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  1. Ibsen Photonics' Bjarke Rose wins Electro Prize 2011 for optical sensing

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    Wed, 1 Jun 2011

    Photonics , for his work with optical sensing systems; specifically, for ..... developing and commercializing optical sensing and spectroscopy systems. Applications ..... developing and marketing innovative optical sensing products since he started at Ibsen

  2. Blue Ocean Grants from Ocean Optics to fund optical sensing technologies

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    Fri, 8 Apr 2011

    Ocean Optics' Blue Grants and Challenges program ( http://blueoceangrants.com ) seeks innovative and novel optical sensing technologies that solve problems and improve quality of life. Applicants from all disciplines are encouraged to apply

  1. PHOTONICS APPLIED: OPTICAL SENSING : Downhole sensing puts fiber optics to the test

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    Fri, 1 Apr 2011

    impeded practical use of downhole optical sensing systems for many years," says ..... Sensing methods "Most downhole optical sensing systems use Raman distributed ..... most significant advantages of optical sensing for downhole applications is

  2. IMEC paves the way toward optical -sensing foils

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    Wed, 8 Oct 2008

    high-density pressure sensors on small areas. Optical - sensing foils combine two technologies that have lately seen ..... collaborating in the 7th Framework project Photonic Skins For Optical Sensing (PHOSFOS). (The 7th Framework is a European Union

  3. OPTICAL SENSING : MIRTHE center aims to take mid-IR sensors to new heights

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    Sat, 1 Jul 2006

    analysis of the mid-IR signature of materials for environmental, health, and process monitoring. For more on optical - sensing applications, see the Optoelectronic World supplement, which follows p. 96. Kathy Kincade

  4. Quintessence Photonics awarded contract for diode lasers used in optical sensing applications

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    Thu, 27 Jul 2006

    develop and deliver high-precision direct-diode optical sensing lasers based on its recently released high-power semiconductor lasers with internal gratings. Optical sensing is critically important in the defense, homeland

  5. OPTICAL SENSING : Laser-acoustic device detects explosives residue from a safe distance

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    Mon, 1 Sep 2008

    The ability to detect explosives remotely may soon be possible using “standoff” photoacoustic spectroscopy, say scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, TN).

  6. Optical sensing keeps PVC manufacture from going awry

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    Thu, 25 Mar 2010

    Concord, MA --In finding out how optical instruments are used in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), one gets a peek into how finicky the process of plastic-making really is.

  7. TRAFFIC MONITORING: Optical sensing system improves traffic-flow evaluation

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    Mon, 15 Jan 2007

    Combining infrared- and visible-spectral-range sensors with a stereo camera system can yield a more effective traffic- management system for busy city streets.

  8. TRAFFIC MONITORING: Optical sensing system improves

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    Thu, 1 Feb 2007

    Combining infrared- and visible-spectral-range sensors with a stereo camera system can yield a more effective traffi cmanagement system for busy city streets. BEATE MEFFERT, ROMAN BLASCHEK, AND UWE KNAUER