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Products: Photonics/Optics
Spectra-Physics (Santa Clara, CA) has introduced Spirit™ 8 W, an industrial-grade high power femtosecond (fs) laser for micromachining applications. The Spirit ultrafast laser provides high average power of >8 W in the...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Energetiq Technology (Woburn, MA) has introduced. New smart controller for its laser-driven light sources. Developed for the EQ-99 series of Laser-Driven Light Sources (LDLS™), the EQ-99 Manager enhances...
Products: Photonics/Optics
High Power Optical Fibers
Universal Clad (UniClad) optical fiber from Fiberguide (Stirling, NJ) is designed for integration into fiber based lasers and OEM systems performing high power transmission. The fiber uses a large core-to-clad ratio to reduce stress transfer to its core, maintaining laser beam quality and improving focal ratio degradation...
Products: Photonics/Optics
The Agility™ is the world’s first transportable Raman Analyzer to offer a dual-band option. The Agility™ Series employ a highly efficient Volume Phase Grating (VPG®) as the spectral dispersion element,...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Raptor Photonics (Larne, Northern Ireland) has launched the Kingfisher V, a deep cooled vacuum-based CCD using Raptor’s new vacuum technology called PentaVac™. The Kingfisher V has 4.54m × 4.54m pixels...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Kaydon Bearings Division Muskegon, MI 231-755-3741www.kaydonbearings.com
How do you collect data from stars thousands of light years away while positioning a 300-ton, 10-meter telescope to within...
Application Briefs: Imaging
NVIDIA Santa Clara, CA 408-486-2000www.nvidia.com
Nearly everyone is familiar with terms like 20/20 vision, but what does that mean when it comes to developing a flight simulator?
Articles: Software
Following the Space Shuttle Columbia accident in 2003, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board spent nearly seven months examining the cause of the accident. To this end, investigators...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Bob Reisse coordinates the design and testing of ALHAT (Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology) sensors. In December, ALHAT instruments were melded to HUEY...
Podcasts
Bob Reisse, ALHAT Project Manager, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
Bob Reisse coordinates the design and testing of ALHAT (Autonomous
Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology) sensors. In December, ALHAT
instruments were melded to HUEY helicopters, which used sensors and an
integrated computer system to provide guidance and assist pilots....
Podcasts
Bob Reisse, ALHAT Project Manager, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
Bob Reisse coordinates the design and testing of ALHAT (Autonomous
Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology) sensors. In December, ALHAT
instruments were melded to HUEY helicopters, which used sensors and an
integrated computer system to provide guidance and assist pilots....
Briefs: Lighting
Solid-state lighting (SSL) is increasingly being introduced into the market and it is expected that many of the light sources currently used for general illumination will be...
Briefs: Lighting
InfiniLED’s latest MicroLEDs (μLEDs) have produced record optical beam intensity. This new device is capable of producing up to 1mW of light from a single 20μm pixel at 405nm. This is...
Briefs: Lighting
If you want to create a moving light source, you have a few possibilities. One is to mount a light emitter in some kind of mechanical housing — the approach used in, for example, theatrical spotlights, which stage...
Articles: Lighting
As specifiers and end users began moving away from incandescent lighting three decades ago, they started utilizing high intensity discharge (HID) and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps and...
Articles: Lighting
A successful LED system design must be able to transfer the active device’s heat efficiently from its own PN junction to the ambient. This path includes the printed circuit board on which...
Research News: Lighting
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are known for their energy efficiency and durability, but the bluish, cold light of current white LEDs has precluded their widespread use for indoor lighting. Now,...
Research News: Lighting
Newspapers are filled with stories describing reductions and removal of street lighting in order to reduce municipal costs. Tackling the tricky questions of when and...
Application Briefs: Lighting
To provide significant energy savings with optimal lighting quality, JetBlue Airways recently selected MaxLite’s High- Max® High Output compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps...
Application Briefs: Lighting
GE Lighting LED solutions were recently installed in several locations at Marriott International’s headquarters located in Bethesda, Md. The installations have enriched lighting...
Application Briefs: Lighting
Hoffman Performance Lighting has introduced the firstever PAR64 LED Landing Light, a drop-in replacement for existing Q4559 and Q4559X quartz halogen lamps. The ruggedized PAR64 can be used...
Products: Lighting
Everlight Electronics (Carrollton, TX) has introduced a new highly efficient white mid-power LED series 62-227B (0.4W) and 62-217B (0.5W). These top view LEDs (5630 package) provide high efficacy, high CRI (min. 80 or min. 75),...
Products: Lighting
Power Integrations (San Jose, CA) recently announced two new reference designs describing high-efficiency, non-isolated, high-power-factor (PF) LED drivers for T8 tubes. The designs feature low component count and...
Products: Lighting
Universal’s (Nashville, TN) new family of Signa® LED chains makes it simple to design signage with high lumens, consistent color, superior reliability, and an installer-friendly module fastening system. Offering high-efficiency...
Products: Lighting
EnvironmentalLights.com (San Diego, CA) recently launched a new family of individually addressable RGB LED pixel lighting called Pixel- Pro LED lighting that combines the ability to produce millions of colors with the...
Products: Lighting
Aimtec (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada) recently introduced its AMEPR30D-5070AZ-220 AC/DC LED driver with triac dimming. Available in constant output currents ranging from 0.2 to 2.0A, the AMEPR10D-AZ (10 watt),...
Products: Lighting
Green Watt Power (Concord, CA), a division of Calex Mfg. Co., has announced CSA/UL agency approvals on the Green Watt Power offering of LED Constant Current power supplies. The GLC Series offers solutions from 18 Watts to 150...
Products: Lighting
N2Power (Simi Valley, CA) a division of Qualstar Corporation, has announced constant current versions of its 375W AC-DC power supply dubbed XL375LED. The new units are designed to drive strings of LEDs in high...
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