INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Residential fires are among the most feared dangers of everyday life, with homeowners often covering financial risks with fire insurance and having a fire extinguisher ready. As part of a smart home, smoke detectors could be controlled with a mobile device to allow homeowners to react to dangerous situations, even from miles away.
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FEATURED SOLUTIONS
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Phantom Miro C321, C321J
The Phantom Miro C321J and C321 compact, high-speed cameras provide high quality HD imaging for on-board auto crash testing and a range of other applications. The small, rugged cameras work perfectly within established Phantom imaging solutions for additional flexibility.
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High-Power GaAlAs IRLED Illuminator: OD-669
The high-power gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) IRLED illuminator features a peak emission of 880 nm with an extremely wide angle of emission. Designed with nine chips connected in series, the robust device is housed in an electrically-isolated case, making it ideal for covert aircraft lighting or covert anti-collision lighting in aviation applications.
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Anti-Abrasion Hard Coat Clear Glass: PRO-HC-VIS1
Abrisa Technologies offers the PRO-HC-VIS1, a protective anti-abrasion hard coat clear glass coating option for high traffic contact scanner applications which delivers up to 40X more linear taber abrasion resistance when compared to uncoated glass and HIE™ chemically strengthened glass surfaces.
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Micro-Hybrid IR Emitters
IR emitters from Micro-Hybrid allow for reliable and precise measurement results in NDIR gas analysis in a wide range of applications. The infrared emitters of the JSIR series are based on NAC or C-MOSI® MEMS and deliver true blackbody radiation characteristics.
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AFM Controller: QS-PLL™
Mad City Labs' QS-PLL™ is an atomic force microscope (AFM) controller designed for use with resonant probes, such as tuning forks, and Mad City Labs nanopositioners and micropositioners. The controller integrates motion control and phase lock loop (PLL) control thus streamlining the hardware interface.
FEATURED VIDEOS
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Gentec-EO’s Latest Releases Presented At DCS 2022
On day one of SPIE’s Defense + Commercial Sensing 2022 trade show, Fel Legrand from Gentec-EO introduces the company’s latest releases for laser power and energy measurement applications.
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Micro-Hybrid Electronic Partners With Laser Components
Laser Components is pleased to partner with Micro-Hybrid Electronics, a German company that produces infrared components for test/measurement applications. Matthias Gunther explains his desire to increase Micro-Hybrid’s footprint in the United States.
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Hyperspectral Imaging Solutions
On the last day of Photonics West 2022, Jennifer Piper at BaySpec discussed hyperspectral cameras, including the GoldenEye Snapshot imager, which is ideal for low light level applications.
FEATURED WEBINARS
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The Role Of Metrology In Health
May 20, 2021 was World Metrology Day, commemorating the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations.
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Webinar: Designing And Manufacturing Hi-Res SWIR Lens Systems For Harsh Environments
SWIR imaging systems are deployed for defense and security applications, often in the harshest of environments. Using SWIR provides vision through haze, mist, rain, fog, and other challenging atmospheric conditions.
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Webinar: Why And How To Measure Your Laser Energy Accurately?
Many elements such as the optical components and surrounding environment have an impact on the energy your laser beam delivers. The intrinsic noise of the pulsed laser is also an important factor since it has a large impact on pulse-to-pulse energy stability. In this webinar, you will learn how to measure laser energy accurately.

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SPECIAL FEATURE
Ultra-Compact Laser Power Meter For High Power Industrial Lasers In Confined Spaces: Ophir® Ariel
Ophir offers the new Ophir® Ariel, a self-contained, ultra-compact laser power meter for measuring high-power industrial lasers up to 8KW. Read more.
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