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Finisar Releases WaveShaper 1000/SP 1µm Programmable Single-Polarization Filter

Finisar® Corporation today announced the release of the WaveShaper™ 1000/SP 1µm Programmable Single-Polarization Filter. This new module shapes femtosecond and short picosecond optical pulses in fiber laser systems in precision micromachining, medical and spectroscopy applications, for example.

28 Jan 2015

VITRONIC to Showcase Optical Inspection Systems at Battery Japan 2015

In different stages of battery production, optical inspection systems from VITRONIC are taking over demanding inspection tasks to optimize production processes and guarantee final battery quality output.

27 Jan 2015

Forecast Report on Global Photometer and Calorimeter Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Photometer and Calorimeter Market by Type, Application, and Geography - Global Forecast 2013-2020" report to their offering.

27 Jan 2015

New Technique to Generate More Powerful, Energy Efficient and Low-Cost Pulsed Lasers

Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to generate more powerful, more energy efficient and low-cost pulsed lasers.

23 Jan 2015

Optogenetics Helps Control Swimming Behaviour of Sperm

Scientists from the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar) in Bonn, an Institute of the Max Planck Society, have succeeded for the first time in controlling the function of sperm by optogenetics. They inserted a light-activated enzyme for cAMP synthesis into mouse sperm that lacked the endogenous enzyme.

22 Jan 2015

Ophir Photonics’ RM9 Radiometer Measures Power of Very Low Level CW/Quasi-CW Sources

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the RM9 Radiometer, a sensor for measuring the power of very low level CW or quasi CW sources.

From Ophir Optronics Group 21 Jan 2015

UNESCO Headquarters Hosts International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies 2015

Supported by 100 partners from more than 85 countries, including ECOP, the alliance of European Centers for Outreach in Photonics coordinated by ICFO, the International Year of Light (IYL) 2015 is a global initiative which aims to drive home the importance of light and light-based technologies in all of our lives, as well as in the sustainable development of society as a whole.

21 Jan 2015