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$New Diffractive Optical Elements Show Promise for Extremely Small Zoom Lenses$

New Diffractive Optical Elements Show Promise for Extremely Small Zoom Lenses

People with an interest in photography will know that a big camera is often necessary to obtain features such as a powerful zoom. This is due to the fact that almost all cameras depend on refraction, where the light passing through lenses slows down and changes direction. A certain amount of space is needed to focus this refracted light.

15 Nov 2016

Record-High Sensitivity Light Detector Could Transform Imaging

Professor Hele Savin and a team of researchers have developed a new light detector that can trap over 96% of the photons covering UV, visible, and infrared wavelengths.

15 Nov 2016

Research to Brighten Futuristic Lasers

Invisible to the human eye, terahertz electromagnetic waves are capable of “seeing through” anything, from masonry and wood, to clouds and fog. This feature holds a lot of potential for use in astrophysics research, detecting concealed explosives and several other applications.

15 Nov 2016

Marktech Optoelectronics Offers Hard-to-Find Extended Wavelength Emitters

The market for short wavelength infrared (SWIR) devices is growing rapidly as the variety of applications grows. For example, SWIR can be used in biofluorescence and blood chemistry analysis in a medical setting. It is also used for night vision technology, security equipment, anti-counterfeiting currency validation, fiber optics, produce inspection systems, and more.

From Marktech Optoelectronics 15 Nov 2016

Changing Lens Field-of-View Without Loss of Image Quality

Resolve Optics Ltd. has developed a reputation for designing and supplying high performance specialist lens adapters.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Nov 2016

VISION: The Industry Highlight for Imaging and Machine Vision

Stuttgart underscores its position as the world's leading trade fair for machine vision. Almost 10,000 visitors from 58 countries were our guests.

11 Nov 2016

PowerPhotonic Releases New Family of Axicon Array Laser Beam Shapers

PowerPhotonic today announces the launch of a new family of axicon array beam shapers for use with multi-mode lasers. Capable of handling very high peak and pulsed power (<20kW CW) with very high efficiency (>98%), the arrays can be used to generate ring-shaped spots, a typical requirement for materials processing applications.

11 Nov 2016

Thorlabs Licenses Random Access Multiphoton Microscope Technology

Thorlabs announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to commercialize the 2-photon random access mesoscope (2p-RAM) developed in Karel Svoboda’s lab at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus for in vivo imaging of large brain volumes (up to ø5 mm x 1 mm) with single neuron resolution.

From Thorlabs, Inc. 11 Nov 2016

MicroVision and STMicroelectronics to Co-Market MEMS Mirror-based Laser Beam Scanning Solutions

MicroVision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS), a leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display and sensing technology and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, today announced that they plan to work together to develop, sell, and market Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) technology.

11 Nov 2016