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Photonics.com - October 2008
Research & Technology
TEM Probes Between Atoms
A powerful, $15 million transmission electron microscope (TEM) that has an atomic-level probing capability comparable to the galaxy peering power of the Hubble Space Telescope has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University. The TEM, so powerful it can probe the spaces between atoms, will be used to help produce more efficient lighting and better...
The Main Extraction: Helium Production in the US
Helium, especially highly purified versions, has been increasingly in demand globally for its usefulness in high tech applications. Here is a brief history of helium production in the US.
Science Policy: Obama vs. McCain
Most of my fellow scientists care more for experiments and the life of the mind than political wrangling. However, I urge you to remember that what happens in Washington during this election year...
News & Features
Electronic Noses
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new approach for “electronic noses.” Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, the electronic nose could be a potential tool for applications such as sniffing out...
Caltech Suing Camera Makers
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is suing six electronics giants that it says are illegally profiting by using its patented technology in their digital cameras. In a complaint...
QPC Gets Default Notices
Laser diode maker QPC Lasers, currently limping along with a bare-bones staff as it attempts to avoid bankruptcy, has received default notices from creditors after failing to make October payments...
Bigger, Better Diamonds
A diamond may be forever, but the very qualities that make it a superior material for many purposes, its hardness, optical clarity, and resistance to chemicals, radiation, and electrical fields, can...
Chirped Fiber Improves Pulse
By introducing a radial chirp into a photonic crystal, researchers in Germany and Russia have developed a novel optical fiber that can transmit ultrashort light pulses with very little distortion...
Optical Fiber, Silicon Core
Scientists at Clemson University for the first time have been able to make a practical optical fiber with a silicon core, according to the Optical Society of America (OSA). The ability to produce...
Oerlikon Selling Optics Unit
OC Oerlikon announced today it is selling its Balzers-based Oerlikon Optics business to the unit’s management team and some local private investors under a deal signed Friday. Specifics of the...
Schott Invests in Moritex
Germany-based specialty glass maker Schott announced today it has acquired 70.8 percent of optical equipment manufacturer Moritex Corp. of Tokyo. “We are optimistic that we’ll be able to improve...
Plasmons Power Patterning
A new lithography process that resembles a needle playing an album on a traditional LP turntable uses plasmonic lenses as "optical styluses" and could make microprocessors much smaller and more...
PV Efficiency Hits 25%
There is a new world record in solar cell efficiency. The University of New South Wales’ ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence just broke their previous world record of 24.7 percent by delivering the...
Imager Detects Bruised Fruit
Ever bought what you thought was a unblemished apple or peach, only to have it develop a nasty-looking bruise the next day? Well, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems...
Quantum Gases Made Visible
Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have, for the first time, succeeded in rendering the spatial distribution of individual atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate visible....
Show Bigger, Even Better
Four renowned symposia featuring the presentations of 3275 research papers by the brightest minds in the photonics industry, 85 conferences, 75 courses, 1100 exhibitors and a special two-day Career...
CERN Parties Like It’s 2009
Despite a malfunction that has shuttered the world’s largest particle accelerator until 2009, officials at CERN, the organization hosting the ailing atom smasher, held an inauguration ceremony...
$45M Contract to NetworkFab
NetworkFab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilent Technologies Inc., has been awarded a $45 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III Contract. The five-year deal is with the US Army...
TEM Probes Between Atoms
A powerful, $15 million transmission electron microscope (TEM) that has an atomic-level probing capability comparable to the galaxy peering power of the Hubble Space Telescope has been installed in...
QPC Resumes Limited Ops
QPC Lasers has resumed operations on a limited basis but may still file for bankruptcy if it is unsuccessful in restructuring its finances and securing new funding, the company said today in a...
Tunable Noiseless Amplifier
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, have made the first tunable “noiseless”...
Micronic Losses Lead to Cuts
After posting a third quarter loss of 35 million SEK (about $4.7 million), Sweden-based microlithography technology company Micronic Laser Systems AB announced today it will cut more jobs....
ESI Acquiring Zygo
Photonics-based technology company Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI) announced today it will acquire Zygo Corp. in a stock-swap merger valued at about $173 million. Portland-based ESI is a...
New Optics Field Emerges
A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultrapowerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology...
Proteins Controlled by Light
Scientists have discovered a way to use light to control the activity of certain proteins, which they said could one day let them turn off disease-causing aspects of proteins in cells. "This is...
AAI Nabs $242M Contract
AAI Corp., an operating unit of Textron Systems, announced today that it has received a contract totaling $242.1 million for 17 additional Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). Thirteen...
Gecko's Stickiness Surpassed
An improved carbon nanotube-based material creates, for the first time, directionally varied adhesive force and has a gripping ability nearly three times the previous record and 10 times as strong as...
GE Jolts Solar Pioneer
GE Energy Financial Services announced that it will invest $2.5 million in Monrovia-based Soliant Energy. The announcement was made at Solar Power International 2008 in San Diego, Calif. Soliant,...
T-rays Advance 1-pixel Camera
A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera developed by Rice University researchers could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine. The research...
Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers
A consortium led by ultrafast fiber laser manufacturer Fianium Ltd., is to develop and evaluate advanced white-light (supercontinuum) fiber lasers for biomedical imaging applications. The $3.6...
OLEDs Respond to Touch
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Fraunhofer IPMS) will unveil the world’s first interactive touch controlled flat light source at this year's Plastic Electronic 2008...
Light-sensitive DNA
Researchers at Kiel University have succeeded in showing that DNA strands differ in their light sensitivity depending on their base sequences. DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic...
Superconducting Thin Films
The US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has reported that they successfully produced two-layer, superconducting thin films. These nanoscale thin films exhibit...
Center Aims for Smarter LEDs
A new research center that aims to replace existing lighting with smarter and greener LEDs and integrate them with optical wireless communications has been funded by a five-year, $18.5 million grant...
QinetiQ Wins $206M Contract
The Space and Naval Warfare (Spawar) Systems Center has awarded the Systems Engineering Group (SEG) of QinetiQ North America an eight-year, $206 million multiple-award, IDIQ (indefinite...
ICALEO: Global Eye on Lasers
This year will mark the 27th Annual ICALEO (International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-optics) Show, which will focus on laser research and development, and the funding...
Particle Physicists Get Nobel
An American and two Japanese physicists whose theoretical insights have provided a deeper understanding of what happens inside the tiniest building blocks of matter will share the Nobel Prize in...
Sofradir Buys Electrophysics
France-based advanced infrared detector maker Sofradir announced Monday that it will acquire Electrophysics, a US developer of advanced high-performance IR equipment. Terms of the deal, including the...
LaserFest Celebrates 50 yrs
The Optical Society (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS) are partnering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser. This multi-year celebration, called LaserFest, will...
Flir Nabs $125M Contract
Flir Systems Inc., maker of thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems, announced that it has been awarded a $125.3 million, five-year requirements contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center...
Zeiss Invests in Nanoscribe
Oberkochen-based optical company Carl Zeiss announced it has acquired a 40 percent stake in startup Nanoscribe GmbH, a developer of laser direct-write tools for 3-D nanostructuring. Specific terms of...
Visible Thought Process
According to an international team of scientists, the introduction of fluorescent indicator proteins into the brain light up when neurons are communicating with each other. The team, led by Mazahir...
Sensor Peers into Electrons
Physicists have exploited a special "flaw" in diamond crystals, manipulating them into monitoring magnetic signals from individual electrons and atomic nuclei and allowing scientists to spy on some...
Fiber Optic Screening Tool
Researchers at NorthShore University HealthSystem and Northwestern University have discovered that fiber optic technology can enhance polyp detection and improve colon cancer prevention. The study,...
acquisitions
Oerlikon Selling Optics Unit
OC Oerlikon announced today it is selling its Balzers-based Oerlikon Optics business to the unit’s management team and some local private investors under a deal signed Friday. Specifics of the acquisition, including the purchase price, were not disclosed. "In view of its size and focus on niche markets, the optical coating business in Balzers no longer fits into the OC Oerlikon business...
Trumpf Group Assumes Control Over SPI Lasers
Ditzingen, Germany-based machine tool and laser manufacturer Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG announced it assumed control of SPI Lasers effective Oct. 7, 2008. Trumpf submitted the bid, which became effective...
Sofradir Buys Electrophysics
France-based advanced infrared detector maker Sofradir announced Monday that it will acquire Electrophysics, a US developer of advanced high-performance IR equipment. Terms of the deal, including the...
Products
FizCam Interferometer
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 29, 2008 – The FizCam 2000 high performance Fizeau interferometer has been introduced by 4D Technology Corp. to provide accurate measurement of large diameter flat optics. The interferometer features a 12-in....
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USB Machine Vision Camera Line
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 27, 2008 – Edmund Optics Inc. has expanded its USB 2.0 intelligent machine vision camera line to include the Harsh Environment (HE) and Lite Edition (LE) versions. The two cameras feature ultra-compact...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Lasiris ColdRay Laser
SALEM, N.H., Oct. 27, 2008 – The ColdRay compact thermoelectrically cooled diode laser platform from StockerYale Inc. has been added to its Lasiris laser product line. The laser projects either a violet or red beam, and its...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
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Laser Beam Profiling Software
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 21, 2008 – Ophir-Spiricon Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its LBA high accuracy laser beam analysis software for scientific and technical applications. Based on the company’s patented baseline...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Digital Joulemeter
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Oct. 20, 2008 – The mach 5 100 kHz digital joulemeter from Spectrum Detector Inc. was designed to measure laser pulse energy at greater than 100,000 pps with 12 bit accuracy. The M5-SJ and M5-PJ probes that...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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Galvo Scanner
MAINZ, Germany, Oct. 17, 2008 – Dilas Industrial Laser Systems has introduced a galvo scanner with integrated pyrometer for use with the company’s Compact series fiber-coupled, turnkey diode laser system with output powers up to...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
Checker Vision Sensors
NATICK, Mass., Oct. 15, 2008 – Cognex Corp. has expanded its Checker vision sensor product line with the addition of the Checker 252 model. The 252 model includes all the inspection capabilities of the Checker vision sensor...
Cognex Corp.
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Jive Solid-State Lasers
SOLNA, Sweden, Oct. 14, 2008 – The Cobolt Jive 561 nm continuous-wave solid-state laser from Cobolt AB is now available with output power levels up to 100 mW. The single longitudinal mode laser is built into a hermetically...
Cobolt AB
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Chameleon Vision Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 14, 2008 – The Chameleon Vision fully integrated laser source available from Coherent Inc. is suitable for multiphoton excitation microscopy. The laser combines a wide tuning range, power, pointing stability...
Coherent Inc.
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PAR16 LED Bulbs
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2008 – LEDtronics Inc. has introduced its latest generation of PAR16-style LED spotlight bulbs for applications, including track, accent, general area, architectural and landscape lighting, display case...
LEDtronics Inc.
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XLamp MC-E LED
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 2, 2008 – Cree Inc. has added the XLamp MC-E LED to its XLamp family of high-lumen LEDs. The LED is a lighting-class multi-chip LED that provides four times the flux of the company’s XR-E model in the same 7...
Wolfspeed Inc.
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Eye Pattern Analyzer
MORGAN HILL, Calif., Oct. 2, 2008 – To conduct accurate eye pattern measurements for data rates from 0.1 to 12.5 Gbps, Anritsu Co. has introduced the Bit Master MP1026B eye pattern analyzer. The analyzer supports OC-192/STM-64...
Anritsu Co.
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