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UV OPTICS: New optical developments boost near-UV applications
Limited choices for substrate/coating materials and processing costs keeps deep-ultraviolet (100-250 nm) applications relatively sparse, but the near-ultraviolet (250-400 nm) region is flourishing, primarily because of the availability of new optical components, coatings, and light sources. Read more >>    
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MICRO-OPTICS: Concave microlenses boost LED output
A group at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) is using glass microspheres not as embedded convex lenses, but as molds to create an array of concave microsurfaces in plastic to increase the light coupled out of an LED. Read more >>
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X-RAY OPTICS: Novel optics improve nuclear-weapon safety
To monitor the performance of aging weapons in its stockpile, the NNSA is using the computed-tomography (CT) Confined Large Optical Scintillator Screen and Imaging System (CoLOSSIS) designed and built by Optics 1 (Westlake Village, CA) for the NNSA BW-Pantex Facility in Amarillo, TX. Read more >>
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OPTICS FOR SCANNING: Rapid scanning applications drive mirror design
Successful scanning requires integration of the mirror, its mounting, and the motor into a system called “M Cubed”--an integration process that requires tradeoffs in terms of materials, mechanical fixturing, and scanning parameters. Read more >>
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Varioptic and Cognex enter into partnership for liquid lens
Under the terms of a partnership and licensing agreement, vision and inspection company Cognex will use Varioptic's liquid lenses to add autofocus capability to Cognex's line of ID code readers. Read more >>
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Combined reflector and DOE couple light into or out of optical circuit
Researchers at National Central and National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan have combined an integrated Si 45° microreflector with a focusing diffractive optical element (DOE) etched on the surface of the microreflector to couple light into or out of a Si optical circuit. Read more >>
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Anti-speckle technique uses dynamic optics
Laser speckle can be the limiting condition of performance in applications including metrology, microscopy, lithography, and projection displays. Dyoptyka (Dublin, Ireland), after filing several patent applications, can now disclose some of its anti-speckle techniques. Read more >>
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Enter your optical component to win the CLEO/LFW Innovation Award!
CLEO and Laser Focus World announce the call for submissions for the annual Innovation Awards Program, established to honor CLEO exhibitors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made significant contributions in advancing the field of optics and photonics. Deadline for submissions is March 10, 2010, so enter now. Read more >>
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