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Photonics Spectra - April 2007
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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 for evaluation of high-performance infrared imagers and their embedded algorithms. This...
Short-Wavelength Quantum-Cascade Lasers
There exists a gap in the performance of semiconductor lasers in the 3- to 5-μm-wavelength range, a spectral range of particular interest for molecular spectroscopy as well as for applications...
Infrared Imaging: The Short and the Long of It
Where vision ends, infrared begins. Stretching from 0.7 to 1000 μm, the infrared spectrum covers a lot of ground, as do the imaging applications that make use of this part of the spectrum. These...
Telecom Meets Visible Lasers
The telecom industry demands extreme reliability in lasers and photonic components, so very mature assembly and packaging techniques have evolved to meet these demands over the years. Integration of...
Silicon Photonic Modulator Transmits Data at 30 Gb/s
High-speed optical modulators are a key component for optical communications and for future optical interconnect applications. Today’s commercially available optical modulators at 10 Gb/s are based...
How Temperature Affects Silicone Encapsulants in High-Brightness LED Applications
Historically, high temperatures have negatively affected the function of LED chips; however, recent designs from companies such as Philips Lumileds Lighting Co. reportedly perform at temperatures as...
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 recent research from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, and Imperial College London,...
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 as the ability to perform quantum optics experiments — has gotten a boost, thanks to researchers...
Highly Efficient Near-Infrared OLED Created
By using a different type of doping agent, researchers have significantly enhanced the efficiency of organic LEDs (OLEDs) that emit in the NIR region. Diodes with such capabilities have applications...
AFM Measures Photocurrent Distribution in Solar Cells
The power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells remains below desired levels, in part because variations in processing conditions alter film morphologies. Current microscopy techniques can...
Laser Annealing Helps Broaden Response of Quantum-Dot LEDs
A wider emission band is better for broadband light sources, which are important for spectrum-sliced wavelength division multiplexing, fiber-based data transmission and optical coherence tomography...
Mass-Producing Infrared Metamaterials
Some metamaterials have a negative refractive index, a physical property not found in natural substances. This property could enable the production of telecommunication components with very low...
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 milliwatts of laser power into the focus. The resulting power intensity can raise local temperatures...
A Spectrometer That Spans Octaves
Singing the musical scales provides a hint as to why users of grating-based spectrometers must be careful: After beginning with do, the scale ends up back at the same note but an octave higher. In...
Tech Pulse
Producing Patterns on a Curve
In the past, researchers wanting to perform lithographic microfabrication on a nonflat lens or other optical surface have been thrown a curve — literally. Standard lithographic technology cannot do...
Phosphorescent Acrylates Could Permit Nonelectric Illumination
Lights and signs that phosphoresce brightly for an extended period could provide individuals with a sense of security when the electricity fails. Establishment of a full-color spectrum in these...
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 reinforced by recent work by investigators from Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in...
Imaging the Eight-Fold Way
Although she was not talking about cameras, the Duchess of Windsor nonetheless had it right: You can never be too thin — at least for certain applications. For example, surveillance cameras for...
Image Analysis, Aided by Artists
Artists don’t see objects and scenes the way a camera lens does, and understanding how the best artists work could be useful in computerized image analysis, according to preliminary research by...
The Mysterious Motion of Long AC Arcs Understood
The motion characteristics of long AC arcs in atmospheric air have been explained by researchers who say that the findings could result in improved safety and stability for power systems. A...
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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 the Milky Way galaxy and to pinpoint the source of the signals. The waves were predicted by Albert...
Strong Growth Forecast for Filter Modules
The global market for chromatic dispersion compensator filter modules is projected to expand rapidly over the next several years. ElectroniCast Consultants of Upper Lake, Calif., issued a market...
Nanonics Imaging Selects Representatives
Nanonics Imaging Ltd. has appointed Lastek Pty Ltd. of Adelaide, Australia, and EIP Sistem SRL of Sacele-Brasov, Romania, to represent its full product line in their respective countries. The...
Demand for LED Drivers Expected to Rise
The trend toward mobile phone cameras with flashes could spur significant growth of driver integrated chips for LEDs. IMS Research of Wellingborough, UK, expects revenue from LED drivers to grow by...
JDSU to Acquire Picolight
A provider of broadband and optical products, JDSU of Milpitas, Calif., has agreed to acquire Picolight Inc., a designer and manufacturer of optical pluggable transceivers. Under terms of the...
Basler Appoints New Distributor in Japan
Basler Vision Technologies of Ahrensburg, Germany, has selected LinX Corp. of Yokohama, Japan, as a local representative for its eXcite intelligent cameras, which it will provide to LinX for resale....
Integrys Becomes Channel Distributor for JAI
JAI Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has appointed Integrys Ltd. to act as a channel distributor in Canada for its industrial camera products. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Integrys has operations...
SpatiaLight Partners with Foreal Spectrum
SpatiaLight Inc. of Novato and Foreal Spectrum Inc. of San Jose, both in California, have entered into an agreement to develop and market a liquid-crystal-on-silicon optical light engine for use in...
Companies Partner to Advance Camera Modules
DxO Labs SA of Boulogne, France, has entered into a licensing and cooperative agreement with STMicroelectronics of Geneva to develop and commercialize image sensor modules incorporating DxO digital...
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 Korean research firm forecasted in a recently released industry report. The market for the films last...
Rofin-Sinar Acquires m2k-laser
Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH of Hamburg, Germany, an affiliate of Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. of Plymouth, Mich., has purchased 80 percent of the common stock of m2k-laser GmbH of Freiburg, Germany, in a...
Reflect Scientific Takes Over Image Labs
Reflect Scientific Inc. of Orem, Utah, has announced its acquisition of Image Labs International of Bozeman, Mont. The latter will continue to produce optical imaging systems and automated machine...
Super Vision International Becomes Nexxus Lighting
Super Vision International Inc. of Orlando, Fla., will be renamed Nexxus Lighting Inc., and its stock symbol will change from “SUPVA” to “NEXS” this month. The company expected to have relocated its...
Northrop Grumman Selects Goodrich for Camera Development
Based in Apopka, Fla., Northrop Grumman Laser Systems’ business unit has appointed Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., to design and manufacture a boresight monitoring camera subsystem. Goodrich’s SUI...
Lightspeed Technologies Expands Offerings
Lightspeed Technologies of Campbell, Calif., has agreed to distribute two new product lines in the US. The Q-Macs system from Neoplas Control GmbH of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, employs mid-IR...
Hexagon Metrology Launches Portable Metrology Group
Hexagon Metrology Inc. of North Kingstown, R.I., has formed the Portable Metrology Group to serve the inspection and measurement markets in North America. The unit will provide a single source for...
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 and information technology laboratory of the French Atomic Energy Commission, based in Grenoble. The...
Gigabit Ethernet Imaging Company Founded
Gevicam — a company focused on development of Gigabit Ethernet-based cameras and hardware neural network implementation — has been established in Sunnyvale, Calif. Technologies from the concern will...
Precision Technical to Represent Trumpf
Precision Technical Sales LLC of Coopersburg, Pa., will represent Trumpf Inc. of Farmington, Conn., in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Specifically, it...
Jiangda to Distribute Optis Software in China
Jiangda Technology Development Co. Ltd. of Shanghai, China, will distribute in that country the Speos CAA V5 light and vision simulation software from Optis of Toulon, France. The software —...
Ambios Receives Record Order
Ambios Technology Inc. of Santa Cruz, Calif., has received an order for 10 of its stylus-type surface profilers from a company in Taiwan. It is the largest purchase of the profilers from a single...
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 TG-6000 fiber optic gyro-based inertial measurement units, which will be used in the US Navy’s MK54...
Sofradir Supplies Infrared Detectors
Sofradir of Veurey-Voroize, France, has signed a $4.2 million contract with NEC Toshiba Space Systems Ltd. of Yokohama, Japan, to supply the latter with bispectral long-wave infrared detectors. The...
Cree Purchases Cotco
Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., will acquire Cotco Luminant Device Ltd. of Hong Kong, a producer of high-brightness LEDs. Under the terms of the agreement, the former will pay the latter $70 million in...
Tsinghua University Taps Advanced Photonix
Advanced Photonix Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., will supply Tsinghua University of Beijing with its Picometrix T-Ray 2000 systems for investigations into terahertz technology. The product — which...
Lumera’s Contract Extended
The US government has extended a contract with Lumera Corp. of Bothell, Wash., to develop wideband optical modulators. The 12-month contract is valued at approximately $1.15 million, and the overall...
Alfalight Awarded $1.7 Million Contract
A research and development contract worth $1.7 million has been awarded to Alfalight Inc. of Madison, Wis. The contract was provided by the Army Research Laboratory of Adelphi, Md., to fund the...
CyOptics to Acquire Apogee Photonics
In Pennsylvania, CyOptics Inc. of Breinigsville has signed an agreement to acquire Apogee Photonics Inc. of Allentown, a supplier of laser sources for the 10- and 40-Gb/s markets. Terms of the deal...
RedShift and Imagize to Collaborate
RedShift Systems Inc. of Burlington, Mass., and Imagize LLC of Berkeley, Calif., have announced that they will collaborate to design and build affordable IR fusion camera solutions for security and...
Agreement Signed by EV Group and McBain
EV Group E. Thallner GmbH of St. Florian, Austria, has signed an agreement with McBain Instruments of Chatsworth, Calif., to handle worldwide distribution of its ZIII-NIR wafer inspection system....
Morgan Advanced, Photek Collaborate
Ceramic component manufacturer Morgan Advanced Ceramics has secured a contract with Photek Ltd. of St. Leonards-on-Sea, UK, to supply hexagonal ceramic insulators for intensifiers used in NASA’s Owl,...
Ion Optics Changes Name
ICx Ion Optics of Waltham, Mass., a business unit of ICx Technologies Inc., has changed its name to ICx Precision Photonics. The change — which reflects the unit’s focus on the development of...
Sematech and Schott Form Partnership
Sematech Inc. of Austin, Texas, has launched a joint agreement with Schott Lithotec AG of Jena, Germany, to develop mid-size, projection-quality lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAg) lens elements with an...
Motion X to Offer IREM Products
Infrared Laboratories Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., has signed an agreement with Motion X Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif., to jointly sell and market its infrared emission microscope (IREM) products. The...
Dymax Acquires Crosslink Technologies
Crosslink Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Ind., has been bought by Dymax Corp. of Torrington, Conn., a producer of light-curing systems, masks, coatings and adhesives. The former makes and...
ChemImage and Headwall to Collaborate
ChemImage Corp. of Pittsburgh and Headwall Photonics Inc. of Fitchburg, Mass., have entered into a collaboration to develop more economical spectroscopic imaging products for high-throughput...
Accent on Applications
Copper Film Enables Accurate Optical Humidity Sensing
Today’s food packaging gives you a lot of information about your food, including ingredients and number of calories, but it cannot tell you whether the fruit salad you want to buy is drying out or if...
NIR Spectroscopy Determines Healthiest Seeds
Perilla, an oilseed crop grown in Asian countries, is consumed in oil form as a spice or medicine and in its leafy form as a vegetable. The seed is made up of several fatty acids, especially...
Presstime Bulletin
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 researchers at l’Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have developed a nondestructive measurement technique...
Marching Toward 1-s Movie Downloads
Researchers at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., have developed a novel optical transceiver that can move data at a rate of 160 Gb/s — fast enough to enable consumers to...
Lighter Side
Loose Lips Could Sink Perps
Even a whispered secret may no longer be safe. A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, has begun a three-year project to devise computer-driven lip-reading systems...
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 getting a tattoo. For others, the suspicion that one might rue such a decision in more mature...
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Q-SWITCHED DISC LASER
Rofin-Baasel Lasertech has introduced a Q-switched disc laser that the company says increases throughput by a factor of three to five when drilling via holes in solar cells. The StarDisc 100 ICQ operates at a rate of 3000 holes per second with the emitter wrap-through method and at 25 holes per second with the metal wrap-through method. The device achieves speeds of 100 mm/s when cutting solar...
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LIGHT SOURCE FOR CURING
Hamamatsu Corp. has released the Lightningcure LC-L1, a monochromatic LED spot light source for UV curing applications. The device provides a spot-focused wavelength of 365 ±5 nm, which delivers up...
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ZOOM LENS SYSTEMS
Navitar Inc. has introduced the Zoom Xtender for its high-magnification 6000 and 12× zoom lens systems. The Xtender has a working distance of 150 mm to infinity. When added to the systems, it extends...
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ASPHERE METROLOGY
QED Technologies Inc. has released the SSI-A, a metrology tool for aspheres. It makes full-aperture interferometric measurements without the need for dedicated null lenses by taking several...
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LASER ALIGNMENT
The 300-0100-00 series 645-nm laser alignment system from Photonic Products offers interchangeable prealigned optics — 88° cross, 58° line, 58° cross/spot — to enable enhanced laser beam performance....
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SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM
The LIBS2500 laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy system from Ocean Optics Inc. is smaller and lighter than its predecessor, the LIBS2000. It features improved sensitivity of 10 to 50 ppm, a series...
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DIGITAL CAMERA
Released by SVS-Vistek GmbH, the progressive-scan SVS 16000 camera with 4904 × 3380-pixel resolution uses an interline transfer CCD from Kodak with a diagonal of 43.3 mm. With Camera Link output, the...
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SPECTRORADIOMETER
Optronic Laboratories Inc.’s OL 771 is a photodiode array-based spectroradiometer system that measures LEDs and LED clusters and chips. A rugged and portable enclosure houses the control electronics,...
Optronic Laboratories LLC
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OPTICAL GLASS
Sumita Optical Glass Inc. has developed a high-index optical glass for precision molding. The K-PSFn214 has a yielding point of 449 °C and thermal expansion of 98 × 10–7 °C–1. Its molding temperature...
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STRUCTURED GLASS WAFERS
Berliner Glas KGaA announces structured glass wafers for interposer and encapsulating microparts in MEMS and MOEMS for industrial applications. The wafers are composed of borosilicate glass and are...
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UV LASERS
Toptica Photonics AG is offering its TA-SHG 110 continuous-wave laser with output powers of more than 100 mW in the ultraviolet region between 329 and 336 nm. The single-mode, highly coherent and...
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POWER/ENERGY METER
Newport Corp. has introduced the 1918-C handheld optical power and energy meter. Suitable for testing laser, LED, laser diode and broadband light sources, the compact and sturdy device measures power...
MKS/Newport
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EXCIMER LASER
The Lambda SX 540C industrial-grade 308-nm laser from Coherent Inc. provides up to 0.9-J pulses at a repetition rate of up to 600 Hz. According to the company, the model has all of the advantages of...
Coherent Inc.
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COLOR VISION SENSOR
Cognex Corp. has unveiled the DVT 535C, an entry-level color vision sensor suitable for machine-based matching, sorting and defect detection. The RoHS-compliant device includes a 640 × 480-pixel...
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POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT
General Photonics Corp. has introduced PolaWise, a polarization measurement system for characterization of polarization properties of light sources and optical materials. The PSGA-101-A is based on...
General Photonics Corp.
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SENSOR COMPONENTS
Four infrared sensor component families have been announced by Avago Technologies. The ASDL-4xxx, 5xxx and 6xxx are IR emitter and detector products, and the APDS-91xx series comprises reflective...
Broadcom Inc.
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PULSED FIBER LASERS
Perseus, manufactured by Aculight Corp., is a family of eye-safe, high-power pulsed fiber lasers that generate 2- to 6-ns pulses at repetition rates from 20 to 500 kHz. They deliver up to 4 W of...
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CCD CAMERAS
The iKon-M series cameras introduced by Andor Technology provide 2.5-MHz readout for rapid image acquisition or fast focusing. Suitable for light-starved applications such as astronomy,...
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LASER DIODE DRIVERS
Lumina Power Inc. has released a family of high-power CW laser diode drivers. The LDD series is designed for OEM applications and features a power factor correction, compact design, and low-conducted...
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ION BEAM TECHNOLOGY
Antireflection coatings for astronomical optics are being offered by Spectrum Thin Films Corp. The coatings can withstand low temperatures and maximum heat of 100 °C. Created with pulsed ion beam...
Spectrum Thin Films Inc.
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LED SERIES
The Dynasty series integrated power LEDs from the CAO Group Inc. provide 50 to 100 lm/W and feature replaceable bulbs, 100% waterproof operation, integrated optics and a continuous 360° viewing...
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SPECTROMETER
Bruker Optics Inc. has launched the Alpha Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer. With an interferometer based on a proprietary and patented RockSolid design, the device is insensitive to vibration...
Bruker Optics Inc.
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VCSEL LASER MODULE
Interspectrum OU has announced a single-mode visible/red vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a typical wavelength of 665 nm. The module offers low threshold current and a maximum operating...
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INTERFEROMETER
The FiBO 300 unveiled by Promet International Inc. is a portable phase-shifting Michelson interferometer for fiber end face and microcomponent testing. It performs high-resolution 3-D surface...
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UV FILTERS
Semrock Inc. has announced optical filters at UV wavelengths made with proprietary advanced ion beam sputtering deposition technology. The new filters include 248- and 266-nm versions of the...
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FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM
The CXR-FS unveiled by StellarNet Inc. for fluorescence spectroscopy comprises a miniature fiber optically coupled TE-cooled UV/VIS spectrometer with a concave grating, an LED-based excitation source...
StellarNet Inc.
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MICROSCOPY SOFTWARE
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH offers version 4.6 of its AxioVision software for digital microscopy in biomedicine and materials applications. Supporting the Axio Observer microscopes with Zeiss...
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IR-EMITTING DIODE
The CLE390 consists of an AlGaAs 850-nm IR-emitting diode bonded to a ceramic substrate, and a monitor photodiode, both mounted on a three-leaded TO-46 header and hermetically sealed in a glass-domed...
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CW LASERS
Newport Corp.’s Spectra-Physics Lasers Div. has extended its Excelsior family of low-power CW lasers with the Excelsior-488, an externally doubled diode laser operating at 488 nm, and the...
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POWER SUPPLY OPTION
UltraVolt Inc. has added the 25 ppm option to three of its high-voltage power supply product lines: the A series, the 10A-25A series and the 30A-40A series. All modules feature the option supply...
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MULTIPLE-FRAME CAMERA
The SIM multiple-frame imaging system from Specialised Imaging Ltd. offers 4, 6, 8 or 16 separate optical channels and 1360 × 1040 12-bit images. Featuring ultrahigh-resolution intensified CCD...
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LED DRIVERS
The Smart Force drivers for high-brightness LEDs are available from Endicott Research Group Inc. as a driver board or as a complete kit that includes the board and rails. The boards use a DC/DC boost...
Endicott Research Group Inc.
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SOFTWARE
Comsol has introduced version 3.3a of its multiphysics simulation software. The entire suite now runs on Microsoft Vista and on Intel-based Mac operating systems. A new material library simplifies...
COMSOL Inc.
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IMAGING SYSTEMS
Hinds Instruments Inc. is offering upgraded versions of Abrio IM macro and micro instruments manufactured by Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc. The quantitative birefringence imaging...
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BROADBAND MIRRORS
Deep-UV-enhanced broadband mirrors have been released by Edmund Optics Inc. for steering light sources at wavelengths through the UV, visible and IR. Made from an aluminum-based coating on a...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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NIR SPECTROMETER
The SGS1900 near-IR spectrometer, based on Fraunhofer Institut Photonische Mikrosysteme’s scanning grating technology and on a system design by CTR AG, has been released by HiperScan GmbH. The...
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OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Version 6.4.3 of the Oslo optical design software has been released by Lambda Research Corp. It features 18 modifications, including a command that accesses and copies any Oslo plot or graphic to the...
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PROCESS MONITORING
Applied Analytics Inc.’s spectroscopic approach is a direct method of process monitoring that does not involve any separation, sample preparation or use of additives. It employs a high-resolution,...
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EXCIMER LASER
Gigaphoton Inc. has expanded its GT series of argon-fluoride light sources with the GT61A excimer laser. The device has an emission wavelength of 193 nm, a repetition rate of 6000 Hz and pulse energy...
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LINEAR STAGE
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP’s M-511.HD hybrid nanopositioning translation stage provides travel ranges to 100 mm, 4-nm linear encoder resolution, millisecond set-tling time with nanometer accuracy,...
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SUBMICRON BONDER
Finetech Inc. has released the Opto-Bonder Femto, its latest device for the assembly of optoelectronic components and modules. The bonder can handle various assembly technologies, including power...
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ANALYZER SYSTEM
Ametek Advanced Measurement Technology’s Ortec Products Group has launched the ASPEC-927, a dual-input multichannel analyzer in a single-width nuclear instrumentation module that uses a USB 2.0...
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SPECTROMETER
Princeton Instruments/Acton has released the TriVista CRS confocal Raman spectrometer system with micro- and macrosampling capabilities and with intuitive software that facilitates switching between...
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4-MEGAPIXEL CAMERAS
JAI Inc.’s TM-4200 series progressive-scan cameras produce 2048 × 2048-pixel resolution and feature software-selectable operation that allows users to choose dual-tap mode at 15 fps with automatic...
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FOCUSING SYSTEM
A micro objective focusing system has been developed by piezosystem jena GmbH for applications that require upside-down operation, such as inverted microscopes. The Mipos 500 UD provides total travel...
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DIODE LASERS
A line of high-brightness single-emitter diode lasers has been announced by nLight Corp. The lasers produce 1.5 W of optical power from a 150-μm emitter width at 665, 680 and 690 nm. Typical...
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LED LIGHT SOURCE
The precisExcite light source from CoolLed Ltd. is suitable for fluorescence time-course experiments. Using three colored, collimated LED sources in a common package, the device delivers separate...
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THERMAL PROTECTION
Nanomotion Inc. has introduced a thermal protection feature within its AB5 driver to minimize damage to servo motors caused by overheating. Based on a microcontroller, the option is a computing...
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LASER CUTTING SYSTEM
Cincinnati Inc. has unveiled the CL-850, a 5000-W laser cutting system for heavy-duty parts manufacturing. The machine features a GE Fanuc laser resonator, a linear motor drive that positions the...
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FOCUS DRIVE
Tofra Inc. has introduced a focus drive with an integrated controller for optical microscopes. It provides computer-controlled movement of fine focus and retains manual movement of coarse focus....
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PATTERN GENERATOR
Holo Or Ltd. has expanded its Multi Spot series elements with a 1 × 7 (48 point) pattern generator for 1064-nm lasers. The optics have a 1-in. diameter and are 3 mm thick. They are made of pure fused...
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CAMERA PLATFORM
The Remote-Eye announced by Imaging Solutions Group is a custom camera platform that can be coupled with any area- or line-scan CCD or CMOS image sensor. It has a Linux CPU and 10/100 Ethernet,...
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CLEANING SOLUTION
Photonic Cleaning Technologies LLC’s First Contact polymer solution is a strip coat cleaner for coated laser optics. It consists of polymers in a complex solvent system. It strongly adheres to itself...
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DIFFUSE ILLUMINATOR
Advanced Illumination Inc. has unveiled the DL083, a flat diffuse illuminator that is 21 mm thick and uses surface mount LEDs to provide light suited for inspecting reflective objects. The device has...
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TEMPERATURE SENSOR
The RX-102B-CB ruthenium oxide resistance cryogenic temperature sensor from Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. is calibrated from 20 mK to 40 K and is monotonic from 10 mK to 300 K. Below 1 K, the sensor is...
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