The 2009 Multilingual Interdisciplinary Conference on Chemical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering (2009 ICCMME) will be hosted in Melbourne, Australia from 07.12.2009 to 20.12.2009.  The First Announcement and Call for Extended Abstracts can be downloaded from the web-site of the conference here .

TOPTICA Photonics AG extends its leadership in OEM diode laser technology by introducing four new TOP features to the iBeam / iPulse laser series. These significant enhancements to the iBeam/iPulse platform include a new Feedback-Induced Noise Eraser (FINE) feature, improved start-up time, a new Autopulse feature, and TopControl, a LabView-based graphical control environment for Microsoft Windows. A great laser family has just got even better! Full details after the break.

A massive laser fusion reactor at the National Ignition Facility, part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, San Francisco, was formally opened recently in front of dignitaries including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Inside the reactor, 192 laser beams are focussed on a target the size of a bean, heating it to temperatures comparable to the interior of the sun. Read more here.

The Ensemble™ is Aerotech's next-generation, stand-alone controller for moderate- to high-performance applications. It offers functionality appropriate for applications from basic laboratory experimentation and general purpose positioning to advanced OEM systems at an affordable price.

Stay Tuned... with the new TUNER Power Meter from Gentec Electro-Optics Inc . This brand new meter presents both a large LCD display and an ultrafast needle, up to 10X faster than anything else on the market. It comes with more features than the competition, like min and max holds for both displays, comet tail needle and bargraph function. As always, the new TUNER comes in Gentec-EO’s ergonomic design, with a large LCD display and easy to use direct access keys.

Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging technology (SPRi) is an emerging tool in the bio and life-science markets. It offers a new generation in the label-free analysis of bio-molecules, providing information on kinetic processes (association and dissociation), binding affinity and even concentration and real-time target molecule detection. The Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi) systems developed by GenOptics, a technology innovator in Surface Plasmon Resonance, are now distributed worldwide by HORIBA Jobin Yvon.

Systems available include the SPRi-Plex, the ideal solution for label-free and multiplexed bio-assays and investigations based on Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging technology (SPRi). This automated and compact apparatus is designed for simple operation and easy determination of real-time physico-chemical interactions and kinetics. The SPRi-Plex™ system provides automated monitoring of up to 400 biomolecular interactions occurring upon the functionalized surface of the SPRi Biochip. The action of the immobilized probe molecule and the target molecule can be studied rapidly and reliably in a convenient solution chemistry. See our full range of SPRi products from Horiba Jovin-Yvon here .

The femtoREGEN is a compact, one-box femtosecond oscillator/regen amplifier from High-Q Lasers . The system offers performance over the wavelength range 1035 - 1053 nm, at pulsewidths down to 250 fs, pulse energies up to 1 mJ, output power up to 8 W, and repetition rates up to 500 kHz. The femtoREGEN usesSESAMs (SEmiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirrors) for conveniently generating picosecond and femtosecond pulses. SESAMs passively generate ultrashort pulses from a diode-pumped solid state laser and therefore make for very compact and easy-to-use picosecond and femtosecond lasers. Right now, due to a model number revision, High-Q have a number of systems available at very special prices. Contact us for details. Specifications after the break.