MEMS deformable mirror grant from NASA awarded to BMC for exoplanet imaging
05/22/2012
Cambridge, MA--Boston Micromachines Corporation was awarded a Phase II SBIR for $750,000 to support NASA's Exoplanet Exploration program. |
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Nanostructured polymer lithography platform from CEA-Leti and Arkema meets sub-10 nm node
05/21/2012
Grenoble and Colombes, France--CEA-Leti and Arkema have demonstrated that nanostructured polymer lithography can meet technology nodes ranging from 20 nm to sub-10 nm. |
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Canadian government awards funds to Genia Photonics and Photon etc.
05/15/2012
Montreal, Canada--Two photonics firms in Quebec, Genia Photonics and Photon etc., have has been awarded financial assistance. Genia will receive $300,000 in repayable funding and Photon etc. will get $500,000 in repayable fundi...
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Integrated food-testing spectrometer is smaller than a sugar cube
05/13/2012
Dresden, Germany--A spectrometer only 2.1 cc in volume created by a group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) is intended for testing food items for ripeness, water content, and other qualities. The res...
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Interband cascade laser from Maxion detects petroleum pipeline leaks
05/12/2012
Andover, MA--Physical Sciences developed an instrument to detect liquid petroleum product leaks from buried pipelines using Fuelfinder, with interband cascade laser technology from Maxion. |
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Ultrahigh-intensity laser pulses could be measured with relativistic electrons
05/11/2012
Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik have proposed an accurate peak-intensity measurement technique that relies on the interaction of the laser pulse with a beam of ultrarelativistic electrons. |
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Princeton Instruments spectrograph has Schmidt corrector, eliminating field astigmatism
05/09/2012
Trenton, NJ--Princeton Instruments has introduced a new toroidal-mirror-based imaging spectrograph that includes a Schmidt corrector in its optics, completely eliminating astigmatism across the field. |
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Hyperspectral SWIR sensors from Headwall selected for U.S. Navy UAVs
05/07/2012
Fitchburg, MA--High Efficiency Hyperspec SWIR sensors from Headwall Photonics were selected for airborne applications by the U.S. Navy. |
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Northrop Grumman demonstrates anti-cruise missile laser weapon
05/06/2012
Redondo Beach, CA--Northrop Grumman tested fired the first of its Firstrike family of high-energy, solid-state lasers, demonstrating that it could burn through the skin and critical components of a target drone used to simulate...
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M Squared Lasers secures investment for growth in remote sensing
05/04/2012
Glasgow, Scotland--The UK-based Business Growth Fund has invested £3.85 million of capital in M Squared Lasers, taking a minority stake in the company and joining the board of directors. |
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The laser -- its past, present, and future
08/03/2011
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 tool for sensing, materials processing, communication, science, and other uses was quickly realized. Over the years, lasers have become more efficient, powerful, and rugged, and have expanded their wavelength capabilities across the spectrum from the x-ray to the far-IR regions. In particular, lasers have become commercially widespread, filling niches that no one could have imagined fifty years ago. This e-digest highlights today's laser technology as well as what is to come. |
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200-kHz Swept Light Source for OCT Imaging
NTT-AT introduces new swept light source for OCT imaging.
- High-speed: 200-kHz A-line rate
- Voltage-controlled sweeping formats: k-linear scan available
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Scalable High-Power and High-Brightness Fiber Coupled Diode Laser Devices - Photonics West 2012
In this paper we present a detailed characterization of different diode laser sources based on the scalable modular concept. The optical output power is scal...
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Design and Test of Fast Laser Driver Circuits
In industrial laser systems and measurement applications, the designers are challenged with the very demanding task to design and verify fast driver circuits...
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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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OCT: noninvasive imaging for many purposes
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) takes advantage of the properties of coherent light to create 2D or 3D noninvasive images of turbid or otherwise semitrans...
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