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Photonics.com - August 2017
Business
SciTech, iX Cameras Enter Agreement
High-speed imaging camera developer iX Cameras has entered into a sales and distribution agreement with SciTech PTY Ltd. SciTech is the exclusive distributor of iX Cameras products in Australia and New Zealand. “As the demand for our i-SPEED cameras increases worldwide, it is vital that we partner with industry veterans like the team at SciTech to showcase the benefits and capabilities to...
O’Brien Made Pyreos VP of Sales and Marketing
Thin-film pyroelectric sensor supplier Pyreos Ltd. has appointed Caroline O’Brien to its newly created position of vice president of sales and marketing. O’Brien brings more than 25 years...
Zwerner, Thangadurai to Advise Versalume
Lighting developer Versalume LLC has added two new advisors to accelerate growth and expand its international presence. Jeff Zwerner, head of design at One Medical Group, has 25 years of experience...
QUT to Deploy Drones for Koala Protection
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will deploy drones in a high-tech effort to find and protect koalas in South East Queensland, with the state government announcing a funding boost for...
Shellenberger Joins Miltec
UV servicer and technology manufacturer Miltec Corp. has appointed Gene Shellenberger as a senior process engineer. Shellenberger brings more than 20 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing...
M Squared European Researchers Develop Quantum 3D Sensing Devices
Laser developer M Squared is collaborating with teams at the University of Birmingham and Imperial College London to develop devices for measurement and quantum 3D sensing. In the ANAGRAM project,...
NASA, Norwegian Map Authority to Develop Arctic Satellite Laser Ranging Station
NASA and the Norwegian Mapping Authority are partnering to develop a state-of-the-art satellite laser ranging station 650 miles from the North Pole that will produce high-precision locations of...
BGU to Analyze Israel’s VENUS Satellite Images
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is playing a key role in the research component of the Vegetation and Environment Monitoring on a New Micro Satellite (VENUS), Israel's first environmental...
NASA’s Cyclone Satellite Wins AIAA Mission Award
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) has won the "Mission of the Year" award at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2017 Small Satellite Conference....
Inlighta Biosciences Receives $2M NIH Grant
Inlighta Biosciences, a life sciences startup founded by Jenny Yang, a Georgia State University Regents' Professor of Biochemistry, has received a $2 million federal grant to develop improved...
European Research Consortium Pursues Chip-Sized Microscope
ChipScope, a European research project under the leadership of the University of Barcelona, aims to develop a completely new and extremely small optical microscope capable of observing the interior...
NASA Mars 2020 to Use Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Imaging in Biosignature Analysis
NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods originally developed to find the oldest life on Earth. The 2020 mission builds on the successes of...
ARL Paper Highlighted by Optics Letters
A published paper written by U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) scientist Fredrik Fatemi was chosen as an Editor's Pick in the journal Optics Letters. The paper, "Dynamics of trapped atoms around an...
NSF Grant Supports Baker College Photonics Education
Baker College has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $512,000 to advance photonics and laser education. The goal of the three-year grant is to educate more students to become...
Hogg to Lead MOCVD CST Global Project
Semiconductor foundry CST Global Ltd. has announced that Professor Richard Hogg at the University of Glasgow will lead a project to commission and operate a new metalorganic chemical vapor deposition...
Plasma-Therm to Distribute Trymax Semiconductor Ashing Products In North America
Plasma etch equipment manufacturer Plasma-Therm LLC and plasma-based etch solutions provider Trymax Semiconductor Equipment BV have entered into a North American distribution agreement, with...
IPG, MCM Form Laser Manufacturing Partnership
Fiber laser and amplifier provider IPG Photonics Corp. has entered into an agreement with metalworking and metal fabrication machine manufacturer MC Machinery Systems Inc. (MCM) to promote its...
Woowon to Distribute Oxford Plasma Products
Oxford Instruments’ plasma technology division has signed an agent agreement with semiconductor distributor Woowon Technology Co. Ltd. of Seongnam, South Korea. “Demand for Oxford Instruments’...
SemiProbe Installs Probe System at VTT
Probing and inspection system developer SemiProbe Inc. has installed its 200-mm Fully Automatic Electro-Optical Probe System at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., a primary research and...
Expanded Application Labs at Amada Miyachi America to Include Ultrafast Laser Development
Welding and machining developer Amada Miyachi America Inc. has expanded its application laboratories. The newly enhanced application technical center features 25,000 sq-ft of lab space situated in a...
Integro Becomes System Integrator for Coherix
Machine vision developer Integro Technologies Corp. has entered into a partnership with Coherix Inc., a manufacturer of 3D, high-speed, high-definition machine vision products, as an authorized...
ICO Elects Ramponi as President
Roberta Ramponi, director of Italy’s Instituto di Fotonica e Nanotechnolgie, has been elected as the new president of the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the international body...
Resonetics Expands With Aduro Acquisition
Laser micromachining company Resonetics is expanding its capability in medical device production with the acquisition of California's Aduro Laser. Aduro laser processes tubular components for medical...
Pogue Named Editor of SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics
Brian Pogue has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) starting January 1, 2018. The journal is published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics....
FDA Clears Leica's Fluorescence Filter for Visulization of Blood Flow
Leica Microsystems has attained FDA 510(k) clearance for its FL560 fluorescence microscope filter for visualization of cerebrovascular blood flow in conjunction with the dye fluorescein. When...
CST Global to Install MOCVD Machine with U. Glasgow
Opto-electronic semiconductor foundry CST Global Ltd. and the University of Galsgow have entered into a collaboration to run a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) machine within its...
Kentek Goes Mobile with Cross-Country Van Store
Laser safety product developer Kentek Corp. has created a new PHOTON1 "mobile store," a Ford Transit 250 van filled with product examples from all of its laser safety lines, and is driving across the...
Vision Engineering Opens New Headquarters in Surrey
Ergonomic inspection and measurement microscope developer Vision Engineering Ltd. has opened its new global headquarters in Surrey, England. The 129,200 sq-ft building replaces two buildings: a...
Excelfore, Wipro Partner for Automotive Connectivity Solutions
Information technology provider Wipro Ltd. and network solutions provider Excelfore have announced a global partnership to offer secure connectivity solutions for next-generation smart and autonomous...
US Navy Awards RIT Physicist $550K Quantum Sensing Grant
Through a three-year, $550,000 grant, Mishkat Bhattacharya, a theoretical physicist at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is investigating new precision quantum sensing solutions for the U.S....
SUNY Downstate Researchers Receive NSF Awards for Cognitive Light Study
Researchers at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center are among the recipients of 19 awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) made to cross-disciplinary teams from across the U.S. to conduct...
Cartwright Joins Thomas Research Products/Norlux
Thomas Research Products/Norlux has appointed Brandon Cartwright as the company's director of new business development. The company, part of Hubbell Lighting Components, manufactures complete LED...
Jolliffe Named Head of Automation Marketing for PI
Motion control technologies developer Physik Instrumente LP (PI) has named Cliff Jolliffe as head of segment marketing for automation. Jolliffe brings more than two decades of automation technology...
Univ. of Arizona to Support Sandia, Raytheon Consortium for DoD Project
The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a public-private partnership that aims to advance photonics manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., have announced a...
LEO Science & Tech Hub Announce Imaging Technology Partnership
LEO Science & Tech Hub, an R&D unit of LEO Pharma, has announced two collaborative projects with The Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Hub will provide...
Tecnalia, Leica Partner for 3D Naval Scanning
Technology provider Tecnalia Corporación Tecnológica and Leica Geosystems AG have teamed up to developer a new 3D scanning service for applications in the naval sector. The customized...
Jenoptik Receives €10M in Automotive Laser Orders
Integrated photonics group Jenoptik AG has received orders for several laser systems with a combined value of €10 million ($11.8 million) from German car manufacturers and automotive suppliers....
CST Global Leads UK Project to Lower The Cost of Nano-Imprint Lithography
A UK government-funded project led by CST Global Ltd. aims to produce high-speed distributed feedback lasers with significantly larger broadband line rates than currently available with a new...
European Southern Observatory Tests Spectroscope for High-Quality Imaging
The Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF) on the European Southern Observatory (ESO) tested instruments for Unit Telescope 4 (UT4) as part of its Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) for high-quality...
RMD, Dynasil Subsidiary, Receives $3.5M in DOE Grants
RMD Inc., the contract research subsidiary of optics and photonics products developer Dynasil Corp. of America, has received three Phase Two grants totaling $3.5 million under the U.S. Department of...
Rudolph Receives Chinese Order for OLED Displays
Software developer Rudolph Technologies Inc. has received an order for a JetStep G lithography system from a second customer in China for pilot line manufacturing of next-generation active-matrix...
Nanoscience Center Awards Prizes to Student Researchers
Three Ph.D. students and one master’s student from Würzburg and Munich have won prizes for their innovative work in application-oriented nanoscience at the Nano Innovation Awards at the...
Teledyne Supports Unmanned Systems Canada
Imaging sensing technology developer Teledyne Dalsa provided cameras to the University of Toronto Aerospace Team’s (UTAT) UAV and Aerial Robotics divisions at the Unmanned Systems Canada...
Univ. of Arizona Selected for Photonic Data Link Program
The American Institute of Manufacturing Integrated Photonics — AIM Photonics — has announced the University of Arizona as the recipient for a new defense department government directed...
Avantes Eclipse Team Preps for Solar Event
On Monday, Aug. 21, Avantes engineers will be on site in Casper, Wyo., to witness the solar eclipse from the incident path, and support the researchers and scientists using Avantes equipment in...
Small Joins Oclaro Board
Optical communications solutions provider Oclaro Inc. has appointed Ian Small to its board of directors. Small brings more than 25 years of professional experience with competencies in communications...
Framos, Pyxalis Enter Distribution Partnership
Image sensor distributor Framos Technologies Inc. has extended its collaboration with CMOS image sensor designer Pyxalis SAS, entering a formal agreement to provide Framos partners with customized,...
Bodkin Design Awarded Contract for Military Illumination System
Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC was awarded the first round of a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) phase two contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a power-efficient...
M Squared Demonstrates 'Quantum Gravimeter'
Quantum laser developer M Squared has demonstrated the UK’s first industrial quantum gravity technology, a quantum gravimeter. The device, able to measure gravity, is crucial for such...
Syntec Consolidates Businesses, Announces Technology Acquisition Plans
Polymer optics manufacturer Syntec Optics Inc. has successfully consolidated its three different operations and plans to acquire additional optics technologies. "Syntec Optics has always kept an eye...
Qubitekk Licenses Oak Ridge Photon Production Method
Quantum computing and cryptography technology developer Qubitekk Inc. has non-exclusively licensed a method developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce photons in a controlled,...
Oxford Instruments, NPL, NGI Successfully Test Graphene Quantum, Metrology System
High technology developer Oxford Instruments NanoScience has completed a graphene characterization and primary resistance metrology project with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the...
BitFlow Joins European Machine Vision Association
Frame grabber manufacturer BitFlow Inc. has joined the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), a Barcelona-based non-for-profit association representing the machine vision industry in Europe....
iX Cameras Deployed by BMW, Nippon, SCUT
The i-SPEED 7 series of cameras from iX Cameras has been selected by BMW Brilliance, Nippon Steel and South China University of Technology for applications ranging from particle image velocimetry to...
Ramanujan Named Managing Director of Luminate OPI
The Luminate optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator has named Sujatha Ramanujan, a business executive and veteran entrepreneur, as its managing director. Ramanujan began her career by...
2018 Prism Awards Now Accepting Applications
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2018 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The competition is sponsored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Photonics...
Voxtel Awarded $5.2M DOD Contract
Laser and imaging systems provider Voxtel Inc. has been awarded the first phase of a potential $5.2 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency...
PG&O Installs Eddy Monitoring System
Glass and optics provider Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O) has announced the successful installation of the SL-2012A SpectraLock index dispersion enhanced monitoring (IDEM) system from optical monitor...
Leham Made Florida Sales Manager of Lumitec
LED lighting developer Lumitec Inc. has appointed Alex Leham as territory sales manager for the state of Florida. A Florida native, Leham holds more than 10 years of sales experience in industries...
Isorg, FlexEnable Fingerprint Sensor Wins Sensors Expo Award
A high-resolution, flexible plastic fingerprint sensor developed by Isorg SA and FlexEnable Ltd. won the Silver Applications "Best of" Award at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. "Isorg is very...
Escarda Technologies Develops Laser-Based Weeding
A smart system for controlling invasive weed growth uses multi-spectral sensors and computer vision algorithms to detect and classify all plants in a field. After weeds are identified, a laser beam...
Bio-Logic Enters Distribution Agreement With Hinds
Electronic instrumentation provider Bio-Logic Science Instruments PVT Ltd. has entered into an exclusive marketing and sales distribution agreement with instrumentation developer Hinds Instruments...
PI Opens New Technology Center
Less than one year after breaking ground and laying the ceremonial cornerstone, motion and nanopositioning solutions provider Physik Instrumente LP has opened its Technology Center with an inaugural...
European BADGER Robotics Project Coordinated by UC3M
The robotics lab at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is coordinating the European BADGER (robot for autonomous underground trenchless operations, mapping and navigation) project to develop...
University Extends Autonomous Vehicle Collaboration With Toyota
The Transportation Active Safety Institute (TASI) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has extended its work with Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) to...
Research & Technology
Optical Approach Finds Weak Spots in Jet Thermal Coating
A strain-measurement technique uses optical analysis to reveal weak areas in the ceramic thermal barrier coatings that protect jet engine turbines from high temperatures and wear. This technique...
ThermalTracker Software Identifies Offshore Animals in Thermal Video
Thermal imaging is being used to automatically track and categorize birds and bats, helping to protect wildlife near offshore wind turbines and supporting responsible wind farm siting and operations....
Rice University Researchers Pattern Laser-Induced Graphene on Wood
A thin film of laser-induced graphene (LIG) has been patterned on a block of pine using CO2 laser scribing. Previous iterations of LIG have been made by heating the surface of a sheet of polyimide...
Flexible, Fabric-Based OLEDs Unveiled
Researchers have developed fabric-based OLEDs that show high luminance and efficiency while maintaining the flexibility of the fabric. These fabrics could lead to soft wearable displays that bend and...
Quantum Dots Provide Basis for Tumor Imaging System
A novel proof-of-concept nanosystem for the visualization of tumors generates bright tumor signals by delivering near-infrared quantum dots (QDs) to cancer cells without any toxic effects. The QDs...
Ottawa Displays High-Dimensional Quantum Encryption
A quantum-secured message containing more than one bit of information per photon has been sent through the air above the city of Ottawa. According to scientists, this is the first time...
CQDs Boost Photocatalytic Activity for Environmental, Energy Use
A novel approach to carbon quantum dot (CQD) use focuses on the research and design of CQD-modified photocatalysts, specifically on the introduction of CQDs into Bi2WO6 photocatalysts. When tested,...
Optical Wells for Super-Photons Could be Forerunner of Quantum Circuits
Experiments with a “super-photon,” also known as a Bose-Einstein condensate and formed when thousands of photons merge with each other, led scientists to create an optical well that could...
Low-Energy Laser Pulse Generates Relativistic Electron Beams
Relativistic electrons driven by low-energy, ultrashort mid-infrared (MIR) laser pulses have been produced, according to researchers for the first time. Researchers used long-wavelength low energy...
Levitated Optomechanics Could Lead to Advances in Sensing Technology
A study supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will employ the emerging field of levitated optomechanics to investigate precision quantum sensing technologies. Laser trapping techniques and...
Bioimaging Technique Tracks Multiple In Vivo Interactions
A new approach to optical imaging makes it possible to quickly and economically monitor multiple molecular interactions in a large area of living tissue. This technology could have applications in...
Diagnostic Tool Uses NIR to Detect Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
Scientists increased the wavelength in a tool used to detect fatty deposit build-up in arteries to NIR wavelengths, and found that they could use the tool to selectively identify plaques with...
From Solar Cells to LEDs, Improvements in Perovskite-Based Technology Accelerate
In just seven years of development, the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has increased to the point where it rivals — and could soon overtake — the efficiency of conventional...
Bio-Inspired System Enhances Camera Color Accuracy
Research into the way honeybees see color could provide insight into how to improve color accuracy in cameras used in outdoor environments. “For a digital system like a camera or a robot the...
Portable Spectrometry Device Assesses Soil Health
A portable field sensor was used to accurately measure minerals in soils, more easily and efficiently than laboratory-based techniques. The technique, known as portable x-ray fluorescence...
Avantes Eclipse Team Preps for Solar Event
On Monday, Aug. 21, Avantes engineers will be on site in Casper, Wyo., to witness the solar eclipse from the incident path, and support the researchers and scientists using Avantes equipment in...
Laser Ablation System Enables Transdermal Drug Delivery
A novel transdermal protein delivery system for protein-based drugs uses photothermal ablation to increase the permeability of the skin by heating and perturbing the first skin layer, so that the...
Anapole Lasers Generate Ultrafast Pulses for Managing Nanoscale Optics
Anapole lasers made from semiconductors shaped into energy-storing nanodisks could be used in the development of optically powered neurocomputers. According to researchers, the lasers could be made...
3D Printer Yields Ultracompact Microfluidic Device
A custom 3D printer built using digital light processor stereolithography (DLP-SLA) has demonstrated the ability to print a viable microfluidic device small enough achieve flow channel cross sections...
New Algorithms Improve Lensless Microscopes
Using special algorithms scientists have significantly improved computational imaging of the optical signal in lensless microscopes. The algorithms not only generate the image, but also improve the...
Color in Nanocrystalline LEDs Can Be Tuned
A novel, economical way to tune the color of LEDs by altering the semiconductor nanocrystals used to make them could be feasible for industrial-scale production. In the case of some semiconducting...
Data Transmission via Terahertz Multiplexer
A method for multiplexing data — the ability to send multiple signals through a single channel of a voice or data communication system — carried on terahertz waves and high-frequency radiation may...
Exceptional Points Enhance Sensing at Nanoscale
A discovery regarding the sensing capability of microresonators could impact the creation of biomedical devices, electronics and biohazard detection devices. A novel sensing scheme for enhancing the...
Tiny Terahertz Laser May Aid Industrial Imaging and Chemical Detection
A new terahertz design that can be etched on microchips boosts the power output of chip-mounted terahertz lasers by eighty percent. The novel design shows promise for future industrial imaging and...
OCT System Could Improve Quality Assurance of Complex Car Paints
An OCT-based technique could provide a practical solution to managing the number, size and orientation of small metallic flakes in the base coat layer of automotive paint, improving the efficiency of...
A Tabletop OCT Approach Utilizes Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation
3D noninvasive imaging with nanoscale axial resolution has been demonstrated using a high-harmonic extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation source. Specifically, XUV radiation was used to perform optical...
53-Attosecond Light Pulse Sets a Record
The demonstration of a 53-attosecond X-ray flash is the fastest light pulse recorded to date, and beats the research team’s own record of a 67-attosecond extreme UV light pulse, set in 2012....
Microscopy Technique Images Thick, Multicellular Samples in 3D
Gradient light interference microscopy (GLIM), an add-on module to a commercial differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope, provides a novel technique for extracting 3D information from thin...
Fluorescent Sensor Detects Drug-Induced Protein Stress in Cells
A fluorescent sensor that becomes activated in a cell when misfolded proteins begin to aggregate could be an effective way to detect protein aggregates caused by drug-induced proteome stress prior to...
2018 Prism Awards Now Accepting Applications
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2018 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The competition is sponsored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Photonics...
Tunable Single-Photon Emitter Could Empower Quantum Info Processing
Carbon nanotube quantum light emitters have been produced that are capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications wavelengths. These emitters could be used for...
System Uses Quaternary Code to Optically Store Data
A space-saving method of storing digital data uses a quaternary (four-symbol) code to store the data, and uses heat and UV light to write and read fluorescence output from polymer film. This method...
Hybrid Materials Could Have Range of Optical Applications
Hybrid photoactive materials, created by incorporating fluorescent dyes that are used in solution into channeled inorganic structures, could be used for a range of applications including biomedicine....
New Patterning Method Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing
A new method to precisely pattern nanomaterials could open a new path to manufacturing next generation electronic devices. Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory say...
Photoacoustic Technique Can Detect Gases in Minute Amounts
Using a photoacoustic technique scientists have demonstrated a way to detect trace gases down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level. Photoacoustic detectors work by zapping a material...
Laser Ablation/Vacuum Boosts Fingerprint Analysis
Using IR laser ablation coupled with vacuum capture, a system of fingermark sampling has been developed that could be used for traditional fingerprint analysis and also to capture, filter and analyze...
Flat Microscope to be Used in Implantable Neural Interface
A prototype of a flat microscope, called FlatScope, has been developed as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Neural Engineering System Design (NESD)...
Escarda Technologies Develops Laser-Based Weeding
A smart system for controlling invasive weed growth uses multi-spectral sensors and computer vision algorithms to detect and classify all plants in a field. After weeds are identified, a laser beam...
Near-Infrared Tumor Technology Identifies Cancerous Cells
Surgeons were able to identify and remove a greater number of cancerous nodules from lung cancer patients when combining intraoperative molecular imaging (IMI) — using of a contrast agent that...
Imaging Tracer Allows Early Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
A novel medical imaging technique using a newly developed tracer could potentially be used to assess a patient’s rupture risk for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), allowing better management of...
acquisitions
Resonetics Expands With Aduro Acquisition
Laser micromachining company Resonetics is expanding its capability in medical device production with the acquisition of California's Aduro Laser. Aduro laser processes tubular components for medical...
Syntec Consolidates Businesses, Announces Technology Acquisition Plans
Polymer optics manufacturer Syntec Optics Inc. has successfully consolidated its three different operations and plans to acquire additional optics technologies. "Syntec Optics has always kept an eye...
Products
Ion Laser
FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 31, 2017 — The Lexel Quantum SHG ion laser from Lexel Laser produces continuous wave, deep UV output at 229, 244 or 257 nm. An active resonator temperature stabilizer provides rapid warmup and superior...
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Low-Profile Manipulator
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Aug. 31, 2017 — The MX130 series of low-profile micromanipulator from Siskiyou Corp. facilitates the positioning of multiple probes in the space-constrained and often crowded space around a microscope sample. ...
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Subsea Ultra-HD Camera
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31, 2017 — The SS490 4K ultrahigh-definition camera from Sidus Solutions LLC is designed for subsea applications and provides superior video image quality at 4× the resolution of 1080 full-HD images. ...
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3D Color Stereoscopic Camera
KONSTANZ, Germany, Aug. 30, 2017 — The 3DPIXA 3D color stereoscopic camera from Chromasens GmbH is designed for the automated optical inspection of equipped and unequipped printed circuit boards. By combining 2D and 3D...
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Code and Quality Software
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Aug. 30, 2017 — EyeVision software for quality control from EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH is designed for code reading and pattern matching. In the field of quality control, the software offers the...
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Spotting Scopes
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, Aug. 29, 2017 — The Harpia 22-65 x 85 and Harpia 23-70 x 95 spotting scopes from the Zeiss Group feature 3× zoom. The large wide-angle zoom range — 22 to 65× magnification on the 85 model,...
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Insight sCMOS Camera
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug. 29, 2017 — The Insight sCMOS camera from Spot Imaging features the Sony Pregius sensor for digital imaging technology. The camera’s USB 3.0 interface and global shutter work with the SPOT software...
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Imaging Signal Processor IP Core
BELMONT, Calif., Aug. 29, 2017 — The Denali-MC camera-ready HDR imaging signal processor IP core from Pinnacle Imaging Systems is a next-generation high-dynamic-range (HDR) video capture technology that accurately tone maps...
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Spectroradiometer
LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 28, 2017 — The PSR+ spectroradiometer from Spectral Evolution Inc. is a full-range, UV-VIS-NIR instrument with high resolution and low noise. Using the device, researchers can get an estimate of lignin...
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Mini XY Stage
AUBURN, Mass., Aug. 28, 2017 — The U-723 mini XY stage from Physik Instrumente LP is an ultra-compact XY scanner and positioner powered by small integrated direct-drive ultrasonic piezoceramic motors. The patented drives...
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Volume Gauging Solution
BURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 25, 2017 — The Gocator Volume Checker from LMI Technologies Inc. is a fast, accurate and reliable volume gauging solution ideal for inspecting cylinder heads and piston bowls in small- to medium-sized internal...
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Stabilized Laser
JENA, Germany, Aug. 25, 2017 — The LGS 7662 HeNe laser from Lasos Lasertechnik GmbH is designed for high-precision measurement instruments. The models offers 0.6-mW output power. Further models with higher output power and...
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Epoxy Potting and Encapsulating Compound
LINCOLN, R.I., Aug. 24, 2017 — The EP-207 thermally conductive epoxy potting and encapsulating compound from EpoxySet Inc. is designed for electronics and heat dissipating devices. The room temperature curing system is...
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Motorized Iris Diaphragm
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2017 — The Uniblitz AI25 from Vincent Associates is a motorized iris diaphragm that allows for the remote control of a variable 25-mm aperture. The AI25 Auto Iris’ electronically controlled...
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CoaXPress Software
WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 23, 2017 — A CoaXPress (CXP) driver for LabVIEW 2017, the latest version of the systems engineering software from BitFlow Inc., is now available. The drivers are for use with BitFlow Aon and Cyton...
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Light Engine
MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2017 — The S030-38POL-56L2 light engine from Advanced TeknoLEDs Inc. is an advanced dimmable, system-level product which requires no bulky power supply. Powered off the alternating current line, the...
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Flying Probe Tester
STRAMBINO, Italy, Aug. 22, 2017 — The Flying Probe Pilot 4D V8 Tester from Seica SPA is a tester with eight flying probes on both sides of the board. The tester provides resources for cameras, capacitive probes, planarity...
Seica SpA
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Machine Vision Camera
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2017 — The VIBE fixed-mount machine vision camera from Jadak is designed for integration into a wide range of OEM medical devices including in vitro diagnostic systems that require image analysis and 2D...
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Crystal Lenses and Windows
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 21, 2017 — Zinc selenide (ZnSe) and barium fluoride (BaF2) crystal lenses and windows offered by Rainbow Optics Co. operate in a wide transmission range from 0.15 to 12.5 µm and from 0.5 to 22.0 µm,...
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Large Sample Microscopes
HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 21, 2017 — The MX63 and MX63L microscopes from Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG can inspect large industrial samples with flexibility and ease. Designed for precision inspections on electronic equipment,...
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Automated Optical Inspection System
STRAMBINO, Italy, Aug. 18, 2017 — The Dragonfly system from Seica spa offers automated optical inspection solutions for conformal coating and pin-through-hole inspection. Based on fast and accurate scanner technology, Dragonfly...
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LED Flood Light
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 18, 2017 — The Pinnacle LED Flood Light from Lumitec LLC offers a more than 1000-lumen output. The device features a symmetrical spot/flood optical design. With a small profile and versatile mounting...
Lumitec
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Color CMOS Cameras
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 17, 2017 — The IC-C18N-CXP and IC-C18R-CXP 18-MP color CMOS cameras from ISVI Corp. feature a single CoaXPress CXP6, DIN-1 interface. Delivering 24 fps at a resolution of 4912 × 3684 pixels in an...
ISVI Corp.
CMOS Cameras
FRAUNFELD, Switzerland, Aug. 17, 2017 — The Baumer Group has announced the LX series of global shutter CMOS cameras with the CMV50000 CMOS sensor by Ams Sensors Belgium. The new LX cameras feature a compact, 60 × 60-mm housing,...
Baumer Electric AG
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LED Illuminator
ANDOVER, England, Aug. 16, 2017 — The pE-340fura bespoke LED illuminator from CoolLED Ltd. is designed for Fura-2 imaging, which also supports everyday fluorescence microscopy, in a compact and affordable package. The device...
CoolLED Ltd.
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Signal Analyzer Analysis Options
LUTON, England, Aug. 16, 2017 — Anritsu Corp. has announced two new options for its MS2850A signal analyzer to support high-speed transfer of captured waveform data to an external computer for post-processing and analysis. ...
Anritsu Ltd.
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Neutral Density Filter Swatch Kit
PALATINE, Ill., Aug. 15, 2017 — The NS100 Neutral Density Filter Swatch Kit from Midwest Optical Systems Inc. (MidOpt) includes popular neutral density (ND) filters and allows users to stack multiple ND filters to achieve a custom...
Midwest Optical Systems Inc. (MidOpt)
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Fixed Focal Length Lenses
BARRINGTON, N.J., Aug. 15, 2017 — The TECHSPEC Compact Ruggedized (Cr) series of fixed focal length lenses from Edmund Optics Inc. includes stability ruggedized lenses designed to maintain optical pointing and positioning in harsh...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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sCMOS Camera
FUJIAN, China, Aug. 14, 2017 — The Dhyana 400BSI, a 95 percent quantum efficiency sCMOS camera from Tucsen Photonics Co. Ltd., improves resolution, offering information-rich images at reduced capital cost. A 95 percent peak...
Tucsen Photonics Co. Ltd.
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Sapphire and Ruby Balls
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 14, 2017 — A line of sapphire and ruby balls from Meller Optics is designed for use as ball check valves, stylus tips, fiber optic lens systems and endoscope lens systems. The sapphire and ruby balls can...
Meller Optics Inc.
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High-Resolution Cameras
AHRENSBURG, Germany, Aug. 11, 2017 — Basler AG has announced 12 new ace L camera models with the Sony Pregius IMX253, IMX255, IMX267 and IMX304 high-resolution sensors with global shutter technology. The devices offer resolutions...
Basler AG
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Carbon Composite Inspection System
COBHAM, England, Aug. 11, 2017 — The Carbon Composite Inspection System from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is designed for the aerospace industry. Based on Apodius 3D technology, the new technology offering features...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Raman Microscope
ULM, Germany, Aug. 10, 2017 — Raman-SEM imaging from Witec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH is now available for the Sigma 300 field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) from Carl Zeiss GmbH. ...
WITec GmbH
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Spectroradiometer
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2017 — The GS-1160B Spectroradiometer from Gamma Scientific is a compact industrial benchtop spectroradiometer/flicker meter for fast, accurate and repeatable display measurements. The device features...
Gamma Scientific
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Ultrafast Framing Cameras
PITSTONE, England, Aug. 9, 2017 — The SIM series of ultrafast framing cameras from Specialised Imaging Ltd. offers high-speed imaging performance to enable high R&D performance for scientists and engineers. Capable of...
Specialised Imaging Ltd.
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Desktop Automated Optical Inspection System
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 9, 2017 — The PowerSpector GTAz 350 desktop automated optical inspection system from MEK Americas LLC is designed for maximum defect coverage while maintaining short programming times. The system can be...
MEK Americas LLC
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IR Emitters
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 9, 2017 — The LUXEON IR Family of IR emitters from Lumileds powers compact IR imaging designs. Device uses range from facial/iris recognition and gesture scanning to wearable health monitors, machine...
Lumileds
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Industrial Cameras
OBERSULM, Germany, Aug. 9, 2017 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced six new camera models for its line of GigE uEye FA Gigabit Ethernet industrial cameras. The UI-5130FA camera features the global shutter...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Silicon Photonics Alignment Engines
AUBURN, Mass., Aug. 8, 2017 — Silicon photonics alignment engines from Physik Instrumente LP address the requirement of aligning multiple parallel optical paths with multiple interacting inputs and outputs, all requiring...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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UV Lamp
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Aug. 8, 2017 — The Model 629 hollow cathode UV lamp from McPherson Inc. is a flow-controlled, windowless broad-spectrum source that emits ionized gas emission lines with little or no absorption by neutral gas. ...
McPHERSON
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UV and Green Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 8, 2017 — Coherent Inc. has added the 355-55 UV and 532-80 green models to its AVIA line of industrial lasers. The lasers extend and improve the performance of microprocessing applications in...
Coherent Inc.
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Vertical Piezo Drive
MUNICH, Aug. 8, 2017 — The ECSz3030 vertical piezo drive from Attocube Systems AG offers an orientation independent force of 8 N over a travel range of 5 mm and requires minimum installation space. The drive is the...
attocube systems AG
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PIN Diode Waveguide Switches
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2017 — The single-pole, single-throw (SPST) and double-pole, double-throw (DPDT) millimeter line of E- and W-band PIN diode waveguide switches from Pasternack Enterprises Inc. feature reflective designs...
Pasternack Inc.
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Atom Probe Instruments
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 4, 2017 — The EIKOS atom probe instrument from Cameca Instruments Inc. analyzes materials at the atomic level. The EIKOS provides ready access to atom probe tomography through a low cost of ownership and...
CAMECA Instruments Inc.
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Thermal Error Mechantronic Solution
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4, 2017 — The ThermoComp mechantronic solution from Aerotech Inc. is designed to eliminate thermal-related errors. Through the employment of integrated hardware and sensors, along with a proprietary...
Aerotech Inc.
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Alkali-Free Boro-Aluminosilicate Glass
SANTA PAULA, Calif., Aug. 4, 2017 — Abrisa Technologies has announced Asahi Glass Corp. EN-A1 Alkali-Free Boro-Aluminosilicate glass for applications such as sensitive bio-photo detection, high-throughput sensors, image sensor windows,...
Abrisa Technologies
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Digital Lens
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 3, 2017 — The Rodenstock HR Digaron Macro 5.6/105 Digital Lens from Qioptiq is designed for professional photography. The high-resolution, digital photography lens features a floating element to deliver...
Qioptiq
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Image Intensified Camera
EAST SUSSEX, England, Aug. 3, 2017 — The iCMOS 160 high-speed image intensified camera from Photek Ltd. features a readout of 160 fps at 2.2 MP. Coupled with an optional, ultrafast 3-ns gating, the camera enables both faster and...
Photek Ltd.
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Microplate Reader-Washer Duo
WINOOSKI, Vt., Aug. 3, 2017 — The 800 TS microplate reader and 50 TS washer duo from BioTek Instruments Inc. are used to automate many applications for clinical and research laboratories. The 800 TS Absorbance Reader...
BioTek Instruments Inc.
Motorized Stepper Stage
ROCKLAND, Mass., Aug. 3, 2017 — The ProScan H116 high-precision motorized stepper stage from Prior Scientific Inc. is compatible with the MX63 and MX63L industrial microscopes from Olympus. The H116 stage is the ideal...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Sequential Wavelength Dispersive Fluorescence Spectrometer
TOKYO, Aug. 2, 2017 — The ZSX Primus 400 sequential wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer from Rigaku Corp. is designed to handle large or heavy samples and offer micro-mapping capabilities. Such...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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LED Driver
WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 2, 2017 — The OPTOTRONIC Dual-Mode Programmable Emergency LED Driver from Osram Sylvania is a programmable single-driver solution for emergency solid-state lighting fixtures. The driver offers the...
Traxon Technologies
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Machine Vision Software
MUNICH, Aug. 2, 2017 — MVTec Software GmbH has announced a new version of its standard HALCON software. The solution offers a large selection of functions for the use of deep learning out of the box. It paves the way...
MVTec Software GmbH
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Direct Drive Linear Motor
VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 2, 2017 — The SDLM-019-070-01-01 direct drive linear motor is a zero-backlash, zero-cogging, high-acceleration, high-speed, high-resolution, long-life linear servo motor from Moticont. Also known as an...
Moticont
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Field Spectroradiometer
LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 1, 2017 — The PSR+ field spectroradiometer from Spectral Evolution measures soil organic carbon, providing critical information on soil fertility, aggregate stability and the exchange of CO2 with the...
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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Single-Die LED
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2017 — The LUXEON V is a 1700-lm single-die LED from Lumileds in a compact 4 × 4-mm footprint. The device produces >1,700 lm at 5700 K and 70 CRI, which is a 50 percent higher output than...
Lumileds
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Charge-Coupled Devices
EDISON, N.J., Aug. 1, 2017 — The SynapsePlus charge-coupled device (CCD) from Horiba Scientific is designed for high-speed and low-light applications. The system offers super-fast electronics while maintaining low noise...
HORIBA
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Connection System
SIDNEY, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2017 — The Amphe-PD Connection System is an enhanced connector series from Amphenol Industrial Products Group that distributes high direct current power in a compact design. Designed to connect...
Amphenol Industrial Operations
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