E-Letter February 2010 by Elliot Scientific

Solution Science for Research and Industry

♦ ♦ ♦ 20th Anniversary Edition: February 2010 ♦ ♦ ♦ Elliot Scientific is now offering the Ethernal SlowLight ultra-narrow (200 Hz) linewidth 1064 nm and 1550 nm fibre lasers in powers up to 200 mW after signing a distribution agreement with Orbits Lightwave of California. This range will be significantly extended with lasers having powers up to 10 W later this year. The systems are housed in hermetically-sealed athermal modules that minimise frequency drift with respect to temperature and dispense with the need for energy consuming temperature control. This novel packaging technology also greatly reduces susceptibility to shock and vibration by five orders of magnitude. Orbits Lightwave's breakthrough technology, the virtual ring laser oscillator, enables travelling wave and slow light oscillation in a compact, linear, all-fibre cavity to realise higher power, ultra low FM and AM noise performance, and a higher sidemode suppression ratio. It also effectively increases the cavity lifetime. For more information on this advanced range of fibre lasers, please visit the new Orbits Lightwave product page or email sales@elliotscientific.com.

February 2010 sees the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Elliot Scientific. In those 20 years, Elliot Scientific has become a major supplier of Opto-Mechanic, Laser, Cryogenic, Magnetic and Telecom components and systems to Science, Research and Industry throughout the UK, Ireland. The 21st century has seen us expand into Europe as well. Elliot Scientific continually develops the UK-manufactured Elliot|Martock and Elliot Scientific range of opto-mechanical systems, two brands that are now recognised globally for their high quality. We also source products from many British, North American, European and Far Eastern companies that we have identified as class-leading and deserving promotion to a wider audience. If you think a colleague might benefit from reading this e-letter, then do forward it on to them. They can add their email address to our mailing list via our Home Page if they wish.

CRAIC Technologies have developed a new Thermal Stage to enable the analysis of transmission, reflectance or fluorescence spectra of microscopic samples under conditions of extreme cold or heat. Operating in the UV-visible-NIR regions, samples can be cooled to as low as -196° or heated up to as high as 600 °C. The same system also allows for atmospheric control of the sample environment: a feature that will open up additional avenues of research in many fields such as biotechnology, materials science and nanotechnology. To find out more about this product, please go to the CRAIC Technologies product page or email sales@elliotscientific.com.

IRphotonics have launched a new, small core High Power Multimode mid-infrared fibre for use in Medical, Industrial and R&D applications. The H100 dual-clad mid-IR fibre offers a spectral transmission from 0.3 to 4.5 µm with low attenuation and no spectral absorption peak. Its 100 µm core enables high power handling over a small bend radius from a wide range of lasers such as Er:Yag (2.94 µm), Semiconductor Lasers (QCL), Solid State Lasers or Tunable MWIR lasers (OPO). The new fibre opens the way for a whole new range of applications not possible before with energy delivery in the mid-infrared and is offered bare or in a patchcord with high power connectors. To discover more about this product, please go to the H100 product page or email sales@elliotscientific.com.

Elliot Scientific on Facebook® We are experimenting with social networking and have created a page for visitors to interact with. Our Wall features new products, event info, links to interesting websites - this month it's novelty science-themed cursors for Windows - and much, much more. If you are a already a Facebooker and would like to post something on our Wall, then log in here.

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With Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) increasing their share of the displays and light source market, CRAIC Technologies are introducing the QDI 302 microscope spectrophotometer to measure and compare the spectral output, intensity and colour consistency of each of the microscopic pixels commonly found in OLED devices Designed to be attached to a microscope or probe station, the QDI 302 can be used to measure the colour and intensity of each pixel of a OLED display or map a whole device. The speed of the QDI 302 allows for entire OLED displays to be examined quickly and accurately. This will ensure the consistency of both colour and intensity across the entire device as well as from device to device. To see more about this product, please go to the CRAIC Technologies product page or email sales@elliotscientific.com. Craic Technologies will be exhibiting in Booth 433 at the 62nd Annual American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting (AAFS), February 24th-26th at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle. If you are attending the meeting, then do drop by and see the new 20/20 Perfect Vision Microspectrophotometer. More on this in a forthcoming issue.

Events Exhibitions This weekend sees the start of the Biophysical Society's 54th Annual Meeting ( San Francisco, February 21st - 23rd ), so if you are attending the conferences or exhibition, then do visit us in Booth 904 to see our range of opto-mechanics and view our laser tweezer demo. We look forward to seeing you. Later in the year we will be at: CLEO | PhotonXpo 2010 San Jose, May 18th-20th. Booth 1224 Visit website

Prize Draw for the chance to win an iPod Shuffle... There is still time to return our 2010 ISO 9001 Quality System Survey and gain entry into our Prize Draw for the chance to win an iPod Shuffle. Just download the form and fax or post it back to us before the end of February.

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