Laser Focus World articles from September 2008

Laser Focus World archives from September 2008

Challenges of change.(editor's desk)
September 1, 2008... Not so long ago, when purchasing a television set, most consumers took little interest in the technology behind the TV display itself because the cathode ray tube was ubiquitous. Today, though, consumers wanting to purchase a new TV are faced...

Diamond dynodes create a new breed of photon detectors.(DETECTORS)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The attractive properties of diamond films--used as dynode materials requiring few gain stages--enable the development of micromachined, large-area, low-noise photoncounting detector arrays in which each pixel is...

Pollicove scholarship supports precision optics manufacturing.(SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION)
September 1, 2008... A new annual grant program endowed by the H.M. Pollicove Memorial fund and matched by the OSA Foundation provides support to students who are pursuing a degree in precision optics manufacturing. GRACE KLONOSKI OF OSA ...

Intralase is based on Nd:glass.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... In the article "Ultrafast fiber lasers forge new microprocessing frontiers," (July, p. 57; www.laserfocusworld.com/ articles/332968) the author incorrectly refers to the Intralase laser as being based on Nd:YAG with 10 kHz repetition rate....

Technique enables high-speed 3-D microscopy.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I enjoyed reading "Photonic Frontiers: Microscopy Techniques: The quest to see inside living cells is driving new optical microscopy" (May 2008, p. 73; www.laserfocusworld.com/ articles/328525). Under fluorescence microscopy, you talked about...

TruMicro Series 5000 was omitted.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... With interest I read "Ultrafast fiber lasers forge new microprocessing frontiers," (July, p. 57; www.laserfocusworld. com/articles/332968). Unfortunately the TruMicro Series 5000 from TRUMPF is not mentioned. First shipped in October 2007, the...

Hecht's articles form an excellent reference resource.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... Jeff Hecht's articles are the principle reason that I have been so vigilant in maintaining my subscription to Laser Focus World. I archive virtually all of his contributions dating back to the early "Back to Basics" articles, ultimately binding...

High-efficiency flat-screen pixel uses tiny telescopic optics.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... The standard liquid-crystal display transmits only 5% to 10% of its backlight--a large waste of energy and, for mobile devices, battery life. Researchers at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) and the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) have developed a...

Light-tugged molecules reveal molecular forces.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... To better understand how interactions between molecules within a cell regulate such activities as the properties of the cytoskeleton as well as critical division and growth processes, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Microcavities enable high-efficiency OLEDs.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... Increasing the efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is a continuing focus in efforts aimed at reducing the cost of energy-efficient lighting and "solving the global energy crisis." To that end, a team at the Technical University...

Lidar maps dinosaur trackways.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... Paleontologists now have a new tool to perform 3-D interpretations of complex sets of dinosaur trackways: light detection and ranging (lidar). Recognizing that 2-D, manual techniques for reconstructing dinosaur tracks are severely inadequate,...

Bioactive silk protein makes optical devices edible.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... Silk-based biomaterials have unique biophysical features that can be exploited to create optical sensors that could host "living" blood or pH indicators, and would biologically decompose after use in the human body. Biomedical engineers at...

Metallized silicon substrates reduce LED costs.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... Commercial gallium nitride (GaN)-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are typically fabricated on expensive sapphire or silicon carbide substrates that are also difficult to dice and not easily scaled to the 300 mm and beyond large-diameter wafer...

Silver-nanoprism solution functions as an optical limiter.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... Optical limiters are nonlinear materials that exhibit a drop in transmittance as the energy of incident laser pulses increases, usually above a certain threshold. They have potential for protecting optical sensors, and possibly even human eyes,...

Reading LIPS: the science of microstructuring using femtosecond lasers evolves.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... Researchers at Huai Hai Institute of Technology (Lianyungang City, China) have probed the effect of femtosecond laser fluence and pulse number on the formation of microstructures in crystalline silicon. To investigate the formation of holes,...

Hybrid waveguide tightly confines light, has long-range transmission.(newsbreaks)
September 1, 2008... A hybrid optical-plasmonic waveguide developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, confines 1550 nm light to dimensions far below a wavelength in two dimensions ([[lambda].sup.2]/40 to [[lambda].sup.2]/400) while allowing...

Difference-frequency generation steers terahertz beams quickly.(OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS)
September 1, 2008... Two researchers at RIKEN (Sendai, Japan) have come up with a way of quickly and easily steering a beam of terahertz radiation over a wide angular range (potentially [+ or -] 900). (1) The technique is important for the nascent field of...

Laser-acoustic device detects explosives residue from a safe distance.(optoelectronics: world news)
September 1, 2008... The ability to detect explosives remotely may soon be possible using "standoff" photoacoustic spectroscopy, say scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, TN). Together with researchers at the University of Tennessee...

Atom source for condensate is quantum leap for atom optics.(ATOM LASERS)
September 1, 2008... Recently reported research results from Australian National University (ANU; Canberra, Australia) appear to pave the way for development of continuous-wave (CW) freespace atom lasers. Atom-optics researchers draw an analogy to the development...

Interference lithography creates 50-nm-period gratings.(LITHOGRAPHY)
September 1, 2008... Although still not capable of producing the complex, nonperiodic structures necessary for most integratedcircuit (IC) designs, interference lithography has been used to successfully fabricate grating structures with a period of 50 nm. (1) The...

Surface-plasmon collimation narrows the beam of semiconductor lasers.(PLASMONICS)
September 1, 2008... Unlike gas and solid-state lasers that emit in a characteristically narrow beam, edge-emitting semiconductor lasers have a wide beam divergence, requiring bulky optics and meticulous alignment to collimate the light. Apphed-physics professor...

In-fiber microcavity acts as strain sensor.(FIBER SENSORS)
September 1, 2008... Researchers Gang-Ding Peng from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and Enbang Lin and Xin Ding from Tianjin University (Tianjin, China) have developed a fiber-optic Fizeau interferometric strain sensor made of an in-fiber...

Polymer DBR lasers move toward roll-to-roll production.(ORGANIC LASERS)
September 1, 2008... Polymer lasers are attracting attention for their potential processing advantages and the ability to broadly tailor wavelength output based on simple dopant and material modifications. Unfortunately, most polymer or organic lasers are still...

Femtosecond-laser mirrors have high dispersion.(ULTRAFAST-LASER OPTICS)
September 1, 2008... An improved chirped-mirror design developed by scientists in the Krausz group at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat-Munchen and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Quantenoptik (both in Garching, Germany) has a high-enough group--delay dispersion that it...

Ice crystal shapes are assessed in the Earth's atmosphere.(ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES)
September 1, 2008... Atmospheric scientists have created an optical-scattering instrument designed to capture high-resolution spatial light-scattering patterns of ice crystals like those found in high-altitude cirrus clouds. The instrument assesses the shapes and...

GSI Group to acquire Excel Technology.(industry report: laser)
September 1, 2008... Provider of precision motion products and lasers for medical, electronics, industrial, and semiconductor applications, GSI Group (Rugby, England) agreed to acquire Excel Technology (East Setauket, NY), producer of laser systems and...

LightMachinery acquires excimer line from GSI.(industry report: laser)
September 1, 2008... Manufacturer of lasers and precision optical components LightMachinery (Ottawa, ON, Canada) concluded an agreement with GSI Group to purchase the Lumonics brand excimer laser product lines. The acquisition follows LightMachinery's recent...

Aculight to be acquired by Lockheed Martin.(industry report: laser)
September 1, 2008... Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, MD) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aculight (Bothell, WA), a privately held company primarily focused on providing laser-based solutions for national defense and medical customers. The new business...

Boeing and others form 'direct' laser center.(industry report: laser)
September 1, 2008... With the goal of developing large-scale layer-by-layer part manufacturing processes that often consist of sintering or melting of plastic or metal powders using an industrial laser, the University of Paderborn (Paderborn, Germany) joined with...

Gigaphoton.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Gigaphoton (Oyama, Japan), a lithography light-source manufacturer for the semiconductor industry, installed its 100th GigaTwin argon-fluoride lightsource platform at a major semiconductor foundry in Taiwan.

Cymer (San Diego, CA), supplier of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, reached a significant multi-unit agreement with Toshiba.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Cymer (San Diego, CA), supplier of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, reached a significant multi-unit agreement with Toshiba for Cymer's krypton fluoride and argon fluoride light sources for Toshiba's future 300 mm memory fab in...

Synova.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Synova (Lausanne, Switzerland), pioneer and patent holder of water-jet-guided laser technology, announced a milestone follow-on order for 25 of its Laser Micro Jet systems from a European-based solar-cell manufacturer.

Chromogenex (South Wales, U.K.) received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to market and sell its Chromolite EP in the U.S.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Chromogenex (South Wales, U.K.) received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to market and sell its Chromolite EP in the U.S. The system is an intense pulsed-light system for the treatment of unwanted hair, and for photo rejuvenation and...

Universal Display.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Lighting and display developer Universal Display (Ewing, N J) received a $1.9 million, two-year U.S. Department of Energy contract to develop a ceiling-based white organic-light-emitting-diode lighting system.

QPC Lasers.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... High-power laser manufacturer QPC Lasers (Sylmar, CA) completed the $1 million technology development phase of a $12 million laser television contract with a major Asian manufacturer of consumer electronics for red, green, and blue lasers.

Liquid lens deployed in webcams.(industry report: optics)
September 1, 2008... Varioptic (Lyon, France), the liquid-lens company, and Shenzhen Akkord Electronics (Shenzhen, China), an OEM for leading electronics brand names in Europe, launched the first 1.3- and 2-megapixel liquid-lens variable-focus webcams called the...

Microscope measures nuclear fuel particles.(industry report: optics)
September 1, 2008... Hinds Instruments (Hillsboro, OR), a supplier of photoelastic modulators (PEMs), announced that the Institute for Transuranium Elements (Karlsruhe, Germany), and part of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, installed Hinds...

Sandia seeks to license microscope technology.(industry report: optics)
September 1, 2008... Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) demonstrated its new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope in August at Kirtland Air Force Base. This technology, which Sandia says is patent-protected and patent-pending, has been...

Qualcomm joins IMEC's 3-D chip program.(industry report: optics)
September 1, 2008... Europe's independent nanoelectronics research institute IMEC (Leuven, Belgium), and Qualcomm (San Diego, CA), a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data communications solutions, announced that Qualcomm is the first...

Gooch & Housego acquires General Optics.(industry report: optics)
September 1, 2008... Precision optical components, crystals, optical instruments, and imaging systems manufacturer Gooch & Housego (Ilminster, England) announced a definitive agreement to acquire the business and assets of General Optics (Moorpark, CA) from GSI...

Polarizer manufacturer Codixx (Barleben, Germany) appointed scientific component and instrumentation provider Elliot Scientific.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Polarizer manufacturer Codixx (Barleben, Germany) appointed scientific component and instrumentation provider Elliot Scientific (Hertfordshire, England) as distributor of its dichroic glass polarizers for use in the ultraviolet, visible, and...

The Optical Society of America.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... The Optical Society of America (Washington, DC) unveiled a redesign of its optics education Web site, OPTICSforKIDS.org, with new and updated features.

QED Technologies (Rochester, NY), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics, was a recipient of an R&D 100 Award for 2008 for its subaperture stitching interferometer for aspheres.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... QED Technologies (Rochester, NY), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics, was a recipient of an R&D 100 Award for 2008 for its subaperture stitching interferometer for aspheres, a turnkey measurement toot capable of measuring...

ISP Optics (Irvington, NY), a manufacturer of infrared optical components, acquired the coating assets of Opticorp.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... ISP Optics (Irvington, NY), a manufacturer of infrared optical components, acquired the coating assets of Opticorp (Chetmsford, MA), a provider of infrared optical coatings.

Special Optics.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Special Optics (Wharton, N J), a vertically integrated supplier of precision optical components and assemblies, launched its enhanced website at specialoptics.com.

Thermo Fisher Scientific.(Also in the news ...)(Website overview)
September 1, 2008... Thermo Fisher Scientific (Madison, WI) launched a new Web site to provide detailed information on near-infrared spectroscopy at www.thermo.com/nir.

Goodrich acquires assets of ROI.(industry report: imaging & detector)
September 1, 2008... Imaging systems company Goodrich (Charlotte, NC) signed an agreement with Bourns (Riverside, CA) to acquire the Chicago Aerial Industries and Pacific Optical Division assets of Recon/Optical (ROI; Barrington, IL, and Riverside, CA), a provider...

ICU project targets automotive night vision.(industry report: imaging & detector)
September 1, 2008... Six of Europe's leading companies and research establishments have joined forces in a strategic research project entitled "Infrared Imaging Components for Use in Automotive Safety Applications" or ICU. The ICU project aims to prototype a...

SpectraWatt spins off from Intel.(industry report: imaging & detector)
September 1, 2008... Intel (Santa Clara, CA) is spinning off key assets of a solar-energy start-up business effort inside Inters New Business Initiatives group to form an independent company called SpectraWatt. Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization,...

Major streak-camera order goes to Sydor.(industry report: imaging & detector)
September 1, 2008... Sydor Instruments (Rochester, NY), a manufacturer of ultrafast imaging systems, was awarded a major contract to supply nine optical streak cameras to Project Orion, a new research center at AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) in Aldermaston,...

SVTC launches Silicon Valley PV Center.(industry report: imaging & detector)
September 1, 2008... Independent semiconductor process-development foundry SVTC Technologies (San Jose, CA) announced that its SVTC Solar photovoltaic (PV) business unit has launched the Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center. The center will provide the...

Hitachi and Canon have agreed to jointly develop and manufacture small and mid-size organic-light-emitting-diode displays.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Hitachi and Canon have agreed to jointly develop and manufacture small and mid-size organic-tight-emitting-diode displays for digital cameras within two years.

Nextreme Thermal Solutions (Durham, NC). provider of microscale thermal and power management products, was awarded a grant from the North Carolina Green Business Fund.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Nextreme Thermal Solutions (Durham, NC). provider of microscale thermal and power management products, was awarded a grant from the North Carolina Green Business Fund to enhance the efficiency of its thin-film thermoelectrics that convert waste...

University of Southampton.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Sean Nuzum and Tim Davey, two graduate students at the University of Southampton (Southampton, England) at the University's School of Electronics and Computer Science, predicted in their final-year projects that solar-cell electricity...

NanoMarkets.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... A report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets (Glen Allen, VA) predicts that the market for building-integrated photovoltaics wilt reach more than $4 billion in revenues by 2013 and surpass $8 billion in 2015.

Luminus Devices (Billerica, MA) is collaborating with Texas Instruments.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Luminus Devices (Billerica, MA) is collaborating with Texas Instruments on home-theater projection systems.

Enablence acquires DuPont Photonics.(industry report: fiber optics)
September 1, 2008... Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and optical communications components and subsystems provider Enablence Technologies (Ottawa, ON, Canada) signed a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with DuPont Photonics (Wilmington, MA), a wholly owned subsidiary of...

Pirelli and CyOptics form alliance.(industry report: fiber optics)
September 1, 2008... The Pirelli Group (Milan, Italy) and CyOptics (Lehigh Valley, PA) announced the formation of a strategic alliance in integrated photonics for telecommunication networks. The agreement foresees integration between PGT Photonics, the Pirelli...

Healthy forecast for VCSEL transceivers.(industry report: fiber optics)
September 1, 2008... ElectroniCast Consultants (Upper Lake, CA), in a new market forecast and analysis of the global market consumption and technology trends of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) optical communication transceivers, estimates that the...

3S Photonics and Avanex settle dispute.(industry report: fiber optics)
September 1, 2008... Manufacturer of components for telecommunication networks 3S Photonics (Marcoussis, France), and photonics network solutions provider Avanex (Fremont, CA), resolved their contractual dispute related to a December 2007 filing by Avanex alleging...

Fujitsu is expanding U.S. manufacturing.(industry report: fiber optics)
September 1, 2008... In an era where many companies are outsourcing manufacturing to locations outside the U.S., Fujitsu Network Communications says it is shifting manufacturing of key optical and electronic components from Europe and Japan to its Richardson, TX,...

RCN Metro Optical Networks (New York, NY) selected Infinera's (Sunnyvale, CA) Digital Optical Network to enhance capacity and capabilities in its mid-Atlantic regional network.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... RCN Metro Optical Networks (New York, NY) selected Infinera's (Sunnyvale, CA) Digital Optical Network to enhance capacity and capabilities in its mid-Atlantic regional network; Infinera was also selected by The Renaissance Computing Institute...

Sterlite Technologies.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Telecommunications equipment and optical fiber manufacturer Sterlite Technologies (Pune, India) reported that its Q1 2008 net revenue was up 69% and export revenues were up 106%.

Fibercore.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... Specialty-fiber manufacturer Fibercore (Southampton, England) launched a customer-focused guide to fiber-optic technology called "The Fibercore Fiberpaedia" that provides explanations and definitions of some of the most important fiber-optic...

GigOptix (Palo Alto, CA) said that ZTE (Shenzhen, China) adopted one of its modulator drivers.(Also in the news ...)
September 1, 2008... GigOptix (Palo Alto, CA) said that ZTE (Shenzhen, China) adopted one of its modulator drivers for use in one of ZTE's Chinese-based system house's dense-wavelength-division-multiplexed systems.

The bottom line: laser safety standards protect profits.(comment)
September 1, 2008... Let's face it--we have all benefited greatly from the explosive growth of laser applications. In particular, laser manufacturers have seen rising profits year after year as a result of the continued market demand for laser applications. While...

Hybrid OLEDs combine vapor deposition with solution processing.(ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOURCES)(Cover story)
September 1, 2008... Current organic-light-emitting-diode (OLED) device performance meets or exceeds the requirements for display applications. In this environment, the development focus changes from performance improvement to optimizing the manufacturing process....

Hollow-core PCFs enable high nonlinearity at low light levels.(PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBERS)
September 1, 2008... The development of nonlinear and quantum optics applications based on gas-phase materials has been impeded by the lack of a suitable technology for creating devices that guide light in a single transverse mode over long interaction lengths,...

Next-generation optoelectronics leverage DNA biopolymers: made mainstream by its role in human-genome mapping, genetic-trait analysis, and forensics, deoxyribonucleic acid is also playing a role as a biopolymer for the creation of novel photonic devices.(OPTOELCTRONIC APPLICATIONS: DNA PHOTONICS)
September 1, 2008... Deoxyribonudeic acid (DNA)--the magic double helix that is the blueprint of different life forms on Earth--is working its way into a new kind of laboratory. In addition to its use in genetic mapping, cloning, disease understanding and...

Single-pixel terahertz camera speeds measurement: a terahertz camera with a one-pixel detector can be the solution to high-speed imaging in the terahertz region for detecting concealed weapons at airports, locating defects in space shuttle foam, and more.(TERAHERTZ IMAGING)
September 1, 2008... A new approach to terahertz imaging, based on the concept of a single-pixel camera, promises an improved terahertz camera that will overcome disadvantages of current imaging systems, while providing superior speed and high detection ability....

The dream of a turnkey nonlinear spectrophotometer gets closer to reality.(NONLINEAR OPTICS)
September 1, 2008... For researchers in nonlinear optics, one of the "holy grails" would be an instrument that could measure absorption changes in a material as a function of high-irradiance light over a broad spectrum of wavelengths. This so-called nonlinear...

Fiber to the home takes aim at a '100-megabit nation': technology innovation is being driven by the goal of scaling up FTTH to 100 megabits per second throughout the U.8. by 2015.(PHOTONIC FRONTIERS: FIBER TO THE HOME)
September 1, 2008... Three decades after the first fiber to the home (FTTH) test bed began operating in Higashi-Ikoma, Japan, the technology has gone mainstream. In April, the Fiber to the Home Council reported 2.91 million fiber subscribers in the United States,...

Long-travel piezomotors 'reboot' the motion-control toolbox.(NANOPOSITIONING)
September 1, 2008... A confluence of new piezo-based technology has breathed new capability into the nano- and micropositioning world. Piezo actuation is increasingly suitable for applications formerly addressable only by magnetic motors and the technology offers...

Green ps laser.(new products)
September 1, 2008... The PS Series pico-second laser converts up to 120 W of 1064 nm output to up to 80 W of 532 nm output, 30 W of 355 nm output, or 10 W of 266 nm output, while maintaining [TEM.sub.00] mode quality. The repetition rate is modelocked fixed at 80...

Line-scan camera.(new products)
September 1, 2008... The sprint 8k line-scan camera incorporates a dual-line CMOS sensor design for image quality at a maximum line 70 kHz and a resolution of 8192 pixels. Features include low noise, high sensitivity, AOI, shading correction, test images, line...

Industrial beam analyzer.(new products)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The BA150 Industrial Laser Beam Analyzer is a beam-profiling system that includes a USB 2.0 silicon CCD camera and advanced beam-analysis software. The system monitors key laser-beam parameters for 1064 nm pulsed and...

Optical-design software.(new products)
September 1, 2008... CODE V 9.82 optical-design software provides improved spot size calculation and display capabilities. The software enables users to specify the desired accuracy level of the RMS spot computation and it automatically determines the minimum ray...

Widely tunable laser.(new products)
September 1, 2008... The NTL2040 tunable laser generates all commonly used wavelengths in DWDM systems. It has output power of 40 mW and is designed for DQPSK coding and 40 Gbit/s systems. The external cavity design provides a narrow linewidth and high side-mode...

Architectural LEDs.(new products)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The OVTLZ Optimal I Star series of 1 W single-LED assemblies on metal-core PC boards are designed for use by lighting engineers for architectural and general illumination. The assemblies come in a full range of...

Backlighting LED.(new products)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Ceramos Reflector LED is designed for backlighting mid-size (5 to 20 in.) LCD displays in high ambient light conditions, such as those in TFT displays, automotive dashboards, and cockpits. It can couple into...

Fiber lasers.(new products)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Continuous-wave fiber lasers from Manlight have output from 5 to 50 W, while pulsed fiber lasers have an average output power of 5 to 20 W, energy of 1 mJ, and a pulse width less than 50 ns. The lasers are designed...

Fused silica.(new products)
September 1, 2008... Lithosil, synthetic fused silica, is available in blocks or rods in standard sizes. It has higher purity and higher homogeneity than quartz glass melted out of rock crystal, and offers transmission between 185 nm and 2.5 [micro]m. Rods are...

Catadioptric lens.(new products)
September 1, 2008... An 800-mm-focal-length, f/4.0 catadioptric lens assembly is optimized for broadband imaging with the newest large-format focal plane arrays. The lens has a field of view up to 36 mm. The focal length allows superior image quality from the...

Industrial-laser system.(new products)
September 1, 2008... The VersaLaser VLS3.60, VLS4.60, and VLS6.60 laser platforms perform multiple operations, such as marking and cutting, on a wide variety of materials. The series offers laser power up to 60 W with a work area up to 813 x 457 mm. The system's...