Laser Focus World articles from November 2006

Laser Focus World archives from November 2006

Plasma killer?(editor's desk)
November 1, 2006... The profile of laser television was raised again in October by an unveiling "down under." In January, Novalux (Sunnyvale, CA) showed a prototype laser TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (see www.laserfocusworld.com/...

All-optical modulator is capable of terahertz speeds.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech; Pasadena, CA) have demonstrated intensity modulation of light with light, based on the all-optical Kerr effect in a planar, hybrid silicon-on-insulator/polymer, all-optical device....

Fiber laser tunes without mechanically moving parts.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Fast tunable lasers with a broad tuning range are desirable for Bragg-grating-based fiberoptic sensors and optical coherence tomography. Most tunable fiber lasers or diode lasers use mechanical, rotatable diffraction gratings, mirrors, or...

Optical gain enhances surface-plasmon resonance.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Surface plasmons (SPs; oscillations of free electrons in a metallic particle) and surface-plasmon polaritons (electromagnetic waves propagating along a metal/dielectric interface) are important to the development of plasmonic nanostructures...

Hybrid integration enables 14 Tbit/s transmission over 160 km of optical fiber.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Fiber-optic "hero" experiments are alive and well: researchers at NTT (Tokyo, Japan) have transmitted data at a 14 Tbit/s rate over a single 160-km-long optical fiber. The rate bested the previous record of about 10 Tbit/s. Rather than using...

Noninvasive test measures aging of skin.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Using a laser-based technique that images the fabric of deep layers of skin, physicists and medical researchers have noninvasively measured the level of damage to the skin from sun exposure and aging. The technique measures relative amounts of...

Wide-viewing-angle 3-D display uses HOE lens array.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Unlike most other 3-D display systems, which are visible to only a few viewers with special glasses, a wide-viewing-angle 3-D display system that is visible to multiple viewers at the same time without glasses has been developed by researchers...

Strain-free vertical-cavity Bragg filter is widely tunable.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Tunable micromachined optical filters based on movable solid/ air Bragg gratings are potentially low-cost, effective devices for confocal microscopy, sensing, and fiber-optic communications. For the promising indium phosphide (InP)/air-gap...

Military chemical laser runs on recycled fuel.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Recycling is as useful to the military as it is to the civilian world. Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL; Kirtland Air Force Base, NM) have developed a system that recycles the fuels that power a chemical oxygen-iodine laser...

Quantum information teleported from light to matter.(newsbreaks)
November 1, 2006... Researchers at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) have reported successful teleportation between light and atoms. Quantum information was transferred from a weak laser pulse at the sender's location (Alice) to a glass cell containing a...

Compressive sensing enables single-pixel digital camera.(IMAGING)
November 1, 2006... In the detector array of a conventional digital camera, each pixel performs an analog-to-digital conversion; for example, the detector on a 5-megapixel camera produces 5 million bits for each image. This large amount of data must often be...

Holograph captures femtosecond pulses.(optoelectronics: world news)
November 1, 2006... Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech; Pasadena, CA) have created a holographic system that captures ultrafast femtosecond-laser pulses as they interact with air, water, and other meclia. (1) The technique captures 3-D...

Diodes chip in to x-ray laser design.(DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS)
November 1, 2006... While the recent 10th International Conference on X-ray Lasers (ICXRL) at the Max Born Institute (MBI; Berlin, Germany) attracted more than a hundred active participants from 14 countries, it was the conference chair, MBI's Peter Nickles, who...

Millimeter-wave imager sees land mines.(LONG-WAVE PHOTONICS)
November 1, 2006... Land mines remain a deadly problem for countries around the world recovering from past wars; more than 100 million active land mines in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Angola, and other countries lay ready to kill or maim. Despite the opacity of soil,...

Lasers accelerate electrons in short order.(LASER PHYSICS)
November 1, 2006... A breakthrough in using lasers to accelerate electrons, achieved by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL, Berkeley, CA) and Oxford University (Oxford, England), could be used to create free-electron lasers that in turn...

Hyperlens to image beyond diffraction limit.(METAMATERIALS)
November 1, 2006... Structured optical metamaterials may one day be the basis for a "superlens" that can image at beyond the diffraction limit. But structured metamaterials that operate in the optical regime and are practical to fabricate into a superlens remain a...

Newport/SPIE travel grants assist students.(AWARDS IN PHOTONICS)
November 1, 2006... To assist research students with travel funds for the purpose of presenting technical papers at major industry conferences, Newport (Irvine, CA) initiated the Newport and Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Travel Awards in partnership with The...

Superlens enhances nearfield scanning microscopy.(MICROSCOPY)
November 1, 2006... While achieving negative refractive index requires negative permittivity as well as permeability, and typically requires the fabrication of a structured metamaterial, a proposed approximate solution consisting of a thin silver slab that shows...

Laser-scanning project studies the Mona Lisa.(3-D IMAGING)
November 1, 2006... In collaboration with the Centre de recherche et de restauration des musees de France (C2RMF; Paris, France), the National Research Council (NRC; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) has completed a scientific study based on 3-D color laser scanning of...

Miniature laser projector could open new markets.(HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICS)
November 1, 2006... A new miniature laser-based projector based on a dynamic holographic optical element could help to open up new markets for mobile-device accessories. Engineers from Light Blue Optics (LBO; Cambridge, England) developed the matchbox-size system....

Raman effect enables multispectral 3-D imaging.(MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING)
November 1, 2006... Stimulated-Raman-scattering (SRS) effects in optical fiber can be used to create multispectral visible and IR lasers with applications in molecular spectroscopy, communications, medical diagnostics, and environmental monitoring. By exploiting...

Cascade secures pollution-monitoring deal.(laser: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Valued in excess of $7.4 million over the next three years, a technology licensing deal with British Petroleum (BP) has been secured by Cascade Technologies (Stirling, Scotland). BP Marine, a subsidiary of the energy giant, has invested in...

Millennium Prize honors LED inventor.(laser: industry report)
November 1, 2006... The 2006 Millennium Technology Prize of 1 million [euro] and "Peak," the trophy, were presented to Shuji Nakamura for his invention of new sources of light in a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland. "This is not just a source of light that makes...

Candela pleased with its performance.(laser: industry report)
November 1, 2006... It has been a profitable 12 months for Candela (Wayland, MA). The medical-laser company has watched its revenues grow 21% and its profits grow 104% in the latest fiscal year (ended July 1), despite a "disastrous" fourth quarter. Its stock price...

Collaboration focuses on LED lighting.(laser: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Osram Opto Semiconductors (San Jose, CA), a manufacturer of light-emitting-diode (LED) technology, and the Lighting Science Group (LSG; Dallas, TX), a designer and marketer of super-energy-efficient LED lighting solutions, announced that the...

Laser specialist Oxxius secures $10 million.(laser: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Ultracompact laser manufacturer Oxxius (Lannion, France) has raised $10 million in a second round of equity financing. Last year, Oxxius introduced its compact, solid-state, visible and near-ultraviolet SLIM lasers. "This additional funding...

Microsoft has chosen U-L-M Photonics (Ulm, Germany) as the preferred laser technology.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Microsoft has chosen U-L-M Photonics (Ulm, Germany) as the preferred laser technology supplier for the Microsoft Wireless and Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000.

Cambridge Display Technology.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Cambridge Display Technology (CDT; Cambridge, England), developer of polymer organic light-emitting-diode (P-OLED) technology, has begun collaborative work on a metal deposition project using lasers that is expected to be important in the field...

EMCO High Voltage.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... EMCO High Voltage (Sutter Creek. CA), manufacturer of high-voltage power supplies for lasers and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, received a "Key Partner Award" from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for its role in powering the 5000...

ACOL's (Geneva, Switzerland) high-brightness LEDs will be distributed through Vgoal.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... ACOL's (Geneva, Switzerland) high-brightness LEDs will be distributed through Vgoal (Taipei, Taiwan) in major Asian markets.

BCC Research.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... A new technical market research report (SMC018B) from BCC Research (Wellesley, MA) says the total market for high-brightness LEDs will increase to $10.6 billion by 2011.

The Japanese National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology has purchased Powerlase.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... The Japanese National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology has purchased Powerlase (Crawley, England) Starlase lasers to advance the development of applications in laser-produced plasma.

Spectroscopy patent strengthens Centice IP.(optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Centice (Morrisville, NC), a provider of next-generation sensor technology, has expanded its patent portfolio with the recent award of "Methods and systems for static multimode multiplex spectroscopy (MMS)." This patent (U.S. Patent 7,092,101)...

Coatings acquisition finalized.(optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Dynasil (West Berlin, NJ) and Evaporated Metal Films (EMF; Ithaca, NY) announced that a definitive agreement has been signed for Dynasil to acquire 100% of the stock of EMF for a cash payment at closing. Dynasil manufactures optical blanks...

Industry veterans form new optics company.(optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... With more than 40 years of experience in the optics business between them, Jeff Luksich and Mike Wiederhold have joined to form CaseCor Precision Optics. Already operational in a 5000 sq ft building in Macedon, NY, Casecor is filling orders,...

Linos opens new production center.(optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... In a ceremony that was attended by about 400 guests, Linos (Gottingen, Germany) opened its new facility in Regen, Germany. Linos has invested about $6.7 million in the new production center. The Lower Bavarian government helped to fund the...

WaveFront Sciences marks 10th anniversary.(optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Employees, families, customers, vendors, and local politicians celebrated the 10th anniversary of Wavefront Sciences (Albuquerque, NM) and dedicated its new building. As a successful example of technology transfer from national labs, WaveFront...

1000th optical-machining system sold.(optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Precitech (Keene, NH) has completed the highly anticipated sale of its 1000th machine to II- VI Infrared (Saxonburg, PA), a provider of C[O.sub.2] laser optics. The delivery of the Nanoform 250 Ultra, an optical-machining system with accurate...

LxSix Photonics.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... LxSix Photonics (Montreal, QC, Canada), manufacturer of optical-sensor solutions specifically addressing the needs of the oil and gas industry, has been named one of the ten "Best Companies to Watch" by Deloitte's Technology Fast 50, the annual...

Essex (Columbia, MD), a provider of advanced image and information processing products for cybersecurity.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Essex (Columbia, MD), a provider of advanced image and information processing products for cybersecurity, is acquiring Adaptive Optics Associates (AOA; Cambridge, MA), a maker of high-performance electro-optic products and systems, from...

Saint-Gobain Crystals.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Saint-Gobain Crystals (Milford, NH) completed delivery of multiple sets of Sapphire Transparent Armor Windows for integration into armored vehicles for government use and were awarded a larger second contract.

Optikos to design focus verification system for ITT.(imaging & detector: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Optikos (Cambridge, MA), a manufacturer of equipment for the measurement of optical image quality, was awarded a contract from ITT's System Division (Colorado Springs, CO) for the design and production of an optical-focus verification system...

FITEL camera flies aboard Atlantis.(imaging & detector: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Logging its third NASA space mission with the recent launch of the Atlantis shuttle, FITEL's (Peachtree City, GA) 1480 nm laser is a key component in the Neptec (Ottawa, ON, Canada) camera system used onboard the shuttle to scan critical areas...

Homeland Security awards surveillance grant.(imaging & detector: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Geospatial Systems (GSI; Rochester, NY) was awarded a $100,000 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant from the U.S. Homeland Security, Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA). If it progresses to Phase II, the total award...

Cedip reports healthy sales in first half 2006.(imaging & detector: industry report)
November 1, 2006... A supplier of infrared camera systems, Cedip (Croissy Beaubourg, France) announced consolidated sales of $9.7 million for the first six months of 2006, representing a growth of 19% compared to the first half of 2005. Exports represented 86% of...

Machine-vision market on an uphill climb.(imaging & detector: industry report)
November 1, 2006... According to machine-vision consultancy Vision Systems International (VSI; Yardley, PA), the North American machine-vision market is forecast to grow as much as 12% in 2006, reaching a total value of approximately $1.5 billion. Unlike the North...

DALSA.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... DALSA (Waterloo. ON, Canada) is eliminating the DALSA Coreco logo/brand and will be marketing all of its products under the DALSA brand.

SensL (Cork, Ireland), a provider of low-light photon detection sensors and modules, expanded its distributor network to support worldwide growth in demand with new distributors.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... SensL (Cork, Ireland), a provider of low-light photon detection sensors and modules, expanded its distributor network to support worldwide growth in demand with new distributors, including Tokyo Instruments (Japan), GMP (Switzerland), Unifibre...

Image sensors from U.K.-based e2v (Chelmsford, England) were launched with the Solar-B.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Image sensors from U.K.-based e2v (Chelmsford, England) were launched with the Solar-B space mission to study the Sun.

Luminus Devices (Woburn, MA) joined the Micro Device DisPlay Consortium.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Luminus Devices (Woburn, MA) joined the Micro Device DisPlay Consortium (MDDPC; www.md-display.com), a membership-based industry group made up of leading companies aimed at expanding the microdisplay television market.

Microvision.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Microvision (Redmond, WA), a developer of technologies for display and imaging products, has entered into a development agreement with a major automotive supplier to develop a commercial scanned-beam head-up display (HUD).

Verizon to spend $18 billion on fiber network.(fiber optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... New financial and operational details on what it is calling the most advanced broadband fiber-optic services (FiOS) network being deployed in America were disclosed by Verizon Communications (New York, NY). Verizon said it expects to invest $18...

FTTH agreements inked by Enablence.(fiber optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Enablence Technologies (Ottawa, ON, Canada), a developer of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) products--in particular, planar-lightwave-circuit (PLC) triplexers and diplexers that are capable of processing optical signals at low cost--has entered into a...

Infinera engineers win Aron Kressel Award.(fiber optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Infinera (Sunnyvale, CA) engineers, Charles Joyner, Radha Nagarajan, and Richard Schneider, will be honored with the Aron Kressel IEEE Laser & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS; www.ileos.org) Award for their contribution to the development of the...

Intel sells optical-components business.(fiber optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... Cortina Systems (Sunnyvale, CA) and Intel (Santa Clara, CA) have completed the sale of product lines and associated assets of Inters optical-networking components business to Cortina. The acquisition will give Cortina a large portfolio of...

T-Com invests in CoreOptics.(fiber optics: industry report)
November 1, 2006... T-Com Venture Fund, a corporate venture fund of the broadband/fixed-network division of Deutsche Telekom (Bonn, Germany), has invested in the CoreOptics (Nuremberg, Germany, and Manchester, NH), a designer and manufacturer of 10 and 40 Gbit/s...

NeoPhotonics (San Jose, CA), a supplier of fiber-optic component and module solutions for long-haul, metro, and FTTX networks, announced that the company has shipped its 100,000th variable optical attenuator.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... NeoPhotonics (San Jose, CA), a supplier of fiber-optic component and module solutions for long-haul, metro, and FTTX networks, announced that the company has shipped its 100,000th variable optical attenuator (VOA) from LightConnect (Newark....

ExeLight Communications announced that Sumitomo Electric Industries/ ExceLight (Durham, NC). developer of Ethernet communications products, has become a participating member of the Ethernet Alliance.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... ExeLight Communications announced that Sumitomo Electric Industries/ExceLight (Durham, NC), developer of Ethernet communications products, has become a participating member of the Ethernet Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the continued...

Metconnex.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... According to a story in The Ottawa Citizen, Metconnex (Ottawa, ON, Canada), an optical-networking startup that raised $8.1 million in venture capital earlier this year, has closed its doors.

Bookham.(Also in the news ...)
November 1, 2006... Bookham (Caswell, England), a provider of communications optical components, modules and subsystems, achieved the International Standard ISO 17025 for testing and calibration and can now provide independent test data on Bookham products and can...

Supervision software operates and maintains large laser systems.(software & computing)
November 1, 2006... Large laser systems, such as terawatt and petawatt-class ultrafast amplifiers or Nd:glass fusion beams, are complex to use and maintain, primarily because they are large systems that comprise several smaller ones (see Fig. 1). A terawatt...

Students need contact with high-tech professionals.(comment)
November 1, 2006... I read Laser Focus World to learn about new technology and applications in the photonics sector, and to gain an understanding of how these advances will affect the future. It is particularly interesting to watch how this progress makes its way...

Fishy business: machine vision is tracking, measuring, and sorting aquatic life for science and industry.(inside: imaging)
November 1, 2006... Machine-vision systems that incorporate faster processors and better software algorithms are helping researchers monitor and commercial fisheries harvest numerous aquatic species. For example, in the Columbia River Basin in the U.S. Northwest,...

How can I benefit from my SBIR inventions?(business forum)(Interview)
November 1, 2006... Q: How do I get the most from my inventions working on SBIR? A: Many factors are involved, and you are more likely to get a satisfactory outcome if you start with the end in mind--from the way you pick the project, to how you promote your...

High-speed 3-D machine vision: getting the details right.(MACHINE VISION)
November 1, 2006... With any machine-vision system, a collection of disparate components--cameras, lighting, computers, and software--must work together to acquire an image, analyze the image, and usually take some action as a result of that analysis. With...

Imaging colorimetry keeps color correct: camera-based colorimeter maintains color and brightness uniformity of large LED video displays.(IMAGING & DISPLAYS)
November 1, 2006... Large video screens based on light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are now a common sight at many sports and concert venues. However, producing these displays presents several challenges. One significant issue is that unit-to-unit variations in color...

A brighter day for displays.(IMAGING AND DISPLAYS)
November 1, 2006... Anyone who's watched a movie on a plane will have seen first-hand the shortcomings inherent in some current display technologies. Brightness is low enough that passengers must lower window shades to reduce ambient fight levels, and color...

Laser-based displays will deliver superior images: most of the photonic elements for laser-projection applications in television, flight simulators, and cinemas are now in place.(IMAGING & DISPLAYS)
November 1, 2006... Laser-based projection displays have long been proposed as a superior alternative to existing image-display devices like CRTs (cathode-ray tubes), flat panels, and projection systems based on lamps and LEDs. The laser's promise has yet to...

Nano-optics boost projection-display performance: a variety of subwavelength optical elements can be used to enhance LCOS displays.(IMAGING & DISPLAYS)
November 1, 2006... The bar keeps getting raised for projection television and front-projector performance as the competition heats up against plasma and fiat-panel televisions. Both rear- and front-projection displays can be designed with either...

Time-domain spectrometers expand toward new horizons.(TERAHERTZ SPECTROMETRY)
November 1, 2006... A conventional terahertz time-domain spectrometer uses ultrafast laser sources ranging anywhere between compact fiber lasers to full-size amplified systems, and with average powers ranging from a few milliwatts to more than 3 W. (1) The drive...

Fiber sources reach multimegawatt peak power in ns pulses.(FIBER LASERS)(Reprint)
November 1, 2006... Rare-earth-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers have emerged as practical and compact optical sources in many areas of interest. An example is the generation of multikilowatt continuous-wave (CW) power with good beam quality for laser welding and...

Space telescope to see farther in the IR: NASA's planned telescope will provide a new platform for space-based infrared astronomy, enabling observation of the universe farther back in time, closer to the big bang, to watch the birth of galaxies and stars.(PHOTONIC FRONTIERS: JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE)
November 1, 2006... The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is slowly taking shape. Like Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope is intended to be the premier space telescope of its time, peering back into the distant universe to observe the birth of stars and...

GaN-based detectors advance UV astronomy.(UV DETECTORS)
November 1, 2006... Ultraviolet astronomy is one of the fields that accelerated after the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; Washington, D.C.) and when telescopes could he placed above the Earth's UV-absorbing atmosphere. Since...

Silicone system choices abound for HB LED packaging.(OPTICAL MATERIALS)
November 1, 2006... Silicone's polymer chemistry and structure provide different types of silicones in a broad spectrum of material compositions that make silicone a viable option for numerous high-brightness (HB) LED packaging applications, such as die...

Sapphire laser.(new products)
November 1, 2006... The Sapphire laser delivers 50 mW continuous-wave output power at 488 nm. The laser allows OEM system builders to choose power levels from 10 to 50 mW. It is intended for biomedical instrumentation, including flow cytometry, drug discovery,...

Spectroradiometer.(new products)
November 1, 2006... The GS-1290-X Series spectroradiometer family combines sensitive backside-thinned CCD detector technology with a RadOMA optoelectronic platform. The self-calibrating instrument features millisecond measurement speed and blue-light-region...

Mini-TEC module.(new products)
November 1, 2006... The OEM Mini-TEC (thermoelectric cooler) module, which consists of a smart laser head and a temperature-control casing, is available in wavelengths ranging from 375 and 405 nm up to 1064 nm and DPSS 532 nm. The module is designed to fit into...

Zinc sulfide optics.(new products)
November 1, 2006... Multispectral, zinc sulfide (ZnS) optics are designed for broad-wavelength applications from 0.4 to 12 [micro]m, including IR imaging and military FLIR systems. The AR-coated optics are offered in diameters from 1/4 to 4 in., from 1 to 8 mm...

Machine-vision camera.(new products)
November 1, 2006... The CS6910G with the Super CCD Honeycomb color sensor is a machine-vision camera compatible with standard Gigabit Ethernet hardware, ports, and cables, requiring no specialized interface cards or frame grabbers. It can stream noncompressed RGB...

Horizontal-cavity laser.(new products)
November 1, 2006... The SPECDILAS-H-1300-GMP from HHI is a horizontal-cavity surface-emitting laser, combining DFB and VCSEL technology. It has typical output power of 20 mW CW at 30 dB side-mode suppression. It comes in a SOT 4.6 housing, and customized versions...

AR ball lenses.(new products)
November 1, 2006... IsoSphere antireflection (AR) coated ball lenses have transmission values better than 99.5% in indexes up to [n.sub.d] 2.0 at 550 nm. Sizes from 200 [micro]m to 10.0 mm diameter are available. The scratch-resistant lenses utilize a proprietary...

Z-stage.(new products)
November 1, 2006... The M-714 Z-stage and C-702 Hybrid Controller provide 2 nm linear encoder resolution, active compensation of stick and slip during start-up and settling, active backlash compensation, 7 mm vertical travel range, and 10 kg vertical-load...

Excimer-laser resonator optics.(new products)
November 1, 2006... A series of off-the-shelf, intracavity resonator optics for excimer lasers has been introduced. Rear high reflectors and uncoated output couplers are designed for use with ArF (193 nm), KrF (248 nm), and XeCl (308 nm) excimer lasers. Both are...

Optics catalog.(new products)
November 1, 2006... A 92-page color catalog from Anchor Optics includes commercial-grade optics, featuring standard designs for production, prototyping applications, volume, and OEM use. New commercial product lines include PCX lenses, RA prisms, mirrors (first...