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White Paper: Expanding Markets On A Miniature Scale
7/27/2010
Components made from alumina (Al2O3), silicon nitride (Si3N4), aluminum nitride (AlN) and other ceramic materials are used in a wide range of electronic, automotive, aerospace, medical, and other high-tech applications. As these application areas continue to grow, manufacturers must find new and better solutions for machining these materials so that they can produce parts more cost effectively and on an increasingly smaller scale. While lasers have been used to drill, cut, and scribe ceramics for many years, the latest generation of laser systems offers new micromachining possibilities in ceramics.
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White Paper: Quantum Well Intermixing
6/23/2010
The latest advances in diode laser
technology are driving the
development of next generation
systems. Through advanced
semiconductor design and patented
Quantum Well Intermixing (QWI)
technology, Intense is delivering laser
products with superior brightness,
longer lifetimes, and increased
reliability. By Intense Ltd.
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Article: Guide To Custom High Power Laser Diodes
6/3/2010
You are designing a product that incorporates a high power laser diode. The first question to ask is, “Do I need a custom design?” Beyond that, you need to
understand the costs and technical issues involved in customizing diodes. Where
do you start? Who understands how to navigate the development process? This article provides product designers with insights, technology tips, and reference materials for specifying custom diodes. This guide will help you speed up the design process, lower costs, and make the process of working with laser diode manufacturers a bit less painful!
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Monitoring Carbon Composite Structures With Optical Fiber Sensors
5/26/2010
Fiber reinforced polymer composites
are revolutionizing the design of
large, high-performance structures in
the aerospace, marine and power generation
industries due to their advantages
in areas such as corrosion resistance,
specific strength and tailorability. The
use of carbon fiber reinforced composites,
the most common and lightest of
the “non-exotic” composite materials, is
now very widespread. By Luna Technologies, a Division of Luna Innovations Incorporated
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Application Note: Monitoring Carbon Composite Structures With Optical Fiber Sensors
5/26/2010
Fiber reinforced polymer composites
are revolutionizing the design of
large, high-performance structures in
the aerospace, marine and power generation
industries due to their advantages
in areas such as corrosion resistance,
specific strength and tailorability. The
use of carbon fiber reinforced composites,
the most common and lightest of
the “non-exotic” composite materials, is
now very widespread. By Luna Technologies, a Division of Luna Innovations Incorporated
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White Paper: Modeling Information Display Devices With LightTools
2/1/2010
Optical Research Associates (ORA®)
is the industry’s leading supplier of
imaging and illumination
design/analysis software: CODE V®
and LightTools®. By Optical Research Associates
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White Paper: Photonics Components Modeled In CODE V
2/1/2010
Optical Research Associates is a
leader in the optics industry both as
the largest independent optical
engineering services organization
and as the developer of the world’s
leading optical design software
package, CODE V®. By Optical Research Associates
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Photonics Components Modeled In CODE V
2/1/2010
Optical Research Associates is a
leader in the optics industry both as
the largest independent optical
engineering services organization
and as the developer of the world’s
leading optical design software
package, CODE V®. By Optical Research Associates
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Application Note: Reduce Cost Of Optics And Final Assembly: The Benefits Of Laser-Reflection Based Ultra-Precision Active Alignment
1/28/2010
Aligning and centering lenses for cementing or positioning in an optical system poses different challenges depending on the final precision requirements and the methods used during alignment. Desired quality, efficiency, cost of components and capital investment all play important roles in selecting the correct assembly method. The LASER ALIGNMENT AND ASSEMBLY STATION™ (LAS) is a dynamic laser reflection based, non-contact, real-time optical centration and angular measurement instrument, designed for aligning lenses in a multi-element optical system, such as a telescope, microscope objective or microlithography stepper. The LAS’s optical module provides strong, clear reflections by which the user can easily measure and record sub-micron Total Indicated Runout (TIR) for spheric, aspheric, parabolic, cylindric, coated, or uncoated optics with radius of curvatures from 2.0mm to infinity, without changing objectives. By Steve Bohuczky and Sasha Perlman, Opto-Alignment Technology, Inc.
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Expanding The Dynamic Range Of Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Imagery
1/22/2010
Advances have been made in short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging technology to address the most demanding imaging and surveillance applications. Multiple techniques have been developed and deployed in Goodrich’s SWIR indium gallium
arsenide (InGaAs) cameras to increase the dynamic range performance of standard, commercial off-theshelf (COTS) products. By Marc Hansen, Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
