CCD and CCTV lenses are available for various 1/3-, 1/2-, 2/3-, and 1-in. formats that are high speed, high resolution, and color corrected for wavelengths from 400 to 1000 nm...
The University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution are taking apart the Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory to replace the current array of six 72-in.-diameter mirrors...
The advent of wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) as the technology of choice for upgrading the capacity of fiberoptic networks has created a demand for devices and components...
An emission wavelength of 1.154 µm has been reported from an oxide-confined quantum-dot (QD) vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) by a grou¥from the Microelectronics...
Recent technological advances have given LightPath Technologies (Albuquerque, NM) the ability to cost-effectively produce its Gradium lenses in all sizes and volumes. The company...
An organic vertical-cavity surface-emitting-laser (OVCSEL) structure has been demonstrated by researchers from the Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials at Princeton...
Custom-fabricated all-metal retroreflectors and arrays feature bolt-in-place modular construction. The reflectors can be easily cleaned and replaced in the field and are more ...
A software-controlled video camera subsystem automates the capture of live portraits. PhotoEase locates the facial area, then crops and scales the image without operator intervention...
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) researchers have developed a novel approach to producing highly stable porous-silicon surfaces using Lewis acid-catalyzed hydrosilylation...
A group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has used a linearly chirped optical probe pulse in a free-space electro-optic detection system to measure the temporal waveform of ...
Uncooled infrared focal-plane arrays (FPAs) are expected to push infrared imaging and infrared thermometry markets in the United States to nearly $1.2 billion by 2002, according...
Scientists at the Harlow, England, research and development facility of Northern Telecom (Nortel; Paignton, England) have developed a 2.4-m dispersion-compensating grating (DCG...
An electric power meter, the LMG 95 from Zimmer Electronic Systems GmbH, is a monophase meter providing basic accuracy readings of 0.03%. The instrument performs analysis according...
A 320 ¥ 240 element focal-plane array of indium gallium arsenide operates at room temperature, detecting in the range from 1 to 1.7 µm. The SU320 camera provides RS-2170...
A low-profile rotary stage is designed for use in 300-mm wafer-handling operations. The PLR-300 stage has a height of 32 mm and is powered by two diagonally opposed piezoceramic...
Researchers at Nichia Chemical Industries (Anan, Japan) have taken a major ste¥toward improving the reliability of their blue diode lasers by removing the heat-trapping sapphire...
The first commercially contracted adaptive-optics system has been installed on the joint German and Spanish 3.5-m telescope in Calar Alto, Spain, by Adaptive Optics Associates...
Galileo (Sturbridge, MA) signed a definitive agreement to acquire OFC (Natick, MA) for approximately $6 million in cash and 1.15 million shares of Galileo common stock. . . . ...
In response to industry requests, the Optical Technology Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST; Gaithersburg, MD) is setting u¥a consortium ...
The Modular Integrated (MI) DFB Laser has an electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a l/4 shifted multi-quantum well (MQW) DFB laser. Transmission spans greater...
A worldwide licensing agreement between Accu-Sort Systems (Telford, PA) and Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN) calls for Accu-Sort to manufacture and market laser-based, fixed-position...
Researchers at Boston University (Boston, MA) have entered the blue laser fray with the first gallium nitride-based, double-heterostructure diode laser to emit blue light. The...
On March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard stood in a snow-covered field on his Aunt Effie`s farm in Massachusetts and watched the first launch of his 17-year dream, the liquid-propelled...
According to Frost and Sullivan (Mountain View, CA), the US military demand for flat-panel displays (FPDs) hit $415 million in 1996, but by 2005 the total market for defense- ...
A UV laser ablation system is available for use with inductively coupled-plasma spectroscopy systems, which are used to determine trace metals in solids. The LSX-200 operates ...
At MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Lexington, MA), researchers are developing a laser-writing technique for fabricating large, high-quality dense refractive microlens arrays that could...
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