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JK Lasers Appoints North American Sales Director As part of its global expansion, JK Lasers appointed Andrew Dodd as its new sales director for North America. Dodd, who joined JK Lasers on Jan. 16, brings more than 28 years of experience in the industrial lasers industry. In his new role, Dodd will oversee the establishment of a dedicated sales and service facility in southeast Michigan. The new site will incorporate laboratories for...
SPIE Presents Green Photonics Awards at Photonics West The awards recognized four papers for their innovative research to advance green photonics in the categories of lighting, manufacturing, computing and energy.
Team Develops 532-nm Laser QD Laser Inc.'s prototype of the high-power, 532-nm-wavelength compact green laser module was on display last week at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco.
Zephyr Photonics Adds Networking, Fiber Experts Zephyr Photonics has appointed Dan Tuck as general manager and vice president of component operations and Dr. Daniel Zhu as vice president of engineering. Tuck previously served as chief...
PPGI Becomes Inrad Optics Seeking to capitalize on its longevity in the industry, Photonic Products Group has changed its name to Inrad Optics Inc., restoring its original name. “The original Inrad organization...
OLED Achieves 32 Lumens Per Watt Siemens AG announced that its Osram subsidiary has set a new efficiency record, developing a new organic LED (OLED) that generates 32 lumens of light per watt, making it more efficient than a halogen...
Consortium Formed to Create Artificial Tissue Under the leadership of Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, a consortium of 16 European partners from the medical industry and research community has been established to generate...
2011 Prism Award Winners Announced Amplitude Systèmes, PD-LD and 89 North were among nine winners of Prism Awards for photonics innovation announced by Photonics Media and SPIE at a gala banquet Wednesday night during Photonics West....
Nanopatterning Agreement Signed EV Group (EVG) has signed a joint development and licensing agreement with Eulitha AG to establish a low-cost-of-ownership nanopatterning solution for high-brightness LED manufacturing. EVG will...
Obzerv Wins Contract for Cameras Obzerv Technologies Inc. received a contract from state-owned electronics company Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) of Bengaluru, India, to supply 46 ARGC-2400 cameras, the company announced....
Jenoptik Wins Display Order in Asia The Optical Systems Div. of Jenoptik received a multimillion-euro optical systems order for flat panel display equipment from an undisclosed Asian customer. Terms of the order were not disclosed....
Industry Umbrella Group Changes Name to A3 To more accurately reflect its mission, the umbrella trade association Automation Technologies Council has changed its name to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the organization...
Bordui Named Chairman of M Squared Lasers Peter Bordui was named chairman of M Squared Lasers, the company announced. Over the past 10 years, Bordui has served as director of a number of private and public technology companies in...
ASD Expands Team to Aid Spectroscopy Solutions Market To further expand its evolving spectroscopy solutions company, ASD Inc. announced the promotion of Michael Lands to vice president of marketing and sales, and added Chris Sherry as senior market...
Mobius Photonics Receives Patent for Fiber-based Laser System Mobius Photonics Inc. received US Patent No. 8,009,705 for an optical fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system that avoids stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), it announced...
FEI Acquires Aspex Corp. FEI Co. announced it paid $30.5 million to acquire Aspex Corp. of Delmont, Pa., a company that makes scanning electron microscopes for environmentally demanding military, industrial and factory floor...
Kodak Files for Chapter 11 Following weeks of speculation, Eastman Kodak Co. announced today that it and its US subsidiaries filed for chapter 11 business reorganization in the US Bankruptcy Court. “Kodak is taking a...
Kodak Trims Units, Files Lawsuits Amid widespread speculation that the company will soon file for bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. showed last week that it will not go down without a fight, throwing patent punches against smartphone...
Osram Develops First GaN-Based LEDs on Silicon To replace the sapphire substrates commonly used in the LED industry, researchers at Osram Opto Semiconductors have manufactured the first high-performance blue and white LED prototypes in which...
AMS Technologies Acquires Azpect Photonics AMS Technologies AG will acquire Sweden-based Azpect Photonics AB, creating the largest pan-European provider of products for optical, power and thermal management technologies, AMS said this week....
Materion Expands Capacity at Wheatfield Facility Materion Microelectronics & Services, a unit of Materion Corp., completed a 50 percent capacity expansion of its Wheatfield, N.Y., facility, the company announced. The site provides...
PD-LD Receives Patent for SERDS Technology Specialty photonics packaging company PD-LD Inc. was granted US Patent No. 7,982,869, which protects the use of dual laser sources for the analysis of a single substance, the company announced. ...
Edmund Optics’ Founder Dies Norman W. Edmund, the founder of Edmund Optics Inc. (EO), has died, his son, Robert, announced Tuesday. Norman Edmund began cultivating an interest in optics in his mid-20s, and started a mail order...
AQT Solar Secures $18M for Second CIGS Line AQT Solar has acquired $18.7 million in venture funding to deploy a second line of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, the company announced Thursday. The Series B...
B&W Tek Marks 15 Years Optical spectroscopy and laser systems provider B&W Tek Inc. is celebrating its 15th anniversary in the photonics industry. Established as a green laser manufacturer in January 1997, the company...
Laser 2000 Adds Machine Vision Team Laser 2000 GmbH, an optical technologies company, recently announced the establishment of a machine vision sales department to address increased international demand for industrial and scientific...
Edmund Optics to Kick Off 70th at Photonics West Edmund Optics Inc. will launch its celebration of 70 years in the optical business at Photonics West, to be held Jan. 21-26 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. To kick off the event, Edmund...
Optovue, Carl Zeiss Meditec Settle Dispute Optovue Inc. and Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. have signed a settlement agreement resolving two pending US District Court patent infringement cases, they announced. Specific terms of the settlement were...
PixelOptics Hires New CEO Brett H. Craig was appointed president and chief executive officer of electronic-focusing eyeglass company PixelOptics, it announced Thursday. Craig, who has more than 14 years of experience in...
Lesaicherre Hired as Philips Lumileds CEO Philips Lumileds appointed Pierre Yves Lesaicherre as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced. Lesaicherre succeeds Michael C. Holt and will report directly to Philips...
LIMO’s Aschke Joins LIA Board Dr. Lutz Aschke, managing director of LIMO GmbH, was elected to the Laser Institute of America’s board of directors for the period 2012 to 2014, LIMO announced. The next meeting of the...
General Dynamics Creates Imaging Div. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems created a new organization, General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies, to deliver imaging solutions for law enforcement, defense and homeland security...
Direct Green Laser Powers MicroVision Display Engines MicroVision Inc. will unveil its PicoP Gen 2 high-definition laser display engine, powered by direct green laser diodes, tomorrow at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics (CES) show, which is...
Incom Buys Paradigm Optics Fused fiber optics components maker Incom Inc. announced its expansion into the polymer fiber optics market with the acquisition of Vancouver, Wash.-based Paradigm Optics. Financial details of the...
JDSU Acquires Dyaptive Systems JDSU announced Thursday that it has acquired Dyaptive Systems of Vancouver, Canada, a provider of capacity test products for 2G, 3G and 4G wireless networks. Specific terms of the deal were not...
Thailand Flood’s Impact on Optics Will Continue Well into 2012 Flooding that began more than six months ago continues to affect the optical components industry, as a major supplier has said that one of its manufacturing facilities may never reopen. Affected...
Brugal Joins Intevac Andres “Drew” Brugal has been hired as executive vice president and general manager of Intevac Photonics, the business segment of Intevac Inc., the company announced. Brugal has...
IPG Photonics to Add 175 Jobs IPG Photonics will add 175 new employees as part of an $18 million plan to expand its facility by more than 100,000 sq ft, with the help of $1.7 million in tax credits from the state of...
Precision Optical Opens New Facility Laser-quality precision optical assemblies and components manufacturer Precision Optical celebrated the opening of its new 42,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art facility in early December, the company...
Wagner to Head Jenoptik Laser Processing Unit Dr. Dietmar Wagner will head the Laser Processing Systems business unit of Jenoptik’s Laser & Material Processing Div., effective immediately, the company said. Concurrently, Wagner...
Goodwin to Head LED Lighting Sales at ILT Phil Goodwin has been named LED lighting sales manager for International Light Technologies’ (ILT) expanding LED product line. He will cover North America, responsible for new product...
Miltec Announces New President Former senior vice president Bob Blandford is now the president of ultraviolet curing systems company Miltec UV, the company announced. Miltec also announced that Charles Blandford, vice...
Ametek Buys TMC The electronic instruments maker said the vibration isolation systems manufacturer will join its Electronic Instrument Group’s Ultra Precision Technologies Div.
Modulight Revenue up in 2011 Revenue for 2011 was up 10 percent over 2010 for laser manufacturer Modulight Inc., president and CEO Petteri Uusimaa reported in the company’s year-end newsletter. Modulight attributed its...
Former JDSU CTO to Advise Lightwave Logic Former JDSU chief technology officer Fred J. Leonberger has been named a senior adviser to Lightwave Logic Inc. Leonberger, who also served as senior vice president at JDSU from 1999 until his...
Research & Technology
Laser-Guided Bullet Hits Target a Mile Away A new dart-like, self-guided bullet that can hit laser-designated targets more than a mile away could help war fighters.
Innovative Light Source Developed Significant progress in the fabrication of light sources that emit single particles of light has been made. A collaboration of German physicists has developed tiny components that could ensure that...
2011 Prism Award Winners Announced Amplitude Systèmes, PD-LD and 89 North were among nine winners of Prism Awards for photonics innovation announced by Photonics Media and SPIE at a gala banquet Wednesday night during Photonics West....
Linac Creates 2-Million-Degree Matter A 2-million-degree piece of “hot, dense matter” was created and probed in a controlled way for the first time using the SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source. This feat takes scientists a significant...
Transparency Limits on Conducting Oxides Identified Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have used tin dioxide (SnO2) to uncover the fundamental limitations of optical transparency in conducting oxides. The finding could lead to...
Cooling by Laser Light Using lasers, scientists have developed a novel method to cool semiconductor membrane fluctuations to –269 °C. The technique could pave the way to developing more efficient cooling systems for future...
Biochip Measures Glucose in Saliva, Not Blood For the 26 million Americans with diabetes, drawing blood, which is invasive and at least minimally painful, is the most prevalent method of checking glucose levels. Now researchers at Brown...
T-rays to Enable Tricorder? A new technique to create electromagnetic Terahertz waves (T-rays) — the technology used for full-body security scanners — could one day lead to the development of a Star Trek ‘tricorder’-inspired...
Carbon Fibers Turned into Graphene Quantum Dots Common carbon fiber can be turned into graphene quantum dots in a one-step chemical process much simpler than established techniques for making the semiconducting nanocrystals. This discovery could...
Light Now in Sight Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) chemist Dirk Trauner received a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for a project based on optochemical genetics. The project’s...
Optical Nanoantennas Enable Multipurpose Particle Manipulation By tuning the properties of laser light illuminating arrays of metal nanoantennas, researchers have shown that these nanoscale structures enable dexterous optical tweezing and size-sorting of...
Growth of Nerve Fiber Directed Laser-driven spinning microparticles can direct the growth of nerve fiber. This discovery that could enable the growth of neuronal networks on a chip and improve methods for treating spinal or brain...
New Diode Opens Door to Optical Info Processing A new type of optical device that is small enough to fit millions on a computer chip could lead to faster, more powerful information processing and supercomputers. The “passive optical...
Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the Naked Eye A new semiconductor chip converts electrons into a quantum, light-emitting state, yet is large enough to see by the naked eye, a development that could lead to a new generation of ultrasensitive...
Time Bandits: Temporal Cloaking Hides Events A new "time cloak" technique is a step toward the development of spatio-temporal cloaking, say engineers at Cornell University. The optical-fiber based system uses a split-time lens to break light...
Superlens Nears Development, in Theory Using surface plasmons, metamaterials can be stretched to refract lightwaves from the infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths, a model created at Michigan Technological University suggests....
Device Spots Deadly Melanoma, Cell by Cell A tool based on laser-induced ultrasound technology can detect single melanoma cells in a blood sample at a fraction of the cost of current cancer tests. A prototype developed at the University of...
High-Speed CMOS Sensors Provide Better Images A patented lateral drift field photodetector (LDPD) that boosts the speed of traditional CMOS sensors now can produce better-quality images for low-light applications such as spectroscopy, astronomy...
Semiconductors Etch Easier with New Method A method that chemically etches patterned arrays in the semiconductor gallium arsenide will make high-end optoelectronic devices easier to create. A team of researchers led by Xiuling Li, an...
‘Plasmonic Nanoantennas’ Promising for Optics Arrays of tiny “plasmonic nanoantennas” have been developed that can precisely manipulate light in new ways, potentially enabling optical innovations such as more powerful microscopes,...
acquisitions
AMS Technologies Acquires Azpect Photonics AMS Technologies AG will acquire Sweden-based Azpect Photonics AB, creating the largest pan-European provider of products for optical, power and thermal management technologies, AMS said this week....
Incom Buys Paradigm Optics Fused fiber optics components maker Incom Inc. announced its expansion into the polymer fiber optics market with the acquisition of Vancouver, Wash.-based Paradigm Optics. Financial details of the...
JDSU Acquires Dyaptive Systems JDSU announced Thursday that it has acquired Dyaptive Systems of Vancouver, Canada, a provider of capacity test products for 2G, 3G and 4G wireless networks. Specific terms of the deal were not...
Ametek Buys TMC The electronic instruments maker said the vibration isolation systems manufacturer will join its Electronic Instrument Group’s Ultra Precision Technologies Div.
Products
Compact Raman Fiber Probe KITCHENER, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 31, 2012 — FiberTech Optica has introduced a line of compact fiber optic Raman probes. Leveraging the company’s expertise in optics, spectroscopy and manufacturing of precision fiber assemblies, the...
FiberTech Optica Inc.
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GaAsP Nondescanned Photodetector HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 30, 2012 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the FV10MP-BXD-GAP photodetector for enhanced sensitivity when performing multiphoton fluorescence imaging. The nondescanned detector captures very...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Image Sensor MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 27, 2012 — BAE Systems Imaging Solutions has introduced the Fairchild Imaging CIS1021 scientific CMOS (sCMOS) image sensor. As a high-definition camera component designed for collecting images through a...
BAE Systems Sensor Solutions
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Laser Pump Modules NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 — Intense Inc. has released a 10-W version of its Series 8000 793-nm high-brightness laser pump modules. The medium-power pump delivers 10 W of output from a 105-μm core fiber with a 0.22 numerical...
Intense Inc.
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Industrial DPSS Lasers SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 — Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has introduced two industrial Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers for 24/7 microelectronics manufacturing applications. The Pulseo...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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Laser Profiling Software NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 25, 2012 — Ophir-Spiricon LLC, a Newport Corp. brand, has released BeamGage version 5.7, its next-generation laser beam analysis software. The system adds advanced image processing features, including fast,...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Medium-Emission-Angle IR LEDs NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 — Opto Diode Corp., a division of ITW and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, has introduced the third in a series of infrared LEDs, the OD-850L. Domestically manufactured using reliable liquid-phase...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Single-Frequency CW Green Laser SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 — Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has launched the Millennia Edge single-frequency, continuous-wave (CW) green laser. The 532-nm industrial-grade laser features ultralow optical noise of...
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IR Laser Beam Finder LAFAYETTE, Colo., Jan. 24, 2012 — Pathfinder Research LLC has released the CoolCard II, a handheld infrared beam finder and IR beam-quality evaluation tool for use with lasers and other IR sources operating from the near-IR to the...
Beyond Photonics LLC
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TO-Can Laser Diode Test System CARRICKFERGUS, Northern Ireland, Jan. 24, 2012 — Yelo Ltd. has designed a burn-in system to test the reliability of TO-can laser diodes. The company’s research and development engineers have reduced the time taken to stabilize devices at test...
Yelo Limited
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Femtosecond Fiber Laser ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 23, 2012 — The Femtolite HX-150 is the latest addition to Imra America Inc.’s femtosecond fiber laser series. It emits at 1620 and 810 nm, allowing adjustment of the average power at one of these...
IMRA America Inc.
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Metrology Software SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 23, 2012 — The latest version of the PC-based Quadra-Chek metrology software from Heidenhain Corp. provides advanced functionality for inspection measurement machines, making it possible to perform 2- and 3-D...
Heidenhain Corporation
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VBG-Stabilized Benchtop Lasers PENNINGTON, N.J., Jan, 23, 2012 — PD-LD Inc. has announced its LabSource series benchtop laser sources. Two models are available: the LS-1, which features a single volume Bragg grating-stabilized laser source, and the LS-2, which...
Necsel IP Inc.
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Wide-Emission IR LED NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Jan. 20, 2012 — Opto Diode Corp., a division of ITW and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, has announced the first of a family of three new infrared emitters. The OD-850W GaAlAs LED features a wide emission...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Ultrafast Amplifier SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 20, 2012 — Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has unveiled a compact industrial-grade ultrafast amplifier with software-adjustable repetition rates up to 1 MHz. Developed at High Q Laser (recently...
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SWIR Cameras LEUVEN, Belgium, Jan. 20, 2012 — Xenics is introducing short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) cameras for the medical, scientific and industrial markets. A new detector, the XFPA-1.7-640-LN2, is geared to low-signal-level measurements in...
Xenics NV
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sCMOS Camera BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Jan. 19, 2012 — Andor Technology plc has announced several performance enhancements to its Neo camera, which is based on next-generation scientific CMOS (sCMOS) technology. Key enhancements include faster...
Andor Technology
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Kinetic Microspectroscopy SAN DIMAS, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 — Craic Technologies Inc. has announced the addition of kinetic spectroscopy capabilities to its 20/20 Perfect Vision UV-VIS-NIR microspectrophotometer. With the kinetic spectroscopy package, the...
CRAIC Technologies
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2-µm Fiber Couplers SOUTH CROYDON, England, Jan. 18, 2012 — With growing demand for products in the 2000-nm range, Phoenix Photonics Ltd. has extended the operational wavelength of its current selection of all-fiber-based components with the introduction of...
Phoenix Photonics Ltd.
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LEDs SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 — Avago Technologies has announced two series of compact LEDs that reduce space requirements for designing autofocus auxiliary flash functionality into digital cameras. The ASMT-FJ70 and ASMT-FG70...
Broadcom Inc.
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Ultrahigh-Power Single-Mode Laser Diodes NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 18, 2012 — Intense Inc. has released a 300-mW version of its Series 6030 and Series 6130 ultrahigh-power, high-brightness single-mode laser diodes. Designed for defense, medical and print/imaging applications...
Intense Inc.
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Laser Diode and LED Submounts Remtec has expanded its product offerings for optoelectronic packaging. Products include economical laser diode submounts with Zero Pullback® metallization and 25-75 µm copper, LED...
Remtec Inc.
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Compact TE Cooled Spectrometer The Glacier™ X is the smallest TE cooled spectrometer on the market and the perfect solution for applications requiring high performance and portability. It is equipped with a 2048 element...
B&W Tek LLC
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Infrared Detector Cold Shields NiCoForm manufactures custom infrared detector Cold Shields in a variety of sizes and configurations. Integral internal baffles, low mass, deep black light absorbing and bright gold high reflectance...
NiCoForm Inc.
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Professional-Grade NIR Camera PIoNIR, the world’s first scientific-grade, deep-cooled, high-resolution InGaAs camera, is ideal for low-light near infrared imaging and spectroscopy applications including nanotube...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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Extended Family of OCT Systems Thorlabs will demonstrate a wide range of Swept Source and Spectral Domain OCT systems at Booth 1713. The helpful online OCT Selection Guide compares available OCT systems in terms of center...
Thorlabs Inc.
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FireWire-b Digital Cameras RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada, Jan. 17, 2012 — Point Grey Research Inc. has announced the addition of 2.8-megapixel models to its Grasshopper Express IEEE 1394b (FireWire-b) digital camera series. The Grasshopper Express GX-FW-28S5 camera...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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MiniFlex Benchtop XRD Instrument THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 17, 2012 — Rigaku Corp. has announced additions to its MiniFlex series benchtop x-ray diffraction (XRD) analyzers. The fifth-generation MiniFlex is a general-purpose x-ray diffractometer that can perform...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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MyLight™ Online Modeling Tool We give you the power to test drive our filters online. Interested in seeing how a filter behaves under a particular angle of incidence, polarization or cone half angle? MyLight helps you select the...
IDEX Health & Science - Semrock Optical Filters
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New 15kV Opto-coupler from VMI The OC150G opto-coupler features high gain, high voltage isolation, and high reliability. Additional features include long-term gain stability and small package size. Useful in high voltage switching...
Voltage Multipliers Inc.
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Innovative Light Sources for Imaging 89 North develops innovative products for imaging. The Heliophor, a pumped-phosphor light engine and the PhotoFluor II, a metal halide light source, produce ultra-stable, high-intensity output for...
89 North
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DynaFiz Dynamic interferometer for high precision optical metrology in harsh environments. Real-time optical system alignment for long cavities, turbulence, vibration and deformation measurements. On-axis...
Zygo Corporation
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High Performance Cooled IR Cameras A range of cooled infrared thermal imaging cameras are now available for demanding scientific imaging applications. Features include detection in SWIR, MWIR and LWIR spectral bands, high frame rates...
Lynred USA
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New Solid-State Detectors Visit booth #1313 to see Hamamatsu's newest solid-state products. These include photodiodes, APDs, multi-pixel photon counters, and mini-spectrometers. Various image sensors will also be on display,...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Infrared Filters CVI Melles Griot's Infrared filters exhibit the highest performance, durability and environmental resistance using our unique sputter coating process. Maximize performance for gas analyzers,...
CVI Laser Optics
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Laser Wavelength Meters Wavelength Meters are available with accuracy as high as ± 0.0001 nm for CW and pulsed lasers. Continuous calibration with a built-in wavelength standard ensures the reliable accuracy needed...
Bristol Instruments Inc.
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Custom Optics, IR NBP & LWP Filters DSI provides turnkey optical solutions for the photonics industry. New IR Narrow Bandpass (IR NBP) Filters and Longwave Pass (LWP) Filters, made with our MicroDyn<sup>®</sup>...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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LED Beam-Shaping Collimators RPC Photonics and Apollo Optical Systems introduce a line of LED Beam-shaping collimators, offering collimation of ~2-3.25° HWHM. Circular or square patterns of 10-40° are available with an...
RPC Photonics Inc.
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Rapid Automated Modular Microscope ASI RAMM system's modular design allows a custom system to be easily developed. The microscope is configurable with infinity-corrected optics & a wide number of accessories. Features include...
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc.
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High Power Laser/LED Mounts Arroyo's new 286 TECMount offers 100W of cooling capacity on a large cold plate. Supports external temperature sensor inputs, optional 150°C high temperature operation, and solid copper...
Arroyo Instruments LLC
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Ergonomically Designed Microscopes HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 16, 2012 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the CX22 series microscopes for routine and educational microscopy. Building on the success of the CX21 series, they feature improvements for convenient...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Multichannel Spectrometer Engines IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 16, 2012 — For applications requiring detection of light energy at multiple wavelengths, Newport Corp. has announced the OptoFlash miniature multichannel spectrometer engines. The demultiplexing optical...
MKS/Newport
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HD LCD Digital Cameras BEIJING, Jan. 16, 2012 — The BLC-200 high-definition (HD) LCD cameras for microscopy manufactured by Bestscope International Ltd. combine a tablet PC and a digital camera. They preview, take snapshots and videos, and save...
BestScope International Ltd.
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Fiber Optic Raman Probe NEWARK, Del., Jan. 13, 2012 — The BAC200, introduced by B&W Tek Inc., is a microlensed fiber optic Raman probe that delivers the performance of a larger Raman probe in a small diameter of <4 mm with enhanced optical...
B&W Tek LLC
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Sintering System WILMINGTON, Mass., Jan. 13, 2012 — With the release of the Sinteron 2010, Xenon Corp. delivers greater flexibility for sintering conductive Cu and Ag metallic inks, curing thin-film substrates, and for solar and surface modifications....
XENON Corp.
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Temperature-Controlled Lasers FREIBURG, Germany, Jan. 13, 2012 — Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH has released the redesigned ZQ family of laser sources. The new versions offer higher power and good beam and laser line quality for several types of projections: fiber,...
Z-LASER GmbH
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Enhanced Laser-Driven Light Sources WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 12, 2012 — Energetiq Technology Inc. has announced that customers can now choose between a standard quartz bulb and an ozone-free quartz bulb on the LDLS EQ-99 and EQ-99FC light source products. This...
Energetiq Technology Inc.
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Rack-Mount High-Voltage Power Systems RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2012 — UltraVolt Inc.’s new high-voltage power systems, the HV Rack Advanced and the HP Advanced series, offer more advanced controls and interfaces and produce power of up to 90 kW. The HV Rack...
UltraVolt Inc.
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Lens Cleaning Kit PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 11, 2012 — Laser Research Optics, a division of Meller Optics Inc., is offering a professional lens cleaning kit for the field that includes everything necessary to remove spatter and blowback from CO2 laser...
Laser Research Optics
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Optical Fiber Stripper MORGANVILLE, N.J., Jan. 11, 2012 — Vytran LLC has unveiled the SAS-400 optical fiber stripper, which uses hot sulfuric acid to remove the protective coating from a fiber while maintaining the fiber’s intrinsic strength. ...
Vytran
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AOTF Hyperspectral Imagers Brimrose Corporation of America is a manufacturer of very fast, solid-state Hyperspectral AOTF Imagers in the VIS, SWIR and LWIR bands. Other products include high quality free space and fiber...
Brimrose Corp. of America
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Ultra-Bright, UV-Vis Light Source The world’s brightest, broadest-band, longest-life light source is now even easier to use. Energetiq’s revolutionary EQ-99FC Laser-Driven Light Source uses an integrated high performance...
Energetiq Technology Inc.
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Transforming Light • Laser Dyes • Fluorescent Dyes • Selective Wavelength Filter Dyes • Infrared Dyes
Exciton Dye Technologies (See Luxottica / Exciton)
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UV Optics & Coatings Specialists Acton Optics & Coatings provides customized optics and coatings engineered to your unique application, including semiconductor, aerospace, laser and analytical instrumentation. Products include...
Teledyne Acton Optics
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Thermal Imaging Cameras GOLETA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2012 — Flir Systems Inc.’s SC8400/SC6500 Series thermal imaging cameras provide good thermal measurement performance and advanced connectivity. Equipped with a cooled InSb detector that produces...
Teledyne FLIR
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USB 3.0 Industrial Cameras WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 10, 2012 — Imaging Development Systems GmbH has unveiled the uEye CP family of compact USB 3.0 industrial cameras with advanced color processing capabilities. Three sensors are available, ranging from VGA to...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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OptiCentric® 3D Measuring Lens Centering, Air Spacing, and Center Thickness inside of Assembled Optical Systems with one Instrument. Measurement accuracy of: centering errors of less 0.1 µm air spacing and...
TRIOPTICS GmbH
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New ORCA-Flash4.0 Camera Visit booth #1313 to see the new ORCA-Flash4.0 scientific CMOS camera. It delivers unprecedented sensitivity, high dynamic range, blazing fast speeds, large field of view, and excellent resolution,...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Get it Right With LightWorks Optics LightWorks Optics serves the specialized optical needs of the medical technology, aerospace, defense and commercial industries — providing advanced solutions for precision assemblies, systems...
II-VI Aerospace & Defense
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Broadband Bandpass Interference Filters Eliminates unwanted background noise and enhances the signal to noise ratio for imaging applications including machine vision inspection, fluorescence microscopy, and biotech instrumentation. Hard...
Edmund Optics
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Hellma Cylindrical/Flat Optics Manufacturer of High Quality Optical Components especially for use in laser applications including: 1. Cylindrical lenses; crossed cylinder surfaces, achromatic lenses, mirrors. 2. Flat optics,...
Hellma USA Inc.
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High Resolution Uncooled IR Camera The ATOM 1024 incorporates a 1024x768 microbolometer detector (17µm pitch) to deliver extremely high resolution infrared images in a compact housing. The camera is ideal for military and COTS...
Lynred USA
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Laser Spectrum Analyzers The model 721 is a unique instrument that operates as both a high-accuracy wavelength meter and a high-resolution spectrum analyzer. It is for researchers who need to know the spectral properties of...
Bristol Instruments Inc.
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CVI Melles Griot Infrared Filters Maximize performance for gas analyzers, nondispersive or Fourier transform instruments, spectrometers and biomedical devices. Optimized transmission Broad blocking Abrasion resistant...
CVI Laser Optics
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Precision Machining Ultra Hard Materials Insaco is a precision machining company that provides finished pieces to customer's specifications from ultra hard materials, including ceramics, nitrides, carbides, glass, quartz, and especially...
Insaco Inc.
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Interference Filters OLCHING, Germany, Jan. 9, 2012 — Photolithographic filters are used in applications with LSI and LCD steppers in which high-power mercury vapor lamps are used for illumination. The narrow bandpass filters produce an almost...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Turret Upgrade Kit ROCKLAND, Mass., Jan. 6, 2012 — Prior Scientific Inc. has unveiled the HF6NTK Nikon turret upgrade kit for new or existing Nikon Model Ti-FLC-E motorized six-position turrets. It enables users to upgrade their Nikon Model...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Biosensor System BONN, Germany, Jan. 6, 2012 — SAW Instruments GmbH has launched its samX biosensor for real-time, label-free assays using living cells. It provides several features that optimize the system for a mammalian cell-based binding...
SAW Instruments GmbH
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16-Channel MPPC Detectors WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England, Jan. 5, 2012 — Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd. has introduced multipixel photon counter (MPPC) detector modules that complement and expand on its existing line. The new modules are designed to allow simple evaluation...
Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd.
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Surface-Mount IR LED Light KEMP, Texas, Jan. 5, 2012 — Larson Electronics LLC’s magnalight.com has introduced an explosion-proof surface-mount infrared LED light designed to provide illumination in the 1145-nm range normally applied in...
Larson Electronics LLC
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Packaging Submounts NORWOOD, Mass., Jan. 5, 2012 — Remtec Inc. has added new capabilities for laser diode, LED and photodiode submounts and substrates, giving designers a wider variety of packaging options with ceramic submounts (alumina, beryllia,...
Remtec Inc.
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Talyrond 500 LEICESTER, England, Jan. 4, 2012 — Taylor Hobson has introduced a single-platform metrology instrument that performs three core measurements: roundness, form and surface finish. The Talyrond 500 series offers a solution for...
Taylor Hobson Ltd.
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Comet L3D 5M NEUBEUERN, Germany, Jan. 4, 2012 — Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH has unveiled the 5-megapixel Comet L3D 5M sensor. The company says that, in comparison with the basic model, Comet L3D, the 5M offers improved camera resolution for a...
Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH
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Cooled Scientific CMOS Camera LARNE, Northern Ireland, Jan. 4, 2012 — Raptor Photonics Ltd. has launched a 4.2-megapixel cooled scientific CMOS camera. The Osprey OS4MPc-CL features a 2k × 2k low-noise 2048 × 2048-pixel scientific CMOS sensor that...
Raptor Photonics Ltd.
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EMCO A Series Converter Only 1/4" high! EMCO is setting New Standards in High Voltage Miniaturization • Input to Output Galvanic Isolation • Low Turn-On Voltage < 0.7 V • Meets RoHS/REACH...
XP Power
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IK-WD14A Video Surveillance Camera IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 — Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video, a business unit of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., has introduced the IK-WD14A indoor IP mini dome camera. The instrument features full high-definition...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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DLP LightCrafter Platform DALLAS, Jan. 3, 2012 — Texas Instruments has released the DLP LightCrafter platform, an evaluation module for integrating projected light into industrial, medical, scientific instrumentation and security applications. ...
Texas Instruments Inc., DLP Products
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Deep-UV Lasers MEYLAN, France, Jan. 3, 2012 — Teem Photonics SA has released two new deep-UV laser sources. For applications ranging from materials ablation to laser-induced fluorescence, the 266-nm MicroChip range has been enhanced by the...
Teem Photonics
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Rev2 Automated Micro-Polisher Krell's next generation of Rev Polishers features automated z-axis movement. This "micro-feed" function gradually advances components to the polishing surface at a controlled rate. Connector...
KrellTech
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Affordable 6-Axis Alignment Systems PI offers the largest selection of high-accuracy Hexapod 6D-Micropositioners--ideal for precision alignment & handling from fibers to MEMS to heavy optics. Vacuum option; high stiffness; virtual,...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Discover new sCMOS pco.edge pco.edge – the first camera system with the revolutionary sCMOS image sensor delivering a perfect combination of high resolution 5.5 megapixel, low readout noise <1.1 electrons, high dynamic...
PCO-TECH Inc.
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SOLA LE: Solid State, White Light Lumencor's solid state, white light source is designed to replace traditional metal halide and HBO arc lamps for biological imaging applications. The SOLA LE® has intense, continuous light...
Lumencor Inc.
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Precision Polymer Optics G-S PLASTIC OPTICS manufactures optics for imaging, scanning, detection, and illumination applications. GSPO provides diamond-turned and injection molded prototypes, production injection molding,...
G&H | GS Optics
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The New TamariskTM320 Thermal Camera With camera modules weighing as little as 30 grams, occupying less than 30 cubic centimeters, and drawing as little as 750mW of power, the Tamarisk™320 redefines the compact class of thermal...
Leonardo DRS, Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems
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