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Photonics.com - May 2011
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APIC, UAlbany NanoCollege Form $10M Partnership
Los Angeles-based APIC Corp., a pioneer of photonics technology integrated with electronics, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany have launched a...
Zecotek Granted 3-D Display Patent
A glasses-free 3-D autostereoscopic display system by Zecotek Photonics Inc. has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Patent No. 7,944,465 covers the use of equipment...
Tessera Files Legal Action Against Sony
Miniaturization technologies provider Tessera Technologies Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Tessera Inc. has filed a complaint against Sony Corp. in the California State Court alleging...
Siemens Industrial Automation Systems Appoints New CEO
Siemens’ Industry Automation division announced that Eckard Eberle will take over as chief executive officer of its Industrial Automation Systems business unit, effective June 1. Eberle...
CAO Group Files Patent Suit Against LED Makers
The CAO Group Inc. announced it has filed in the US District Court of Utah a lawsuit against eight LED manufacturers, asserting that LED light sources sold by these companies are infringing its...
Boeing to Develop High-Brightness Laser
Boeing Co. has received a $4.2 million, 16-month contract to design and develop a 25-kW high-brightness laser for the Pentagon's High Energy Laser – Joint Technology Office (HEL-JTO). Boeing...
Oclaro Joins EPIC Board
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has announced that Oclaro Inc., an optical communications and lasers components, modules and subsystems provider, has joined its governing board. ...
Tronics Hires Sales Director
International MEMS manufacturer Tronics has appointed industry veteran Hervé Borrel as director of sales and marketing. The former CEO of MicroChemical Systems, Borrel will guide expansion and...
L-com Taps New Distributor
Wired and wireless connectivity products manufacturer L-com Inc. has partnered with Heilind Electronics of Wilmington, Mass., an interconnect distributor, to make its connector products available...
Pantec Laser to Incorporate Oclaro Diode Bars
Oclaro Inc., an optical communications and laser technology supplier, has announced that its 9xx-nm high-power laser diode bars have been selected by Pantec Biosolutions AG for use in its...
MicroCare Taps Senko as Distributor
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 24, 2011 — MicroCare Corp., a manufacturer of precision cleaning, coating and lubrication products, has selected Senko Advanced Components, a fiber optic connectivity...
Flir to Settle Pending Litigation
Flir Systems Inc. has settled its litigation with William J. Parrish and E. Timothy Fitzgibbons (“Plaintiffs”), pending from a 2008 suit. The litigation arose from the company’s...
AFL Acquires TCC Group
Fiber optic test equipment supplier AFL has signed an agreement to acquire telecommunications and network implementation and integration provider TCC Group of Bracknell, England, it announced...
Militram to Represent LightPath in Israel
Optical components and assemblies manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. has signed a contract designating Militram Inc. of Herzliya, Israel, as its exclusive sales representative in that country,...
AFL Secures Optical Fiber Identifier Patent
Fiber optic test equipment supplier AFL was awarded "Signal Identifying Apparatus for an Optical Fiber," US Patent No. 7916983. The patent covers the company’s optical fiber identifier (OFI)...
Oclaro Outlines Technology Goals
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23, 2011 — Oclaro Inc., a supplier of optical communications and laser technology, has outlined its fiber laser offerings and technology direction for the future. The...
Asylum Research Announces UK User Meeting and Forum
Asylum Research has announced its third UK User Meeting and Forum. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) users are invited to participate in technical talks, tutorials, equipment demonstrations and a poster...
Jenoptik, LEIDS Partner on LED Lighting
Jenoptik’s Optoelectronic Systems Div. has signed a development and cooperation agreement with German solid-state lighting developer LEIDS. The latter is a subsidiary of Alder Optomechanical, a...
Father of Digital Camera Dies
Willard S. Boyle, a laser pioneer and co-developer of the CCD imaging chip, died May 7 at the age of 86. Boyle and his Bell Labs colleague George E. Smith developed the charge-coupled device (CCD) in...
Reitsma Appointed Sales Director at Asylum Research
As part of its ongoing expansion, Asylum Research, a provider of scanning probe and atomic force microscopy (SPM/AFM) technology, has announced the hiring of Dr. Mark Reitsma as Midwest sales...
II-VI Announces 2-for-1 Stock Split
Crystal growth technology company II-VI Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized a two-for-one split of its common stock in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend.
Poinsot Joins Dymax Sales Team
Dymax Corp. has appointed Gilberto Poinsot as a territory sales manager in the field sales department. Poinsot will report directly to John Kyger, regional sales manager, and will assist...
Augusta Technologie Buys LMI
LMI Technologies, a maker of 3-D laser measurement sensors for industrial measurement and control applications, has sold 100 percent of its shares to join Augusta Technologie AG, a publicly listed...
ChemImage to Receive Army SBIR Achievement Award
ChemImage Corp. announced it will receive the US Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2011 Achievement Award for its real-time chemometrics and sensor fusion technology on May 20 at the...
FluxData Licenses RIT Imaging Patent
Multispectral imaging systems provider FluxData Inc. has licensed patent No. 7,554,586 from the Rochester Institute of Technology, titled “System and Method for Scene Image Acquisition and...
GSI Group Settles with SEC
GSI Group Inc. has announced the resolution of the previously disclosed investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the historical accounting practices of the company's...
Potomac Photonics to Host Inaugural LIA Chapter Mtg
Laser micromachining company Potomac Photonics Inc. will host the inaugural meeting of the Laser Institute of America (LIA) Mid-Atlantic Chapter at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at its...
Sanyo to Distribute Plextronics' OLED Inks in Japan
Plextronics Inc. announced that it has signed an OLED lighting distribution agreement with Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. Under terms of the agreement, Sanyo will distribute select Plexcore OC inks...
FOA Dubs AFL’s Dobbins ‘Master Instructor’
AFL’s Patrick Dobbins, vice president and general manager of The Light Brigade training division, was recognized by the Fiber Optic Association Inc. (FOA) with the designation “FOA Master...
Flexible AMOLED Display Prototype for Full-Color, Full-Motion Video Fabricated
The first full-color, flexible active-matrix organic LED (AMOLED) display prototypes have been fabricated for thin, lightweight, bendable and unbreakable devices capable of displaying full-color...
Flexible Substrate Receives Display Award
An inorganic-organic hybrid plastic substrate for flexible displays and electronics developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan, billed as the first and only technology...
Vrooman Named Director of Toptica’s OEM Business
With more than 23 years of laser and laser instrumentation experience, Mike Vrooman has joined Toptica Photonics Inc. as director of OEM business, the company recently announced. Vrooman will...
AFL Opens R&D Plant in Massachusetts
AFL is opening an R&D facility in Lowell to support its rapid growth and to expand its product offerings for its Fiber Optic Test and Inspection Equipment Div. The 14,500-sq-ft facility features...
Power Technology Wins Global Trade Award
Laser diode products manufacturer Power Technology Inc. (PTI) has received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade for Technology. The award, announced by Gov. Mike Beebe with the...
Jenoptik Group Reports Jump in Q1 Profit
Optoelectronics group Jenoptik has reported pretax earnings of €11.8 million ($16.8 million) for the first quarter of 2011, up significantly from last quarter's €3.4 million ($4.8 million)....
Cree Sets LED Efficacy Records — Again
LED lighting company Cree Inc. reported another industry-best efficacy record of 231 lumens per watt for a white power LED, outdoing its previous industry record of 208 lumens (See: Cree Passes LED...
GigOptix Receives NYSE Amex Conditional Approval
High-performance electronic and electro-optic components supplier GigOptix Inc. has received conditional approval to list its common stock on the NYSE Amex Stock exchange, it announced recently. ...
Dymax Hires Scully as Sales Manager
Dymax Corp. announced the appointment of Brian Scully as inside sales manager of the customer support department. In that position, he will grow the global customer service and inside sales...
Vacuum Ultraviolet Luminescence Characterization System
McPherson Inc. has been contracted to build a characterization system that will help the Polish Academy of Science’s Institute of Low Temperature and Structure develop vacuum ultraviolet...
Malaria Detection Using Cell Phones Wins Gates Grant
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher Alberto Bilenca has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a fast, low-cost device to accuracy diagnose...
Tessera Announces Executive Transition
Tessera Technologies Inc. announced that effective today, the company’s board of directors has appointed Robert A. Young, PhD, as president and CEO. Young is currently a member of...
Raydiance Hires New CEO
Raydiance Inc., a developer of ultrafast laser technology, has announced that entrepreneur and software industry veteran Dick Pierce has been named chief executive officer. Pierce succeeds company...
Build a Tricorder, Win $10 Million
A bounty of $10 million will soon be offered for the successful development of a mobile device, inspired by Star Trek’s fictional tricorder, that can diagnose patients better than or as well as...
Navitar Life Sciences Buys Modulation Optics
Navitar Life Sciences Inc., an affiliated entity of optics manufacturer Navitar Inc., has agreed to acquire the assets of Modulation Optics, including its Hoffman Modulation Contrast (HMC) imaging...
NeoPhotonics Reports $1.9M Q1 Loss
NeoPhotonics Corp., a supplier of photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for communications networks, slipped into the red by $1.9 million for the first quarter of 2011, after...
Idex to Acquire CVI Melles Griot for $400M
Lasers and optical equipment maker CVI Melles Griot will be acquired by engineered industrial products manufacturer Idex Corp. for $400 million in cash and will serve as the cornerstone of its...
First Laser Image Donated to Smithsonian
After 48 years and three attempts to reach its destination, the first image of light from a laser has successfully been donated to the Smithsonian Institution. The original photograph was taken by a...
Fibre Photonics Moves to Larger Facility
Fibre Photonics Ltd., a maker of near- and mid-infrared fiber optic cables and immersion probes, relocated last month to Eliburn Office Park in Livingston. The larger production facility,...
Lawmakers Lobbied for Level S&T Funding
Members of the Optical Society (OSA), along with those from other scientific associations and societies, attended Capitol Hill Day 2011 last week to speak with their senators and representatives...
Applied Energetics Reports Q1 Revenue Slide
Applied Energetics Inc., manufacturer of applied energy systems for military and commercial applications, reported that revenue for the first quarter of 2011 decreased by 22.2 percent to...
Canon Forms Imaging Subsidiary
Canon USA Inc. has established Canon Information and Imaging Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to expanding its overall service to businesses. The new subsidiary will focus at...
GE to Build US Plant as Part of $600M Solar Investment
GE announced that its full-size cadmium telluride thin-film solar panel has been independently certified as the most efficient ever publicly reported for the technology. The company said it intends...
Emcore Signs Multiyear Solar Cell Contract
Emcore Corp. announced its entrance into a long-term supply agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to manufacture and deliver high-efficiency multijunction solar cells for SS/L’s commercial...
Corning CEO Touts ‘Exciting’ Year
At Corning Inc.’s annual meeting last week, CEO Wendell P. Weeks said 2010 was an “outstanding year” for the company, driven largely by sales of its Gorilla Glass, which tripled its...
Revenue Up, but Profits Down at Flir
In the first quarter of 2011, net income at thermal imaging manufacturer Flir Systems Inc. was $51.3 million, or 32 cents per share, compared with $55.9 million, or 35 cents per share, in the same...
eMagin Forms In-House Design Team
OLED microdisplay technology provider eMagin Corp. has created an in-house design team with five engineers, each of whom has had experience working on the silicon backplane for the company’s...
A Limit to Nanotechnology Mass Production?
In a bold statement that raised questions about a billion-dollar industry, Mike Kelly, professor and nanotechnology scientist at the Center for Advanced Photonics and Electronics at the University of...
Coherent Reports Q2 Results
Coherent Inc. announced yesterday that it has exceeded its own net sales projection for the second quarter of 2011. The first quarter saw a 95 percent increase year-to-date, and Coherent...
Universal Display Creates Chemistry Lab in Hong Kong
Universal Display Corp. announced the establishment of a facility in Hong Kong to expand its footprint in Asia. Hosting a chemistry laboratory, the enterprise will support the company’s...
IPG Sales Increase 95% in Q1
IPG Photonics, a fiber lasers and amplifiers manufacturer, announced a 95 percent increase in sales in the first quarter of 2011, as compared to a year ago. The increase puts IPG’s sales at...
GE Healthcare to Acquire Cellular Imaging Firm
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Co., announced it reached an agreement to acquire Applied Precision Inc., a supplier of cellular imaging technologies for cell biology and biomedical...
‘A Future Full of Light’
"Our world has become dependent on the reliable speed of light," retired Corning VP Donald Keck, one of the inventors of low-loss optical fiber, told attendees at the CLEO 2011 plenary session Monday...
Dynasil Wins Homeland Security Award
Radiation Monitoring Devices Inc. (RMD), the research division of Dynasil Corp., has been named a 2011 small business winner for radiation and nuclear detection by the US Department of Homeland...
Newport’s Profits Quadruple
Newport Corp. reported record results for the first quarter of 2011, suggesting its strong recovery in 2010 is set to continue for some time. The company posted first quarter sales of $128.4...
Photonics Companies Win Queen’s Awards
Four photonics companies have received Queen’s Awards for Enterprise — the UK’s most prestigious accolades for business success. Specialised Imaging Ltd. of Tring, a supplier of...
Vytran Hires Giaretta as R&D Vice President
Optical fiber splicing and processing solutions supplier Vytran LLC announced it has hired Giorgio Giaretta as vice president of research and development. Giaretta has more than 15 years of...
Schott Launches Glass Tubing Contest
Schott-Rohrglas GmbH has launched an Internet-based contest that encourages participants to submit design ideas using nonround glass tubing. A video that explains the contest is available on...
Biomagnetics Receives Integrated Optical Biosensor for Disease Diagnosis
Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. has accepted delivery of a novel biosensor developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The sensor, which is proposed for use in cholera, tuberculosis and malaria...
Research & Technology
Imaging and Display Innovations Earn Hugo Geiger Prizes
An improved computer tomography system, a multitouch display that recognizes hand gestures, and a method to simultaneously measure terahertz transmission and reflection have earned their creators Hugo Geiger Prizes from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. The prizes are awarded annually for outstanding application-oriented doctoral theses or dissertations written at, or related to, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft...
Imaging Method Helps Identify Specific Mental States
Distinct mental states can be distinguished using a form of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to detect unique patterns of activity in coordinated "networks" within the brain. The...
Reindeer See Wonderful World of UV Light
The same ultraviolet light that can cause temporary snow blindness in humans is the very same light that is life-saving for reindeer in the arctic. Humans are able to see light with wavelengths...
New Electronics Material Closer to Commercial Reality
Researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of graphene, an advance that opens up the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance computers and...
10-Year Study Shows Electron Is Surprisingly Spherical
Using a very precise laser, physicists have made the most accurate measurement of the shape of an electron, deeming it 0.000000000000000000000000001 cm from being perfectly round. This means that if...
ESO’s VLT Finds a Brilliant but Solitary Superstar
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found that the star VFTS 682 is about 150 times the mass of the sun. But unlike other massive stars that...
First Fluorescent Protein 3-D Hologram Created
Holoxica, a company spun out from the University of Edinburgh, has made the first medical imaging hologram of a green fluorescent protein (GFP) structure, allowing scientists to visualize the...
Multimodal Imaging: Combining Techniques to Give Microscopists a Boost
On the way to conjoining two well-established but disparate imaging modalities, a FLIM (fluorescence lifetime imaging) and CARS microscope was achieved along with the development of an adapter that...
Flexible Solar Cells Set Efficiency Record
An efficiency record of 18.7 percent for flexible copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cells on plastics has been reported by Swiss researchers at Empa’s Laboratory for Thin Film and...
Nanoantenna Enhances Plasmonic Sensing
An experimental demonstration of antenna-enhanced gas sensing at the single-particle level has been reported for the first time. By placing a palladium nanoparticle on the focusing tip of a gold...
World Record in Ultrafast Data Transmission
On a single laser beam, scientists have succeeded in encoding data at a rate of 26 Tb/s, transmitting the data over a distance of 50 km and decoding the information successfully. The process,...
New Nanoscale Imaging May Lead to New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
A new method of nanoscopic imaging may lead to experimental methods for early detection and diagnosis — and to possible treatments — for pathological tissues that are precursors to...
Light Ions for Fast Ignition of Fusion Fuels
Because of greater efficiency and ease of production, light ions such as lithium or carbon have become the focus for fast ignition of fusion fuels. The fast ignition concept is an alternative...
New Microscope is Handy, Quick ... and Flat
A very thin and fast microscope promises to change the way skin cancer is detected. Developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), it provides a high-resolution...
In Auto Making, Lasers Take the Lead
Automotive manufacturers are looking to lasers for more efficient and economical production methods. Lasers are being used to join, drill, structure, cut and shape various materials to reduce weight...
Green FS Laser Achieves Record Power
The first-ever laser to generate an average power of 280 W at a 515-nm wavelength with perfect beam quality now is ready to operate at the touch of a button. The turnkey laser is based on a...
Solar-Thermal Flat Panels Generate Electricity
High-performance nanotech materials arrayed on a flat panel platform have demonstrated seven to eight times higher efficiency than previous solar thermoelectric generators, opening up solar-thermal...
‘Google Earth’ Views of Bladder Possible
A more automated approach to imaging bladders in cancer patients could be cheaper, more comfortable and more convenient than current practices for doctors and patients alike. The new system —...
Diamond Aerogel Could Improve a Range of Optics
By combining high pressure with high temperature, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have created a nanocrystalline diamond aerogel that could improve the optics for something as big...
'Sighted' Wheelchair Successfully Test-Driven
An electric wheelchair that uses a laser scanner to create a 3-D map of its surroundings and transfers the information to a haptic robot, enabling a visually impaired driver to navigate around...
New Superresolution Technique Reveals Cell Secrets
A new superresolution microscopy technique is answering longheld questions about how and why a cell’s defenses fail against some invaders, such as plague, while successfully fending off others,...
An IP Address for Every Lightbulb?
A new smart lighting solution makes an Internet-enabled, energy-efficient lighting network a reality not only for businesses but also for consumers trying to save energy at home. NXP...
New System Tracks Contours During Laser Materials Processing
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology has developed a process monitoring system that can precisely measure the position and speed of a laser beam processing point on a surface. The tracking...
Perfect Laser Welds Created for Car Bodies
A new process using a camera that generates temperature images is enabling perfectly controlled surface laser welding, offering car makers a greater benefit in comparison with full-penetration...
Solar Smackdown: Photovoltaics vs. Photosynthesis
Because photosynthesis and photovoltaics harvest energy from the sun in distinctly different ways and produce different fuels, it is difficult to compare energy conversion efficiency. "In order to...
Malaria Detection Using Cell Phones Wins Gates Grant
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher Alberto Bilenca has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a fast, low-cost device to accuracy diagnose...
Superstable Laser Shines in Minivan Test
In a step toward taking the most advanced atomic clocks on the road, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated a superstable laser...
QDs, Fullerenes Paired for Nanoscale PVs
A surface-based assembly of colloidal quantum dots and carbon-based fullerene nanoparticles is producing promising power-generating units for miniaturized electronics. Scientists at the US...
Sensor Detects Tiny Traces of Explosives
MIT researchers have created a detector based on fluorescing carbon nanotubes that is so sensitive it can sense a single molecule of an explosive. To create the sensors, Michael Strano and his...
Graphene Optical Modulators Could Speed Communications
Digital communications speed limits could soon be broken, thanks to a new graphene-based optical device that could theoretically reach as high as 500 GHz for a single modulator. Xiang Zhang, an...
Pigment-Free Feathers Inspire Mirrorless Laser
Bright, colorful birds, the feathers of which get their color not from pigment molecules but from a largely random distribution of embedded air pockets, are the inspiration for a new mirrorless laser...
Nanoantennas Hold Promise for IR Photovoltaics
A new device that can act as an optical antenna by collecting and focusing light, and as a photodiode by converting light into a current of electrons, has been developed by Rice University...
Instrument Improves IR Spectroscopy by Factor of 100
A novel instrument records infrared spectra using a thermal source to gain a resolution 100 times better than conventional IR spectroscopy. The technique could be used to analyze the chemical...
Edge States of Graphene Nanoribbons Discovered
Using a scanning tunneling microsope, researchers have made the first precise measurements of the "edge states" of well-ordered graphene nanoribbons. For nearly two decades, theorists have...
Lawmakers Lobbied for Level S&T Funding
Members of the Optical Society (OSA), along with those from other scientific associations and societies, attended Capitol Hill Day 2011 last week to speak with their senators and representatives...
"Swiss Cheese" Solar Cells Use Less Silicon
A new design for thin-film solar cells that requires significantly less silicon — and may boost their efficiency — is the result of an industry and academia collaboration between Oerlikon...
Solar Power Without Solar Cells
A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells. Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to...
Single Atom Stores Quantum Info
Quantum information has been stored in a single rubidium atom, a technique that can be used in principle to design powerful quantum computers and to network them with each other across large...
Flower Power: Fractal Flowers Could Help Return Eyesight
University of Oregon researcher Richard Taylor is on a quest to grow “flowers” – seeded from nanoparticles – that will help people who have lost their sight to see again....
Laser Beam Steering Made More Efficient
The ability to precisely control the direction of a laser beam in an energy-efficient and inexpensive way has been discovered by researchers from North Carolina State University. "In many...
3-D Nanocones Help Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics has been boosted by nearly 80 percent. The technology substantially...
Pulses Control Electrons from Nanospheres
Extremely short and intense laser pulses can now control and monitor strongly accelerated electrons from nanospheres. When intense laser light interacts with electrons in nanoparticles that...
A Limit to Nanotechnology Mass Production?
In a bold statement that raised questions about a billion-dollar industry, Mike Kelly, professor and nanotechnology scientist at the Center for Advanced Photonics and Electronics at the University of...
Camera vs. Eye: Why the Eyes Have It
The human eye long ago solved a problem common to both digital and film cameras: how to get good contrast in an image while capturing faint detail. Physiologists described the retina’s tricks...
VCSEL-driven Atomic Clock Available to Consumers
A matchbook-size atomic clock 100 times smaller than its commercial predecessors has been created by a team of researchers at Symmetricom Inc., Draper Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. The...
Terahertz Invisibility Cloak Created
Researchers at Northwestern University have created a cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Although the design can’t translate into an invisibility cloak...
The BOSS proves it can do the job with quasars
The biggest 3-D map of the distant universe ever made, using light from 14,000 quasars, has been constructed by scientists with the third Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III). The map is the first...
Solar Power Goes Viral
A genetically modified virus is being used to produce structures that improve solar cell efficiency by nearly one-third. In a solar cell, sunlight hits a light-harvesting material, causing it...
‘Carpet Cloak’ Hides More Than its Size Implies
Optical cloaking, the ability to conceal small objects by bending and channeling light around them, is getting a boost from metamaterials in a new technology called “carpet cloaking,”...
Putting the "I" in Intelligence Gathering
The power of social media, most recently demonstrated in the uprisings in Iran, Tunisia and Yemen and the revolution in Egypt, will also figure prominently in the next generation of ISR...
Biomagnetics Receives Integrated Optical Biosensor for Disease Diagnosis
Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. has accepted delivery of a novel biosensor developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The sensor, which is proposed for use in cholera, tuberculosis and malaria...
T-ray Pulses Produced by QCL
For the first time, terahertz rays, or T-ray pulses, have been made to emit separate "packets" of terahertz radiation, rather than one continuous beam, from a quantum cascade laser. The work could...
Old Polymers Learn New Tricks
New tricks to improve the properties of certain organic polymers that mimic the properties of traditional inorganic semiconductors are being investigated by Malika Jeffries-EL, an assistant professor...
acquisitions
Revenue Up, but Profits Down at Flir
In the first quarter of 2011, net income at thermal imaging manufacturer Flir Systems Inc. was $51.3 million, or 32 cents per share, compared with $55.9 million, or 35 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. The company’s revenue in the same period was $373.5 million, up 30 percent compared with $287.3 million in the first quarter of 2010. Operating income in the first quarter was...
Products
MWIR Aspheric Lens
ORLANDO, Fla., May 31, 2011 — LightPath Technologies Inc. has added a mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) aspheric lens to its family of aspheric lenses designed for infrared applications. Designed as a collimating lens for the...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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Dynamic Light Scattering System
HIGH WYCOMBE, England, May 31, 2011 — The W130i from Avid Nano is a high-sensitivity dynamic light scattering system for size and molecular weight measurement of proteins, biomolecules and nanoparticles. Engineered to meet the...
Avid Nano Ltd.
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Day Vu High-Bright Displays
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., May 31, 2011 — Dontech Inc. has introduced Day Vu high-brightness display enhancement technology, a new development in its enhanced display services. This fully customizable product line includes LED-backlit,...
Dontech Inc.
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VFI-1200 Interferometer
BIRMINGHAM, England, May 27, 2011 — Arden Photonics Ltd. has launched the VFI-1200 optical fiber end-face interferometer, based on the foundations of the company’s VF-20 Trio. The VFI-1200 is an interferometric inspection...
Arden Photonics Ltd.
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ACPL-P34x/-W34x Optocouplers
BÖBLINGEN, Germany, May 27, 2011 — Avago Technologies has announced a new generation of gate drive optocouplers that deliver high performance from a small-footprint package. The ACPL-P34x and ACPL-W34x optocouplers are based on...
Broadcom Inc.
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SXFiveFE FE-EPMA
GENNEVILLIERS, France, May 27, 2011 — For quantitative microanalysis and x-ray imaging at high spatial resolution, Cameca, a unit of Ametek’s Materials Analysis Div., has unveiled the SXFiveFE, a field emission electron probe...
Cameca SAS
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Dichroic Short-Pass Filters
BARRINGTON, N.J., May 26, 2011 — Edmund Optics has released its TechSpec dichroic short-pass filters with broad transmission and reflection ranges and a sharp cut-off wavelength. Suitable for use as spectral beamsplitters,...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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C10910 Series Streak Cameras
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 26, 2011 — For ultraviolet to near-infrared measurements of extremely fast light phenomena, Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced a streak camera series. The C10910 series simultaneously delivers intensity...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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InSight DeepSee Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 26, 2011 — For deep tissue imaging, Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has released the InSight DeepSee ultrafast laser system. Based on proprietary technology, the turnkey laser system delivers...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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ABRS Rotary Air-Bearing Stages
PITTSBURGH, May 25, 2011 — The ABRS high-precision rotary air-bearing stages manufactured by Aerotech Inc. have a slotless zero-cogging motor and a low-profile design to reduce effective working height and minimize stack-up...
Aerotech Inc.
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CompactCure Spot-Curing System
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 25, 2011 — Digital Light Lab has introduced a portable UV LED illumination system intended for the low-cost UV-curing market as well as for spectroscopy and general fiber illumination applications. The...
Digital Light Lab
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Intense Laser Adaptive Optics
ORSAY, France, May 25, 2011 — Imagine Optic SA has introduced the ILAO (intense laser adaptive optics) deformable mirror. ILAO was developed in conjunction with ISP System’s patented technology to respond to the needs...
Imagine Optic
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Ultrafast Variable Attenuators
IRVINE, Calif., May 24, 2011 — Newport Corp. has launched the first set in a series of ultrafast variable attenuators. Compact, robust and easy to use, they are available in manual (UVA-800-M) and motorized (UVA-800-Conex)...
MKS/Newport
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MicroCam Camera Core
CAMBRIDGE, England, May 24, 2011 — Thermoteknix Systems Ltd. has launched the MicroCam 640 × 480-pixel-resolution thermal imaging camera core with 17-μm pitch. It draws <1 W of power and weighs 44 g, rendering it...
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
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TA Pro Narrowband Diode Laser
VICTOR, N.Y., May 24, 2011 — Toptica Photonics Inc.’s TA pro narrowband diode laser system delivers output of up to 2 W and is robust enough for use in challenging atom optics applications. The tunable...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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Verdi G10 10-W Green Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 23, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has released a 10-W continuous-wave green (532 nm) laser intended for pumping Ti:sapphire oscillators and amplifiers. The Verdi G10 is the highest power model in the Verdi G family,...
Coherent Inc.
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Achromatic Beam Shaping Optics
BERLIN, May 20, 2011 — Launched by AdlOptica GmbH, the πShaper 6_6 series of achromatic refractive field-mapping beam shapers includes the πShaper 6_6_NUV, the πShaper 6_6_VIS and the πShaper 6_6_NIR. ...
AdlOptica GmbH
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308 FPD Spectrophotometer
SAN DIMAS, Calif., May 20, 2011 — Organic LEDs (OLEDs) are being developed for the next generation of displays and light sources. The 308 FPD microscope spectrophotometer from Craic Technologies Inc. is designed to measure and...
CRAIC Technologies
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Temperature Measurement Tools
BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada, May 20, 2011 — Photon Control Inc. has launched the PowerTemp series to provide accurate and reliable measurement tools for the power industry. The series comprises compact multi- and single-channel...
Photon Control Inc.
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Xensation Touchscreen Glasses
MAINZ, Germany, May 19, 2011 — Schott’s new Xensation glass products offer solutions for all touchscreen applications. A touchscreen interface is a desirable addition to a smartphone, tablet PC, computer monitor, notebook or...
SCHOTT AG
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Ringlight
VÄLLINGBY, Sweden, May 19, 2011 — Latab has presented a new ringlight that can easily be fitted directly to the lens filter thread using a lens adapter. This avoids the light head having to be mounted individually, while retaining...
LED Array Technology (LATAB)
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LED-Based Edge Lighting
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio, May 18, 2011 — LED-based edge-lit illumination from Global Lighting Technologies Inc. offers an array of solutions for automotive lighting from backlit dashboard displays to interior and exterior lighting. ...
Global Lighting Technologies
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Hawkeye Fiber Optic Borescopes
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 18, 2011 — Manufacturers of very small machined or molded medical parts and components can now inspect for burrs, surface finish and other defects inside even the smallest components, thanks to the Hawkeye Pro...
Gradient Lens Corp.
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LIV100 Measurement System
EMDEN, Germany, May 17, 2011 — LIV100, manufactured by Artifex Engineering eK, is a measurement system for the characterization and analysis of high-power laser diodes, whether packaged or in bare chip form. It performs a complete...
Artifex Engineering
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intraLED 3 LED Light Source
AUBURN, N.Y., May 17, 2011 — The success of an image processing application depends largely upon the quality of the lighting system. Important factors are a high luminous flux and good homogeneity. To meet these requirements,...
Volpi USA
Narrowband 2-W 589-nm Laser
VICTOR, N.Y., May 16, 2011 — The latest addition to Toptica Photonics Inc.’s SHG pro series of frequency-converted diode lasers is a continuous-wave system with output power of 2 W at 589 nm. The new DL RFA SHG pro...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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High-Brightness White LEDs
BÖBLINGEN, Germany, May 16, 2011 — Avago Technologies has announced white high-brightness LEDs in a robust surface-mount-technology package that simplifies manufacturing. The ASMT-UWB1 LEDs are available in a plastic leaded chip...
Broadcom Inc.
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EDX-LE Spectrometer
COLUMBIA, Md., May 16, 2011 — The EDX-LE from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc. is an energy-dispersive x-ray (EDX) fluorescence spectrometer designed for screening elements regulated by the RoHS/ELV directives. Its automated...
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc.
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20/20 XL
SAN DIMAS, Calif., May 13, 2011 — Craic Technologies Inc. has announced the 20/20 XL UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer designed to nondestructively analyze microscopic features of very large displays by incorporating large-scale...
CRAIC Technologies
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H117P2NN Microscope Stage
ROCKLAND, Mass., May 12, 2011 — Prior Scientific Inc. has introduced the H117P2NN flattop motorized stage for the Nikon Ti series inverted microscopes. Although suitable for use in all high-precision biomedical and materials...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Lector620 Code Reader
MINNEAPOLIS, May 12, 2011 — Sick has launched the Lector620, an image-based reader for 1- and 2-D codes that is suitable for track and traceability applications. The code reader offers intelligent setup and intuitive...
SICK Inc.
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Imaging System Alternative for Ballistics Testing
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 12, 2011 — Sydor Instruments has launched a ballistics imaging system, an alternative to high-speed video, that is helping the US Army to accurately measure testing requirements for projectile orientation at US...
Sydor Technologies
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Glacier X Spectrometers
NEWARK, Del., May 11, 2011 — For fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy applications, B&W Tek Inc. has announced its new Glacier X miniature fiber-coupled spectrometers. The company says that they are the smallest...
B&W Tek LLC
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Sapphire Lenses
PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 11, 2011 — For space telescopes and satellites, Meller Optics Inc. custom manufactures sapphire lenses such as the field flattener focusing lenses used in CCD arrays on the Kepler Space Telescope. ...
Meller Optics Inc.
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WS6-200 IR3 Wavelength Meter
VICTOR, N.Y., May 11, 2011 — Toptica Photonics Inc. has introduced the WS6-200 IR3, a wavelength meter that performs wavelength measurements from 2 to 11 μm in the mid-infrared region with precision, speed and accuracy. ...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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PMD Compensation Module
CHINO, Calif., May 10, 2011 — General Photonics has unveiled its PMDBuster PMDC-001, a multistage polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation module that can cost-effectively eliminate impairments caused by all orders –...
General Photonics Corp.
Camera Software
IRVINE, Calif., May 10, 2011 — Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. has announced a customized software interface for Toshiba’s IK-TF7 three-chip color cameras that enhances fluorescence imaging in living retinal tissue. The release...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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PCD-005 Polarization Scrambler
CHINO, Calif., May 9, 2011 — General Photonics has announced its PCD-005 fiber optic polarization scrambler module, which uses advanced digital circuitry to deliver a uniform state of polarization distribution, now over a much...
General Photonics Corp.
Machine Vision Lights
VÄLLINGBY, Sweden, May 9, 2011 — For machine vision applications with small exposure areas, special lighting solutions are provided by LAT elektronik AB (LATAB). The application range of dark-field lighting covers the detection...
LED Array Technology (LATAB)
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XAM-1 Measuring Microscope
BUFFALO, N.Y., May 9, 2011 — Titan Tool Supply Inc. has introduced the Model XAM-1 measuring microscope with a dovetail slide and digital micrometer for precision measurements and recording. The digital micrometer shows...
Titan Tool Supply Inc.
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Linear Variable Filters
BARRINGTON, N.J., May 6, 2011 — Edmund Optics has introduced its linear variable filters designed for individual and combined use for maximum versatility; they are available in long- and short-pass versions. They are...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Right-Angle GigE Camera
WOBURN, Mass., May 6, 2011 — Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced the uEye UI-5490HE, the company's first Gigabit Ethernet camera with an optional 90° angled housing for maximum flexibility in tight spaces. ...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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20-W DPSS LASER
LONDON, May 6, 2011 — Midaz Lasers Ltd. has launched the Flair-20 infrared diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser, which produces 20 W and delivers a pulse repetition rate of up to 500 kHz. The good beam quality and linear...
Midaz Lasers Ltd.
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Light Engines for Bioanalysis
BEAVERTON, Ore., May 5, 2011 — Lumencor Inc. has launched the CORE illumination and imaging system, a comprehensive bioanalysis lighting product that offers equipment manufacturers a streamlined optical block based on its existing...
Lumencor Inc.
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Attenuator for Photodetectors
IRVINE, Calif., May 4, 2011 — Newport Corp. has introduced an attenuator design implemented for its Series 818 low-power photodetectors. Based on the same optics and clear aperture of the 918D series detectors, the design...
MKS/Newport
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Olympus Stream Software
HAMBURG, Germany, May 4, 2011 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the latest version of its Olympus Stream materials science microscopy imaging software. Olympus Stream 1.6 provides new features that increase workflow...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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1.5-µm CW Fiber Lasers
O’FALLON, Mo., May 4, 2011 — Manufactured by Manlight SAS and available through RPMC Lasers, the ISRUZ is a compact continuous-wave fiber laser emitting at 1550 nm and delivering up to 30 W of average output power. ...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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Multiwavelength Mid-IR Lasers
SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2011 — Daylight Solutions Inc. has expanded the Aries series high-power, multiwavelength mid-IR lasers. Earlier this year, the company introduced the first in the product line, the Aries-100 air-cooled 2-W...
DRS Daylight Solutions Inc.
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Laser Mirrors
BOULDER, Colo., May 3, 2011 — A new series of graded-reflectivity mirrors from Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO) enables precise spatial shaping of the intensity and phase characteristics of laser beams. In graded...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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InGaAs Cameras/Detectors
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2, 2011 — BaySpec Inc. has announced Nunavut, an InGaAs camera and detector line of products that enable low-light spectroscopy in the near-infrared region. Deep cooling of the detector arrays allows for...
BaySpec Inc.
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Custom Optical Systems
CHESHAM, England, May 2, 2011 — Resolve Optics Ltd. designs and manufactures optimized custom optical systems for use in hostile environments where radiation, extremes of temperature and pressure, high levels of vibration and...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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SoftClean Specimen Cleaner
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 2, 2011 — For use with its Evactron decontaminator plasma cleaning system for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, XEI Scientific Inc. has introduced the SoftClean specimen cleaning chamber. ...
XEI Scientific Inc.
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