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Photonics Spectra - February 2002
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Beam Profiling Aids Fiber Optics Manufacturing
In the fiber optics industry, one constantly hears that new markets will remain elusive unless production efficiency is improved. It is a common goal, therefore, to develop better processes. We...
Cameras Are Focusing on All Microscopy Applications
There is more going on in microscope cameras than meets the eye. Digital interfaces, as much as the demands of the applications, promise to deliver higher camera resolution and user-friendly...
Broadband Gain Chips
Telecommunications requirements such as dynamic provisioning, channel protection, wavelength conversion and the replacement of fixed-wavelength distributed feedback lasers are driving the adoption of...
Planar Optical Integration
Since the beginning of the most recent boom in the optical fiber industry, component vendors have introduced many technologies, among them planar optical integration, in which optical circuits are...
Staff Report: A Leaner, Meaner Job Market for Photonics Engineers
At the close of 2001, the photonics job market found itself 180 degrees from where it had been at the end of 2000. Employers hold all the cards in this new environment, and those sign-on bonuses and...
Photodiodes
A decade after the Gulf War, the US is again involved in a military campaign, with "smart" weapons playing a key role. In fact, the political success of this effort has depended in part on the...
Tech Pulse
Microfacet Laser Displays 0.3-mW, 401-nm Operation
Group III nitrides such as AlN, GaN and InN feature wide, direct bandgaps that make them particularly useful for ultraviolet and visible laser diodes. However, the conventional mirror-fabrication...
Laser Cooling Crystallizes Ion Beams
Beams of accelerated ions are important tools in the investigation of atomic structures. The problem is that the ions collide while being accelerated and while in a magnetic storage ring, which...
Photonic Gauge Has 0.03 °C Resolution
Researchers have developed a way to take the temperature of a fluid on a tiny scale and with a light touch. The technique could have applications in microfluidic systems, the labs-on-a-chip that...
Spectrometry Identifies Fungi
The emerging field of phyloproteomics seeks to categorize the relationships between microorganisms by the mass of their respective proteins. Now researchers at the University of Maryland in College...
Fast Protons Generated with Double-Layer Foil Targets
Using 1-ps pulses from an Nd:glass laser, researchers have shown that double-layer thin foils containing a high atomic number front layer and a low atomic number, hydrogen-rich back layer can...
Microstructured Fibers Reviewed
Microstructured optical fibers are not new, but interest has revived because of their potential applications in fields such as optical communications and optical coherence tomography. In an article...
Reagents Crafted to Detect Chemical Properties
A reagent containing intelligent polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays that colorimetrically indicate levels of pH, temperature and Pb2+ concentrations in solutions has been designed by...
Interference Photolithography Produces Photonic Crystals
A team from Pennsylvania State University in University Park has developed an interference-photolithography method to produce 2-D photonic crystal structures. The scientists fabricated the 0.8- to...
Infiltrated Crystal Offers Tunable Bandgap
Researchers in Katsumi Yoshino's group at Osaka University in Suita, Japan, have demonstrated photonic bandgap tunability in synthetic opal infiltrated with liquid crystal. They also have produced a...
Laser Assesses Particle Charge in Plasma
Understanding the charge carried by particles in plasma is of keen interest to those investigating plasma environments ranging from thin-film production to interstellar clouds. However, most...
Researchers Spectrally Model Butterfly Wings
In the past, researchers have tried to model butterfly wings as simple, planar thin-film structures to gain insight about their radiative effects, but they have produced results that fail to explain...
Thin Film Blows Hot and Cold
Some like it hot, some like it cold, but everybody likes it efficient. That's why a new thin-film thermoelectric material is attracting attention. It responds 23,000 times faster than the material in...
Function Designed to Authenticate Name Seals
In China, a person must have a name seal to perform everyday functions such as withdrawing money from a bank, but visually authenticating the seals can take 5 to 10 minutes. To speed up the process,...
InP Nanowires Act as Detectors
They have been shown to work as LEDs, but indium-phosphide nanowires may also find a place in optical interconnects. A research team at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., has discovered that the...
Vibrometer Makes Waves in Testing
When it comes to making optical fiber for use in sensors that measure vibration and acoustic pressure, determining wave speed and mechanical loss can mean the difference between a sensor that works...
'Bar Code' Tags Aid Bioanalysis
Biochemical reactions involve hundreds, sometimes thousands, of unique molecules. Fluorescent markers can be targeted toward specific molecules, but only a handful of spectrally distinct markers can...
Polymer May Offer Switching Solutions
An organic polymer and liquid crystal waveguide device under development by a team of researchers in Italy and Sweden promises applications in integrated optical circuits and in all-optical switches...
Laser Controls Surface Reactions
The ability to manage the location and timing of chemical reactions is key to advanced industrial and biochemical processes. A new laser technique promises unprecedented control over surface...
Quantum Dot Lasers Remain Stable
Quantum dot lasers are, by nature, more thermally stable than quantum well lasers. Their confinement of a limited number of electrons and holes also limits thermal carrier distribution. Used as an...
Polymer Coating Protects Immersed Fiber Optic Oxygen Sensors
Pesky protein and microorganism buildup can foul up fiber optic oxygen sensors during long-term, continuous immersion in aqueous media, leading to drift and sensor failure. But researchers have...
Spectrometer Enables Better Plasma Displays
Until now, the study of suitable phosphors for plasma display panels has been trial and error because no device has been sensitive enough to investigate their properties. But researchers at Kyushu...
Pathogen Detector Employs Photoacoustics
Two universities and two firms in Washington state are developing equipment that uses photoacoustics to monitor air for potentially deadly biological agents in environments ranging from mailrooms to...
Modeling Optimizes MOEMS Production
Miniaturized optoelectronic systems are an attractive choice for applications from telecommunications to inertial sensing. The setup costs for manufacturing micro-optoelectromechanical systems...
MEMS Adaptive Optics Offer 11,000 Iterations per Second
Mirrors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) promise to meet the requirements of adaptive optics, but standard control-system architectures cannot fully utilize their speed and size...
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Fibertek Wins Contract for Technical Support
Fibertek Inc. has received a five-year $383 million Omnibus contract to support the US Army Communications and Electronics Command's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate at Forts Belvoir and AP Hill in Virginia, and at other contractor facilities. The company develops lasers and electro-optic sensor systems and provides support services to the Department of Defense. Fibertek's...
VLOC Developing Components for Active Sensors
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $3.05 million contract to VLOC, a subsidiary of II-VI Inc., to grow crystals for use in diode-pumped laser housings for active sensors. The...
Vendor Financing Gets a New Lease
Vendor financing was among the many casualties when the telecommunications market went bust last year. The practice, in which a company lends its customers the funds to buy company equipment,...
SPIE Awarded Grant for Optics Series
In recognition of the optics industry's growing need for suitably trained workers, the National Science Foundation has granted SPIE $48,725 to support three workshops for informal optics science...
Lucent Sells Optical Fiber Solutions Business
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. has purchased the major portion of the Optical Fiber Solutions business of Lucent Technologies for $2.3 billion. In a separate agreement, Corning Inc. is purchasing the...
Alliance Promotes Automation of Production
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. and Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. have agreed to combine their expertise to assist optical component manufacturers in automating their production...
Optenia Supports Photonics Education and Research
Optenia Inc., in partnership with the University of Ottawa, has established a scholarship program for graduate students who demonstrate academic excellence and an interest in photonics research. The...
Navy Expands Contract for Testing Sensors
The US Navy's Naval Research Laboratory has granted Integrated Solutions Inc. (NovaSol) of Honolulu a contract increase of nearly $2 million to expand its test program on the feasibility of...
Jmar to Create Advanced X-Ray Stepper
As part of a program to advance x-ray lithography technology, Jmar/Sal NanoLithography Inc., a division of Jmar Technologies Inc., has received a $1.7 million order from the University of Wisconsin...
Elbit to Supply F-16I Head-Up Displays
El-Op Electro-optics Industries, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will supply Lockheed Martin with head-up displays for the Israeli air force's F-16I aircraft. The wide-field-of-view systems will...
Photonics Degrees Are on the Rise
Not long ago, a photonics degree meant a diploma in physics or electrical engineering and the realization that other training would have to be acquired on the job. But that has changed as...
Centers Receive Awards for Nanoscale Research
The National Science Foundation will award $65 million over five years to science and engineering centers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and at Rice, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Northwestern...
NIH Awards Grant for Ophthalmic Instrument
Aborn Eye Research Center and Opticology Inc., both of New York, have received a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health...
Accent on Applications
Radiation-Hardened Cameras Aid in Nuclear Generator Refueling
During a refuel outage of a nuclear power plant, all of the fuel assemblies in the reactor core are either replaced or moved to other locations in the core. Each of these fuel assembly moves, which...
Spectroscopy Technique Reveals Strange Chemistry of a Frozen World
Recent data from the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Galileo spacecraft may support the hypothesis of a subsurface ocean on some of the jovian moon surfaces, such as Europa....
Laser Enhances Spectroscopy Technique's Sensitivity
A forensic chemist in the trace evidence department at the South Carolina Law Enforcement Div., Lt. Joe Powell catches criminals with a 213-nm Nd:YAG laser attached to an inductively coupled mass...
The Cathedral of St. Peter: A Work in Progress
Architectural scholar Stephen Murray said that, in Gothic architecture, buildings are viewed as a triumphal process, every advance in technology resulting in a bigger building. St. Peter's Cathedral...
Presstime Bulletin
Laser Lattice Creates New State of Matter
Researchers from Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich, Germany, Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik in Garching, Germany, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have created a new state of matter by exposing a Bose-Einstein condensate to a 3-D optical lattice potential. In their report of the work, which appeared in the Jan. 3 issue of Nature, they suggest that the technique...
Photonics West Reminiscent of First Show
Despite the economic downturn, Photonics West, held Jan. 19 to 25 in San Jose, Calif., was a great success. SPIE reported a total attendance of 14,674 at the exhibition, down slightly from 15,362 in...
NASA Cancels Astrometry Mission
Citing budget problems and setbacks in the production of suitable CCDs, NASA has withdrawn its support of the Full-Sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer mission, a collaborative effort of the US Naval...
Eastman Kodak's KAF-16801 Image Sensor Wins Photonics Spectra Circle of Excellence Award
Eastman Kodak Company announces that its KAF-16801 high performance image sensor has earned the coveted Circle of Excellence Award from the editors of Photonics Spectra at Photonics West in San Jose,...
Presidential Adviser Enlists Photonics
Photonics' role as a pervasive component technology will make it both a benefactor and beneficiary of federally funded research initiatives under the Bush administration, said John H. Marburger III,...
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DWDM PHOTODETECTOR
Santec Europe Ltd. has introduced an integrated photodetector suitable for applications in metro-core, metro-access and long-haul DWDM systems. The IPD-1 is a single-channel device with a 3.2-mm...
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POLARIZATION SCRAMBLER
General Photonics says its PCS-1000 polarization scrambler uses all-fiber technology to effectively randomize polarization states, providing low insertion loss and backreflection, no wavelength...
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TEMPERATURE SENSOR
Heraeus Sensor-Nite GmbH offers the P-FC 0805 flip-chip sensor on a printed circuit board for measuring temperatures in liquids. The board is available in two designs, measuring 4 x 22 and 2.5 x 2.2...
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DWDM SUBSTRATES
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FIBER CONNECTORS
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. has launched the MU fiber connector series, which features a small-form- factor configuration. The lightweight connectors are available in 2-mm or 900-µm fiber and...
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LASER PUMP MODULE
Blue Sky Research has released a compact version of its EPM980 laser pump module for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. The company says the module's footprint is 50% smaller than its predecessor,...
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AUTOMATED MICROSCOPE
The Eclipse E1000/E1000M automated microscopes from Nikon Instruments Inc. are set up by scanning bar codes for each objective lens using the included bar-code reader. The settings are memorized, and...
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DIGITAL CMOS CAMERA
Cognex Corp. has introduced a digital CMOS camera with 1280 x 1024 resolution for high-speed machine vision applications. The company says the CDC-100 is about half the size and weight of...
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PHOTORECEIVERS
Electro-Optical Systems Inc. offers large-area photoreceivers with active areas of up to 13 mm in diameter, covering wavelengths from the UV to >50 µm. The receivers are mechanically...
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NEAR-UV CCD VIDEO CAMERA
Sony Electronics' XC-EU50 black-and-white CCD camera has near-UV sensitivity and a spectral range of 300 to 420 nm. This analog video camera is suitable for inspection of printed circuit boards,...
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CONNECTOR ADHESIVE
AngströmBond AB9320 is a two-part blue epoxy designed for terminating multimode, single-mode and multifiber connectors. Fiber Optic Center Inc. says this low-stress adhesive does not cause fiber...
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FIBER OPTICS INSPECTION
The ConnCert 100 is a complete fiber optic end-face inspection and certification system that allows users to change inspection parameters based on programmed requirements and to program pass/fail...
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LASER FILTERS
NoIR Laser Co. has released polycarbonate laser-protective filters in lightweight styles, including spectacle, fit-over and goggle. The company says the LaserShields are scratch-resistant and...
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LIGHT CHOPPER
The model 198A dual-beam light chopper from PerkinElmer Instruments Signal Recovery is suitable for pump-probe and optical ratiometric experiments. It uses a quartz crystal oscillator as its primary...
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RACK-MOUNT CHILLERS
Versatile rack-mount chillers designed to accommodate user specifications and space requirements are available from PolyScience. The compact chillers are suitable for use with medical devices,...
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RADIOMETER
Exfo Photonic Solutions Inc. has launched a handheld radiometer that can measure up to 225,000 mW/cm2 of optical energy in the 250- to 600-nm band. Suitable for use with UV/VIS spot curing systems,...
EXFO Inc.
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REFLECTOMETER
McPherson Inc. has introduced a spectral reflectometer designed for measuring the absorbance, transmittance and reflectance of diverse optical samples. Units are available for the vacuum, extreme-UV...
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X-RAY SCREENS
The SecureX range of systems from Applied Scintillation Technologies Ltd. includes fluoroscopic screens for low- and high-volume inspection, phosphor strips for line-scan applications and image...
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LASER DIODE BONDER
A semiautomatic laser diode bonder that provides finished bond precision of ±1 to 2 µm has been introduced by Semiconductor Equipment Corp. The Model 410XP bonder features 750x magnification, a wide...
Semiconductor Equipment Corp.
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LASER DIODE
A narrow-linewidth 860-nm Bragg laser diode has been introduced by Crystal. It continuously emits 200 mW of uncollimated near-IR radiation at a driving current of approximately 250 mA. The company...
CRYSTAL GmbH
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LASER DRILL
A laser microvia drill for high-density interconnect and integrated circuit packaging has been launched by Electro Scientific Industries Inc. The Model 5385 features a high-power CO2 laser with a...
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PIGTAIL LASER
StockerYale Canada Inc. offers the Lasiris HPTL pigtail diode laser with fully protected diode electronics and an active air-cooling system with a bipolar thermoelectric cooler. This fiber-coupled...
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LIGHT SOURCE
Terahertz Technologies Inc. has introduced a line of laser light sources for fiber optic test equipment. The FLS-1350 series is available with dual or single laser outputs of 1310 and 1550 nm,...
Terahertz Technologies Inc.
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INFRARED LEDs
The ELD-1020-515-1 and ELD-1300-515-1 infrared LEDs from Roithner Lasertechnik have typical peak wavelengths of 1020 and 1300 nm, respectively. Available in 5-mm clear plastic packages, these LEDs...
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CCD LENSES
Docter Optics Inc. has introduced CCD and CCTV lenses designed for 1/3-, 1/2-, 2/3- and 1-in. image formats. The three-, six- or seven-glass-element lenses are mounted in compact metal housings,...
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INFRARED LENSES
Janos Technology Inc. offers motorized infrared camera lenses from stock. The mid- and long-wave lenses are available in a variety of focal lengths and f numbers and have been designed for use with...
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MOTION CONTROL
Nanomotion Inc. says the STM series piezoelectric motors are the smallest of their kind and that their ability to drive linear and rotary devices makes them well-suited for semiconductor, fiber...
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SPEED CONTROL
Intelligent Motion Systems Inc. has released an integrated motor/driver with variable speed control. The MDrive Speed Control offers either a NEMA 17 or 23 enhanced torque stepping motor and drive...
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LINEAR STAGES
Aluminum alloy linear stages with travel ranges of 16, 25 and 50 mm are available from Linos Photonics GmbH. The TL series is offered with a choice of micrometers or piezo positioners for fine...
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A/D CONVERTER
The ADC1000-USB external A/D converter from Ocean Optics Inc. can be directly connected to the back of the S2000 series spectrometer or can be stacked to the spectrometer with header pins and mounted...
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DATA ANALYSIS
Origin version 7.0 scientific graphing and data analysis software has been released by OriginLab Corp. This Windows-based program allows users to create C routines and to access elements such as...
OriginLab Corp.
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DWDM TESTING
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has introduced a Gigabit Ethernet test module for its FTB-400 portable field-testing platform. The Packet Blazer is suitable for commissioning and...
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POWER METER
ILX Lightwave Corp. presents the DPM-79810 dual power meter module for use with the FOS-7900B multichannel fiber optic test system. The instrument can measure up to 1 W of optical power without the...
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PRISM MEASUREMENT
Trioptics' PrismMaster-HR is an automated turnkey system that includes an ultraprecision rotation drive for measurement of optical components. The system offers a resolution of 0.036 arc sec and an...
TRIOPTICS GmbH
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INTEGRATING SPHERE
A miniature integrating sphere for use with fiber optic spectrometers and radiometers has been introduced by Ancal Inc. The Innasphere model IC120 provides full-function cosine reception in the...
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NIGHT-VISION TESTING
Optikos Corp. has launched the OpTest NVG, a modular system for characterizing a variety of image-intensified night-vision devices. This versatile, automated measurement station enables users to...
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