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Photonics Online Newsletter: Night-Vision Camera Combines Thermal And Low-Light-Level Images

August 27, 2008

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Highlights In This Issue

Article: Night-Vision Camera Combines Thermal And Low-Light-Level Images Download: Datasheet: Thermal Imaging Cameras For Security And Surveillance
News: True Properties Of Carbon Nanotubes Measured Product: Laser Power Measurement Systems

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HGH Infrared's new IR Revolution 360 surveillance camera delivers clear, extremely high-resolution imagery via the 360-degree rotating head at an astonishing 1 rotation per second. Ideal for security surveillance in daytime, nighttime, fog, or hazy conditions. The new compact 20-degree, 3-million-pixel infrared panoramic camera is highly sensitive (<25 mK) and can detect a human figure up to 1 kilometer, with no image distortion. Features include auto-detection and tracking with motion alarm and area-of-interest zoom. Learn more.

Focus On Security & Surveillance
Welcome to this special Photonics Online newsletter, dedicated specifically to security and surveillance. This important technology is highlighted in our product and download sections, while our news section offers the latest headlines from throughout the world of photonics. Next month, stay tuned for Photonics Online's "Focus On Medical Devices".
Featured Article
Night-Vision Camera Combines Thermal And Low-Light-Level Images
Even on moonless but starlit nights, highly sensitive InGaAs cameras still produce good images for short-wavelength infrared. By thinning the image sensor chip and with illumination right through the substrate, the wavelength range of the detectors can be extended into the visible spectrum to then span 400 to 1700 nm. Together with uncooled microbolometer arrays for long-wavelength infrared, this allows the design of universal analysis tools which can take advantage of the fusion of optical and thermal images...

Top News Stories
True Properties Of Carbon Nanotubes Measured
Light Finds A Way - Even Through White Paint
Researchers Work Toward Plastic Spin Transistors
D-Link Debuts Three New Feature-Rich Network Cameras For Professional Security And Surveillance
New 'iCam' Drivers Optimize Andor EMCCD Cameras In µManager Microscopy Software
Using Live Fish, New Tool A Sentinel For Environmental Contamination
Boeing Tests Entire Weapon System On Advanced Tactical Laser Aircraft
Ophir-Spiricon's Laser Beam Profiling Software Features Patented Beam Measurement System, Pointing Stability
Northrop Grumman Applies Laser Weapon Successes To Design Beam Control System For U.S. Army Mobile Laser
Toshiba Imaging's New, Ultra Compact One-Piece HD Camera With True 1080p Scan At 60 fps
OEM Ultraviolet Laser Delivers Low Beam Divergence
Semrock Launches LaserMUX Dichroic Beamsplitters
RPMC To Be North And South America's Distributor For High-Power Diode Lasers Made By Jenoptik
Featured Products
Laser Power Measurement Systems
The Labsphere Laser Power Measurement Systems series assures an accurate, reproducible method of determining the total power from a collimated or divergent laser or laser diode. Specifically designed for laser applications, LPMS spheres are ideal for measuring the total power of a beam of optical radiance. Datasheet
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KTX High-Sensitivity, Shortwave IR Camera
SUI offers the revolutionary, shortwave infrared (SWIR) SU320KTX-1.7 RT. The ultra-compact and light camera, originally developed for the U.S. Army's Soldier Mobility and Rifle Targeting System, is now available for industrial and commercial OEM use. Request information from Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, ISR Systems.

Thermal Surveillance Cameras
Electrophysics offers a complete line of infrared imaging surveillance cameras for force protection, border surveillance, coastal surveillance, and facility security. We focus on integrators and offer a complete range of support services to ensure system deployment success. Datasheet
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3CCD Camera With Tiny, Remote Head
Toshiba Imaging Systems Division, a leader in advanced three-chip video imaging, announces the new compact, remote head IK-TF5H5U camera. The small (32.6mm x 38.6mm x 41mm) remote head model is the latest addition to the popular IK-TF 3CCD color camera series, featuring a progressive scan system that delivers precision color images with no image-jitter. Datasheet
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SurCam 658: Starlight Color/Monochrome Video Camera
Andor Technology has launched the latest version of their ultra-high-sensitivity video surveillance camera, SurCam 658. The camera uses EMCCD technology, providing true 24-hour surveillance capability, even in color. Datasheet
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ThermoVision Scout: Infrared Detection For The Law Enforcement Industry
Whether daytime or night, under clear skies or in dense fog, they can run, but they can't hide from the FLIR ThermoVision Scout infrared camera. You see, unknown to the perpetrator, the Scout can see perfectly in complete darkness. Datasheet
Request information from FLIR Systems, Inc.

Light Measurement Systems
SphereOptics light measurement systems offer a wide variety of cost-effective standard and customized solutions to meet most light measurement, test, and evaluation requirements, including spectral and photopic lamp flux, laser power, laser diode, and light emitting diode measurements. Selection Guide
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Standard Performance Criteria For Spectroscopy-Based Portal Monitors Used For Homeland Security
This standard describes the performance requirements for radionuclide identifying portal monitors, also referred to as spectroscopic portal monitors. The requirements stated are based on monitors used in support of efforts associated with the Department of Homeland Security. Request information from IEEE.

Featured Downloads
Datasheet: emCCD Camera System: sensicam em
The new generation of electron multiplication (emCCD) CCD sensors is integrated into the proven sensicam camera system. With this on-chip multiplication of the light signal, the readout noise of the camera can be neglected (< 1 e- rms @ gain > 50)...

Datasheet: Thermal Imaging Cameras For Security And Surveillance
The HRC-25x320 MCT and HRC-36x460 MCT create a virtual security fence and are finding their way into many security and surveillance applications. Thanks to their ability to detect man-sized targets several kilometers away, they are extremely suited for border surveillance and protection...
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