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Nanostructured Holograms Control Light’s Intensity, Phase, Polarization
By combining cutting-edge nanotechnology with holograms, applied physicists at Harvard demonstrated a novel way for changing the intensity, phase and polarization of light rays. The polarization effect that the new interface has on light could formerly only be achieved by a cascade of several different optical elements. “Now, you can control everything you need with just a single interface,” said Harvard SEAS research associate Patrice Genevet. “We’re gaining a big advantage in terms of saving space.”
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Former IPG Photonics Consultant Sues over Fiber Invention
Armen Dallakian claims that he is the inventor of a simple, highly effective technique to align light beams as they pass from one fiber optic cable to another at a coupler or switch, and that the technology was misappropriated by IPG.
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Lab-Made Antennas Are Sun ‘Sponges’
The evolutionary chemical machinery of nature — and a dash of human ingenuity — have created synthetic light-harvesting antennas that convert sunlight into unprecedented amounts of usable energy.
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Streampix 5 Recording Station
NorPix, Inc.
Streampix 5 recording station records from multiple cameras simultaneously at up to 2 Gigabyte per second. Compatible with camera link, HD-SDI, GigE, USB3 cameras. Available for airborne, or laboratory applications requiring single or multiple camera recording.
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Industrial Optical
Cable Assemblies
OFS
OFS Specialty Photonics Division provides cable assemblies for industrial environments. OFS offers ruggedized 200µm HCS step-index optical fiber cables that are ideal for use with high-reliability 650 nm LED transceivers.
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Precision Optical
Manufacturing
L-3 Communications Tinsley
Tinsley offers a complete range of solutions for optical fabrication and manufacturing for all manner of refractive and reflective optical elements and subsystems...
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Glass & Polymer Fused
Fiber Optics
Incom, Inc.
Making critical contributions to the scientific, medical, life-sciences and defense markets, INCOM is the world’s largest supplier of glass and polymer fused fiber optics and microstructures.
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For Phasing Nanocrystals, Size Really Matters
Size is of much greater importance than previously believed in metal nanocrystals undergoing phase transformations, a finding that has important implications for the future design of hydrogen storage systems, catalysts, fuel cells and batteries.
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On this edition of the industry's only weekly newscast: an IR camera proves valuable for detecting whales in the wild, mechanical pressure is converted to light signals, and we meet the first winner of The Optical Society's Enabled by Optics contest. Hosted by Photonics Media's Laura Marshall and Melinda Rose.
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Atomic Clocks Set Stability Record
At the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a new stability record was set by a pair of experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms.
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Optimax Completes Coating Facility Expansion
The third and final phase of a $10 million, 4000-sq-ft expansion of the company's optical coating facility is now complete, providing space for more than 50 additional employees.
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X-rays Probe Structural Properties of Solids
A new method developed at the Helmoltz Center Berlin uses x-rays to probe the properties of solid materials without destroying them and could mean big things for superconductivity and chemistry studies.
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The Development and Application of an Innovative Technology Enabled by Optics
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 12 p.m. EDT/9 a.m. PDT
FREE WEBINAR
Wayne Lem
Market Manager
Trojan Technologies
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Since 1977, Trojan Technologies of Ontario, Canada, has led the change to municipal water disinfection systems that use environmentally responsible, cost-effective ultraviolet light in place of chemicals. In this one-hour webinar, Wayne Lem, municipal wastewater market manager for Trojan Technologies, will explain how Trojan became the leader in advanced UV water treatment technology and the inaugural winner of the Optical Society's Enabled by Optics contest. Topics he will address include the challenges to developing an innovative technology, Trojan's technology and its future applications.
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The mission of the Laser Institute of America's (LIA) Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME®) 2013 is to provide a one-stop event for companies interested in integrating laser technology into their production. LME is the place to view the most up-to-date laser equipment and find information about automation equipment, laser choices, beam delivery, safety considerations, applications development. Attendees also have the opportunity to meet exhibitors that supply these products and services.
Keynote sessions, open to all attendees, will cover: Ultra-high Brightness Direct Diodes, The Range of Laser Processing Applications in Industry, The Market for Industrial Lasers and Applications and Ultrafast Lasers - Are we There yet? Free educational courses include Main Laser Types Used for Manufacturing - Key Properties and Key Applications, Laser Safety for Industrial Laser Systems, Design Considerations for Industrial Laser Systems and Economic Justification for Laser Applications.
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Sydor Optics - Take The Sydor Optics Tour
Manufacturing precision, flat-surfaced, parallel and wedged optics and specializing in double-sided grinding and polishing for over 40 years. Products include: beamsplitters, color filters, debris shields, glass wafers, grating substrates, light pipes, light-weighted substrates, mirrors, optical flats, wedges, and windows in addition to laser optics and laser machining.
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