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PhotoMachining Certified ITAR-Compliant PhotoMachining Inc. received certification from the US Department of State as an ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) compliant manufacturer. Under registration code #M26561, the...

LIA Workshop Attendance Up 50% The Laser Institute of America’s (LIA) second-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop in Houston drew 50 percent more attendees as well as more sponsors and vendors than the debut show of...

Sun Automation to Distribute Sick Products Sick, a sensors, safety systems, machine vision and automatic identification products manufacturer, announced Sun Automation Inc. as its authorized distributor. Sun Automation will carry Sick’s...

Jenoptik Extends Diamond-Turning Capabilities to US

Jenoptik announced the extension of its diamond turning capabilities to its US-based operations by installing equipment in the Jupiter, Fla. manufacturing operations of Jenoptik Optical Systems Inc....

Tabor to Distribute for Agilent Agilent Technologies Inc. and Tabor Electronics Ltd. have announced an OEM agreement establishing Tabor as a provider of Agilent test solutions for the high-speed arbitrary waveform generator market....

QED Names New President

QED Technologies Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Kulawiec as its new president. The appointment comes after a period of transition at QED following the announcement of its founder Don...

Discovery Channel Telescope Awards Contract to OST Optical Surface Technologies (OST) announced its recent contract award with the Discovery Channel Telescope at Lowell Observatory to coat the 4.3 m primary mirror and to provide manufacturing support...

Radiant, DLO Forge Pact Radiant Imaging, a manufacturer of CCD-based imaging systems for color and light measurement, and Delta Light & Optics (DLO) have announced that Radiant will be the exclusive worldwide sales...

Avantes China Opens Shanghai Office To continue to provide its customers in China with sales and technical support, Avantes China announced the expansion of its team with the addition of a new office in Shanghai. Based in the new...

Photonis Awarded US Patent

Electro-optics manufacturer, Photonis USA announced it was awarded a patent from the US Patent Office for an etching manufacturing process used to create glass microwell plates. The patent is the...

Ocean Optics Buys Sandhouse Design Ocean Optics Inc. announced Thursday that it acquired the assets of Sandhouse Design LLC, a designer and manufacturer of modular mid-infrared spectrometers, LEDs, light sources and other photonics...

Edmund Offers STEM Lab Grants

University labs, Edmund Optics may have a grant with your name on it. At the CLEO/QELS 2010 exhibition this week, product manager David Henz discussed the company’s University Grant program....

Cree LEDs to Light Habitat Kitchens Cree Inc. and Habitat for Humanity International have announced a three-year, $1.5 million pledge to provide high-efficiency Cree LED downlights for kitchens in all new Habitat homes built in the US....

Varian Joins Agilent Technologies Bill Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of Agilent Technologies Inc. announced in a letter to its customers that Varian Inc. is now part of the measurement company. Together, the two...

Bruker Acquires Product Lines Bruker Corp. announced the closing of its acquisition of three former Varian Inc. product lines from Agilent Technologies Inc., which were divested in Agilent’s May 14 acquisition of Varian....

Sandia Lab Names New Director The Sandia Corp. board of directors announced the appointment of Paul J. Hommert as its president and as director of Sandia National Laboratories, effective July 9, 2010. Currently the...

GE Celebrates Laser’s 50th with Blog

GE scientists specializing in laser technology development at GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the GE, today marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser with the...

OSA Announces 2010 Awards The Optical Society (OSA) announced the 2010 recipients of its awards and medals for exceptional achievement in the field of optics and photonics. “OSA’s Awards and Honors program...

Tektronix Buys Mixed Signals Inc. Tektronix Inc., a supplier of test, measurement and monitoring products and solutions, has announced that it has acquired Mixed Signals Inc. of El Segundo, Calif. for an undisclosed amount. Mixed...

President Obama Recognizes Laser’s 50th President Barack Obama sent a Presidential Message to the founding partners of LaserFest, a year-long initiative created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, recognizing the...

JPSA Partners with AGK-World in Europe JP Sercel Associates Inc. (JPSA) announced the appointment of AGK-World as its business development consultant to enhance JPSA Laser’s presence in the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe. AGK-World...

Canon Breaks Ground on New Americas HQ Digital imaging and advanced office solutions provider Canon USA Inc. announced recently it broke ground at its new North and South American headquarters campus in Melville. The new facility will...

Veeco Announces Grant Winners Veeco Instruments Inc., a provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community, recently announced the winners of the second phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program,...

IDS Sells 100,000th Camera

Almost exactly six years after the launch of its uEye industrial camera series, machine vision specialist IDS Imaging Development Systems recently sold its 100,000th camera. The 5-megapixel Gigabit...

Solar Micro-Inverter to Debut Enecsys Ltd. will reveal details of its solar PV grid connected micro-inverter technology at a press conference during the Intersolar Europe 2010 show in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday, June 9. The...

QD Vision Takes Silver at Edisons QD Vision, developer of Quantum Light nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, took home the silver medal at this year’s Edison Best New Products Awards for its...

New Site for Blackbody Calibrators Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC (BD&E) has announced the launch of a new Web site to promote its thermal imaging calibration instruments. The site caters particularly to the needs of a select...

NPL Launches Measurement Network Businesses and universities across the UK can sign up to access the most up-to-date measurement knowledge and research to add weight to their work and help new ideas flourish. The National...

Schliesser Receives Otto Hahn Medal

Dr. Albert Schliesser, a young research scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2009. Schliesser received the award “for his...

Machine Vision Training Offered Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the global industry’s trade...

Ellsworth Launches New Canadian Web site Ellsworth Adhesives, an adhesives products and equipment distributor, announced the launch of its Canadian Web site, www.ellsworthadhesives.ca, a comprehensive source of more than 3000 product SKUs...

Ondax Nabs NSF Grant to Develop Tunable Lasers Ondax Inc. announced Monday that it received a $500,000 Phase II award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue development of a novel miniature external-cavity tunable single frequency...

Carl Zeiss Acquires IMAS Carl Zeiss Ltd. announced Tuesday it will acquire Imaging Associates Ltd. (IMAS), a maker of products for scientific digital imaging and light microscopy, for an undisclosed amount. IMAS, which is...

Du Wins Innovative Laser Technology 2010

Keming Du, DSc, managing director of EdgeWave GmbH, has won the Innovation Award Laser Technology 2010, which was presented at a ceremony during the International Laser Technology Congress AKL’10 in...

JSR Joins Sematech at UAlbany NanoCollege In a collaboration aimed at providing cost-effective semiconductor materials for 22 nm nodes, JSR Corp.’s US operation, JSR Micro, has joined Sematech, a global consortium of chipmakers, at the...

Glimmerglass Appoints Schilp Sales VP for EMEA Intelligent optical layer management solutions supplier, Glimmerglass appointed Bernd Schilp to vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately. With new...

Agilent Wins Testing Awards Agilent Technologies Inc. recently announced that its Medalist i3070 Series 5 in-circuit test solution garnered two major technology awards during the Nepcon Shanghai 2010 trade show in late April....

Raytheon Nabs $34M for Laser-Guided Missile Raytheon Co., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., has been awarded $34.4 million by the United States Air Force to continue design work on the AGM-65E2/L laser-guided Maverick missile, the newest...

9% Growth Expected in Laser Market Worldwide laser sales fell 25 percent in 2009, the first decline since 2000. Subsequently, 2009 was still among the 6 top revenue years in the history of the laser. According to a new report,...

Jenoptik Units Merge Jenoptik AG announced that the laser technology division of Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systems GmbH and Jenoptik Laserdiode GmbH have merged to form Jenoptik Laser GmbH, while the Optics, Microoptics and...

Laser Welding Research Hall Opens

A new hall with a semi-industrial laser system has been built at the GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, in collaboration with Airbus Deutschland GmbH. GKSS invested roughly one million Euros in the...

Cristal Laser Marks 20 Years To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Cristal Laser looks back on its success as a leader in the growth of nonlinear materials. The company began as a spinoff of the University of Sciences at...

Oerlikon Receives Thin Film PV Certifications Oerlikon Solar, manufacturer of thin film photovoltaic (PV) equipment, has received several technology certifications from Underwriters Laboratories, an independent product safety certification...

Tessera to Acquire Siimpel Tessera Technologies Inc. announced its entrance into a definitive agreement to acquire microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based camera solutions manufacturer Siimpel Corp. of Arcadia, Calif. ...

NKT Photonics, Fianium Settle Suit Specialty fibers and fiber lasers maker NKT Photonics A/S of Denmark and England-based ultrafast fiber lasers manufacturer Fianium have settled their 15-month UK patent dispute, the companies...

GigOptix Launches ‘Sunset Rescue’ Program A service that provides replacements for obsolete application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) using a methodology owned by GigOptix Inc. through its...

Erickson Joins CVI Melles Griot David Erickson has joined CVI Melles Griot as vice president of technology for optics and photonic products, the company announced Thursday. Erickson, who has experience in managing photonic product...

PI Expands Sales Offices in Europe Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG of Karlsruhe, Germany announced Tuesday it strengthened its European sales organization with new offices and people. Strategically located close to...

Coherent Acquires Beam Dynamics In a move aimed at strengthening its position in the low- to mid-power materials processing space, laser maker Coherent Inc. announced it has acquired privately held laser machining centers...

Spectros Sells Patent to Philips Spectros Corp. announced it will sell an optical biotechnology-related patent to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. The purchase price was not disclosed. The patent concerns multispectral pulse...

Coherent, SiOnyx Partner to Develop Black Silicon Coherent Inc. and SiOnyx Inc. announced they will partner to evaluate and develop SiOnyx's black silicon material for solar applications. Black silicon offers a number of advantages for the solar...

T-Ray Grants Toptica Tech License Terahertz (THz) research company T-Ray Science Inc. announced it has granted a licensing agreement to Toptica Photonics Inc., a THz source supplier. Under the terms of the agreement, the former...

104 W EUV Light Source Output Achieved Gigaphoton Inc., a lithography light source manufacturer, announced that an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source developed by the technology consortium Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography System...

LED Lighting Alliance Unveiled

Everlight Electronics Co., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan; Lighting Competence Center GmbH (LCC), the R&D center of Everlight Electronics Europe, located in Karlsruhe, Germany; and Texas-based...

Indium, Ormet Ink Support Deal Indium Corp., a materials supplier for the global electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin film and thermal management markets, has signed a joint marketing and technical support agreement for...

Technology Doubles Oscilloscope Bandwidth up to 60 GHz Serial data test solutions provider LeCroy Corp. announced that the sixth-generation of digital bandwidth interleave (DBI) technology has been demonstrated successfully in its design labs in New...

IPG Photonics Profit Surges 167% Fiber laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. today reported first quarter 2010 net income of $3.4 million, or 7 cents a share, more than double the $1.3 million it earned during the same time period a year...

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

Visually Guided Laser Treats Arrhythmia

A new treatment known as a visually-guided laser balloon catheter successfully interrupted abnormal electrical pulses in patients and pigs with intermittent, irregular heartbeats, has been reported by the American Heart Association. Severe cases of irregular heartbeat may require a procedure called ablation, which destroys a group of "misfiring" cells to stop abnormal electrical impulses that...

Self-Assembling Optical Legos

Scientists from four US universities have created a way to use Rice University’s light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures that could find use in chemical...

Spinning Nanofibers Like Cotton Candy

A new patent-pending invention literally spins, stretches and pushes out 100 nanometer-diameter polymer-based threads using a rotating drum and nozzle – much like a cotton candy machine....

Remote Sensing Tracks Invasive Trees

A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists has refined remote sensing tools for identifying invasive Ashe juniper shrubs and trees in central Texas and nearby regions. These findings...

Mining for Quantum Dots

Graphene, the one-atom-thick, honeycomb-like form of carbon, is the material of choice for physicists on the cutting edge of materials science. Researchers mentored by Boris Yakobson, a Rice...

NanoWizard Studies 5300-Year-Old Iceman

Studying historical artifacts is always of interest and when the latest nanotechnology instrumentation is applied to the analysis of ancient materials, the interest rises to a higher level. In the...

‘Microlens’ Enhances IR Satellite Imaging

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new nanotechnology-based ’microlens’ that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new...

Glass Fiber Interface Stores Quantum Info

A quantum interface based on an ultrathin glass fiber, which connects light particles and atoms, has been realized by physicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. According to the team,...

GigE Vision for 3-D Medical Research

ThreeRivers 3D, a 3-D imaging device maker, has been commissioned by a major medical research center to develop a 3-D hand scanner. The purpose of this custom device is to scan patients’ hands...

Quantum-Optical Transistor Controls Light

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) are claiming the ability to control the optical properties of a single atom using laser light. The group, led by Professor Gerhard...

EMCCD Resets Limit of 3-D Imaging With the help of a highly sensitive Andor iXon+ electron-multiplying CCD camera, US researchers have developed a super-resolution, 3-D imaging technique that can resolve single fluorescent molecules...

Scientists Image Inside Marine Worm

Scientists have for the first time successfully imaged the internal tissues of a soft-bodied marine worm at high resolution using a technique borrowed from biomedical science. "Invertebrate worms are...

Nanoscale Physical Phenomenon Discovered A nanoscale phenomenon has been discovered that could lead to faster, less expensive portable diagnostic devices and push back frontiers in building micro-mechanical and "lab on a chip" devices. In...

Edmund Offers STEM Lab Grants

University labs, Edmund Optics may have a grant with your name on it. At the CLEO/QELS 2010 exhibition this week, product manager David Henz discussed the company’s University Grant program....

Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong

A century after Albert Einstein said we would never be able to observe the instantaneous velocity of tiny particles as they randomly shake and shimmy, so-called Brownian motion, physicist Mark Raizen...

BE Technique Reveals ‘Rayleigh Behaviors’

The revolutionary new Band Excitation (BE) technique, co-developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Asylum Research, has provided clues to the origins of unique properties of materials...

Manufacturing Method Holds Promise for PV

Thanks to a new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered at the University of Illinois, the future of solar energy just got brighter. Although silicon is the industry standard semiconductor in...

e2V Sensors to Study the Planet Venus On Friday, May 21, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” is scheduled to be launched into space to study the planet Venus, carrying with...

3M to Showcase 20-Finger Technology at SID 3M to Showcase 20-Finger Technology at SID METHUEN, Mass., May 19, 2010 — Many interactive software developers are embracing “multitouch interactivity” as the next-generation...

Herschel Finds a Hole in Space

The Herschel infrared space telescope has made an unexpected discovery: a hole in space. The surprising gap has provided astronomers with a glimpse into the end of the star-forming process. Stars are...

Light Inhibits Fungal Growth

It is quite possbile that the days of moldy fruit have come to an end. Researchers at the Max Rubner Institute (formerly the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Food) in Germany have discovered...

New Report on Indian Solar PV Industry While on solar photovoltaics, I'd like to draw your attention to a new report on the Indian solar photovoltaic industry, courtesy, the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). The report, titled...

Lidar Mapping Revolutionizes Archaeology

Using lasers and sensors aboard a Cessna 337 aircraft, researchers from the University of Central Florida have collected 25 years worth of data in four days about ancient Maya civilizations. The...

Exotic Multibody Collisions Revealed

At extremely low temperatures atoms can aggregate into so-called Bose Einstein condensates (BEC) forming coherent laser-like matter waves. Due to interactions between the atoms fundamental quantum...

QDs Could Revolutionize Computing

Physicists at McGill University have developed a system for measuring the energy involved in adding electrons to semiconductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots – a technology that may...

Tabletop 3-D System to Print in Glass

A new European project called Femtoprint will begin this month with the hope of designing a convenient 3-D laser printer that will print microstructures in glass. With this ‘femtoprinter’...

DNA Could Drive Next-Gen Logic Chips

A Duke University engineer is using the unique properties of DNA, the double-helix carrier of all life’s information, to produce simple, next generation logic circuits inexpensively in almost...

CEA-Leti Study Aims to Improve PDT CEA-Leti, a public research and technology company based in France, announced the launch of the Target-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating...

LaserMotive Plans Laser-Powered Fuel System for UAVs LaserMotive, an R&D company specializing in laser power, has unveiled its blueprint for creating the first endless power system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). “Because laser...

First LED Replacement Bulb Unveiled

Royal Philips Electronics unveiled its 12-W EnduraLED light bulb, the industry’s first LED replacement for a 60-W incandescent light bulb. Shown for the first time at the Lightfair International...

Imaging Photosynthetic Dynamics

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have managed, with the help of an advanced x-ray flash, to photograph the movement of atoms during photosynthesis. Photograph of a photosynthetic...

Better Rydberg Atom Trap Built

In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap. Rydberg atoms are highly excited, nearly-ionized giants that...

Omni-Focus Camera Sees Near and Far

Researchers at the University of Toronto have announced a breakthrough in video camera design dubbed the Omni-focus video camera. Based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, the device...

THz Control Could Mean X-Ray Vision Boston University researchers are closing in on making x-ray vision a reality. Led by BU’s Richard Averitt, the team has developed a new way to detect and control terahertz (THz) radiation...

Laser Welding Research Hall Opens

A new hall with a semi-industrial laser system has been built at the GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, in collaboration with Airbus Deutschland GmbH. GKSS invested roughly one million Euros in the...

NIST Calibration Surpassed

General Photonics, manufacturer of dynamic polarization and timing management, has developed a calibration system for the PSGA-101A polarization measurement system and confirmed that the...

Second X-Ray Laser Approved

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has granted approval for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – home of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world’s first hard X-ray laser...

Lensless Imaging of Whole Cells

Scientists working at beamline 9.0.1 of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have used x-ray diffraction microscopy to make...

Moth-Inspired Coating is Perfectly Nonreflective

new hybrid nanocoating that ensures a perfectly nonreflecting view on displays and other transparent surfaces has recently been unveiled. The nanocoating is applied during manufacturing, which...

New Cell Phone App: Night Vision

A University of Florida engineer has crafted a nickel-sized imaging device for night vision that uses organic LED technology similar to that found in cell phone or laptop screens. But unlike night...

World Metrology Day Inches Closer

"Accurate measurement is at the heart of physics, and in my experience, new physics begins at the next decimal place," said Steven Chu, now the US Secretary of Energy, at the 125th anniversary of the...

Holographic Adaptive Optics Improve UAVs

Holographic adaptive optics could help transform software into computer-free electronics for more efficient unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-energy lasers and free-space optical communications....

Plastic Filter to Boost Optical Communication A new nano-based technology that can make computers and the Internet hundreds of times faster could make its way to the nanophotonics market within the next 5 to 10 years. Dr. Koby Scheuer of...

‘Pure’ Positronium Could Lead to Gamma Ray Lasers

‘Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together. In 2007, physicists at the University of California, Riverside created molecular positronium,...

Car Steered with Eyes Alone

Scientists at Freie University, working under the direction of computer science professor Raúl Rojas, gave a completely new meaning to the standard rule for drivers, “Keep your eyes on...

ACQUISITIONS

Ophir Optronics Acquires Photon Inc. Precision laser measurement company Ophir Optronics announced Tuesday it has added scanning-slit technology to its beam profiling product line through the acquisition of Photon Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1984, San Jose-based Photon Inc. provides a range of instruments for aligning and building laser optical systems, collimating lasers, and characterizing...

PRODUCTS

RamSpec-1064-HR Raman System

FREMONT, Calif., May 28, 2010 — BaySpec Inc.’s RamSpec series high-resolution long-wave 1064-nm compact Raman system is designed for high performance, long-term reliability and ultralow fluorescence interference for...

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High-speed 3-D Camera

MINNEAPOLIS, May 28, 2010 — For improving uptime in packaging, automotive and electronics applications, Sick Inc. has launched a high-speed 3-D camera that measures color and the 3-D shape of objects, resulting in more reliable...

SICK Inc.

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Illumination Microscopy

WETZLAR, Germany, May 27, 2010 — Resolution and contrast are crucially important for fluorescence applications in wide-field microscopy. Undesired haze effects that reduce contrast can be minimized by using the smart principle of...

Leica Microsystems GmbH

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Backscatter Reflectometer 4200

ROANOKE, Va., May 27, 2010 — Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Inc., has launched the optical backscatter reflectometer 4200, a new generation portable ultrahigh-resolution device offering advanced inspection and...

Luna Innovations Inc.

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Falcon Color Cameras

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 26, 2010 — The Falcon color cameras from Dalsa Corp. deliver a combination of high frame rates, true global shuttering and high-performance color imaging that is suitable for electronics, semiconductor and...

Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components

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TechSpec Plano-Convex Lenses

BARRINGTON, N.J., May 26, 2010 — For high-energy applications, Edmund Optics has introduced its new TechSpec laser-grade plano-convex (PCX) lenses. These high-performance lenses have a positive focal length, making them...

Edmund Optics Inc.

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Laser Beam Expanders

KENLEY, England, May 26, 2010 — Optical Surfaces Ltd.’s range of laser beam expanders provide a proven means of focusing and shaping laser beams with a high degree of accuracy. Designed to be easy to use and to provide...

Optical Surfaces Ltd.

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Colibri Illumination System

THORNWOOD, N.Y., May 25, 2010 — For wide-field fluorescence microscopy applications, Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. has incorporated into its Colibri illumination system high-intensity LEDs in a variety of colors that match the...

Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC

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Finger Lakes Smart Cameras

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 25, 2010 — The Imaging Solutions Group has introduced its new Finger Lakes smart camera line. The cameras support both GigE Vision and Camera Link interfaces, as well as the Kodak KAI CCD family. Starting...

Imaging Solutions Group

Samba 05-01 532-nm Laser

SOLNA, Sweden, May 24, 2010 — The Samba 05-01 platform, manufactured by Cobolt AB for single-frequency and ultralow noise continuous-wave lasers, generates up to 1 W of CW output power at 532 nm from a compact package. ...

Cobolt AB

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USB uEye XS Industrial Camera

OBERSULM, Germany, May 24, 2010 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced the release of a free software update for its USB uEye XS industrial camera. The update adds significant extra functionality to the tiny...

IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH

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PowerLine L Laser Series

STARNBERG, Germany, May 24, 2010 — Designed for high-speed micromaterials processing, Rofin-Baasel Lasertech’s PowerLine L laser series is targeted at photovoltaic manufacturing. The Q-switched solid-state lasers are...

Rofin-Baasel Lasertech

T8 LED Lighting Tubes

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 21, 2010 — GlacialTech Inc. has launched the T8 low-power LED lighting tubes under the GlacialLight brand. Their power consumption is <10 W for a 2-ft tube, and under 20 W for a 4-ft tube. They individually...

GlacialTech Inc.

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High-Speed IR Thermometers

MILFORD, Mass., May 21, 2010 — Process Sensors Corp.’s newly released, self-contained, Metis HS09/HI16 noncontact infrared temperature sensors capture 20,000 measurements per second with a 50-µs response time. ...

Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.

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Autoflex Speed

BILLERICA, Mass., May 20, 2010 — Bruker Daltonics Inc. has launched the newest member of its Flex series of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (Maldi-Tof) mass spectrometers, the autoflex speed. It...

Bruker Daltonics Inc.

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1 × 16 Multimode Optical Switch

RICHMOND, Calif., May 20, 2010 — DiCon Fiberoptics has released a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) optical switch made with multimode 50- or 62.5-µm core fiber with a port count of up to 1 × 16 in a compact module....

DiCon Fiberoptics Inc.

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532-nm Semiconductor Lasers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 19, 2010 — Coherent Inc. has expanded its Sapphire family of compact continuous-wave visible lasers with 532-nm green models based on proprietary optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technology. ...

Coherent Inc.

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V180-2 Cylindrical Sensors

MINNEAPOLIS, May 19, 2010 — Sick Inc. has launched the V180-2 cylindrical photoelectric sensors that provide an economical solution for universal applications such as product detection and machine positioning in packaging,...

SICK Inc.

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EoSens 3CL CMOS Camera

UNTERSCHLEISSHEIM, Germany, May 18, 2010 — A machine vision camera with 3-megapixel resolution that can detect both small and large objects with high precision in the production line has been released by Mikrotron GmbH. The compact...

Mikrotron GmbH

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Rainbow Ti:Sapphire Oscillator

VIENNA, Austria, May 18, 2010 — Femtolasers Produktions GmbH has unveiled the FemtoSource Rainbow ultrafast Ti:sapphire oscillator with Carrier Envelope Phase (CEP) stabilized short optical pulses and multiple simultaneous outputs...

Spectra-Physics Vienna

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4-Megapixel Area-Scan Cameras

AHRENSBURG, Germany, May 18, 2010 — Basler Vision Technologies is adding two new 4-megapixel models to its Aviator area-scan camera series. The new monochrome and color cameras operate at 31 fps with 2330 × 1750- pixel resolution...

Basler AG

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COB Ceramic Assemblies

LATHAM, N.Y., May 17, 2010 — Marktech Optoelectronics has expanded its product offerings with the introduction of custom COB (chip-on-board) ceramic LED assemblies and arrays for high-temperature and high-reliability...

Marktech Optoelectronics Inc.

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Lapping/Polishing Machine

HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, May 17, 2010 — Engis (UK) Ltd. has unveiled a benchtop four-way, double-sided lapping and polishing machine, suited to research applications and short production runs in precision optical and small component...

Engis UK Ltd.

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Fused PM Couplers at 780 nm

SOMERSET, England, May 14, 2010 — Fused polarization-maintaining (PM) couplers at 780 nm have been added to the coupler series from Gooch & Housego. Typical applications include power monitoring of PM sources, high-power fiber...

G&H

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Vision IsoStation Workstation

IRVINE, Calif., May 14, 2010 — Newport Corp. is launching its Vision IsoStation vibration isolation workstation that offers high performance and has user-friendly features and accessories. Designed to improve ease-of-installation,...

MKS/Newport

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Titan Infinity Series Lasers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 13, 2010 — DPSS Lasers Inc. has announced its Titan Infinity Series of 355-nm true continuous-wave solid-state laser systems with up to 200-mW output. Typical applications include flow cytometry, confocal...

DPSS Lasers Inc.

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Accu-Cal 50-LED Radiometer

TORRINGTON, Conn., May 13, 2010 — Although many UV and visible radiometers have a wide range of sensitivity in the UVA through visible portions of the spectrum, their sensitivity levels may not match the specific narrowband...

Dymax, Headquarters

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N-Driver System

NORTHAMPTON, England, May 13, 2010 — The N-Driver system from Armstrong Optical Ltd. increases road and rail safety, enhancing driver visibility under all weather and lighting conditions. The easily installed thermal imaging...

Armstrong Optical Ltd.

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VHX-1000 Digital Microscope

WANAQUE, N.J., May 12, 2010 — The new VHX-1000 digital microscope from Keyence Corp. of America represents the fusion of high-performance digital microscopy with precision measurement. The microscope features real-time,...

Keyence Corp.

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642-1 Calibration Light Source

CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 12, 2010 — McPherson Inc.’s Model 642-1 wavelength calibration source for extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray applications features a six-position anode carousel to exchange target materials. It permits...

McPHERSON

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RazorScan-AC

WESSLING, Germany, May 12, 2010 — Raylase AG has launched the RazorScan-AC laser beam deflection unit that comprises a galvanometer scanner, integrated digital autocalibration devices and autocalibration software. The precision...

RAYLASE GmbH

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Radiometer/Photometer

WESTBURY, N.Y., May 11, 2010 — Spectronics Corp. has introduced the AccuMax series of digital radiometers/photometers, which provide accurate readouts for UV irradiance, visible illuminance and luminance light readings. The...

Spectronics Corp., Spectroline

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Dragon SFH 4236 IR LED

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 11, 2010 — Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.’s new, powerful infrared Dragon SFH 4236 LED maximizes radiant intensity from a small form factor. It is designed for applications with limited board space...

Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.

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InViso Diode Laser Modules

SALEM, N.H., May 11, 2010 — StockerYale Inc. has unveiled its InViso laser product line. The series of diode-based laser modules is designed to meet the demanding requirements of high-performance machine vision applications and...

ProPhotonix Ltd.

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Deformable Mirrors

BARRINGTON, N.J., May 10, 2010 — Edmund Optics has released high-performance deformable mirrors that correct optical aberrations through wavefront manipulation and control, introducing differences in the optical path length across...

Edmund Optics Inc.

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LF1000A Fiber Laser Welder

MONROVIA, Calif., May 10, 2010 — The new LF1000A 1-kW fiber laser welder from Miyachi Unitek enables high-speed and penetration welding of steel and aluminum with good process stability and reliability. Features include...

AMADA WELD TECH Inc.

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BeamGage Beam Analysis Software

NORTH LOGAN, Utah, May 10, 2010 — Ophir-Spiricon LLC has announced that its BeamGage next-generation laser beam analysis software supports the combination of laser beam profiling with power meter measurements in a single system. It...

MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement

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Handheld IR Laser Engine

PEABODY, Mass., May 7, 2010 — SemiNex Corp. announces the Laser Engine, an integrated laser diode system designed for use by manufacturers of high-volume medical and other low-cost handheld applications. Based on...

SemiNex Corporation

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URB100CC Rotation Stage

IRVINE, Calif., May 7, 2010 — Newport Corp. has introduced the URB100CC high-speed rotation stage for motion applications that require fast moves over larger angles or continuous rotation at high duty cycles. It delivers...

MKS/Newport

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SuperGamut UV-NIR Spectrometers

FREMONT, Calif., May 7, 2010 — The SuperGamut UV-NIR series spectrometers manufactured by BaySpec Inc. use a concave holographic diffraction grating as the spectral dispersion element and an ultrasensitive thermoelectrically...

BaySpec Inc.

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20/20 FPD

SAN DIMAS, Calif., May 6, 2010 — The 20/20 FPD microspectrophotometer from Craic Technologies Inc. is designed for colorimetry and light intensity comparison of microdisplays of all types. Able to nondestructively measure...

CRAIC Technologies

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50-µm Multimode Optical Switch

RICHMOND, Calif., May 6, 2010 — DiCon Fiberoptics has announced that a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) optical switch made with multimode 50-µm core fiber is now available with a port count of up to 1 × 8 in a...

DiCon Fiberoptics Inc.

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Microlux Alumina Powders

PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 6, 2010 — A line of high-purity feed material alumina polishing abrasives for aggressive lapping and uniform polishing has been released by Meller Optics Inc. The calcined optics come in two grades:...

Meller Optics Inc.

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TechSpec Tip Tilt Stages

BARRINGTON, N.J., May 5, 2010 — Edmund Optics Inc. has released its TechSpec tip-tilt stages for tilt control of optics and mounting posts in two axes. The stages are constructed from black anodized aluminum and are available...

Edmund Optics Inc.

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LM3464 LED Driver

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 5, 2010 — National Semiconductor Corp. has announced the LM3464 LED driver with dynamic headroom control and multiple outputs for high-power applications such as industrial, street and automotive lighting. ...

National Semiconductor

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Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit

PEABODY, Mass., May 5, 2010 — Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. is introducing the Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit, a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling and many...

Pinpoint Laser Systems

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SU1024LDH2 SWIR Camera

PRINCETON, N.J., May 4, 2010 — Sensors Unlimited, part of Goodrich ISR Systems, has released the SU1024LDH2, a high-speed, digital line-scan SWIR (short wavelength infrared) indium gallium arsenide camera. The second-generation...

Sensors Unlimited Inc. - A Collins Aerospace Company

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NIRQuest Miniature Spectrometer

EVRY, France, May 4, 2010 — BFi Optilas has announced improvements to its NIRQuest line of miniature spectrometers, which are suitable for use in analyzing moisture content in food and beverage products, and analyzing trace...

Acal BFi UK Ltd.

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OLED Head-Mounted Display

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 4, 2010 — eMagin Corp. has announced that Liteye Systems has developed two new head-mounted display (HMD) products equipped with the SVGA OLED (organic LED)-XL microdisplays from eMagin. Based on Liteye's...

eMagin Corp.

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BOA M1280 Smart Camera

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 3, 2010 — Dalsa Corp. has introduced the BOA M1280 high-resolution smart camera for single point machine vision inspection applications. It offers good image quality at 1280 × 960-pixel resolution and...

Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components

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UV0928CM Ultraviolet Lens

OYSTER BAY, N.Y., May 3, 2010 — Universe Kogaku America has expanded its line of quartz lenses with the introduction of the UV0928CM 9-mm ultraviolet f/2.8 lens for imaging applications in the nonvisible light spectrum. It is...

Universe Kogaku (America) Inc.

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Tunable IR QC Laser, TO-3 Package

Quantum Cascade Lasers from Alpes Lasers are spectroscopic grade, tunable, room temperature IR light sources. Now available in hermetic packages with TE-coolers and collimators included. Available...

Boston Electronics Corporation

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DWDM Multi-Wavelength Meter The new model 428 measures wavelength, power, and OSNR of up to 250 optical signals. Wavelength accuracy is as high as +/- 0.3 pm, guaranteed to a confidence level of three-sigma. The 428 system is...

Bristol Instruments Inc.

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Hybrid STACIS® iX LaserTable-Base™ TMC's new STACIS® iX LaserTable-Base™ hybrid piezoelectric/air active vibration cancellation system combines TMC's patented STACIS technology and air into one integrated system to cancel...

TMC

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cw THz Spectroscopy Kit TOPTICA signed a licensing agreement with T-Ray Science and will market the new cw Terahertz Spectroscopy Kit in the US. The kit unites spectral tunability and highest resolution, providing...

TOPTICA Photonics Inc.

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Exhibitor Appreciation Reception CLEO/QELS 2010 Exhibitors -- you're invited to come and celebrate the opening of the show on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 5-6:30 pm at the South First Billiards Club and Lounge at 420 South 1st Street...

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