May 2007 Archives

Our latest selection of products making their debut at LASER 2007 includes an xyz-piezo scanner with a resolution of 25 pm and a range of water-cooled, fiber-coupled laser modules that delivers up to 120 W of optical power from a 200 µm core glass fiber.

Our latest selection of new product releases at LASER 2007 ranges from a micro-optical rotary coupler for single mode fibers, said to improve on the efficiency of previous designs by a factor of 450 (!), to a digital galvanometer that offers simultaneous real-time monitoring of multiple galvanometer parameters.

Messe München, the organizers of LASER 2007: World of Photonics, are keen to make your visit as productive as possible. Here are some of its latest initiatives.

SIFAM Fibre Optics, based in Torquay, UK, expects to ship its one millionth fused optical-fiber component shipment in June. Following in the tradition of supporting the most demanding industrial applications, this device will be supplied for integration in a new high-power fiber laser.

Laserfact, an industrial laser specialist based in Aachen, Germany, has developed a novel "combi-head" solution that allows laser-based cutting and welding - without the need to retool.

Toptica Photonics is clearly aiming to make a big impact at LASER 2007. The Munich-based company will be releasing no fewer than twelve innovations based on its diode and FemtoFiber laser products, with applications including biophotonics, terahertz generation, optical data storage, and spectroscopy. Here's just a taste of what the company will be showing.

Our latest selection of new products coming on stream at Laser 2007 ranges from ion-beam sputtered coatings to a novel MTF and distortion measurement system. If you have any further new product announcements, please email them to me at webeditor@optics.org. Thank you in advance!

With less than three weeks to go until Munich's new exhibition centre throws open its doors on LASER 2007, we profile another batch of exhibitors. These range from Portugal's Multiwave Photonics, with its novel hot-spot monitoring technology, to TEM Messtechnik, which supplies systems that can dynamically test the "hot spot" technology of tunable lasers.

The European Optical Society has provided optics.org with more detailed information about its series of conferences on imaging. These range from a presentation on CMOS image sensing, through a 1Mfps CCD image sensor with sub-10 photon sensitivity, to novel imaging applications in real-time range mapping.

Currently there are four strong trends in the domain of electronic imaging: ubiquitous cameras, the approach towards physical limits, new imaging modalities, and novel applications.

Ahead of the Laser 2007 exhibition and associated conferences, the European Optcial Society (EOS) has assessed the optics and photonics markets used by and sold into by its members. Some of its key observations provide heartening news for exhibitors, be they distributors, OEM integrators or product developers.

Further to our earlier introduction to the conference program organized by the European Optical Society (EOS), optics.org has now discovered more about the industry trends that EOS will report on in Munich. Furthermore, following an exclusive interview, we can reveal what EOS believes will be the real conference highlights.

At the LASER 2007 exhibition, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonics Microsystems (IPMS) will be presenting several laser and optics-related innovations, including a MEMS-based adaptive optics demonstrator for optical wavefront control and imaging enhancement, an RGB laser projector, and a MEMS-based spatial light modulator.

Swiss company Onefive Lasers has developed a novel packaging technology for ultrafast lasers based on solid-state and fiber technologies. The design allows picosecond and femtosecond lasers to become turn-key "24-7"devices that can be operated by almost anybody and in a range of industry-environmental conditions, similar to laser pointers or CD drive lasers. Typical application areas would be in the fields of medicine, ambient sensing, security or in seeding large scale amplifiers.

With less than four weeks to go until the grand opening of LASER 2007, we are picking up the pace and profiling another batch of exhibitors. Amid more reports this week of a renaissance for the both the optical components and fiber sectors, we are pleased to see a good number of suppliers putting their money where their mouths are and developing and launching ever more innovative products. One to note from the latest batch is the modest giant Hamamatsu, which last year ploughed an impressive 11% of its $737 million turnover back into R&D. So, whether you're looking for a new laser for a particular job or a distributor to reach new markets, read on for a taste of what's on show in Munich.

Our latest selection of new products coming on stream at Laser 2007 ranges from safety eyewear to the latest laser sources. If you have any further new product announcements, please email them to me at webeditor@optics.org. Thank you in advance!

We've been profiling exhibitors for a while now, but now it's the turn of the
new products. This selection includes everything from high-power laser
diodes to the latest test and measurement gear. If you have any further announcements, please email them to webeditor@optics.org. Thank you in advance!

With less than six weeks to until the grand opening of LASER 2007, and more companies signing up all the time, optics.org is battling bravely to bring you more exhibitor profiles. This latest batch details some of the business background to the renaissance of the laser industry, as well as revealing some exciting new technologies you'll soon be able to see.

Here are some tasters of the topics to be discussed at this year's Laser Marketplace conference. We feel it's just about enough information to encourage you to attend - without giving the whole game away...

This year marks the eighth International Laser Marketplace conference, which considers global and regional markets, sales trends, applications, and the jockeying for position between new and more established technologies.

The conference takes place on 20 June at the International Congress Center Munich. Between 08:45 and 13:30, a panel of international laser experts will present their latest research results and opinions on such topics as the exploitation of fiber lasers, the use of diode-pumped solid-state lasers in applications such as solar cells and flat-panel displays, and the race between solid-state lasers and fiber lasers for microprocessing as well as for cutting and welding.

Momentum is gathering for this year's LASER 2007 exhibition and World of Photonics conference. Figures just released by event organizer Messe München reveal that the number of exhibitors has rocketed to almost 1100, a 14% increase on the 950 companies who took space at the previous LASER show in 2005. With the show less than six week's away, make sure you get all the information you need from optics.org's exclusive LASER 2007 channel.