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22 September 2022 Newsletter - GoPhotonics

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Date: 22 September 2022

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Latest Photonics News this Week

LLNL Researchers Develop NextGen Diffraction Gratings to Enable World’s Most Powerful Laser

LLNL

Researchers from Harvard SEAS Demonstrate New On-Chip Frequency Comb for Optical Communications

Harvard SEAS

U.S. Department Of Defense Gets High-Power 300 kW-Class Laser from Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

KIT Research Team Successfully Prints Highly Reflective Mirrors Using Inkjet Printer

KIT

Coherent Wins DARPA Contract to Devise Optical Transceivers for Space-BACN Program

Coherent Corp

NIST Signs Agreement With Google to Produce Chips for Measuring Device Performance

NIST

Ambient Photonics Finalizes Initial Financing for Its State-of-the-Art U.S. Solar Manufacturing Facility

Ambient Photonics

Aeva to Showcase 4D LiDAR Technology for Commercial Vehicles at IAA Transportation 2022

Aeva

Jenoptik to Expand Production Facility for Micro-optics and Sensors

Jenoptik

II-VI Renamed to Coherent Corp and Launches New Brand Identity

II-VI Incorporated

New Photonics Products this Week

915 nm Multimode CW Laser Diode for Medical & Defense Applications

Laser Diode from Sheaumann Laser

The M5-915-0500-0 from Sheaumann Laser is a Laser Diode that operates at a wavelength of 915 nm. It delivers a continuous-wave output power of 500 mW and has a slope efficiency of 1 W/A. This multimode laser diode has a beam divergence of 30 degrees (vertical far-field) & 8 degrees (horizontal far-field) at FWHM. It requires a threshold current of 100 mA and consumes 600 mA of current.

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813.4 nm NIR Laser for Quantum Research & Strontium Atom Applications

Laser from Skylark Lasers

The 813.42 QT Series Laser from Skylark Lasers is a NIR Laser that operates at a wavelength of 813.4 nm. It delivers a continuous wave output power of up to 100 mW with power stability of less than 2% and beam divergence of up to 1 mrad. This laser has spectral stability of ± 1.0 pm and an optional mode-hop free tuning range from 25 to 50 GHz. It has a spectral width of less than 0.3 MHz.

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532 nm CW Green Laser for Micromachining & Material Processing Applications

Laser from Novanta Photonics

The gem 532 from Novanta Photonics is a solid-state continuous wave laser that operates at a wavelength of 532 nm. It delivers an output power of 100 - 2000 mW and has a beam divergence of less than 0.8 mrad. This single transverse mode green laser has a spectral bandwidth of 30 GHz and a beam pointing stability up to 10 µrad/°c. It produces a beam of diameter 0.9 mm ± 0.1 mm.

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1080 nm Fiber-coupled Superluminescent Diode for Instrumentation & Spectroscopy Applications

Superluminescent Diode from Innolume

The SLD-1080-30-YY-100 from Innolume is a Fiber-Coupled Superluminescent Diode that operates at a wavelength of 1080 nm. It delivers a continuous wave output power of over 100 mW with a low ASE spectrum ripple of 0.03 dB and a bandwidth of 30 nm at -3 dB. This superluminescent Diode has a rise time of 0.15 ns and a fall time of 0.5 ns. It has an internal TEC that requires a DC supply of 4 V.

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8 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor for Automotive Electronics & Smart Screen TV Applications

CMOS Image Sensor from Galaxycore Microelectronics

The GC8054 from Galaxycore Microelectronics is a CMOS image sensor that has a resolution of 8 Megapixels. It has a pixel size of 1.12 µm in 1/4" optical format that delivers a frame rate of 30 fps and produces images in RAW output format. This Backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensor uses a MIPI interface and has RGB Bayer color filters.

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0.3 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor for Machine Vision Applications

CMOS Image Sensor from Prophesee

The Metavision Sensor from Prophesee is a 3rd generation VGA CMOS image sensor that has a resolution of 640 (H) x 480 (V) pixels in 3/4 inch optical format. It delivers a frame rate of above 10k fps and a dynamic range of over 120 dB with a data rate of up to 1000 obj/s. This vision sensor has a pixel size of 15 x 15 µm and a maximum bandwidth of 66 Meps.

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0.1 to 1.2 A, Laser Diode Driver for Driving SOA or BOA Modules

Laser Diode Driver from Analog Module Inc.

The 7612A from Analog Module Inc. is a Laser Diode Driver that produces an output current from 0.1 to 1.2 A. It delivers an output power of 1 - 1.25 W with both continuous wave and pulsed output options. The pulsed output has a pulse width of over 6 ns and a repetition rate of up to 50 MHz. This laser diode driver has a rise/fall time of 6 ns and a duty cycle of 0 - 100%.

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50 A CW Laser Diode Driver for OEM Applications

Laser Diode Driver from Lumina Power, Inc.

The LDD-100-XX-YY from Lumina Power Inc. is a Laser Diode Driver that produces an output current of up to 50 A. It delivers an output power of up to 100 W with a power factor above 0.98. This continuous wave laser diode driver has a rise/fall time of 10 ms and current regulation of up to 0.5%. It has a current ripple of less than 0.5% and a current overshoot of up to 1%. This laser diode driver is virtually wire-free with a low-loss Zero Voltage Switching inverter.

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840, 1060, 1310 or 1550 nm, Variable Optical Delay Line for OCT Systems

Optical Delay Line from Luna Innovations

The VDL-001 from Luna Innovations is a manual Variable Optical Delay Line (ODL) that operates at wavelengths of 840, 1060, 1310 or 1550 (polarization mode single pass), 1310/1550 (dual window), 1060, or 840nm (single-mode single pass) and 1310 or 1550nm (single-mode double pass). It has an optical delay range of 0 - 600 ps (single pass) and 0 - 1200 ps (double pass).

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0.1 to 2.5 GHz, Optical Delay Lines for Radar Calibration Testing

Optical Delay Line from RFOptic

The L Band Optical Delay Lines from RFOptic operates from 0.1 to 2.5 GHz. They have a delay range of 0.001 - 500 µsec with a delay accuracy of 0.5%. These optical delay lines can handle a maximum input power of 20 dBm and a VSWR of 2.1 with a switching time of 10 ms. They have phase noise of -130 dBc/Hz and spurious levels of -80 dBm.

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