Deep-UV LEDs preserve strawberries

One unexpected application of photonics that caught my eye this year at CLEO was the use of deep-ultraviolet LEDs to lengthen the storage lifetime of strawberries.

Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Imaging

Pharmaceutical manufacturing embraces unique machine vision solutions

Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products are depending on a variety of image-capture techniques, sophisticated optics, smart networking, and laser-based inspection tools for their machine vision systems.

Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Imaging

Optimized photon-counting detector with no dark counts

To conduct an important quantum-mechanics experiment, an international team of researchers had to create an extremely efficient photon-counting detector.

Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Imaging

1 × 4 InP SOI optical switch replaces passive splitters

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and Ghent University have developed the first bias-free and optically controlled 1 × 4 switch.

Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Imaging

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News and Articles

Fast-Track Action Committee to guide National Photonics Initiative 06/19/2013
	New lab working to develop new OCT technologies for retinal therapies 06/19/2013
	Photo-switchable molecules could lead to drugs controlled by light 06/18/2013
	LIDAR uncovers ancient Cambodian city 06/18/2013
	Microphone listens and locates sound sources with optical position sensors 06/18/2013
	Laser Quantum to relocate facility 06/17/2013
UK ophthalmic center demos 3D visualization technology during laser cataract surgery 06/17/2013
	Laser tweezers manipulate protein nanocrystals 06/17/2013

Technical Digests

	OPTICS MANUFACTURING: Turning design into reality 04/26/2013 Sponsored by Edmund Optics
	BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: Multiphoton microscopy conquers the limitations of traditional live cell imaging 03/13/2013 Sponsored by Optics Technology, Inc.

HEADLINES FROM THE WEB

Atlanta LASIK Surgeon Offers New LASIK Technology.

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Quantum Composers Announces the Industry's First Wireless Pulse/Delay Generator.

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Education

IPG Photonics makes large donation to OSA Foundation's Siegman International School on Lasers

National initiative aims to drive critical photonics technologies in US

Fraunhofer organizes upcoming course on laser technology developments, trends

Products

IR femtosecond OPO by Radiantis

Aerotech direct-drive z-axis nanopositioners achieve 2 nm resolution

IPG Photonics UV laser micromachining system available

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Webcasts

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Laser measurement techniques for beam control in materials processing This webinar is designed for personnel who are using lasers for material processing. Sponsored by Ophir-Spiricon
Manufacturing process scale-up of Optical Grade Transparent Spinel Ceramic This webcast will discuss the challenges that were encountered during scale-up of the manufacturing processes, Spinel optical performance, and an overview of... Sponsored by ArmorLine Corporation
Green Lasers An area of the visible spectrum traditionally filled by argon-ion, helium-neon, and dye lasers, the green region is now being served by a number of compact, ... Sponsored by Power Technology, Inc. IPG Photonics PD-LD Inc.
Optical Coating Design We cover basic structures, conventions and techniques in optical coating design. Optical interference effects in thin layers, together with the optical prope... Sponsored by Optimax Edmund Optics Pixelteq Deposition Sciences Inc.
Laser Diode Technology and Applications This webcast provides participants with an overview of laser diode technology and applications. Sponsored by ILX Lightwave

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Industry Events

OSA Optical Interference Coatings

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Whistler, BC , Canada

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euroLED 2013

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06/24/2013 - 06/25/2013

Laser Safety Officer Training 2013

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Indianapolis, IN , USA

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06/25/2013 - 06/27/2013

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Magazine

Photon Focus

IR transmissive optics: Spinel

If you are an engineer accustomed to creating optics for the visible region, then the world of infrared optics (especially other than near-IR) can seem quite foreign.

Spectral Bytes

Deep-UV LEDs preserve strawberries

CLEO can be a great place to come upon unexpected applications of photonics. One that caught my eye this year was the use of deep-ultraviolet LEDs to lengthen the storage lifetime of strawberries, an important concern when rhubarb-strawberry pie is a household favorite.

Larry's VC View

How to date a VC?

There are a lot of advisors, bankers, networks, lawyers, and people who will gladly take money from entrepreneurs to get them "in" with a VC.

White Papers

	High-speed KTN Vari-focal Lens 06/04/2013 KTN is a transparent optical crystal composed of potassium, tantalum, niobium, and oxygen. The first KTN crystal was synthesized in the 1950's and is well known as a crystal with a very large quadratic electro-optic effect (Ker... Sponsored by NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
	KTN Laser Beam Deflector 06/04/2013 The KTN beam deflector has advantages in its high speed operation. When it is operated at high frequencies, however, the optical beams are not only deflected but also converged due to a lens power generated in the KTN crystal v... Sponsored by NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
	200-kHz Swept Light Source for OCT Imaging 06/04/2013 NTT AT Advance Technology Corp. (NTT-AT) started selling a 1310nm-band wavelength swept light source for use in optical coherence tomography (OCT). OCT is a non-invasive in vivo imaging technique that widely used in clinical ap... Sponsored by NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
	How to Use the Zemax Black Box Surface 04/30/2013 The Zemax Black Box surface solves the problem of how to share optical design data without revealing design secrets. Sharing optical design data has previously presented many difficulties for optical designers and the organizat... Sponsored by Radiant Zemax