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Hamamatsu Photonics Releases Faster Back-Thinned Electron Multiplying CCD Sensor Camera

Hamamatsu Photonics has released the ImagEM X2, a new electron multiplying (EM) CCD camera with even faster speed than previous ImagEM cameras. The ImagEM X2, a completely redesigned camera featuring a back-thinned EM-CCD sensor, offers maximum speed and precision performance for low-light imaging.

From Hamamatsu Corporation 4 Feb 2013

Researchers Harness Optical Fibers to Transport Quantum Information

Not only do optical fibers transmit information every day around the world at the speed of light, but they can also be harnessed for the transport of quantum information. In the current issue of Nature Photonics, a research team of Innsbruck physicists led by Rainer Blatt and Tracy Northup report how they have directly transferred the quantum information stored in an atom onto a particle of light. Such information could then be sent over optical fiber to a distant atom.

4 Feb 2013

Teledyne DALSA to Showcase Advanced Imaging Components and IR Detectors at Photonics Conference

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in digital image sensing technology, will highlight its multispectral, extreme environment, IR and custom CCD and CMOS sensors and cameras at the SPIE Photonics West conference in booth 2523. The conference runs February 2-7 at the Moscone Center, in San Francisco, CA and focuses on biophotonics and biomedical optics, high-power laser manufacturing, optoelectronics, microfabrication, and green photonics technologies.

From Teledyne DALSA 2 Feb 2013

CPG Releases Novel Technology to Integrate 2D and 3D Content Production

CAMERON | PACE Group debuted new 5D technology at the 2013 Winter X Games that made an irreversible dent in the barriers that have traditionally limited 3D growth. In the spirit of the Games, well known for their tradition of breaking records and defying limits, CAMERON | PACE Group (CPG) rolled out new technology that effectively integrates 2D and 3D content production using cost-competitive, scalable methods to improve image quality and overall viewer experience.

2 Feb 2013

Scientists Observe Amazing Formation of Flux Rope on the Sun

On July 18, 2012, a fairly small explosion of light burst off the lower right limb of the sun. Such flares often come with an associated eruption of solar material, known as a coronal mass ejection or CME – but this one did not. Something interesting did happen, however. Magnetic field lines in this area of the sun's atmosphere, the corona, began to twist and kink, generating the hottest solar material – a charged gas called plasma – to trace out the newly-formed slinky shape.

2 Feb 2013

Hamamatsu Photonics Introduces ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 4MP CMOS Camera for Microscopy

Hamamatsu Photonics has released the ORCA-Flash4.0 V2, a 4-megapixel scientific CMOS camera that offers unrivaled flexibility across a wide range of microscopy applications. The ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 has many new features such as two scan speeds, a readout mode for light sheet microscopy, and USB 3.0 and Camera Link interfaces.

From Hamamatsu Corporation 2 Feb 2013

VITEC Introduces Enhanced Optibase EZ TV System for Integration of Digital Video

VITEC, a worldwide leading provider of powerful digital video, today announced the availability of EZ TV version 6.0. This landmark release of the Optibase EZ TV System incorporates powerful new features to assist organizations to tightly integrate digital video with their existing IT infrastructure seamlessly and cost-effectively.

2 Feb 2013

Reynard Launches Color Filter Stacks for Precision Spectral Control

Reynard Corporation has introduced ColorLock™ color filter stacks to their portfolio of innovated optical products. These filters utilize the transmission and blocking characteristics of two or more specialty designed filter glass types to produce a precision optical component with extreme wide-angle performance characteristics. Configurations include Band Pass, Long Wave Pass, Short Wave Pass, and custom arbitrary specifications in the ultra-violet (UV), visible, and near-infrared (NIR) spectral ranges.

2 Feb 2013

NASA Builds MILENA Imager to Detect and Measure Auroral Energy

On a cold February night in Poker Flat, Alaska, a team of scientists will wait patiently for the exotic red and green glow of an aurora to illuminate the sky. Instead of simply admiring the view, this group from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center of Greenbelt, Md., and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif. will launch a sounding rocket up through the Northern Lights. The rocket could launch as early as the night of Feb. 2, 2013, but the team has a two-week window in order to find the perfect launch conditions.

2 Feb 2013

Peripheral Vision’s ISOLIGHT Provides Accurate Measurement of Digital Imaging Systems

Peripheral Vision, Inc., experts in digital camera design and development, today introduced its ISOLIGHT™ light metering system. Designed to bring standardization to lighting conditions for test images, ISOLIGHT improves the quality and constancy of camera test images. ISOLIGHT targets digital imaging system designers and testers who require uniform lighting and accurate measurement recordings for product development, or to verify compliance with image quality specifications.

1 Feb 2013

MIIT Honors International Rectifier’s IRS2980 Dimming LED Driver Controller

International Rectifier, IR®, a world leader in power management technology, today announced the company’s IRS2980 high-voltage buck regulator control IC has won an inaugural Excellence Solution Award 2012 from the Computer and Microelectronics Development Research Center, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) R.P.C, China.

1 Feb 2013

False-Colored SEM Image of Sea Urchin Tooth Earns Top Honors

Close your eyes and picture an ocean reef: vivid violet, cool blue and tropical green intertwining in gentle curves and delicate edges. And that's just the urchin teeth.

1 Feb 2013

Ophir Photonics Introduces USB Camera for Measuring Large Laser Beams

Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the L11059 USB Large Format Beam Profiling Camera.

From Ophir Photonics Group 1 Feb 2013

IR and UV Imaging Provide Better Picture of Storm Destruction

Images of the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy have captured the immense power of what many experts have termed a “superstorm.” These snapshots and videos might not tell the whole story, however. A group of Drexel University engineers are now trying to give rescue and recovery workers a better picture of the storm’s damages that can’t be seen by the naked eye.

1 Feb 2013

VDMA Photonics Forum Brings Together Competences and Resources

The German Engineering Federation (VerbandDeutscherMaschinen- und Anlagenbau – VDMA) unites seven different professional sectors related to photonics under one roof. With the support of a group of member firms comprising the market leaders of each industry involved and renowned institutions from the world of research, the Photonics Forum bundles and networks the existing competences and resources in the VDMA on a thematically oriented platform.

1 Feb 2013