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23 April 2014
Daylight Solutions Receives 2014 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award
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Lyndsay Meyer
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Daylight Solutions Receives 2014 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award
Award-winning Spero™ is the industry’s first laser-based infrared microscopy platform
Spero is the first laser‐based infrared microscopy platform and represents a breakthrough in high‐performance spectral imaging. Combining the latest high‐power, broadband quantum cascade laser (QCL) sources and a new family of high‐NA, wide‐field objectives, it significantly outperforms existing FTIR microscopes in traditional metrics such as spatial resolution, speed, signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) and field‐of‐view (FOV), while also enabling new functionality such as live video absorbance contrast imaging and rapid sparse data collection.
These new capabilities, combined with a small desktop footprint and the elimination of cryogenic cooling, enable new applications and serve market needs unmet by FTIR-based solutions. Further, Spero offers a modern data collection and analysis work flow through its user-centric and context-aware software, ChemVision™, which supports applications in a variety of fields from cancer diagnostics and drug discovery to materials research and semiconductor defect analysis.
“Daylight Solutions is honored to receive the 2014 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award,” said company president and COO, Paul Larson. “Daylight is proud of its heritage as a world leader in advanced mid-IR laser-based solutions. We believe that any meaningful advancement in technology is ultimately measured by the tangible benefit it brings to society. The Spero microscope is a game changer in applications that range from tissue diagnostics to materials analysis and we will definitely see significant contributions from this product.”
In addition to Daylight Solutions’ winning entry, two other products will be recognized at CLEO: 2014 with honorable mentions:
- AUREA Technology
First commercial high-brightness twin-photon source
For the development of the high-brightness Twin-Photon Source called TPS_1550, an integrated 1550 nm photon-pair source for scientists and engineers developing quantum optics technologies, which creates entangled photons on demand with excellent spectral brightness (> 10^5 photons/s/pm), emission bandwidth (6 GHz-7 THz) and high stability (5 pm).
- HÜBNER GmbH & Co.KG
First full-visible-range tunable CW optical parametric oscillator
For C-WAVE, the first coherent continuous-wave source with optical parametric oscillation and frequency doubling combined in one cavity for tuning across the visible range without any change of laser materials or components, offering an improved ease-of-use tool for spectroscopy applications.
“The winners of this year’s Innovation Award highlight the breadth of laser technology in today’s world—from medical diagnostics to quantum optics to optical communications,” said Conard Holton, editor-in-chief of Laser Focus World. “Each year we see entries from companies that are leading the field with their innovative product offerings—all of which will be on display at CLEO. I congratulate Daylight Solutions and the two honorable mentions for this well-deserved recognition.”
The annual CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Awards Program honors the most timely, ground-breaking products in the field of laser science. Designed to showcase some of the most significant new products in the field, Innovation Award entries are evaluated on criteria critical to product success, such as innovation, functionality and life expectancy.
For more information on the CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Awards, visit the CLEO: 2014 website.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Photos are available to members of the media upon request. Contact Lyndsay Meyer, lmeyer@osa.org.
About CLEO
With a distinguished history as the industry's leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications. CLEO: Expo showcases the latest products and applications from more than 300 participating companies from around the world, providing hands-on demonstrations of the latest market innovations and applications. The Expo also offers valuable on-floor programming, including Market Focus and the Technology Transfer program.
Sponsored by the American Physical Society's (APS) Laser Science Division, IEEE Photonics Society and The Optical Society (OSA), CLEO provides the full range of critical developments in the field, showcasing the most significant milestones from laboratory to marketplace. With an unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage, CLEO connects all of the critical vertical markets in lasers and electro-optics. For more information, visit www.cleoconference.org. CLEO: 2014 takes place June 8 - 13 at the San Jose Convention Center.
About Laser Focus World
Published since 1965, Laser Focus World is a global media franchise for engineers, researchers, scientists, and technical professionals that provides comprehensive global coverage of optoelectronic and photonic technologies, applications, and markets. The magazine and its related website (www.laserfocusworld.com) reports on and analyzes the latest developments and trends in technology and business in the worldwide optoelectronic and photonics industry.
About PennWell Corporation
The publisher of Laser Focus World, PennWell Corporation is a diversified business-to-business media and information company that provides quality content and integrated marketing solutions for the following global industries: oil and gas, electric power, water, electronics, semiconductor, contamination control, optoelectronics, fiber optics, computer graphics, enterprise storage, information technology, fire, emergency services and dental. Founded in 1910, PennWell publishes 75 print and online magazines and newsletters, conducts 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps, directories, web sites, research, and database services. In addition to PennWell’s headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the company has offices in Nashua, New Hampshire; Houston, Texas; London, England and other locations worldwide.
