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Complex, technical products in a commodity world
Electro Optics, April-May 2008
The photonics market is all about designing, building, marketing, and servicing electro optic and electro mechanical devices that make our lives better, from surgical instruments to space exploration. Everywhere we turn we are confronted with smart people who are dedicated to developing the next breakthrough. These are technologists, inventors, and entrepreneurs working in well-equipped labs, institutions of higher learning, and in the midst of what is a seemingly endless money pit of government projects.
Ophir-Spiricon goes wireless
Optics.org, Jan 2008
New on the Ophir-Spiricon booth was its wireless interface for its laser measurement system that exploits Bluetooth technology - which company president Gary Wagner told me is an industry first. In a live demonstration of the Quasar system, a laser energy meter was positioned close a light source on one end of the booth, and the smart heads and computer were located at the other end. The graphical display clearly showed the 60 Hz oscillations in the mains-driven light output.
Set for global growth
Electro Optics, June-July 2007
John Murphy tracks the recent progress of Ophir, carving out a significant niche in the test and measurement market
It has grown from being a small start-up company in Israel, supplying coating to the military market, to a world-wide brand. Its strategy has been to push the technology to the limit on the one hand and the market to its limit on the other. Its global sales network is now a key driving force in the company’s growth, allowing it to buy in technology through acquisition, which it can then take global.
Camera-based systems for modern laser beam diagnostics
Photonik International 2006
Instrumentation for laser beam profiling evolved out of a technology that was not sensitive enough fr imaging. Even though Spiricon (which stands for Solid state Pyroelectric InfraRed Image CONverter) is one of the major supplier of laser beam profiling technology in the world today, it did not set out at first to make these products. Laser Beam, Profiling emerged from the early users of pyroelectric arrays.
Beam Profilers Provide Crucial Laser Statistics
OLE, June 2006
A beam profiler is an essential tool for any laser user. Carlos Roundy describes the options available and how to pick the right profiler for your application.
