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Raman Spectroscopy Dishes Up Solutions for the Food Industry
As people, we have a complex relationship with food. We want it to be simple, cost-effective, and convenient. But we also savor gourmet foods prepared with the finest ingredients available. The...
Ultrafast Lasers Are Quickly Catching Up with Industry Demand
With pulse lengths down to the picosecond realm and beyond, ultrashort-pulse lasers — often called ultrafast lasers — have been deployed as scientific research tools for decades. The...
How Far Down the Road Is the Autonomous Vehicle?
First conceived by editors of Scientific American magazine, the dream of self-driving cars — known today as autonomous vehicles (AVs) — recently passed its 100-year anniversary. With the...
Managing Temperature-Based Performance Drift for Coatings
What happens when optical coatings get very cold? There should be little difference in a thin film’s optical performance at room temperature test conditions versus its use conditions. But this is not...
Editorial
Trust science to ask the right questions
As has been noted recently on this page, evidence-based thinking and science could stand a little more advocacy these days. Hopefully, for most readers of this publication, the question is not why but how this advocacy should be exercised. One simple step would be to join Nobel laureates, global educators, scientists, engineers, and many others by adding your name to the Trust Science pledge at...
Lasers In Use
What Ever Happened to Medical Surveillance?
Did you know there was a time when eye exams were suggested every three years for users of Class 3B or Class 4 lasers? The rules around so-called medical surveillance began to change in 2007, when the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) laser standards ceased to require baseline eye examinations for users of these laser classes. What happened to cause this change? To answer, let...
Laser Safety
What Ever Happened to Medical Surveillance?
Did you know there was a time when eye exams were suggested every three years for users of Class 3B or Class 4 lasers? The rules around so-called medical surveillance began to change in 2007, when the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) laser standards ceased to require baseline eye examinations for users of these laser classes. What happened to cause this change? To answer, let...
Tech Pulse
AI Aids in Real-Time Generation of 3D Holograms
A method for generating holograms uses an artificial intelligence program that a consumer-grade laptop is capable of running, giving implications in VR and 3D printing. A team at MIT introduced the...
Optomechanical Accelerometer Enhances Accuracy
A laser light-powered accelerometer — a sensor that detects sudden changes in velocity — operates over a greater range of frequencies than comparable, nonoptical instruments, and at a...
Transparent Display Shows Smooth Transitions over Broad Color Spectrum
Researchers from Jilin University developed a transparent glass display with a high white-light contrast ratio that is able to smoothly transition between a broad spectrum of color when stimulated...
Waveguide Design Enables Transmission of Two Types of Light
Engineers from Vanderbilt University developed a method of simultaneously transmitting two types of optical signals across a single chip. The work may enable a dramatic increases in the volume of...
Source Mask Optimization Fine-tunes Extreme UV Lithography
Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a source mask optimization (SMO) technique for extreme-ultraviolet lithography (EUVL)...
Features of Mantis Shrimp Eye Inspire Smaller Optical Sensor Design
The ultrasensitive eyes of mantis shrimps are the inspiration behind a new kind of optical sensor that is small enough to fit on a smartphone, yet capable of performing hyperspectral and polarimetric...
Metalens Uses Heat Rather Than Motion to Shift Focus
A new metalens design developed by researchers at MIT, which is able to change its focus without tilting or moving forward or backward, may find use in miniature heat scopes for drones, ultracompact...
Method Draws Near-Perfect Efficiency Out of Spin Hall Effect
POSTECH and KAIST researchers developed a method for achieving near-unity efficiency of the spin Hall effect of light (SHEL). The collaborators used an artificially designed metasurface capable of...
Waveguide Opens New Window to Solar Energy Generation
An advancement to smart window technology incorporates luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) into window or windowpane designs. A team from Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering...
Amorphous Silicon Optics Enter the Visible Range
Junsuk Rho, a professor in POSTECH’s mechanical and chemical engineering departments, has developed a transparent amorphous silicon capable of transmitting visible light. The silicon, with...
Industry Insight
New Optical Beamformer Designs Spotlight High-End Applications
The ubiquity of smart devices and the telecommunications networks on which they rely is raising demand for electromagnetic beamforming technologies. The wide range of applications that make use of beamformers can be grouped in two main domains, namely 3D sensing and communications. Within the 3D sensing sector, light detection and ranging (lidar) is one of the dominant markets. Mainly propelled...
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Coherent Opts to Accept $7B II-VI Takeover Proposal
II-VI will enter into a definitive agreement with Coherent, allowing the Pittsburgh-based optical components and semiconductor materials manufacturer to acquire Coherent, a laser manufacturer. The...
South Africa Unveils Photonics Prototyping Facility
South Africa unveiled its Photonics Prototyping Facility (PPF) on March 5 at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The facility, funded by the Department of Science and Innovation...
EU Sets Sail for Large-Scale Quantum Computing
Stemming from the EU’s Quantum Flagship 10-year, $1.18 billion (€1 billion) research and development initiative program launched in 2018, 19 companies and research institutions have joined...
Beckman Foundation to Fund Light Sheet Microscopy
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation will invest $9.6 million in advanced light sheet microscopes and data science across eight institutions selected through a competitive application process. The...
US Congress Launches Optics and Photonics Caucus
The Congressional Optics and Photonics Caucus will hold a virtual launch event Feb. 24 at noon EST, rescheduled from its initial launch date in 2020. Co-chairing and speaking at the event will be...
HORIBA Businesses Invest in R&D Site, Acquire MedTest Holdings
HORIBA FRANCE SAS, a developer of Raman spectroscopy systems and technology, inaugurated a new site in Loos, France. The facility replaces the company’s former location in Villeneuve...
EU Project's Low-Cost Sensors to Monitor Air Quality
Munster Technological University (Ireland) has launched a €7 million, EU-funded research project called PASSEPARTOUT at its Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA). The...
Yaskawa Europe to Relocate Corporate Headquarters
Yaskawa Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corp., a manufacturer of mechatronics and robotics solutions and supplier of motion and control technology and regenerative energies, announced...
LASER-TEC College Profile
Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College (PCC) established a curriculum in laser technology (LaserTech) to provide students with the skills required to work with precision optics, lasers, detectors, electronics, and nanotechnology. Local industry and national laboratories have supported the creation of these courses to ensure that students learn the relevant modern laboratory techniques and technologies. Local...
Lighter Side
Dude, your temporary tattoo is lit!
For a kid growing up in the ’90s, few things were better than running around in light-up sneakers that emitted a rhythmic glow with every footfall, while brandishing arms covered in temporary tattoos of favorite superheroes and cartoon characters. Fortunately, or unfortunately, vestiges of the ’90s are seeing a comeback: pastel windbreakers, Midwest emo, the fashion of the Seattle...
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Cavity Ring-Down Analyzer
The HALO Max QCL line of Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) analyzers from Tiger Optics LLC are based on mid-IR Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technology. Tiger’s QCL-CRDS enable...
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Horticulture LEDs
LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Horticulture LEDs from Lumileds offer high-PPF/W, broad-spectrum white light to enable productive, economical grow lights. The LEDs are engineered for robust sulfur...
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Confocal Imaging Reader
The Cytation C10 Confocal Imaging Reader from BioTek Instruments Inc. is an automated, multifunctional system for research laboratories and core facilities focused on cell-based research. The...
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The PL-4000M muxponder from PacketLight Networks Ltd. features 400-G capacity over a single wavelength. The device speeds the implementation of new services while affordably increasing existing...
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MultiSensor Vision System
The AVR300 Multi-Sensor Vision System from the L.S. Starrett Co. now features a 0.14× lens featuring a 2.36 × 1.90-in. field of view. Its superimage technology allows multiple...
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High-Speed Pyrometer
The CT 4M high-speed pyrometer from Optris GmbH features a detection time of 90 µs for challenging temperature measurement tasks. The CT 4M measures within the spectral range of 2.2 to...
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3D Camera
The Scarlet 3D stereo depth camera from Nerian Vision GmbH combines a 3D stereo camera and image processing system in one device. Whether for static environments or critical real-time...
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Microscope Cameras
The DP series of microscope cameras from Olympus Corp. share a suite of smart features and precise color accuracy to simplify industrial microscopy imaging. Microscope cameras are used to check...
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Reflectance Targets
Permaflect Reflectance Targets from SphereOptics GmbH provide uniform spectral response and durable performance for spectral imaging and lidar sensing systems. Permaflect diffuse reflectance...
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CMOS Imaging Sensors
LACera™ advanced CMOS imaging technology from Teledyne Imaging delivers >90% quantum efficiency and proprietary low noise architecture with up to 18-bit readout. LACera provides...
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LED Line Lights
COBRA MultiSpec LED Line Lights from ProPhotonix Ltd. feature a spectral range from 400 to 1000 nm with spatial and spectral uniformity for hyperspectral applications. The line light is an...
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Pyroelectric LTO Detectors
The LT3111 series of pyroelectric lithium tantalate (LTO) detectors from Laser Components USA Inc. features a 7-µm-thick chip. The devices are well suited for Fourier-transform infrared...
Laser Components USA Inc.
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UV Design Kit
The GB-UV2 UV Design Kit from JK Components Corp. provides a range of components for the design of UVA and germicidal UVC light sources in medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and security applications....
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Parallel Photoreactor
The DrySyn Illumin8 parallel photoreactor from Asynt is an eight-position device for research chemists. Based on the OCTO reactor, the DrySyn Illumin8 allows users to run up to eight parallel...
Asynt Ltd.
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Industrial Image Sensors
The CSG family of high-speed industrial image sensors from ams AG allow factory operators to increase throughput while improving quality, providing for better detection of defects in high-speed...
ams OSRAM
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Al Computing Platform
The Nuvo-7162GC Edge AI Inference Computing Platform from Neousys Technology Inc. supports the NVIDIA® Quadro® P2200 and Intel® 9th/8th-Gen Core™ processor. Featuring longer...
Neousys Technology Inc.
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Digital Microscope
The Visioner 1 digital microscope from ZEISS enables all-in-one focus in real time with a Micro-mirror Array Lens System (MALS™). With its extended depth of field, manufacturing users in...
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Single-Photon Source
The SPDC810 single-photon source from Thorlabs Inc. is designed for quantum photonics applications ranging from fundamental photon-matter interaction to device characterization. The design...
Thorlabs Inc.
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