Laser Focus World articles from September 2004

Laser Focus World archives from September 2004

Taking aim at missiles.(editor's desk)
September 1, 2004... In his memoir, How the Laser Happened, Nobel Laureate Charles Townes notes that, since their invention, lasers have provoked people to imagine them turned by the military into death rays and that a great deal of money has actually been spent...

Laser-diode frequency-doubling is simple and efficient.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... Direct frequency-doubling of electrically pumped laser diodes can lead to small and highly efficient sources of visible narrow-linewidth coherent light. But one advantage of laser diodes, their relatively low cost, is somewhat diminished by the...

Changing pupil size does not affect task performance.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... It has been hypothesized that bright light sources help visual resolution partially by reducing the pupil size of the human eye and thus reducing the eye's optical aberrations. Scientists at the Lighting Research Center of Rensselaer...

Fiber and disk lasers vie for attention in the automotive industry.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... Approaches to kilowatt-level industrial solid-state lasers include the fiber laser (multikilowatt versions of which are actually many individual fiber lasers with outputs channeled into one delivery fiber) and the disk laser (see "Commercial...

Prisms are drawn, not ground and polished.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... Small prisms are often used in telecommunications and other optoelectronic devices, Researchers at Nippon Electric Glass (Shiga, Japan) are now avoiding the time, trouble, and expense of grinding and polishing such prisms by drawing them...

Ultra-low-index material helps photonic-crystal waveguiding.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... Two-dimensional slab photonic-crystal (PC) structures are often lithographically fabricated on a solid substrate--a configuration that reduces the difficulty of fabrication, but that also leaves only one very-low-refractive-index wave-guide...

Metallic nano-optic structures act like lenses.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... While the surface-plasmon-enhanced transmission of light through subwave-length apertures surrounded by metallic corrugations has been explored, metallic refractive-style nano-optics have not. Now, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh...

Genetic algorithm boosts illumination uniformity in light guide.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... In designing a slab-shaped inverse-tapered light guide for a medical optical instrument, engineers at Bayer Diagnostics Manufacturing (Sudbury, England) found that the light guide's output strip emitted 50% more light at its center than its...

Optical-waveguide layer is integrated into electronic printed-circuit board.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... The fastest future computers will likely depend at least to some extent on optical interconnects for transmission of high-speed data between internal components (processors, for example). Researchers at the Universitat Dortmund (Dortmund,...

Subwavelength metal-semiconductor-metal gratings boost photodetection speed.(news breaks)
September 1, 2004... At the Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures (Marcoussis, France), researchers are creating nanoscale (feature dimensions smaller than [lambda]/8) metal-semiconductor-metal gratings for ultrafast and highly efficient photodetection....

Thermal scanning reveals early osteoarthritis.(IR Imaging)
September 1, 2004... In osteoarthritis, the cartilage in one or more skeletal joints progressively breaks down. When in a knee or hip, the condition can thwart mobility; when in the hands, it can interfere with many of life's small attainments, from playing a...

NIST advocates development of next-generation LADAR.(optoelectronics world news)
September 1, 2004... Recent advances in microchip lasers, optics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and computers have increased the speed of data acquisition, range accuracy, and reliability of laser-detection-end-ranging (LADAR) scanning devices, while also...

Indy racers gain high-bandwidth link.(Free-Space Communications)
September 1, 2004... A hot and dusty Indy car racetrack is not exactly the place you would expect to find free-space optics (FSO) making a name for itself. But the optical-wireless company fSONA Communications (Vancouver, BC, Canada) has teamed with the Indy Racing...

Commercial disk laser reaches 4-kW output.(Industrial Lasers)
September 1, 2004... The gain material in a solid-state laser is often rod-shaped--a geometry that is easy to work with and allows the straightforward extraction of a high-quality beam. This was the shape of the first operating laser, a flashlamp-pumped ruby laser...

'Fly's eye' lens arrays characterize adhesives.(Optical Manufacturing)
September 1, 2004... As part of a two-year collaborative project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST; Gaithersburg, MD) Combinatorial Methods Center, NIST and industry researchers are devising rapid optical screening and measurement methods...

Near-field technique reduces trapping volume.(Optical Tweezers)
September 1, 2004... Researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology (Victoria, Australia) have developed a new way of implementing optical trapping that does not require high power, generate a lot of heat, or significantly restrict access to the sample. In...

Photonics firms fill semiconductor niches.(Semiconductor Processing)
September 1, 2004... As the semiconductor industry continues to push toward smaller feature sizes and linewidths, optics and laser manufacturers are also continuing to develop process and metrology technology to meet the new challenges. This trend was evident at...

Raman spectroscopy benefits from thin-film filters.(Optical Filters)
September 1, 2004... In Raman spectroscopy, laser light inelastically scattered from molecules is shifted either up or down in wavelength (Stokes and anti-Stokes shifts); the shift gives information on molecular excitations. Because the Raman-scattered light is...

NASA photometer will look for Earth-sized planets.(Charge-Coupled Devices)
September 1, 2004... Sensors are being shipped and processing has begun on the mirror that will be used in the Kepler Mission, developed at NASA Ames (Moffet Field, CA). The Kepler Mission, a single-instrument spacecraft scheduled to launch in 2007, is named after...

Photonic-bandgap devices graduate to real applications.(Photonic Crystals)
September 1, 2004... Introduced only a few years ago, photonic-bandgap crystals are now being incorporated into a first generation of devices. Ralf Wehrspohn, at the University of Paderborn (Paderborn, Germany), explains that these devices have potential...

Gallium nitride nanowires take direction from substrates.(Nanotechnology)
September 1, 2004... Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL; Berkeley, CA) and the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have reported success in controlling the growth direction of gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires, based on...

Laser ranger measures to 17 km.(Three-Dimensional Imaging)
September 1, 2004... Two-dimensional images of a 3-D world leave many unanswered questions. Image processing designed to extract 3-D information from a 2-D image can be misled by the color and reflectivity of objects, and by the direction of the sunlight falling on...

FEL achieves 10-kW infrared output.(laser industry report)
September 1, 2004... The Free-Electron Laser (FEL), located at the U.S. Department of Energy Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Newport News, VA), has achieved 10 kW of IR laser energy, making it the most powerful tunable laser in the world. The FEL...

Boeing continues work on airborne lasers.(laser industry report)
September 1, 2004... The High-Energy Laser Joint Technology Office has awarded a $1.4 million contract to Boeing-SVS (Albuquerque, NM) to increase the precision of airborne high-energy lasers through improved compensation for aero-optical induced turbulence in...

Photodynamic therapy targets dental bacteria.(laser industry report)
September 1, 2004... The dental-laser market has been dominated by applications that involve cutting and ablating soft and hard tissue. But many related applications hold strong end-user potential as well, such as tooth whitening, cleaning, and diagnostic imaging....

Sematech to support 193-nm lithography.(laser industry report)
September 1, 2004... International Sematech (Austin, TX) has established the 193-nm immersion Technology Center (iTC), which is designed to bring together scientists and researchers to support the development of 193-nm immersion lithography. The iTC, which has a...

EM4 (Bedford, MA) purchased the intellectual property and assets of PowerNetix (San Jose, CA).(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... EM4 (Bedford, MA) purchased the intellectual property and assets of PowerNetix (San Jose, CA). The purchase includes PowerNetix Uniline packaging technology, optical-manufacturing fixtures, and all PowerNetix's pending and existing patents....

Nuvonyx (Bridgeton, MO) shipped two 24-kW continuous-wave laser-diode arrays to the Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems division, in July.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Nuvonyx (Bridgeton, MO) shipped two 24-kW continuous-wave laser-diode arrays to the Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems division, in July. According to the company, the arrays met or exceeded all of the specifications requested and were...

Princeton Lightwave.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Princeton Lightwave (Cranbury, NJ) will develop scalable eye-safe solid-state lasers with InP-based ultra-low-photon-defect diode pumping through a two-year, $1 million U.S. Air Force contract. The project is expected to culminate in the...

DARPA gives Caltech $8 million for optofluidics.(optics industry report)
September 1, 2004... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded an $8 million, four-year, basic-research program grant to the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) to initiate research in photonics technologies. The technical...

Photonics at heart of new NASA missions.(optics industry report)
September 1, 2004... NASA has selected nine new optical imaging studies, including one from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA), to enhance its Astronomical Search for Origins Program. Some of the new mission ideas will survey one billion stars within our...

e2v Technologies.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... e2v Technologies (Chelmsford, England) has been awarded a contract to supply 36 image sensors to the Chinese LAMOST (Large sky-Area Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope) project....

Precision Optics.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Precision Optics (Gardner, MA) raised $5,3 million in a stock offering of 5.256 million shares. The company intends to use the net proceeds of the rights offering to expand its line of medical and industrial endoscopic products, to develop...

Schott discontinues glass operations in West Virginia.(optics industry report)
September 1, 2004... Schott (Elmsford, NY) has closed down its operations at Schott Scientific Glass (Parkersburg, WV). The first melting tank was shut down on July 22, the second tank was shut down on Aug. 12, and the facility ceased all operations except for...

Zygo to supply optics fabrication equipment for NIF.(optics industry report)
September 1, 2004... Zygo (Middlefield, CT) has received an order from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) to develop improved manufacturing technologies and pilot plant equipment required for fabricating thin fused silica optics for the National...

JDSU moves into HDTV with purchase of ADO.(imaging & detector industry report)
September 1, 2004... JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) acquired Advanced Digital Optics (ADO) for $12 million in cash. ADO designs and develops projection-display systems for theaters, high-definition TVs, avionic displays, and other uses. The acquisition follows the...

Ametek.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Ametek (Paoli, PA) acquired Taylor Hobson Holdings (Leicester, England), a manufacturer of ultra-precision surface-measurement instrumentation for a variety of markets, including optics, semiconductors hard-disk drives, and nanotechnology...

Engineered Support Systems.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Engineered Support Systems (St. Louis, MO) won an $8.9 million order from the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (Warren, MI) to provide high-tech targeting systems that include a laser designator/rangefinder and blended...

Diversified Optical Product (Salem, NH) received a $9 million contract from BAE Systems (Lexington, MA).(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Diversified Optical Product (Salem, NH) received a $9 million contract from BAE Systems (Lexington, MA) to design a build the infrared objective-lens assemblies for its Thermal Weapons Sight II.

Study says laser scanners are losing ground to imagers.(imaging & detector industry report)
September 1, 2004... The global market for handheld barcode scanners will reach almost $974 million by the end of 2008, according to a new research report from Venture Development (VDC; Natick, MA). However, the 2004 Global AIDC Industry Business Planning Service...

Olympus, Waseda to establish bioscience institute.(imaging & detector industry report)
September 1, 2004... Waseda University (Singapore) and Olympus (Tokyo, Japan) have opened the Waseda-Olympus Bioscience Research Institute, a joint research facility that will focus on the investigation of higher brain functions such as intellect and awareness. The...

Optical imaging enhances neurosurgery.(imaging & detector industry report)
September 1, 2004... A CCD camera that works with beams of near-IR light to detect tiny tumors and areas of cancerous tissue in the brains of mice could increase the survival rate of human cancer patients. The system may help neurosurgeons define tumor margins when...

Crystal Fibre to acquire Blaze Photonics.(fiberoptics industry report)
September 1, 2004... Crystal Fibre (Copenhagen, Denmark), a subsidiary of NKT, plans to acquire the assets of Blaze Photonics (Bath, England) for US$3.3 million. Crystal Fibre and BlazePhotonics have been the leading players in the development and manufacture of...

MSA targets cooled transmitter optical subassemblies.(fiberoptics industry report)
September 1, 2004... Bookham Technology (Oxfordshire, England), JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA), Northlight Optronics (Jarfalla, Sweden), T-Networks (Allentown, PA), and TriQuint Optoelectronics (Breinigsville, PA) signed a multisource agreement (MSA) for standardizing...

Siemens Information and Communications Network Group.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Siemens Information and Communications Network Group (Munich, Germany) is contributing its optical-network-technology expertise to the Vertically Integrated Optical Testbed for Large Applications (VIOLA) project in Germany. VIOLA is being...

Fabrinet (San Francisco, CA) signed a volume supply agreement with Opnext (Eatontown, NJ) whereby Fabrinet will manufacture Opnext's 2.5- and 10-Gbit/s optical transceivers for ultra long-haul SONET/SDH and WDM applications.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... Fabrinet (San Francisco, CA) signed a volume supply agreement with Opnext (Eatontown, NJ) whereby Fabrinet will manufacture Opnext's 2.5- and 10-Gbit/s optical transceivers for ultra-long-haul SONET/SDH and WDM applications. Opnext has already...

The University College Cork's Cork Constraints Computation Centre (Cork, Ireland) and Ireland's National Microelectronics Research Centre's Photonics Research Group will receive up to 7 million [euro].(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2004... The University College Cork's Cork Constraints Computation Centre Cork, Ireland) and Ireland's National Microelectronics Research Centre's Photonics Research Group will receive up to 7 million [euro] (US$8.24 million) in funding as part of the...

Thales and Alcatel set up telecom research lab.(fiberoptics industry report)
September 1, 2004... Thales and Alcatel have created a joint research laboratory dedicated to semiconductor technologies for applications in telecommunications, defense, space, and security. The laboratory, known as the Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab, will be managed by...

Attention shoppers! Product tracking and tracing in the form of barcodes and RFIDs are now part of the cost of doing business.(inside imaging)
September 1, 2004... The largest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart (Bentonville, AR), notified its suppliers in November 2002 that radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems would soon be in operation at many of its distribution centers and stores. At the cost of...

Should I work in one field while pursuing a Ph.D. in another?(business forum)
September 1, 2004... Q: I have been accepted into a doctoral program to work on network architecture. Given the state of the telecom industry, should I stay on my current job developing display systems? The display industry has a bright future but it's hard for me...

'Macrofocal object' benefits automotive lighting design.(software & computing)
September 1, 2004... State-of-the-art lighting systems in modern motor vehicles require new mathematical shapes to meet current automotive specifications and deliver the required lighting effect. Computer-based design of reflector and lens geometry is now common in...

Laser weapons go solid-state: enhancements in solid-state lasers have changed the prospects for tactical lasers. Now approaching average powers of 25 kW, these new lasers may reach weapon-level powers by the end of the decade.(Back to basics: solid-state lasers)(Cover Story)
September 1, 2004... Since the carbon dioxide laser was invented in the mid-1960s, gas lasers have been the only type available to deliver the sustained high average powers sought for high-energy laser weapons. The gas-dynamic C[O.sub.2] laser was the first to...

ICCDs edge out electron-multiplying CCDs in low light: the higher quantum efficiency of electron-multiplying CCDs leads to higher performance expectations compared to intensified CCDs, but they appear to perform better only at light levels above those that require cooling or slow scan.(Charged-Coupled Devices)
September 1, 2004... A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an array of photodiodes (light-sensitive pixels) that are electrically biased so that they generate and store electrons (electric charge) when illuminated with light. The amount of charge trapped beneath each...

Nanocrystal research targets optoelectronic components.(Modulators)
September 1, 2004... Silicon nanocrystals are a promising candidate materials system for active devices such as modulators, optical amplifiers, and light-emitting diodes (see "Nanocrystals: quantum-mechanical optical materials" p. 79). Luminescence in nanocrystals...

Space-based telescopes take astronomers places they have never gone before; from Hubble's 'humble' beginnings, space telescopes are moving deeper into the infrared spectrum, collecting images and information from around the galaxy and beyond.(Optoelectronic applications: astronomy)
September 1, 2004... Adaptive optics and laser guide stars have dominated the field of astronomy for the past two years (see Laser Focus World, April 2004, p. 77). But while these technologies are revolutionizing the ability of ground-based telescopes to image...

Miniaturized C[O.sub.2] lasers show that size matters.(C[O.sub.2] Lasers)
September 1, 2004... We have come a long way since the days of van-sized carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]) lasers, thanks to the commercial deployment of radio-frequency (RF) excitation in the years since the 1980s. Even so, most people picture C[O.sub.2] lasers as bulky...

Vision on the factory floor: advances in sensor and processor technology have broadened the application and popularity of machine vision.(Image Engineering)
September 1, 2004... Machine vision is growing in popularity, as advances in this technology help manufacturers improve both productivity and reliability while reducing costs. Machine vision is typically an integrated system of optics and processing hardware and...

Phosphor-converted LEDs take on industrial applications; near-UV excitation offers high efficiency and power potential but requires design measures to ensure eye safety.(Shortwave LEDs)
September 1, 2004... Since blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and subsequently white LEDs, were introduced in the mid-1990s, the importance of short-wavelength LEDs for a broad range of applications (such as illumination and medical applications) is becoming...

Rugate notch filters find use in laser-based applications: the commercial availability of notch filters made with rugate thin-film interference filter coatings makes possible increased use of these devices in a variety of applications.(Thin-Film Filters)
September 1, 2004... Optical-interference filters of various types are routinely used to transmit, reject, or reflect radiation. Some common filter types include bandpass, shortpass, longpass, and notch filters. A notch filter is typically used in applications that...

Well-designed buildings minimize vibration; while the use of vibration-isolating optical tables is crucial for sensitive optical systems, vibration protection of these systems can be enhanced by favorable building design.(Vibration Control)
September 1, 2004... High-precision optical equipment, such as that used for research in microbiology, nanotechnology, precision metrology, or the production of advanced integrated circuits, requires environments with minimal vibration (see Fig. 1). Optical systems...

Laser-module mounting bracket.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The series LB laser-module mounting bracket is constructed of nonconductive Delrin plastic, The brackets feature 360[degrees] rotation around orthogonal axes, with right and left translation adjustable along the x-mounting slots. The compact...

Thermoelectric coolers.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The C9143 and C9144 thermoelectric coolers are designed to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of 28-mm-diameter side-on photomuitiplier tubes. Using Peltier elements, the coolers enhance photon counting in low-light-level detection applications,...

Stencil laser.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The MicroCut II is a stencil laser, capable of cutting any shape, including square apertures with rounded corners, at up to 50,000 apertures per hour. The laser can cut apertures as small as 30 [micro]m using PulseShape technology, which...

CCD camera.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The pco.1600 CCD camera records images with a 1600 x 200-pixel resolution at 33.5 frames per second in 14-bit dynamics. The camera system has up to 4-GByte image memory in the camera (camRAM) and 160-MByte/s data transfer. A ring buffer mode is...

Encoder.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The Mercury 1800 digital encoder has 50-nm resolution out of the sensor head without external electronics, It measures 8.9 mm high and contains all signal processing and interpolation electronics. It can be ordered with a choice of x200 or x400...

Tunable sources.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The si425-130 and si425-150 high-speed swept-wavelength tunable laser sources are centered on the 1310- and 1550-nm regions. The lasers rapidly sweep across a wide wavelength window, allowing real-time monitoring and signal-to-noise-ratio...

Achromatic lenses.(new products)
September 1, 2004... A series of achromatic lenses, the Precision Achromatic Doublet Lens series, has a per-surface reflectivity of 0.5% throughout the visible, with a surface irregularity of [lambda]/8 or better. It includes focal lengths from 12.7 to 750 mm in...

RI 1.57 materials.(new products)
September 1, 2004... A range of fluids, gels, coatings, thermosets, and encapsulation materials have a refractive index of 1.57. Among them is LS-5257, an optical fluid composed of chemically inert synthetic polymers. LS-3357 is an ultraclear encapsulation gel of...

CWDM source.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The CWDM-SLD broadband light source is designed for up to eight channels of output, with operating wavelengths of 1250 to 1650 nm and power density [greater than or equal to] 0 dBm/nm for each channel. The stabilized light source provides power...

Thin film measurement.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The NanoCalc thin-film reflectometry system measures the thickness of up to three optical layers from 10 nm to 250 [micro]m in less than 1 second. Users can analyze the thickness and removal rates of both single-layer and multilayer...

Photodetector.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The ODD-5W silicon PIN photodiode has responsivity from 400 to 1100 nm. It has a 2.52-mm-diameter active area. Storage and operating temperature ranges from -55[degrees]C to 100[degrees]C. The device comes in TO-5 flat-window packaging, and is...

Programmable power supply.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The OL 700-10 programmable precision power supply for LEDs has current ranges of 50 mA, 200 mA, and 2 A with an accuracy of 0.02%. It works with the company's LED test-and-measurement system and has all necessary software controls for USB...

Green laser.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The DM40 diode-pumped Nd:YLF Q-switched laser has pulse energy of 40 mJ at a repetition rate of 1 kHz and output of 527 nm. Optional features include an automated power attenuator, fiber-coupled output, TE[M.sub.00] output, and twin pulse...

Piezo scanning stage.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The P-563.3CD PIMars is a piezo scanning and nanomanipulation system with nanometer resolution and travel of 300 x 300 x 300 [micro]m in the x, y, and z axes. It uses integrated capacitive feedback and closed-loop control. It has a 68 x 68-mm...

Comb generator.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The Model 5660 comb generator with preamplifier works with sine-wave inputs ranging from 500 MHz to 3 GHz, producing usable harmonics to more than 50 GHz. It has -48-dBm output power at 48 GHz with a 3 GHz, 10-dBm input. Operating temperature...

Laser marking system.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The FineMarker is an Nd:YAG laser marking system with an active working area of 29 x 17 in. The end-pumped diode Nd:YAG produces a tight beam that allows characters as small as 1 point. The system uses a Class 2M design, which encloses the...

Mini-DIL diode laser.(new products)
September 1, 2004... A pigtailed, six-pin mini-DIL option for all the company's 850-, 1310-, and 1550-nm Fabry-Perot and ELED devices, as well as for single-element 850-, 905-, and 1550-nm pulsed laser devices. Fiber types range from single-mode to 100-[micro]m...

Silver mirror.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The Silflex MKII metallic mirror has a reflection of more than 98% across the range of 450 nm to 50 [micro]m. The mirror is resistant to environmental influences and insensitive to angle of incidence, polarization effects, and color shift. Its...

Fluorescent illuminator.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The Model 12 HemiLite spherical fluorescent vision illuminator is designed for use in machine-vision applications that require highly diffuse, uniform illumination to detect surface defects on rough surfaces. The lamp assembly comes in a...

Borescopes.(new products)
September 1, 2004... Hawkeye blue flexible borescopes have diameters of 2.5, 4, or 6 mm. Fiberoptic bundles deliver resolution up to 25,000 pixels. The devices have two-way articulation of [+ or -]120[degrees], stainless steel sheaths, and a 30x eyepiece. They are...

Photonic switches.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The LightLEADER series of plug-and-play photonic switches are designed for homeland-security applications. The Model LL-3724 monitors an optical network to detect intrusions and send an alarm or switch traffic to another route. The LL-3721...

Fiber patch cables.(new products)
September 1, 2004... Fiberoptic patch cables are designed for applications in the 180- to 1150-nm or the 340- to 2500-nm range. The cables use 0.22-NA fused-silica fiber sheathed in 3/16-in. OD PVC monocoil. They are available with SMA905, FC, or ST connectors....

Single-mode VCSELs.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The Premium AVAP-850SM single-mode VCSELs are designed mainly for sensing applications. The VCSELs are surface-emitting lasers with almost 2-mW power, purity without mode hops, stable Gaussian beam profile without modal noise, tuning range of...

Industrial IR camera.(new products)
September 1, 2004... The J-330 camera, a new version of the Jade UC camera, has USB 2.0 digital output, displaying digital images at 60 Hz over a 14-bit dynamic range with full camera control. The camera utilizes a microbolometer focal plane array sensor of 320 x...