Photonics & Imaging

Find the latest developments in Photonics & Imaging essential to both Commercial & Government applications. Get expert solutions for imaging systems, machine vision, visualization software, human machines (HMIs), plus advances in infrared cameras and display monitoring.

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Products: Imaging
The f/5.5 Atalanta IR zoom lens from IRZoom, the infrared zoom lens division of Computer Optics Inc. (Hudson, NH), offers a 15-435 mm focal range with 3-second, end-to-end continuous zoom. Optional 2x and 2.5x extenders allow...
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Products: Imaging
Adlink Technology (San Jose, CA) has released the EOS-1200, a Gigabit PoE embedded vision system that implements the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 quad core processor, providing four independent gigabit PoE (power...
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Products: Imaging
The XG-8000 Vision System from the Keyence Corporation (Itasca, IL) features line scan camera models, a high-speed triple core processor, and multicamera connectivity. The XG-8000 offers simultaneous operation of up to 8 cameras....
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Products: Imaging
Matrox Imaging (Dorval, Quebec, Canada) has announced enhancements to the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) 9, a software development toolkit for image analysis, machine vision, medical imaging, and video analytics. The...
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News: Green Design & Manufacturing
Using high-precision microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques, University of Oregon researchers have gained new insights into the process of applying green chemistry to...
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INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) has introduced the MAX44000, a digital ambient-light and infrared proximity sensor that detects light like a human eye. Designed using the company’s proprietary BiCMOS technology,...
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INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Andor Technology plc (Belfast, Northern Ireland) has launched the latest addition to its new iStar range of high-performance, scientific-grade ICCDs. The new iStar 312T imaging platform provides ultrafast acquisition rates...
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INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Carltex, Inc. (Nyack, NY) has introduced a new line of Microscope LCD Digital Tablet/Cameras which are ideal for any microscope that is used in Education, Industry, Medical and R&D applications. Available in 2.0...
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INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Spectra-Physics® (Santa Clara, CA), a Newport Corporation brand, has introduced two new industrial Q-switched lasers for 24/7 microelectronics manufacturing applications. The Pulseo® 355-Turbo™ features advanced ultraviolet (UV)...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, has redesigned luminescent solar concentrators to be more efficient at sending sunlight to solar cells. The advancement could be...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have shown how arrays of tiny "plasmonic nanoantennas" are able to precisely manipulate light in new ways that could make possible a range of optical innovations such as more...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Imec (Leuven, Belgium) has announced the European FP7 project X10D, an initiative aimed at developing tandem organic solar cells with an increased conversion efficiency and lifetime. The ultimate goal of the X10D...
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Products: Imaging
FLIR Systems (Portland, OR) announced the availability of its Tau CNV, a rugged compact and low-power CMOS HD camera for ultra low-light, video rate imaging applications. Incorporating Fairchild Imaging’s sCMOS technology,...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
CCD Camera Lens Interface for Real-Time Theodolite Alignment
Theodolites are a common instrument in the testing, alignment, and building of various systems ranging from a single optical component to an entire instrument. They provide a precise way to measure horizontal and vertical angles. They can be used to align multiple objects in a desired way...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
The majority of laser types in current use produce output beams with circular or elliptical crosssections, with either Gaussian or near- Gaussian intensity profiles....
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Utilization of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) products is now almost a bylaw of government and military design projects and is becoming of increasing interest in commercial designs, as...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
High-Speed Digital Interferometry
Digitally enhanced heterodyne interferometry (DI) is a laser metrology technique employing pseudo-random noise (PRN) codes phase-modulated onto an optical carrier. Combined with heterodyne interferometry, the PRN code is used to select individual signals, returning the inherent interferometric sensitivity...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This innovation will replace a beam combiner, a phase shifter, and a mode conditioner, thus simplifying the system design and alignment, and saving weight and space in future...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Near-Infrared Photon-Counting Camera for High-Sensitivity Observations
The dark current of a transferred-electron photocathode with an InGaAs absorber, responsive over the 0.9-to-1.7-μm range, must be reduced to an ultralow level suitable for low signal spectral astrophysical measurements by lowering the temperature of the sensor incorporating the...
Products: Photonics/Optics
The LD8900 Goniometric Radiometer from Ophir Photonics Group (Logan, UT) makes X-Y, holographic, and 3D measurements without moving either the detector or the source. The design allows the farfield profiler to...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Vumii (Atlanta, GA) has added four thermal camera lines to its imaging solutions portfolio: CompactSec™, EyeSec™, DualSec™, and RangeSec™. The IP-enabled CompactSec thermal camera is available in three...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
TAOS (Plano, TX) has announced the TCS3x71 and TCS3x72 Series of Digital Color RGB and Proximity Sensors. When coupled with IR LED, the sensors also provide proximity detection within a range of lighting conditions and through a...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Power Technology (Little Rock, AR) offers a violet laser diode module with 250mW of output power at 405nm. The module meets OEM analytical and general scientific laser application needs, including laser-induced fluorescence,...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Analog Modules (Longwood, FL) has released its CW and pulsed laser diode driver, Model 784. The 50A, 2.5V driver requires +5VDC input power. Pulsewidths vary from 600ns to CW, with power capabilities up to 125W...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
The FB series M18 plastic DC photoelectric sensors from AutomationDirect (Cumming, GA) are diffuse, polarized reflective and through-beam models. The 18mm devices have sensing distances ranging from 70mm to eight meters. All...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
The Polymer System EP37-3FLF from Master Bond (Hackensack, NJ) resists cryogenic temperatures and thermal cycling. The two-component epoxy, which features a low exotherm, functions as a potting, encapsulating, and casting system,...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
The CRAIC Elixir™ microscope from CRAIC Technologies (San Dimas, CA) offers multiple forensic analytical techniques. Forensic scientists can use the tool to conduct microspectroscopy, high-resolution imaging,...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Vacuum spectrometers from McPherson (Chelmsford, MA) have a 670mm focal length. The spectrometers feature stainless steel housings and components for ultra-high-vacuum applications. The instruments readily achieve...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Keithley Instruments (Cleveland, OH) has announced the Model 2401 SourceMeter® instrument, which is optimized for high-precision test applications such as current vs. voltage (I-V) characterization of photovoltaic...
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