White Papers

Volcano research enhanced with FLIR thermal imaging cameras

By Loic Premartin
1 September 2011

White Paper Lead ImageThermal imaging cameras allow researchers to not only see volcanic heat, but also to get non contact temperature readings from a safe distance, which keeps the researchers out of harm’s way.

Thermal imaging helps detect material failure in bikes

By Loic Premartin
3 June 2011

White Paper Lead ImageCarbon fibre reinforced materials in bikes checked with pulse thermography

World-record 100MHz trigger rate photon counter for telecom wavelengths

By Leonard Widmer, Michael Desert, Laurent Monnat, Bernard Clausen, Jean-Benoit Page, Alexis Rochas
6 April 2011

White Paper Lead ImageThe id210 is the first photon counter for telecom wavelengths that works at frequencies up to 100MHz, can also operate in free running mode, and does not require cryogenic cooling

Thermal Imaging Scenes with Wide Temperature Differences

By Loic Premartin, FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions (ATS)
3 February 2011

White Paper Lead ImageThis paper introduces and demonstrates the technique of 'superframing'. The technique of superframing consists of varying the exposure, or integration time of a thermal imaging camera from frame to frame in a cyclic manner and combining the resulting subframes into single superframes with greatly extended temperature ranges, thereby allowing the user to visualize scenes featuring wide temperature differences

Technology Features

Electro Optics coverTripping the light fantastic

Rob Coppinger rounds up the latest products for analysing light


Electro Optics coverVisible improvement

Rob Coppinger discovers how liquid crystal defence technology could put an end to blinding lasers and improve imaging

Electro Optics coverMaximum power, maximum safety

Rob Coppinger investigates how the industry is containing lasers as powerful as Class 4


Electro Optics coverLife through a lens

Greg Blackman on the importance of optics for those working in the field of life sciences, from microscopy to measuring fluorescence with ultrafast spectroscopy

Products

EX-L200 series laser sensors

20 February 2012
SENSORS AND DETECTORS
Panasonic has extended its EX-L200 series of laser sensors with two further models, in addition to the existing range of thru-beam and retro-reflective type sensors
Panasonic

Diode laser bars

20 February 2012
LASERS AND DIODESDiode laser bars
Dilas has expanded its range of high-power diode laser bars by extending its offerings to water-cooled laser diodes for alkali lasers
Dilas

Antaris sensors

20 February 2012
SENSORS AND DETECTORS
Alrad is distributing the Antaris range of laser non-contact displacement sensors, which work by the triangulation principle of measurement
Alrad

Diocut

20 February 2012
LASER SYSTEMSDiocut
Limo has introduced Diocut, an energy-efficient 2kW diode laser system which, in eight-hour constant operation, consumes approximately 20 per cent less energy than a comparable fibre laser
Limo

Optics for welding clear polymers

17 February 2012
LENSES AND OPTICSOptics for welding clear polymers
Sill Optics provides asphere or 2-axis f-theta lens optics for use with 1.4um to 2um erbium or thulium fibre lasers, as used for welding clear polymers
Sill Optics

Millennia Edge

17 February 2012
LASERS AND DIODES
Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation brand, has launched the Millennia Edge single-frequency, continuous-wave (CW) green laser
Newport