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Photonics.com - March 2010
Business
Avago Files Suit Against STMicroelectronics
Avago Technologies, a supplier of analog interface components for wired and wireless communications, has announced that on March 15, 2010, it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against STMicroelectronics. Avago alleges that certain STMicroelectronics products infringe four of its patents covering optical navigation technology and that it seeks cash compensation and an order preventing further...
Northrop Grumman Wins Army Contract
Northrop Grumman Corp., a provider of aerospace and security solutions, has received a delivery order award from the US Army valued at $142.7 million to provide more than 500 lightweight laser...
Andor Appoints Distributor in South America
Andor Technology plc, a scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions and microscopy systems provider, announced the appointment of Microlat S.L.R. of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as its ...
1st Sub-10GHz Minispectrometer Made
AiDi Corp. has developed a Fourier-transform, integrated-optic spatial heterodyne (FISH) spectrometer with an ability to correct interferometer defects using electrical data postprocessing at the...
Prysm to Ramp Up in Northeast
Prysm Inc. has announced plans to ramp up production of laser phosphor display (LPD) panels at its Concord, Mass., manufacturing facility and double the number of workers there within the year....
Novaled to Exhibit Ultraflat Lights
OLED maker Novaled said it will feature its ultraflat surface-emitting devices at the 2010 Light + Building show in Frankfurt April 11-16. The company and its partners will also introduce a variety...
Microvision Completes New PicoP Design
Microvision has completed the design of its ultraminiature PicoP laser projection display engine and has begun shipping evaluation samples to prospective customers, the company announced this week....
Asylum’s Band Excitation Technique Grants Awarded
Asylum Research, manufacturer of scanning probe and atomic force (SPM/AFM) microscopes, has announced eight new grants for early adopters to explore the capabilities and applications of a new band...
BAE Equips Military Vehicles with Thermal Cameras
BAE Systems, a global defense, security and aerospace company, will provide Oshkosh Corp. with thermal cameras for 2,399 mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles, or M...
Boston Micro Develops Retroreflector for Army
Boston Micromachines Corp., a provider of MEMS-based optical products for wavefront control systems, announced it has developed a modulating retroreflector (MRR) for asymmetric fr...
DuPont Licenses Vertak to Ocular
DuPont Display Enhancements Inc. of Torrance and Ocular LCD Inc. of Richardson have announced an agreement through which DuPont will license its Vertak direct bon...
Edmund Optics Expands Capabilities in Europe
Precision optical components manufacturer Edmund Optics has expanded its capabilities in Europe to meet the growing needs throughout the continent. The company’s UK office has relocated into a...
OFC/NFOEC 2010: Fiber, Flops and Fireflies
At the nearby port and rail hub, the concern was how to move more goods for less. Those inside the San Diego convention hall at the just concluded OFC/NFOEC worried about how to move more bits for...
European Group for Crystalline Solar Cells Established
At the 4th Photovoltaic Fab Managers Forum, Semi PV Group Europe, a special interest group that serves the photovoltaic (PV) supply chain, announced the formation of a new European group for...
TerraLux Receives $5.6M in Funding
TerraLux Inc. announced that it has closed a $5.6 million Series A venture capital financing deal. The round was led by Emerald Technology Ventures, with participation from existing investor Access...
Agilent Names Burdsall as CIO
Agilent Technologies Inc. has appointed Rick Burdsall to the newly created position of chief infrastructure officer. Burdsall currently holds the positions of vice president and chief...
SRC, UNT Establish Semiconductor Center
Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC), a university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and the University of North Texas (UNT) announced the formation of a new research...
Tessera Licenses OptiML Focus to AzureWave
Tessera Technologies Inc. announced it has licensed its OptiML Focus image enhancement solution to AzureWave Technologies Inc. of Taiwan. The solution, which provides automatic focus...
£1M Secured for Photonics Consulting
Research funding to provide free photonics advice to West Midland’s based businesses has been granted by Aston University and the European Regional Development Fund. The £1.1millio...
Pioneer in Optics, Thin Films Dies
William P. Strickland, a pioneer in optics and thin films died last month at the age of 92. Strickland was involved in the development of the optical coating industry since the 193...
Polatis, JDSU Expand Agreement
Polatis Inc., a supplier of all-optical switch technology, has expanded its distributorship agreement with JDSU, based in Milpitas, Calif. Under the existing agreement, JDSU integrates Polatis...
Court Affirms Schott Patent Case
The US Supreme Court has declined to overturn a permanent injunction and damage award against Saint-Gobain Corp. The company was found to have violated Schott Gemtron’s US Patent No. 6,679,573 (“the...
Elliot Taps New Managing Director
Elliot Scientific Ltd., a supplier of optomechanical and laser components and systems, has promoted David Welsh from sales director to the post of managing director. Welsh has been with Elliot...
Ross to Lead US-Scotland Photonics Project
Iain Ross was named director at SU2P, a £2.4 million initiative between universities in Scotland and California which will enhance the economic impact of their research in photonic...
Laser Services Joins BTMA
Laser Services Inc., an ISO and AS-9100 registered precision laser cutting, drilling, scribing, etching and welding job shop, has become an Associate Member of the National Tooling & Machining...
LaserMotive Honored by NASA
LaserMotive, an R&D company specializing in laser power beaming technology, was among the honorees at a ceremony by NASA for winning the 2009 Centennial Challenge Power B...
ARRA to Help Build Telescope
A team led by Charles L. Bennett of Johns Hopkins University has won a $5 million National Science Foundation grant – administered through the federal stimulus package – to build a telescope that...
GM Developing Next-Gen Windshield
Imagine a fog-shrouded morning when you cannot see the end of your driveway, let alone the road on which you are about to drive. Wouldn’t it be great if the sides of the road could magically appear...
Hoku Scientific Changes Name
Hoku Corp., a materials science company focused on clean energy technologies, has changed its name from Hoku Scientific Inc., effective immediately. T...
Evotec, Active Biotech Ink Screening Pact
Evotec AG announced it has entered into a collaboration with Active Biotech AB to identify small-molecule modulators of a priority biological target, selected by the latter company...
Keithley Offers Computer Seminar
Keithley Instruments Inc., specializing in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, is sponsoring a free Web-based seminar given by applications engineer Alex Pronin title...
REO Posts Record Results
REO, maker of thin-film coatings, optics and optomechanical assemblies for the ultraviolet, visible and infrared, announced record-breaking sales of more than $30 million in 2009, making it the best...
Irvine Sensors Forms Thermal Division
Irvine Sensors Corp., developer of miniaturized infrared and electro-optical cameras, image processors and stacked chip assemblies, has appointment Vice President Peter Kenefick as...
Universal Display Loses $20M in 2009
Organic LED (OLED) materials developer Universal Display Corp. posted losses for the fourth quarter of 2009 and for the full year of $3.8 million and $20.5 million respectively, although an increase...
Indium Appoints Matteau
Indium Corp., which supplies the electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin-film and thermal management markets, announced that Jacques Matteau has been named global sales manager. ...
Asylum Research Picks Distributor
Asylum Research has selected Micra Nanotecnologia to sell, install and support its complete line of scanning probe/atomic force microscopes in Latin America. Based in...
Nanofabrication Facility Taps EV Group
EV Group, supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has shipped two wafer bonding systems to the University of Michigan's Lurie...
Rayle to Lead Schott Advanced Materials Unit
Schott has named Dr. Heather Rayle as vice president and general manager for its advanced materials business unit in North America. Rayle held various positions with Rohm and Haas...
Schneider Enters LED Market
Schneider-Kreuznach, a producer of specialty lenses and industrial optics, is entering the LED market with custom LEDs for machine vision, medical and semiconductor technologies. ...
Agilent Wins Trade Secrets Case
Agilent Technologies Inc., a measurement company specializing in communications and chemical analysis, announced a favorable decision in its trade secrets and breach of contract ca...
Applied Expands Display Facility
Applied Materials Inc., a supplier of equipment to the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries, has expanded its Tainan Manufacturing Center. The nearly 15,000-sq-m...
Shimadzu Partners with Cerno
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments announced they are partenering with Cerno Bioscience of Danbury, Conn., a company that applies mathematical techniques to mass spectrometry. The...
Stratophase Develops Sensor
Stratophase, a UK-based real-time biochemical measurement and detection specialist, announced at Pittcon this month that, as part of a consortium of companies, it is developing a multiparametric,...
Corning Supplies LG with Gorilla Glass
Corning Inc. announced that its Gorilla glass has been designed into the LG X300, a newly released mobile PC from LG Electronics of Seoul, South Korea. The aluminosilicate glass en...
Mitsubishi to Expand Solar Business
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced that it has completed construction of its PV Cell Plant #2, a new photovoltaic (PV) cell production facility at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano...
Maxon, NI to Collaborate on Robotics
Maxon Precision Motors, an electric motor technology and motion control products provider, announced a strategic collaboration with National Instruments of Austin, Texas, to highlight mutual areas of...
Linde Electronics, Gases Units Consolidate Service Ops
The Electronics and Specialty Gases business of Linde North America will consolidate its customer services operations in its Stewartsville, N.J. facility. The consolidation comes as part of the...
Samsung Mass-Producing 43-in. LCDs
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it is now mass-producing 43-in. LCD panels for advertising and informational displays. The panels produce images with a panoramic aspect ratio of 4:1, compared...
Omnyx Licenses Olympus Patents
Olympus America Inc. signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Omnyx LLC, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The agreement will...
Lugherini to Lead CILAS
Philippe Lugherini was appointed chief executive officer of CILAS, a subsidiary of EADS and AREVA. Since 2005, Lugherini has been the CEO of Nuclétudes, a subsidiary of EADS Ast...
ESI Expands Singapore Operations
Electro Scientific Industries Inc., a provider of photonic and laser systems for microengineering applications, announced it has expanded its Singaporean operations and has opened ...
Laser Services Promotes Aizupura, Iria
Laser Services Inc. announced the promotions of two internal employees, Melida Aizupura and Paul Iria. Joining the company in 1992 as a production manager, Aizupura will now move to a sales...
GigOptix Enters SOFI Project
GigOptix-Helix AG, a subsidiary of Palo Alto, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor company GigOptix Inc., announced that it will participate in the European Union funded project Silicon-Organic Hybrid...
Agilent Divests Varian Assets to Bruker
Agilent Technologies will sell certain product lines of Varian Inc. to Bruker Corp., the companies announced this week. Divesting certain business segments was a key requirement for obtaining...
Lighting, Display Veterans Join Rambus
Premier technology licensing company Rambus Inc. announced that Dr. Kieran Drain and Mr. Marc McConnaughey have joined the company as vice presidents of its Lighting and Display Technology group. ...
Philip Koen Joins Infinera
Philip Koen has joined the board of directors at Infinera Corp., a supplier of digital optical networking systems to telecommunications carriers worldwide. He brings to the board e...
Laser Services Recertified
Laser Services Inc., a precision laser cutting, drilling, scribing, etching and welding job shop, announced its recent recertification of ISO 9001:2008. The certification verifies that the...
L-3 Acquires Insight Technology
L-3 Communications announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Insight Technology Inc. of Londonderry, N.H., a mission critical night vision and electro-optical equipment manufacturer....
Tracey Joins Vytran as Sales Engineer
Fiber fusion splicing, assembly and fiber-based glass processing solutions supplier Vytran LLC has hired Jim Tracey as its sales engineer for North America. With a primary focus on developing...
Yale Selects Vistec Litho System
Vistec Lithography Inc. announced that Yale University of New Haven, Conn., selected its EBPG5000plus electron-beam lithography system for its future nanotechnology research programs. The...
JPSA Expansion of HQ Begins
JP Sercel Associates Inc. (JPSA) began construction on the first phase of its 20,000-square-foot expansion of its facility. The expansion will provide the company the ability to me...
Jenoptik Opens Laser App Center in Korea
Jenoptik Group has opened its new sales, application and service site in Korea for customers and interested parties in the electronic, flat panel, photovoltaic and automotive industries to test and...
Toptica Photonics Names New VP of R&D
Dr. Patrick Leisching is the new vice president of research and development at diode and ultrafast fiber laser maker Toptica Photonics, the company announced this week. Leisching, ...
Agilent CFO Heads to Skype
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Adrian T. Dillon will resign his position as executive vice president of finance and administration, and chief financial officer, effective April 1. ...
12 Cos. Selected For Funding Session at Invest in Photonics
Twelve emerging technology companies from Europe and North America have been selected to participate in funding opportunities at the 2010 Invest in Photonics International Partneri...
PerkinElmer Buys Out Danaher
PerkinElmer Inc., a global company focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, has announced it has agreed to purchase the remaining interest of its joint venture in inductively...
QED Implements ASI Metrology System
QED Technologies, an exclusive provider of magnetorheological finishing (MRF) and subaperture stitching interferometry (SSI), has announced the implementation of one of its new asp...
Light Replacing Wires in Chips
IBM scientists yesterday unveiled an ultrafast nanophotonic avalanche photodetector for converting faint optical signals into electrical ones. The device, capable of receiving 40 b...
Kyocera Completes Solar Plant, Ups Cell Production
Solar energy systems provider Kyocera Corp. has recently completed construction of its new solar cell manufacturing plant in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture. The new facility was es...
Innovation Photonics Launches
Optical components company, Innovation Photonics (innpho) was launched in December 2009, by Don Wilson, founder of Special Optics OFR (Optics for Research). According to Wilson,...
Elkins Named Chief Scientist at AAT
American Advanced Technologies Inc. (AAT), a company dealing in energy conscious products, has named Robin K. Elkins its chief scientist. This agreement will enable AAT to advance its product line to...
Research & Technology
Single-Atom Laser Realized
Researchers in Austria have successfully realized a single-atom laser, an important step toward a fundamental understanding of laser operation in the few-atom limit, including syst...
1st Sub-10GHz Minispectrometer Made
AiDi Corp. has developed a Fourier-transform, integrated-optic spatial heterodyne (FISH) spectrometer with an ability to correct interferometer defects using electrical data postprocessing at the...
Microvision Completes New PicoP Design
Microvision has completed the design of its ultraminiature PicoP laser projection display engine and has begun shipping evaluation samples to prospective customers, the company announced this week....
Laser Light Controls X-Rays
By changing the material medium through which x-rays pass, scientists are using laser light to control x-ray beams. The team of scientists was led by Thornton E. Glover of Lawrence Berkeley National...
Resolving Individual Light Atoms
Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first i...
Nanogenerators Power New Sensors
By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing...
4-Molecule Nanowire Superconducts
A sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide can be superconducting, scientists have found. The Ohio University-led study provides the first evidence that nanoscale molecular...
Stretchable Electronics — Good for the Heart
Flexible and stretchable electronics that can map waves of electrical activity in the heart with better resolution and speed than that of conventional cardiac monitoring technology have been...
Light Twists Rigid Structures
While light has been known to affect matter on the molecular scale, it has not been observed causing such drastic mechanical twisting to larger particles – until now. After mor...
Laser Security Halts Hackers
Computer hackers are getting smarter, which not only puts our national security at risk, but also compromises our personal and financial information. Now, a new invention is promis...
New Alloys Promise Better PV Cells, LEDs
A recent advance by Arizona State University researchers in developing nanowires could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells for generating energy from sunlight and to better LEDs. ...
Touchless Sensors on the Horizon
The cell phone is switched off but immediately springs into action at the point of a finger. It is not necessary to touch the display. This touchless control is made possible by a polymer sensor...
Century-Old Calculations Prove True
In 1908, the German physicist Gustav Mie came up with an elegant set of equations to describe the interaction of electromagnetic waves with a spherical metal particle. The theory h...
‘Microscope’ to Examine Glass Phase
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.65 million to a project led by physicist Ken Kelton of Washington University in St. Louis to build an electrostatic levitation chambe...
Latest Laser Developments in Berlin
The focus is on semiconductor lasers at this year’s Laser Optics Berlin, held from March 22 to 24, 2010. The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) will present the latest developments in laser technology at...
Ultrafast Optical Communications
A new device could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again. The technology, invented by engineers at the University of California – Davis, could be...
Ross to Lead US-Scotland Photonics Project
Iain Ross was named director at SU2P, a £2.4 million initiative between universities in Scotland and California which will enhance the economic impact of their research in photonic...
Raman/LIBS Aid Explosives Detection
Using a novel hybrid sensor system, Spanish scientists have used both Raman and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) simultaneously for the instant, remote standoff analysis...
Dark Matter Measures Age of Universe
Astronomers from the United States and Europe have used a gravitational lens – a distant, light-bending clump of dark matter – to make a new estimate of the Hubble constant, which determines the size...
Film Scanner Captures Academy Award
Volker Massmann, Markus Hasenzahl, Klaus Anderle and Andreas Loew of the Germany-based company Digital Film Technology Holding GmbH won this year’s Academy Award for the company’s Spirit 4K/2K film...
Autoprobing Tech for Fast Diagnoses
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) has developed a fully automated high-performance microscope with which researchers will be able to study the complex interactions of...
Intevac Awarded $3.5 Million
Intevac Photonics, a subsidiary of Intevac Inc., has received a $3.5 million subcontract from the US Army for the development and evaluation of a 2-megapixel, digital night vision camera to be...
ARRA to Help Build Telescope
A team led by Charles L. Bennett of Johns Hopkins University has won a $5 million National Science Foundation grant – administered through the federal stimulus package – to build a telescope that...
GM Developing Next-Gen Windshield
Imagine a fog-shrouded morning when you cannot see the end of your driveway, let alone the road on which you are about to drive. Wouldn’t it be great if the sides of the road could magically appear...
Large Hadron Collider Sets Record
Two 3.5 TeV proton beams successfully circulated in the Large Hadron Collider for the first time on March 19. This is the highest energy achieved to date and an important step on ...
PolyBright to Advance Polymer Welding
New high brightness laser sources in the near-infrared (NIR) range are being developed for the welding of polymeric materials without the use of an IR absorber under the European U...
Air Force to Fund Photonic Tech
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting proposals for $2.4 million in funding under its Photonics Manufacturing Program to help address manufacturing challenges associated ...
Hydrophobic Coatings Patent Awarded
Corrosion-resistant, more environmentally acceptable coatings have been realized by Sergiu M. Gorun, PhD, associate professor of chemistry at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). These coatings...
Diamond Properties Speed Quantum Computing
Another decisive step forward in the development of quantum computers has been successful. For the first time, researchers at Ruhr University and at the Universities of Stuttgart and Texas at Austin...
Solar Energy Converted to Sugars
Thanks to a semitropical frog species, energy from the sun and carbon from the air are being converted to sugars, which in turn can be turned into new forms of biofuels. In nat...
Asylum Research Picks Distributor
Asylum Research has selected Micra Nanotecnologia to sell, install and support its complete line of scanning probe/atomic force microscopes in Latin America. Based in...
Father of Arecibo Observatory Dies
Bill Gordon, the engineer who conceived, built and managed the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, died of natural causes Feb. 16 in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 92. Gordon was serving on Cornell...
NEMS Oscillators May Detect Toxins
By watching how energy moves across a tiny device Cornell researchers are a step closer to creating extraordinarily tiny sensors that can instantly recognize harmful substances in ...
When Molecules Leave Tire Tracks
The ability that some molecules have to arrange themselves into patterns on surfaces is crucial for many technological applications. However, it has been virtually impossible to predict or control...
Greenhouse Gas Lit Up with Lasers
Elliot Scientific has revealed video footage captured by scientists at the University of St. Andrews using M Squared Lasers’ novel Firefly-IR laser showing greenhouse gas plumes. ...
Real-Time View of Living Cells
For the first time scientists have recorded real-time microscopic images showing the deadly effects of naturally occurring proteins, called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), in live bacteria....
Large Lenses Enable Fusion Research
The largest lenses ever produced for a fusion research facility are being used to measure plasma density and temperatures up to 23 million degrees Celsius inside the MegaAmp Spheri...
Enhanced Micro CoMPASS Takes Flight
Elbit Systems Ltd. has completed a series of test flights of its enhanced Micro CoMPASS electro-optic payload with advanced capabilities as part of the company’s Hermes 90 unmanned aircraft system....
Imperfect Chips Enhance Quantum Technology
A lot of effort is put into perfecting optical chips, which, among other applications, are used within quantum technology. However, a group at DUT Fotonik is saying that imperfectio...
Viruses Probed for Quantum Behavior
Typically, quantum mechanics studies the behavior of energy and matter at the atomic scale, but a German-Spanish research group has begun looking for ways to detect quantum pr...
Lighting the Fabric of Our Lives
Imagine children’s jackets that can light up to see them safely home from school in the dark, curtains that can emit light to mimic natural daylight conditions, or bandages that sh...
Golden Bullet Targets Cancer
The mythological silver bullet has just been turned gold. A highly targeted medical treatment, known as the silver bullet, the magic bullet or the Zuberkugel, has become a focu...
LLNL Mirrors Used for Solar Mission
A technology originally developed to make computer chips smaller, faster and more powerful is now being used in space to take images of the sun every 10 seconds with 10 times better resolution that...
Molecule Could Advance Displays
The first stable derivative of nonacene has been synthesized, creating a compound that holds significant promise in the manufacture of flexible organic electronics such as large displays, solar cells...
Light Focused Through Opaques
Materials such as paper, paint, and biological tissue are opaque because the light that passes through them is scattered in complicated and seemingly random ways. A new experiment conducted by...
Thermopower Creating Waves
Like a flame speeding along the length of a lit fuse, a powerful wave of energy can be created by using a laser to ignite a reactive-fuel-coated carbon nanotube. It could lead to a...
Tracey Joins Vytran as Sales Engineer
Fiber fusion splicing, assembly and fiber-based glass processing solutions supplier Vytran LLC has hired Jim Tracey as its sales engineer for North America. With a primary focus on developing...
Laser Pulses Changed to RF Signals
A tiny device capable of converting ultrafast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency signals using innovative "microring resonators." Such an advance could enable all comm...
Light Replacing Wires in Chips
IBM scientists yesterday unveiled an ultrafast nanophotonic avalanche photodetector for converting faint optical signals into electrical ones. The device, capable of receiving 40 b...
Graphene Hybrid Created
Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists. The...
Quantum Computing Circuit Created
In a move that may help quantum computing become a reality, physicists have created an atomic circuit by exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second...
Laser Ablation for Art Restoration
Laser ablation has found numerous applications in biomedical and industrial settings. This technique involves removing material from a solid surface by vaporizing the material with...
Quantum Leap for Phonon Lasers
Physicists have taken major steps forward in the development of practical phonon lasers, which emit sound in much the same way that optical lasers emit light. The development s...
acquisitions
Agilent Divests Varian Assets to Bruker
Agilent Technologies will sell certain product lines of Varian Inc. to Bruker Corp., the companies announced this week. Divesting certain business segments was a key requirement for obtaining regulatory approval of its Varian acquisition, Agilent said.
L-3 Acquires Insight Technology
L-3 Communications announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Insight Technology Inc. of Londonderry, N.H., a mission critical night vision and electro-optical equipment manufacturer....
PerkinElmer Buys Out Danaher
PerkinElmer Inc., a global company focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, has announced it has agreed to purchase the remaining interest of its joint venture in inductively...
Products
Camera Driver Package Upgrade
AHRENSBURG, Germany, March 31, 2010 — Basler Vision Technologies has released version 2.2 of its pylon camera driver package which can be downloaded free from the company’s Web site, including the software development kit and the Release Notes, which include descriptions of the new features and improvements. The driver has been enhanced to include any kind of vision application. C++ programming language support has been...
Basler AG
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USB Laser Sensor Interface
LOGAN, Utah, March 31, 2010 — Introduced by Ophir-Spiricon LLC, Juno is a smart USB sensor-to-PC interface that converts a laptop or desktop PC into a laser power/energy meter. It connects any of the company’s smart...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Analyzer Plug-In Module
SAN DIEGO, March 30, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the 86115D optical receiver plug-in module for its 86100C digital communications analyzer (DCA) that allows engineers to simultaneously test multiple optical...
Bearing Load Cells
WYCKOFF, N.J., March 30, 2010 — The SS6000 series from Sherborne Sensors is a range of shear strain gauge load cells that directly integrate with new or existing roll bearing systems for high-precision force measurements in web...
Sherborne Sensors Ltd.
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High-Resolution Tau Uncooled Thermal Camera
FLIR's Tau 640 is the world's first commercial 640 × 480 uncooled longwave thermal camera to feature a 17-micron detector. Nearly 25% smaller than previous Tau models, Tau 640 is lightweight,...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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Spectro MS
MAHWAH, N.J, March 29, 2010 — The Spectro MS from Spectro Analytical Instruments is a mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma that simultaneously records the entire elemental spectrum between lithium and uranium for...
Spectro Analytical Instruments Inc.
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Mobility Instrument
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 29, 2010 — Wyatt Technology Corp. has launched the Möbius instrument for fast, reliable and noninvasive measurements of macromolecular electrophoretic mobilities. The laser-based device provides...
Wyatt Technology Corp.
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125-A Bipolar Amplifier
FLUSHING, N.Y., March 26, 2010 – Kepco Inc. has added a high-current model to its four-quadrant 1-kW BOP bipolar operational amplifier series. The BOP 6-125MG enables the user to source or sink up to 125 A using a single 3U module...
Kepco Inc.
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Conex Photonics Control Devices
IRVINE, Calif., March 26, 2010 – Newport Corp. has introduced the Conex family of compact photonics control instruments, featuring three new devices that connect easily via USB plug-and-play technology and allow simple and highly...
MKS/Newport
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Self-Heating Sensor Chips
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., March 26, 2010 – For thermal resistance measuring applications, State of the Art Inc. has introduced a line of microwave self-heating sensor chips that use platinum on alumina and oxidized silicon. The...
State of The Art Inc.
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M3 Micromechantronic Module
VICTOR, N.Y., March 25, 2010 – New Scale Technologies Inc. has announced its M3 micro-mechatronic module design platform for rapid development of custom closed-loop microactuator modules. Building on proprietary miniature...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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Fastcam BC2 Camera
SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2010 – Photron Inc. has announced the Fastcam BC2, a high-definition video camera designed for television broadcast, commercials and motion picture production. With a 12-bit dynamic range and 2000...
Photron USA Inc.
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Laser Special in May Photonics Spectra
Walk through laser's history with the laser pioneers and find out where we're headed in the next 50 years. Find out what it was like in the early days of laser start-ups and how the US and other...
Photonics Media
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AC/DC Power Systems
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., March 24, 2010 – UltraVolt Inc. has announced The BT series AC/DC turnkey benchtop high-voltage power systems that offer flexible output voltages and polarity. Each system houses a high-voltage power supply from the...
UltraVolt Inc.
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Falcon Video Measuring System
WOKING, England, March 24, 2010 – Vision Engineering Ltd. has unveiled the Falcon three-axis video measuring system for use by quality departments requiring instant noncontact measurement in the X-, Y- and Z-axes. Using a...
Vision Engineering Ltd.
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ML-L00502 Lens
TOKYO, March 23, 2010 – Moritex Corp. has developed a lens for use in high-definition line-scan cameras. From the center of the image to the edges, the ML-L00502 offers an exact, high-contrast picture display at a screen...
Moritex Corp., International Sales Div.
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Sapphire Wafer Carriers
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 23, 2010 – A low-cost line of sapphire wafer carriers perforated with custom patterns for vacuum hold-down or delamination and more durable than quartz and other materials (second only to diamond in terms of...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Multidiscussion System
THORNWOOD, N.Y., March 23, 2010 – Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. has launched a multidiscussion system for Axio Scope and Axio Imager light microscopes, enabling up to 21 individuals to view the same microscope image field...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC
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Oscilloscope Upgrade
PITTSFORD, N.Y., March 22, 2010 – Saelig Co. Inc. has announced enhancements for its portable PDS5022S two-channel 25-MHz benchtop oscilloscope. Autoscale can be set to automatically adjust vertical gain or horizontal time base, or...
Saelig Co. Inc.
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Round and Oval LED Lamps
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19, 2010 – Avago Technologies has introduced surface-mount-technology (SMT) high-brightness oval and round LED lamps for use in indoor and outdoor electronic sign applications. Available in amber, red,...
Broadcom Inc.
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100-µm Fiber-Coupled Module
MAINZ, Germany, March 19, 2010 – Dilas has developed a high-brightness, conduction-cooled fiber-coupled diode laser module, based on diode laser bars, that provides up to 40-W output power from a 100-µm fiber core at 976 nm...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
Laser Diode Controller
IRVINE, Calif., March 18, 2010 – Newport Corp. announced the Model 6100 benchtop laser diode and temperature controller. The 500- to 1500-mA current supply range, along with the 32-W temperature controller renders it suitable for...
MKS/Newport
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ORCA-Flash2.8 Camera
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 18, 2010 – Hamamatsu Corp.’s ORCA-Flash2.8, a digital camera based on a scientific CMOS image sensor, is designed for low-light imaging at high frame rates. The FL-280 sensor features 2.8 megapixels...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Genesis UV Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 18, 2010 – The Genesis CX355 -250 laser from Coherent Inc. delivers true-CW, ultraviolet, solid-state performance, producing more than 250 mW of TEM00 output. It uses proprietary optically pumped...
Coherent Inc.
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Three-Chip Color Camera
IRVINE, Calif., March 17, 2010 – Toshiba Imaging Systems Div.’s IK-TF7 three-CCD progressive-scan color camera has been integrated into the Micron III retinal imaging microscope developed by Phoenix Research Labs. The...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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Linux Programming Library
BERLIN, March 17, 2010 – A 4-bit programmer's library is available for PicoQuant GmbH’s PicoHarp 300 time-correlated single-photon-counting system. API-compatible with the corresponding 32-bit library version 2.3...
PicoQuant GmbH
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Surface-Mount Technology LEDs
NORTHVILLE, Mich., March 17, 2010 – The Ostar high-power LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors has been developed for use in automotive daytime running light applications based on the use of lightguides. The surface-mount technology...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Transient Mass Spectrometer
WARRINGTON, UK, March 15, 2010 – Hiden Analytical Ltd.’s Transient mass spectrometer system is designed for the analysis of fast transient gas events at pressures near atmosphere. The compact benchtop system is based on...
Hiden Analytical Ltd.
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EP21FL Epoxy System
HACKENSACK, N.J., March 15, 2010 – Master Bond Inc.’s is a two-part epoxy resin system that features low to moderate viscosity. It is suitable for potting, coating and sealing electronic assemblies and for bonding dissimilar...
Master Bond Inc.
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Broadband Radiometer
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., March 15, 2010 – Spectrum Detector Inc. has introduced the T.rad Series of broadband digital radiometers with sensitivity in the far-IR and the 0.1- to 100-THz regions of the spectrum. The state-of-the-art, thin-film...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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LWIR Bandpass Filters
SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 12, 2010 – Deposition Sciences Inc. provides long- wavelength infrared (LWIR) bandpass filters that operate at temperatures between ambient and 10 K. The thin-film coatings are manufactured via proprietary...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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Conduction-Cooled Laser Modules
MAINZ, Germany, March 12, 2010 – Dilas announced the release of conduction-cooled multibar laser modules with a homogeneous top-hat optical beam profile. Handling up to 500-W output in standard wavelengths, the modules are based on...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
InGaAs SWIR Cameras
PRINCETON, N.J., March 11, 2010 – Sensors Unlimited Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, has introduced two cameras with enhancements that expand the dynamic range of short wave infrared (SWIR) imagery. The InGaAs SWIR SU320KTX has a...
Sensors Unlimited Inc.
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Spindle Alignment Kit
PEABODY, Mass., March 11, 2010 – Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. has introduced a measuring and alignment system for lathes, turning equipment, spindles and related machinery. The lathe and spindle alignment kit is turnkey, easy to use...
Pinpoint Laser Systems
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Immersion BARC
ROLLA, Mo., March 11, 2010 – Brewer Science has launched the ARC29L coating, a state-of-the-art argon-fluoride immersion bottom antireflection coating (BARC) that provides broad photoresist compatibility and tuned optical...
Brewer Science Inc.
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OTS-LSC Laser Safety Curtain
IRVINE, Calif., March 10, 2010 – Newport Corp. has announced the latest offering in its SmartTable OTS optical table system family, the OTS-LSC integrated laser safety curtain that connects directly to the SmartTable-OTS overhead...
MKS/Newport
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Sperian Milan
Laser eyewear shouldn’t just protect, it should look good doing it. The Sperian Milan addresses the complicated factors of laser protection while still providing contemporary styling, fashion...
Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc.
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Precision Optics
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 9, 2010 – Precision Glass & Optics is offering advanced thin-film coatings, commercial optics and standard and customized precision optics. The in-house facility specializes in plano optical components,...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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Translation Stages
BARRINGTON, N.J., March 9, 2010 – Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec single-axis translation stages featuring a crossed-roller guide system that provides higher accuracy, rigidity and load capacity. The precision stages...
Edmund Optics
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Beam Shaper
BERLIN, March 9, 2010 – MolTech GmbH is offering improved versions of its Focal-piShaper beam shaping systems. The instruments convert a Gaussian laser beam into a beam whose shape is optimized to create a flattop, donut,...
MolTech GmbH
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Coherent Diode Lasers for Defense
Coherent offers high power diode laser solutions to the defense market, including kW-stacks and fiber-coupled devices. Our AAA technology, PulseLife™ packaging, and experienced engineering and...
Coherent Inc.
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UVA Spot-Curing System
TORRINGTON, Conn., March 2, 2010 – Dymax Corp.’s BlueWave LED Prime UVA high-intensity spot-curing system has no consumable bulbs to change and no warm-up, and it provides cool cures and constant intensity for thousands of...
Dymax, Headquarters
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Live-Cell Fluorescence Imaging
HAMBURG, Germany, March 2, 2010 – Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has introduced its cell^FRAP system for fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), fluorescence loss in photobleaching, pattern bleaching to simulate fluorescent...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Scientific Imaging Software
TRENTON, N.J., March 2, 2010 – Princeton Instruments has released LightField, a 64-bit data acquisition software platform for use in spectroscopy and scientific imaging. It controls the company’s cameras and...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Nonmagnetic Vibration Isolator
IRVINE, Calif., March 1, 2010 – Newport Corp. has introduced the S-2000AN Stabilizer nonmagnetic vibration isolator that provides 1-Hz vertical resonant frequency and vertical isolation efficiency of 98% at 10 Hz and a load...
MKS/Newport
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Precision Hot Mirrors
TORRANCE, Calif., March 1, 2010 – ZC&R Coatings for Optics Inc. offers heat-control, dichroic optical coatings that filter unnecessary energy from a light source. The hot mirrors separate unwanted infrared from visible light for...
Abrisa Technologies
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Optical Fiber Test Platform
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C., March 1, 2010 – M2 Optics Inc. has released the ruggedized FiberLab 800HE testing platform for applications involving rough handling and harsh conditions, such as field and laboratory testing, manufacturing...
M2 Optics Inc.
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