Applications News

JDSU and Amada develop fibre laser based cutting system

26 July 2010
JDSU has collaborated with Amada, a manufacturer of machine tools for metal fabrication, to develop a new high-power 4kW fibre laser

Portable spectrometers used for air quality monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico

26 July 2010
Ocean Optics' modular HR2000 spectrometers have been used for air quality monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico as part of Argos Scientific's portable UV DOAS air monitoring system

Beam-splitter comissioned for laser satellite communications

23 July 2010
Optical Surfaces has received an order from the German communications satelite building firm Tesat-Spacecom for a high performance, thermally-stabilised beam expander to be used for laser-based satellite communications

Observatory to use laser light sources

23 July 2010
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at Paranel, Chile, will be equipped with four CW high power Laser Guide Stars from Toptica

Cosmic experiment takes advantage of photo diodes

23 July 2010
The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment to study cosmic ray origins will use a number of Hybrid Photo Diodes (HPDs) from Photonis