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A new molecule, along with optogenetics, has put brain control in the hands of scientists. Researchers from MIT developed the new protein opsin, which is sensitive to red light and enables neurons to be manipulated noninvasively, as the controlling light source is outside the body.
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New Shaped Tip Fibers
Fiberguide Industries
New shaped tip fibers and fiber assemblies from Fiberguide Industries provide optimum control over laser light during medical procedures. Customized designs are also available.
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High-Intensity
Tunable Illuminator
Optical Building Blocks
Optical Building Blocks (OBB) announces the introduction of the Tunable KiloArc™ High Intensity Illuminator. The Tunable KiloArc™ delivers over 100 mW of tunable optical power from 300 nm to 1,100 nm.
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Cold Atom Cells
Triad Technology
The field of cold atom physics deals with cooling collections of atoms to sub-miliKelvin temperatures using laser cooling techniques. The study of cold and ultracold atoms offers insight into the laws of physics.
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N-FK58 XLD
Optical Glass
SCHOTT North America,
Advanced Optics
With its optical glass called N-FK58 XLD, the international technology group SCHOTT has now launched a high-quality type of glass that offers extremely low dispersion and excellent processing characteristics.
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A team from the University of Pittsburgh has developed a high-temperature fiber sensor for gas flow measurements.
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In this edition of the industry's premier weekly newscast: MIT advances optogenetics research, magnetic fields control liquid crystals, a chemical compound brings a new wave of solar cells, and femtosecond lasers administer medications.
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A new technique that forms and controls magnetically responsive liquid crystals could be applied to many types of displays.
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WHITE PAPER
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The Benefits of Modern CMOS Sensors in Industrial Line Scan Cameras
Basler AG
As sensor technology has improved in leaps and bounds, the old rule of thumb familiar to many line scan camera users has lost much of its punch. The idea that CCD = high image quality while CMOS = speed is only true anymore under very limited circumstances, since the preconception inaccurately reflects the current performance levels offered by modern CMOS sensors for industrial camera use. This white paper provides an overview of the latest developments in CMOS sensor technology and is intended to highlight the importance of these improvements when considering the use of CMOS sensors in line scan camera applications.
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SEMICON West is the annual tradeshow for the micro- and nano-electronics manufacturing industries. The event partners with Intersolar North America to provide a comprehensive experience for those in the semiconductor and PV manufacturing industries.
The tradeshow will feature technology and products in areas such as LEDs, photovoltaics, wafer processing equipment and materials, etch, lithography, chemical mechanical planarization, silicon and non-silicon based wafers and substrates, and robotic systems and components.
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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
Hubner GmbH – C-Wave & T-Cognition
Rein Hubner, President of Hubner GmbH & Co. KG introduced Karsten Buse of Fraunhofer IPM who developed in collaboration the T-COGNITION, a stand-alone terahertz spectrometer that automatically detects and identifies hazardous substances in mail. Karsten described the product and its advantages. Hubner won the Prism Award for the Defense & Security Category and also won for the Scientific Lasers Category for the C-WAVE, the first coherent continuous-wave source able to be tuned across the visible range without change of materials, developed in collaboration with Fraunhofer IPM.
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