TÜRKENFELD, Germany, July 1, 2014 — The ISS-17-VA integrating sphere source calibration standard from Gigahertz-Optik produces variable light intensities while maintaining a constant color temperature. The ISS-17-VA is 170 mm in diameter with a 50-mm-diameter illumination field. The sphere is coated with Gigahertz-Optik’s highly diffused and reflective barium sulfate coating. With an integrated light source, it produces a field with homogenous light distribution within the sphere. This light source can be operated at...

TAMPERE, Finland, July 1, 2014 — A high-power laser diode driver, the Intensify Nx50 from Granite Devices has parallel connection capability for the OEM market. The device can scale up continuous and pulsed output current rating to 150 A. The device accepts standard 12 V DC...

LYON, France, June 30, 2014 — The Caspian M12 from Varioptic is a wide-angle lens with autofocus capabilities. With an effective focal length of 2.6 mm, the lens offers a 160° field of view. Featuring a liquid lens and compatible with 1/2.5-in. sensors, the lens offers...

OBERSULM, Germany, June 27, 2014 — The Ensenso N20 from Imaging Development Systems GmbH is a 3-D camera with integrated texture projection using blue LEDs. The camera comes equipped with two high-resolution 1.3 megapixel CMOS sensors and software-controlled subsampling and...

KENLEY, Surry, England, June 30, 2014 — Precision optical mounts from Optical Surfaces provide customizable features for an array of applications. The mounts can be modified for non-circular optical components or for supporting diameters > 600 mm. They provide a stable platform...

Jun 30, 2014 — BELFAST, North Ireland, June 30, 2014 — The Revolution DSD2 module from Andor Technology Ltd. is a compact, laser-free confocal module that can be fitted to most fluorescence microscopes. The device is an alternative to laser scanning...

BERLIN, June 30, 2014 — A new yellow 560 nm diode laser head from PicoQuant supports pulsed and CW operation for applications in biophotonics. The laser’s pulse duration is as short as 80 ps and has a center wavelength of 561 nm &plusmin; 3 nm. The...

BERLIN, June 27, 2014 — A new enhanced range of diode laser systems from Lumics GmbH is designed for light material processing in industrial applications, such as plastic welding, laser soft soldering, thin-sheet metal welding and surface processing. The new systems...

MAINZ, Germany, June 25, 2014 — Dilas has expanded their Compact-Evolution product line by introducing an industrial diode laser. The diode laser system delivers 150 to 1200 W of output power from a 300 µm (0.22 NA) fiber emitting at 976 nm. The diode laser...

SOLNA, Sweden, June 20, 2014 — With a standardized compact form factor and wide wavelength range, the MLD 06-01 compact diode laser series from Cobolt exhibits higher power than its predecessors. At 473 nm up to 140 mW; 488 nm up to 200 mW; and 638 nm up to 140 mW, the...

WINDSOR, England, June 16, 2014 — With an extremely clear appearance and hardness of more than 20 gigapascals, the Diamonex ClearShield scratch and wear-resistant window coating from Morgan Advanced Materials was developed to meet the electronics market’s transition to optical...

ILMINSTER, England, June 10, 2014 — A range of visible wavelength fiber coupled acousto-optic modulators from Gooch & Housego offer performance in microscopy and instrumentation applications. The devices demonstrate high PER and low insertion loss, using qualified processes...

WEDEL, Germany, June 5, 2014 — The ATS 200, an alignment tuning station from Trioptics, ensures precision and flexibility for the production of mounted lenses. Combining a compact, stable turning lathe with centration measurement, the ATS 200 aligns the lens mount’s...

WARRINGTON, England, June 2, 2014 — The HAPR0088 CATLAB integrated microreactor and mass spectrometer system from Hiden Analytical provides quantification of catalytic activity and thermal reaction processes in both R&D and QC laboratories. The system monitors gas and vapor...

CAMBRIDGE, England, May 23, 2014 — The MicroCAM 2 by Thermoteknix is a high-res thermal imaging camera in a lightweight, low-power package for portable, battery-powered applications. With extreme thermal sensitivity, it features an available 384 × 288 range 25 µm...

LOEBAU, Germany, May 22, 2014 — The LAS 260 filtering system from ULT AG extracts and filters harmful particles for small lasers, laser marking and ultra-short pulse laser processing. Automated and semi-automated production processes can be safely used as stand-alone or...

FREIBURG, Germany, May 12, 2014 — Z-LASER introduces the ZQ-blue, a new compact, powerful blue laser, for projection, inspection and image processing applications. The new laser combines homogeneity of ±15 percent with IP50 protection class. A 1 W/450 nm laser diode...

YOKNEAM, Israel, May 7, 2014 — Senso Optics has introduced its camera-on-chip (COC). This new COC is the world’s first thermal application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), its developers said. It touts a 3-second start-up time and uses less than 1 W of power. The...

Apr 23, 2014 — Frankfurt Laser Co. has introduced the FLC300 laser diode system for applications in fiber optic communications. The new system delivers fiber output power of 2 mW to 300 W, and wavelengths ranging from 450 to 1550 nm. It features an...

MARTINSRIED, Germany, April 21, 2014 — AMS Technologies has announced the PUFL series of UV fiber lasers, a line of 355-nm laser sources from Keopsys.. Based on the combination of a 1.0-µm fiber laser and a compact frequency converter, the laser system’s interface...

Apr 18, 2014 — Frankfurt Laser Company has introduced the FBLD-980-10-FC-HHL fiber-coupled, high-power laser diode for medical applications. The 976-nm diode with a green aiming beam delivers 10W output power from 200 µm fiber. The device features an...

TALENCE, France, April 16, 2014 — ALPhANOV has introduced the Cool & Control diode driver module for applications in laser micromachining, terahertz imaging, laser components and optical systems. Modules are available in single mode and multimode. The single-mode module is...

BERLIN, April 8, 2014 — AdlOptica Optical Systems has introduced the piShaper 6-6 2.05, piShaper 6-6 1.9-2.8, and piShaper 6-7 4.4-4.8 to its series of beam-shaping optics for the mid-IR spectrum (2-8 µm). These YAG and ZnSe systems convert a Gaussian laser...

TRING, England, April 4, 2014 — Specialized Imaging’s SIL2 range of imaging intensifiers houses fast relay lenses to enable interfacing to almost any high-speed camera or video system. Improving the sensitivity, gating time and spectral response of both high-speed...

GEEL, Belgium, March 27, 2014 — The SMW-01 and SMT-01 optical sensing fibers from FBGS Technologies offer long-term structural-health monitoring and preproduction testing for large, intricate composites at multiple sensing points on a single optic line. Suited for harsh...