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Thursday, November 13, 2014
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A new technique called intravascular photoacoustic imaging takes precise 3-D images of arterial plaques and reveals the presence of carbon-hydrogen bonds making up lipid molecules in arterial plaques that cause heart disease. This could advance diagnosis and treatment.
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Poprawe Receives Schawlow Award
Professor Dr. Reinhart Poprawe, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology has been awarded the Laser Institute of America’s 2014 Arthur L. Schawlow Award.
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Single-Mode Laser Diode
Frankfurt Laser Company
A 1550-nm fiber-coupled laser diode with a 50-kHz linewidth and output power of 100 mW with fiber Bragg grating stabilization has been unveiled by Frankfurt Laser Company.
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Precision Optics Manufacturing
Ferson Technologies
Ferson Technologies manufactures stock and custom precision optical components including spherical lenses, prisms, windows, mirrors, cylindrical optics, filters and domes.
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UV & IR Detectors
Kentek Corp.
Kentek’s View-It® Infrared and Ultraviolet detectors feature a high-efficiency, laser-sensitive material that provides an unlimited viewing period for both pulsed and continuous wave lasers.
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Custom Optics & Optomechanical Assemblies
Teledyne Optimum
Teledyne Optimum Optical Systems (TOOS) can optically design your lenses or optical systems in the visible, UV and IR regions. The latest design program (Optical Research’s Code V) is utilized to ensure performance requirements.
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A new software program that fuses together endoscope images could offer a fuller internal view of organs to better diagnose cancer and other ailments.
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In this edition of the industry's premier weekly newscast: The role of photoacoustic imaging in combating heart disease, the interaction between sound waves and optical fibers, Managing Editor Laura Marshall's wrap-up report from the 2014 Vision show in Stuttgart, Germany, and another installment of our EDU Spotlight.
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Researchers have discovered that light decreases the conductivity in 2-D molybdenum disulfide, a phenomenon that is atypical of most semiconductors.
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WHITE PAPER
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LED Simulation Reflector Lenses
Lambda Research Corp.
TracePro® is an award-winning opto-mechanical design software for layout, optimization, & analysis of illumination systems. This white paper illustrates how TracePro allows users to begin a project with an initial or basic design for LED lighting systems, use software simulation prior to building hardware, and easily create complex reflector shapes. TracePro’s reflector and lens simulation utilities are specifically designed to help CAD designers without traditional optical engineering expertise design LED optical components quickly.
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WEBINAR
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Machining Precision Glass and Ceramics: Choosing, Specifying and Avoiding Pitfalls
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
FREE WEBINAR
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Matthew White, Operations Manager for the Zygo Extreme Precision Optics group in Richmond, Calif., will focus on the practical design of precision glass and ceramics machining, as well as risk items, high-cost mistakes, a consideration of materials and more. He will also discuss when and why advanced engineering would require glass or ceramic over easier to machine materials.
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Neuroscience 2014 is a venue for neuroscientists to present emerging science, learn from experts, forge collaborations with peers, explore new tools and technologies, and advance careers.
More than 30,000 industry experts from more than 80 countries will discuss topics including scientific publishing, academia, advocacy and public education. Attendees will have the chance to review and learn about emerging and unpublished findings via more than 15,000 submitted abstracts. There will be panel discussions, a social issues roundtable, and junior investigators will have the chance to propose minisymposiums to present research.
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Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazines (Photonics Spectra, Industrial Photonics, BioPhotonics and EuroPhotonics). Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Managing Editor Laura Marshall at [email protected]
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FEATURED VIDEO
United Lens Company
Founded in 1916 and still under continuous family ownership, over the past century ULC has evolved from the world's largest manufacturer of molded lens blanks to the only truly vertically integrated manufacturer of optics providing thin film coatings, ground and polished optics, precision machined optics and hand molded optical blanks.
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