Optoelectronics
Thermal camera combines accuracy and sensitivity
Including a thermal sensitivity function which is twice as precise that of the industry standard, the FLIR T1030sc combines an extraordinarily sensitive detector with High Definition (HD)-ready optics, the camera detects temperature differences of less than 20mK at 30°C.
MicroLED-based AR and VR HUD concept displayed at CES 2018
Plessey Semiconductors has successfully demonstrated how its monolithic microLED technology can be used to deliver the next-gen of Head-Up Displays (HUDs), enabling new AR and VR applications. MicroLEDs are emerging as the only technology that can provide high luminance in a small format. All leading manufacturers of wearable technologies are currently pursuing manufactures that can deliver a suitable microLED solution.
Network troubleshooter offers many functions
A network troubleshooting tool from Ideal Industries Networks Division is available at distributor Conrad Business Supplies. The NaviTEK NT is a network tester for troubleshooting and maintenance of active and passive copper and fibre networks. Incorporating an improved graphical interface NaviTEK NT allows network technicians to pinpoint and solve network connectivity issues within complex network infrastructure faster than ever before...
University orders intense laser for interaction studies
Strathclyde Intense Laser Interaction Studies (SILIS) Group, from University of Strathclyde (UK) has sent an order to Optical Surfaces for three ultra-high performance off-axis parabolic mirrors in special custom vacuum motorised mounts. The mounted mirrors to be developed by Optical Surfaces will be used on several beamlines of the facilities 350TW laser which is designed to support an extensive research portfolio in laser-plasma physics an...
Optical fibres offer alternative way to 3D print microstructures
For the first time, researchers have shown that an optical fibre as thin as a human hair can be used to create microscopic structures with laser-based 3D printing. The innovative approach might one day be used with an endoscope to fabricate tiny biocompatible structures directly into tissue inside the body. This capability could enable new ways to repair tissue damage.
Optimising optics through increased design efficiency
If photonics is to meet the needs of a new generation of applications, problems will need to be addressed through better design and modelling. The EU-funded ADOPSYS project approached this challenge as much with a skills-based answer, as a technical one. Currently the field of photonics suffers from a lack of broad expertise in applied modelling and design for industrial optical systems and components.
IR detectors minimise fire risks
Infrared IR detectors are widely used to monitor industrial facilities for the presence of flames, ensuring that the risk of an outbreak of fire is minimised. A flame will flicker randomly at a rate between 1-20Hz when it is burned naturally, modulating any IR signal generated. Pyroelectric and lead sulphide detectors sense this modulated IR light and so can provide a warning of the presence of a flame. The signal to noise characteristic of the I...
LED strip lights combine illumination and indication
Provider of technology for industrial automation, Banner Engineering, has announced the release of WLS27 Multicolour LED Strip Lights with EZ-STATUS that perform both illumination and indication functions for machines and workstations. The latest additions to the WLS27 series feature LEDs in multiple colours that both illuminate work areas and provide status indication with one device.
Powerful inspection tool features infrared guided measurement tech
The FLIR DM285 industrial thermal imaging digital multimeter clamp meter has just been introduced by FLIR as an industrial inspection, troubleshooting and diagnostic tool for electrical distribution, electro-mechanical, heating, ventilation, air conditioning/refrigeration (HVAC/R), and electronics equipment applications.
Device poses an alternative way to generate lasers
Most objects react in predictable ways when force is applied to them—unless they have 'negative mass'. And then they react exactly opposite from what you would expect. Now University of Rochester researchers have succeeded in creating particles with negative mass in an atomically thin semiconductor, by causing it to interact with confined light in an optical microcavity.