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Photonics Spectra - January 2008
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Machine Vision Adapts to Harsh Environments
Exploding beer bottles, tsunamis and flour may not seem to have anything in common, but they are all hazards that machine vision systems can face in field applications. System designs targeting the controlled conditions of a lab expect an ideal working environment, not real-world problems. When a system must be deployed outside the laboratory, less than favorable conditions make the design...
Fabricating Flat Panel Displays with Lasers
Flat panel displays are sophisticated devices and require sophisticated manufacturing techniques. More and more, lasers are becoming an integral part of the manufacturing process for flat panel...
Laser Dicing Technique Cuts Wafers from the Inside Out
Wafer fabs continually face challenges in manufacturing semiconductor devices because the devices continue to get tinier and more complicated. Integrated circuits continue to increase in circuit...
The Fuss About Quantum Dots
It is hard to think about a life without semiconductor technology: The entire global information and communications infrastructure is based on semiconductors, and in every one of these applications,...
A Better View of the Ocean
With the new year, there will be new scientific outposts in the ocean. Unlike floating buoys or transiting ships, these cabled and fixed observatories should allow researchers to measure that which...
Will Changing Machine Vision Standards Cut Costs and Boost Performance?
Upcoming changes in the communications standards that drive machine vision could mean cheaper and more capable setups as well as a greater ability to mix and match hardware and software. Developments...
Bragg Grating Waveguides: Extending Bragg Technology into Three Dimensions
Conventional optical waveguides are transparent structures, providing a refractive index contrast that guides optical fields via total internal reflection. Optical fiber is the best-known example,...
Busting Myths About LED Reliability
The marketing hype touting LEDs as having a useful lifetime of more than 100,000 h simply is not true. It is possible that an LED may function after 100,000 h, but it may not provide useful or usable...
Matching Driver to LED
LED lighting offers many potential benefits over incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and gas/arc lamps, and lighting designers are eager to take advantage of those benefits. Although it is the market...
LED Light from Single High-Brightness Chip
LEDs have been around for close to half a century and have made steady progress, not the least of which is their availability in nearly every color. However, challenges remain, including the need in...
The Chip-on-Board LED Module
Cold-cathode fluorescent lamps still are the industry standard for backlighting color LCD monitors and TVs, even though red, green and blue (RGB) LEDs have been demonstrated to bring benefits. When...
A New Material for Red LEDs
The general illumination market has seen the rapid evolution of white and blue LEDs, whereas yellow-, amber- and red-spectrum LEDs have lagged behind because they are plagued by issues of color...
Keeping an Eye on Carbon Nanotube Growth
Thanks to their electrical characteristics, high thermal conductivity and great tensile strength, carbon nanotubes could be the material of the future. At present, however, they are too expensive for...
Method Developed to Track 3-D Motion of Fluorescent Particles
Accurately measuring single fluorescent particles is often a challenge because their Brownian motion makes it difficult to keep them in focus for prolonged periods. As a result, investigators are...
Combined Instrument Reveals Relationships Between Chemistry and Surface Physics
Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta have combined two highly sensitive techniques into a single system and have demonstrated its efficacy on a model process. The combination...
Nanoscale Light Sources Could Benefit Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
The probe tip traditionally used with near-field scanning optical microscopes comprises an optically pumped device that transmits light from a far-field source to the sample through either a hollow...
FTIR Spectroscopy Separates Good Green Teas from Also-Rans
Although tea comes from just one source plant, Camellia sinensis, it can be fermented, processed and brewed to impart a multitude of flavors. Considered one of the most popular drinks in the world,...
Polymer Could Lead to Improved LCDs
Researchers have shown recently that an external electric field can change the alignment of the polymer MEH-PPV in liquid crystals. This alignment can polarize the light emitted by the liquid...
A Brighter Blue
Studies have suggested that colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots made up of II-VI compounds may be a cost-effective option for flat panel displays as well as for solid-state lighting. Most quantum dot...
Tech Pulse
Electro-Optics Made Easier
Doctoral candidate Çaglar Ö. Girit and professor Alex Zettl from the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an alternative to electron-beam lithography, which is used for making the nanoscale electrical contacts in the silicon microprocessors found in numerous electronic devices, including computers, cell phones and audio players. They call the technique...
Closing the Terahertz Radiation Gap by Way of Superconductors
Much progress is being made in using electromagnetic radiation at terahertz frequencies for noninvasive detection and pharmaceutical testing applications, among others. Current technologies, however,...
200 Million More Things to Study
Astronomers associated with the Isaac Newton Telescope/Wide-Field Camera Photometric Ha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) are seeing red — lots of red. The group has released the first...
Old Silicon Wafers Shine in New Role
What do you do with old computer-chip wafers? Throwing them out is no longer the answer. IBM Corp. began a program at its Burlington, Vt., plant in early 2007 to recycle cast-off silicon wafers...
A Wet Way to Grow Flexible Electronics
Although modern electronics often make people move to a beat, the devices themselves can’t budge because they aren’t flexible. There is considerable interest in putting electronics and...
Lasers Test Accuracy of Car Crash Systems
For many drivers, it is their last best hope. The crash-warning systems that are increasingly common in higher-end cars sound an alarm if a collision is imminent, providing a few precious seconds for...
Choosing the Right Polymer Aids Direct-Write Multiphoton Photolithography
Fabricating nanoscale polymer thin-film structures mightbecome easier, thanks to researchers from Kansas State University in Manhattan. Such structures could be used in chemical and biological sensor...
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Strong Growth Predicted for European Photonics
European photonics continues to perform well in several sectors of the market but controls only a small portion of some of the industry’s fastest-growing technologies, according to a market study prepared by Photonics21, an association of European photonics companies and research facilities. Europe in 2005 had a large share of the world market for medical technology and life sciences,...
DoE Completes Latest Round of Testing of Solid-State Lighting
As solid-state lighting products begin to arrive on the market, standards-setting organizations, industry groups and the US Department of Energy (DoE) are concerned about standards and test...
Gooch & Housego Consolidates
Five players in the photonics industry are being brought together under the Gooch & Housego corporate brand. The launch combines Gooch & Housego UK of Ilminster, Cleveland Crystals Inc. in...
Intevac to Acquire Display Company
Intevac Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has signed an agreement to acquire Creative Display Systems LLC of Carlsbad, Calif., a manufacturer of microdisplay products for near-eye and portable...
Photonic Component Group Created
Power Technology Inc. of Little Rock, Ark., has created the Photonic Component Group, a division that will distribute laser components to the company’s OEM customers. The group also will offer laser...
US Industrial Laser Orders Fall in Third Quarter of 2007
Sales of industrial laser equipment and systems in North America fell to $116.6 million in the third quarter of 2007, which is a drop of 17.6 percent from the previous quarter, according to sales...
Updated Report Available on Laser Projection Systems
An updated market report on the use of lasers as an illumination source for projection systems has been released by Insight Media of Norwalk, Conn. The report, “2007 Laser Projection Systems,”...
Graduate School Created for Photonics
A graduate research school for photonics has been created by Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. The program, which will focus on biophotonics, lasers, and optical materials and systems,...
Naked Optics Signs Distribution Agreement
Glass and IR materials supplier Naked Optics Corp. of North Branch, N.J., has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hubei New Huaguang Information Materials Co. Ltd. of Xiangfan, China, a...
Multiwave Photonics Adds Distributor
Multiwave Photonics SA of Maia, Portugal, a company that develops and produces pulsed fiber lasers and laser systems, is entering the Asian market. Laser 21 Pte Ltd. of Singapore has been named a...
Isra Vision Acquires Metronom Automation
Isra Vision AG of Darmstadt, Germany, has finalized its acquisition agreement with Metronom Automation GmbH of Mainz, Germany. The latter company specializes in quality-measurement technology and...
CyOptics Announces Acquisition
CyOptics Inc. of Breinigsville, Pa., a developer of indium phosphide optical chip and component technologies, announced that it is expanding its photonic integrated circuits technology platform with...
Companies to Develop Single-Photon-Counting Module
Princeton Lightwave Inc. of Cranbury, N.J., and id Quantique SA of Geneva, are collaborating to develop a single-photon-counting module for 1064 nm by combining an optimized avalanche photodiode with...
Chinese Firm Enters Solar Market
XinAo Group of Heibei, China, announced that it is entering the solar energy market with a plan to establish a photovoltaic module production line. The company has signed an agreement with Applied...
Laser Energetics Wins Contract
Laser Energetics Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has received a contract valued at more than $480,000 for its BrightStar alexandrite laser. The contract is in support of the US Army’s initiative to develop...
Sales Agencies Signed
Adept Technology Inc. of Livermore, Calif., a provider of vision-guided robotics, has signed two regional sales representative agencies to continue its distribution expansion in North America. The...
JDSU to Acquire Holograph Company
JDSU of Milpitas, Calif., has announced an agreement to acquire American Bank Note Holographics Inc. of Robbinsville, N.J., for $138 million in cash and JDSU stock. The latter company is involved in...
ChemImage Awarded Grant
ChemImage Corp. of Pittsburgh has received a small business innovation research grant to study silicon carbide-based materials for space-based optics. The Phase I grant will fund a research and...
Optek Technology Names Distributor
Optek Technology Inc. of Carrollton, Texas, has selected NRC Electronics Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., as a global distributor and technical support provider for its complete product line of...
Matrox Imaging Selects Brazilian Distributor
Matrox Imaging of Dorval, Quebec, Canada, has announced that InviSys SVC Ltda of Curitiba, Brazil, will be the official distributor for the Canadian company’s entire line of hardware and software...
QPC Receives $12 Million Contract
QPC Lasers Inc. of Sylmar, Calif., has been awarded a contract for BrightLase semiconductor lasers by an unnamed manufacturer of consumer electronics. The lasers will be used in rear-projection...
El-Mul Acquires QuantomiX
QuantomiX of Rehovot, Israel, developer of a capsule technology that enables direct imaging of wet samples in scanning electron microscopes, has been purchased by El-Mul Technologies Ltd. of Yavne,...
LED Light from Single High-Brightness Chip
LEDs have been around for close to half a century and have made steady progress, not the least of which is their availability in nearly every color. However, challenges remain, including the need in...
Accent on Applications
Measuring Colloidal Travel Through Sand Using Fluorescence
The poet William Blake evoked the image of seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, but some researchers instead use entire beds of sand to model the movement of contaminants and microbes in soil....
Testing Methanol-Based Fuel Cells Using FTIR Spectroscopy
Lithium-ion batteries are used to power devices ranging from cell phones to laptops, but improvements on battery technology are being sought to increase their efficiency and to reduce their...
Presstime Bulletin
A Simpler Way to Store Light
Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is the bane of fiber laser researchers because it is a parasitic effect that saps the energy out of high-power fiber lasers. But now Zhaoming Zhu and Daniel J. Gauthier of Duke University in Durham, N.C., working with Robert W. Boyd of the University of Rochester in New York, have demonstrated a way to use the effect to store pulses of light for as long as 12...
Lighter Side
Solar Bug Turns Sun’s Rays into Highway Miles
Car shoppers looking for “cute” in their next purchase need look no further than the Solar Bug. It is noticeably smaller than the VW bug, has saddle seats and handlebars for steering and comes in a...
Dogs Edge Out Cameras to Remain ‘Man’s Best Friend’
Living amid the forested mountains and hills of Vermont and California is the rarely seen fisher (Martes pennanti), a member of the weasel family also known as the fisher cat or pekan in some parts....
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MULTIPIXEL PHOTON COUNTER
The C10507-11 modules feature a built-in multipixel photon counter, a microcomputer, and various circuits for high-voltage power supply, for current-to-voltage conversion, for the comparator, for counting and for temperature compensation. Introduced by Hamamatsu Corp., they connect to a PC via a USB 1.1 port, and the threshold level can be adjusted from the PC. They have a spectral range of 270...
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SPECTROMETERS
The OSM2 spectrometers unveiled by Newport Corp. have a more powerful sensor array than their predecessors. They also feature a back-thinned 2048-element CCD with improved UV and near-IR sensitivity,...
MKS/Newport
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OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Photon Engineering LLC has released the FRED 7.0.0 version optical engineering software, which includes standard scripts that are embedded in and part of the FRED document — useful for document...
Photon Engineering LLC
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ASPHERIC LENSES
Edmund Optics Inc. has introduced TechSpec UV fused silica aspheric lenses. Their substrate offers a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a high operating temperature, suitable for tightly...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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LED ARRAY MODULES
CoolLED’s precisExcite is a modular LED light source in which the user can select the wavelength of excitation and can control the intensity and the period of excitation precisely. The technology...
CoolLED Ltd.
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COLORIMETER
Brontes, a high-speed, high-precision colorimeter introduced by Advanced Measurement Systems (Admesy), measures colors and luminance in a production environment. The compact device measures colors...
Admesy BV
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ID READERS
Cognex Corp. has unveiled the fixed-mount, image-based DataMan 100 ID readers, which incorporate lighting, a camera, a processor and communications in a 55 × 42 × 21.1-mm package. Capable of six...
Cognex Corp.
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CO2 LASER
The Diamond E-400 sealed, pulsed CO2 laser from Coherent Inc. offers average power of 400 W or peak power >1 kW in a compact package. Its radio-frequency power supply is incorporated in the laser...
Coherent Inc.
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COLOR CAMERAS
Imaging Development Systems (IDS) GmbH has added two color cameras to its uEye series, both of which are equipped with a rolling shutter, a USB 2.0 port and a 1/3-in. CMOS sensor that offers light...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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DEFORMABLE MIRROR
Alpao has introduced the dm88 deformable mirror. Because of the magnetic actuators’ large stroke and the noncontact arrangement of the membrane and the coil array, deformations up to 50 μm are...
ALPAO SAS
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NANOPOSITIONING STAGE
The SL-1720-S manufactured by SmarAct GmbH is a closed-loop piezo stepper drive nanopositioning stage that measures 21 × 17 × 8.5 mm. It has an integrated optical encoder and offers 12 mm of travel,...
SmarAct GmbH
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IR CAMERA SOFTWARE
Available from Flir Systems Inc., the ThermoVision ExaminIR software provides thermographic analysis and control functions for Flir A, S and SC series infrared cameras. Compatible with Microsoft...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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DIGITAL METERS
The AccuMax digital radiometer/photometers released by Spectronics Corp. provide readout for UV irradiance, visible illuminance and luminance light readings and are calibrated for use with a line of...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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MEGAPIXEL VIDEO CAMERA
Photron Inc. has announced Phase II of its ultralight-sensitive high-speed Fastcam SA-1 imager. The camera delivers up to 5400 fps at full 1024 × 1024-pixel resolution and 675,000 fps at reduced...
Photron USA Inc.
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OBJECT SENSOR
For detection of paper, labels and materials with a matte finish, Optek Technology Inc. has developed the OPB609 reflective object sensor with axial, gull wing or right-angle lead configurations. It...
Optek Technology, Industrial Sensing & Control
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JOULEMETERS
Spectrum Detector Inc. has introduced spectrally flat pyroelectric joulemeters based on the wedge Trap concepts developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Trap consists of a...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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OPTICAL TABLES
The vibration-damping 5300 series optical tables from Kinetic Systems Inc. provide maximum dynamic deflection coefficients of ≤0.3 (10)–3 and maximum isolated relative motion (IRD) as low as...
Kinetic Systems Inc.
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IMAGE PROCESSING
To boost speed in the latest version of its Common Vision Blox software library, Stemmer Imaging GmbH has offloaded parts of the image processing to the PC’s graphical processing unit (GPU). The...
Stemmer Imaging AG
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SPECTROMETERS
Avantes BV offers three AvaFast preconfigured spectrometers as stock items, all of which feature a USB 2.0 interface, a 16-bit A/D converter and an SMA 905 connector. For use in the UV/VIS/NIR, in...
Avantes BV
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OPTICAL ISOLATOR
The OI series high-power optical isolator manufactured by Agiltron Inc. guides light in the forward direction while minimizing reflection and scattering in the reverse direction for any state of...
Agiltron Inc.
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CCD SPECTROMETER
B&W Tek Inc. has introduced the BRC641E, a miniature back-thinned CCD spectrometer with a holographic aberration-corrected flat field concave grating and optimized optical bench to minimize stray...
B&W Tek LLC
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SUBMOUNTS
For high-power laser diodes, submounts with 25- to 75-μm-thick copper metallization and Zero Pullback from a burr-free ceramic edge have been unveiled by Remtec Inc. Submount materials include...
Remtec Inc.
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NANOPOSITIONING STAGE
Introduced by PI (Physik Instrumente) LP for use with X-Y microscopy stages, the P-737 PIFOC vertical piezo Z-stage features up to 250-μm travel, millisecond responsiveness and...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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PULSE GENERATOR
Berkeley Nucleonics Corp.’s Model 575 digital delay and pulse generator combines multichannel pulse and digital delay generation capabilities in one benchtop instrument. The pulse generator provides...
Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation
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HDR LENSES
Docter Optics Inc. has developed the high-dynamic-range (HDR) Auto-Tessar lenses for front-view and night-vision cameras based on the use of light-sensitive sensors. The lenses reduce diffusion,...
Docter Optics Inc.
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POSITIONER
A linear horizontal stepper positioning stage has been announced by attocube systems AG. With a 28-mm-diameter center hole, it is suitable for optical transmission experiments. It measures 45 × 45 ×...
attocube systems AG
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SLIM BORESCOPES
Available in lengths of 10, 14 and 17 in., the Hawkeye Pro SuperSlim borescopes from Gradient Lens Corp. are suitable for inspecting deep narrow bores in machined parts, fuel and hydraulic systems,...
Gradient Lens Corp.
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CMOS CAMERA
The MicroVista-UV manufactured by Intevac Inc. is a back-illuminated CMOS camera optimized for ultraviolet response and suitable for low-light UV imaging applications such as microscopy, medical...
Intevac Inc., Thin Film Equipment
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FRAME GRABBER
Alacron Inc. has announced the Fast Frame-XB Express Card that provides frame grabber capabilities for notebooks. Available in analog, digital and Camera Link configurations, it uses the latest...
Alacron Inc.
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MONOLITHIC LASER
Manufactured by Arctic Photonics, the MQO-SC is a compact monolithic supercontinuum short-pulsed laser that emits from 750 to >1750 nm. It can generate pulse energy of >3 μJ at 20 kHz or...
Arctic Photonics
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LED EMITTER
LedEngin Inc. has unveiled the LZ4-00MA10 10-W LED emitter, which contains individually addressable red, green, blue and amber dies in a 7.0 × 7.0 × 4.1-mm package. Offering high luminous flux...
LED Engin Inc.
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PIEZO STAGE
A piezo stage with a positioning range of 150 × 150 mm, ≤50-nm accuracy, <30-nm repeatability and 10-nm resolution has been introduced by Technobis Mechatronics BV. Comprising a lightweight...
PhotonFirst
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IMAGE PROCESSING
Suitable for OEMs and system integrators, the Open eVision 1.0 software for image processing and analysis includes a software-based licensing system that is designed to help install the software...
Euresys SA
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DIGITAL CAMERA
IVA Corp. has launched the IVIN-2M USB 2.0 2-megapixel digital camera with a variable-focus liquid lens made by Varioptic. The device features a CMOS imager with selectable display resolution from...
IVA Corp.
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FIBER-COUPLED LASERS
QPC Lasers Inc. has launched the BrightLase high-power fiber-coupled laser modules with up to 250 W of output. Standard wavelengths are available at 792, 808, 976, 1470 and 1532 nm with fiber core...
QPC Lasers Inc.
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OPTICAL ELEMENTS
A series of standard diffractive optical elements with patterns such as dot arrays, dot circles, circles and cross patterns has been announced by Holoeye Photonics AG. The optics are fabricated from...
HOLOEYE Photonics AG
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MOTION CONTROLLER
Precise Automation Inc. has introduced the Guidance 1400, a series of pocket-size vision-guided integrated-drive multiaxis motion controllers that are based on a distributed network architecture that...
Precise Automation Inc.
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CONNECTION ADAPTER
Elite Thermal Engineering has introduced the BA-01 adapter module for mounting standard 14-pin butterfly laser packages on a cold plate or heat sink. It provides zero insertion force (ZIF)...
Elite Thermal Engineering LLC
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PROBE STATION
Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. has released a low-vibration cryogen-free micromanipulated probe station that provides efficient temperature operation and control with a 4-K closed-cycle refrigerator....
Lake Shore Cryotronics
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CCD CAMERA
The Kappa DX 200 motion picture camera platform from Kappa opto-electronics GmbH provides full high definition in 16:9 with 1920 × 1080 pixels (progressive scan), 3-D view at a long distance by...
Kappa optronics GmbH
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LASER MARKING
A 12-/24-V handheld fiber laser marking system that produces permanent and legible marks on a variety of materials has been announced by Laser Photonics LLC. It can mark 2-D matrix and bar codes, and...
Laser Photonics Corp.
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SURFACE MEASUREMENT
PhaseView USA has announced new features on its optical devices that are used for 3-D surface measurement. The MicroPhase and SurPhase models now integrate color visualization and processing for...
PhaseView
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DESIGN SOFTWARE
Optiwave Systems Inc. has released the latest version of its waveguide optics design suite. OptiBPM 9.0 has an integrated simulator dedicated to the design of electro-optic devices in materials in...
Optiwave Systems Inc.
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLERS
Arroyo Instruments’ 5300 series temperature controllers offer 60 and 120 W of thermoelectrically cooled control power in a compact 2U half-rack enclosure. They feature 0.004 °C stability, 12-V...
Arroyo Instruments LLC
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MEGAPIXEL LENSES
Fourteen new megapixel fixed-focal-length lenses have been added to Navitar Inc.’s low-magnification video lens line for machine vision applications. The 1- and 2/3-in. lenses are compact and, the...
Navitar Inc.
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ACQUISITION SOFTWARE
PicoQuant GmbH has introduced updated data acquisition software for its PicoHarp 300 time-correlated single-photon-counting system. Version 2.2 provides driver support for the 64-bit versions of...
PicoQuant GmbH
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CLEANING SOLUTION
The Red Spray Formula First Contact polymer solution from Photonic Cleaning Technologies facilitates cleaning of any size or shape optic, mirror or crystal without touching the delicate surfaces. The...
Photonic Cleaning Technologies LLC, PCT Aerospace
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16-MP CAMERA
Available from SVS-Vistek GmbH, the svs16000-GigE 16-megapixel camera with Gigabit Ethernet interface is GigE Vision standard-compliant when used in the single tap mode. The optional second Ethernet...
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UV RADIOMETERS
The UVS radiometers launched by Kipp & Zonen BV feature a replaceable precision quartz dome, a specially shaped diffuser for good cosine response of <2.5% error at a 70° zenith angle, built-in...
Kipp & Zonen BV
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LASER CHIP
A 1550-nm laser chip has been introduced by Modulight Inc. The ML1470 requires 3 A for full optical output beyond 500 mW in continuous-wave operation. It is designed for applications requiring...
Modulight Inc.
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METROLOGY SYSTEM
Optical Gaging Products (OGP) Inc. has announced a multisensor measuring machine that provides full four-axis part measurement using a combination of video, touch probe, microprobe and optional...
OGP (Optical Gaging Products)
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SPECTROMETERS
The miniature Green-Wave fiber optic spectrometers manufactured by StellarNet Inc. are available in 15 models to cover the UV/VIS/NIR wavelength ranges from 190 to 1150 nm. Detector options include...
StellarNet Inc.
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MICROPIXEL APDs
To replace photomultiplier tubes used for low-light detection in confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, high-energy physics, DNA sequencing, and lidar and environmental monitoring, Zecotek Photonics...
Zecotek Photonics Inc.
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POLARIZATION ROTATORS
Featuring no moving parts and offering insertion loss of <3 dB, the PS-LN polarization rotators launched by Photline Technologies are integrated optics waveguide devices that switch the...
Exail
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GIGABIT ETHERNET CAMERAS
PixeLink has added the Gigabit Ethernet interface to its line of CCD and CMOS industrial digital cameras. The increased bandwidth at 1000 Mb/s enables large uncompressed images to be transferred in...
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IMAGE SENSOR PIXELS
An image sensors platform that adds advanced imaging capabilities to the base of its 0.18-μm technology has been announced by Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Produced in the company’s Fab2 facility,...
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TUNABLE DIODE LASERS
Toptica Photonics AG has released the DL pro 780, a widely tunable and ultrastable single-frequency external cavity diode laser. It features an antireflection-coated diode and high intrinsic...
Toptica Photonics AG
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SIMULATOR
The Proc_CamSim announced by GiDel Ltd. is a camera/machine simulator that enables machine vision and other imaging systems developers to perform final development and debug in the laboratory rather...
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CANTILEVER HOLDER
Asylum Research Corp. has introduced a microscopy accessory that facilitates atomic force microscopy fluid imaging. Designed for use with the company’s MFP-3D atomic force microscopes, the iDrive...
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TRANSMITTANCE ANALYZER
The UV-2000S manufactured by Labsphere Inc. is a UV transmittance analyzer designed to provide rapid measurement of the spectral transmittance of sunscreen products, particularly those with a sun...
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4-MEGAPIXEL CCD
The High Quanta series 4-megapixel true two-phase large-area CCD sensors have been released by Dalsa Corp. Three models produce 2084 × 2084-, 1044 × 1044-, or 524 × 524-pixel resolution, a data rate...
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FIBER LASER
Amplitude Systèmes has introduced its Tangerine series high-power ultrafast diode-pumped fiber lasers that are available in 10-ps and <700-fs versions. The company says that the advantages of...
Amplitude
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TELECENTRIC LENSES
Schneider Optics Inc. has introduced object-sided telecentric lenses for noncontact metrology applications. Weighing between 21.8 and 28.5 oz, they are suitable for applications in which an...
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