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 September 2012


BUSINESS
Allen Joins Ocean Optics Dr. Michael W. Allen has joined Ocean Optics as director of marketing and product development, the optical sensing products maker announced Thursday. Allen comes to Ocean Optics from Thermo Fisher...
Precision Optics to Raise $2.5M in Stock Sale Precision Optics Corp. Inc. will sell stock to investors to raise approximately $2.5 million, the company said recently.
Schneider Optics VP Named SPIE Senior Member Schneider Optics Inc. VP Stuart Singer has been appointed a senior member of SPIE for his contributions to the precision optics industry, the company announced.
NRC Licenses Laser Enrichment Facility A first-of-its-kind facility for the laser enrichment of uranium has received a license from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Z-Laser Welcomes New CEO Industrial laser maker Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH announced Wednesday that its new CEO, Stefan Randak, started with the company this month.
NIH Awards Vixar VCSEL Contract Optoelectronic components and subassemblies supplier Vixar has received an SBIR Phase I contract from the National Institutes of Health to demonstrate the feasibility of a wavelength-tunable...
sp3 Diamond Awarded Thermal Management Patents Diamond products and deposition equipment supplier sp3 Diamond Technologies Inc. has received two patents for technology that makes semiconductor and laser packaging more reliable.
Steward Joins Orb Optronix Former Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Manager Heidi Steward has been named director of sales and marketing at Orb Optronix.
Ball Ships First Webb Telescope Mirrors The first two of the 18 beryllium primary mirror segments that comprise NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at Goddard Space Flight Center last week.
Materion Opens Albuquerque Facility To better serve its thin-film deposition customers, Materion Microelectronics & Services has opened a new facility in Mesa del Sol, N.M.
Flir Garners $26M Navy Contract Flir Systems Inc. has received a $26.3 million contract to provide the Navy with advanced imaging systems.
Heinemann Named CTO at DirectPhotonics Dr. Stefan Heinemann has been appointed chief technology officer at diode laser maker DirectPhotonics Industries GmbH of Berlin.
Laser Energetics Receives Initial Order Laser Energetics Inc. received its first order from an undisclosed distributor in India for its nonlethal Dazer Laser Guardians and accessories.
Biomedical Researchers Win Edmund Optics Grants Biomedical researchers at universities in Texas, Switzerland and Singapore won first place in Edmund Optics’ 2012 Higher Education Global Grant program and will each receive approximately $10,000 in...
Alvis Joins B.E. Meyers & Co. Optoelectronic device manufacturer B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc. has appointed Michael Alvis as vice president of business development.
New SPIE Student Chapters Boost Total Past 200 With the addition of 13 new student chapters at SPIE’s Optics and Photonics symposium last month, the society now has 207 chapters representing 40 countries.
e2v to Supply Image Sensors to Japan’s XFEL The imaging solutions manufacturer will provide Japan’s x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) with sensors that will allow scientists to “see” the atomic structure of proteins and other nanoscale...
Inrad Optics Names Eskilson CEO Amy Eskilson will become president and CEO of Inrad Optics Inc. on Oct. 1, the company announced on Monday. Eskilson replaces Joe Rutherford, who is retiring but will remain a member of the...
Jenoptik Nabs $13M Medical Laser Order in US Jenoptik’s Lasers and Material Processing Div. has received a $13 million order from a US customer for medical lasers, the company announced Tuesday. Over the next three years, the...
Corning Opens Tech Center in Berlin Specialty glassmaker Corning Inc. officially opened its new technology center for telecommunications customers on Wednesday. Corning Technology Center Berlin is located in the Adlershof Science and...
CrossFiber Completes $13M Funding Round Photonic switch maker CrossFiber Inc. completed its Series D funding round with $13.4 million raised as three new venture captical companies joined existing investors. CrossFiber said the majority of...
Suppliers Agree to Smaller Pump Laser Packaging An agreement announced Wednesday between optical communications products suppliers Oclaro Inc. and 3SPGroup marks the biggest change in industry standards for small form factor (SFF) pump laser...
University Spinoff to Advance Optical Integration A recent spinoff from the Technical University of Valencia is looking to further optical integration by increasing the complexity of chip designs and improving fabrication processes. Optical...
‘The Promise of Optics and Photonics’ Presented on Capitol Hill Members of the optics and photonics community headed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to draw attention to the National Academy of Sciences’ recently released report on the current state of optical...
Prism Awards Deadline Nears The entry deadline is fast approaching for the prestigious 2012-13 Prism Awards. The international competition, sponsored by Photonics Media and SPIE, the international society for optics and...
Guckian to Lead Ocean Optics’ Sensors Unit Adrian Guckian has been hired by Ocean Optics to lead its Sensors business unit, the optical sensing products maker announced Tuesday.
Tu to Lead Asia Pacific Sales at GigOptix Victor Tu, a 20-year semiconductor sales and engineering veteran, is the new vice president of sales for the Asia Pacific region, fabless semiconductor and optical components supplier GigOptix Inc....
Kentek Acquires Laser Safety Business Kentek Corp. acquired fellow laser safety products maker Laser-Professionals Inc., effective Sept. 1. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "For eight years Laser-Professionals Inc. [LPI]...
Kodak to Shed Another 1000 Jobs Kodak will cut another 1000 jobs by year’s end as the imaging company continues to restructure under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company also announced that two of its high-ranking officers are...
CryLas Raffling Lasers to Photonics Researchers Diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser maker CryLas GmbH will award two of its products to university or public institute scientists working in photonics research via an online raffle, the company...
Glastra to Lead GSI’s Laser Products Group Longtime Philips executive Matthijs Glastra has been hired as group president, Laser Products, GSI Group Inc. said this week. Glastra will join GSI in the fourth quarter and will be based at the...
Clemens to Direct Engineering at Headwall Photonics Peter Clemens has joined Headwall Photonics as director of engineering and development, the maker of hyperspectral imaging spectrometers announced Thursday. Before joining Headwall, Clemens spent...
Navy Seeks Bids for Ship-Based Laser Weapons The Navy wants to become the first of the armed forces to deploy cost-effective, high-energy laser weapons, and it’s seeking participation from the laser community. The Office of Naval Research...
Griot Group to Sell for Block Engineering in Western US Block Engineering, a manufacturer of quantum cascade laser-based and Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, has added the Griot Group as a sales representative. The Griot Group has sales and...
SPI Lasers Opens Office, Lab in Seoul Rapid customer growth in the Asia market has spurred fiber laser designer and manufacturer SPI Lasers to expand its Asia facilities by adding combined office and laboratory space in Seoul, the...
Roohparvar Out as President of DigitalOptics Dr. Farzan "Bob" Roohparvar has been replaced as president of DigitalOptics Corp. (DOC) by Chief Operations Officer Logan Saverimuthu. The company announced both the departure and the interim...
IPG Photonics Acquires JPSA IPG Photonics Corp. announced today that it has acquired privately held industrial laser maker J.P. Sercel Associates Inc. (JPSA) to accelerate fiber laser penetration into the $800 million...
Laser Firms Partner on New Glass Cutting Tech Germany- and US-based industrial laser companies InnoLas Systems, FiLaser and Lumera Laser have allied to bring new glass cutting technology to market, the trio announced Friday. Under the...
WITec Opens Offices in Japan and Spain Rapid growth in Europe and Asia has spurred nanoanalytical microscopy systems maker WITec GmbH to open regional offices in Japan and Spain.
CVI Laser Marks 40th Anniversary CVI Laser is marking 40 years of providing thin-film-enabled optical components and subsystems to the semiconductor, life sciences, industrial, aerospace and scientific markets. The company was...
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
SMART Scalpel Gives Surgeons Superhuman Precision A new "smart" surgical tool equipped with a specialized optical fiber sensor can compensate for almost imperceptible hand tremors by making hundreds of precise position corrections each second...
Nanoparticles Enable Drug Activation by NIR Light Nanoparticles that convert near-infrared to ultraviolet or visible light could help overcome the skin penetration limits of conventional photodynamic therapy.
Optical Mammography IDs Breast Cancer A novel noninvasive optical imaging technique could offer doctors new ways both to identify breast cancer and to monitor a patient’s response to initial treatment.
Pioneering Photonics Institute to Celebrate 30 Years A pioneering center for photonic science and technology will mark its 30th anniversary next month.
Wearable Sensor Maps Disaster Areas on the Fly A wearable sensor system that includes a stripped-down gaming camera and a laser rangefinder could give emergency responders a boost by digitally mapping hazardous environments on the fly.
OSA, China Partners Launch Photonics Research Journal The Optical Society (OSA) will launch Photonics Research, a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal, in partnership with an optics institute and optics publisher in China, the society announced today....
Nanotubes Project Holograms Holograms can be generated by harnessing the conductive and light-scattering qualities of carbon nanotubes, a development that could lead to crisper projections with a larger field of view.
Quantum Photonics Researcher Wins Engineering Challenge Quantum photonics research assistant Dr. Isobel Houghton of the University of Bristol has won the British Science Association’s Strictly Engineering challenge.
Scully Honored for Quantum Optics Research Dr. Marlan O. Scully will be honored in October for his groundbreaking quantum optics research with the highest award given by The Optical Society.
Moving Target Measured with Squeezed Light A novel quantum mechanical squeezing technique that precisely tracks the phase of optical waveforms in motion has broken the standard limits for ultraprecise measurement by exploiting quantum...
Silicon-Erbium Chip Achieves 170 Gb/s The integration of silicon and an erbium-doped material on a single chip will amplify light at speeds up to 170 gigabits a second, says a doctoral student at the University of Twente who demonstrated...
Spectroscopic ‘Fingerprints’ Diagnose Brain Tumors A breakthrough in brain tumor diagnosis uses infrared and Raman spectroscopy to differentiate healthy from diseased tissue based on individual biochemical-cell “fingerprints.”
Biophotonics Researchers Receive Innovator Awards Bjorn Lillemeier and Axel Nimmerjahn of the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center will each receive $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health as two of only 51 recipients of the award that...
Lasers Printed via Ink-Jet Using everyday ink-jet technology, scientists have designed a process for "printing" an organic laser on virtually any surface. The development has wide-ranging possible applications, including...
With Laser, Electromagnetic Bottleneck ‘Shattered’ Using a high-power laser to amp up decades-old electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometers has yielded a more efficient tool for revealing details about the structure of targeted molecules.
EU Invests in Romania’s Nuclear Photonics Project The European Commission approved on Tuesday nearly €180 million ($235 million) for a new laboratory in Romania that will study laser-based nuclear physics. The funding for Extreme Light...
Thousands of Cells Tracked Via Lensless Imaging A novel lensless computational imaging platform is being touted as a new way to observe and track large numbers of rapidly moving objects under a microscope, capturing precise motion paths in three...
OCT, Adaptive Optics Net €1M Vision Science Award Pioneers in optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics for retina visualization received the 2012 António Champalimaud Vision Award late last week in recognition of the techniques’...
Laser Pioneer Townes Wins ‘Golden Goose’ Award Nobel laureate and laser pioneer Charles H. Townes is among the eight recipients of a new award celebrating researchers whose seemingly odd or obscure federally funded research turned out to have a...
Dark Energy Camera Records First Images After eight years of planning and construction, the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created, the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam), achieved first light on Sept. 12. The camera was...
Laser ‘Needle’ Could Take the Ouch Out of Shots Children (and even adults) who dread facing needles at the doctor’s office can find hope in a new laser-based system that shoots microscopic jets of drugs into the skin. To test the...
University Spinoff to Advance Optical Integration A recent spinoff from the Technical University of Valencia is looking to further optical integration by increasing the complexity of chip designs and improving fabrication processes. Optical...
Laser Stability Improved by an Order of Magnitude A laser so stable that its frequency varies by no more than two parts in 10,000 trillion represents an approach for constructing high-quality optical cavities that improve prior designs by more than...
Prism Awards Deadline Nears The entry deadline is fast approaching for the prestigious 2012-13 Prism Awards. The international competition, sponsored by Photonics Media and SPIE, the international society for optics and...
Muscles Get a ‘Light’ Workout Genetically engineered muscle cells have been made to flex in response to light, a step toward using such light-sensitive tissue to build highly articulated robots.
$1M Donation Supports Online Laser Eye Surgery Education Laser vision correction pioneer Dr. Charles R. Munnerlyn and his wife have donated $1 million to advance Web-based laser surgery education for ophthalmologists, the American Academy of Ophthalmology...
All-Optical Nanoswitch Promises Faster Computers The first all-optical photonic switch made of cadmium sulfide nanowires has not only been produced but combined with others into a logic gate for on-chip information processing, which could help...
Spectroscopy Optimizes Fluorescent Probes for DNA Study Time-resolved spectroscopy plus careful calculations can optimize photoluminescent probes for studying DNA, with results nearly twice as good as standard fluorescence spectroscopy for specific...
Plasmon Wave Propagates for 80 µm with No Diffraction A needle-like beam of light that propagates for an unprecedented distance of 80 µm without spreading could greatly reduce signal loss for on-chip optical systems. The cosine-Gauss plasmon beam,...
Optogenetics Pioneers Win Zülch Four scientists who initiated and were instrumental in promoting optogenetics will be recognized Sept. 7 with the K.J. Zülch Prize 2012 from the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation. In announcing the...
A Silicon-Based Approach to Quantum Computing A new silicon-based approach to quantum computing could make the technology easier to mass-produce. Scientists at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Quantum Photonics, leading an...
‘Magic Carpet’ Maps Mobility Fiber optics could be the key to keeping people with mobility problems on their feet. A new "smart" carpet has an underlay of plastic optical fibers that bend when walked upon; it can immediately...
Lasers Map Hurricane Isaac Flooding US Geological Survey scientists used a lidar technique called terrestrial lidar over the weekend to map urban flooding caused by Hurricane Isaac. “T-lidar” will enable them to collect highly detailed...
Spinach Power Boosts Si Solar Cells Popeye’s not the only one who can get a big power boost from spinach: Combining the vegetable’s photosynthetic protein with silicon produces significantly higher current levels than can...
Record Laser Pulse the Key to Hidden Quantum World The most significant breakthrough in the laser pulse field in four years provides scientists with a new tool to watch quantum mechanics in action — a world hidden from view until now. The work...
Wireless Optical Networks Eyed for Vehicles LED-based wireless optical networks in vehicles could significantly cut the weight of wiring under the hood, not only saving on fuel, but also allowing passengers to tap into visible or infrared...
ACQUISITIONS
IPG Photonics Acquires JPSA IPG Photonics Corp. announced today that it has acquired privately held industrial laser maker J.P. Sercel Associates Inc. (JPSA) to accelerate fiber laser penetration into the $800 million fine-processing markets. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; the business will operate under the name IPG Microsystems LLC. Manchester, N.H.-based JPSA supplies ultraviolet excimer and diode-pumped...
CVI Laser Marks 40th Anniversary CVI Laser is marking 40 years of providing thin-film-enabled optical components and subsystems to the semiconductor, life sciences, industrial, aerospace and scientific markets. The company was...
Rudolph Acquires NanoPhotonics Rudolph Technologies Inc. of Flanders, N.J., a maker of process control metrology systems used in semiconductor device manufacturing, has acquired NanoPhotonics GmbH of Mainz, Germany, to strengthen...
PRODUCTS
Durachill Recirculating Chillers NILES, Ill., Sept. 30, 2012 — Compact recirculating chillers that provide reliable heat removal for lasers and other precision laboratory equipment are available from PolyScience. Maintaining process temperatures from 5 to...
PolyScience
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Industrial Camera OBERSULM, Germany, Sept. 27, 2012 — A compact industrial camera has been introduced by IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH. The USB uEye ML is suitable for mechanical engineering applications. The robust camera has a USB 2.0...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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SIM Cerberus System TRING, England, Sept. 27, 2012 — A multiple-head camera system released by Specialised Imaging Ltd., in conjunction with Image Systems AB, provides detailed 3-D analysis. The 3-D pitch, yaw and velocity solution uses the SIM...
Specialised Imaging Ltd.
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Scientific Cameras Hamamatsu’s family of scientific cameras has your imaging needs covered. Our major cameras include the ORCA-Flash4.0 scientific CMOS camera, the ORCA-D2 dual-CCD camera for dual wavelength...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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EUV Light Source WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 26, 2012 — Energetiq Technology Inc. has announced its EQ-10HP 20-W extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light source for actinic inspection of EUV masks. It operates at substantially higher input powers than its...
Energetiq Technology Inc.
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USB 3.0 CMOSIS-Sensor-Based Cameras OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 26, 2012 — Lumenera Corp. is pairing Belgium-based CMOSIS’ high-speed global shutter CMOS sensors with a USB 3.0 interface in a compact package. The new product line features six color, monochrome...
Teledyne Lumenera
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Oslon Black Flat LED REGENSBURG, Germany, Sept. 26, 2012 — The Oslon Black Flat LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH is a light source for automotive front lighting systems that offers uniform light distribution, thermal stability and good contrast. It is...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
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MetaMorph NX 2.5 Software SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2012 — Molecular Devices LLC has released version 2.5 of its MetaMorph NX microscopy automation and image analysis software, which now includes modules for the study of neuronal morphology and fiber...
Molecular Devices LLC
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Sunscreen UV Transmittance Analyzer NORTH SUTTON, N.H., Sept. 25, 2012 — Labsphere Inc.’s UV-2000S transmittance analyzer for sunscreen products provides fast and accurate in vitro measurements that comply to all international standards for UVA and UVB sun...
Labsphere Inc.
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Breadboard and Filter Wheel Assembly ROCKLAND, Mass., Sept. 25, 2012 — The HP1719 IX breadboard and HF108SIX3 filter wheel assembly from Prior Scientific Inc. are for use with the Olympus IX3-ZDC inverted microscope systems. Taking advantage of the open access to...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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LED Light Engines WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 24, 2012 — Ultrahigh-brightness LED light engines with integrated fluorescence excitation filters are being offered by Innovations in Optics Inc. LumiBright LE light engines use state-of-the-art LED...
Innovations in Optics Inc.
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META Laser Cutting Machine SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 24, 2012 — Coherent Inc. has extended its integrated laser machine tool products with the META platform, a unibody chassis design that provides improved mechanical stability. The rigid, single weldment results...
Coherent Inc.
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TechSpec Optical Cage Systems BARRINGTON, N.J., Sept. 24, 2012 — Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec Cage System linear translation assemblies. Designed for modularity and flexibility, the optomechanical systems consist of precision rods and plates, allowing...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Mid- and Long-Wave Filters OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, Sept 24, 2012 — Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. has extended its visible and near-infrared filter offerings into the mid- and long-wave infrared wavelength regions. Optical filters in the expanded...
Iridian Spectral Technologies
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Water-Cooling System KARLSRUHE, Germany, Sept. 23, 2012 — A modular water-cooling system from autoVimation is suitable for all in-house protective camera enclosures with a dovetail profile. It extends the permissible ambient temperature range for most...
autoVimation GmbH
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FL3-U3-13E4C/M-C USB 3.0 Cameras RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 21, 2012 — Point Grey Research Inc. has expanded its line of Flea3 USB 3.0 cameras with the FL3-U3-13E4C/M-C color and monochrome models. They use the fast and sensitive EV76C560 global shutter CMOS image...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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New! Fluorescence Filters Online New low-cost, high-value fluorescence optical filters! These hard-coated dielectric filters provide optimal wavelength discrimination for detection of commonly used fluorophores in fluorescence...
Iridian Spectral Technologies
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Interconnect 2.0 Software VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 20, 2012 — Lumerical Solutions Inc.’s Interconnect 2.0 software enables photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designers to explore the role of circuit architecture and statistical component variations on...
Ansys Canada
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Series 61 Photoelectric Sensors TWINSBURG, Ohio, Sept. 20, 2012 — The Series 61 photoelectric sensors launched by Pepperl+Fuchs are UL- and cUL-listed and available in DC models with proprietary 4-in-1 output and in AC/DC models with single-pole double-throw (SPDT)...
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
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Miniature Spectrometers NEWARK, Del., Sept. 20, 2012 — B&W Tek Inc. has expanded its Exemplar smart spectrometer line with the introduction of the Exemplar LS and Exemplar Plus. The miniature spectrometers are used in high-speed reaction...
B&W Tek LLC
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Midband OPO SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2012 — A midband tunable optical parametric oscillator (OPO) has been released by Continuum Electro-Optics Inc. The Horizon OPO offers a tuning range into the vacuum-ultraviolet, a narrow linewidth...
Amplitude Laser Inc.
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Laser Enclosure SMITHFIELD, R.I., Sept. 19, 2012 — The patent-pending HSP Laser-Gard Barrier System from Honeywell Safety Products offers a customizable way to securely enclose a laser setup on an optical table, enhancing experimental conditions...
Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc.
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LED Ring Illuminator BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2012 — An LED ring illuminator from Titan Tool Supply Inc. features a constant-current design to provide powerful, microscope-quality light output with no color shift when dimming. A typical incandescent...
Titan Tool Supply Inc.
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Multi-Ion-Beam Tool JENA, Germany, Sept. 18, 2012 — The ORION NanoFab is being introduced by Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH. The multi-ion-beam tool based on gas field ion source technology is an enhancement to the existing helium ion microscope and also...
Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH
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Sapphire 588 LP Orange OPSLs SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2012 — New Sapphire lasers from Coherent Inc. offer orange output, which excites a number of fluorescent dyes used in bioimaging. The models deliver 20, 50, 75 or 100 mW at 588 nm. Because they use...
Coherent Inc.
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UV-Visible Achromatic Wave Plates NEWTON, N.J., Sept. 18, 2012 — Thorlabs has released its new line of achromatic wave plates for the 260- to 410-nm range. Achromatic wave plates are constructed from at least two birefringent materials, typically quartz and...
Thorlabs Inc.
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TrueSurface Microscopy ULM, Germany, Sept. 14, 2012 — WITec GmbH’s TrueSurface microscopy is now available as an integrated option for the alpha300 microscope series. This development enables topographic Raman imaging on large samples for...
WITec GmbH
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Life Sciences Software BESANÇON, France, Sept. 17, 2012 — For surface imaging and metrology compatible with scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) and multispectral Raman instruments, Digital Surf has announced a new generation of Mountains 7 software. ...
Digital Surf
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Scientific ICCD Cameras TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 17, 2012 — Launched by Princeton Instruments, the PI-MAX4 series of intensified CCD (ICCD) cameras are for time-resolved scientific imaging and spectroscopy applications. The fiber optically coupled cameras...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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8 × 4-ft Polycarbonate Laser-Protective Windows FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 14, 2012 — For use in medical and industrial applications, the 8 × 4-ft polycarbonate laser-protective windows available from Wamco Inc. meet the US Department of Defense requirements for increased...
Wamco Inc.
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Infrared and Broadband Optics PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 14, 2012 — Custom-fabricated infrared and broadband optics that match the material and surface characteristics required for specific applications are available from Meller Optics Inc. They can be...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Molding Technology NEUSTADT AN DER ORLA, Germany, Sept. 14, 2012 — Docter Optics GmbH provides vendors of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems with optical components produced with the use of its DOCFast molding technology. CPV designs are based on the use...
Docter Optics SE
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UV Starter Kit FITCHBURG, Mass., Sept. 14, 2012 — The easy-to-use Hyperspec UV starter kit unveiled by Headwall Photonics Inc. provides everything needed to evaluate and categorize the spectral composition of materials and samples within the UV...
Headwall Photonics Inc.
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Five-Axis Fiber Laser Cutting System MONROVIA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 — The Sigma five-axis fiber laser cutting system unveiled by Miyachi Unitek Corp. enables 3-D cut paths. High-speed, high-precision, position-based firing laser power control and cutting features...
AMADA WELD TECH Inc.
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170-TPI Adjustment Screws IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 — High-precision adjustment screws with a 170-thread-per-in. (TPI) thread pitch have been announced by Newport Corp. The company says that they provide a 43% improvement in sensitivity over...
MKS/Newport
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FTF9168 CCD Image Sensors WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 12, 2012 — Teledyne Dalsa has launched a line of 60-million-pixel, large-format full-frame CCD image sensors. The FTF9168 image sensors produce high resolution using commercially available lenses....
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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WDXRF Spectrometer THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 11, 2012 — Rigaku Americas Corp. has released the Supermini200 wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer. Elemental analysis is among the most important fundamental measurements made...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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Spectroradiometers LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 11, 2012 — The SR-500 and SR-1100 spectroradiometers from Spectral Evolution can validate the class of any commercially available continuous output solar simulator, per IEC 60904-9/ASTM E927-05. The...
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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AR Coating of GRIN Lenses OLCHING, Germany, Sept. 10, 2012 — The complex coating of temperature-sensitive optics at process temperatures below 100 °C, previously challenging, is now promising – despite the long coating times required for such complex...
Laser Components GmbH
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QPix 420 Microbial Colony Picker SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 — Molecular Devices LLC has launched the QPix 420 microbial colony picker. It offers specifications to fit all levels of microbial picking and library management needs. Designed for smaller...
Molecular Devices LLC
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Sinteron 5000 System WILMINGTON, Mass., Sept. 10, 2012 — Xenon Corp. has announced the Sinteron 5000 system for sintering printed electronic products at manufacturing speeds that meets the demands of roll-to-roll and conveyor feed production. The...
XENON Corp.
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Blackbody Calibration Device MILFORD, Mass., Sept. 9, 2012 — Process Sensors Corp. has added the two-piece model BBS1050 Compact blackbody calibration source to its line of precision blackbody radiation sources for verification and calibration of noncontact...
Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.
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HXP50 Hexapod IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2012 — Newport Corp. has launched the HXP50 hexapod, a parallel kinematic motion device that provides six axes of motion: X, Y, Z, pitch, roll and yaw. Compact and rigid, the positioning system is...
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Dual-AR Coating BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Sept. 7, 2012 — Andor Technology plc has launched its extended-range, dual-antireflection (AR) technology for the Newton and iDus spectroscopy CCD platforms. The coating extends the near-infrared quantum efficiency...
Andor Technology
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Benchtop Fluorometer EDISON, N.J., Sept. 6, 2012 — The benchtop Dual-FL manufactured by Horiba Scientific combines a CCD-based spectrofluorometer and a spectrophotometer for simultaneous rapid collection of fluorescence and absorbance data. It...
HORIBA Scientific
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C-Mount Spectrometer Adapters CHELMSFORD, Mass., Sept. 6, 2012 — Adapters manufactured by McPherson simplify integration of C-mount CMOS and CCD cameras with the company’s spectrometers. Easy and secure C-mount adapters are suitable for cryogenic,...
McPHERSON
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Hybrid Ball Screws BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 5, 2012 — Steinmeyer Inc.’s hybrid ball screws with ceramic rolling elements enable longer lifetime, lower friction and less lubrication. Balls manufactured from silicon nitride instead of...
Steinmeyer Inc.
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SUR500 Avalanche Photodiode HUDSON, N.H., Sept. 5, 2012 — The SUR500 silicon avalanche photodiode manufactured by Laser Components USA Inc. is designed for biomedical applications in which small signals in the short-wave UV/blue spectral range must be...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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StarPack Laser Line STARNBERG, Germany, Sept. 4, 2012 — The StarPack lasers manufactured by Rofin-Baasel Lasertech are used in the packaging industry. Whether it is cross web/free-form scribing, web direction scribing or perforation, with StarPack CW,...
Rofin-Baasel Lasertech
Polarization Measurement System CHINO, Calif., Sept. 4, 2012 — General Photonics Corp. has announced a new version of its PolaWise polarization measurement system, which characterizes all polarization-related properties of light sources and optical materials,...
General Photonics Corp.
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Precision Cutting/Scribing on Glass SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 4, 2012 — Precision Glass & Optics offers precision glass cutting and scribing on thin flat substrates measuring up to 600 × 600 mm. The company uses the Gen-3 Phoenix-600 machine from TLC...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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Spectral Surface Mapping SAN DIMAS, Calif., Sept. 3, 2012 — Craic Technologies has announced Spectral Surface Mapping (S2M) capabilities for its Perfect Vision microspectrophotometer line. S2M allows the company’s microspectrometer users to map the...
CRAIC Technologies
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CCD Detector for UV-VIS-NIR EDISON, N.J., Sept. 3, 2012 — The Syncerity research-grade OEM spectroscopy camera manufactured by Horiba Scientific offers low readout noise and a high dynamic range. The 1024 × 256 CCD detector for UV-VIS-NIR is an...
HORIBA Scientific
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Laser Processing System KRAILLING, Germany, Sept. 3, 2012 — A twin laser processing system has been launched by InnoLas Systems GmbH. The ILS TT DS for laser processing, contact opening and selective emitter doping of solar cells is equipped with laser...
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