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Jenoptik To Showcase Products at Photonics West
The firm will present system solution capabilities for optics and opto-electronics at Photonics West 2011 in the Moscone Center, San Francisco between 22 - 27 January 2011 at booth #1323
Jenoptik Optical Systems will exhibit the total range of capabilities that make it a “One-stop shop” for precision optical needs ranging from optical components to integrated opto-electronic systems.
Product highlights displayed comprise, LED Display Chips, Light Modulators & CaF2 Microoptics among others.
Jenoptik’s portfolio targets the following eight markets:
Semiconductor & Flat Panel Display Equipment
Laser Material Processing
Defense & Security
Health Care & Life Science
Optical Measurement & Machine Vision
Digital Imaging
Lighting
Automotive & Mobility
At Photonics West, Jenoptik will demonstrate a complete system for counting and sizing particles.
The firm will also showcase its diffractive and refractive microoptics, optical components and modules, optical lens assemblies and molded polymer optics. The technology portfolio enables solutions for a wide-range of applications across the spectrum from extreme ultra-violet (EUV) to long wavelength infrared (LWIR).
The optoelectronic business unit of Jenoptik will launch a new generation of LED display chips which display numbers, letters and symbols in a minimal area. This information can be reflected into the optical beam path. A recognizable emission can already be reached at ca. 400nA with the emission color red (650 nm).
The standard 7-segment chip has a digit-size of ca. 0.7 mm (see picture). For customized solutions the size of single segments is freely selectable.
In comparison to previous generation chips, the newly developed generation has more than one hundred times higher luminous intensity. This leads to an enhanced brightness and contour sharpness, which improves the visibility in the application. Furthermore the power consumption of the new generation is drastically reduced to 1/100 and expands the battery lifetime in portable devices.
Fields of applications for LED display chips include battery-operated measuring instruments (laser measuring systems, binoculars), as well as medical and sports medicine devices (microscopy, reflection of information into glasses).
The Digital Imaging business unit will present highly specialized Light Modulators, used for modulation of amplitude, phase, polarization and spectrum as well as for pulse shaping, pulse rate reduction and fast switching of light from multiple laser sources.
A unique feature of the waveguide modulators is the high stability against high optical power.
This leads to comparably high damage threshold in the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum as well as the possibility of light modulation of visible light. The production process allows to fabricate the modulators for nearly any wavelength between the green and the telecommunication range and with customized pigtails, fiber connectors etc.
Properties of the liquid crystal modulators are wide operating wavelength range in the visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR) spectrum, high phase shift and the possibility of very flexible application due to the sophisticated driving electronics suitable for feedback pulse optimization.
