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Peripheral Vision Introduces ISOLIGHT COLOR Light Metering System

Peripheral Vision, Inc., experts in digital camera design and development, today introduced its ISOLIGHT COLOR™ light metering system for use with digital still cameras, mobile phone cameras, DSLR video and HD video systems. Building on the original ISOLIGHT light meter system, ISOLIGHT COLOR adds color sensing for further improving the quality and constancy of captured images in the studio environment.

5 Feb 2014

Evolucia Receives Patent for Aimed Optics LED Lighting Design

Evolucia Inc. has been awarded a patent for its Aimed Optics™ LED lighting design, the core of the company's product line and featured implementation that has been recognized in studies and reviews by the U.S. Department of Energy.

5 Feb 2014

R-Display & Lighting Receives NYSERDA Grant to Develop Energy-Efficient Lighting

A company in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Venture Creations business incubator has received a $100,000 state grant to support the development of lighting technology that will make buildings in New York state more energy efficient.

5 Feb 2014

ProPhotonix to Distribute QSI’s Four New Visible Laser Diodes

ProPhotonix Limited, a designer and manufacturer of LED illumination systems, laser diode modules and a distributor of premium vendor's laser diodes, today announces that it will distribute four new laser diodes from QSI.

From Prophotonix 5 Feb 2014

Spectra-Physics Launches New Ultrafast UV Laser Models at Photonics West

Spectra-Physics®, a Newport company, introduces HighQ-2™, a new ultra-compact, air-cooled, fixed wavelength industrial femtosecond (fs) laser.

From Spectra-Physics 4 Feb 2014

Apollo Metro Solutions Awarded DLC Certification for Two Street Lighting Equipment Models

Viper Networks, Inc., is pleased to announce that the Company's partner, Apollo Metro Solutions, Inc., has been awarded the prestigious "DLC" Certification for two models of its revolutionary street lighting equipment. The Company's Roadway Luminaires will be placed on the DLC's Qualified Products List (QPL), which is utilized as a reference guide by participating utilities when seeking industrial and commercial lighting solutions.

4 Feb 2014

OFS Launches New Optical Engine Delivering 1 Kilowatt of True Single-Mode Output

OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer, and supplier of innovative fiber laser components, today announced the launch of its new 1 Kilowatt TrueMode™ Fiber Laser Cavity.

From OFS 4 Feb 2014

DVTEL Releases New Line of High-Performance Intelligent Thermal Cameras

DVTEL, the IP video surveillance solutions provider, announced today the release of ioimage Thermal, a new line of high-performance intelligent thermal cameras. Available in fixed and pan-tilt versions, the cameras provide exceptional image quality at an affordable price.

4 Feb 2014

II-VI Laser Enterprise to Debut New Products at Photonics West 2014

II-VI Laser Enterprise GmbH, a subsidiary of II-VI Incorporated and a global leader in semiconductor lasers, will debut new products from its High Power Laser Diode and VCSEL portfolio at Photonics West 2014 for consumer, fiber laser, and medical applications. These include 25G VCSEL Chips, High Power VCSEL arrays, 14xx nm and 10xx nm High Power Stacks, and expansion of industry-standard multi single-emitter fiber laser pumps to 793 nm wavelengths for Thulium pumping.

4 Feb 2014

UA/Lockheed Martin-Built NIRCam to be Integrated with James Webb Space Telescope Hardware

An infrared camera designed with University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin know-how, which will form the heart of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has joined three other instruments at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to be mounted in the nascent telescope structure.

4 Feb 2014

OFS’ New GyroSil Rad-Hard PM Optical Fiber to Perform in Radiation Environments

OFS announces an expansion of its line of GyroSil® PM Sensing Fibers for gyroscopes. The new GyroSil Rad-Hard PM Optical Fiber is designed to perform in radiation environments. The new fiber has an 80 µm outside diameter cladding and is bend-insensitive, enabling long lengths to be wound on small diameter coils.

From OFS 4 Feb 2014

New Solar Powered Generator with Pneumatic Light Tower Mast from Larson Electronics

Leading supplier of explosion proof and industrial grade lighting Larson Electronics announced the release of a Solar Powered Generator with a Pneumatic Light Tower Mast. This solar light tower includes 6 solar panels, a solar charging system, battery bank and pneumatic mast mounted on a trailer with outriggers and a removable tongue.

3 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on International Femtosecond Lasers for Cataract Surgery Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Concise Analysis of the International Femtosecond Lasers for Cataract Surgery Market - Forecasts to 2018" to their offering.

3 Feb 2014

Researchers Demonstrate Tunable Diamond Raman Laser and Continuous-Wave Laser Using Synthetic Diamond Material

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today announced that the University of Strathclyde has successfully demonstrated two notable high-power laser research developments—the first ever tunable diamond Raman laser and the first continuous-wave (CW) laser—both using Element Six's synthetic diamond material. These two achievements prove diamond's viability as a material for solid-state laser engineering, even in the most demanding intracavity applications.

From Element Six 3 Feb 2014

Integration of Hyperion 300 and Awaiba Video Sensor Leads to Smaller, Less Expensive Flexible Endoscope

Surgeons can now explore parts of the human body with significantly more light and a higher resolution, higher quality image than was previously possible. Until the recent launch of the Hyperion 300™ Light Source with Integrated Awaiba Video Processor, the image quality from flexible endoscopes made it difficult to see into areas of the body that could only be reached with an in incision no smaller than 5mm or through a natural orifice.

3 Feb 2014