Videos From SPIE DSS 2011
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SWIR vs. Visible Imaging Demos
Joel Bagwell, R&D manager with Edmund Optics, conducts two demonstrations with shortwave infrared imaging (SWIR). The first compares images of a silicon wafer, which is reflective in the visible and completely transparent in the SWIR. In the second, he simulates a machine vision-type application, using SWIR to make a detergent bottle appear transparent, whereas it is completely opaque in the visible.
• Visit the Edmund Optics website.
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Introduction To High Angular Resolution Radiance Detectors
Bill Evelyn of Excelitas Technologies introduces us to HARLID, the company's High Angular Resolution Radiance Detector technology. When HARLID is installed on a high-value military asset — such as a tank, helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft, or even a ship — it determines whether a laser is irradiating the vehicle, and from what angle the beam originated.
• Visit the Excelitas storefront.
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Night Vision Display Test System Demo
Alex Fong, senior VP of life sciences and instrumentation with Gooch & Housego, demonstrates the OL 770-NVS Night Vision Display Test and Measurement System for NVIS-compatible displays. The system is comprised of two main elements: the company's OL 770-NVS spectroradiometer and an OL620 imaging telescope.
• Visit the Gooch & Housego website.
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Multiple Payload Camera Gimbal Demo
Nick Anderson, mechanical/aeronautical engineer for Goodrich Cloud Cap Technology, demonstrates the TASE300z two-axis stabilized gimbal. The system includes both EO and IR sensors, a laser rangefinder, and an option for either a laser pointer or an illuminator that are night vision goggle (NVG) compatible.
• Visit the Goodrich Cloud Cap Technology website.
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New Mil-Rugged InGaAs SWIR Camera Introduced
In this video, we are introduced to the new GA-1280J-15A InGaAs SWIR digital video camera by Martin Ettenberg, Ph.D., director of business development for Goodrich ISR Systems. Launched at SPIE DSS2011, the GA-1280J-15A is 1280 x 1024 pixel, 15 um pitch, 60 Hz shortwave infrared camera.
• Visit the Goodrich ISR Systems storefront.
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Laser Power Beaming Demo
Tom Nugent, president of LaserMotive, shows us an example of his company's laser power beaming technology, which transmits energy with lasers instead of wires. The demo involves a micro-helicopter flying with no batteries on board, which can fly all day long without ever needing to land.
• Visit the LaserMotive website.
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Extended Contact Technology Overview
In this video, OptoSigma's Michelle Young, eastern regional sales manager, and Brad Kaup, midwestern regional sales manager, give us an introduction to the company's proprietary extended contact stages, which were on display at the company's DSS 2011 booth.
• Visit the OptoSigma storefront.
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Defined Viewing Angle Fiber Optic Faceplate Demo
Scott Heather, defense business manager for SCHOTT North America Lighting and Imaging, demonstrates the new defined viewing angle fiber optic faceplate on a digital display out of the F-22 Raptor aircraft. The display directs its light directly at the pilot's head box and completely eliminates the light signature of canopy reflections.
• Visit the SCHOTT North America Lighting and Imaging website.
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1000-FPS Infrared Camera Demo
TELOPS Business Development Manager Vincent Farley demonstrates the FAST-IR 1000 camera. The FAST-IR 1000 is a mid-wave infrared camera capable of 1,000 frames per second for a frame of 320 x 256 pixels, and features a patent-pending technique for real-time temperature calibration.
• Visit the Telops storefront.
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Some 6,000 members of the military, security, and environmental industries gathered in Orlando from April 25-29 for SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing (DSS) 2011. Perhaps the week's biggest attraction was the DSS exhibition, featuring the latest imaging and sensing technologies from 500 companies. Photonics Online was there on the floor of the (at times stiflingly hot) Orlando World Center Marriott Convention Center, both to exhibit and to cover the event. What follows is a rundown of the new and innovative technologies we saw at the SPIE DSS 2011 exhibition.