Industry Insights

  1. VCSEL- Illuminating Sensor Technology Goes Mainstream 11/5/2020

    Laser Components USA, Inc. is keeping pace with the market, providing customers with VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) sensors. These sensor products can act as a combination of LED and an edge-emitting laser (EEL), providing the benefits of both. Many other advantages of VCSEL-based optoelectronic components include packaging convenience performance, providing more information than LED-based sensors, and delivering an order of magnitude lower than LEDs.

  2. The Future Is Now: How Glass Micro Bonding Enables A New Era Of Ultra-Reliable Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging 4/2/2020

    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.

  3. Fighting Viruses: UV-C LED - Will All The Research Soon Pay Off? 7/6/2020

    The world remains in a continuing state of uncertainty due to the new COVID-19 coronavirus. Face masks and disinfectants are selling very well. Disinfection with UV light could offer a way of disinfecting larger areas without the use of chemical disinfectants, especially in hospitals where patients are being treated.

  4. How To Measure Thin, Parallel Optics 10/1/2019

    Thin, parallel optics are difficult to measure, because both front and back surfaces reflect light. Fourier- Transform Phase Shifting Interferometry can separate those reflections and provide more information than traditional methods. 

  5. Polymorph And Ingredient Analysis With High-Resolution 1064 nm Dispersive Raman Spectroscopy 6/18/2019

    Polymorphism is crucial in the pharmaceutical industry because different polymorphs have different physical and chemical properties, such as chemical reactivity, solubility, stability, dissolution rate, and excipient compatibility in the formulation of medicines. Due to its importance, the screening of polymorph becomes necessary for drug research and development. In this application note, 1064 nm dispersive Raman is demonstrated as a viable, nondestructive method to identify polymorph and enable further component analysis on pharmaceutical tablets.

  6. Signal-To-Noise Ratio vs Calibration Uncertainty vs Repeatability In Laser Power And Energy Measurement 7/6/2020

    It is common to search for the measurement solution with the lowest uncertainty of measurement for laser processes involved in demanding applications such as medical device manufacturing or aerospace parts manufacturing, where traceability is key to a production line. Calibration uncertainty of a laser power meter or energy meter may not be the only specification needed checked. Repeatability, linearity and noise equivalent power or energy are other specifications that must be checked out as well. Let’s make it simple! This article will help you select the right detector for your laser measurement needs and quickly.

  7. Bus Bars And Optics 11/21/2019

    A bus bar is a strip of conductive material applied to the surface of a conductively coated glass, most commonly ITO (indium tin oxide) or IMITO (index matched ITO) coatings. Abrisa applies bus bars either by thin film deposition of chrome-nickel-gold or by screen printing.

  8. AFM With Motorized XYZ And Camera 9/29/2020

    An atomic force microscope (AFM) can be built using Mad City Labs products along with other off-the-shelf components. This application note describes the construction of a fully automated AFM with the addition of a camera with a coaxial illuminator to view the tip approach.

  9. Medical Device Design & Manufacturing Challenges: 2020 And Beyond 3/9/2020

    Medical device manufacturers and designers must overcome various challenges to succeed in an expanding global marketplace, challenged along the way by aspects of design, research, validation, and bringing their devices to a competitive market in a cost-effective manner.

  10. Advanced Fiber Optics Enhance Visualization For Robotic Surgery 12/2/2020

    For robotic surgery, light guides made from specialty glass fibers can deliver the high-quality light needed to provide a realistic and clear view of the surgical field.