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Photonics.com - May 2009
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Pencil-thin LCD Panel Debuts
LG Display Co. Ltd. announced Tuesday that by using an LED backlight assembly and other slimming technologies, it developed large LCD TV panels that are only as thick as a pencil and weigh less than...
New Probe to Measure Freeform Optics
Demand for freeform optical elements is on the rise, and they have gotten easier to make, but at the moment no commercial systems exist to measure such components. Researchers at ASE Optics Inc. in...
Research & Technology
Optical Device Records in 5-D
Optical recording technologies such as DVDs could have a storage capacity of 1.6 terabytes, or the equivalent of 2000 discs, announced researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. The new optical device records in 5-D thanks to gold nanorods inserted onto the disc's surface, which enable the creation of spectral and polarization dimensions.
Cloak has Tapered Waveguide
Using a specially tapered optical waveguide instead of exotic metamaterials that require complex nanofabrication, researchers have created a simplified invisibility cloak that, unlike previous ones,...
Pencil-thin LCD Panel Debuts
LG Display Co. Ltd. announced Tuesday that by using an LED backlight assembly and other slimming technologies, it developed large LCD TV panels that are only as thick as a pencil and weigh less than...
Liquid Lenses Focus Light
Tunable fluidic microlenses can focus and direct light at will to count cells, evaluate molecules or create on-chip optical tweezers, according to Pennsylvania State University engineers. They may...
New Probe to Measure Freeform Optics
Demand for freeform optical elements is on the rise, and they have gotten easier to make, but at the moment no commercial systems exist to measure such components. Researchers at ASE Optics Inc. in...
Blink-Free Nanocrystals Made
A new semiconducting nanocrystal that continuously emits light without "blinking" has been developed by scientists and engineers. Potential applications for the device include lasers, brighter LEDs,...
Tiny Lasers Plug ‘Green Gap’
Compact lasers can work in the 'green gap' -- formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum -- and are suitable for mass production, thanks to pioneering work by a European consortium.
News & Features
All-fiber Quantum Logic
A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University demonstrated all-fiber quantum logic, where single photons are generated and used to perform the controlled-NOT quantum logic gate in optical fibers with high fidelity.
Uncovering Cosmic History
BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope), a new telescope launched to the edge of the atmosphere 120,000 feet above Antarctica while tethered to a balloon, discovered previously...
Solyndra Inks $115M Contract
California-based Solyndra Inc., a maker of photovoltaic systems for commercial rooftops, signed a new long-term sales contract valued at up to $115 million with German solar integrator...
Dazer Laser Debuts at Parade
Laser developer Laser Energetics Inc. introduced its nausea- and temporary blindness-inducing Dazer Laser nonlethal laser weapon Monday during the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade in New...
Quantum Tunneling Observed
Researchers at the University of Illinois demonstrated that an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is able to “tunnel” as a pack from a state with a...
Nanometer Precision Lidar
The National Institute of Standards and Technology combined two different distance measurement approaches with the superaccuracy of an optical frequency comb to build a laser ranging system that may...
Optical Device Records in 5-D
Optical recording technologies such as DVDs could have a storage capacity of 1.6 terabytes, or the equivalent of 2000 discs, announced researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne,...
Window Generates Electricity
A tinted see-through coating has been developed that can generate electricity on glass windows from natural and artificial light via ultrasmall organic solar cells.
Cloak has Tapered Waveguide
Using a specially tapered optical waveguide instead of exotic metamaterials that require complex nanofabrication, researchers have created a simplified invisibility cloak that, unlike previous ones,...
NIST Recovery Plan Approved
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will receive $580 million in direct appropriations from the economic stimulus bill and another $30 million from other federal agencies as part of a...
Pencil-thin LCD Panel Debuts
LG Display Co. Ltd. announced Tuesday that by using an LED backlight assembly and other slimming technologies, it developed large LCD TV panels that are only as thick as a pencil and weigh less than...
UV LEDs Enrich Lettuce
Exposure to light provided by ultraviolet LEDs makes lettuce darker and redder, boosting the levels of healthy antioxidants it contains, according to plant physiologists at the US Department of...
GE Named DoE Energy Center
GE Global Research was named one of 46 new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers in the US by the Department of Energy. GE’s EFRC will focus on advanced energy storage technologies and...
A Faster Single-Atom Detector
A new single-atom detection system that uses two polarizations of light simultaneously through cavity mirrors is more than 99.7 percent accurate and can discern the arrival of a neutral atom in less...
Liquid Lenses Focus Light
Tunable fluidic microlenses can focus and direct light at will to count cells, evaluate molecules or create on-chip optical tweezers, according to Pennsylvania State University engineers. They may...
Report: LEDs to hit $33B
The surging solid-state lighting market will achieve worldwide revenues topping $33 billion by 2013, according to a new report by industry analyst NextGen Research.
Sick 3-D Cameras Go Postal
Sick, a maker of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, announced it was awarded a multi-million dollar order from...
ESI Buys XSiL IP
Electro Scientific Industries Inc., a provider of photonic and laser systems for microengineering applications, announced Tuesday that it has purchased all intellectual property (IP) rights, some...
THz Waves Measure Nanofilms
A technique that could be an important quality-control tool to help monitor semiconductor manufacturing processes and evaluate new insulating materials has been discovered by researchers at the...
Detecting Entangled Photons
Entanglement, in the form of beams of light simultaneously propagating along four distinct paths, can be detected with a surprisingly small number of measurements, according to scientists at Caltech....
Schott Solar Opens NM Plant
The first facility in the world to produce both concentrated solar power receivers and photovoltaic modules was inaugurated with much fanfare Monday in Albuquerque. Schott Solar's flagship North...
BAE Wins $81M Army Contract
BAE Systems, a defense, security and aerospace company, has been awarded an $81.4-million contract to produce 39 M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicles and spare parts for the US Army. Hercules...
Schott Takes a Shot at Solar
In little over a year’s time, Schott Solar planned, contracted, built and began operations at the first production facility in the world to manufacture both photovoltaic modules and receivers for...
Blink-Free Nanocrystals Made
A new semiconducting nanocrystal that continuously emits light without "blinking" has been developed by scientists and engineers. Potential applications for the device include lasers, brighter LEDs,...
UDC Q1 Loss Widens
Phosphorescent organic LED maker, Universal Display Corp. (UDC), reported a net loss of $5.5 million, or 15 cents a share, for the first quarter of 2009. The result compares to a net loss of $4.1...
Zygo Reports $15M Q3 Loss
Zygo Corp. announced a 48 percent loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Net sales decreased to $20 million compared with $38.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2008. The net loss was...
Optifab Offers Interaction
With more than 1700 attendees and 160 exhibitors expected, SPIE Optifab 2009 will blend research-oriented and commercial presentations on classical and advanced optical manufacturing technologies to...
Incandescent Nanotube Lamp
In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics – two fundamental, yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics – a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and...
Tessera Acquires Dblur Assets
Subsidiaries of Tessera Technologies Inc. will acquire certain assets of Israel-based Dblur Technologies Ltd., a developer of software lens technology for cell phone cameras and other imaging...
IPG Q1 Income Plummets 84%
High-power fiber laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. reported that its net income for the first quarter of 2009 dropped 84 percent from the same quarter a year ago and revenue decreased by 14 percent.
PerkinElmer Buys Analytica
PerkinElmer Inc. bolstered its mass spectrometry and ion source technology portfolio by acquiring Analytica of Branford Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
Photonics Training Promoted
Photonics21, one of several European Technology Platforms set up to give direction to the region's photonics community, called for action to align research efforts and to address a looming skills...
Tiny Lasers Plug ‘Green Gap’
Compact lasers can work in the 'green gap' -- formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum -- and are suitable for mass production, thanks to pioneering work by a European consortium.
Green Bacteria Harvests Light
The structure of chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy were determined by an international team of scientists. The discovery could one day be used...
Swept Under the Carpet Cloak
A team at UC Berkeley’s Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center created an "invisibility carpet cloak" from nanostructured silicon that conceals objects from optical detection. While the...
Flir Posts Strong Q1
Flir posted a first-quarter revenue increase of 15 percent over 2008 and a net income per share of 35 cents, largely thanks to its Government Systems Div. Flir expects 2009 revenue to total 1.2...
Imaging at 6 million fps
Engineers at UCLA have developed a (video) camera that captures images in real time at 6 million fps, or 1000 times faster than its predecessors. It may be used for flow cytometry to diagnose cancer.
acquisitions
Tessera Acquires Dblur Assets
San Jose, Calif.-based Tessera Technologies Inc., a wireless, consumer and computing products developer, has completed its acquisition of certain assets of Dblur Technologies Ltd., an Israel-based software lens technology developer for cell phone cameras and other applications. Under the terms of the agreement, the former company has acquired the latter’s assets, including intellectual property...
Products
Confocal Metrology Systems
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., May 28, 2009 – Veeco Instruments Inc. has launched the Veeco Confocal Metrology (VCM) optical profiler systems that are compact and easy-to-use noncontact solutions for characterization of steep slopes greater than 60°, measurement of layers beneath transmissive surfaces or analysis of samples made up of dissimilar materials. Based on spinning disc architecture, they employ white light as the excitation source,...
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PAR30 LED Bulb
TORRANCE, Calif., May 27, 2009 – LEDtronics Inc. has announced the latest addition to its series of high-power PAR30-style LED spotlight bulbs. The white-body, medium-beam PAR30 LED bulb is made up of five 3-W LEDs and replaces...
LEDtronics Inc.
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LDT-53500 Series
BOZEMAN, Mont., May 27, 2009 – The LDT-53500 Series laser diode thermoelectric chillers released by ILX Lightwave Corp. are designed for high-power laser diode temperature control applications. Two models are available with 185-...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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CRI Primax
MELAKA, Malaysia, May 27, 2009 – To complete the Primax product portfolio, Dominant is introducing the high Color Rendering Index (CRI) products in 0.2-Watt white and warm white versions, NA2W-PSC and NA2F-PSC. These high CRI...
DOMINANT Opto Technologies
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V100-CP CenterPoint
IRVINE, Calif., May 26, 2009 – Newport Corp. has announced the V100-CP CenterPoint mirror mount for research and OEM applications. It holds the mirror directly above and in line with the mounting hole while maintaining a standard...
MKS/Newport
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WFL Laser Fork Sensors
MINNEAPOLIS, May 26, 2009 – Sick Inc. has launched the WFL line of laser fork sensors. They use Class I, low-power lasers to ensure a small light size of 0.05 mm wide for detecting small targets. The sensors’ laser light spot...
SICK Inc.
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DPJ-25-OB Joulemeter Probes
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 26, 2009 – Spectrum Detector Inc. has expanded its line of “delta” pyroelectric joulemeter probes with the introduction of the model DPJ-25-OB, which features an optical black absorbing coating for flat...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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SolariX FTMS
BILLERICA, Mass., May 22, 2009 – Bruker Daltonics Inc. has introduced the solariX, its next-generation hybrid Fourier transform mass spectroscopy (FTMS) platform. The company says that the system has eight times better broadband...
Bruker Daltonics Inc.
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Inspector I20 Flex
MINNEAPOLIS, May 22, 2009 – Sick Inc. has launched the Inspector I20 Flex vision sensor with features that include interchangeable lenses and an input/output extension module with up to 16 outputs, making the sensor suitable...
SICK Inc.
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Fiber-Lite MI-150DG
BOXBOROUGH, Mass., May 20, 2009 – Dolan-Jenner Industries has unveiled the Fiber-Lite MI-150DG microscope illumination system. It includes a dual-gooseneck fiber optic and focusing lens, and it features two points of high-intensity...
Dolan-Jenner Industries Inc.
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MILE Inductive Encoder
FALL RIVER, Mass., May 20, 2009 – Maxon Precision Motors Inc. has developed the 6-mm-diameter MILE miniaturized ironless inductive encoder in which the contrast is generated with eddy currents. It delivers 64 pulses at up to 120,000...
maxon
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Motion Analysis Microscope
WANAQUE, N.J., May 20, 2009 – The VW-6000 series motion analysis microscope manufactured by Keyence Corp. of America has high-speed magnified video capture capabilities. High-speed motion recording at rates of up to 24,000 fps...
Keyence Corp.
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RGB Multi ChipLED
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 18, 2009 – Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc. has developed the smallest member of the RGB Multi ChipLED family to bring high-definition picture quality to large full-color video screens. The LED enables...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Petri Dish
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 15, 2009 – Asylum Research has introduced an enhanced petri dish holder and heater accessory for its MFP-3D atomic force microscopes (AFMs). The heater is designed for studies of living and fixed cells and...
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
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SkiaGraph8 EV
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 14, 2009 – Rad-icon Imaging Corp. has expanded its line of very large area (VLA) CMOS x-ray cameras with the introduction of the SkiaGraph8 EV. The camera supports x-ray energies of up to 160 kVp and is...
Teledyne Rad-icon Imaging
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Siletz REP-1XJ0A Series
BEAVERTON, Ore., May 12, 2009 – For rangefinding, lidar, ladar, fluorescence measurements, free-space optical communication systems, spectroscopy, electrophoresis and chromatography applications in the near-infrared, Voxtel Inc....
Voxtel Inc.
TZG01
SOUTHINGTON, Conn., May 12, 2009 – For robotic guidance and materials handling/logistics systems, Baumer Ltd. has introduced the TZG01 digital 3-D cameras that are designed to replace multiple camera systems and to extend the...
Baumer Ltd.
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CNR 4
DELFT, Netherlands, May 11, 2009 – Kipp & Zonen BV has introduced the CNR 4 net radiometer that complies with the World Meteorological Organization’s “Good Quality” standard. The device measures the energy...
Kipp & Zonen BV
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Fandango
SOLNA, Sweden, May 8, 2009 – Cobolt AB has released the Fandango 515-nm diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser with 100-mW continuous-wave output power. It is suited for use in fluorescence analysis applications such as confocal...
Cobolt AB
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Falcon 4M60, 4M30
WATERLOO, Ontario, May 8, 2009 – Dalsa has announced the addition of the Falcon 4M60 and 4M30 Bayer filter color models to its family of Falcon global shutter cameras. Running at 60 fps with 4-megapixel (2352 × 1728) resolution, the...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Rev Micro Fiber Optic Polisher
Krell Technologies’ Rev polishes connectors and optical components to single-mode performance in a compact and economical package. UPC and angled fixtures are available for industry standard and...
KrellTech
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SpiceLED Series
MELAKA, Malaysia, May 6, 2009 – Dominant Semiconductors Sdn Bhd has introduced the SSx-NLD-xxx SpiceLED series. The miniature devices can withstand a high operating temperature of up to 110 °C. The LEDs use an industry-standard...
DOMINANT Opto Technologies
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MM-200 Microscope
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 6, 2009 – Combining precision and accuracy with a compact body and an affordable price, Nikon Instruments Inc.’s MM-200 noncontact measuring microscope performs geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and...
Nikon Instruments Inc.
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Cobolt Jive
SOLNA, Sweden, May 6, 2009 – The Cobolt Jive 561-nm continuous-wave solid-state laser from Cobolt AB is now available with output power levels up to 150 mW. The laser is available for power demanding fluorescence analysis...
Cobolt AB
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ODD-470W
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., May 4, 2009 – Opto Diode Corp. has introduced the first in a series of three selective-wavelength photodiodes. The ODD-470W features a spectral bandwidth of 100 nm and operates between 380 and 540 nm, with peak...
Opto Diode Corporation
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