New Products

CamTest TempControl

With the introduction of the new CamTest TempControl from TRIOPTICS (Wedel, Germany), manufacturers can now test camera performance at different temperatures in the laboratory. The measured data on the focus position or tilt of the image plane at different temperatures and their effect on image quality are stored in a database. This enables comprehensive analyses of camera behavior to identify product optimizations. The measuring process can be set individually without programming. The same applies to the creation of customized measurement routines. Using drag and drop, individual measuring routines can be arranged in a flow chart with heating and cooling times to form a measuring process.

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Linear Transimpedance Amplifier

Semtech Corporation (Camarillo, CA), announced production availability of the FiberEdge® GN1816 and GN1848 chipset to its portfolio of PAM4 Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) and Linear Laser Drivers. “The production availability of the FiberEdge GN1816 and GN1848 chipset marks the formal extension of Semtech’s FiberEdge portfolio into the 100 G per lane multimode fiber market,” said Nicola Bramante, Senior Product Line Manager for Semtech’s Signal Integrity Products Group. “The high linearity and low noise of both the GN1816 and GN1848 provide the necessary features needed in high-speed short reach interconnects, enabling re-timed, linear drive and active optical cable applications.”

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ThreadChecker

Kaman Precision Products, Inc. (Middletown, CT), announces the availability of its improved ThreadChecker™. This line of non-contact application-specific sensors provides rugged, reliable verification of thread presence or absence in nearly any electrically conductive material. The ThreadChecker™ is a teachable eddy current inspection tool, widely used for thread detection, material sorting, plating presence, and absence of heat treatment, as examples. Any physical property difference that relates to material conductivity is readily detected. These sensors are available from stock and ready to ship immediately.

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MXR-B Oscilloscope

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA) announces the expansion of its industry-leading portfolio of Infiniium oscilloscopes with the new, hardware-accelerated Infiniium MXR B-Series, offering automated analysis tools that enable engineers to find anomalies quickly and shorten time to market. Engineers risk launching products susceptible to bugs and failures when they use an oscilloscope that cannot display the details of a signal. An oscilloscope with excellent signal integrity minimally affects the signal and displays the truest, granular details so engineers can test and debug products more confidently. Superior scope signal integrity combined with built-in, automated analysis tools enable engineers to reduce test and debug times and get to market faster.

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Hypersonic Sapphire Windows

Custom fabricated sapphire windows that are ideally suited for protecting sensitive vison systems and sensors in hypersonic aircraft and weapon systems have been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. (Providence, RI). Meller Flat Sapphire Windows feature Mohs 9 hardness, which is second only to diamond, and can withstand temps. up to 1,000 °C, pressures to 10,000 psi, and are chemically inert, impervious to water, and extremely abrasion resistant. Ideal for protecting vison systems and sensors in hypersonic aircraft and weapon systems, these windows transmit from the UV to IR.

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Quad Channel Transimpedance Amplifier

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. (San Jose, CA), an innovator in secure, highspeed connectivity solutions that deliver the necessary energy efficiency and data rates to address the constantly growing bandwidth requirements of the data infrastructure market, today announced the availability of Teal 200, a 4 x 50 Gbps Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) for QSFP56, QSFP-DD and OSFP optical transceivers and active optical cables (AOCs) that target high-volume, low-power applications in AI and hyperscale data centers. Teal 200 supports 200 Gbps SR4/DR4/FR4 and 400 Gbps SR8/DR8/FR8 applications that use 50 Gbps PAM-4 modulation.

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SampleSafe™

CRAIC Technologies (San Dimas, CA) announced the launch of its new SampleSafe™ technology. This cutting-edge technology is designed to improve the reliability and safety of laboratory samples during analysis, enabling researchers to obtain more accurate results and reduce the risk of sample damage and degradation while exposed to light sources used in microspectrometers. The SampleSafe™ technology is incorporated in to CRAIC Technologies’ state-of-the-art Scorpii Lighting System™ and ensures that samples are protected from both photobleaching and ultraviolet illumination damage that could compromise their quality and stability.

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Arc Welding Robot

TRUMPF (Ulm, Germany) has introduced new sensors that enable its arc welding robot to program its own weld path. The robot makes use of TRUMPF’s new smart seam-tracking technology, which the high-tech company developed in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA. Housed in the head of the welding torch, the sensor automatically calculates the weld path for each part. “We’ve basically developed a way for the welding robot to program itself,” says TRUMPF R&D manager Sven Klingschat. “For users, that means a much easier transition into automated arc welding – plus a clear competitive edge.”

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Handheld Femtosecond Fiber Laser

Calmar Laser (Palo Alto, CA) introduced the Carmel X-515, the first high power, “hand-held” green femtosecond fiber laser, targeted for applications in multiphoton microscopy, 3D-photopolymerization, optical metrology, ophthalmology, etc. For those of you not familiar with the Carmel X-series, it represents the most compact, highest power, fiber-based femtosecond lasers on the market today. Each version features an all air-cooled architecture with a small 2U rackmount controller connected via a robust armored cable to an ultra-compact laser head. With a power range from 0.25 W to over 2.5 W and pulse widths of less than 90 fs, the product family now includes the first visible source with an output at 515 nm.

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Fabry–Pérot Interferometer

Etalons are widely used in telecommunications, lasers, and spectroscopy to control and measure the wavelengths of light. Recent advances in fabrication techniques, developed by Optical Surfaces Ltd. (Surrey, UK), has enabled the creation of a new generation of very precise tuneable Fabry–Pérot interferometers. Dr. Aris Kouris, Sales Director, Optical Surfaces Ltd. said “Working deep inside a chalk cliff, where temperature variation is negligible all year around, our skilled optical craftsmen can routinely create etalon pairs with ultra-low micro roughness and surface accuracies that are better than lambda/300 peak to valley. As a result, we are the preferred supplier of matched etalon pairs to a growing group of discerning customers including a leading manufacturer of ultra-high resolution tuneable Fabry Pérot interferometers.”

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Optical Spectrum Analyzers

Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) announces the release of the AQ6373E visible wavelength and AQ6374E wide range optical spectrum analyzers. Designed as successors to the AQ6373B and AQ6374, which feature high resolution and close-in dynamic range, the new analyzers offer the same high level of performance as well as features that improve operability to meet a variety of optical spectrum measurement needs in both R&D and production settings. Yokogawa has designed the AQ6373E and AQ6374E to meet the growing need to test new optical devices and components in the visible to near-infrared wavelength bands for medical, biological, and material processing applications.

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