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Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Prompted by advances in computer-controlled fabrication and testing, NASA engineers are now using freeform optics to explore cost-effective alternatives to more traditional space telescope missions, such as CubeSats and other small satellites. "If you want to put these telescopes into a smaller box, you need to let the mirrors bend like a potato chip," said Joseph Howard, an optical engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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GSI Group to Acquire Lincoln Laser for $11M
A provider of polygon scanners and other optical scanning technology for the medical, food processing, and advanced industrial markets, Lincoln Laser will integrate within Cambridge Technology, a GSI business unit.
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Mini Beam Steering System
New Scale Technologies
A miniature beam steering system from New Scale Technologies is ideal for precise, point-to- point beam steering and dynamic scanning up to 100 Hz.
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Picture This
DRS Technologies, Inc.
Temperature ICE-o-Therms™ for delineating multiple regions with user defined color parameters.
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HELIOS Uniform Source Systems
Labsphere, Inc.
Labsphere’s new HELIOS brand of modular uniform light sources for absolute calibration of imagers and sensors offers the versatility of a custom design with the proven performance of a standard solution.
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Unmanned Vehicle Optics
Meller Optics, Inc.
Custom fabricated sapphire, germanium, ZnS, silicon and zinc selenide optics for use in gimbaled systems and front surface protection in unmanned air- and undersea vehicles are available from Meller Optics.
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Wrapping silver nanowires in a one-atom-thick layer of graphene protects the structures from radiation damage that has historically prevented their use on a commercial scale. "The damage occurs in medical imaging, in space applications and just from long-term exposure to sunlight," said Suprem Das, a former Purdue University doctoral student.
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IRradiance Wins $150K Grant for MIR Laser Lens Prototype
With specialized lenses, MIR laser systems can be integrated into small, rugged spectrometers for both field and laboratory use. Such systems have a range of applications including gas leak and emissions monitoring, early cancer and disease detection, and stand-off explosive detection.
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Widely credited with ushering the term photonics into popular — and global — use, Teddi devoted many years to the adoption of the single term she felt would bring together all the burgeoning light-based technologies as a single industry and a force for the future.
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The 2015 ASCB meeting theme is about making connections at different scales, from the intracellular level to the tissue level, and from the organism level all the way up to the macrocosmic level. This integration will help us ask the right questions and find answers to challenging problems in medicine, living systems and ecosystems.
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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 Group Publisher Karen Newman at [email protected]
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Short video highlighting all of the improvements on the industry-standard ILT1700 including rapid measurements (1-100hz), broader dynamic range (100fA to 1mA), extensive supporting software apps, and built-in wireless, data storage, rechargeable batteries!
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