Laser Focus World articles from May 2005

Laser Focus World archives from May 2005

At the forefront of photonics.(editor's desk)
May 1, 2005... A look through the technical program for this year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO; www.cleoconference.org) serves to highlight the increasing importance of research directed at biological imaging. Besides the Plenary Session...

10-Gbit/s modulator is fabricated on silicon.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Researchers at Luxtera (Carlsbad, CA) have developed a process to fabricate advanced photonic components on silicon using standard CMOS processes. They have fabricated a 10-Gbit/s Mach-Zehnder modulator using the same production line that is...

Quantum-well IR detector senses at 0.9 and 10 [micro]m.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have developed a multiple-quantum-well IR photodetector that is sensitive to two widely disparate wavelength bands, one at 0.9...

High-resolution retinal implant will combine with natural vision.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Physicists and eye doctors at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) have teamed up to design a retinal implant that may one day bring high-resolution sight to those blinded by retinal degeneration. Degenerative retinal diseases result in death of...

Electroluminescent photonic crystal changes color with angle.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Three-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) with photonic bandgaps have spectral-transmission and reflection properties that vary with angle. Although people think of them predominantly in terms of passive optical devices (wave-guides,...

Porphyrin nanotubes react to sunlight.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) are hoping to use sunlight to split water molecules and produce hydrogen using porphyrin nanotubes. Very different from the more well-known carbon nanotubes, porphyrin nanotubes are...

Polymer forms chip-to-chip interconnect.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... An optical interconnect fabricated from silicone-based polymers has been used to guide 850-nm light between a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser and a photodiode. A team of researchers from Dow Coming (Midland, MI) and Gemfire (Fremont, CA)...

Small pump-wavelength shift causes large output-wavelength shift.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Based on a phenomenon called modulational instability (MI), in which an initially continuous-wave pump wave in a single-mode optical fiber breaks up into a periodic wave train, researchers at the University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)...

Microlens array enables 3-D multiple-spot micronanofabrication.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Using a gradient-index microlens array (MLA) that converts a collimated laser beam into multiple focal points, researchers at The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Saitama, Japan), Osaka University (Osaka, Japan), and the Japan...

Piezoelectrically actuated tunable VCSEL is modeled.(news breaks)
May 1, 2005... Various microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been developed that use either electrostatic or thermal actuation mechanisms. Capacitive actuation requires large tuning voltages and...

Atomic-force microscope makes silicon microlenses.(MICRO-OPTICS)
May 1, 2005... The most commonly used method for microlens fabrication is resist reflow. In this approach, islands or columns of cylindrical resist are created by photolithography and are heated above the melting temperature, allowing the island to form a...

Two technologies unite for terahertz scanning.(MICRO-OPTICS)
May 1, 2005... In the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum, optical techniques can. coexist comfortably with the sort of electronic technology developed for radio. This is the case for a subterahertz imager developed by researchers at Rensselaer...

OFC/NFOEC 2005 combines upbeat mood with pragmatic perspectives.(CONFERENCE COVERAGE)
May 1, 2005... The number of exhibitors and exhibit attendees at the first combined Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2005; Anaheim, CA; March 5-10) was not much different from the previous...

High power, high brightness fiber-coupled diode lasers are now available.(ADVANCED DIODE LASER TECHNOLOGY)
May 1, 2005... A series of high power, high brightness, fiber-coupled laser diode devices are now available for industrial and medical applications from Apollo Instruments. The laser products are based on a new beam shaping technology developed by the company...

Nanocrystal lases in the blue at room temperature.(SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS)
May 1, 2005... Their size-dependent color tunability and chemical flexibility make semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) unique as optical gain media. Although amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and lasing at room temperature have been achieved for cadmium...

Micromechanical digital-to-analog converter makes micromirror arrays more practical.(ADAPTIVE OPTICS)
May 1, 2005... Researchers at the National University of Singapore have found a way to simplify complex micromirror-array designs by using a mechanical rather than electrical digital-to-analog converter in the mirror controls. This new approach could yield...

Fermionic-noise images show 'spooky action at a distance'.(LASER COOLING)
May 1, 2005... Colorado researchers who reported the first observation of a fermionic condensate a little over a year ago have most recently used it to image quantum entanglement--or what Einstein referred to as "spooky action at a distance"--between pairs of...

Phase functions are inseparable in helico-conical optical beams.(OPTICAL VORTICES)
May 1, 2005... Most optical vortices, or light beams with phase singularities, have a vanishing field at the singularity location, resulting in a doughnut- or ring-shaped intensity cross section. Strongly focused optical vortices, used for trapping of...

Collaboration draws Europe into OLED flat-panel-display market.(LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES)
May 1, 2005... German researchers have achieved encouraging results in research on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), giving rise to the hope that European companies might someday capture a larger portion of the flat-panel-display market. Currently, this...

Scanning microscope captures large images quickly.(MICROSCOPY)
May 1, 2005... Detailed color images of biological specimens are easily acquired with a conventional microscope paired with a CCD camera. Obtaining high-magnification images of specimens that are larger than the objective's field of view, however, is more...

Solid-state sources tackle night vision.(SEMICONDUCTOR EMITTERS)
May 1, 2005... By extending visible light-emitting-diode (LED) and laser technology into the near-IR spectrum, developers of solid-state lighting systems are also expanding the capabilities of night vision for applications such as automotive safety,...

Quantum dots cross living cell membranes.(NANOTECHNOLOGY)
May 1, 2005... The progress of fluorescent semiconductor nanoprobes crossing a cell membrane is depicted in this image consisting of green and a red exposures taken four minutes apart (the yellow areas result from the overlap of green and red). The nanoprobes...

Photonic-crystal fiber supports two modes.(MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS)
May 1, 2005... Conventional and elliptical-core two-mode optical fibers have been fabricated with wavelength ranges for two-mode operation typically limited to around 150 nm. But researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China) and...

JDSU buys Lightwave Electronics.(laser industry report)
May 1, 2005... JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lightwave Electronics (Mountain View, CA) for $65 million in cash. According to JDSU, the deal is part of its strategy to expand its product line of solid-state lasers and...

Blu-ray gains ground with Apple support.(laser industry report)
May 1, 2005... The burgeoning Blu-ray standard for optical storage on DVDs received another boost with the addition of Apple (Cupertino, CA) to the Blu-ray Disc Association's (BDA) board of directors. Apple has been a leader in driving consumer adoption of...

Trimble to acquire Apache Technologies.(laser industry report)
May 1, 2005... Trimble (Sunnyvale, CA) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Apache Technologies (Dayton, OH) in an all-cash transaction. Apache designs, manufactures, and distributes professional laser products for construction...

Axcel Photonics announces new ownership.(laser industry report)
May 1, 2005... Axcel Photonics (Marlborough, MA) announced the sale of the company to J. Jim Hsieh, founder of Lasertron and a pioneer in the field of fiber lasers. In addition, Hsieh will take the helm as CEO and has appointed Frank Hsieh as executive vice...

Aculight.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Aculight (Bothell, WA) has won a new contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program from NASA for $750,000 to develop a compact, efficient, and robust ultraviolet fiber-laser system for space-based UV-Raman...

nLight.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... nLight (Vancouver, WA) announced a record output of 88 W of continuous-wave power at 1470 nm from a single 1-cm indium phosphide (InP) diode-laser bar....

Reliant Technologies.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Reliant Technologies (Palo Alto, CA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted 510(k) market approval of the Fraxel laser for skin resurfacing procedures.

Dynasil acquires Optometrics.(optics industry report)
May 1, 2005... Dynasil (West Berlin, NJ), fabricator of optical blanks from synthetic fused silica, fused quartz, and other optical materials for the semiconductor, laser, space, and optical components industries has completed the purchase of Optometrics...

Ball Aerospace expands testing capability.(optics industry report)
May 1, 2005... Ball Aerospace & Technologies (Boulder, CO) announced that its new Horizontal Collimator Assembly (HCA), which tests large telescope systems in a space-like environment, is now operational. The HCA facilitates the testing of optical systems...

Biolase (San Clemente, CA) signed a fully paid license agreement related to patents owned or licensed by SurgiLight (Orlando, FL) in the field of presbyopia.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Biolase (San Clemente, CA) signed a fully paid license agreement related to patents owned or licensed by SurgiLight (Orlando, FL) in the field of presbyopia, which is a phenomenon of natural aging that results in the loss of near-reading...

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST; Washington, D.C.) and Utah State University (Logan, UT) signed a partnership agreement to develop and calibrate optical sensors.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST; Washington, D.C.) and Utah State University (Logan, UT) signed a partnership agreement to develop and calibrate optical sensors for defense, homeland security, weather prediction, and...

Nikon (Tokyo, Japan) has announced the establishment of Nikon Instruments Korea as a Nikon subsidiary in Seoul, Korea.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Nikon (Tokyo, Japan) has announced the establishment of Nikon Instruments Korea as a Nikon subsidiary in Seoul, Korea. The company will handle sales, marketing and after-sales service of microscopes and measuring instruments for the Korean...

Nikon Instruments.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Nikon Instruments (Melville, NY) announced the integration of two industrial metrology business units, Semiconductor Inspection, and Nexiv Vision Measuring Systems under the SITECH Division located in Tempe, AZ, to prepare Nikon for new...

Linos.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... German optical systems manufacturer Linos (Gottingen, Germany) had its best year in the company's history with a 2004 revenue increase of 25.5% on total revenue of $88.1 million [euro] (US$113.7 million).

Technium OpTIC opens in Wales.(optics industry report)
May 1, 2005... A new center to encourage the growth of the optoelectronics industry in Wales has been officially opened by Andrew Davies, Welsh Assembly Economic Development and Transport Minister. Technium OpTIC (St. Asaph, Wales) is a 15.7 million [pounds...

NanoOpto capitalization climbs to $42.3 million.(optics industry report)
May 1, 2005... NanoOpto (Somerset, NJ) closed on $12 million in Series C-round venture financing. The total financing raised by NanoOpto to date is $42.3 million. "NanoOpto is now in volume production, shipping its unique optical devices to a broad range of...

Imalux markets OCT imaging system.(imaging & detector industry report)
May 1, 2005... Following FDA clearance of the Niris Imaging System, Imalux (Cleveland, OH) has embarked on an intensive marketing and sales effort to make potential users more aware of the device's capabilities for real-time tissue diagnostics, surgical...

Advanced Photonix (Camarillo, CA), a supplier of silicon-based optoelectronic technologies, signed a merger agreement to acquire Picometrix (Ann Arbor, MI).(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Advanced Photonix (Camarillo, CA), a supplier of silicon-based optoelectronic technologies, signed a merger agreement to acquire Picometrix (Ann Arbor, MI), a developer of high-speed photoreceivers and terahertz instrumentation used in test and...

Id Quantique (Geneva, Switzerland) and Becker & Hickl (Berlin, Germany) have entered into a strategic partnership.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Id Quantique (Geneva, Switzerland) and Becker & Hickl (Berlin, Germany) have entered into a strategic partnership to cooperate in the field of single-photon detection for life science applications....

Cree (Durham, NC), a manufacturer of LED solid-state lighting components, signed an agreement with Vossloh-Schwabe Optoelectronic (Lamp-Lintfort, Germany).(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Cree (Durham, NC), a manufacturer of LED solid-state lighting components, signed an agreement with Vossloh-Schwabe Optoelectronic (Lamp-Lintfort, Germany) to distribute Cree Xlamp LEDs in selected European countries....

Luxell Technologies (Toronto, Canada) signed a joint development agreement with Organic Lighting Technologies (OLT; Austin, TX).(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Luxell Technologies (Toronto, Canada) signed a joint development agreement with Organic Lighting Technologies (OLT; Austin, TX) to develop an OLED white backlight device for enhancing full-color LCD flat panel displays....

MicroEmissive Displays Group (Edinburgh, Scotland), a manufacturer of low-power microdisplays using organic light-emitting polymers (polymer OLEDs) has begun production of silicon wafers.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... MicroEmissive Displays Group (Edinburgh, Scotland), a manufacturer of low-power microdisplays using organic light-emitting polymers (polymer OLEDs) has begun production of silicon wafers that will be used to produce patent-protected...

International DisplayWorks (Rocklin, CA), announced an agreement to purchase all the outstanding stock of Three-Five System.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... International DisplayWorks (Rocklin, CA), announced an agreement to purchase all the outstanding stock of Three-Five System's LCD manufacturing facility and business in Beijing, China.

Matrox Imaging announces $3.3 million purchase order.(imaging & detector industry report)
May 1, 2005... Matrox Imaging (Dorval, Quebec, Canada) announced has received a US$3.3 million purchase order from a North American manufacturer of inspection systems for the semiconductor industry. The order is for Matrox Imaging vision processors, frame...

COLED improving OLED displays.(imaging & detector industry report)
May 1, 2005... COLED Technologies (Longmont, CO), a young firm developing a new material and process for manufacturing organic LEDs (OLEDs), says it has achieved electrode modification breakthroughs that will "unlock new possibilities" for electronic displays...

Axsys Technologies acquiring DiOP.(imaging & detector industry report)
May 1, 2005... Axsys Technologies (Rocky Hill, CT) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Diversified Optical Products (DiOP; Salem, NH), a privately held manufacturer of high-end thermal surveillance camera systems and lenses,...

e2v opens imaging center Brunel University.(imaging & detector industry report)
May 1, 2005... The e2v Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI), which will address shortages of critical science skills in the U.K., has been officially launched. The CEI is a new research collaboration between Brunel University (Uxbridge, England) and e2v...

Agilent transceivers are RoHS-compliant.(fiberoptics industry report)
May 1, 2005... Agilent Technologies (Boeblingen, Germany) announced it is now shipping fiberoptic transceivers that are fully compliant with the European Union's (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. Agilent's entire portfolio of...

Transmode Systems and Lumentis merge.(fiberoptics industry report)
May 1, 2005... Transmode Systems and Lumentis (both of Stockholm, Sweden) are merging to form a new company under the Transmode identity to further penetrate the growing metro wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) global equipment market. The merger, which...

FOGs track warehouse vehicles.(fiberoptics industry report)
May 1, 2005... Fiberoptic gyros (FOGs) manufactured by KVH Industries (Middletown, RI), are playing a critical role in a tracking system designed to monitor inventory and increase efficiency in dynamic warehouse environments. Integrated Sensors, Inc. (Utica,...

TeraXion acquires DiCOS Technologies.(fiberoptics industry report)
May 1, 2005... TeraXion (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada), a designer and manufacturer of optical components for high-speed fiberoptic transmission networks, announced the acquisition of DiCOS Technologies (Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada). DiCOS, a privately held...

InnovaQuartz (Phoenix, AZ) has acquired the 3M TECS (West Haven, CT) multimode-optical-fiber product line.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... InnovaQuartz (Phoenix, AZ) has acquired the 3M TECS (West Haven, CT) multimode-optical-fiber product line. InnovaQuartz plans to move the TECS/Power Core Multimode fiber production business to its new fiber draw facility in Phoenix....

Optelecom (Germantown, MD) announced the closing of its acquisition of NKF Electronics (Gouda, The Netherlands), a wholly owned subsidiary of Draka Holding.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Optelecom (Germantown, MD) announced the closing of its acquisition of NKF Electronics (Gouda, The Netherlands), a wholly owned subsidiary of Draka Holding. According to Optelecom, the transaction establishes them as a leading producer of...

Finisar (Sunnyvale, Ca), a provider of fiberoptic subsystems and network test and monitoring solutions.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Finisar (Sunnyvale, CA), a provider of fiberoptic subsystems and network test and monitoring solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the shares of InterSAN (Scotts Valley. CA) a privately held software com* pany, for...

Fox-Tek (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) has accepted a purchase order.(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Fox-Tek (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) has accepted a purchase order from Saudi Arabian Oil Com pany for an initial installation of Fox-Tek's fiberoptic monitoring system at Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq gas processing plant....

Polatis (Cambridge, England) announced a worldwide sales distribution agreement with JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA).(Also in the news ...)
May 1, 2005... Polatis (Cambridge, England) announced a worldwide sales distribution agreement with JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA). This agreement joins the Polatis family of high-performance optical crossconnect switches with JDS Uniphase's network of...

Mars link: an old idea comes of age.(40 YEARS: THEN AND NOW)
May 1, 2005... Free-space communication with light can be as simple as the "Photophone," invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1881, in which a vibrating mirror modulates a beam of sunlight, which then falls upon a photodetector a short distance away. Though...

Lit-appearance modeling uses ray tracing and visualization.(software & computing)
May 1, 2005... The field of illumination design is growing rapidly, often using lens designers and requiring them to hone their design skills "on the job." Transfer efficiency and agreement with the desired illumination distribution are the typical goals in...

Follow the money: the booming IR market requires sustained investment.(inside imaging)
May 1, 2005... The growing success of SPIE's Defense & Security Symposium (D&SS; March 28-31; Orlando, FL) results from its dedicated focus on military and homeland security markets. More than 5000 attendees crowded the technical sessions and the exhibition,...

Do state-funded incubators work?(business forum)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Q: How do you view state-funded incubators structured to commercialize inventions from state universities? A: An incubator of this nature could be the start of something good for the local economy, but great expectations in terms of...

Plastic solar offers the promise of an expanding renewable-energy market.(comment)
May 1, 2005... According to Strategies Unlimited (Mountain View, CA), photovoltaics (PVs) are a $7 billion global market growing at greater than 40 percent annually. This sounds tremendous until it's compared with the overall energy market (see Fig. 1)....

The supercontinuum gains momentum.(SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES)
May 1, 2005... Intense ultrafast broadband "white-light" pulses spanning the ultraviolet to the near-infrared are called a supercontinuum. First demonstrated 35 years ago, the phenomenon arises from the nonlinear interaction and propagation of ultrafast...

Spectral imaging evolves to meet biomedical needs.(CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES)
May 1, 2005... Light-based imaging has extensive applications in medical and biological research with recent advances in spectral imaging opening new avenues for visualizing and recording live specimens. Spectral imaging combines conventional imaging with...

Adaptive-optics models address free-space communications.(ADAPTIVE OPTICS)
May 1, 2005... Free-space laser communications, in which a laser beam is sent directly through the air instead of through a fiber, is already being used successfully over short distances when fiber links are either physically or economically lm practical....

eVCSEL light source provides deep colors.(NOVEL DISPLAYS)
May 1, 2005... The use of lasers as light sources for rear-projection television (RPTV) has captured the attention of manufacturers in the drive to create true-to-life, movie-theater-quality imagery in the home. Microdisplay technology currently takes...

Research propels quantum dots forward: quantum-dot IR photodetectors offer advantages for high-temperature IR-detection. Challenges remain, however, before they can fulfill their promise.(QUANTUM-DOT IR DETECTORS)
May 1, 2005... High-operating-temperature (over 150 K), infrared photodetector arrays will reduce the cost of IR imaging systems by allowing cryogenic Dewars to be replaced by thermoelectric coolers. While quantum-dot IR photodetectors (QDIPs) are well-suited...

Rapid prototyping evolves into custom manufacturing: with new materials, such as selective laser sintering and direct metal deposition are producing parts, not just prototypes.(OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: RAPID PROTOTYPING)
May 1, 2005... Since it's introduction in the 1980s, rapid prototyping has evolved from a relatively simple modeling technique that allows design engineers to "test" their ideas in three dimensions to a sophisticated custom-manufacturing tool that may one day...

Sealed C[O.sub.2] lasers take the modular approach.(INDUSTRIAL LASERS)
May 1, 2005... Carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]) lasers have become a mainstay in a wide variety of industrial, medical, and scientific processes. These lasers are often integrated into assembly lines, on movable gantries or on robot arms, with applications ranging...

Laser 2005, CLEO/Europe: Munich hosts more than Oktoberfest: 'The World of Photonics Congress' is expected to draw 20,000 to a smorgasbord of conferences and exhibitions.(CONFERENCE PREVIEW)
May 1, 2005... Laser 2005 and The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) are again collocated in Munich, Germany--where from June 13 to 16, the city is viewed not only as the beer capital of the world, but also as the European mecca...

Surface-emitters take on high power: grating-coupled surface-emitting lasers promise better beam quality than conventional edge-emitters. The big question is whether they can combine beam quality with high power.(PHOTONIC FRONTIERS: HIGH BRIGHTNESS SURFACE-EMITTERS)
May 1, 2005... Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers have displaced traditional edge-emitters in such low-power applications as low-cost fiberoptic transmitters. But edge-emitters remain the pacesetters in applications requiring high-power semiconductor...

Roving robots learn to think about what they see: out in space and down in the dirt, mobile robots push machine-vision development.(IMAGE ENGINEERING: VISION-GUIDED ROBOTS)
May 1, 2005... For the past few decades, robots have become more sophisticated but each interface is custom-made and requires the user to have technical skill. "We are constantly forced to learn a new concept, a new language, or a new jargon to interface with...

Laser-diode test instrumentation gets smarter.(EMBEDDED DIAGNOSTICS)
May 1, 2005... When designing a complex system, one of the most important and difficult decisions is how to implement diagnostic functions. Assuming the system includes a main computer responsible for overall control and for the user interface, one approach...

Laser-diode module.(new products)
May 1, 2005... A conduction-cooled, fiber-coupled laser-diode module provides up to 100 W into a 400-[micro]m fiber core with a numerical aperture of 0.22. The MMF module is available in wavelengths of 808, 915, 940, and 980 nm. It is designed for pumping...

Hybrid ball screws.(new products)
May 1, 2005... Hybrid ball screws use ceramic rolling elements. Using balls manufactured from silicon nitride instead of tool steel eliminates microwelding in the ball nut. This allows for longer lifetime, lower friction, and less lubricant required. Ceramic...

Blue LEDs.(new products)
May 1, 2005... The TBL Blue Series LEDs provide luminous intensities up to 12,000 mcd at 465 nm. The die process combines InGaN materials with a SiC substrate in a geometrically enhanced Epi-down chip structure design to maximize light extraction efficiency....

Compact lasers.(new products)
May 1, 2005... The CUBE family of lasers includes compact, fully featured diodelaser systems, available in 375, 405, 440, 635, and 785 nm. With output powers as high as 50 mW, the lasers can be operated from CW up to pulse repetition rates of 150 MHz, with a...

Waveplates.(new products)
May 1, 2005... A series of waveplates include zero-order, multi-order, cemented, optical contact, multiwavelength, broadband (achromatic), wedge, and custom-designed devices. They have parallel ism or less than 1 arcs, surface quality of 20-10, and standard...

Micropositioner.(new products)
May 1, 2005... The M-824 Hexapod 6-D micropositioning and alignment system provides submicron resolution in 6 degrees of freedom. It works in vacuum and has a 10-kg load capacity, resolution of 10 nm, minimum incremental motion of 200 nm, repeatability of...

Diode drivers.(new products)
May 1, 2005... The PPS-120 series of laser- diode drivers provides up to 150 A of CW or pulsed current at various compliance voltages. Some models have an automatic voltage adjustment to allow users to operate various configurations of laser diodes. The units...

Diode module.(new products)
May 1, 2005... The IQ laser-diode module operates on SVDC to produce less waste heat and increase diode lifetime. It comes with a precision current source and PID temperature controllers. It is designed for high-end OEM instrumentation and analytical...

Fiber lasers.(new products)
May 1, 2005... The redPOWER line of fiber lasers now includes a 2- to 20-W compact module, a 20- to 25-W continuous wave/modulated (CWM) system, an enhanced 100-W CWM laser, a 1550-nm 5- to 10-W laser module/ system, and a 1550-nm pulsed laser module. They...