Photonics Showcase Newsletter – February 2025 (2/18/2025)

From preform creation to final fiber, Nextrom covers every step of specialty fiber manufacturing. OFC 12 MCVD (Modified chemical vapor deposition) and OFC 11 PCVD (plasma chemical vapor deposition) systems produce high-purity preforms with precise doping profiles. Glass-working and collapsing lathes for preform refinement. Finally, the OFC 20 SF draw tower and proof-tester ensure top-quality specialty fibers — multimode, hollow core, and more.

If you need a reliable broadband, incoherent, and cost-effective light source for gas sensing, nanoplus offers mid-infrared LEDs from 1750 nm to 6500 nm. These LEDs operate in continuous wave mode and allow you to specify target wavelengths for your application. Our mid-infrared LEDs are available on various submounts, designed for optimal temperature control and user convenience.

The Panoramaxx laser safety helmets are a ground-breaking innovation in the field of laser protection for welders and offer a unique combination of safety, comfort, and field of vision. Three versions of the helmets will be offered by Laservision including two featuring auto-darkening technology. With this unique hybrid solution one helmet can be used for all welding work. A third version without ADF is designed specifically for laser welding.

LightPath Technologies OGI (Optical Gas Imaging) camera provides a low cost, effective solution to visualize Methane and VOC’s (volatile organic compounds). Traditionally only cooled sensors have been utilized, this has been a roadblock to mass deployment due to cost. Our high-sensitivity uncooled LWIR camera provides a unique cost effective path to mass deployment and remote monitoring for gas detection and additional applications.

Hamamatsu’s Photonics for Humanity series shines a light on the breakthroughs and applications shaping a more sustainable, connected world. Our experts share their insights on how light-based technologies are solving critical challenges and creating a brighter future. Explore the ways photonics is advancing fields like LiDAR and water and soil analysis, and its role in enabling quantum technologies.

Alluxa’s innovative, next-generation SIRRUS™ plasma physical vapor deposition (PVD) platform offers full spectral coverage from ultraviolet (200 μm) to infrared (14 μm). The proprietary process enables optical filters with the steepest edges, highest transmission, and deepest blocking available while maintaining high performance, precision wavelength control, and extremely uniform coatings.

Compact 250 - 1000nm spectrometer with 1nm resolution at all wavelengths. Leveraging LightMachinery’s world class design and manufacturing for higher sensitivity. Onboard image processing and serial data output with an easy to use user interface. The right choice whenever a brighter, faster, or wider spectrum is required. The wide range and high sensitivity enable high speed process control for spectroscopic measurements from UV to NIR.