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World's First Digital Camera to Hit the One-Million Pictures-Per-Second Mark

Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of high speed digital imaging systems, today marked another world's first with the launch of the Phantom® V12, a revolutionary new high-speed digital camera that can record an amazing 1,000,000 pictures-per-second (pps).

22 Jan 2008

Deep-UV Optical Coating for Highly Accurate and Reliable Beam Delivery

Agilent Technologies Inc., a leader in precision optics, today announced the availability of deep-UV optical coating.

22 Jan 2008

Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors for High Temperature Applications

Photon Control Inc. is announcing that its R&D division has completed development of a new series of fiber optic temperature sensors which are capable of accurate temperature measurement up to 450°C.

22 Jan 2008

New Adaptive Optics Toolkit Provides Easy and Affordable Option for Researchers

Thorlabs, Inc. and Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC) today announced the Adaptive Optics (AO) Toolkit, a new kit that makes adaptive optics easy, affordable, and widely available for researchers.

21 Jan 2008

New Lasers for High-Precision Applications

JDSU will be highlighting new commercial lasers at this week's Photonics West conference in the San Jose Convention Center. JDSU's booth will feature multiple commercial laser and optical communications solutions that support a wide range of applications, including microelectronic, biophotonics and inspection, among others.

21 Jan 2008

Enablence Technologies Acquires Supplier of PLC Based Photonic Devices in California

Enablence Technologies Inc., a developer of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) transceivers for optical modems, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ANDevices Inc., subject to certain approvals, consents and conditions. ANDevices is a supplier of Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) based photonic devices for the Access, Metro and Long-Haul communication markets and is based in Fremont, California.

20 Jan 2008

Tiny Blue-Violet Laser Offers Strength and Power

Photonic Products is pleased to announce that Sanyo’s tiny blue-violet laser diodes are now available in industrial strength and power.

19 Jan 2008

New Chips Call on Light Speed

The tiny copper wires that connect different areas of an integrated circuit may soon limit microchip-processing speeds. So European researchers have developed technologies to produce and combine semiconductor microlasers with silicon wave guides for novel, power-efficient optical connections.

18 Jan 2008

Nextreme Thermal Releases Latest Ultra-High Packing Fraction OptoCooler Module

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, announces the availability of a new thermoelectric module - the Ultra-High Packing Fraction (UPF) OptoCooler module - that addresses the latest cooling and temperature control requirements for optoelectronics, electronics, medical, military and aerospace applications.

17 Jan 2008

Pixelplus to Supply SoC Image Sensors for Mobile Camera Phones

Pixelplus Co., Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company in Korea that designs, develops, and markets CMOS image sensors for various consumer electronics applications, today announced that the Company has secured a strategic design win to supply its PO4010 CIF 'System-on-a-Chip' ("SoC") image sensors ("PO4010") for use in upcoming mobile camera phones of Pantech.

16 Jan 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