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By John Oncea
From high-energy lasers to high-power radio frequency devices and more, directed energy weapons are increasingly ubiquitous. But what are these technologies, and how are they changing the way the military operates?
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G&H
When it comes to SWIR, G&H has the expertise to resolve two apparently conflicting requirements: the need for super sensitive, highly accurate SWIR optical solutions and in a form that endures temperature extremes, shock, humidity, vibration, and even radiation for applications in space, aerospace, and defense.
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Ophir Photonics
Directed energy weapons (DEWs) have been at the cutting edge of military research for over 40 years. DEWs that employed laser, microwave, or particle beams were the driving force behind President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983. With their storied history (and future), comes a list of pros and cons.
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Case Study
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Vision Research, Inc.
Due to its efficacy at capturing light, the BSI sensor delivers unprecedented resolution and speed combinations, enabling high-speed camera operators like McIntyre to capture unique, highly detailed, and clean shots of speeding bullets, ammunition tests, and other ballistics events.
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Photron, Inc.
Studies involving ballistics, survivability, weapon launches, and small and large caliber arms have unique imaging requirements. Download the article to understand what those requirements are band the high-imaging solutions that Photron has developed to meet them.
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White Paper
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Sensors Unlimited – A part of Collins Aerospace
Sensing in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) range (wavelengths from 0.9 to 1.7 microns) has been made practical by the development of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) sensors. This white paper covers the importance of using InGaAs technologies in SWIR applications.
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Article
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PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
Since the 1990s, fast steering mirror technology has been utilized in both terrestrial and space-based testing and implementation. Offering efficient and fast designs based on piezoelectric or electromagnetic actuation, these solutions include a variety of off-the-shelf and custom laser beam stabilization products.
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Application Note
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Alluxa, Inc.
Alluxa’s new class of ultra-narrow filters are designed for applications such as laser cleanup, lidar, telecommunications, and instrumentation. They also offer the narrowest and “squarest” filter profiles in the visible and NIR, as well as transmission levels that approach 100%.
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News
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PG&O Precision Glass & Optics
Precision Glass & Optics is offering an innovative re-polishing service that can give an optic new life when the original dielectric coating does not meet the specifications or was damaged during the manufacturing process.
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Article/Paper
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Laser Components USA, Inc.
Residential fires are among the most feared dangers of everyday life, with many homeowners opting for fire insurance and owning a fire extinguisher. 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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Raptor Photonics' Mark Donaghy takes us inside their corporate headquarters in Larne, Northern Ireland (U.K.), and discusses the company's products, markets, and manufacturing processes and capabilities.
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Filters play an important part in an imaging system, blocking unintentional wavelength and troublesome surrounding light and selecting wavelength ranges to transmit at a high percentage.
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FLIR offers the FLIR A8580 SLS high-definition thermal camera designed with best-in-class imagery for industrial, military, and manufacturing R&D applications. The LWIR camera includes a 1.3 MP strained layer superlattice (SLS) detector for capturing sharp images and a four-position warm filter wheel that permits the measurement of temperatures up to 3,000°C.
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| Teledyne FLIR |
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Abrisa Technologies offers ultra-thin (0.1 to 0.55 mm) mirrors that can be inserted into compact devices needing miniaturization, ultra-lightweight, or where space for beam steering is at a premium.
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| Abrisa Technologies |
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Raptor's camera platforms provide customers with flexible/modular solutions that meet their exact requirements. Offering high quality, reliability, competitive price performance metric, and fast delivery, Raptor makes for a very attractive solution for OEMs.
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| Raptor Photonics Limited |
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BaySpec’s SERS (surface enhanced Raman scattering) readers are mini wearable analyzers that provide a full analytics solution. The BaySpec SERS readers feature proprietary miniaturized optics, a highly efficient detector, and maximum sensitivity with ultrafast acquisition.
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| BaySpec Inc. |
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