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News Release from: Bookham
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2006
Beam-alignment and light-management on
show
New beam-alignment and light-management solutions will be shown for the first time at Photonics West 2006 later this month.
New Focus, a division of Bookham, has achieved new levels of precision and stability with two innovative OEM solutions The new beam-alignment and light-management solutions are designed to meet primary performance specifications for OEM optical systems and will be shown for the first time at Photonics West 2006 later this month
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new OEM solutions - the GuideStar OEM beam-alignment systems and the Granite OEM light-management solutions - will be displayed at the New Focus booth (1727).
The GuideStar systems actively align laser beams in precision optical systems to microradians and microns precision, enabling continuously optimised system performance; the Granite solutions are ruggedised, OEM-proven optomechanical platforms for custom light-management applications with precision stability to microradians pointing.
"This new offering demonstrates our breadth of capabilities and depth of experience in delivering complex solutions for demanding OEM applications", said Herman Chui, Director of Marketing for New Focus.
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"With these exceptional levels of precision and stability, we are enabling our OEM customers to reach new levels of system performance and reliability with volume-scalable solutions in a wide range of semiconductor and industrial applications".
The GuideStar systems feature ruggedised motorised mirrors, precision beam position and pointing detection, and industrial grade control electronics and drivers, providing a complete closed-loop solution for beam stability in OEM optical systems.
The systems are also customisable for application-specific requirements including continuous wave or pulsed beams, UV to IR wavelengths, large or small beam sizes, varying system geometries, and application-specific materials.
The Granite solutions incorporate the New Focus proprietary precision align-and-lock technology that allows precise alignment of both free-space optical and fibre-coupling elements with rugged, OEM-proven, long-term stability.
The solutions are configured for a wide variety of OEM functions including wavelength multiplexing and demultiplexing, power splitting and monitoring, beam measurement and monitoring, interferometry, and multi-function, multiport light management.
These OEM solutions are part of the New Focus Simply Better portfolio, also to be launched at Photonics West.
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