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Photonics Spectra - August 2018


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Quiet Lasers, Cool Science In the 1960s, just a few years after the laser was invented, researchers contemplated its use as a precision tool to control the motion of neutral atoms. Early research focused on the use of an opto-...
Terahertz Spectroscopy on the Cutting Edge of Material Testing Just a few years ago, the application of terahertz radiation seemed obscure at best. If experts were asked for killer applications, few could be named. In 2018, however, terahertz measuring...
Smartphone Spectroscopy Promises a Data-Rich Future The seminal 1960s television series “Star Trek” delivered futuristic inventions and Captain James T. Kirk’s roguish smile into American homes on a weekly basis. Among the show’s memorable gadgets...
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Better Filters Yield Better Sensor Performance From weather satellites to lidar for self-driving cars, precision optical filters play a vital role in making sensors work. Today, the ability to interrogate more and more sections of spectrum...
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Catching Up with Kent Q: Were you serious about science as a young person? Was there a pivotal event or person who really put you on the path? A: Actually, I wanted to be a musician. It just took me a while to realize...
Minimizing Stray Light in Everyday Optical Systems Very often when optical engineers hear “stray light” or see a requirement for some level of either stray light analysis or testing, they become concerned. They wonder how such a simple system can...
Editorial
Modern-Day Tricorder In 2017, Qualcomm announced the winners of the much-publicized Tricorder XPRIZE, which challenged inventors to develop a device that could replicate the function of the tricorder in the “Star Trek” television series. The fictional gadget was used by the crew of the USS Enterprise to diagnose medical conditions with a quick scan across a patient’s body. Building a hand-held medical device that can...
Tech Pulse
Study Shows How Quantum Magnets Mimic Emergent Light A theory about the quantum properties of magnets forms the basis for a hypothesis about emergent light. Several years ago, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) predicted a characteristic signature that could signal the presence of emergent light inside a quantum spin ice. The researchers report that they have now observed this signature in a material called...
Terahertz Frequency Pulses Uncover Hidden State of Matter Researchers have used ultrafast photonics to visualize electrons interacting as a hidden state of matter in a superconductive alloy. When fully understood and tuned, this state of matter could be...
Scientists Discover Light, Gold Thin Films Interaction Physicists have devised a way to determine the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light, a discovery that could further scientific understanding of how light affects...
AI Learns How to Approximate Light Scattering to Speed Inverse Design A computational neural network (a form of artificial intelligence) was able to learn how a multilayered nanoparticle scatters light by learning the relationship between the nanoparticle’s...
Plasma-Lensing Effect Enables Observation of Pulsar 6500 Light-Years from Earth Astronomers from the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics have performed one of the highest-resolution observations in astronomical history by observing two intense regions of radiation, 20...
Nagoya Team Finds Light Exposure Affects Inorganic Semi Material Performance While essential for electronics, inorganic semiconductors are brittle — a quality that can limit their use, especially for flexible electronics. Researchers at Nagoya University have found that...
Researchers Demonstrate Active Nanoantennas Based on Diamond Nanoparticles A controlled light source has been developed that is based on a nanodiamond. According to researchers, experiments showed that the diamond shell could double the emission speed of light sources and...
Engineered Glass Slide Enables Microscopic Thermal Mapping Using a coating of an optical exceptional point structure, researchers demonstrated a multifunctional microscope slide that supports real-time monitoring and mapping of temperature distribution and...
Neutron Interferometer Uses Silicon Lenses to Probe Materials Scientists have demonstrated that a three phase-grating moiré neutron interferometer in a neutron beam could be a robust candidate for large area interferometry applications and for the...
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Luminate NY Names Double Helix Top Winner of Competition's First Round Double Helix Optics was named the overall winner in the first round of the Luminate NY competition. The Boulder, Colo.-based company will receive $1 million in follow-on funding from New York state...
Moll Earns Nicholas Kurti Science Prize Oxford Instruments has announced Philip Moll as the winner of the 2018 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize for Europe. Moll is recognized for leading the development of microstructuring techniques, allowing...
ON Semiconductor Acquires SensL Semiconductor solution developer ON Semiconductor Corp. has acquired sensing technology developer SensL Technologies Ltd., based in Ireland. SensL specializes in silicon photomultipliers,...
Optics Balzers, WaveOptics Partner for Near-Eye Display Applications Optical coating and component developer Optics Balzers AG and diffractive waveguide developer WaveOptics are collaborating to industrialize diffractive waveguide manufacturing for near-eye display...
Menlo Launches Optical Clock into Space Menlo Systems GmbH has launched a next-generation optical clock into space for a 10-min journey. The payload consisted of two separate units, a fully automated dual comb system (FOKUS II), and an...
Luminar Collaborates with Volvo Cars Luminar has announced a collaboration with Volvo Cars to provide its core LiDAR sensing platform to help plans towards deploying safe autonomous vehicles. The new Volvo Cars Tech Fund also announced...
Elbit Systems of Australia Delivers Thermal Weapon Sights to ADF High-technology company Elbit Systems of Australia Pty. Ltd. has completed delivery of XACTth65 thermal weapon sights to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) through a Land 125 Phase 3C contract. Dan...
RIT’s Zhang Receives NSF CAREER Award Jing Zhang, an assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her work on...
ORC Researchers Receive ERC Advanced Grants The Optoelectronics Research Centre's (ORC) Peter Kazansky and Nikolay Zheludev are two of five researchers from the University of Southampton to win European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced...
ORS Labs Acquires Silicon Cert Laboratories ORS Labs Inc., the parent company of Oneida Research Services Inc. (ORS), has acquired Silicon Cert Laboratories, a developer of environmental and mechanical testing and qualification products and...
Lasertel Received $5M in Parent Investment Custom laser diode developer Lasertel has received a $5 million capital investment from parent company Leonardo to increase manufacturing capacity and advance its efforts in developing high-power...
Novanta's Celera Motion Acquires Sensor Developer Zettlex Motion control technology provider Novanta Inc. has acquired Zettlex, a provider of inductive position sensing technology for OEM, industrial, and medical markets. Zettlex designs and produces...
Arbe , GF Team Up For Autonomous Driving Imaging Semiconductor foundry GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 22FDX process for its patented imaging radar has been selected by 4D imaging provider Arbe Robotics for automated system capabilities and the enabling of...
Optical Surfaces to Produce Beam Compressor for MRO Optical component manufacturer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been selected by the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) to produce an ultra-stable 7.5× off-axis beam compressor that will form a key...
Education Special Section
Community College Listing Community colleges worldwide are educating and training the workforce of tomorrow in fields such as photonics, optics, lasers, and more. Below is a partial listing of schools.
South Texas to MIT: STCC Student Earns High-Level Internship Gerald Gagnon has come a long way from his South Texas upbringing. His ambition for higher education brought him to the Northeast about three years ago, where he discovered better educational...
Photonics Media Names 2018 Scholarship Winner Photonics Media, a division of Laurin Publishing Co., has named Zhenxu Bai the 2018 recipient of the Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship. Bai is a cotutelle Ph.D. candidate at Macquarie University in...
More Training Will Motivate Future Workforce The photonics and optics industries are growing exponentially with continually advancing research and technologies. Such development further motivates advancement, but one glaring challenge remains:...
Building the Next-Generation Optics Workforce The optics and photonics industries are growing faster than the overall economy, by more than 3 percent per year. There are more jobs available in the industry than there are skilled optics and...
3 Questions Interview Nicholas Massa, Ph.D., is chairman of the Optics and Photonics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) in Massachusetts. He has been an educator in the engineering,...
Lighter Side
Smartphone App Moves Fashion Forward Imagine being able to change the pattern of a shirt or pants via a smartphone app. A solid purple shirt, for example, now has the ability to gradually change colors or even become striped, all with the touch of a button on a smartphone or computer. CREOL, the College of Optics & Photonics at the University of Central Florida (UCF), has introduced what they’re calling the first-ever active,...
Products
Single-Axis Platform Flexures The IXF.5St and IXF1.0St single-axis platform flexures from Siskiyou Corp. offer stable, economical mounting of optical components, along with single-axis tilt adjustment. Specifically, these...
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Laser Beam Samplers Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. has launched three models of laser beam samplers to expand the use of the beam profiling cameras for laser beams with power to up to 500 W. The 60-, 150-, and 500-W...
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.
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Compact Optical Isolators Compact optical isolators in the Tornos Series from Electro-Optics Technology Inc. provide high transmission in the forward direction while strongly attenuating light traveling in the reverse...
Coherent Corp.
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Optical Measurement The QVI TurnCheck from Quality Vision International Inc. is a precision optical instrument for the measuring of shafts and other cylindrical parts. QVI TurnCheck systems address the major...
Quality Vision International (QVI)
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3D Laser Sensors Automation Technology Inc. has expanded its C5-CS series of 3D laser sensors with four new compact models that allow high-speed 3D sensors to leverage their unique capabilities. The latest...
Automation Technology Inc.
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Monochromator The Model 248/310 grazing incidence monochromator from McPherson Inc. makes spectral measurement around 13 nm and throughout the extreme vacuum UV and soft x-ray wavelength region. The device...
McPHERSON
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Optical Gas Imaging Camera Core Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. has premiered the Ventus OGI (optical gas imaging) camera core. With a 640 × 512, 15-μm pixel-pitch MWIR detector array, the Ventus OGI provides...
Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc.
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High-Power UV Lasers The Atlantic UV30 from Ekspla UAB is a picosecond high-power UV laser capable of producing 30 W of output power at 355 nm. The Atlantic UV30 harmonic module optical layout is optimized for...
EKSPLA
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Multicast Switch Module The SUN-MCS-8X16 multicast switch module from GLsun Science and Tech Co. Ltd. is designed for the next generation of CDC-ROADM systems based on planar light-wave circuit splitters and...
Guilin GLSUN Science and Tech Group Co. Ltd.
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Spectroradiometers Gamma Scientific Inc.’s GS-1160 series of spectroradiometers are advanced, compact spectroradiometer/flicker meters, delivering a full range of rapid, accurate, and repeatable display...
Gamma Scientific
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Block Camera The 24Z2.1WS-36X block camera from Videology Imaging Solutions Inc. has a 0.5-in. 2.1-MP Sony Exmor sensor combined with a 36× optical zoom lens and delivers superior low-light performance in...
Videology Industrial-Grade Cameras
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Precision Refractometer The KPR-300 Kalnew precision refractometer from Shimadzu Corp. can measure the refractive indices of transparent samples for optical applications, including lenses and prisms, to an accuracy of...
Shimadzu Corp.
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Custom Capacitor Assemblies Custom capacitor assemblies from Passive Plus Inc. are designed for high-power requirements. Typical assemblies are configured in series and/or parallel combinations, producing higher voltage-...
Passive Plus Inc.
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Nonmagnetic Hexapod A nonmagnetic hexapod for precision motion control in high magnetic fields has been announced by Symétrie. Designed to position an 80-kg payload, this customized nonmagnetic hexapod is...
Symetrie
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Bespoke Military Specification Lenses Bespoke military specification (MIL-SPEC) lenses from Resolve Optics Ltd. are resistant to vibration, shock, temperature, and water ingress, ensuring high reliability and top performance. ...
Resolve Optics Ltd.
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Scanner and Stage Device The XLSCAN from Physik Intrumente LP, ACS Motion Control, and SCANLAB GmbH is a new process that combines the operation of a galvanometer scanner and a machine stage into a single, integrated...
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
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Aspheric Telescope Mirrors Aspheric mirrors up to 30 in. in diameter from Space Optics Research Labs LLC are designed for Cassegrain, Dall-Kirkham, Ritchey-Chrétien, and Gregorian telescope designs. The devices...
SORL/Space Optics Research Labs LLC
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GigE Camera The 2.3-MP Phoenix GigE camera featuring Sony’s Pregius IMX392 image sensor has been announced by LUCID Vision Labs Inc. The IMX392 is the latest addition to Sony’s lineup of...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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Photonics Circuit Process Design Kit A silicon photonics process design kit (PDK) designed for photonics circuits is now available in the Synopsys PhoeniX OptoDesigner suite from Leti. Leti’s integrated silicon photonics...
CEA-Leti
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Line Laser Module The FLEXPOINT MV18 line laser module from Laser Components USA Inc. can easily be integrated into standardized systems. The module is designed to deliver homogeneous power distribution along...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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Syntactic Foam Epoxy The EC-1190 low-viscosity, syntactic foam epoxy potting compound from EpoxySet Inc. features a specific gravity of 0.74, making it lighter than water. The low-density formula also offers...
EpoxySet Inc.
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Daylight HD Camera The TMX55 rugged daylight HD camera from Adimec Advanced Imaging Systems BV provides the ability to image from low- to high-light scenes with optimal contrast reproduction. The cameras are...
Adimec Advanced Image Systems BV
App-Based Sensors, Cameras IDS NXT novel vision application-based sensors and cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH allow users to assign their required image processing task to the technology according to their...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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3D Optical Profiling Instruments The Nexview NX2 and NewView 9000 3D optical profiling instruments from Zygo Corp. precisely measure surface area topography quickly and with ease for enhanced productivity and versatility, addressing...
Zygo Corporation
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Color LEDs The LUXEON CZ Color Line of LEDs from Lumileds consists of 21 LED color options, including 13 color and eight white LEDs. The LUXEON CZ Color Line makes fixture designs with narrow beam angles...
Lumileds
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DFB Laser Diodes Edge-emmiting distributed feedback (DFB) laser diodes from II-VI Inc. are designed for 3D sensing applications. The diodes operate at 940 nm and emit powers of more than 500 mW, enabling...
Coherent Corp.
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Antishock and Vibration Lenses The HF-12M and HF-5M series of Fujinon "anti-shock & vibration" lenses from Framos Technologies Inc. are designed for robotics and industrial applications. The Fujinon design has been...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Sapphire Polishing Slurry En-Sapp polishing slurry from Engis UK Ltd. is designed for C-plane sapphire. The material features an ultimate crystal size of 0.3 to 0.5 μm and can produce high-quality surfaces to 0.2 nm...
Engis UK Ltd.
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UV Right-Angle Prisms TECHSPEC λ/20 Ultraviolet Fused Silica Right Angle Prisms from Edmund Optics Inc. are tailored for precision laser applications. The versatile prisms feature precision specifications to...
Edmund Optics
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SWIR InGaAs Sensors The Snake SW Tecless high-resolution shortwave IR (SWIR) detector from Sofradir is designed for use in high-volume industrial, scientific and surveillance applications such as inspection, sorting,...
Lynred
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