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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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Monthly newsletter from the editors of Photonics Spectra, with features, popular topics, new products, and what's coming in the next issue.
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Optimal Conditions, Great Viewing
MIKE WHEELER, MANAGING EDITOR
Nestled in the Andes mountain range in the Atacama Desert in Chile sits the Las Campanas Observatory. At an elevation of almost 8,000 feet, the remote location is prized for its dark skies, excellent weather and superior visibility. Soon it will be home to the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) now under construction.
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In Vitro Diagnostics, Immunology Spurring Advances in Flow Cytometry
Cells are the building blocks of organisms. From yeast and bacteria to elephants and whales, cells are the fundamental units of both biological structure and function. They have long been the subject of intense study: to better understand how they work, to help develop safer and more effective drug compounds, and to serve as diagnostic proxies of disease.
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Optical Materials of Tomorrow
From silicon photonics and quantum dots to metamaterials and carbon nanotubes, innovative materials promise a faster, brighter and more integrated future. While some materials have already enjoyed a measure of commercial success, for others, the future promises anything from niche applications right up to market disruption and displacement of existing technologies.
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Maximum Exposure: Ray-Tracing Software Optimizes Reflector Design
The concentrated solar market is often overshadowed by photovoltaic (PV) panels, yet the market segment is expected to grow by nearly 20 percent annually through 2020. Concentrated solar power — or CSP — has unique performance advantages over PV panels, especially when tied to the electrical grid.
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A high-resolution 3D printing process that uses light from a projector to print patterns on shape-memory polymers (SMPs) was used to fabricate structures that can morph back to their original shape quickly.
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3D ring-shaped light structures, generated by high-intensity lasers, have been identified and could lead to new opportunities for the use of lasers in microscopy and telecommunications.
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Splicing and Glass Processing Systems
AFL
The LAZERMaster LZM-110M, LZM-110P, LZM-110M+ and LZM-110P+ splicing and glass processing systems from AFL use a CO2 laser heat source to perform splicing, tapering, lensing or other glass shaping operations with glass diameters up to 2.3 mm.
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Integrated Sphere Source
Gooch & Housego Orlando
Gooch & Housego has announced the OL 455-6KSA Elongated Integrating Sphere Source. The device features an elongated sphere design to reduce the nonuniformity by a factor of 10×.
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TRIOPTICS Applications and Product Portfolio
TRIOPTICS offers the world’s most comprehensive range of optical measuring, testing and manufacturing technology for development, quality control and production. Our expertise ranges from the inspection of single optical components to the assembly and testing of complex camera systems. TRIOPTICS products are used in all industries that work on the manufacture, testing and application of optical assemblies.
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Features
Lasers for Medical Applications; Optical Coatings; Test & Measurement; Light Sources; Terahertz Imaging
Issue Bonus
Corporate Profiles; SPIE Photonics West Preview
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 Managing Editor Mike Wheeler at [email protected] or use our online submission form www.photonics.com/submitfeature.aspx.
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