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FOCUS ON > Photonics Software July 2, 2013 PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY NEWS Space Photonics SBIR to extend FSO communications to 7 kmMilitary/aerospace optical networking systems provider Space Photonics won a $332K SBIR from the DoD to further develop LaserFire for point-to-point ground communications. CLEO Innovation Awards VIDEO interviews ready for viewing!VIDEO from the show floor at CLEO: 2013 highlights the KMLabs winning product and honorable mentions for TAG Optics, Princeton Instruments, and Femtolasers. Deep-UV LEDs preserve strawberriesIn his latest SPECTRAL BYTES blog, Jeff Hecht describes yet another fascinating application for LEDs: strawberry preservation. And I thought making red lettuce more red was exciting! Prism sheet lets in more sunlight in winter, less in summerJapan's AIST and Sumitomo Chemical developed an optical sheet that blocks sunlight in summer and lets it through in winter, while still allowing people to see outside. PHOTONICS INDUSTRY NEWS Panasonic and imec partner on 4K2K CMOS image sensorPanasonic has been active these days in its partnerships; together with imec, it created a 4000 x 2000 pixels squared imager that targets high-speed, next-generation HDTV. Panasonic and Fujifilm partner on organic CMOS sensor The organic CMOS image-sensor technology has a large dynamic range of 88 dB, preventing simultaneous overexposure in bright image areas and underexposure in dark areas. New Ron Schaeffer blog: CLEO reveals new laserIn his newly launched blog entitled "Ron's Laser Report," Ron Schaeffer from PhotoMachining describes a new hole-drilling laser he found at the CLEO: 2013 conference in San Jose, CA. IPG makes large donation to OSA Foundation's Siegman SchoolThe OSA Foundation has received a $250,000 donation from IPG Photonics for the Siegman International School on Lasers Endowment to help establish the program. MORE PHOTONICS INDUSTRY NEWS: • Corning ClearCurve fiber solutions win datacenter award• LED manufacturers Luminus Devices and Lightera merge• CLEO highlights Tech Transfer opportunities• Fast-Track Committee to guide National Photonics Initiative• Infinera PICs exceed one billion failure-free hours NEW PRODUCTS Fusion splicer splices large-diameter fiberThe FSM-100P+ fusion splicer for optical fibers includes an end-view fiber observation system to splice extra-large diameter fiber up to 1200 microns using Plasma Zone Path Modulation. Fujikura Europe; Chessington, England Stepper motors come in 41 and 60 mm sizes The SC Series is a combination stepper motor and optical encoder. The motors come in sizes 41 (Nema 17) and 60 mm (Nema 24), with holding torque of 0.5 and 3.54 Nm, respectively. Nanotec Electronic; Medford, MA Beam characterization system operates over 400 to 1100 nm The BQM-50 laser beam characterization system uses NPL technology to measures M2 in < 20 s. Its wavelength range is 400 to 1100 nm and the compact system has no moving parts. Arden Photonics; Solihull, England More new products ...... from the print and online resources of Laser Focus World FOCUS ON: Photonics software Software allows 700X faster digital image magnificationA graduate student in computer engineering has, for her PhD thesis, improved two of the most widespread algorithms used in digital image processing: thresholding and magnification. Optical-trapping map shows trapping efficiency in 3DModeling software has allowed researchers to calculate trapping strength of dielectric microspheres as a function of 3 parameters, allowing them to create a 3D map of trapping strength. Computer simulations reveal roadblock to successful laser-driven fusion"This was strong evidence to the experimental team that the typical approach to cone-guided Fast Ignition wouldn’t work, since thicker cones should be more realistic than thin cones." OptiPro launches aspheric profilometer data analysis software OptiTrace aspheric profilometer data analysis software offers multiple profile loading and 3D surface reconstruction for detailed surface analysis of precision optics.

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