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• 09/02/2011 -- Direct-drive rotary stages from Aerotech available with 50, 75, or 100 mm clear aperture
  APR Series direct-drive rotary stages feature 1.5 arc-sec accuracy, 0.04 arcsec resolution, up to 450 kg payload, and 800 rpm continuous rotation speed.
• 09/01/2011 -- Hyperspectral lasers from Lasersec Systems offer pulse energies to 10 mJ
  The Hy-Lase family of lasers provides high-energy pulses with broad spectral output covering the near- and shortwave infrared from 700–2300 nm.
• 08/31/2011 -- Optical replication process from OPCO Laboratories produces ruled and holographic diffraction gratings
  A proprietary Replication Process transfers the profile of a precision optical surface from a master, creating an exact duplicate on a variety of substrates, including glass, silicon carbide, ceramic, and metals.
• 08/30/2011 -- Oval through-hole LEDs from Avago Technologies for electric signage applications
  The new HLMP-Lx75, HLMP-Hx74/75 and HLMP-Ax74/75 oval through-hole LEDs are designed for electric signage applications.
• 08/29/2011 -- DiCon Fiberoptics optical splitter optimizes metro and regional optical networks
  MEMS Split and Select is an optical splitter to simultaneously broadcast incoming signals to MEMS 1xN switches.
• 08/26/2011 -- Ocean Thin Films patterned optical coating technology enables micron-scale patterning
  Proprietary PixelTec patterned optical coating technology is designed for purpose-specific performance in a multitude of medical, defense, and industrial applications.
• 08/25/2011 -- Resolve Optics compact HD zoom lens focuses up to 450 mm
  Measuring 87.5 × 45 mm and weighing <500 g, the Model 330 motorized HD zoom lens provides focus up to 450 mm throughout its range of operation for compact broadcast TV cameras, space-restricted machine vision operations, and CCTV applications.
• 08/19/2011 -- SPI Lasers green pulsed laser for micromachining and marking applications
  The redENERGY GREEN laser source provides 200 µJ pulses at 532 nm for micromachining and photovoltaic, semiconductor, electronics, manufacturing, polymer, and ceramic marking applications.
• 08/18/2011 -- Yenista Optics O-band tunable laser operates from 1270 to 1340 nm
  The Tunics T100 O-band tunable laser uses an optical cavity design to operate from 1270 to 1340 nm with up to +6 dBm output power and a signal-to-spontaneous-emission ratio (SSER) of >80 dB/0.1 nm.
• 08/01/2011 -- Raman spectrometer from B&W Tek includes CCD array
  The Glacier T high-resolution, CCD array spectrometer is preconfigured for Raman spectroscopy applications, with 532 or 785 nm excitation, a resolution as fine as 3 cm-1, and a range up to 4000 cm-1.
• 07/31/2011 -- Machine vision camera from Mightex features 1024-pixel CCD chip
  The TCx-1024-U series monochrome, machine-vision linescan camera is based on a single-line, 1024-pixel CCD chip with a USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/s) interface.
• 07/30/2011 -- Ophir Photonics Group power volume absorbers offer response rate up to 1 s
  PF Sensors power volume absorbers for short-pulsed lasers <1 μs can handle up to 20 times the power density, up to 3 kW/cm2, with a response rate up to 1 s.
• 07/29/2011 -- Schott North America beam shaper converts beams from diodes
  A beam shaper of multicomponent glass fibers fused into a rectangular-shaped input profile can convert beams from diodes into various shapes.
• 07/29/2011 -- Microfluidics software from Comsol enables study of rarefied gas flows
  The Microfluidics Module of Multiphysics simulation software allows the study of microfluidic devices and rarefied gas flows.
• 07/28/2011 -- AR coating from Deposition Sciences reduces glare on sapphire substrates
  A wide-angle broadband antireflection coating for gimbal windows and detector assemblies provides a durable, angle-insensitive (FOV 0°–30°) glare-reducing coating on sapphire substrates.
• 07/28/2011 -- Coherent smart lasers incorporate OPSL technology
  The OBIS family of lasers, based on direct diode and optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technologies, uses miniaturized components to integrate all control functions inside its compact laser head.
• 07/26/2011 -- Aerotech linear motor actuator offers travel ranges from 100 mm to 1.5 m
  The ACT linear motor actuator consists of a direct-drive, non-contact linear motor and optical encoder.
• 07/26/2011 -- Edmund Optics plano-convex axicons produce ring-shaped beam
  Suited for laser drilling and optical coherence tomography (OCT), these plano-convex (PCX) axicon lenses with one conical surface and one plano surface produce a non-diffractive, ring-shaped beam that increases in diameter and retains thickness over distance.
• 07/25/2011 -- Multispectral imaging system from FLIR captures up to 400 fps
  The Orion SC7000 infrared (IR) multispectral imager produces IR sub-band images at video rate within the SWIR, MWIR, or LWIR regions.
• 07/25/2011 -- Ultrafast single-mode VCSEL from VI Systems for datacom applications
  The V30-850C1SM ultrafast single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) features up to 2 mW optical output power at ~7 mW power consumption, with operating voltage <3 V.