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CUNY, Columbia Researchers to Publish, Edit Reference Book on Deep Tissue Imaging Techniques Pan Stanford is set to publish a reference book for new deep tissue imaging techniques on January 31. The book is edited by Dr. Robert R. Alfano, a leader in the field of ultrafast laser spectroscopy at the City College of the City University of New York, and Dr. Lingyan Shi, a leader in the field of multi-photon imaging at Columbia University. The book provides an overview of emerging novel...

Allotex, 3-D Micromac Enter Cooperation Agreement for Corneal Allograft Laser Allotex Inc., an ophthalmic biologics and device company, and 3D-Micromac, a supplier of laser micromachining systems for the photovoltaic, electronics and medical device markets, have entered into a...

Appalachian State Receives NSF Grant for Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope

Appalachian State University’s William C. and Ruth Ann Dewel Microscopy Facility received a $430,900 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase a new state-of-the-art laser...

Hyperspectral Imaging System Could Advance Flight- and Space-Based Remote Sensing

Advances in spectroscopy imaging will be applied to the development of a hyperspectral/ultraspectral imaging system that will be used for remote sensing. The imaging system incorporates a novel...

Space Photonics Receives Patent for Free Space Laser Communications Space-qualified optics developer Space Photonics Inc. has received its seventh patent in the technology sector that includes free space laser communications. The new patent, titled...

Nokia, Ooredoo Algeria Collaborate on Optical Transport Communications and informational technology company Nokia Corp. and Ooredoo Algeria, the Algerian telecommunications subsidiary of the Ooredoo Telecommunications Group, have collaborated on a...

PTCL Fiber Optics Cause Internet Blackout in Pakistan Fiber optics from Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) caused a massive Internet blackout across the country last week. Internet speed across Pakistan plummeted by nearly 60 percent when a...

Lumus Announces $30M Funding Round

See-through display optics developer Lumus Ltd. has announced a $30 million funding round led by electronics companies Quanta Computer Inc. and HTC Corp. to continue its augmented reality (AR) and...

Varian Planning to Buy PerkinElmer Medical Imaging Life sciences and diagnostic technology developer PerkinElmer Inc. is planning to sell its medical imaging business to Varian Medical Systems Inc. The business supplies flat panel X-ray detectors...

ISP Optics Acquired by LightPath Optical component and assembly manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. has acquired precision optics manufacturer ISP Optics Corp. for $12 million in cash with a balance of five-year subordinated...

Global IR Detector Market Set for Growth The global IR detector market is expected to reach $466 million by 2022, according to a new report by Allied Market Research. Registering a compound annual growth rate of 9.7 percent, the market will...

Kruesi Becomes US Managing Director of Fisba

Optical systems developer Fisba AG has appointed former CEO Werner Kruesi as its U.S. managing director. Kruesi brings more than 60 years of experience in the photonics industry. He served as Fisba...

Process Spectroscopy Market Set to Grow The process spectroscopy market is expected to reach 1.27 billion by 2022, according to a report by Radiant Insights Inc. The pharmaceutical industry is anticipated to be the key end-use segment for...

Univ. of Pitt, Ansys Receive NASA Grant

Additive manufacturing (AM) researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and simulation software company Ansys Inc. are among 13 university-led proposals to capture an...

Ogasawara Appointed Managing Director of Instrument Systems Tsutomu Ogasawara has succeeded Taro Sasada as managing director of turnkey solutions manufacturer Instrument Systems GmbH. “Taro Sasada has created a strong bond between Konica Minolta and...

Laser-Cutting, Automation Provider Cincinnati Appoints Frontino Regional Sales Engineer

Laser cutting and automation provider Cincinnati Inc. has appointed Kristina Frontino as regional sales engineer for northern California, Nevada, Utah and southern Idaho. Frontino brings five years...

Specialised Imaging Camera Used for Hypervelocity Testing at Technical University of Munich The Institute of Astronautics at the Technical University of Munich has used the SIM-X ultra-high-speed framing camera from imaging systems provider Specialised Imaging Ltd. to record high-resolution...

Zecotek Photonics Begins Development of a 3D Display System for European Auto Company Zecotek Photonics Inc. has been approached by a major European automobile manufacturer to jointly integrate a 3D display system into a head-up display (HUD) and entertainment console, based on its...

PI Alignment Engine Ranks Top R&D Product The FMPA Fast Multichannel Photonics Alignment Engine from Physik Instrumente LP has been named on the Top 100 most technologically significant analytical/test products in the 2016 R&D Awards....

Osram Outfits Hockey Players to Celebrate Anniversary

Light developer Osram Licht AG outfitted the Eishockeyclub Red Bull Munich professional hockey team with wearable high-tech lighting for a night game, crowning celebrations for the brand’s...

Luster LightTech Named Chinese Distributor of nLight Fibers Semiconductor, laser and fiber manufacturer nLight Corp. has appointed Luster LightTech Group as its distributor in China. Luster LightTech will provide sales and support for nLight’s active...

Federal Reserve Security Places LaserMax Order Laser gun sight manufacturer LaserMax Inc. has received an order from the U.S. 4th District Federal Reserve Security Force for its Guide Rod Lasers used in the security-force-issued Glock G17 and G19...

Teledyne Technologies to Acquire e2v Electronic component developer Teledyne Technologies Inc. will be acquiring technology systems developer e2v Technologies PLC. Under the terms of the offer, e2v’s shareholders will receive 275...

JM Vistec System to Carry Smart Vision Light Products Machine vision lighting distributor JM Vistec System Pte. Ltd. has signed a distribution agreement with industrial LED manufacturer Smart Vision Lights to carry its LED lights and accessories in the...

AMS Withdraws from NY Wafer Facility Sensor manufacturer AMS AG has withdrawn from a proposed wafer fabrication facility project with the state of New York amid delays. ”We received a warm welcome from day one from the State of...

GE Acquires Stake in Concept Laser, Arcam General Electric Co. has announced the execution of an agreement to acquire a 75 percent stake in Concept Laser, a German manufacturer of 3D metal printing machines, allowing it to take full...

Coating Unit, Assisted by AccuCoat, Installed in Rochester High School

Thin-film optical coating provider AccuCoat Inc. has assisted a local high school in obtaining its own coating unit. Sixty students per semester at East High School in Rochester will now reap the...

Lopez Awarded AVS Technologist Award

Sandia National Laboratories technologist Michael F. Lopez has received the American Vacuum Society’s (AVS) Thin Film Division Distinguished Technologist Award for his exceptional technical...

Takacs Named OSA Fellow Peter Takacs, a physicist in the instrumentation division at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been named a fellow of the Optical Society (OSA). Takacs is...

Mount Sinai Establishes 3D Modeling Services

Mount Sinai Health System hospital network has announced the Medical Modeling Core collaboration, led by the Department of Neurosurgery, where clinicians can confer and order 3D models for their...

Consumer Biometric Market Set to Expand Consumer applications in biometric technology represent 66 percent of the total hardware biometric market verses just 2 percent in 2010, according to a new report by Yole Développement. The...

National Academies Report Highlights LED Market A report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that although residential and commercial industries are widely adopting energy-efficient LEDs, the drop in LED prices is...

3D-Micromac Supplies Lasers to REC Group 3D-Micromac AG, a supplier of laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the photovoltaic, medical device and electronics markets, has received an order for three of its microCELL...

Krey Appointed Trioptics Managing Director

Optical measurement instrument developer Trioptics GmbH has appointed Dr. Stefan Krey as an additional managing director. Krey will be directing the company’s development with Eugen Dumitrescu...

Military EO, IR Systems Market Set for Growth The military electro-optics and IR systems market is expected to reach $14.20 billion by 2022, according to a report by MarketandMarkets. The market is currently valued at $10.15 billion, with an...

Bertin, Onera Launch Joint Lab to Design Remote, Multispectral Gas Detectors

Energy technology developer Bertin Technologies and French aerospace research laboratory Onera have launched a joint laboratory dedication to the development of a new generation of multispectral,...

UNIST Receives Korean Commendation

A research team led by Professor Joonbum Bae at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has received the Minister of Public Safety and Security’s commendation from the...

SVS-Vistek Selects Partners for Sales in UK and Italy Camera manufacturer SVS-Vistek GmbH has chosen two new sales partners for distribution in the UK and Italy. ClearView Imaging Ltd. will manage sales in the UK, while Advanced Technologies SPA will...

French Technology Clusters Form ALPHA-RLH Route des Lasers, a competitiveness cluster for photonics and laser technology companies, and Elopsys, a competitiveness cluster for photonics, microwave and digital technologies, have merged to...

New AIM Photonics Test, Assembly and Packaging Facility The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) named Eastman Business Park as the new home of its Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) manufacturing facility. The site...

Alpes Lasers to Supply QCLs to US Air Force Intelligence Project Advanced light source developer Alpes Lasers SA has been selected as a supplier and developer of broadband quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) by several chemical sensing companies working on the Standoff...

Advanced Driver Assistance Component Shipments Set to Increase Advanced driver assistance system component shipments are expected to reach 1.2 billion units annually by 2025, according to a new report from market analysis firm Tractica LLC. 2016 shipments...

Trumpf Opens Silicon Valley Facility

Laser system manufacturer Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG has opened a new technology and laser center in Santa Clara, California. Its Silicon Valley location puts the laboratory close to key customers and...

New Infrared Technologies Receives Spanish Academy Prize for Technological Innovation, Economic Contribution

Spain’s Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded the annual Academiae Dilecta Prize to infrared sensor and core developer New Infrared Technologies Ltd. The prize rewards national companies...

Jordan to Lead PI Photonics Market Segment

Photonic systems provider Physik Instrumente GmbH & Co. KG (PI) has appointed Scott Jordan as its head of the photonics market segment. Jordan, a PI Fellow, holds both a bachelor’s and...

NeoPhotonics Receives FiberHome Supplier Award Optoelectronic systems developer NeoPhotonics Corp. has received the 2016 Excellent Core Partner Award from FiberHome Telecommunications Technologies Co. Ltd. The Excellent Core Partner Award is the...

Imtec Forms Semiconductor Unit Wet-processing module developer Imtec Acculine Inc. has formed a new business unit, Imtec Legacy Systems, for semiconductor equipment. The new venture will be focused on the sales, refurbishment and...

Gigaphoton Test KrF Excimer Laser Semiconductor lithography light source manufacturer Gigaphoton Inc. has begun testing a new krypton fluoride (KrF) excimer laser, a light source for the annealing process at large-scale liquid...

Lidar Market Set for Expansion The global lidar market is expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2023, according to a new report by Global Market Insights Inc. Rising urbanization and large-scale infrastructural development will...

Santa Barbara Infrared Receives Rights for Surrey NanoSystems’ Black Coating Surrey NanoSystems Ltd. has given Santa Barbara Infrared Inc. the exclusive rights for its ultra-black Vantablack S-VIS surface coating in blackbody calibration sources for the company’s...

NPI Commends Cures Act Passage The National Photonics Initiative, an alliance of top scientific societies uniting industry and academia to raise awareness of photonics, have voiced their approval of the 21st Century Cures Act...

Medical Fiber Optics Market Set to Expand The global medical fiber optics market is expected to reach $1.34 billion in 2019, according to a new report from Persistence Market Research PVT Ltd. Valued at $863.1 million in 2013, the market is...

Berliner Glas Used for EnMAP Satellite

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP), a German satellite Earth observation mission, is using prisms from the Berliner Glas Group onboard the craft for laser communication in space....

Rigaku Analyzer Named Top 100 Product by R&D Mag

Rigaku Analytical Devices Inc.’s KT-100 Katana laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic handheld analyzer was named one of the 100 most innovative products of 2016 by R&D Magazine. Winning in...

Screen Semiconductor Solutions Installs UV Laser Anneal Tool on CEA-Leti Campus Screen Semiconductor Solutions Co. Ltd. and Grenoble, France-based research institute CEA-Leti have collaborated with the installation of a nanosecond-scale UV laser anneal LT-3100 system on...

PowerPhotonic Partners with Precitec

Micro-optics developer PowerPhotonic Ltd. has announced an exclusive partnership with Precitec GmbH & Co. KG to supply beam shaping optics for high-power industrial laser cutting applications....

Jenoptik Receives SPE Automotive Innovation Award The automotive division of photonics group Jenoptik GmbH has received the Society of Plastic Engineers’ Automotive Innovation Award for its bumper processing machine concepts. Together with the...

James DiBella Joins Imperx Imaging system developer Imperx Inc. has appointed James DiBella as its director of camera development. DiBella will be in charge of providing technical leadership in the design and development of...

MILabs to Provide CT System to Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Molecular imaging solutions developer MILabs BV will be providing an advanced U-CT UHR microCT system to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Center (CFRC) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)....

Photronics Receives UMC Partner Award Photomask developer Photronics Inc. has announced that its majority-owned subsidiary Photronics DNP Mask Corp. (PDMC) received the Best Partner Award from United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) for the...

II-VI EpiWorks Breaks Ground on New Production Facility The II-VI EpiWorks division of II-VI Inc., a provider of compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, announced that it is breaking ground on a state-of-the-art production facility in Champaign,...

Nocturnal Product Development Granted NIH Award Nocturnal Product Development LLC received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Program Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with George Washington (GW) University researcher...

CSIRO Heliostats Deployed to Thermal Focus

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia’s federal government agency for scientific research, will be providing its solar heliostat technology to...

Sener, Thales Alenia Space Sign Business Agreement

Engineering and technology group Sener and space systems developer Thales Alenia Space have signed an agreement to execute a joint business plan that will develop the Spanish space industry with the...

Samtec Joins AIM Photonics Electronic interconnect manufacturer Samtec Inc. has become the latest member of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) technology consortium. Samtec will...

Chanter Joins Xmark

Xmark Media Ltd., the organizer of the Photonex and Vacuum Expo exhibitions, has appointed Louisa Chanter to its sales and marketing team. “Having known and admired Laurence and Xmark Media for...

Edinburgh Instruments Commits to Workplace Equality, Inclusive Practives Instrumentation provider Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. has been accepted to the Scottish Business Pledge, as part of its commitment to delivering fairness and equality in the workplace. Organized by the...

Gück Appointed Head of Yxlon Inspection

Inspection systems developer Yxlon International GmbH has appointed Christian Gück as head of Yxlon inspection services to promote the expansion of the inspection services for customers...

API Appoints Chung as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing

Measurement solutions provider Automated Precision Inc. has appointed Song Chung as its new senior vice president of global sales and marketing. Chung comes to Automated Precision after 20 years with...

YieldWerx Deploys Software At Azoteq Software developer YieldWerx has deployed its semiconductor yield management solution at semiconductor developer Azoteq Pty Ltd. for yield and test management needs, helping them to achieve 98...

Polycarbonate LED Use ElectroniCast Consultants estimate that the use of polycarbonate in LED lighting reached 123,900 metric tons in 2015. “Since the LED light source is very durable and long-lasting, for example...

Kempe Foundation Grants Funding for Umeå Postdoc Researchers

The Kempe Foundation has granted two years of funding for eight postdoctoral researchers in autonomous systems at Umeå University in Sweden. The project leaders include Erik Elmroth, Leonid...

IX Cameras, Monterey Imaging Become Partners IX Cameras Inc. has announced a sales and distribution partnership with Monterey Imaging Technology LLC. The Melbourne, Florida-based imaging company will be the exclusive distributor of IX Cameras...

Mesolens Utilizes Prior Scientific Systems for Microscope

Microscopy developer Mesolens Ltd. has adopted Prior Scientific Ltd.’s precision stages and focusing systems for its microscope system. The Mesolens microscope images relatively large,...

Analog Devices Acquires Laser Technology from Vescent Semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has acquired a solid-state laser beam steering technology from electro-optic technology developer Vescent Photonics Inc. to enable the mainstream...

Research & Technology

Appalachian State Receives NSF Grant for Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope

Appalachian State University’s William C. and Ruth Ann Dewel Microscopy Facility received a $430,900 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase a new state-of-the-art laser scanning confocal microscope (LSM). The new LSM will improve the quality and expand the scope of the research, training and educational activities in several scientific disciplines at Appalachian,...

Tunneling Could Be Key to Modulating Bandwidth of Transistor Laser

Two recent studies could impact the fundamental modulation bandwidth of the transistor laser and increase its capacity for data transfer in optical and 5G wireless communications. Electrical...

Hyperspectral Imaging System Could Advance Flight- and Space-Based Remote Sensing

Advances in spectroscopy imaging will be applied to the development of a hyperspectral/ultraspectral imaging system that will be used for remote sensing. The imaging system incorporates a novel...

Optical Circulator Could Be Used to Route Quantum Data in Integrated Optical Circuits

An advance in optical signal processing uses a fiber-integrated quantum optical circulator, operated by a single atom, to control the direction of light. The nonreciprocal behavior of the circulator...

Nanocrystal can Transform Light to Visible Spectrum

A novel nanocrystal, 500 times smaller than a human hair, is capable of changing the intensity, shape and color of light. Developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU), the...

Univ. of Pitt, Ansys Receive NASA Grant

Time Magnification Used to Measure Chaotic Pulses in Real Time

A technique that provides the ability to expand time scales in optics has been used to measure ultrafast, intense light pulses directly. Observations from the experiments confirm theoretical...

Adaptive Reuse Project Transforms With Lasers

A church in Scottsdale is being renovated and turned into commercial office and retail space with help from a 3D laser scanner. The church, located in the heart of Old Town, has high ceilings,...

Lopez Awarded AVS Technologist Award

Sandia National Laboratories technologist Michael F. Lopez has received the American Vacuum Society’s (AVS) Thin Film Division Distinguished Technologist Award for his exceptional technical...

Light Therapy Shown to Reduce Plaques in Mice with Alzheimer’s

Using LEDs that can be programmed to flicker at different frequencies on mouse models genetically programmed to develop Alzheimer’s, researchers are exploring the potential of using light to...

Optical Tractor Beam Traps Bacteria

Physicists at Bielefeld and Frankfurt Universities are studying blood cells, algae and bacteria by trapping these biological cells with a laser beam. Using this procedure they have obtained...

Bertin, Onera Launch Joint Lab to Design Remote, Multispectral Gas Detectors

Energy technology developer Bertin Technologies and French aerospace research laboratory Onera have launched a joint laboratory dedication to the development of a new generation of multispectral,...

Biosensor-Based Microscope Measures Cell Interactions Quantitatively Over Time

A novel live-cell imaging method, dubbed the Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscope (PCEM), could someday help biologists better understand how stem cells transform into specialized cells and how...

Graphene-Laced Silly Putty Creates Sensors

By infusing silly putty (polysilicone) with graphene, researchers have produced an extremely sensitive sensor they call “G-putty.” They found that when the graphene was added, the silly...

Plasmonics Simplify Printing and Imaging in Color and Infrared

A new manufacturing technique promises to bring a simplified form of multispectral imaging into daily use. Using existing materials and production approaches that are scalable and inexpensive, Duke...

Laser Treatments Shown Effective in Killing Bacteria That Cause Dental Disease

The results of computer simulations depicting various laser wavelengths aimed at virtual bacterial colonies buried in gum tissue suggest that use of lasers in oral debridement is effective in killing...

Optical Probe Overcomes Light Scattering in Deep-Brain Imaging

An implantable, ultra-narrow photonic probe has been developed which is able to deliver light deep within brain tissues. Current methods, which project spatially patterned light via free-space...

FTIR Spectroscopy Enables Research at Subatomic Level

With the aid of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and computer simulations, the mechanism that causes the proteins that control critical bodily processes to be switched off has been...

Photonics-Based Skin Patch Monitors Hydration

Dehydration can now be measured with ease thanks to laser machined filter paper. Researchers at Purdue University used CO2 laser processing to create a radial array of strips on their new skin...

New Treatment for Inflammatory Disease Uses Optogenetic Tool

An optogenetic approach to regulating inflammation and immunity in the human body employs photocontrolled inhibitors that are selectively delivered to the target cells via UV radiation. This novel...

Rigaku Analyzer Named Top 100 Product by R&D Mag

Rigaku Analytical Devices Inc.’s KT-100 Katana laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic handheld analyzer was named one of the 100 most innovative products of 2016 by R&D Magazine. Winning in...

Solar Cells Processed at Room Temperature Could Cut Costs of Wearable Devices

A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, and help move organic photovoltaics into a new generation of...

CSIRO Heliostats Deployed to Thermal Focus

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia’s federal government agency for scientific research, will be providing its solar heliostat technology to...

Sener, Thales Alenia Space Sign Business Agreement

Laser Coating Removal Robot Slated to go Online

A robot equipped with a 20-kW CO2 laser will soon be removing paint from commercial and military aircraft, both big and small. The Laser Coating Removal (LCR) robot from LR Systems BV will allow a...

Quantum Photocell Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency

A novel type of quantum heat engine photocell, which can help control the flow of energy in solar cells, could be a means to increase solar cell efficiency. The photocell has demonstrated the ability...

Kempe Foundation Grants Funding for Umeå Postdoc Researchers

The Kempe Foundation has granted two years of funding for eight postdoctoral researchers in autonomous systems at Umeå University in Sweden. The project leaders include Erik Elmroth, Leonid...

Silicon Etching Technique Could Be Used for Integrated Photonics Applications

A novel approach for fabricating 3D gradient refractive index (GRIN) micro-optics using shape-defined porous silicon (Psi) could be a significant development for the fields of integrated...

ASTM Test Will Ensure Precise Optical Tracking of Moving Objects

A recently approved American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International standard (ASTM E3064-16) provides a standard test method for evaluating the performance of optical tracking systems...

Products

sCMOS Camera System

KELHEIM, Germany, Jan. 1, 2017 — The pco.panda camera from PCO AG is part of the company’s family of sCMOS sensor camera systems. With ultra-compact measurements of the camera body, the new pco.panda camera system provides extremely high quantum efficiency with minimal dark current noise, making it suitable for countless applications.

PCO-TECH Inc.

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Blackbody IR Sources

HERRSCHING, Germany, Dec. 30, 2016 — SphereOptics GmbH has announced blackbody IR sources from HGH Infrared Systems for the testing of IR systems. Blackbodies are required in industries for the calibration of pyrometers or IR...

SphereOptics GmbH

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Miniature Beam Steering and Mirror Positioning Kits

VICTOR, N.Y., Dec. 30, 2016 — Miniature beam steering and mirror positioning kits are available from New Scale Technologies Inc. The kits feature New Scale’s miniature M3-RS-U Rotary Smart Stage, a piezoelectric stage...

New Scale Technologies Inc.

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Drone Optics

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 30, 2016 — Sapphire optics for drones from Meller Optics Inc. include flat windows and domes for all types of vision systems. Featuring Moh 9 hardness, clear sapphire can withstand fast moving dirt,...

Meller Optics Inc.

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Virtual Reality Software

UNTERSCHLEIßHEIM, Germany, Dec. 30, 2016 — The InView virtual reality software from Arivis AG is designed for the 3D and 4D visualization of microscope image data. The software allows its users to view not only 3D images of biological...

Carl Zeiss Microscopy Software Center Rostock GmbH

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Custom Lenses and Optomechanical Systems CHESHAM, England, Dec. 29, 2016 — Resolve Optics Inc. now offers design, development and manufacturing services to customers that require custom lenses and optomechanical systems. Resolve Optics employs the latest...

Resolve Optics Ltd.

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Multi-Axis Calibrator

WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, England, Dec. 29, 2016 — The XM-60 multi-axis calibrator from Renishaw PLC is capable of measuring all six degrees of freedom from a single set-up, in any orientation, for linear axes. The XM-60 multi-axis calibrator...

Renishaw PLC, Spectroscopy Products Div.

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Microcontrollers

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Dec. 29, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH has announced four new RH850/P1L-C groups of microcontrollers (MCUs). The RH850/P1L-C group is designed for use in chassis and safety systems, such as anti-lock...

Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH

Petri Dish

MUNICH, Dec. 29, 2016 — The Glass Bottom Dish from Ibidi GmbH is a 35-mm device, complementing the company’s line of cell imaging products. The petri dish, with high walls and a glass coverslip bottom, is...

ibidi GmbH

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Differential Scanning Calorimeter

EPSOM, England, Dec. 28, 2016 — The Optical DSC450 Differential Scanning Calorimeter from Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd. enables simultaneous visualization of thermal processes for improved materials characterization. The...

Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd.

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Spectrometer

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Dec. 28, 2016 — The Model 207A high-brightness monochromator from McPherson Inc. is a 670-mm fl f/4.7 spectrometer with off-axis parabolic optics. The off-axis parabolic mirrors provide stigmatic performance....

McPHERSON

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Video Camera System

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 28, 2016 — The IK-CT2 from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. is an ultra-small, chip-on-tip video camera system. The 0.7 × 0.7-mm, back-side illuminated CMOS sensor features 220 × 220...

CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices

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Motor Control Solution ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Dec. 28, 2016 — Microsemi Corp. has announced enhancements to its field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based deterministic multi-axis motor control solution, with two new intellectual property (IP) offerings, a...

Microsemi Corp.

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Measurement System

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 27, 2016 — The near eye display (NED) Measurement System from Gamma Scientific is intended to aid manufacturers of head-mount and heads-up displays for entertainment, medical, avionics and military applications...

Gamma Scientific

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Thermal Imaging Technique

MEER, Belgium, Dec. 27, 2016 — The UltraMax thermal imaging technique from Flir Systems Inc. combines the information from multiple original thermal images into an image with higher resolution and less noise. UltraMax images...

Teledyne FLIR

Optical to Electrical Converter

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 27, 2016 — The o2e direct-current-coupled optical to electrical converter module from Coherent Solutions has a bandwidth of 25 GHz. The amplified output of o2e makes it a perfect match for real-time...

Quantifi Photonics Ltd.

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Connector Inspection System

DUNCAN, S.C., Dec. 27, 2016 — The FOCIS Flex connector inspection system from AFL uses Varioptic’s liquid lens technology. The compact, handheld FOCIS Flex provides pass/fail results in seconds, supporting...

AFL

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OEM Linescan Camera

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Dec. 26, 2016 — The OEM version of the LineCam12 from Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc. is an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) linescan camera that operates from 0.4 to 1.7 µm in the SWIR and visible...

Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc. (PIRT)

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Combination Optical Tweezer and Atomic Force Microscope

BERLIN, Dec. 23, 2016 — The OT-AFM Combi-System from JPK Instruments AG combined system to provide optical tweezers and atomic force microscopy on a single inverted light microscope platform. The OT-AFM ConnectorStage...

Bruker Nano GmbH, JPK BioAFM

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Single Photon Counting Camera

PHOTONIS’ Imaging Photon Camera offers a unique set of capabilities to support fast imaging techniques under light-starved conditions: - Single photon counting with micrometer and picosecond...

Photonis Technologies

Rotators, Isolators, & Detectors

EOT has been supplying enabling components and diagnostic equipment for manufacturers and users of laser systems since 1987. Current products include: Faraday rotators and optical isolators for use...

Coherent Corp.

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Automated Microscopy System

JENA, Germany, Dec. 22, 2016 — The Celldiscoverer 7 automated microscopy system from Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH combines the automation features of a boxed microscope with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted...

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Microscopy

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Microscopy Lamp

BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 22, 2016 — The ANSER LED Gooseneck Lamp from Titan Tool Supply Inc. is designed for microscopy inspection. Featuring an 18-in. flexible gooseneck mounted on a portable magnetic base, the LED lamp can be...

Titan Tool Supply Inc.

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Multi-Laser Engine GRAEFELFING, Germany, Dec. 22, 2016 — The iChome CLE multi-laser engine from Toptica Photonics AG includes four laser sources in one compact box. The engine provides up to 20 mW of output power at 405, 488, 561 and 640 nm each. All...

Toptica Photonics AG

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Filament-Style LED Lightbulbs

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2016 — The FIL series of UL-listed, filament-style LED lightbulbs from LEDtronics Inc. recreates the attractive filament look while providing energy-saving, clean lighting for various applications. ...

LEDtronics Inc.

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Fiber Laser

LAKE MARY, Fla., Dec. 21, 2016 — The SBM1200FL flatbed, multipurpose, fiber laser, cutting and engraving system from Laser Photonics LLC is built with customizable fiber laser power and an advanced direct drive motion and control...

Laser Photonics Corp.

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Customized Camera

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. 21, 2016 — The Flir Ax5 has been modified by AutoVimation GmbH to have larger dimensions. By customizing the Gecko housing, AutoVimation has accommodated the Ax5 with lenses up to 35-mm in the housing....

autoVimation GmbH

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Camera Link Translator

SHREWSBURY, Mass., Dec. 20, 2016 — The CLT-371 Camera Link Translator from Vivid Engineering converts Camera Link to HD-SDI, enabling the use of Camera Link cameras with HD-SDI monitors. Camera Link to HDMI and Camera Link to...

Vivid Engineering

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Translation Stage

CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 20, 2016 — The ZDP50K Translation Stage from Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. is compatible with all modern research microscopes. The translation stage provides quiet, smooth movement with no backlash...

Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd.

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Color Line Scan Cameras

CHELMSFORD, England, Dec. 20, 2016 — E2V Technologies PLC’s UNiiQA+ and ELiiXA+ color line scan cameras are available with an NBASE-T Ethernet frame grabber-less interface, providing customers with a cost-effective solution to...

Teledyne e2v - UK

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2D Analysis System

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 19, 2016 — The Atlas 2D Analysis System from Imperx Inc. combines the spatial resolution of a CCD camera with the spectral accuracy of a spectrometer to provide full characterizations of display quality in a...

Imperx Inc.

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Live Cell Imaging System

WINOOSKI, Vt., Dec. 19, 2016 — The Live Cell Imaging System from BioTek Instruments Inc. fully automates live-cell imaging workflows for robust, real-time results without the need for manual intervention. The BioSpa System...

BioTek Instruments Inc.

Intermodulation Tracker

MORGAN HILL, Calif., Dec. 19, 2016 — The PIM Hunter from Anritsu Co. is a passive intermodulation test probe that helps field technicians quickly discover the precise location of external passive intermodulation sources at cell sites....

Anritsu Co., M3US

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UV-Conversion Coatings

ACTON, Mass., Dec. 19, 2016 — Acton Optics & Coatings has announced its UV-conversion coatings, Metachrome and Unichrome. The composite phosphor coatings provide scientists and engineers with a cost-effective way to...

Teledyne Acton Optics

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32-GB High-Speed Camera Systems

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16, 2016 — Photron Inc. has announced a 32-GB memory option for the FASTCAM Mini AX, FASTCAM Mini UX and FASTCAM Mini WX high-speed camera systems. The FASTCAM Mini cameras are well-suited for demanding...

Photron USA Inc.

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Detection and Surveillance System

HOOD RIVER, Ore., Dec. 16, 2016 — The 550CZ-18 long-range target detection and surveillance system from Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. is designed for all-weather security applications. The MWIR imaging system features...

Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc.

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Standalone High-Speed Camera

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16, 2016 — The PhotoCam SpeederV2 portable, standalone, high-speed camera systems from Photron Inc. is designed for production fault-finding. The camera system allows workers to quickly view and identify...

Photron USA Inc.

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Wearable Fitness Photodiode

REGENSBURG, Germany, Dec. 15, 2016 — The IR Topled D5140 photodiode from Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH requires considerably less PC board space than before, allowing for more compact sensors to be embedded in a wearable fitness...

Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH

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Microspectrophotometer

SAN DIMAS, Calif., Dec. 15, 2016 — Craic Technologies is now offering its 20/30PV microspectrophotometer with Windows 10. The system is used to measure the UV-VIS-NIR transmission, reflectance, fluorescence and polarization...

CRAIC Technologies

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Fiber Coupling Sample Holder

BERLIN, Dec. 14, 2016 — PicoQuant GmbH has announced a fiber coupling sample holder for the modular time-resolved spectrometer FluoTime 300. The holder makes it possible to interface the system with a microscope such...

PicoQuant GmbH

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UV Air Cleaner

MUNICH, Dec. 14, 2016 — The Air Zing 2020 from Osram Licht AG is a retrofit system for air conditioning units that uses UV light to clean the air. The UV light produced by the device covers the air and the heat...

ams OSRAM GmbH

Beam Transformation System

DORTMUND, Germany, Dec. 14, 2016 — Limo Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH has announced the High Power Beam Transformation System produced from ultra-pure fused silica for high-performance laser diodes. The system comprises the Fast...

LIMO GmbH

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Horticultural LED Emitters

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2016 — A range of high-power color and white LED emitters for horticultural applications has been announced by LED Engin Inc. Alongside the typical colors used in horticultural applications, such as...

LED Engin Inc.

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Embedder Software

MANNHEIM, Germany, Dec. 13, 2016 — The VisualApplets Embedder from Silicon Software GmbH is a hardware solutions that is easily integrated into image processing devices such as cameras and vision sensors. Using VisualApplets,...

Basler Mannheim

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Multi-Focus Optics

BERLIN, Dec. 13, 2016 — The foXXus and twoXX multi-focus optics from AdlOptica GmbH are designed for multi-kW lasers. Focusing a laser beam in separate foci perpendicular to or along the optical axis allows optimizing...

AdlOptica GmbH

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Tunable Lasers MUNICH, Dec. 12, 2016 — The Continuously Tunable Lasers (CTL) platform from Toptica Photonics AG can now provide continuous, mode-hop-free wavelength tuning up to 110 nm around the wavelengths of 1050, 1320 and 1470 nm. ...

Toptica Photonics AG

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Fiber Oscillator DEXTER, Mich., Dec. 12, 2016 — Clark-MXR Inc. has announced its Magellan Yb-doped femtosecond fiber oscillator running at 25 MHz has successfully synchronized with a Streak camera from Optronis. The Magellan is a...

Clark-MXR Inc.

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Videoscopes

GOLETA, Calif., Dec. 12, 2016 — The TOMAHAWK line of videoscope packages from Optronics is a series of economical and portable systems developed for a range of routine industrial visual inspection applications. One model is...

Optronics

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Laser Line Mirrors

LIECHTENSTEIN, Germany, Dec. 12, 2016 — Laser Line Mirrors from Optics Balzers AG are designed for ultra-short pulses in the femtosecond range. PARMS coating technology allows the manufacture of 45° high reflection mirrors for...

Materion Balzers Optics

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Machine Vision Software MUNICH, Dec. 9, 2016 — The latest version of the HALCON software from MVTec Software GmbH reduces programming effort in machine vision applications. The system makes it possible to inspect complex textures easily and...

MVTec Software GmbH

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Beamsplitters

KENLEY, England, Dec. 9, 2016 — Optical Surfaces Ltd. is now able to manufacture custom beamsplitters that offer higher flatness and parallel specifications than is routinely available. Typical beamsplitters are manufactured...

Optical Surfaces Ltd.

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NIR Meat Analyzer

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 9, 2016 — The DA 7250 NIR Meat Analyzer from the Perten Instruments Group is approved for fat testing in beef trim by AUS-MEAT, the quality standards body of the Australian meat industry. In addition to...

Perten Instruments AB

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Diode Pumped Laser

SOLNA, Sweden, Dec. 9, 2016 — The Cobolt 06-DPL 553 nm diode pumped laser from Cobolt AB is a 553-nm system offering direct intensity modulation up to 5 kHz. The expansion of wavelength offering complements the modulated...

Cobolt AB

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Fiber-Based Green Laser

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016 — The Monaco 517 fiber-based laser from Coherent Inc. delivers visible green output, producing 20 W at 517 nm and combines a short pulsewidth of <400 fs with a high pulse energy of 20 µJ to...

Coherent Inc.

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Video Recording System

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 8, 2016 — The Ethernet/IPM Video Recording (EIPVR) System from Imperx Inc. features new color and multi-camera video capabilities. The system seamlessly integrates with Rockwell Automation PLC and...

Imperx Inc.

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Linear Stages

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. 7, 2016 — PIHera Piezo Flexure linear stages from Physik Instrumente LP are featured from P-620.1 to P-629.1, consisting of 60 stages available in a wide variety of travel ranges. Flexure-guided piezo...

Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG

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Isolation Source

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2016 — The Surface Solution Isolation Source from 4D Technology Corp. is designed for the AccuFiz Fizeau laser interferometers. The fiber coupled source excludes all but the surface of interest,...

4D Technology Corporation

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Diffuse Reflectance Probe

DUNEDIN, Fla., Dec. 6, 2016 — The Diffuse Reflectance (DR) Probe from Ocean Optics Inc. measures 45° diffuse reflectance, enhancing UV-VIS and NIR spectroscopy results. The sampling tool removes localized variance in...

Ocean Optics

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Laser-Driven Light Source

WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 6, 2016 — Energetiq Technology Inc. has announced the fifth generation of its EQ-77 Laser-Driven Light Source. The EQ-77 offers higher radiance and irradiance than previous models from a truly broadband...

Energetiq Technology Inc.

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CO₂ Optics

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 6, 2016 — A line of field-replacement CO2 optics is available from Laser Research Optics for lasers that cut composites for precision gaskets where smooth-edge definition is required. The optics include...

Laser Research Optics

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Stereo Vision Building Kit

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. 6, 2016 — The new stereo vision building kit from AutoVimation GmbH is extended by an electronics box, calculating the stereo image from two USB cameras with FPGA support. The output delivers a depth of...

autoVimation GmbH

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Factory Automation Cameras

OBERSULM, Germany, Dec. 5, 2016 — The GigE uEye FA camera series from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is designed for intense factory automation environments. The camera housing, lens barrels and connectors fulfill the...

IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH

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Low-Noise Camera

TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 5, 2016 — The SOPHIA-XO:2048 high-speed, ultra-low-noise camera from Princeton Instruments Inc. is designed for demanding, very low flux scientific applications. The camera features a 2048 x 2048,...

Teledyne Princeton Instruments

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Laser Beam Profiling Training Tool

NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 5, 2016 — Ophir Photonics has announced the "Understanding BeamGage: The BeamGage Training DVD" training tool for the BeamGage laser beam profiling system. Presented in 14 video chapters, the training...

MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement

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Tension Cleaver

DUNCAN, S.C., Dec. 5, 2016 — The Fujikura CT-104 tension cleaver from AFL is designed for fibers with a cladding diameter of 80 to 600 µm. Developed to address the medical and fiber laser markets, the CT-104 fiber...

AFL

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Magnifier Luminaire WHEELING, Ill., Dec. 2, 2016 — Featuring the fully-rotational OMNIVUE magnifier lens, the OMNIVUE LED Magnifier Luminaire from Waldmann Lighting is now equipped with new LED technology. The 3 diopter (1.75x) magnifying lens,...

Waldmann Lighting Co. USA

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Spectrometer

The Model 207 spectrometer from McPherson Inc. is designed for high-brightness over a broad spectral range. The 670-mm focal length, optically fast f/4.7 monochromator is now available with...

McPHERSON

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Frame Grabber

WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 2, 2016 — The Aon-CXP single link CoaXPress frame grabber from BitFlow Inc. supports camera speeds up to 6.25 Gbps. The Aon-CXP allows system integrators to install cables up to 140 m, and provides a...

BitFlow Inc.

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Ambient Light Sensor

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, Dec. 2, 2016 — The ALS-PD50-42C from Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. is an ambient light sensor operating at 550 nm and featuring a low signal calculation failure rate and high current efficiency. The heart...

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd.

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Scratch-Dig Evaluation System

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 1, 2016 — The OptiLux SD from RedLux Ltd. is a scratch-dig evaluation system that eliminates operator subjectivity. Offering reduced cycle times, the system features a sensor head and an innovative...

sCMOS Camera System

TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 1, 2016 — Princeton Instruments Inc. has announced the KURO:1200B, a sCMOS camera system to implement back-illuminated sensor technology. The device delivers both fast frame rates and high sensitivity...

Teledyne Princeton Instruments

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Opto Diode Corp. - PbS &PbSe Detectors 10-24 HP

Hamamatsu Corp. - Mid-Infrared LED 11/24 MR