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3-D Optical Microscopy Expands Applications
High-speed operation has enabled the 3-D optical microscope to transition successfully from a precision laboratory instrument to a rugged, frontline industrial tool for quality control and process-monitoring applications in diverse industries. Recent cutting-edge developments in the core technology have dramatically improved the X-Y resolution of these versatile areal measurement systems. The 3-D optical microscope has become a versatile tool for measuring areal surface topography and texture...
Photonics Spectra, December 2011
Proper Load Distribution Ensures Stable Operation
With vibration-isolated platforms, questions of load distribution and static stability of pneumatic support systems are not always properly understood. This can create difficulties when setting up modern optoelectronic systems. Optical tables on...
Photonics Spectra, December 2011
Aspheric Optics: Ask for What You Want
Advances in production make aspheres more readily available and usable at shorter wavelengths, but the methodology is distinctly different from that of spherical optics. It is vital to understand the cost impact of various specifications — and...
Photonics Spectra, November 2011
“A Wave of Optimism Is Spreading Again”
As the economy starts to pick up, Vision 2011 will turn an eye on machine vision applications and complete systems for industrial and nonindustrial purposes. A full range of machine vision components, systems, services and innovative products...
Photonics.com, October 2011
The Birth – and Growth – of Glass Ceramics
When glass ceramics were first created in the 1950s, these novel optical materials rightfully caused a stir, and they remain widely desired today for a range of semiconductor, military sensing and astronomy applications. Glass ceramics are...
Photonics Spectra, October 2011
Wafer-Level-Optics Project Enables Ever-Smaller Micro-Optics
The growing demand for compact technical products and the miniaturization trend are two developments that are exerting a major influence on the production of micro-optical components. The consumer industry, telecommunications and laser technology...
Photonics.com, October 2011
Property Management: A Review of Optical Materials
Optical materials are as old as the natural quartz and obsidian crystals early civilizations used to change the way people saw the world. Artificial materials came later, with mirrors and other optics produced following the growth of art glass in...
Photonics Spectra, September 2011
In Your Own Words
Our salary survey has a lot of facts and figures for you to digest, but we also wanted to find out some personal tidbits from various corners of our industry. What inspired people to get involved in photonics? What are their favorite instruments?...
Photonics Spectra, August 2011
New Materials Build Better Organic Photodetectors
Organic photodetectors are destined to enhance numerous sectors ranging from industrial markets for process control, object recognition and light management to consumer electronics for motion detection and interactive surface applications. OPDs,...
Photonics Spectra, August 2011
Ones to Watch
IEEE Photonics Society Awards The Young Investigator Award honors an individual who has made outstanding technical contributions to photonics prior to his or her 35th birthday. The 2011 Young Investigator is Hatice Altug, an assistant professor...
Photonics Spectra, August 2011
Transformation Optics Bends all the Rules
From invisibility cloaks to hyperlenses, and photovoltaic concentrators to superresolution microscopy, transformation optics makes big promises. In the same way that water flows can be manipulated using dams and channels, light can be made to...
Photonics Spectra, August 2011
Cold-Atom Lab in a Box
Bringing cold atoms to the classroom gives undergraduate students a hands-on way to learn about physics – and could inspire lifetime careers using photonics to manipulate atoms. Bringing cutting-edge physics into the undergraduate classroom...
Photonics Spectra, July 2011
Fiber vs. Disk: Which Laser Will Make the Cut?
Some in the industry say they see fiber continuing to make large gains in the manufacturing space, but others say don’t count thin-disk out. The boom in fiber lasers that began several years ago has led some to question whether there is still...
Photonics Spectra, July 2011
Optical Filters Take Food Inspection to a Whole New Level
Multispectral machine vision systems are one way to speed up quality control on production lines – and to make sure our food is safe for consumption. Foodborne diseases affect approximately 48 million people in the US each year, according to...
Photonics Spectra, July 2011
Theoretical Design and Analysis: A Ring Resonator Filter Using Er
3
+/Yb
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+-Co-Doped Phosphate Waveguides
Researchers investigate the principle of loss cancellation in proposing a configuration of lossless microring filters fabricated on Er3+/Yb3+-co-doped phosphate glass and using ion-exchanged techniques. The optical round-trip length and the coupling...
Photonics Spectra, July 2011
Optofluidics and the Real World: Technologies Evolve to Meet 21st Century Challenges
“We are very good at developing novel optofluidic devices for research demonstrations; the challenges lie in transitioning these devices into commercially viable products.” – Arthur Nitkowski, Cornell University Optofluidics is a...
Photonics Spectra, June 2011
Sophisticated Software Allows Complex Optical Design
Software has pushed the optics and photonics fields forward in myriad ways, sometimes with profound effects on business and culture. Would we have been able to take full advantage of the many technology advances in the past five decades –...
Photonics Spectra, June 2011
Key Enabling Technologies for Growth
Several technologies have great potential to strengthen Europe’s capacity for innovation and industrial development in the face of global competition. In October 2009, the European Commission identified key enabling technologies (KETs); in...
Photonics.com, May 2011
Laser Munich Brings Science and Industry Together
There is a lot of variety in photonics, and the Laser World of Photonics trade fair and World of Photonics Congress, to be held concurrently from May 23 to 26 at New Munich Trade Fair Centre, will cover the full spectrum of technologies. Industry...
Photonics.com, May 2011
Preserving Moore’s Law Pushes Lithography to its Limits
The race is on to develop the next technology that will enable manufacturers to continue scaling down their chip sizes. Will optics provide the answer everyone is looking for? The brisk march of optical lithography has set the pace for the shrinking...
Photonics Spectra, May 2011
Hybrid Glass-Polymer Optics for IR Applications
Development of infrared detector technology has brought to market high-performance infrared cameras for demanding thermal imaging applications in the short-wave, mid-wave and long-wave spectral bands. There is a vast demand for high-performance...
Photonics Spectra, April 2011
EMCCD vs. sCMOS for Microscopic Imaging
CCD sensors have been the staple for scientific imaging for decades.1 The addition of electron multiplication to CCDs also has extended their utility to applications where higher sensitivity is needed because of extremely low light conditions.2 CMOS...
Photonics Spectra, March 2011
For Sensitive Internal Components, Moisture Is the Enemy
Moisture control technology – critical to the defense, aerospace, electro-optical and many other industries – moves from inside containers to inside the equipment. For high-tech equipment ranging from missiles and munitions to engines,...
Photonics Spectra, March 2011
High Laser-Induced-Damage Threshold Optics
Despite nearly 50 years of study, laser damage continues to be a topic of some confusion for both optics manufacturers and consumers. Laser optics purchasers need to know the primary causes of damage and the steps that fabricators typically take to...
Photonics Spectra, March 2011
SQUARE Fibers Solve Multiple Application Challenges
A square-core optical fiber makes a better match with laser diode output beams, allowing greater coupling efficiency. Square-core fibers also offer advantages over circular fibers in applications such as spectroscopy and laser machining, where...
Photonics Spectra, February 2011
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