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Photonics Spectra Newsletter: Mid-IR for Space Observation, Diode Lasers, VCSELS, and more.
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Outshining LEDs: Diode Lasers Deliver Intensity to Illumination
The development of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting has been a great success story of our times. LEDs are nearly ideal light sources that have largely replaced other lighting technologies, except in some niche applications. Solid-state lighting is now developing in directions such that even the few remaining areas served by discharge lamps will largely adapt to semiconductor-based light sources in the coming years.
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An Actively Cooled Mid-IR Telescope Peers Through Space Dust
When the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory revealed that the universe was far richer in star-forming dust than previously thought, the engineers who were developing a new mid-infrared space instrument recognized that their project’s potential had expanded.
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VCSELs Increase Power and Wavelength for 3D Sensing
For vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), the future looks bright — because their performance is rising while their price is falling. On the horizon is also a move from near-IR to shortwave IR wavelengths. These trends will help VCSELs meet a surging demand that is driven by their increasing use in 3D sensing applications.
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AccuFiz® D 600 mm interferometer
4D Technology Corporation
Dynamic, on-axis AccuFiz® D Fizeau interferometer with 600 mm beam expander measures large flat optics instantaneously. Separates each surface in plane-parallel optics. Vibration and turbulence immune. Dynamic measurement provides rapid, high precision averaging, without retrace error.
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D100 Compact 250A Laser Driver
Highland Technology Inc.
The D100 is a constant-current pulsed laser driver ideal for powering pulsed laser bar arrays. Current/pulse width can be set by on-board trimpots or user-provided signals. A compact PCB outline makes the D100 well suited for bench laser evaluation and embedded OEM applications.
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VCSEL with Polarization Control
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH, VCSEL and Photodiode Solutions
The new polarization-stable 940 nm multi-mode VCSEL has two emission zones that produce 8 mW of optical power. The stable and linear polarization improves the illumination quality and resolution of 3D lighting applications.
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Aspherical Lenses
CASTECH INC.
CASTECH offers CNC precision-polished aspherical lenses, with or without anti-reflection (AR) coatings, to enable our customers from prototype to mass production stage with greater freedom and imagination.
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QuickPRO™-CUBE-MINI
Opto-Alignment Technology Inc.
Newly enhanced QuickPRO-CUBE-MINI features rapid, dual-sided QA/PC of molded, aspherical, and free-form optics. Takt time of 1 to 2 minutes for both surfaces. Wide range of fixtures and inserts are available to accommodate single-element samples as well as micro-lens arrays.
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Machine Vision
Photonics Media
Machine Vision is a book for anyone designing or selecting machine vision systems, and implementing or considering the use of machine vision for a specific application. This engaging overview is a resource for designers, engineers, researchers, marketers and students looking for a broad survey of advancements...
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops Laser Communications Terminal for Use in Space
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. developed a prototype of an optical receiver for use in laser communication terminals (LCTs). The company claimed that the prototype is the first to integrate space optical communication using laser beams and a function to detect the direction of received beams in the 1.5-μm band, a general purpose band used for terrestrial optical fiber communications and other applications.
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As part of the European Union (EU) funded PHOQUSING project, quantum technology startup company QuiX Quantum has created what is reportedly the largest quantum photonic processor to date, compatible with quantum dots. The processor is the central component of the quantum sampling machine, a near-term quantum computing device able to show a quantum advantage, and one of the primary goals of the PHOQUSING project.
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A team led by professor Yadong Yin at the University of California, Riverside formulated a light-sensitive coating material for rewritable light-printing. The material is made from doped titanium dioxide nanocrystals that are synthesized in a single-step process.
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Virtual Biomarkers: An Emerging High-Throughput Research Tool
Thu, Aug 11, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Pathology underlies every facet of healthcare, influencing more than 70% of all medical decisions. Yair Rivenson Ph.D., the CEO and Co-Founder of Pictor Labs, demonstrates how it is possible to alter the centuries old practice of histopathology with a digitized process in a non-destructive fashion. The process is enabled by a machine learning-based virtual staining technology which allows fully digital and virtual multiplex tissue platforms to substantively improve the quality and quantity of pathology samples. He will also discuss additional benefits of the technology.
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Features
Quantum Workforce, Photonics in Cultural Preservation, Photonic Integrated Circuits, and more.
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazine Photonics Spectra. Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Daniel McCarthy, Senior Editor, at [email protected], or use our online submission form www.photonics.com/submitfeature.aspx.
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