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New Technology Transforms the Utility of an Established Technique

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, has applied Electron Multiplying (EM) technology for the first time to dramatically improve both the speed and sensitivity of Scanning Tunnelling Luminescent spectroscopy (STL) by replacing the standard CCD camera, used to detect photons, with one of its Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) cameras.

15 Apr 2009

Bookham Launches New High Power 808nm Laser Diode Bar

Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKHM), a provider of optical components for industrial applications, has launched a new high power 808nm laser diode bar that can enable direct energy laser systems and range guided imaging for defense and security applications.

15 Apr 2009

Carl Zeiss Extends Successful Collaboration with Sony Corporation

Carl Zeiss today announced that its Camera Lens Division will extend their successful collaboration with Sony Corporation for a further 5 years. Taking full advantages of their competence both companies agreed to cooperate even closer in developing and commercializing new imaging devices in the future.

15 Apr 2009

Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Expect to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2015

Laser technologies are increasingly providing solutions that replace as well as complement traditional production technologies. Increasing competitiveness of laser technology provides benefits such as enhanced automation of work processes, increased product quality and flexibility, as well as progressive miniaturization.

14 Apr 2009

First Experimental Proof of All-Optical Silicon-Based Integrated Circuits

The paper results from the collaboration between University of Karlsruhe, Germany; IMEC, Leuven, Belgium; Lehigh University, USA and ETH Zürich, Switzerland. The achievements are a key step towards the development of complex silicon-based photonic integrated circuits.

14 Apr 2009

Singular Software Releases PluralEyes

Singular Software Inc. has released PluralEyes™, a new product that automatically synchronizes audio and video clips without the need for timecode. Targeted at the independent video professional, PluralEyes™ drastically simplifies multicamera productions, both during filming and in post-production.

13 Apr 2009

Daylight Solutions Introduces its Latest Mid-Infrared High Power Laser System

Daylight Solutions, Inc., the leading manufacturer of advanced molecular detection and imaging solutions in the Mid IR, today announced deliveries of its latest mid-infrared, high power laser system.

13 Apr 2009

DARPA Selects Pranalytica to Develop Beam Combining for High Power Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays

Pranalytica, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to participate in Phase I of the Beam Combining of High Power Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) Arrays project for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM).

13 Apr 2009

Extragalactic Survey Reveals Half the Universe's Starlight

After two years spent analyzing data from BLAST, the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope, physicists are releasing the first results.

9 Apr 2009

Imaging Source Launches Four Low Cost 3 Megapixel USB 2.0 Color Cameras

The Imaging Source, an international manufacturer of industrial cameras has just launched four low cost 3 megapixel USB 2.0 color cameras. The cameras ship in robust industrial housing with a C/CS mount and are optionally available with a trigger input. The frame rate is 10.9 fps at a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels.

8 Apr 2009