Laser Focus World articles from March 2005

Laser Focus World archives from March 2005

Bridging the reality gap.(editor's desk)
March 1, 2005... The advent of new technologies is usually exciting and frequently can fire up the imagination to the point of "irrational exuberance." The upshot is that too often there's a significant gap between a novel concept and its practical reality. As...

Metal V-grooves guide channel plasmon-polaritons.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... Scientists have previously shown that highly localized plasmons can occur in chains of metallic nanospheres, strip-like metal films, metal nanorods, and in narrow gaps between two metal interfaces. But recently, researchers in the Applied...

Rotary-disk laser can reach high powers.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... The first commercial rotary-disk laser was introduced by Sparkle Optics (Rolling Hills Estates, CA) at Photonics West 2005 (San Jose, CA), in paper 5707-32 of the "Solid State Lasers XIV: Technology and Devices" conference within the LASE...

Projection display uses eVCSEL source.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... Scientists at Principia Lightworks (Woodland Hills, CA) and the Lebedev Physical Institute (Moscow, Russia) are developing a rear-projection television display using an electron-beam-pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, or eVCSEL. The...

Waveguide Ti:sapphire laser has high slope efficiency.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... Ti:sapphire lasers are broadly tunable, but have a small peak emission cross section. As a consequence, they require high pump-power densities for efficient continuous-wave (CW) emission. While conventional Ti:sapphire lasers are based on bulk...

Optical roll-angle sensor is stable, sensitive, and compact.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... In angular terms, when one object rolls with respect to another, it is rotating around the axis that connects the two objects. Neither tip nor tilt, this angular rotation is the hardest rotation to measure optically. One approach is to have a...

Lower limits on HC-PCF transmission determined.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... Relying on a combination of theory, experiment, and long experience, as well as a tip from Eli Yablonovich of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), researchers at the University of Bath and BlazePhotonics (both of Bath,...

Mid-IR two-photon detector is resonantly enhanced.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... Dynamic characterization of mid-IR laser sources--for example, quantum-cascade lasers and optical parametric oscillators--using nonlinear laser spectroscopy is made difficult by the technique's lack of detection sensitivity. Now, researchers at...

Negative-luminescent device promises quick temperature changes.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... In some semiconductors, negative luminescence (NL) can be produced by suppressing the concentration of electrons and holes below their thermal-equilibrium values. The result of NL is a device that becomes a net absorber of the surrounding...

Metal wires guide terahertz waves.(news breaks)
March 1, 2005... With applications in sensing, imaging, and spectroscopy, terahertz radiation has potential in many markets. Waveguiding in this spectral region intermediate between microwave and visible radiation remains a challenge, however; neither metal...

Correction.(news breaks)(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2005... In "Surface-plasmon resonance enhances random lasing" (January 2005 Newsbreaks, p. 13) the researcher's name and e-mail address were misspelled. The researcher is Abdulhakem Elezzabi and his e-mail is elezzabi@ece.ualberta.ca.

Photonics West '05 reflects more mature industry.(Conference Review)
March 1, 2005... From fiber lasers and high-power diode arrays to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), spectrometers, and biomedical imaging, Photonics West 2005 (Jan. 22-27; San Jose, CA) featured hundreds of technical presentations and product demonstrations that...

Flip-chip imager achieves 300-nm resolution.(optoelectronics world news)
March 1, 2005... Researchers at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) have combined two-photon excitation with solid-immersion-lens (SIL) imaging to achieve a lateral resolution of 325 nm in subsurface imaging of a silicon flip chip. The achievement is...

Corrections.(optoelectronics world news)(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2005... In Laser Marketplace 2005 Part I (January, p. 83) the numbers for solid-state lamp-pumped lasers for instrumentation in Table 1 and Table 2 were incorrect. The correct numbers are 295 (units) and 6,050 ($ thousands). In Laser Marketplace...

Near-IR measurements monitor volcano activity.(Spectrometry)
March 1, 2005... Changes in the gases emitted by active volcanoes indicate changes within the volcanoes, and can even warn of impending eruption. One of the main gases released by active volcanoes is carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]), whose two predominant isotopic...

Time-prism pair creates fast optical delay.(Nonlinear Optics)
March 1, 2005... Important to applications in optical-coherence tomography, optical metrology, interferometry, and telecommunications, optical-delay lines have been developed using grating-based dispersive optics and scanning mirrors to obtain scanning rates on...

Exactly resonant light mask controls atoms.(Lithography)
March 1, 2005... Microstructured deposition of atoms controlled by a standing light field was first shown in 1992. (1) Possible applications in lithography were immediately recognized. In the technique, an atomic beam is sent on its way to a substrate, but...

Flexible, transparent transistors made from amorphous-oxide semiconductors.(Flat-Panel Displays)(Cover Story)
March 1, 2005... Already used in microelectronics products such as flat-panel displays, thin-film transistors (TFTs), when combined with transparent circuit technology, could be used for display functions on transparent windows in cars or aircraft. The secret...

Electrowetting and lumophores make bright pixels.(Flat-Panel Displays)
March 1, 2005... The phenomenon of electrowetting, in which an applied electric field changes the contact angle of fluids against a hydrophobic surface, has been used in fluidic optical devices such as variable-focus lenses (see Laser Focus World, November...

Supercontinuum multiplexing speeds free-space communications.(Laser Communications)
March 1, 2005... Robert Alfano and Joseph Zeylikovich, scientists at the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers in the Department of Physics at the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY; New York, NY) have demonstrated multiplexing and...

Nanopatterned substrates target Raman spectroscopy.(Photonic Crystals)
March 1, 2005... Researchers at Mesophotonics (Southampton, England), a spinoff of the University of Southampton, have developed integrated, planar photonic-crystal technology that allows light to be bent, routed, and processed at a submillimeter scale. The...

Frequency-modulated interference increases fiber-gyroscope sensitivity.(Fiberoptic Gyroscopes)
March 1, 2005... Although various techniques have improved the performance of fiberoptic gyroscopes (FOGs) in recent years, a variation of an existing technique has been demonstrated that solves the problems of a zero-sensitivity point (when the rotation speed...

Stanford x-ray laser gets $54 million in federal funds.(laser industry report)
March 1, 2005... Plans by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC; Menlo Park, CA) to build a revolutionary new synchrotron x-ray source received a major boost thanks to $54 million in funding provided by the U.S. Congress in the fiscal 2005 budget...

JDSU to supply modulators for NIF.(laser industry report)
March 1, 2005... JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) has been awarded a contract to provide electro-optic modulators for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL; Livermore, CA). When completed in 2008, NIF is...

Vitesse and Eblana collaborate on laser diode fabrication.(laser industry report)
March 1, 2005... Eblana Photonics (Dublin, Ireland) and Vitesse Semiconductor (Camarillo, CA) formed a manufacturing relationship for low-threshold, high-quality, single-mode laser diodes on Vitesse's 4-in. indium phosphide (InP) integrated-circuit (IC)...

Pro-Lite Technology (Cranfield, England) has been appointed the authorized distributor for Cascade Technologies (Glasgow, Scotland) in the United Kingdom and Ireland.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Pro-Lite Technology (Cranfield, England) has been appointed the authorized distributor for Cascade Technologies (Glasgow, Scotland) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Cascade designs and manufactures modular products based on quantum-cascade...

Fabrinet.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Fabrinet (San Francisco, CA), an engineering and electromechanical manufacturing services company, has officially opened its new Pinehurst manufacturing campus in Pathumthani, Thailand. The facility, which is in the process of being expanded...

Novalux.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Novalux (Sunnyvale, CA) appointed Michael Jansen as chief operating officer. Jansen has more than 20 years of experience in the photonics industry and has served in executive management roles in several companies, most recently as rice...

Corning anticipates strong growth in LCD glass business.(optics industry report)
March 1, 2005... Corning (Corning, NY) expects the liquid-crystal-display (LCD) glass market to grow between 40% and 60% this year and continue to grow at a compound annual rate of 40% through 2007, according to Peter Volanakis, president of Corning...

ARO expands staff to support catalog optics business.(optics industry report)
March 1, 2005... Alpine Research Optics (ARO, Boulder, CO) has expanded and reorganized its staff to support the introduction of a new series of off-the-shelf, high-performance laser optics. Chris Rosauer has joined Alpine Research Optics as manager of...

British firm to supply optics for DIAL project.(optics industry report)
March 1, 2005... Optical Surfaces (Surrey, England) has been selected to supply key optics for an advanced differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument that is being developed for the U.K. National Physical Laboratory. The DIAL instrument will be set up to...

Report forecasts healthy market for thin films.(optics industry report)
March 1, 2005... According to a new report from Business Communications Company (Norwalk, CT), RGB-300 Thin Films: Raw Materials, Technologies and Applications, the worldwide market for thin-film raw materials is estimated at $7.1 billion in 2004 and is...

Avecia (Manchester, England) sold its OLED materials and polymer electronics businesses to Merck (Darmstadt, Germany) for 50 million [euro] (US$64 million) in cash.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Avecia (Manchester, England) sold its OLED materials and polymer electronics businesses to Merck (Darmstadt, Germany) for 50 million [euro] (US$64 million) in cash. The acquisition includes Avecia's displays business, Covion Organic...

Project to focus on nanoparticulate layer technology.(imaging & detector industry report)
March 1, 2005... Cambridge Display Technology (CDT; Cambridge, England) has joined forces with Ilford Imaging Switzerland in a project the companies say should help to pave the way for more optically efficient display devices in the future. The project--which...

Europeans boost OLED technology with OLLA project.(imaging & detector industry report)
March 1, 2005... More than 20 of Europe's leading companies and research establishments in organic electronics and materials as well as lighting applications, have joined together in OLLA (Aachen, Germany), an integrated R&D project to advance organic...

Nanophotonics market opportunities exceed $33 billion.(imaging & detector industry report)
March 1, 2005... Companies developing nanophotonic products are aiming collectively at opportunities worth more than $30 billion in large displays and more than $3 billion in other photonic applications, according to a new report from Strategies Unlimited...

Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY) was awarded a contract from the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC; San Jose. CA) to establish and operate the Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY) was awarded a contract from the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC; San Jose. CA) to establish and operate the Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing. The USDC will initially provide $10 million in...

Vitex Systems.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Vitex Systems (San Jose, CA) was also awarded a research and development contract from the USDC: Vitex and USDC will share the near $2 million cost of the multiphased project, which will target scaling-up Vitex's proprietary Flexible Glass...

A portable micro-optical, microfluidic device that can quickly detect the presence of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and measles, as well as biological agents such as ricin and anthrax, is the object of a joint university and industry research project.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... A portable micro-optical, microfluidic device that can quickly detect the presence of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and measles, as well as biological agents such as ricin and anthrax, is the object of a joint university and industry...

Finisar to acquire certain Infineon assets.(fiberoptics industry report)
March 1, 2005... Infineon (Munich, Germany) may have changed its mind about selling its entire fiberoptics business to Finisar (Sunnyvale, CA) in early January, but the company changed it back a few weeks later, at least in part, when the two companies entered...

Corning sees bright future in fiber-to-the-premises.(fiberoptics industry report)
March 1, 2005... While the overall telecommunications industry is showing some signs of improvement, Larry Aiello, Corning (Corning, NY) president and CEO, says he believes that a sustainable industry recovery will ultimately be led by strong customer demand...

KVH wins patent for noise reduction in fiberoptic gyros.(fiberoptics industry report)
March 1, 2005... KVH Industries (Middletown, RI) has been awarded U.S. Patent 6,836,334, "Angle Random Walk (ARW) Noise Reduction in Fiber Optic Sensors Using an Optical Amplifier," for its fiberoptic gyro (FOG) line. The invention includes a system and method...

OFS (Avon, CT) licensed its air-clad microstructured fiber patents and its broad family of fundamental optical-fiber grating manufacturing patents to NKT subsidiary Kohera A/S (Birkerod, Denmark) to use.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... OFS (Avon, CT) licensed its air-clad microstructured fiber patents and its broad family of fundamental optical-fiber grating manufacturing patents to NKT subsidiary Kohera A/S (Birkerod, Denmark) to use. Koheras A/S has been producing fiber...

Bookham (San Jose, CA) appointed ADM Electronics (Ra'anana, Israel) to distribute its components to Israel's fast-growing telecommunications market.(Also in the news ...)
March 1, 2005... Bookham (San Jose, CA) appointed ADM Electronics (Ra'anana, Israel) to distribute its components to Israel's fast-growing telecommunications market. ADM will distribute all of Bookham's telecommunications components, including its range of...

Tree felling with lasers: a big idea in 1965.(40 years: then and now)
March 1, 2005... Reading through the first issues of Laser Focus magazine, it is amazing to see how many laser applications were being contemplated or even becoming commercially viable so soon after the development of the laser. Lasers for zapping tumors,...

The world of tomorrow: new market opportunities and China were the dominant topics at the Annual AIA Business Conference.(inside imaging)
March 1, 2005... Just before his death in 1966, Walt Disney proposed that the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT, be built as part of the Disney World project in Orlando, FL. Disney had in mind a model city for the future, Progress City. But...

Do laser pointers present an aviation hazard?(comment)
March 1, 2005... Recent reports of aviator crews being "blinded" by visible green laser beams led to speculation in the media of a possible security issue, but many have wondered why there was the flurry of new reports after a period of relative quiet on the...

How can I get a good distributer deal with limited volume?(business forum)
March 1, 2005... Q: What can I expect when negotiating with catalog houses to sell an optical instrument with limited volume? A: The key issues to be negotiated are markup in prices, service, and warranty responsibilities, and exclusivity in...

Advanced pump diodes improve laser-system performance.(High-Power Semiconductor Sources)
March 1, 2005... The high-power multimode laser diode is the engine behind all types of fiber lasers, diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSs), and high-power fiber amplifiers. This key component efficiently transforms input electrical current into mid-IR laser...

GRENOUILLE measures spatio-temporal distortions.(Ultrashort-Pulse Measurement)
March 1, 2005... Ultrashort laser pulses lead difficult lives. They are routinely stretched, amplified, and then compressed by several orders of magnitude--a stressful experience, to say the least. And in all of these stages of optical torture, pulses endure...

Applications challenge infrared detectors: infrared detectors have evolved to meet the rigorous requirements of military and industrial applications. As the number of applications increases, IR-detector performance must continue to improve.(IR Detectors)
March 1, 2005... Infrared detectors have been widely used in the military since the 1970s with the so-called first-generation IR cameras that used cooled, relatively small linear arrays of photodetectors with a complex two-dimensional (2-D) scanning system. The...

Photonic crystals offer a host of possibilities: the concept of the photonic crystal offers tremendous promise--the challenge is to realize that promise in practical devices.(Photonic frontiers: photonic-crystal devices)
March 1, 2005... The fertile concept of the photonic crystal is spawning a new generation of optical devices that confine light using internal microstructures. The best-known class of devices is fundamentally among the simplest--holey fibers--which are...

Head-up displays hide the hardware: once used only as specialized equipment for military pilots, HUDs are now arriving in cars, hospitals, garages, and motorcycle helmets. Technical development and the search for new applications continue.(Image Engineering)
March 1, 2005... Most displays are big and conspicuous. Head-up displays (HUDs), on the other hand, make the data conspicuous while hiding the display equipment. A HUD is any display that presents data without blocking the user's view. The first market for HUDs...

Quantum-cascade lasers smell success: innovative spectroscopic techniques and advances in spectrometer hardware promise major performance and cost improvements in tunable diode-laser absorption gas sensors.(Chemical Sniffing)
March 1, 2005... Since they were first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories in 1994, quantum-cascade (QC) lasers have been gaining acceptance as the mid-infrared source of choice. Their shift out of the laboratory into real-world applications has been accelerated...

PC-based digitizers empower modern optical spectroscopy: high data-transfer rates enable spectroscopy systems to follow the high signal-repetition rates encountered in many optical-spectroscopy applications, with no trigger losses.(Digitizers)
March 1, 2005... Modern optical spectroscopy experiments require intensive use of high-powered computers to collect, analyze, store, and display data. Usually the most demanding data-creation component is the high-speed digitizer, which transforms a raw analog...

Ti:sapphire flexibility bridges a wide range of applications: simple, ultrafast-laser systems with highly flexible output characteristics enable new techniques and the investigation of important molecular systems.(Ultrafast-Laser Spectroscopy)
March 1, 2005... Ultrafast-laser amplifiers have evolved into reliable, easy-to-use tools with ready access to a wide range of output characteristics. For many research applications, wavelength tunability is a necessary requirement that can now be conveniently...

NIR analyzer.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The new AgriSpec is designed for field analysis of soils and vegetation. The rugged instrument analyzes organic and inorganic materials including nutrient and moisture levels in soil, composition of manure applied as fertilizer, animal forage,...

Line-scan lenses.(new products)
March 1, 2005... Three new 12k 5.6/120 line-scan lenses feature an image circle of up to 90 mm. They are optimized to provide optical resolution for the 7 [micro]m pixel size capabilities of 12k cameras. Designed for surface and web inspection applications, the...

Color wheels.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The ColorLoc family of color wheels and optical components are used in projection display systems. ColorLoc color wheels and filter wheels use proprietary Advanced Energetic Deposition (AED) thin-film deposition technology and custom automated...

Regenerative amplifier.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The CPA-2210 is a 2-mJ femtosecond regenerative amplifier. The fully integrated system includes a telecom diode-pumped fiber oscillator, pulse stretcher, regenerative amplifier, 1-kHz Nd:YAG pump laser, built-in diagnostics and active...

Linux driver library.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The TimeHarp 200 TCSPC board now has a new driver library for custom programming to run the device under Linux 2.6. The library supports the same range of functions as the Windows version, including onboard histograms, multidetector routing...

Laser illuminator.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The Ultraspec-III coherent laser illumination source is designed for use with photoemission microscopes and backside imaging stations. The device comes in standard configuration with wavelengths at 660, 1064, and 1300 nm. The bench-top system...

Beam profilers.(new products)
March 1, 2005... LBA-FW laser-beam profilers use FireWire cameras that can connect directly to a laptop without a frame-grabber card. They are available in both pyroelectric and standard megapixel CCD cameras covering the spectral range from UV to far-IR....

Flexible optic.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The Flexible Laser Optic for Welding (FLOW) is a 2-D scanning optic that allows 3-D robot-guided remote welding using standard high-power carbon dioxide lasers. The drive technology allows high-frequency weaving of standard copper mirrors for...

Computational software.(new products)
March 1, 2005... Mathematica 5.1 adds more than 50 new functions to the computational software, including universal database connectivity, highly optimized binary data I/O, new import-export formats such as XLS and AVI, integrated web services support, 2-D and...

Laser interferometer.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The DS-80 Micro Laser Interferometer provides a noncontact displacement sensor capable of resolution to 0.08 nm with maximum response of 50 Hz. It combines a Michelson interferometer with a 650-nm semiconductor laser in a package measuring 47 x...

Optical-power meters.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The PM100 Series optical -power meters provide measurements in the 5-nW to 30-W range over a wavelength range of 250 to 600 nm. It offers a selection of separate photodiode and thermal sensor heads and the option of fiber connections. It...

Broadband antireflection coatings.(new products)
March 1, 2005... New broadband antireflection (BBAR) coatings for the VIS and NIR can be applied to lenses, windows and CCDs and to reduce second surface reflections. Model 450-650 BBAR has 450 to 650-nm optimization with [less than or equal to] 0.6% average...

Linear galvo-motor.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The Galvoline GZ1920 is designed for high-speed applications including focusing compensation in fast scanning systems. The linear galvo-motor is made of a moving coil that allows up to a 20-mm free path. The compact unit can be integrated into...

Optical transmitter.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The new AFBR-1010 fiberoptic transmitter and AFBR-2010 receiver offer an extended operating temperature range of -40[degrees]C to +95[degrees]C for use in automobile multimedia networks. The devices provide an optical link budget of 14.5 dB,...

Gradium lenses.(new products)
March 1, 2005... Gradium lenses utilize advances in axial gradient glass manufacturing to improve lens performance. The index may change by as much as 0.15 from the front to the back lens surface. This allows for the correction of surface aberrations,...

VGD grating.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The Variable Groove Depth (VGD) diffraction grating is a holographic ion-etched grating with a continuously variable groove depth. By translating the grating parallel to the groove direction, the variable groove depth enables continuous blaze...

Hand-held test instruments.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The 600 hand-held series includes the FOT-600 optical-loss test set, FPM-600 power meter, and FLS-600 light source. The instruments are designed for tasks including fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployment, CWDM and DWDM applications. The series...

X-ray source.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The L9191 microfocus x-ray source has an open-type design, providing flexibility in adjusting the x-ray target. It is designed for use in nondestructive inspection applications, including x-ray CT systems and in-line x-ray inspections systems...

Single-photon detection module.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The SPDM-VIS is a compact single-photon detection module. It offers a detection efficiency of up to 50% over a wide spectral range, dark-count rate of 200 Hz, and timing resolution of 50 ps. Applications include fluorescence and luminescence...

Vibration-free platforms.(new products)
March 1, 2005... BaseMate vibration-free Islands protect sensitive equipment from vibrations. The platforms are installed at the subfloor level in a raised-floor clean room. They offer omnidirectional, low-frequency vibration damping, and automatic leveling. A...

Excimer lasers.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The LPX-Pro Series lasers are high-duty-cycle excimer lasers with pulse repetition rates up to 200 Hz and pulse energies as high as 1200 mJ. The lasers feature patented smooth ceramic preionization. Other improvements include a new resonator...

Simulation software.(new products)
March 1, 2005... Release 1.3 of LucidShape with LucidFunGeo software is intended for automotive design and analysis. A new night drive scene simulator enables automotive headlamp designers to visualize the performance of headlights in simulated night scene. New...

Light rings with FSL.(new products)
March 1, 2005... Micro-Lite FL-1000 and FV-1000 light rings for microscopes now feature Full Spectrum Lighting (FSL) bulbs as standard equipment. FSL bulbs contain the entire range of visible wavelengths, allowing a wider range of materials to be "seen"...

CMOS image sensor.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The new MT9D011 low-power, 2-megapixel CMOS image sensor is designed to improve the image quality and performance of mobile handsets. Incorporating DigitalClarity technology, the 1/3-in. optical format sensor has 1600 x 1,200 active pixels. The...

Laser-diode arrays.(new products)
March 1, 2005... High-power laser-diode bars provide 100 W of optical output power at 95 A for a better than 50% electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency. Lifetime is more than 10,000 hours when operating CW or cycled randomly. The arrays are available with...

VCSEL.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The OPV314F/315F Series of 850-nm VCSELs (vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers) is packaged in an FC style receptacle and can transmit data at rates up to 2.5 Gbit/s. The transmitters are designed for integration into fiberoptic test...

Two-axis scan head.(new products)
March 1, 2005... The XLR8 two-axis scan head is designed for use with QuantumScan 7 galvanometers. The scan heads can be configured for different mirror apertures, scan angles, and wavelengths. They are available with digital and analog electrical interface...

Laser-diode modules.(new products)
March 1, 2005... TTL modulation options are now available on all Photon PM and Photon Plus PPM laser modules with wavelengths from 635 to 785 nm and output powers from 0.9 to 32 mW. The TTL modulation input will accept signals from DC up to 100-kHz minimum. The...