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LaserFocusWorld Newsletter | November 17, 2009
FOCUS ON > Materials processing November 17, 2009
INDUSTRY NEWS
Pranalytica wins contract to improve quantum cascade laser
The U.S. Army has awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) contract to Pranalytica aimed at radically improving that company's quantum cascade laser (QCL) performance.
EC-funded fiber-laser project LIFT takes off
The European Commission has launched Leadership In Fibre Laser Technology (LIFT), a collaborative, 16 million Euro project to expand materials processing through high-brightness fiber lasers.
2010 program for Strategies in Light; a new era for LEDs
Strategies Unlimited and PennWell Corporation will host their 11th annual business-oriented conference and exhibition on high-brightness (HB) LEDs and lighting on February 10-12, 2010 in Santa Clara, CA.
 
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TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Air Force restrictions impact astronomical adaptive optics
According to a number of astronomers, restrictions imposed by the Air Force on the use of lasers are significantly diminishing the utility of adaptive optics for studying the cosmos.
Trace pollutants in fresh vegetables measured using LIBS
A time-resolved spectroscopy system has made the first quantitative measurements of trace elements in fresh vegetables based on the detection of optical emission from a laser-induced plasma.
Luxtera optical transceiver mounts on a computer motherboard
Luxtera launched a single-chip optical transceiver that can be mounted directly on a computer motherboard; the aim is for the 10 Gbit/s per channel device to dip below the one dollar per Gbit/s barrier.
Trident laser accelerates protons to record energies
An international team of physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has succeeded in using intense laser light to accelerate protons to energies never before achieved.
NEW PRODUCTS
 
iBeam smart is an ultracompact diode laser
Toptica Photonics announces the most advanced compact diode laser, the iBeam smart. This laser allows users to increase productivity and reliability while optimizing the weight and size of their systems. It is the first true one-box solution in compact OEM diode-laser modules. The laser measures only 100 x 40 x 40 cubic millimeters.
Toptica Photonics; Victor, NY
 
High Quality Color Technology camera delivers vibrant images
Baumer has introduced the first in a line of High Quality Color Technology GigE Cameras, a cost effective alternative to 3CCD camera technology. Equipped with the patented Baumer CIELAB engine that offers advanced real-time color processing, the Baumer TXG06ac Camera requires only one CCD sensor to deliver high-quality images.
Baumer; Southington, CT
 
Uncooled COAX reflective SOA in pigtailed package
CIP Technologies announced a new addition to its range of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). For the first time, a high signal gain reflective SOA coaxially packaged in a pigtailed TO-56 can is capable of uncooled operation over an extended temperature range for sensor networks and WDM-PONs.
CIP Technologies; Martlesham Heath, England
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FOCUS ON: Materials processing
Laser additive manufacturing gains strength
The process of using a laser and donor materials for component prototyping and repair is just now gaining widespread adoption, thanks to decades of research, improved laser systems, and a demand for environmentally sustainable engineering practices.
Laser welding gets a vision boost
Keyhole welding, one of the most common means of laser welding in industry, has gotten a quality control boost in the form of a new image-processing method developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques.
Uses proliferate for high-energy picosecond UV lasers
New developments in commercial high-energy solid-state lasers (tens of millijoules per pulse, hundreds of hertz) support applications such as solar-cell patterning, flat-panel-display manufacturing, and cutting of thick sheets of metal.
Industrial laser sales to fall 32% in 2009; fiber lasers fare better
According to Strategies Unlimited (Mountain View, CA), the industrial laser market will fall 32% in 2009 to the level of 2004 if sales stay at current levels, per the findings in a recent report.