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By John Oncea, Editor
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, SPIE announced 24 finalists across eight categories that are up for Prism Awards, Intel Corporation announced 10 startups that will be taking part in a 12-week tech expert program, and Rockley Photonics revealed groundbreaking technology that supports IR and hyperspectral image detection and sensing devices.
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By William Yang and Michael Li, BaySpec Inc.
OEM/ODM services are ideal for organizations that require optics, spectroscopy, and/or photonics-related products and subsystems.
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Case Study
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Vision Research, Inc.
The Max Plank Institute for Intelligent Systems has dedicated itself to complex fundamental research using a Phantom ultra-high-speed (UHS) camera for precise observation and versatile analysis.
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Article
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By Tony Kitazawa,
Canon USA, Inc. Optoelectronic Components
Non-contact sensing is invaluable in applications where measurements may be rendered unacceptably imprecise by slippage and poor speed management, or equipment or products may be damaged by contact.
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Article
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PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
The flourishing field of lidar is building on a foundation laid by silicon photonics and smartphones, an outcome that surprised all but the most leading-edge thinkers in ultraprecision manufacturing, engineering, and innovation theory.
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By James F. MacKay,
Mad City Labs, Inc.
Atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are versatile tools for characterizing surfaces down to the subnanometer scale. Researchers can build their own AFMs for as little as $30,000 using off-the-shelf components such as nanopositioning stages.
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News
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Opto Diode, An ITW Company
Opto Diode Corporation, an ITW company, offers a variety of high-power, infrared light-emitting diodes (IRLEDs) and ultra-high-power near-infrared LED illuminators designed for military, aerospace, and defense.
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Article
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Zygo Corporation
Aspheric lenses (or more simply, aspheres) are used in a wide variety of applications as a way to optimize optical performance while ensuring an efficient design. They are characterized by a radius of curvature that varies from the center to the edge of the lens, affording them greater optical functionality.
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White Paper
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Alluxa, Inc.
This paper defines major filter types and discusses how to specify key attributes while also optimizing cost. The filter types discussed include band pass types of ultra-square high cavity count, ultra-narrow and soft coating replacements, and dichroic and polychroic tilted beamsplitter filters.
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Application Note
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Laser Components USA, Inc.
Selecting a laser module to fit an application should be a fluid process. From identifying key specifications to testing and potentially customizing the final laser, it is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
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The Ophir BeamWatch Integrated industrial laser beam profiler combines non-contact beam profiling of the BeamWatch family and an Ophir power measurement sensor with high industrial standards for automation.
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Infrared Devices Product Manager Gary Spingarn of Hamamatsu met with Photonics Online on day two of Defense + Commercial Sensing 2022 to talk about quantum cascade lasers. Hamamatsu offers packages featuring lower power consumption. Other products in their lineup include quantum cascade detectors, infrared LEDs, and more.
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