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ML-N Macro Lens Designed to Provide Real High Performance Alternative to CCTV Lenses

Designed to provide a real high performance alternative to CCTV lenses, Moritex has announced new additions to its ML-N Macro Lens range.

19 Mar 2008

Using Lasers to Produce Nanomaterials

With the predicted ramping up of nanotechnology based materials over the next decade, expectations are high that demand for high-tech materials will also skyrocket. Already the evidence is present for a revolution in the manufacture of materials based on nano-engineered structures.

19 Mar 2008

Single Chip IC Solution Enhances Performance of Sensors

Avago Technologies today announced a new miniature single-chip signal conditioning IC that enhances the performance and robustness of optical sensors used for proximity or object detection in consumer and industrial applications.

18 Mar 2008

Developers of Projection Systems Get A Boost with New Laser Combiner Developers Kit

Developers of projection systemns are set to get a boost with the availability of a developers kit from Agilent Technologies that will assist them improve cost, maintenance requirements and the overall viewing experience.

18 Mar 2008

Uni Surrey High Power Laser Zap to Nanotechnology

Scientists at the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) of the University of Surrey and at the School of Chemistry in the University of Bristol have been awarded funding of nearly £0.87M from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to investigate techniques using high-power, short-pulsed lasers for the production of important nanomaterials, including nanoclusters, nanotubes and nanorods of carbon and zinc oxide, with controllable electrical and optical properties.

18 Mar 2008

DRS Technologies Announces Contract to Provide Vvehicle Vision Enhancement Systems

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $19 million, five-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the United States Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Crane, Indiana, to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with vehicle Vision Enhancement Systems (VES). The Marine Corps will incorporate the systems onto their Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) vehicles.

17 Mar 2008

Charge Pump Drives up to Six LEDs Via Simplified Interface

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, has expanded its line of patented Quad-Mode(TM) fractional charge pump LED drivers with a new device optimized for portable products.

15 Mar 2008

Sunovia to Commercialize Solar and Infrared Technologies in Joint Partnership

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) are pleased to announce the completion of Phase I of the expansion of the world class Electro-Optic manufacturing facilities at EPIR in Bolingbrook, Ill., just west of Chicago.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 15 Mar 2008

The Worldwide Market for TFT-LCDs Will Increase 20% in 2008

The worldwide market for array processing equipment for TFT-LCDs will increase 20% in 2008 after dropping 36.5% in 2007, according to the report LCD Device, Equipment, and Materials Markets: Technology Directions and Market analysis, recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company.

14 Mar 2008

New Camera Significantly Increases Both Day and Night Time Image Sensitivity

Goodrich Corporation has launched a new night vision and laser detection camera that can see from the near infrared (NIR) to the shortwave infrared (SWIR) portions of the light spectrum, beyond what traditional night vision goggles can see.

13 Mar 2008

Featured Equipment

Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

These F-theta lenses by Avantier are designed for consistent spot size and uniform field curvature correction, ideal for high-resolution imaging applications.

From Avantier Inc.

Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

From Shanghai Optics