Article | February 26, 2009

Photonics West 2009 Photo Diary

Welcome to the San Jose Convention Center,

 

Home of SPIE Photonics West

With 1,100 exhibitors and 17,903 attendees, Photonics West 2009 was a memorable event.

Here are some pictures taken at the show.


LIMO's demonstration on "Acceleration of Top Hat Laser Direct-Write Processes" was well received.

 


We were able to draw a lot of attention to our booth again this year with our Nintendo Wii giveaway.

     

Andor's booth layout was impressive, as always.

 

 

Andor's new SR-500i imaging spectrograph drew a lot of attention. This product adds new functionality to their line of spectroscopy systems.

 

Dr. Carl Jackson (SensL) shares his expertise on 'low light detection with silicon photomultipliers' at Photonics West 2009.

 

     

Greg McKee of Labsphere gave a demonstration on Labsphere's new Half-Moon LED Measurement System.

 

Ian Tobi of Toshiba Imaging (Irvine , CA) presents its new, compact ultralight, one-piece HD camera, the IK-HR1D during a product spotlight at Photonics West.  The new HD camera suite features exceptional color clarity and 1920 x 1080 HDTV precision for a variety of imaging applications.

 

Labsphere celebrated its 30 Year Anniversary by throwing a party at their booth at the end of day one. 

 

Photon Inc. was well represented with their booth layout as well as individual product features. Pictured here is the NanoScan Scanning Slit Profiler.

 

 

Xenics demonstrated a significant segment of its advanced camera and imaging solutions at Photonics West 2009. Among the technical highlights in Xenics' large exhibit area were the new Cheetah, Cheetah CL, and Gobi cameras, the XEVA and XS models, as well as the XMID product range of highly stable thermal imaging solutions for industrial temperature measurement and process control in automotive and semiconductor manufacturing - all of them directed towards the scientific markets. For more on Xenics products featured at the show, click here.

 

In Sensors Unlimited's booth (Goodrich Corporation, Princeton, NJ), the company unveiled their SOLO 50, a new, high performance, SWIR-optimized lens - now available as an optional lens for use with the company's high performance SWIR cameras. Karen Jeffers and Doug Malchow of Sensors Unlimited Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, are also pictured here.

 

Patti Smith and Marlene Moore of the Smith Miller Moore advertising agency pose with Dr. Rafiq Alam, Jim Hooker (of Abrisa), and Jim Walker of the ZC&R Team.

 

Toshiba America Imaging really wowed the crowds with some beautiful imagery provided by their high-end camera line -- and got plenty of double takes with this close-up of a fly taken with their DVI Model IK-HR1D Camera.

 

Russ Dahl of the Opto Diode Corp. ( Newbury Park , CA ) stayed busy taking questions from people interested in their new silicon, photodetector-preamplifier combo devices.

 

 

High Temperature Cold Mirrors and DSI's Patterned Dichroic Filters were two products displayed by Deposition Sciences, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA) that drew a lot of attention. Spectral Metal Coatings were also presented at DSI's booth. Ideal for complex shapes and sizes these dichroic spectral metal products can be cut and formed after coating, saving time and money for the end user.

 

Tatiana Goobanoff of Deposition Sciences, Inc. and Patti Smith of the Smith Miller Moore advertising agency.

 

Don Dooley of Spectrum Detector prepares for his demonstration of the mach 5. This system has the ability to measure laser pulse energy at greater than 100,000 pps with 12 bit accuracy.

 

     

Doug Malchow of Sensors Unlimited Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation gives a demo on the SU-LDH, High-Speed, High Resolution InGaAs-SWIR Digital Line Scan Camera.

 

Avalance Gain Photodiodes by Hamamatsu.

 

This image of the Euro has been captured by one of Hamamatsu's board level cameras. As you can see, the Euro is spinning at a rapid rate on the back left tire of this remote controlled car. 

 

Hamamatsu 's Multi-Pixel Photon Counters were also featured at the booth as well as Hamamatsu 's Digital CCD Cameras for Microscopy.

 

Applications for specialty fibers and bundles kept the CeramOptec booth busy all day. From optical fiber to complex bundle designs, CeramOptec products cover the spectrum.

 

Photron, Inc. ( San Diego , CA ) features their Ultra-High Speed Cameras and imagery. Many of the high speed images have been seen on The Discovery Channel's new hit TV series, Time Warp, captured with Photron's Fastcam SA1 cameras. Their truly amazing, slow motion video displays created quite a few double-takes.  

 

Photron proudly introduced the World's Fastest, Mega Pixel High Speed Camera, the FastCam SA 5 with up to 1 million frames per second!

 

OptoSigma made their presence known at the show, especially with the addition of new Stainless Steel Extended Contact Bearing Goniometers as well as new Aluminum Ball Bearing Goniometers.

 

IMRA's Ultrafast Fiber Lasers were well represented by IMRA's booth as well as its staff. 

 

Accumold not only had a nice display of its unique product line, it also had a really sharp video to compliment the booth. Also pictured is Aaron Johnson of Accumold, who fielded questions on the company's micro mold manufacturing solutions to an interested attendee. 

  

Don Dooley and Mark Stout of Spectrum Detector take a moment to catch their breath in between booth visits from interested attendees. The new mach 5 really garnered a lot of attention for them. Also pictured is Spectrum Detector's mach 5 100 kHz joulemeter.

 

Steve Daicos and Nimesh Juthani of the Cooke Corporation are pictured here.

 

The pco.dimax is an incredible high speed camera. The CMOS camera system is pictured here in the foreground of this image, and a slow motion video with data captured by the same system can be seen in the background.