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NEW Content Issue 4/2009 - FOCUS: Biophotonics
EDITORIAL
NEWS & INFOS
INTERVIEW
Targeting Large and Small
Klaus Probst
The positive development of the fiber optics business unit within the LEONI group suggests that the management has set the right course for the future. O & P asked Klaus Probst, chairman of the management board at the global supplier of wires, cables and wiring systems, to explain the cornerstones of his corporation’s strategy.
PRODUCTS
New Products
ARGES, Coherent (Deutschland), Fisba Optik, Frankfurt Laser Company, Hamamatsu
Photonics Deutschland, IMM Photonics, JENOPTIK, Laser Components, LightTrans,
NanoFocus, Schaefer Technologie, Schäfter+Kirchhoff, VDS Vosskühler
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
One-Way Road in a Photonic Crystal
Mantis Shrimp Boasts High-Tech Eye
Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time
BIOPHOTONICS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Photoswitches Pave the Way for Multicolour Super-Resolution Imaging
Ibidi Among the 10 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Germany
Observing Living Cells in Their Three-Dimensional Environment
BIOPHOTONICS
Optical Coherence Tomography
Michael Kaschke, Scott Meyer, Matt Everett, Marc Grahl
The success of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a result of packaging clinical solutions into a medical device, providing demonstrable clinical benefits. In future, ophthalmology can look forward to exciting technology developments and the expansion of imaging capabilities into other medical disciplines.
Flow Cytometry: OPSL Technology Meets Critical Needs
Matthias Schulze and Arnaud Lepert
Flow cytometry is rapidly evolving into more than the simple counting and sorting by one or two surface antigens. Optically Pumped Semiconductors Lasers (OPSL) support this trend with small footprint and high performance.
Laser Therapy: a Seminal Perspective in Modern
Medical Technology
Cemal Sagnak
The range of applications for medical lasers is extensive: from removing tattoos to the targeted treatment of tumors, right up to ophthalmology. And there are good reasons why laser applications can be found in almost every medical discipline.
MICRO-OPTICS
Micro-Optics: From High-End to Mass-Market
Reinhard Voelkel
Most ideas and concepts in micro-optics were proposed a long time ago. However, novel microfabrication and wafer-based manufacturing technologies now allow the realization and commercialization of micro-optics in a way that scientists have dreamt of for generations.
Micro Lens Array Milling on Large Wafers
Sebastian Scheiding, Andreas Gebhardt, Ramona Eberhardt, Andreas Tünnermann
Scaled micro-optics and their manufacturing methods are a key issue for mass production of consumer optics and smart sensors. Besides other well understood manufacturing methods, diamond milling emerges into the market of micro-optic manufacturing: micro-imaging systems on the wafer level will be possible.
OPTICAL COMPONENTS
“Aspheric Freedoms” of Glass
Andreas Kunz
While precision glass molding allows the cost-effective manufacture of aspheric glass lenses, one factor still needs to be taken into account: The numerous interfaces and interdependencies within the process necessitate finding an expert and experienced partner at an early stage of the project.
THZ TECHNOLOGY
From Terra Incognita to Security Technology
Anselm Deninger
Over the past few years, optoelectronic approaches based on modern laser technologies have helped to bridge the “terahertz gap”. Meanwhile, terahertz technologies are about to make their industrial entrance – in applications as varied as trace gas detection, process control, and the imaging of airbag safety covers.
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