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Diffusers are suitable for illuminator diffusion.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:35:41 -0500

TECHSPEC® Ground UV Fused Silica Diffusers transmit in UV wavelength range and provide high diffusion for applications in screens, illuminator diffusion, and targets. UV diffusers are RoHS compliant and available in sizes 10, 15, and 25 mm with 50 mm diameter as well as 25 x 25 mm and 50 x 50 mm.

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Fluorescence Filters are designed for laser excitation.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:38:45 -0500

Manufactured with hard-coated Ion-Beam Sputtering technology, BrightLine® Laser Fluorescence filter sets are suited for use in laser-scanning and spinning-disk confocal microscopes, TIRF microscopes, as well as any fluorescence microscope or imaging system. Transition from reflection to transmission for both excitation and emission filters is less than 2.5% of longest laser wavelength to enable maximum capture of even weak signals close to laser line.

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Lens Cleaning Kit helps maintain CO2 laser optics.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:52:14 -0500

Designed for CO2 laser optics used in harsh industrial environments, LRO Cleaning Kit for CO2 Laser Optics features proper procedures for removing spatter and blow-back from lenses and mirrors. Providing complete, step-by-step cleaning instructions, kit includes supply of alcohol, acetone, cotton-tipped swabs, lens paper, and finger cots for safe handling.

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Electroless Nickel Plating Service meets strict requirements.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:36:21 -0500

NADCAP-certified electroless nickel plating meets MIL-C-26074D, ASTM B-656 and B-733, AMS 2404 and 2405, as well as aerospace contractor specs for corrosion resistance, hardness, and lubricity. With .001 in. thick deposit, it is available in high-phosphorous electroless nickel for dip brazed aluminum heat exchangers. Laser nickel, also available, offers .008 in. thick pit-free electroless deposit designed for optical polishing.

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Reflective Surface is available for glass optics.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:35:11 -0500

Engineered from concept to completion, front surface mirrors for optical products are available from hundreds of glass substrates. Applications for OEMs include short-run or high-volume custom reflective coating for larger optics, instrument optics, and lighting optics. Surfaces are suited for lenses, mirrors, prisms, windows, filters, light pipes, and other applications.

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Shortpass Filters maximize transmission in pass band.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:36:00 -0500

With cut-off slope of less than 1%, TECHSPEC® High Performance Shortpass Filters feature rejection band optical density of 4.0 combined with greater than 91% transmission in pass band. Made from UV grade fused silica, they are available in 12.5 and 25 mm sizes with cutoff wavelengths of 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, and 700 nm. Filters measure 3.0 mm thick with clear aperture of greater than 80%, surface quality of 40-20, and wavefront distortion of 1/4l rms at 633 nm.

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Light Guides have thin, 0.4 mm profile.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:37:27 -0500

Designed for portable devices, mobile phones, laptop and desktop LCDs, keypads, and keyboards, Microlens(TM) Light Guides feature MicroLens(TM) light extraction technology, which reduces number of LEDs required. They provide bright, uniform light in thin form factor with no hot spots or dark areas. Light is extracted precisely where needed, such as around thru-holes for keypads, and devices can backlight LCD displays in sizes from 0.25-50 in. diagonal.

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Retroreflector is designed to aid precision alignment.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:45:50 -0500

Made from material with coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.5 mm/°C, UV Fused Silica Corner Cube Retroreflector offers transmission in UV, visible, and near-IR. When any laser beam hits corner cube, it reflects back in direction that it came, irrespective of what angle it arrived at. Available in 4 sizes ranging from 7.16 mm to slightly more than 50 mm in dia with larger sizes offering 3 arc-sec beam deviation, unit comes with or without aluminum coating.

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Long-Wave-Pass Optical Filters are hard coated.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:19:46 -0500

Designed for Raman spectroscopy and fluorescence imaging systems, EdgeBasic(TM) long-wave-pass filters feature 98% (typical) transmission, laser-line blocking of light, and greater than 6 optical density. Thin-film optical filters are hard-coated using ion-beam sputtering deposition process for permanent no burn-out optical durability even in harsh environmental conditions.

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Water Filtration Systems feature plug-and-play design.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:36:20 -0500

Pre-wired and pre-plumbed with quick disconnects, skid-mounted Life-Support Filtration Systems incorporate UV sterilizers that disinfect water-borne pathogens, bacteria, fungi, and algae without leaving any residual toxins. Designed for flow rates from 25-250 gpm, filters employ PermaBead technology as alternative to sand for removal of solid debris. Plastic filtration media is non-clogging, non-channeling, and never needs to be replaced.

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IR Cut Filters target digital imaging applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:42:14 -0500

Low edge shift IR Cut Filters have pass wavelength range of 420-625 nm, with transmission in pass range of greater than 95% for normal incidence, cut off wavelength of 675-1,000 nm with transmission of less than 3%, and edge shift of less than 23 nm at 30° incidence. Produced on BK7 or similar substrates with thickness ranging from 0.2-1.2 mm, they operate from -40 to +80°C. Filters are suited for medical, security, military, and consumer imaging applications.

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Beamsplitter offers polarization control.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:55:48 -0500

Optimized for Second Harmonic Generation microscopy, Short-Wave-Pass Dichroic Beamsplitter suits multiphoton fluorescence imaging using femtosecond NIR laser. Filter has low group delay dispersion for minimized pulse broadening to allow deep sample penetration; 100 fs laser pulse broadens by less than 1% after reflection off filter. With controlled polarization dependence, unit maintains linear polarization for reflected laser light and transmitted signal light.

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Filter Technology simulates terrestrial sunlight.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:34:04 -0500

Right Light(TM) filter, when combined with Xenon-arc light technology, quartz outer filter, or CIRA (coated infrared absorbing) outer filter, provides full spectrum match to natural sunlight. Due to quality of cut-on to short wavelength UV match, experimenters can increase irradiance levels for accelerated operation without compromising correlation. Solution provides appropriate UV spectrum for weathering of automotive coatings and eliminates anomalous test results.

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Chalcogenide Glass is used in molding IR aspheric optics.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:34:01 -0500

Manufactured from combination of Germanium and other materials, Black Diamond(TM) 2 (BD-2) transmits over wavelength range of 1-14 microns. Thermal properties minimize requirement for complex athermalization techniques, while other characteristics enable complex shapes and promote various design options, including diffractive elements.

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Toolkit facilitates implementation of adaptive optics.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:38:00 -0500

Offered as turnkey solution, Adaptive Optics (AO) Toolkit allows researchers to integrate adaptive optics into their research systems within hours. Kit is comprised of Thorlab WFS150C Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor, with 1.3-megapixel CCD camera; BMC 140 actuator Multi-DM deformable mirror system; and software that minimizes wavefront distortion. Control software also lets user monitor wavefront corrections and intensity distribution in real time.

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Sapphire Windows withstand corrosive chemicals.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:37:07 -0500

Featuring 9 Moh surface hardness, Custom Sapphire Windows are unaffected by corrosive fluids, abrasive particles, temperatures up to 1,000°C, and pressures up to 10,000 psi. Units range from ¼-10 in. in diameter and from ½ mm to 1 in. thick, making them suited for viewing inside pipes, pumps, vessels, or instruments containing caustic fluids. Windows provide 270 nm to 4.7 µm range of transmission, with up to 85% transmission uncoated and up to 99% with A/R coatings on 2 sides.

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Filter Wheels come pre-loaded with 1 in. dia filters.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:48:59 -0500

Six-position TECHSPEC® Filter Wheels are suited for DNA sequencing, fluorescence microscopy, and laser beam attenuation applications. UV/VIS ND and NIR ND packages include filters with ODs from 0.5-3.0. VIS shortpass and longpass packages include filters with cut-off or cut-on wavelengths from 500-750 nm, while NIR shortpass and longpass packages include cut-off and cut-on wavelengths from 800-1,050 nm. Bandpass filters have glass reference numbers of BG38, BG12, U340, RT830, U330, and U360.

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Sapphire Optics can be customized for critical applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:49:59 -0500

Customized Sapphire optics are available as lenses, windows, domes, prisms, tubes and rods in various sizes and as balls measuring 0.1 mm to 1/2 in. dia. with 0.000025 in. per ball sphericity. Surface finishes come in 20-5 scratch-dig, flatness to 1/4 wave, and parallelism from 20 to 2 arc/secs. Options include drilled holes, slots, wedges, stepped edges, elliptical edge shaping, metallization, and A/R coatings featuring Moh 9 hardness for use in critical applications.

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Cleaning Kit enables safe dome camera lens maintenance.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:54:07 -0500

Eliminating unsafe use of high ladders, DomeWizard Dome Cleaner Package is designed for cleaning/maintenance of outdoor and indoor surveillance camera enclosures up to 40 ft high. Included DomeWizard(TM) device cleans lower lens of dome camera from ground level, keeping lenses streak- and scratch-free for optimal image capture. Along with Rexton cleaning solution, kit also includes 3-pack of cleaning mitts and one extension pole that elongates from 6-30 ft.

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Field Replacement Optics suit plastic cutting applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:46:56 -0500

Optimized for use at 10.6 µm, CO2 Lenses and Mirrors meet OEM and ISO-10110 specifications for optical elements and are compatible with low-power CO2 lasers used for cutting, marking, and de-gating plastics. CO2 Lenses are A/R coated and available in ½ to 1½ in. dia sizes with focal lengths from 1-25 in. in ½ in. increments; dual-band coatings are offered to aid in system alignment. Made from silicon, molybdenum, and copper, CO2 Laser Mirrors and reflectors are ½-10 mm thick.

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