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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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. |
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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LIDAR used to map Mexicali magnitude 7.2 earthquake zone in 3D
02/16/2012
Davis, CA--Scientists from the U.S., Mexico, and China used differential LIDAR to report the most comprehensive 3D before-and-after pictures yet of an earthquake zone. |
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Explosives detection spectroscopy systems from Avantes to supply EU OPTIX project
02/15/2012
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands--Avantes was selected as LIBS/Raman/IR spectroscopy instrument supplier for the EU OPTIX project. |
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Slow-light lidar scans independently in two dimensions
02/09/2012
Researchers from the University of Rochester and the University of Ottawa who had previously demonstrated the one-dimensional (1D) steering of a lidar beam using slow light have now used two independent slow-light mechanisms to...
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Radiant Zemax acquires Optima Research
02/08/2012
Redmond, WA--Radiant Zemax has acquired Optima Research, a European photonics components and Zemax optical design software distributor. |
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Fiber-optic refractometer shows promise for measuring biological SRI
02/08/2012
A reflective fiber-optic refractometer with a thin-core fiber (TCF) section achieves a sensitivity of 133/26 dB/refractive-index unit for temperature immune surrounding-refractive-index (SRI) measurement. |
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Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems from Northrop Grumman ordered by Japanese maritime agency
02/07/2012
Melbourne, FL and Tokyo, Japan--Northrop Grumman sold four Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems (ALMDSs) to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. |
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Continuous, splice-free fiber Bragg gratings possible with draw-tower process
02/03/2012
Geel, Belgium--FBGS is able to produce continuous, splice-free FBG-based sensor fibers with multiple FBGs along the length at customer-specified positions. |
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Fundamentals of Raman spectroscopy
02/16/2012
Raman spectroscopy is a nondestructive and highly versatile technique for analysis of chemicals, both organic and inorganic. It is used in industry, bioscience, medical diagnosis, forensics, and many other areas. Sponsored by
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Filters for Laser Based Microscopes
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Multimodal Nonlinear Optical Imaging
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Fundamentals of Raman spectroscopy
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The laser -- its past, present, and future
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