now contains a new command, which allows the communication and control of a universal robot (UR). The new command...

EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH

Narrow-Linewidth Lasers

SOLNA, Sweden, June 18, 2018 — Cobolt AB has announced new wavelengths on its 08-01 series of single-frequency and narrow-linewidth lasers. The new 457-, 473-, 515-, 660- and 1064-nm wavelengths complement the...

Signal-Processing Library

POINTE-CLAIRE, Quebec, June 18, 2018 — The ATS-GMA-OCT signal-processing library from Alazar Technologies Inc. generates high-speed, low-latency OCT images for use with AMD Radeon Pro graphical processing units (GPUs). ATS-GMA-OCT...

Alazar Technologies Inc.

Automated Optical Inspection System

TILBURG, Netherlands, June 15, 2018 — The ISO-Spector M1A 3D automated optical inspection system from Marantz Electronics Ltd. features fast, automatic programming with production-ready inspection results in short cycle times. The...

Pulsed Light System

WILMINGTON, Mass., June 15, 2018 — The XENON X-1100 pulsed light system from Xenon Corp. is a programmable system with a small footprint. The system is ready to pulse and plugs into a standard 115- or 220-V outlet. The XENON...

XENON Corporation

High-Temperature Filament

MUNICH, June 15, 2018 — PEKK Carbon filament from German RepRap GmbH is a high-temperature 3D-printing material ideal for applications in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial manufacturing industries. PEKK...

German RepRap GmbH

High-Performance Computing Platform

MONTREAL, June 15, 2018 — The Matrox Supersight Solo high-performance computing platform from Matrox Imaging brings a series of updates, including a new system host board that improves performance. The Matrox Supersight...

Global Shutter Mini Board Camera

GREENVILLE, R.I., June 14, 2018 — The global shutter mini board camera from Videology Imaging Solutions Inc. is a small, affordable, and unreadable camera family with five-year minimum product life cycles. A global shutter...

Videology Industrial-Grade Cameras

Red Laser Diode

SALEM, N.H., June 14, 2018 — The HL63391/92DG red laser diode from ProPhotonix Ltd. is a 638-nm laser diode that is designed to be highly durable and reliable at extreme temperatures. The high-powered, single-mode...

ProPhotonix Ltd.

Illumination Demo and Lab Kit

WALDBRONN, Germany, June 14, 2018 — Polytec GmbH has announced a two-part illumination demo and lab kit from Spectrum Illumination. The kit contains all necessary lighting components for testing new applications in the lab and...

Prism-Grinding Machine

ONTARIO, N.Y., June 14, 2018 — The PZX prism-grinding machine from OptiPro Systems LLC is capable of processing prisms up to 6 in. thick with a maximum surface diagonal of 10 in. Designed for companies looking to add...

OptiPro Systems

Smart Camera

BRESCIA, Italy, June 13, 2018 — The S12MP Smart Camera from Tattile srl is designed for applications requiring high speed and compact size, such as in the semiconductor industry and 2D and 3D analysis. A combination of a...

Nonbrowning Zoom Lens CHESHAM, England, June 13, 2018 — The Model 357 nonbrowning zoom lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. is designed for use with radiation-tolerant cameras. Combining remote control of lens functions with provision of true HD-quality...

Resolve Optics Ltd.

Fiber Laser Welding Technology

TOKYO, June 13, 2018 — Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Tada Electric Co. have announced the joint development of a fiber laser welding technology that cuts flying molten metal (spatter) by 95 percent or more. Whereas...

Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd., Optical Components

Vision Camera

OBERSULM, Germany, June 13, 2018 — GigE Vision Camera Firmware 1.5 from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH features new trigger modes and pulse-width modulation. Users of GigE Vision camera models and the IDS Vision Suite will...

IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH

Liquid Crystal Singles

DARMSTADT, Germany, June 12, 2018 — Licristal XtraBright, XtraBoost, and XtraBrilliant high-performance liquid crystal singles from Merck KGaA feature increased brightness, contrast, quality, and reliability. XtraBright is...

Machine Vision Camera

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 12, 2018 — The GO-5100MP-USB machine vision camera from JAI A/S is built around Sony’s IMX250MZR polarized CMOS image sensor, offering 5.1 MP of total resolution and an innovative four-way polarized...

Tube and Profile Laser Welding System

HAMBURG, Germany, June 12, 2018 — The Profile Welding System (PWS) from Coherent|Rofin is a complete state-of-the-art tube and profile laser welding system. The PWS is equipped with an integrated process sensor for welding with...

DARMSTADT, Germany, June 11, 2018 — The LUMAWISE Z45 LED Holder from TE Connectivity Ltd. is a second-generation device made from high-strength, highly reflective, halogen-free flame-retardant thermoplastic. Designed for...

TE Connectivity

LED Driver and Module

ANSAN, South Korea, June 11, 2018 — A 277-V AC lighting module from Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., using the NanoDriver Series LED driver, complies with the industry standard 4-kV surge testing, proving that it is possible to achieve a...

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

Polarization Camera

RICHMOND, British Columbia, June 11, 2018 — The Phoenix Polarization Camera featuring Sony’s IMX250MZR CMOS polarized sensor has been announced by LUCID Vision Labs Inc. The 5-MP global shutter sensor is based on the IMX250 Sony...

LUCID Vision Labs Inc.

IP Core for FPGA Interfacing

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 11, 2018 — FRAMOS Technologies Inc. has announced the SLVS-EC RX IP Core for easy sensor interfacing with Xilinx field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The proprietary FRAMOS FPGA module, available with...

FRAMOS Technologies Inc.

Linear Stages

AUBURN, Mass., June 8, 2018 — The L-417 and V-417 reference-class linear stage families from Physik Instrumente LP are available in ball screw and linear motor configurations with cost-effective designs, high resolution, improved...

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics

Microscope Slide Power Meter

ANDOVER, Mass., June 8, 2018 — The PD300-MS microscope slide power meter from Ophir has been announced by MKS Instruments Inc. The PD300-MS measures power levels of high numerical aperture objectives, from 5 µW to 1 W....

MKS Instruments Inc.

Hazardous Location LED Strip Light

KEMP, Texas, June 8, 2018 — The HAL-12-IPS-LED-1227 hazardous location LED strip light from Larson Electronics LLC is designed for use in Class I, Division II environments and is UL 1598-compliant for wet locations. The...

Larson Electronics LLC

Lithotripter System SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2018 — The Dornier Delta III SmartLitho from Dornier MedTech GmbH is a lithotripter system for kidney stone treatment. The system can utilize Dornier’s proprietary analytic algorithm, which is...

Dornier MedTech GmbH

Industrial Outdoor Compound

BUFORD, Ga., June 7 — The THERMOLAST K UV/LD/b series of industrial outdoor compounds from KRAIBURG TPE is designed for the needs of demanding outdoor applications in building and construction, electrical engineering,...

Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG

Portable Spectrophotometer

COLUMBIA, Md., June 7, 2018 — The spectro2guide portable spectrophotometer from BYK-Gardner is designed for solid color measurement. Like its predecessor, color and 60° gloss are measured simultaneously. Fluorescence is...

BYK-Gardner USA

Wireless Connectivity Measurement Software

LUTON, England, June 7, 2018 — A 2x2 MIMO measurement software MX886200A-010 option has been announced by Anritsu Corp. for the MT8862A wireless connectivity test set. The wireless connectivity test set MT8862A is a...

Anritsu Corp., Test & Measurement

Optical Design Software

KIRKLAND, Wash., June 6, 2018 — OpticStudio 18.4 optical design software from Zemax LLC can be used to solve sequential and nonsequential optical design challenges — no matter how simple or complex — before physical...

Zemax, Optical Product Design Software

Single-Axis Platform Flexures

GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 6, 2018 — The IXF.5St and IXF1.0St single-axis platform flexures from Siskiyou Corp. offer stable, economical mounting of optical components, along with single-axis tilt adjustment. Specifically, these...

Compact Controller Board

ARDMORE, Pa., June 6, 2018 — The Stervo board from ImageStatistics Inc. is a controller system that can manage, command, direct, or regulate the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops. The...

ImageStatistics Inc.

Hand-Held 5G Mobile Network Tester

ATSUGI, Japan, June 6, 2018 — The latest firmware release for the Network Master Pro MT1000A from Anritsu Corp. upgrades the small hand-held tester for support of 100 Gbps with eCPRI/RoE and high-accuracy delay measurement...

Anritsu Corp., Test & Measurement

Alignment Stage

VAN NUYS, Calif., June 5, 2018 — The AU200-50x50-SC Alignment Stage from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. is a high-resolution, high-repeatability XY stage. The linear travel of the X and Y axes is 50 × 50 mm, the...

Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.

Line Scan Smart Cameras

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 5, 2018 — The Allegro USB3 series of Orion 2k Line Scan smart cameras from Imaging Solutions Group Inc. is a flexible solution for spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and machine vision...

Imaging Solutions Group

Ruggedized Lenses

CARY, N.C., June 5, 2018 — The MPW2-R Series of ruggedized lenses from Computar are 5-MP models available in focal lengths of 8, 12, 16, 25, 35, and 50 mm. Employing the same optics as the MPW2 Series in a ruggedized...

Computar Optics Group

Bolometer FAIRFIELD, N.J., June 5, 2018 — Sofradir-EC Inc. has announced a new bolometer by ULIS to meet the speeds of fast imaging applications. The device gains a response time that is 4× greater than standard bolometers,...

Frame Grabbers MANNHEIM, Germany, June 4, 2018 — The ACX-SP and ACX-DP frame grabbers from Silicon Software GmbH are part of the microEnable 5 marathon CXP family, focusing on the CoaXPress standard for demanding high-speed applications. All...

Basler Mannheim

LED Modules

ANSAN, South Korea, June 4, 2018 — Acrich AC LED modules from Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. are offered in designs from 200 to 10,000 lm in round, rectangular, and linear formats. The AC modules integrate Seoul...

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

Industrial Camera with Color Sensor

OBERSULM, Germany, June 4, 2018 — The IDS NXT vegas industrial camera with a 1.3-MP CMOS color sensor has been announced by IDS Imaging Development Systems Inc. IDS NXT combines the advantages of app-based devices as...

IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH

Laser Beam Samplers

QUEBEC CITY, June 4, 2018 — Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. has launched three models of laser beam samplers to expand the use of the beam profiling cameras for laser beams with power to up to 500 W. The 60-, 150-, and 500-W...

Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.

CMOS Image Sensors

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 1, 2018 — The XGS 12000 and XGS 8000 devices in the new X-Class CMOS image sensor platform from ON Semiconductor have been announced by Framos Technologies Inc. and provide 12.6- and 8.8-MP global shutter...

FRAMOS Technologies Inc.

Picowatt Photoreceiver SANTA ROSA, Calif., June 1, 2018 — The PWPR-2K picowatt photoreceiver series with switchable gain from Femto has been announced by Electro Optical Components Inc. The photoreceiver features a bandwidth from DC to 2 kHz. It is...

Electro Optical Components Inc.

Compact Optical Isolators

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., June 1, 2018 — Compact optical isolators in the Tornos Series from Electro-Optics Technology Inc. provide high transmission in the forward direction while strongly attenuating light traveling in the reverse...

Electro-Optics Technology

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