|
|
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
|
January 2016
Bi-monthly product-focused newsletter with highlights from the latest issue of Photonics Showcase. Use the Request Info links below to ask for more information about these products, or visit Photonics.com/rssc.
|
|
|
Midori™ Fiber Optic LED Light Source
From: USHIO America, Inc.
The Midori™ ULB-35i LED light source combines state-of-the-art, solid-state illumination technology with USHIO’s distinctive optical design to create a compact and lightweight fiber optic lightbox with very high output efficacy that is ideal for industrial applications where space is a premium. This LED light source has instant-on and extended electronic intensity dimming capabilities with spectral output below 430 nm and above 700 nm.
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Adaptive Optics Loop
From: CILAS
With its Monomorph deformable mirrors, CILAS provides a full adaptive optics loop for high power lasers and astronomy applications. Moreover, CILAS achieves developments concerning larger apertures (>150 mm) and high LIDT dielectric coatings optimized for future large-scale laser installations. Besides, the rise of the correction bandwidth (up to 2 kHz sampling frequency) means they can be used for astronomy telescopes and give an affordable solution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Flat Top Narrowband Filters
From: Alluxa
Alluxa’s Ultra Series Flat Top Narrowband Filters offer the narrowest bandwidths and squarest filter profiles in the visible and NIR, with FWHMs of 0.25 nm to 2 nm, transmission levels >90% and OD6 blocking out of band. Applications such as laser cleanup, lidar, telecommunications and instrumentation greatly benefit from their groundbreaking performance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| sponsor |
|
|
16-Position Filter Wheel
Applied Scientific Instrumentation, Inc.
ASI’s FW-1000 16-position filter wheel utilizes a closed-loop DC servomotor to provide high speed (less than 40 milliseconds between adjacent positions) and low vibration operation (less than 3 × 10-4 kg-m2/s maximum vibration torque impulse).
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-Max Compact Precision Stage
Nutec Components Inc.
The Q-Max series is suitable for high-precision, high-stability positioning. Applications are optical metrology, micromachining, laser focusing, semiconductor manufacturing and more.
Request Info
|
|
|
12-in. (300 mm) Fizeau Interferometer
Davidson Optronics, Inc.
Ideal for measuring large optical flats, windows and wafers along with prismatic testing, the DOI-300F incorporates the latest in phase-shifting, camera, laser and software technologies.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nanopositioner
Aerotech, Inc.
Aerotech’s unique long-travel nano-positioners for applications requiring nanometer and sub-arc-second accuracies are suitable for both laboratory and industrial applications.
Request Info
|
|
|
Silicon Photomultiplier Modules
Hamamatsu Corporation
Modules make it easy to operate the SiPM off a low-voltage power supply. They contain all the components needed to operate the detector, including a temperature compensation circuit for stable performance.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
USB Shutter
Picard Industries
The Picard Industries USB-Shutter offers a compact and simple method of automating the blocking of a beam path. The pivoting-paddle shutter is powered and controlled through a USB port.
Request Info
|
|
|
Phase-Locked Loop Optical Chopper
Terahertz Technologies, Inc.
The C-995 Phase-Locked Loop Optical Chopper provides crystal controlled chopping rates of 4 Hz to 5 KHz using only one blade. The use of direct digital synthesis permits the rate to be set to a precision of 0.001 Hz and provides quartz crystal stability.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
Single Point Diamond Turning
G-S PLASTIC OPTICS
G-S Plastic Optics specializes in single point diamond turning for projects that require quick delivery. Diamond turned prototypes allow you to validate your optical design by rapidly creating a polymer optic for system testing.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
NUV-VIS Zoom Lens System
Navitar, Inc.
The NUV-VIS Motorized Zoom System operates within a spectral range of 330 nm to 700 nm and offers a 6.2:1 zoom ratio. It is an ideal digital imaging solution for high magnification microscopy and OEM applications such as protein crystallography, forensic evidence analysis and surface defect inspection.
Request Info
|
|
|
High Performance Temperature Controllers
Wavelength Electronics, Inc.
Wavelength offers a complete line of temperature control solutions with demos at Photonics West Booth 4625. Linear or PWM controllers are available with output currents up to 10A and typical stabilities of 0.001 °C or better.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
LS-Series Linear Stages
Applied Scientific Instrumentation, Inc.
ASI’s LS-Series of Linear Stages can be used in many applications that require precision motion control and micropositioning. The LS-Series Stages provide sub-micron accuracy, deriving their precise control by using closed-loop DC servomotors and employing high-resolution rotary encoders for positioning feedback.
Request Info
|
|
|
PC-Controlled Variable Coupler
Evanescent Optics Inc.
The Model 905(P)-M is a variable-ratio fiber coupler; the ratio can be remotely controlled with a PC through a USB port. Available in SM, non-PM and PM versions, it operates over wavelengths from 590 nm to 2 µm.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
PIXCI®EB1mini Camera Link Frame Grabber
EPIX, Inc.
The PIXCI® EB1mini series of camera link frame grabbers use Mini Card slots in small embedded computers. Flexible cables that mount a camera link connector to the side of the enclosure are used on these three new frame grabbers.
Request Info
|
|
|
Sapphire Wave Plates
Meller Optics, Inc.
Meller Optics sapphire wave plates for Er:YAG and holmium lasers extend polarization into the infrared and provide superior damage resistance to quartz and mica.
Request Info
|
|
|
|
|
|
|