Optoelectronics
LDP-V 50-100 driver module for pulsed lasers
The LDP-V 50-100 from PicoLAS is a compact OEM module with 3-50A output current and <4ns rise time, for driving pulsed last diode modules.
Scientists control lightning with lasers
A group of scientists have successfully controlled lightning and guided it safely to the ground using lasers.
Vaisala launches new optical inline process refractometer series
Vaisala has unveiled a next-gen process refractometer platform Polaris. The products are designed to optimise industrial manufacturing processes, product quality, enhance productivity, and save resources, energy, and time in various industries and hundreds of industrial applications.
Fixed focus lenses for monitoring radioactive processes
For monitoring radioactive processes in nuclear power, reprocessing and waste storage plants – Resolve Optics offers a standard range of 6, 9 and 25mm focal length fixed focus lenses.
Together for PbX - industry representatives meet in Olching
At the invitation of LASER COMPONENTS, industry representatives from Germany and Great Britain met in Olching near Munich for the first meeting of Group 46 on 23rd and 24th January 2023. Other participants from the USA, Japan, China, Belgium, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands were included in the discussions via virtual sessions. Group 46 is an informal global stakeholder group that takes a holistic approach to advocate for the future of lead s...
1.25-Gbps optical transceiver – high-speed communications, low cost
Hamamatsu Photonics has developed an optical transceiver P16671-01AS that achieves fibre-optic communications at a data transmission speed of 1.25 Gbps.
Space-saving solution for circuit isolation
Würth Elektronik has expanded its WL-OCPT optocoupler product family with the DIP-8 design. Two-channel optocoupler phototransistors with eight pins are now available.
LASER COMPONENTS micro lens arrays
LASER COMPONENTS offers micro lens arrays from partners Holo/Or for laser beam homogenising and shaping. Micro lens arrays consist of micron-scale plano-convex refractive lenses packed together on a single supporting substrate. While each individual lens behaves as a conventional refractive lens, the cumulative effect when the substrate is illuminated with a laser beam is such that more complex optical functions can be generated such as bea...
Farnell distributes accurate, low-cost particle sensors from Piera Systems
Farnell has signed a new distribution agreement with Piera Systems to sell the highly accurate Intelligent Particle Sensor family of particle sensors.
High-Efficiency Dual-Junction Laser Source
The VD-0940V-015M-xx-2B0 VCSEL diode distributed by LASER COMPONENTS uses a dual-junction design to convert an operating current of only 8mA into an output power of 15mW. This corresponds to a conversion efficiency of 52%. The round beam typical of VCSEL technology has a divergence of only 25°, allowing the laser light to be coupled into fibres with virtually no loss.