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Why Use Purge Air? And What Practicalities to Consider
From: LANDDescription: Many AMETEK Land instruments use purge air, in the post I am going to explain the purpose and some of the practicalities ...
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Cold Processing Of Optical Lenses
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: Cold Processing of Optical Lenses ...
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Optical Lens Polishing Process
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: After the Negative Cylindrical Len is finely ground by the grinding liquid, the surface of the optical lens has a crack layer of about 2â€"3 m thick, and the method for eliminating the crack layer is ...
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Optical Mirror
From: ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTDDescription: With the development of the society nowadays, everyone has also improved their quality of life. Nowadays, they often go to travel, take risks, go to adventures and other activities. It is necessary to ...
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Polarization Optics Tutorial: Polarizers, Waveplates, Rotators, and Lyot Filters
Description: We will discuss polarized light; some of the optical components used to control, direct, and modify it; and applications. This tutorial is intended to be an accessible introduction to technicians, ...
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Optical Terminology
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: Various terminology commonly used in the optical industry ...
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Scratch and Dig Specifications
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: The scratch and dig standards of MIL-PRF-13830B, are widely used in the optical industry. ...
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Line Optics
Description: An Excellent Option for IMPAC ISR 6 and IGAR 6 Advanced Pyrometers, expanded functionality especially for wire production and pouring stream measurements ...
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A Guide to Tolerancing of Optical Coatings
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: In this webcast on tolerancing of optical coatings, Angus Macleod of the Thin Film Center attempts to answer the primary question, "Can this coating be successfully manufactured?" ...
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Flow Cytometry Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Used across a variety of biological disciplines, fluorescence-based flow cytometers rapidly and accurately quantify cells and cellular components. ...
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Fluorescence Filters for Microscopy and Imaging
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Fluorescence microscopes and imaging systems utilize fluorescent biomarkers and fluorescence filter sets to create bright, high contrast images of biomolecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and ...
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Thin Film Glossary
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Thin Film Glossary ...
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What is an Optical Window?
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: There are many factors to consider when designing an optical window. Carefully defining your requirements can save manufacturing time which translates to reduced costs. ...
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A Cornucopia of Coatings for Optical Components
From: Cascade Optical Corp.Description: Deposit thin layers of metallic or dielectric material on a lens, mirror or other optical device, and what's left is a thin-film optical coating. Such coatings are applied to control transmission or ...
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Five New Ways LEDs are Being Used to Improve Everyday Life
Description: Now that LED lighting has been embraced around the world as a smarter, lower-cost and more environmentally responsible alternative to incandescent lighting, businesses and public sector entities are ...
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How to Take the Guesswork out of LED Compatibility
Description: For LED lighting, incompatibility can lead to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that outgas, resulting in discoloration, decreased lighting intensity and lens fogging - generally impaired performance. ...
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Design of Fundamental LED Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The IR LED emitter is commonly continuously powered, forcing a constant DC current through the LED. The LED is connected to the DC supply via current limiting resistor. Equation included in piece. ...
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Design of Fundamental Photodiodes Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The basic structure of the photodiode is a reverse biased PN junction. When light of the proper wavelength is directed toward the junction, hole electron pairs are created and swept across the ...
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Design of Fundamental Phototransistor Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: The common-emitter amplifier circuit (Fig. 1) generates an output which transitions from a high state to a low state when light in the near-infrared range is detected by the phototransistor. The ...
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IR Hermetic Components FAQs
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: This note lists and answers common technical questions about the operation of Light in Motion's IR hermetic components. ...
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Random Position Object Sensing
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: Random Position Object Sensing refers to applications where the goal is to either detect the presence of an "object" in an open delimited space or count the number of objects travelling through a ...
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What are thin-film optical filters?
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Thin-film optical filters are made by depositing alternating thin layers of materials with special optical properties onto a substrate, such as optical-grade glass. ...
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Is Plasma a Viable Alternative to Laser?
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: A new class of plasma cutting, called X-Definition™, is further enhancing plasma's ability to tackle high precision applications. When installed on a high-quality cutting machine, equipped with ...
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How to Select the Correct Optical Flat
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: Understanding your application can help you to select the right optical flat without over specifying your requirements thereby saving you time and money. Choosing the appropriate material, defining ...
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Controlling growth and colour of phototrophs by using simple and inexpensive coloured lighting: A preliminary study in the Light4Heritage project towards future strategies for outdoor illumination
From: StellarNet, Inc.Description: The quantity (duration and intensity) and quality (colour or wavelength) of light are key factors involved in regulating growth and physiological processes in photosynthetic organisms. As a ...
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Fabrication of graphene devices for infrared detection
From: World Star TechDescription: Fabrication of graphene devices for infrared detection ...
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Laser triangulation for shape acquisition in a 3D scanner plus scan
From: World Star TechDescription: Laser triangulation for shape acquisition in a 3D scanner plus scan ...
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Measurement of Directed Blood Flow by Laser Speckle
From: World Star TechDescription: Measurement of directed blood flow by laser speckle ...
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Fiber Optics: The Next Level Up in
From: Versitron, Inc.Description: The benefits, with diagrams, of using fiber optics for connecting medical facilities together in a campus type setting, or within the hospitals themselves. ...
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Alluxa Introduces HELIX Spectral Analysis System for Measuring High-Performance Thin-Film Optical Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: HELIX™ Spectral Analysis System accurately measures the highest-performance optical filters. ...
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Custom Designs in Fiber Optics
Description: When it comes to fiber optic technology, standard products can only go so far to meet the needs of engineers and designers who typically require specific lengths or configurations not offered by ...
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More Marking Options with MOPA Laser Source
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: A MOPA laser source is a great way to expand your marking capabilities and improve the quality of your marking results on certain plastics and metals. With a conventional fiber laser, markings on ...
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Thin-Film Interference Filters for LIDAR
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: High-performance, ultra-narrowband interference filters improve LIDAR signal-to-noise ratios. ...
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Laser Marking Barcodes and Serial Numbers
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: Linear and 2D codes, like serial numbers, are already used in most industries, (for example, the automotive industry, medical technology, or electronics industry), in order to make products or ...
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Label Cutting With a CO2 Laser with Wavelength Optimization
From: Synrad, Inc.Description: The digital printing revolution has changed the landscape of label creation significantly. With the flexibility of printed design, the need to easily change the cut shape to match has become very ...
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How Fiber Optics Are Made?
Description: Many people ask how fiber optics are made. You can't just use "regular" glass. If you were to make optical fiber from ordinary window glass, the light that you shine through it would have a difficult ...
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Low Frequency THz-Raman Spectroscopy: Using Structural Information for Material Identification
Description: Raman is primarily used for chemical identification THz and XRD are used for structural analysis, what if Raman could do both? ...
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A New Class of Polarization Optics Designed Specifically for Lasers
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: In optical systems often it is necessary to isolate a single state of polarization of light. Many interferometric and spectroscopic systems are sensitive to polarization. Polarization can even play a ...
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Flatness of Dichroic Beamsplitters Affects Focus and Image Quality
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Even though fluorescence microscopy has become a routine technique for many applications, demanding requirements from technological advances continue to push the limits. For example, today biological ...
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Fluorescence Polarization in Life Sciences
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: The application of fluorescence polarization offers unique advantages over conventional fluorescence imaging and quantitation. In fluorescence polarization studies, fluorophores tied to biological ...
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How to Calculate Luminosity, Dominant Wavelength, and Excitation Purity
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: There are many different systems for analyzing and representing the color of an object perceived by a human observer. For the purposes of unambiguously specifying the color an observer sees when ...
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IBS Coatings for Ultrafast Lasers and Applications
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: In optics, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a light wave in the material depends on its frequency (wavelength). One of the most well-known examples of dispersion is the ...
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Ion-Beam-Sputtered (IBS) Thin-film Interference Filters for Nonlinear Optical Imaging
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Nonlinear optical (NLO) microscopy is emerging as a powerful technique for the study of biological samples. By combining several different imaging modalities such as multiphoton (MP) fluorescence, ...
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Low-birefringence Lens Design for Polarization Sensitive Optical Systems
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Polarization sensitive optical systems may contain optical components that are considered non-polarization optics, such as multi-element collection/illumination lenses, relay lenses and ...
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Measurement of Optical Filter Spectra
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Optical filters play an important role in enabling applications such as fluorescence microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. In these applications there are two distinct types of beams: the illumination ...
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Multimodal Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Imaging
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Nonlinear optical (NLO) imaging is a powerful microscopy technique that has found increasing use in the field of biomedical optics. In NLO imaging, ultrafast laser excitation is used to exploit ...
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Optical Filters for Laser-based Fluorescence Microscopes
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Due to many desirable properties such as high brightness, stability, longevity, and narrow spectral bandwidth, lasers have been advantageously replacing conventional broadband light sources for ...
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Rigid Body Movements of Optical Elements Due to Opto-mechanical Factors
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Techniques and formulas will be presented that demonstrate an effective means of characterizing the rigid body motions of optical elements from their nominal positions as caused by manufacturing ...
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Semrock VersaChrome Tunable Bandpass Filters
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Thin-film filters are the ideal solution for wavelength selection in most optical systems due to exceptionally high transmission (close to 100%), very steep spectral edges, and blocking of optical ...
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Super-resolution Microscopy
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Fluorescence microscopy has revolutionized the study of biological samples. Ever since the invention of fluorescence microscopy towards the beginning of the 20th century, significant technological ...
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The Physics of Pixel Shift
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: In multicolored fluorescence microscopy, pixel shift can cause imaging errors, which can lead to erroneous interpretation of biological data [1]. This article highlights some key considerations in the ...
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Understanding Polarization
From: IDEX Health & ScienceDescription: Polarization is a fundamental property of light. While many optical applications are based on systems that are "blind" to polarization, a very large number are not. Some applications rely directly on ...
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Boost Your Security Applications With Fiber Optic Converters
From: Versitron, Inc.Description: Article outlining the benefits of using fiber for security applications including CCTV with design drawings. ...
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Fiber Optic Lighting At Heart of Advanced Biomedical Research
Description: Of all the applications of optical fiber, from billboards to dashboards, few are as exciting as cutting edge bio-medical research. ...
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Optical Fiber Performance: Theory Versus Practice
Description: The wave-particle duality of light is an interesting contradiction for academics, but for designers of lighting systems, there are many practical, head-scratching contradictions and misconceptions ...
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How to Clean AlSiO Coated Front Surface Mirrors
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: Cleaning risks scratching the reflective surface of an optical mirror. If possible, avoid touching the mirror surface altogether and use a rubber bulb to blow dust off the surface. A bulb may be ...
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Selecting an Optical Mirror
From: Advanced Optics, Inc.Description: Optical mirrors are used in a wide variety of applications including aerospace, military and commercial avionics, scientific and medical instrumentation, academics and research, and industrial ...
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Arteries: Advanced Technology Tackles the Heart of the Problem
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: Since Marc 2016, a new device to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) is available that allows physicians to see in arteries during a directional atherectomy procedure to remove plaque that blocks ...
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Advancements in Biology Through Laser Ablation Techniques
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Laser ablation is the process of removing material from a surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. Laser-based ablation is greatly affected by the nature of the material and its ability to absorb ...
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Brightest X-ray Laser Vaporizes Water - Video Released
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Scientists have recorded the first ever microscopic movies of water being vaporized by the world's brightest X-ray laser. The data gathered at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator ...
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Creating Nano-channel Patterns in Light-Sheet Laser Interference Nanolithography
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Laserglow's 532 nm Single Frequency DPSS Laser was recently used as an illumination source by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in an experimental observation of ...
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Dynamic Photothermal Interferometric Phase Microscopy
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Laserglow's LRS-532 LabSpec laser was recently used as a light source by a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University, in a study that demonstrates highly dynamic photothermal interferometric phase ...
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How Cerebral Blood Flow Changes Following Optogenetic Stimulation
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Researchers the University of Wisconsin have demonstrated how cerebral hemodynamics are significantly impacted after optogenetic stimulation, as was displayed by use of Spectral Domain Optical ...
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How Laser Spectroscopy Advances Biotech
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Spectroscopy may be broadly defined as the study of the interaction between matter and radiation. What makes spectroscopy truly interesting is that it's arguably the most widely applied study method ...
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How Lasers Advance DNA Sequencing and Genomics
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: DNA sequencing is the process of determining the precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases-adenine, ...
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Laserglow in Research: Optogenetic Investigation of Hippocampal Theta Rhythms
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Laserglow's LRS-473 LabSpec Laser was recently used as an illumination source in a research conducted by a team at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada to ...
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Lasers Reveal Ancient Hidden Cities in Cambodia
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Cutting-edge, airborne laser scanning technology based on LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) has enabled the discovery of a previously unknown, ancient temple site in Cambodia, not far from Angkor ...
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Latest in Optogenetics: Migraines, PTSD and Cardiology. Plus, Cyanea in the Lab!
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: The World Economic Forum recently named Optogenetics as one of the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016. Several industry reports have suggested that the growth of this technique in biotech ...
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LIBS-based Device Scans Ocean Floor for Metal-Rich Minerals
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Laser Development and Material and Processes departments at Germany's Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), together with eight European partners are developing a laser-based, autonomous inspection system to ...
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MRI-Guided Focal Laser Therapy for Prostate Cancer
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: A Laserglow 671 nm LabSpec™ laser was recently used as a light source in a study using MRI-Guided Focal Photothermal Therapy (PTT) to destroy tumorous prostate cancer cells. The research was ...
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NASA's Satellite Laser Will Help Map Forests of the World
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: In 2018 NASA will launch a system equipped with LIDAR technology for the specific purpose of mapping the world's forests in 3D, from trunk to canopy. The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) ...
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New Energy-Efficient Laser Created Using Jellyfish Proteins
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: A combined team of researchers from Scotland and Germany has developed a way to create a polariton laser by using jellyfish proteins cultivated in E. coli cells. Unlike conventional lasers, a ...
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Optogenetic Activation Inhibits Spontaneous Firing, But Not Odor-related Sensory Firing
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Laserglow's 473 nm LabSpec™ laser was used as the light source in the experimental setup for researchers at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal who, in collaboration with ...
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Optogenetics Investigated for Treatment of Chronic Pain
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada have demonstrated the potential role of optogenetics in pain management through a study in which light-sensitive neurons were inhibited in the ...
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Repairing Neurons With Light
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Earlier this year researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen (HZM), a German Research Center for Environmental Health, succeeded in stimulating the regeneration of injured neurons in a living ...
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Scientists Create Most Efficient Quantum Cascade Laser Ever
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: A group of researchers at University of Central Florida has produced the most efficient quantum cascade laser ever designed - and done it in a manner that makes the lasers easier to reproduce. Quantum ...
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TIRF Microscopy Advances in Cellular Biology
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: It is difficult to overestimate the impact fluorescence imaging has had on life sciences. Fluorescence has advanced the field dramatically, and has become the basis for numerous bio-imaging methods ...
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Understanding Sensory Neurons and Pathways That Control Mating Choices
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Researchers at UC Berkeley have published a multidisciplinary study that aims to identify the different classes of chemosensory neurons that detect sex-specific pheromones and are responsible for ...
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Window to the Brain Could Enable Laser Surgery
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Use of a novel material, nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia (nc-YSZ), to make cranial implants may allow the safe and efficacious use of laser-based therapies to treat brain disorders while ...
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Controlling UVC Power with the L14U1 Sensor
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: This article describes how to design a circuit that controls the UVC light intensity in disinfection and sanitizing systems. This intensity must remain above a predetermined threshold to guarantee the ...
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What is a LED Light Pipe?
From: bisco industriesDescription: Light pipes, often called LED light pipes because of their use with LEDs, are physical structures (either a transparent plastic rod or an optical fiber) that are used for transmitting light ...
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Multiband Coated Filters Redefine Performance Standards for Scientific Applications
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Advances in thin-film technology have given rise to a new class of multiband coatings that task manufacturers to offer improved performance at competitive prices, enabling multiband filters that ...
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2-Axis vs 3-Axis
From: Nutfield TechnologyDescription: Laser system designers have a broad range of beam positioning architectures available to them to solve various applications. This paper explores the design, benefits, consequences, and use of the ...
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Thin-Film Optical Components for Use in Non-Linear Optical Systems
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Dispersion controlled thin films boost the performance of NLO systems that utilize a femtosecond laser. ...
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Fast Optical Alignment for SiP Production
Description: Industry-leading speed and capability is an enabler for "photonomics" from wafer to packaged device. ...
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How Laser Spectroscopy Advances Biotech Applications
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: Since atoms and molecules have their own unique spectra response, spectroscopy can be used in Applied Chemistry to detect, identify and quantify information about particles and hence distinguish one ...
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SME Capabilities & Solutions - Optocouplers For Hazardous Environments
Description: Many manufacturing plants are considered hazardous environments particularly in petro-chemical and grain processing plants. Any electrical arc could ignite a fire or major explosion. Since these ...
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Application: SME Capabilities & Solutions - Automotive LED Applications
Description: Standex-Meder Electronics, manufacturer of precise, reliable, and long-lasting miniature switches, sensors, and relays has literally been lighting the way for decades. Since the 1950's they have been ...
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Clarifying the Human Connectome
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: An introduction to the CLARITY technique and the Human Connectome Project. ...
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Application Notes: Using Beam Splitters for Teleprompters
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: Abrisa Technologies provides non-distortion, high definition compatible optical grade beam splitter mirrors for teleprompter applications. Each teleprompter mirror is coated with an all dielectric ...
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Biological research in space
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: The development and use of lasers in biological and medical research has provided a deeper understanding of diseases, organisms, pathogens, cellular structure of many life forms, and has enabled ...
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How Fluorescent Proteins Have Advanced Bio-Imaging Techniques
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: The 'Journal of Biomedical Optics' recently celebrated the accomplishments of Nobel Laureate Osamu Shimomura, and his contribution to the field of Bio-imaging. His experiments in the 60's lead to the ...
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Advanced Plasma Deposition Improves Ultra Narrowband Optical Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: A novel computer-controlled deposition system for multicavity filters improves their spectral precision and contrast. ...
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Flat Top, Ultra-Narrow Bandpass Optical Filters Using Plasma Deposited Hard Oxide Coatings
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Thin film optical filters with ultra-narrow bandwidth, high transmission and flat spectral profiles improve optical system performance for a variety of applications such as LIDAR, laser cleanup, and ...
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New Metrology Techniques for Advanced Thin Film Optical Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Improvements in optical filter performance require improvements in optical filter measurement techniques. ...
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Next Generation Thin Film Optical Filters for Life Sciences
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Next generation in thin film optical filter enhances excitation/emission fluorescence systems. ...
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Precision Infrared Narrow Bandpass and Dual Bandpass Filters Featuring Low OH-Band Absorption
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Alluxa's new precision infrared bandpass and dual bandpass filter technology brings new levels of performance with higher transmissions, steeper slopes, and flatter pass bands than traditional ...
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Specifying Plasma Deposited Hard Coated Optical Thin Film Filters
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Due to their complex nature and diverse end-use applications, thin film optical filters have always been a challenge to specify. This paper defines the major types of filters and offers guidelines on ...
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Thin Substrate, Dichroic and Polychroic Thin Film Filters Featuring Flatness Less Than Zero Point 1 Waves RMS
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Alluxa Introduces a New Line of Ultra-Flat Dichroic and Polychroic High Performance Thin Film Filters that Feature a Flatness of <0.1wave RMS Without the Need for Backside Compensation. ...
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Ultra-Narrowband Optical Bandpass Filters with Large Format and Improved Temperature Stability
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: Sophisticated monitor and deposition methods enable multi-cavity narrowband filters that push the envelope of performance. ...