Apr 1, 2000 — The ED-100A pyroelectric detector from Gentec Electro-Optics measures only 29.1 mm long and 20 mm high. The broadband, spectrally flat coating ensures ±5% accuracy from the deep-UV to the far-IR. The device can be used for a single laser pulse or at repetition rates up to 500 Hz. It has a rise time of 0.7 ms, typical sensitivity of 220 V/J and a maximum average of 0.15 W. The ED-100A is suitable for situations with high repetition rates and small beams, low-energy measurements and OEM...

Apr 1, 2000 — The S6428-01, S6429-01 and S6430-01 silicon photodiodes from Hamamatsu Corp. feature a typical high-speed response of 0.5 µs. The monochromatic color sensors have a low dark current of 5 pA and low terminal capacitance of 200 pF. The...

Apr 1, 2000 — Flir Systems Inc. designed the Ultra 7000 dual-sensor airborne camera system to provide higher altitude, long-range search and surveillance for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft any time of day. The unit incorporates an InSb IR focal plane array...

Mar 1, 2000 — The PresencePlus is a pixel-counting sensor comprising a 512 x 384 CMOS pixel array, programmable microprocessor, controller, lens, lighting, mounting bracket and cable. Banner Engineering Corp.'s sensor captures a 256-level gray-scale image,...

Mar 1, 2000 — The In-Sight 2000 industrial machine vision sensor requires no programming and no PC. It uses a spreadsheet interface for configuring vision applications. Cognex Corp. designed the system with a handheld control pad for navigation, a processor with...

Feb 1, 2000 — Micro-Optics Inc.'s 1xN polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber optic couplers are available in 1 x 2, 1 x 4 and 1 x 8 configurations. The couplers have >55-dB return loss, >20-dB extinction ratio and <1-dB excess loss. They are available in...

Feb 1, 2000 — ILX Lightwave Corp. has introduced a module for mounting DIL-packaged laser diodes. Each LDM-4616 16-channel laser diode mount module has four laser diode sockets, and up to four modules can be mounted in the LDM-4616 chassis and can be mixed with...

Feb 1, 2000 — Physik Instrumente GmbH & Co. presents its family of capacitive displacement sensing systems for static and dynamic measurements. With a resolution <0.1 nm and a range of 15 to 500 µm, the systems are designed for applications in...

Feb 1, 2000 — Gentec Inc.'s 150- and 300-W fan-cooled power detector probes are equipped with an extreme-damage-threshold coating for UV light. The PS-150 and PS-300 resist to more than 300 mJ/cm2 of maximum pulse energy density and more than 25 MW/cm2 of maximum...

Feb 1, 2000 — The JEP 5-400 GaP photodiode from Laser Components GmbH features a twofold increase in sensitivity compared with the JEA 2.2 device. The active area of this ultraviolet detector is 4.8 mm2. The device's spectral sensitivity between 250 and 400 nm is...

Jan 1, 2000 — High-speed amplifiers from Femto Messtechnik GmbH are designed for time-resolved measurements with ultrafast photodetectors. An integrated BIAS coil makes the amplifiers suitable for photomultipliers and avalanche and PIN photodiodes. The HSA-X and...

Jan 1, 2000 — The SU320-SMC camera from Sensors Unlimited Inc. incorporates the company's InGaAs 320 x 256-element focal plane array for a more than 70% quantum efficiency over a wide band and without requiring external cooling. The device is sensitive in the...

Jan 1, 2000 — Physik Instrumente GmbH & Co. has introduced a piezoelectrically driven nanopositioning system for microscope turrets. The Powfoc turret-scanner provides subnanometer resolution, scanning ranges of 100 and 150 µm, and sufficient force for...

Jan 1, 2000 — The Spectroline DSE-2000A radiometer/photometer from Spectronics Corp. measures visible and long-wave-UV light and is suitable for nondestructive testing and quality control inspections. Its sensors have a silicon photodiode sealed in a metal and...

Dec 1, 1999 — Advanced Photonix Inc.'s 631 AC-coupled and 641 DC-coupled series of cooled modules use the company's 571 series of thermoelectrically cooled large-area avalanche photodiode detectors with a built-in high-voltage power supply, cooler controller and...

Dec 1, 1999 — The series 99 photodetector modules from Martin, Froeschner & Associates are designed to capture fast transient light signals. The compact, rugged devices are powered by an internal battery or by a rechargeable gel cell and can be connected...

Dec 1, 1999 — Gentec Inc. has unveiled the LT-50 and LT-200 series OEM power sensor heads for integration into laser systems. The sensors, measuring 60 x 60 x 30 mm, are designed to fit into confined spaces. The clear aperture varies from 19 to 25 mm, and water...

Dec 1, 1999 — The EPP2000C fiber optic spectrometer from StellarNet Inc. is for UV/VIS applications from 200 to 850 nm. It provides 4-ms spectral data from a CCD or optional photodiode array detector. The device uses a concave, aberration-corrected holographic...

Nov 1, 1999 — Opto Diode Corp. says its GaAlAs detector diodes have a signal-to-background light ratio at least 10 times that of unfiltered photodiodes and six times that of black plastic filtered photodiodes. They have a typical responsitivity of 60 A/W at 880...

Nov 1, 1999 — The LDM series of object diameter sensors from Laser Components GmbH is suitable for noncontact quality control of cylindrical objects during manufacture or as finished projects. The object is placed between a laser beam emitter and receiver, thus...

Nov 1, 1999 — Optometrics USA Inc. has introduced a range of single-beam spectrophotometers comprising interchangeable units. The company can customize a system for a specific application or wavelength region and can construct an instrument to test optical...

Nov 1, 1999 — Dalsa Inc. has introduced the Trillium color line-scan camera, which uses prism beamsplitting technology with dichroic filters and three IL-CC sensors. Trillium's three channels transmit LVDS data at 25 MHz with 1024 or 2048 resolution, resulting in...

Oct 1, 1999 — The VC65/C color industrial smart camera from Vision Components is a complete machine vision system with 24-bit color capability and a progressive-scan CCD sensor. The device, which measures 117 x 50 x 36 mm, can be used to check colors of LEDs,...

Oct 1, 1999 — The IT-F6 sensor from Dalsa is a high-speed, high-sensitivity line-scan CCD sensor with enhanced blue response. The device is available with 2048-pixel resolution and 13 x 13-µm pixel size, and features bidirectional capability. Its UV-grade...

Oct 1, 1999 — McPherson Inc. has developed the VUVaS series dual-beam scanning vacuum spectrophotometer, which measures lithography optics down to 115 nm. The test station can inspect and analyze materials and determine 193- and 157-nm laser source damage and...