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JK Lasers names Paul Ferris as worldwide sales director
02/22/2012
Rugby, England--Industrial laser maker JK Lasers recently named Paul Ferris as worldwide sales director to drive the company's growth strategy—particularly in expanding its range of fiber lasers. |
Lithography mask-aligner tools now paired with simulation software
02/22/2012
Garching, Germany--A new cooperation agreement pairs SUSS MicroTec lithography mask aligner exposure optics tools with Layout LAB simulation software from GenISys GmbH. |
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ATFilms' Joe Stupfel promoted to general manager
02/21/2012
Boulder, CO--Laser optics manufacturer Advanced Thin Films (ATFilms), a unit of IDEX Optics & Photonics, has promoted Joe Stupfel as its new general manager at their Boulder location. |
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Thorlabs wraps construction of new headquarters
02/21/2012
Newton, NJ--Photonics equipment manufacturer Thorlabs recently completed its new three-story, 120,000-sq-ft. facility, which will serve as the central hub for the company's sales, service, R&D, and manufacturing operations.
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ASI, 89 North, Berliner Glas, Goodrich ISR, and Insight light up the Photonics West show floor (VIDEO)
02/21/2012
San Francisco, CA--Laser Focus World attempted to capture the essence of some of the best showings on both the BiOS and Photonics West 2012 exhibit floors. |
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Paul Kelly joins REO as president and CEO
02/20/2012
Boulder, CO--Optical components maker REO has named Paul Kelly, a 25-year photonics industry veteran, as its new president and CEO. |
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Wind turbine LIDAR control system adopted for 10 MW Canadian wind farm
02/20/2012
Chantilly, VA--Catch the Wind signed a sales agreement with Saturn to equip all wind turbines at its 10 MW Gesner wind farm with Vindicator LIDAR. |
2011 robot sales rise 30 percent over previous year, says IFR
02/20/2012
Frankfurt, Germany--In 2011, sales of industrial robots reached about 150,000 units—an increase of about 30% compared to 2010, according to the results of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) Quarterly Statistics.
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OptiPro adds new distributor in Japan
02/17/2012
Ontario, NY--Optical systems maker OptiPro has signed on OptiWorks as its exclusive distributor in Japan, enabling the company to penetrate the Japanese market. |
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Spending cuts to US military laser budget may go deep
02/17/2012
For FY 2013, the Pentagon has proposed deep cuts to the budget for military lasers and directed-energy weapons, slashing the total by approximately 33% from FY 2012. |
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Armstrong Optical now represents Ophir Optronics group in UK and Ireland
02/16/2012
Northampton, England--Effective immediately, Armstrong Optical Ltd. will represent the Infrared Optics Group of Ophir Optronics Ltd., a Newport Corp. brand, in the UK and Ireland for sales of their thermal imaging lens systems ...
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Laser additive manufacturing demonstration facility opened by ES Technology
02/16/2012
Daventry, England--ES Technology has completed a demonstration facility for laser additive manufacturing using its Concept Laser Mlab cusing machine. |
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Low light NIR imaging and spectroscopy - A primer on InGaAs cameras
The webinar explains the basics of InGaAs focal plane array based NIR detection and detector performance criteria needed to achieve high signal-to-noise ratio.
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Designing with Aspheres
Aspheres can be used to reduce complexity, cost and weight of optical assemblies-but how? Learn from Christopher Cotton, GM and optical engineer for AS...
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Optical Asphere Metrology
This webinar will explain specifying and tolerancing aspheric forms, today’s options for measuring aspheric form error, and how aspheric form determines manu...
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High-power diode laser pumps for alkali lasers (DPALs)
We present performance data of recent high-power laser diodes emitting at typical pump wavelengths for alkali vapor lasers: 852 nm for cesium, 780 nm for rub...
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Filters for Laser Based Microscopes
Due to many desirable properties such as high brightness, stability, longevity, and
narrow spectral bandwidth, lasers have been advantageously replacing con...
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Multimodal Nonlinear Optical Imaging
Nonlinear optical (NLO) imaging is a powerful microscopy technique that has found increasing use in the field of biomedical optics. Ultrafast laser excitatio...
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Fundamentals of Raman spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy is a nondestructive and highly versatile technique for analysis of chemicals, both organic and inorganic. It is used in industry, bioscien...
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The laser -- its past, present, and future
Invented a half-century ago, the laser was first thought of as "a solution without a problem." However, the effectiveness of coherent light as a to...
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