Light is what nestles deeply into the molecules that make up matter, and makes it possible for matter to be what it is. Although its roots extend deeply into the origins of the world we live in, there's still much that we don't know about light. The knowledge that we gain in our quest for understanding will undoubtedly reveal, little by little, the "landscape" of our world in the most quintessential meaning of the word. In our pursuit of light, we at Hamamatsu Photonics are building a foothold for exploring what is still unknown to mankind, and for creating new industries for the future.
In our Industrial Development Laboratory, built in 2008, we carry out research in such areas as power generation and material modification using light energy.
Products:
Optical Sensors
Light Sources
Optical Components
Cameras
Photometry Systems
Measurement/Analysis Systems
Recent Announcements:
Hamamatsu's joint research successfully forms a multi-layered polycrystalline ceramic surface through laser shock compression technology.
Hamamatsu, Japan July 17, 2015 The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, an academic institution affiliated with Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., has announced the discovery of a new technique to reform the surface of ceramic materials with laser-shock compression technology, a result which may contribute to the development of new materials. By irradiating the surface of zirconia (yttria-stabilized zirconia) with a high-intensity short-pulse laser, a multi-layered polycrystalline structure was formed on the material with a penetration depth of 130 microns.
Harrick Plasma is a leading supplier of plasma equipment to the research community. We have been providing quality, low-cost, tabletop plasma cleaners specifically designed for use in university, government, and industrial research labs for over 30 years. Our plasma products have been cited in over 3000 publications and nearly 150 patents, and cover a wide variety of technical fields, including materials science research, microfluidics, and biomedical engineering, and cell biology studies. In addition, plasma treatment has been applied to many different materials as well as complex surface geometries, such as glass coverslips and slides, semiconductor wafers, fibers and fibrous scaffolds, metal and oxide nanoparticles, and porous membranes.
Products:
Basic Plasma Cleaner
Expanded Plasma Cleaner
High Power Expanded Plasma Cleaner
PlasmoFlo Gas Flow Mixer
Vacuum Pumps
Chambers and Sample Trays
InPhotonics is the market leader in fiber optic sampling probes and accessories for Raman spectroscopy. Several RamanProbeTM models are available for analytical, quality control, and process monitoring applications. We also specialize in rugged fiber optic Raman spectrometers for laboratory and field analysis.
InPhotonics is located in Norwood, Massachusetts, along the technology beltway surrounding the city of Boston. Our company emerged from the Spectroscopy Division of EIC Laboratories, a 30 year old R&D organization serving government and industry. Incorporated in the fall of 1998, InPhotonics began its mission with the RS2000 echelle spectrometer and RamanProbe sampling device that were originally developed for military and environmental applications. Our product line has grown to include several probe variations that address research, analytical and process control applications. We now count all major Raman manufacturers as resellers and continue to expand our worldwide sales efforts.
In 1999, the InPhotote spectrometer was introduced for on-site chemical identification. Based upon our research experience, the instrument capabilities were defined to provide accurate discrimination of crystalline solids as well as liquids and mixtures. High quality optical components are packaged into a portable case to provide excellent sensitivity, sufficient spectral range, and desirable resolution at an affordable price.
The Jones and Lamson legacy of making optical comparators allows users to detect deviations as small as the width of a hair in the gauged parts the companies manufacture. This level of preciseness seems like a product of the computer age, but J & L has been making precision products for 165 years.
Explained simply, an optical comparator requires a light source, a mirror, a magnifying lens and viewing screen. The part to be inspected can be magnified over 200 times, making the smallest flaw detectable. Today's technology may have hanged the components, but the idea is the same as it has been for years.
In 1980 the company that owned J&L split it into the lathe division and the optical comparator division, called J&L Metrology, and moved J&L Metrology to South Carolina. The company was not successful there, having left most of its highly skilled workers back in Springfield. Soon after, Fellows Gear Shaper closed a hundred-year circle and bought Jones & Lamson and returned the Metrology division back to Springfield with great success. Our company operates with subdivisions Vermont Precision, Vermont Precision Machine Services, and Optodynetics.
Today, J & L is privately owned and uses the latest technology in its comparators, including fiber optic edge detectors, CNC capabilities, and screens up to 50 inches in diameter. We still survive on very old fashioned ingredients of quality and durability which have played an important role in our success.
k-Space Associates, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of in situ, in-line, and ex situ metrology tools for the semiconductor, thin-film, and photovoltaic (PV) industries. Our tools are used for monitoring nearly all thin-film deposition processes, including MBE, MOCVD, PLD, PVD, sputtering, and evaporation. Incorporated in 1992 and driven to supply the best technical support in the industry, our tools are used worldwide in both research and full production monitoring of semiconductor, PV, thin-film deposition, annealing, and processing applications.
kSA products measure important parameters such as temperature, deposition rate, film thickness, stress, curvature, bow, reflectivity, surface roughness, and many other material properties. These are measured in real-time by utilizing probes such as lasers, white light, UV light sources, and electron beams to investigate thin-films and substrates at an atomic level. Our thin-film analysis tools are used to extract real-time information from today's most advanced deposition and processing applications within compound semiconductor, silicon semiconductor and photovoltaic advanced thin film production and R&D.
Sophisticated software analysis and reporting capabilities provide information to better understand tomorrow's electronic and optoelectronic devices or to provide online control during mass production to enhance yield. Tailored optics and fully integrated solutions have been designed for simple mounting and non-invasive monitoring of advanced deposition processes such as:
MBE
Sputtering
PLD
E-beam Evaporation
MOCVD
Ex Situ Characterization
Lambda is a leading supplier of characterisation, measurement and analysis equipment, applied to signals from DC to Light. Our company provides hardware, software and integrated solutions throughout the UK & Ireland.
Lambda's scientists and engineers provide expert technical advice, working with you to improve; product discovery, product development and productivity. From fundamental materials research to volume manufacture, our consultative approach will ensure you receive the best advice and get the best solution for your needs.
We provide instruments, components and turn-key solutions for organisations working in a variety of industries including; automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, bio-technology, process industries, semiconductor and fundamental research at universities and institutes.
Lambda is a subsidiary of Polytec GmbH, a privately owned German technology company. Polytec is the world's leading supplier of Laser Doppler Vibrometers, Laser Surface Velocimeters and Spectroscopic Process Analysis equipment. Polytec have been supplying high technology measurement solutions to researchers and engineers for over 40 years.
Mad City Labs, Inc nanopositioning systems, micropositioning systems, instrument solutions, and piezoactuators are used for a variety of applications. Follow the links below to learn more about how Mad City Labs systems are used in each application area.
Applications:
SR Microscopy
Fluorescence Microscopy
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Surface Profilometry
Optical Tweezers
Optical Traps
Magnetic Tweezers
Magnetic Traps
Magnetic Manipulation
Nanofabrication
Nanopatterning
Nanomachining
Micromachining
Mahr-ESDI is a world-class developer of metrology instrumentation and software serving companies of all sizes, major research laboratories, and universities worldwide. Mahr-ESDI offers state-of-the-art metrology products that are both affordable and unprecedented in performance.
High performance interferometric analysis software designed to adapt to virtually any fringe-based interferometer. IntelliWave is the de-facto software standard in wavefront analysis and interferometer independence, from which all other's attempt to follow. No other software package covers the breadth of IntelliWave's feature set, instrument compatibility, Plug-In expandability, Automation, and Interactivity with external programs. For over 10 years the largest and smallest of companies and research labs have relied on IntelliWave for mission critical applications in the area of interferogram/wavefront acquisition and analysis. Entire factory floors have standardized on IntelliWave for their quality control of lenses, mirrors, prisms, machined metal parts, and complete optical systems such as lithography steppers.
Master Bond will custom formulate products with specific performance properties to meet unique application requirements. This may include the redesign of an existing product or the development of a new composition. We also offer replacements for competitors' discontinued products.
Master Bond can adjust an adhesive's properties to ensure optimal performance for your application. Our compounds can be reformulated to enhance the following properties:
Chemical resistance
Resistance to high & low temperatures
Mechanical properties
Optical properties
Electrical properties
Viscosity
Cure schedules
Hardness
Master Bond's product line includes over 3,000 different grades of advanced formulations. We will recommend a specific grade that provides the perfect solution for your application needs. These products are designed to solve a variety of design, manufacturing and repair/maintenance problems. They can increase productivity, reduce waste, save energy and improve your product's performance.
Products:
Our reliable compounds are designed to meet exact performance and processing requirements while maintaining cost efficiency. Master Bond has been formulating high performance polymer systems for over 35 years. After decades of rigorous research and testing in our top of the line facility, we have become a leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, coating, potting/encapsulation compounds and impregnation resins. Our product line includes:
Epoxy Systems
Silicone Systems
UV Curable Systems
LED Curable Systems
Polyurethanes
Polysulfides
Other Systems
MicroSense, LLC, previously known as ADE Technologies, is comprised of three primary businesses precision capacitive sensors, vibrating sample magnetometers and magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) tools for state-of-the-art magnetic measurement and wafer measurment systems. Until the company was sold in November, 2009, we were a subsidiary of KLA-Tencor Corporation, a leading global supplier of semiconductor wafer defect inspection and metrology tools. MicroSense serves a host of industries including semiconductor equipment, data storage, machine tool, solar, automotive and high brightness LED.
MicroSense provides capacitive sensors and OEM metrology modules, based on patented capacitive sensing technology, to make very precise, high bandwidth measurements of precision products such as solar wafers, sapphire wafers, hard disk drive motors, air bearing spindles, precision X-Y stages, optical disks, automotive parts and machine tools. Our capacitive displacement sensors provide the highest resolution in the industry, less than 0.05 nanometers, exceptional stability and virtually unlimited service life.
MicroSense offers high-sensitivity wafer measurement tools for characterizing sapphire, silicon carbide and various types of semiconductor wafers. MicroSense acquired SigmaTech, Inc. of Tempe, Arizona in June, 2012. With this acquisition, MicroSense added leading-edge wafer inspection tools to its portfolio of innovative metrology solutions. SigmaTech systems integrate multiple sensing technologies such as optical spectrometry, interferometry and SigmaTech's patented auto-positioning back pressure (APBP) technology.
Products:
Capacitive Sensors
Solar Wafer Thickness Metrology
Vibrating Sample Magnetometer VSM
Magnetic Metrology
Dimensional Wafer Metrology Systems
