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Copper Film Enables Accurate Optical Humidity Sensing
Today’s food packaging gives you a lot of information about your food, including ingredients and...

NIR Spectroscopy Determines Healthiest Seeds
Perilla, an oilseed crop grown in Asian countries, is consumed in oil form as a spice or medicine...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)

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Q-SWITCHED DISC LASER
Rofin-Baasel Lasertech

LIGHT SOURCE FOR CURING
Hamamatsu Corp.

ZOOM LENS SYSTEMS
Navitar Inc.

ELECTRON-MULTIPLYING CCD CAMERA
Salvador Imaging Inc.

ASPHERE METROLOGY
QED Technologies Inc.

UV LED ILLUMINATION
StockerYale Inc.

LASER ALIGNMENT
Photonic Products

SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM
Ocean Optics Inc.

DIGITAL CAMERA
SVS-Vistek GmbH

INTERFACE SOFTWARE
RSoft Design Group Inc.

SPECTRORADIOMETER
Optronic Laboratories Inc.

OPTICAL GLASS
Sumita Optical Glass Inc.

STRUCTURED GLASS WAFERS
Berliner Glas KGaA

UV LASERS
Toptica Photonics AG

658-nm LASER
Ondax Inc.

LASER PRODUCTS
Intense Ltd.

POWER/ENERGY METER
Newport Corp.

EXCIMER LASER
Coherent Inc.

COLOR VISION SENSOR
Cognex Corp.

POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT
General Photonics Corp.

SENSOR COMPONENTS
Avago Technologies

PULSED FIBER LASERS
Aculight Corp.

CCD CAMERAS
Andor Technology

FIBER COMBINERS
Sifam Fibre Optics Ltd.

LASER DIODE DRIVERS
Lumina Power Inc.

ION BEAM TECHNOLOGY
Spectrum Thin Films Corp.

3-D OPTICAL PROFILERS
Zygo Corp.

LED SERIES
CAO Group Inc.

DIODE LASER SYSTEM
Dilas Diode Laser Inc.

SPECTROMETER
Bruker Optics Inc.

SINGLE-MODE FIBER
Nufern

BENCHTOP RECEIVER
Princeton Lightwave Inc.

ATTENUATOR/BEAMSPLITTER
Impulse Optics

VCSEL LASER MODULE
Interspectrum OU

INTERFEROMETER
Promet International Inc.

UV FILTERS
Semrock Inc.

FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM
StellarNet Inc.

MICROSCOPY SOFTWARE
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH

IR-EMITTING DIODE
Clairex Technologies Inc.

CW LASERS
Newport Corp.

LASER DIODE
Point Source

POWER SUPPLY OPTION
UltraVolt Inc.

MULTIPLE-FRAME CAMERA
Specialised Imaging Ltd.

OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
Stratos Optical Technologies

SPLICING SOFTWARE
Adaptif Photonics GmbH

LED DRIVERS
Endicott Research Group Inc.

SOFTWARE
Comsol

DIGITAL SERVOS
Cambridge Technology Inc.

STREAK TUBES
Photonis SAS

IMAGING SYSTEMS
Hinds Instruments Inc.

BROADBAND MIRRORS
Edmund Optics Inc.

IR LASER SYSTEM
Nova-Wave Technologies

PRISMS
CVI Laser LLC

LED PACKAGING
Hymite A/S

NIR SPECTROMETER
HiperScan GmbH

HIGH-SPEED CAMERA
Redlake

SUPERCONTINUUM LASERS
Fianium Ltd.

MOTOR DRIVER
Nyden Corp.

OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Lambda Research Corp.

PROCESS MONITORING
Applied Analytics Inc.

EXCIMER LASER
Gigaphoton Inc.

LINEAR STAGE
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP

SUBMICRON BONDER
Finetech Inc.

ANALYZER SYSTEM
Ametek Advanced Measurement Technology

SPECTROMETER
Princeton Instruments/Acton

4-MEGAPIXEL CAMERAS
JAI Inc.

FOCUSING SYSTEM
piezosystem jena GmbH

DIODE LASERS
nLight Corp.

LED LIGHT SOURCE
CoolLed Ltd.

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING
Molecular Imaging Systems Div. of Eastman Kodak Co.

LASER SYSTEM
J P Sercel Associates Inc.

SPECTROSCOPY CAMERA
Intevac Inc.

THERMAL PROTECTION
Nanomotion Inc.

LED DRIVER
austriamicrosystems AG

LASER CUTTING SYSTEM
Cincinnati Inc.

FOCUS DRIVE
Tofra Inc.

PATTERN GENERATOR
Holo Or Ltd.

CAMERA PLATFORM
Imaging Solutions Group

CLEANING SOLUTION
Photonic Cleaning Technologies LLC

DIFFUSE ILLUMINATOR
Advanced Illumination Inc.

LASER POWER COMBINERS
AOFR Pty Ltd.

TEMPERATURE SENSOR
Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc.

FastTrack (Business News)

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LIGO and Virgo Form Alliance
A collaborative effort has been formed to search for gravitational waves from sources in and beyond...

Strong Growth Forecast for Filter Modules
The global market for chromatic dispersion compensator filter modules is projected to expand...

Nanonics Imaging Selects Representatives
Nanonics Imaging Ltd. has appointed Lastek Pty Ltd. of Adelaide, Australia, and EIP Sistem SRL of...

Demand for LED Drivers Expected to Rise
The trend toward mobile phone cameras with flashes could spur significant growth of driver...

Intense Acquires High Power Devices
Intense Ltd. of Glasgow, UK, a developer of modular laser products for printing, defense and...

JDSU to Acquire Picolight
A provider of broadband and optical products, JDSU of Milpitas, Calif., has agreed to acquire...

Basler Appoints New Distributor in Japan
Basler Vision Technologies of Ahrensburg, Germany, has selected LinX Corp. of Yokohama, Japan, as a...

Integrys Becomes Channel Distributor for JAI
JAI Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has appointed Integrys Ltd. to act as a channel distributor in Canada...

SpatiaLight Partners with Foreal Spectrum
SpatiaLight Inc. of Novato and Foreal Spectrum Inc. of San Jose, both in California, have entered...

Companies Partner to Advance Camera Modules
DxO Labs SA of Boulogne, France, has entered into a licensing and cooperative agreement with...

Growth Is Expected in Backlight Unit Market
The market for backlight unit (BLU) optical films likely will hit $2.4 billion this year, a South...

Rofin-Sinar Acquires m2k-laser
Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH of Hamburg, Germany, an affiliate of Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. of...

Reflect Scientific Takes Over Image Labs
Reflect Scientific Inc. of Orem, Utah, has announced its acquisition of Image Labs International of...

Super Vision International Becomes Nexxus Lighting
Super Vision International Inc. of Orlando, Fla., will be renamed Nexxus Lighting Inc., and its...

Northrop Grumman Selects Goodrich for Camera Development
Based in Apopka, Fla., Northrop Grumman Laser Systems’ business unit has appointed Goodrich Corp....

Lightspeed Technologies Expands Offerings
Lightspeed Technologies of Campbell, Calif., has agreed to distribute two new product lines in the...

Hexagon Metrology Launches Portable Metrology Group
Hexagon Metrology Inc. of North Kingstown, R.I., has formed the Portable Metrology Group to serve...

Nikon and CEA/Léti to Develop Double Exposure and Patterning
Nikon Corp. of Tokyo has entered into a joint development program with CEA/Léti, the electronics...

Gigabit Ethernet Imaging Company Founded
Gevicam — a company focused on development of Gigabit Ethernet-based cameras and hardware neural...

Precision Technical to Represent Trumpf
Precision Technical Sales LLC of Coopersburg, Pa., will represent Trumpf Inc. of Farmington, Conn.,...

Jiangda to Distribute Optis Software in China
Jiangda Technology Development Co. Ltd. of Shanghai, China, will distribute in that country the...

Ambios Receives Record Order
Ambios Technology Inc. of Santa Cruz, Calif., has received an order for 10 of its stylus-type...

KVH Industries Receives Another US Navy Order
KVH Industries Inc. of Middletown, R.I., has received a $2.6 million follow-on order for its...

Sofradir Supplies Infrared Detectors
Sofradir of Veurey-Voroize, France, has signed a $4.2 million contract with NEC Toshiba Space...

Cree Purchases Cotco
Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., will acquire Cotco Luminant Device Ltd. of Hong Kong, a producer of...

Tsinghua University Taps Advanced Photonix
Advanced Photonix Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., will supply Tsinghua University of Beijing with its...

Lumera’s Contract Extended
The US government has extended a contract with Lumera Corp. of Bothell, Wash., to develop wideband...

Alfalight Awarded $1.7 Million Contract
A research and development contract worth $1.7 million has been awarded to Alfalight Inc. of...

CyOptics to Acquire Apogee Photonics
In Pennsylvania, CyOptics Inc. of Breinigsville has signed an agreement to acquire Apogee Photonics...

RedShift and Imagize to Collaborate
RedShift Systems Inc. of Burlington, Mass., and Imagize LLC of Berkeley, Calif., have announced...

Agreement Signed by EV Group and McBain
EV Group E. Thallner GmbH of St. Florian, Austria, has signed an agreement with McBain Instruments...

Morgan Advanced, Photek Collaborate
Ceramic component manufacturer Morgan Advanced Ceramics has secured a contract with Photek Ltd. of...

Ion Optics Changes Name
ICx Ion Optics of Waltham, Mass., a business unit of ICx Technologies Inc., has changed its name to...

Sematech and Schott Form Partnership
Sematech Inc. of Austin, Texas, has launched a joint agreement with Schott Lithotec AG of Jena,...

Motion X to Offer IREM Products
Infrared Laboratories Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., has signed an agreement with Motion X Corp. of Santa...

Dymax Acquires Crosslink Technologies
Crosslink Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Ind., has been bought by Dymax Corp. of Torrington,...

ChemImage and Headwall to Collaborate
ChemImage Corp. of Pittsburgh and Headwall Photonics Inc. of Fitchburg, Mass., have entered into a...

Feature Articles

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Infrared Scene Projection: Virtual Reality for IR Sensor Testing
Over the past three decades, infrared scene projection has evolved into a critical laboratory tool...

Short-Wavelength Quantum-Cascade Lasers
There exists a gap in the performance of semiconductor lasers in the 3- to 5-μm-wavelength...

Infrared Imaging: The Short and the Long of It
Where vision ends, infrared begins. Stretching from 0.7 to 1000 μm, the infrared spectrum...

Telecom Meets Visible Lasers
The telecom industry demands extreme reliability in lasers and photonic components, so very mature...

How Temperature Affects Silicone Encapsulants in High-Brightness LED Applications
Historically, high temperatures have negatively affected the function of LED chips; however, recent...

LED Focus

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Building Hybrid LEDs by Directly Writing Blended Polymers
In animal breeding, hybrids can be superior to either parent. The same may be true for LEDs, given...

A Single Dot Marks the Spot for Nanowire LEDs
From wires nanometers in size, an industry hopes that mighty lights will grow. That goal — as well...

Highly Efficient Near-Infrared OLED Created
By using a different type of doping agent, researchers have significantly enhanced the efficiency...

Microscopy Focus

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AFM Measures Photocurrent Distribution in Solar Cells
The power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells remains below desired levels, in part...

Nanophotonics

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Laser Annealing Helps Broaden Response of Quantum-Dot LEDs
A wider emission band is better for broadband light sources, which are important for...

Mass-Producing Infrared Metamaterials
Some metamaterials have a negative refractive index, a physical property not found in natural...

New Media

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OPTICS RESOURCE
Edmund Optics

MOTION SYSTEMS
Aerotech Inc.

LASER DIODES
Power Technology Inc.

OPTICS, LASERS
Melles Griot

OPTICAL FILTERS
Semrock Inc.

MACHINE VISION
VDMA Machine Vision

LED LIGHT SOURCE
CoolLed

TOF DETECTORS
Burle Electro-Optics

TEST, MEASUREMENT
Agilent Technologies Inc.

OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY
Brysen Optical

Peregrinations

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Loose Lips Could Sink Perps
Even a whispered secret may no longer be safe.A team of researchers at the University of East...

Now You See It...
For some, knowing that one is making a permanent change to his or her body is part of the allure of...

Presstime Bulletin

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Researchers Record the Entire Life Span of a Photon
The usual methods of measuring photons destroy them, so they can be measured only once. Now...

Marching Toward 1-s Movie Downloads
Researchers at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., have developed a novel...

Research

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Fabricating Integrated Optics with Tungstates
Ytterbium-doped KY(WO4 )2 (also called double tungstate) is an excellent laser material because it...

Q-Switching a Fiber Laser with Another Laser
When an application requires precise control of the timing and frequency of a Q-switched laser’s...

Changing Mid-Infrared Wavelengths in Milliseconds
Because most molecules have unique vibrational spectra in the mid-infrared region (mid-IR is often...

Phase-Matching Technique for High-Harmonic Generation
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have shown how to accomplish...

Three Fiber Lasers Are Better Than One
As scientists and engineers push fiber lasers to ever-higher output powers, they have encountered...

Ceramic Laser Boasts 82 Percent Slope Efficiency
Most solid-state lasers — with the notable exceptions of glass and fiber lasers — are based on a...

Silicon Photonics

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Silicon Photonic Modulator Transmits Data at 30 Gb/s
High-speed optical modulators are a key component for optical communications and for future optical...

Spectroscopy Focus

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Relationship of Temperature Rise to Incident Laser Power in Optical Traps
Optical trapping often is used to evaluate nanometer-size systems by introducing up to hundreds of...

A Spectrometer That Spans Octaves
Singing the musical scales provides a hint as to why users of grating-based spectrometers must be...

Technology

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Producing Patterns on a Curve
In the past, researchers wanting to perform lithographic microfabrication on a nonflat lens or...

Phosphorescent Acrylates Could Permit Nonelectric Illumination
Lights and signs that phosphoresce brightly for an extended period could provide individuals with a...

For Quantum Dots, One Laser Does Two Jobs
To paraphrase an old saying, one researcher’s problem is another’s solution. That lesson has been...

Imaging the Eight-Fold Way
Although she was not talking about cameras, the Duchess of Windsor nonetheless had it right: You...

Image Analysis, Aided by Artists
Artists don’t see objects and scenes the way a camera lens does, and understanding how the best...

The Mysterious Motion of Long AC Arcs Understood
The motion characteristics of long AC arcs in atmospheric air have been explained by researchers...