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By Abby Proch, Editor
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, NASA announced the first images from JWST will be revealed on July 12. Northrop Grumman and BlueHalo are making strides in optical laser communications. And, Optica covers the Russia-Ukraine war by chronicling the challenges faced by researchers whose personal lives and scientific work are threatened by the conflict.
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By Xiaolun Zeng and Michelle Derouin, Iridian Spectral Technologies
Iridian’s premium GFFs deliver higher-level performance than traditional GFFs to meet stringent PPEF specifications, as well as provide additional functionality.
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Q&A
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G&H
In this interview, Matt Welch, G&H’s chief engineer of fiber optic systems, shares his thoughts on the challenges of space engineering in the 2020s and highlights recent projects and developments that have shown the viability of new ways forward.
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Application Note
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Alluxa Engineering Staff,
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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Laser Components USA, Inc.
Since the beginning of digitization at the end of the 20th century, the development of networks has been dominated by one topic: bandwidth. Where once telephone, data, and moving images were transmitted across different paths, triple play has now become widely accepted.
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By Sean Dinkel,
HOYA Corporation USA Optics Division
This article discusses how to improve the visibility of displays in the cockpit during daylight with neutral density (ND) filters.
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By Ville Hevonkorpi and Antti Peltonen,
SCHOTT North America Inc.
Innovative glass micro bonding sealing technology is enabling unprecedented miniaturization and wireless signal transmission for medical implants, MEMS devices, and other electronic and optical devices.
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By William Yang,
BaySpec Inc.
People working in spectroscopy must keep up with other technologies that will affect their own practice.
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Zygo's Verifire MST is a simultaneous multi-surface test interferometer that uses patented wavelength-shifting technology to acquire phase data from multiple surfaces simultaneously.
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The Breeze is a handheld spectrometers with full VIS, NIR, and SWIR coverage from 400 – 2,500 nm. This handheld spectrometer features proprietary miniaturized optics and high efficiency for maximum sensitivity with high-speed acquisition. This compact device allows operation with the touch of a button.
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The FCI-InGaAs-XXX series from OSI Optoelectronics comprises an array of high-speed InGaAs photodiodes with active area sizes of, 75 µm, 120 µm, 300 µm, 400 µm, and 500 µm. They exhibit the characteristics need for datacom and telecom applications and are suitable for use in single/multi-mode fiber optic receivers, gigabit Ethernet/fiber channels, SONET/SDH, ATM, and optical taps.
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The BeamSquared system is a compact and fully automated tool for measuring the propagation characteristics of CW and pulsed laser systems from the UV to NIR to telecom wavelengths.
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Ophir Photonics |
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PI introduces the new F-712.PM1 high-speed optical power meter for converting the optical signals and currents of photodiodes into a high-resolution, logarithmic analog voltage signal. The meter also boasts a bandwidth of 20 kHz and extended wavelength range of 400 to 1,550 nm.
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Abrisa Technologies offers high throughput efficiency wide-angle, broad-spectrum sensors and laser scanning window solutions for visible 425-675 nm (VIS), visible to near infrared 425-1,050 nm (VIS-NIR), short wave infrared 700-1,800 nm (SWIR), and popular laser and LED wavelengths from 405 to 1,550 nm.
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Abrisa Technologies |
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