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Tiny Fiber Optic Probe Senses Body Temps, Performs OCT Imaging
A miniaturized fiber optic probe has been invented that can simultaneously measure body temperature and take images deep inside the body. The single-fiber-based image and sensing probe uses an OCT lens fabricated at the distal end of a double-clad fiber. The fiber has a thin layer of rare-earth-doped tellurite glass to enable temperature measurements. The high refractive index of the tellurite glass enables a common-path interferometer configuration for OCT, allowing easy exchange of probes for biomedical applications.
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The McCree Curve Demystified
LEDs hold great promise for controlled-environment agriculture. Developing the right strategy requires the means to establish the optimal wavelengths and spectral ratios. The McCree curve has been used to provide a means to establish the optimal wavelength selections and spectral ratios for different crops. However, it is often misinterpreted and is often misrepresented in internet resources. What does the McCree curve tell us? And is this the right strategy to use when engineering horticultural LED systems?
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3D Printing Creates Patient-Specific Implants
Laser-assisted manufacturing can build devices that shorten surgery time, improve results, and speed recovery. Laser sintering, commonly called 3D printing, enables the manufacture of PSIs and is one of the most prominent additive manufacturing processes. It relies on a digital 3D model that, in the case of medical implants, can be extracted from medical imaging techniques such as CT scans or MRI.
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It Just Keeps Getting Better....
Lumencor Inc.
Lumencor’s new SOLA SE nIR Light Engine with added Cy7 excitation.
- Breadth: UV + visible + nIR light: 350–760 nm
- Brightness: ~ 4.0 W optical output
- Control: Light on/off and graduated intensities
- Ease: No maintenance, no consumables, mercury–free
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Alluxa Ultra Series Filters and Coatings
Alluxa
Alluxa Ultra Series Filters, including Narrowband, Dichroic, UV, IR, and Notch filters, provide the highest performance optical thin film solutions available today. For example, the Ultra Series Flat Top Narrowband filters offer the narrowest bandwidths and squarest filter profiles in the industry.
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Cleared Tissue Objective
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc.
The Cleared Tissue Objective is an immersion objective lens specifically designed for light sheet microscopy of cleared tissue samples, including ASI’s dual-view Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (dSPIM), which enables isotropic resolution without manipulating the sample.
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Brilliance Across the Spectrum
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
X-Cite® XYLIS is a true arc lamp replacement for routine and advanced fluorescence imaging applications. It has the broadest spectrum available in a white light LED for fluorescence microscopy and rivals traditional arc lamps for brightness – making it ideal for both compound and stereomicroscopes.
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The Ultimate Polisher for Biophotonics
KrellTech
NOVA™ is multi-configurable, supporting a variety of biophotonic polishing applications from connectors to endoscopes, OCT bare fibers to image bundles, as well as custom components. NOVA™ is scalable for R&D projects, high volume production, and field maintenance.
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The 2018 Photonics Buyers’ Guide
Photonics Media
If you buy products and services related to lasers, optics, imaging, sensors, detectors, test and measurement, light sources, fiber optics, spectroscopy, materials and coatings -- you need the Photonics Buyers' Guide.
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NEW pE-4000 with Enhanced Intensity
CoolLED Ltd.
The CoolLED pE-4000 now benefits from our award winning sustainable Green technology. This provides enhanced intensity where it matters for imaging and dramatically reduces the power consumption. Every pE-4000 boasts 16 selectable LED sources arranged conveniently in 4 channels, using our patented wavelength grouping concept.
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Remote Noninvasive Sensor Monitors Multiple Bioparameters
Photonic-based sensing is an evolving field that provides a large variety of possible biomedical applications for home care diagnosis. Various aspects of light and photons can grant us the ability to create smart sensors based on imaging tools for detecting motion, spectroscopy for detecting the presence of various chemicals (according to their absorption spectra), or even analyzing the properties of spatial distribution of the scattering of light interacting with an inspected tissue.
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Drug development consultant company Certara LP has acquired Analytica Laser, a consultancy for medicine and health technology.
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A curved photonic nanojet, called a photonic hook, was created using an asymmetric cuboid, formed by appending a triangular prism to one side of a cube.
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Holography for Display: From AR to HUD to 3D
Tue, Jun 12, 2018 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Because holograms have the advantage of being thin and light, they are finding application in the fields of augmented reality and head-up display, where constraints on the size and weight of the optics exist. Holograms can also be used for integral imaging-based 3D display, lensless projection, and lidar beam steering. Professor Pierre-Alexandre Blanche from the University of Arizona will discuss the application of holography in all of these areas and the technological advantages of holography over other techniques. This webinar is sponsored by RPMC Lasers Inc. and UnikLasers Ltd.
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