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IAM Offers New Laser Training Curriculum

The Institute for Aesthetic Medicine (IAM) announced today the acquisition of Medical Laser Dynamics (MLD). The acquisition delivers a new, full-spectrum laser training program for plastic surgery and dermatology professionals. Participants now have a single laser training resource dedicated to improving patient safety and minimizing professional liability.

22 Jan 2008

Precision Optics Announces Sale of Thin Film Products Optometrics Corporation

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. today announced the sale of its custom optical thin film product line to Optometrics Corporation, located in Ayer, MA, a subsidiary of Dynasil Corporation of West Berlin, NJ.

22 Jan 2008

DMD Discovery Developer Platform Drives High Performance and Resolution

DLP(R) Technology from Texas Instruments (TI), is highlighting the latest Discovery(TM) 4000 development platform at the Photonics West Show this week -- Booth #5036. The Discovery 4000 enables extremely fast, high contrast and high resolution display applications with an optical semiconductor module that allows developers to manipulate light digitally.

22 Jan 2008

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

Next Breakthrough in Computer Chips

Denizens of oceans, lakes and even wet soil, diatoms are unicellular algae that encase themselves in intricately patterned, glass-like shells. Curiously, these tiny phytoplankton could be harboring the next big breakthrough in computer chips.

22 Jan 2008

CODIXX Introduces ColorPol MIR Polarizer

CODIXX extends the colorPol® polarizer product family with the colorPol® MIR to cover the mid infrared range.

21 Jan 2008

Solar Silicon Technology Combines Photovoltaic Efficiency with Manufacturing Economics

AOS Solar is developing Solar Silicon 4.0 technology that combines crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) efficiency with low cost, high throughput thin film manufacturing economics.

21 Jan 2008

Single Emitter Diodes to Deliver Over 20000 Hours MTTF Operation

Alfalight, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of highly efficient and reliable high-power diode lasers, today introduced their AC3-808B and AC3-808BW series of high-brightness 30 W 808 nm fiber laser pump sources based on high-reliability single-emitter (SE) laser diodes. The new third-generation combined power modules (CPM III) provide over 20,000 hours MTTF and do not suffer the catastrophic failure mode inherent in conventional bar-based emitters.

21 Jan 2008

High-Reliability Single Emitter Pumps Deliver Power and Efficiency for Industrial Lasers

Alfalight, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of highly efficient and reliable high-power diode lasers, today introduced a new series of laser pump diodes, the AM6-940B that provides 10 W of 940 nm light output with a high brightness 105 µm 0.15 NA fiber.

21 Jan 2008

Alfalight Introduces High-Power Pump Diodes for Solid State Lasers

Alfalight, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of highly efficient and reliable high-power diode lasers, today introduced a new series of laser pump diodes, the AM6-808B and AM6-808BW providing 5 W of 808 nm light output with a 200 µm 0.15 NA fiber.

21 Jan 2008

Additional Capability Allows Laser to Accurately Cut 3D Profiles

Laser 1 Technology, a premier laser cutting and machine shop, announced that it now has 5 axis laser cutting capability. The 5 axis process works with a laser head that can move around a work piece in combination with the work piece it self being rotated as needed. The laser nozzle tilt allows access to a variety of surfaces. This process is very cost effective for 3 dimensional cutting shapes and sizes where tooling costs would make manufacturing prohibitive.

21 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

LightPath Introduces Molded Aspheric Collimating Lens for MWIR Laser Diodes

LightPath Technologies is introducing a new aspheric molded lens for collimating light from MWIR, such as quantum cascade lasers (QCL). The 390035 lens expands the range of LightPath Technologies Infrared Aspheric Lens product line to specifically target lasers with a wavelength between 2 microns and 5 microns.

21 Jan 2008