Spic and Span in the Sensors Transducers and Detectors Industry

Spic and Span in the Sensors Transducers and Detectors Industry

The sensors transducers and detectors industry in the engineering and scientific products is a thriving one. The wide application of these devices has also been a favorable reason for the humongous expansion in the technology of transducers, detectors and sensors. The definition of the terms Sensors, transducers and detectors categorize all the components of those devices that performs the task of monitoring, measuring, testing, recording, analyzing and displaying data as generated due to changes in a measured norm. This write up provides information about some of the most upbeat sensors and detectors that have recently been launched in the engineering and scientific markets all over the world.


1.Digital Wave Front Sensors – In an attempt to meet the demand of applications like optics, laser beam analysis and ophthalmology, Phase view, a successful digital wave front company, launched its coveted Digital Wave Sensors (DWS) at the Photonics West 2009 in California, US. With the aim to deliver fast and reliable evaluation of wavefronts with high performances at any wavelengths, these wave sensors measure a resolution of around 360,000 points. Available at a measurement of 600 x 600 points, DWS is capable of yielding l/100 accuracy and l/200 sensitivity and at the same time can also avail a dynamic range of 1500l for the wavelength range between 350nm and 1100nm. It is capable of obtaining high resolution intensity and propagate the beam at one location on a 1M pixel CCD array camera. Some other advantages of this sensor equipment include light-weight packaging, insensitivity to vibrations, fast 3D measurement, available in both turnkey and OEM versions, axial repeatability of 10nm can be achieved and areas of up to 100 x 100um can be measured and processed with enhanced software stitching capability.

2.Infrared Photo Detectors – Including assets like operation at high gain with low noise, better sensitivity, longer range and lower laser power, quantum cryptography, optical time domain reflectometry, near-infrared Raman spectroscopy, biomedical NIR spectroscopy, time-resolved emission detection for failure analysis, and singlet oxygen detection, this product is also a hit in the global detectors market. This Near Infrared photo detectors that has a multiplication device carriers was launched with the aim to overcome the limitations of avalanche photo diodes in the 0.9 to 1.6 micron spectral region. Exceeding the capabilities of APDs in both gain and noise performance their application is possible widely in Lidar, telecommunications, and other active optical systems.

3.Acoustic Audio Lenses – With the focus to stand out with their innovation, Sausalito Audio has released a new speaker design that touted as being the best device to flatten out high beams and reduce the floor and ceiling reflections. The founders of this company claims that benefits like 180 degree dispersion for the average listener will make this launch an invariable success in the segment of acoustic audio equipment.