Orlando Region Coworking Spaces Form Alliance

Orlando Coworking Week Scheduled for week of May 14, 2018

ORLANDO, FL – April 16, 2018 – Looking to unify, support and promote the coworking and collaborative space movement in Orlando and Orange County, a group of 6 coworking spaces have formed the Orlando Coworking Alliance. Charter members of the alliance include Canvs, Catalyst, COLAB, Hub 925, Orlando Game Space, and ScribbleSpace.

OCA’s members offer entrepreneurs flexible workspace with month-to-month all  inclusive

membership plans that offer office equipment and amenities including WiFi, conference rooms, mail services, and coffee, tea, and snacks. In addition, entrepreneurs have the opportunity to network, exchange ideas with fellow entrepreneurs, and get help with growing their careers and businesses.

Said Dennis R. Pape, president of the new organization and managing partner at Catalyst, “We are excited to open our coworking spaces to the citizens of Orlando and Orange County during Orlando Coworking Week and show what working in a collaborative environment with fellow entrepreneurs is all about. Each of our member spaces has a welcoming community of diverse entrepreneurs and we are confident Orlando Coworking Week participants will find a workspace and community that suits their needs”.

To learn more, visit http://www.orlandocoworkingalliance.com and follow us at @OrlandoCoworkingAlliance on Facebook and @ORLCoworking on Twitter. For more

information contact Dennis R. Pape, dennis@catalystspaces.com.

Tower Optical Corp is now ISO 9001:2015 Certified!

As of  Feb. 27,2018, FPC Member Tower Optical Corp. in Boynton Beach, FL became ISO 9001:2015 certified by American Systems Registrar.  This certification has the scope of Manufacture, Sales, and Marketing of Precision Optics and establishes that Tower Optical Corp. has in place a quality management system that is in full conformance with ISA 9001:2015.  Reaching this important milestone is in keeping with Tower Optical's motto "Quality is not expensive...it's priceless!"

Ocean Optics Develops Mid-IR Sensing Capabilities in Partnership with Pyreos

Largo, Florida, USA (February 2018) – Ocean Optics has expanded its spectroscopy capabilities by partnering with Pyreos Limited (Edinburgh, Scotland) to develop new mid-IR solutions. Unlike traditional FT-IR spectrometers, the unique combination of Pyreos’ detectors and Ocean Optics applied spectroscopy knowledge will enable businesses and researchers to create rapid, accurate and field-portable devices.

Ocean Optics new product, Ocean HDX Spectrometer

Largo, Florida, USA (February 2018) – Ocean Optics new product, Ocean HDX Spectrometer, Delivers High Throughput and Low Stray Light. 


The latest spectrometer from Ocean Optics uses a novel optical bench design and high-performance components to provide high throughput, low stray light and excellent thermal stability for integrated, industrial and research applications.

JENOPTIK Further Expands Manufacturing Capacity with a New Class 5 Cleanroom

      25 October 2017, Jupiter, FL USA — Jenoptik Optical Systems, LLC, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance optical solutions, announces the expansion of its manufacturing operations in Florida. Jenoptik opened a new ISO 14644 Class 5 cleanroom with state-of-the-art filtration technology for high-precision optical assemblies to support applications with demanding cleanliness requirements like semiconductor and space flight instrumentation. Additionally, Jenoptik has extended site capabilities by investing in a new thermal vacuum chamber in the cleanroom. The Class 5 cleanroom complements the pre-existing ISO 14644 Class 7 cleanroom and triples the amount of cleanroom space in Florida.
      Jenoptik’s continued expansion in Florida is the direct result of customer volume requirements for the company’s products. This new facility complements the cleanroom capacity in Huntsville, AL. The Huntsville facility is purpose-built to meet the rigorous requirements of leading-edge semiconductor-related manufacturing activities.

     Jay Kumler, President of Jenoptik Optical Systems in North America, commented, "We are investing in differentiating technologies, advanced equipment and employees, and we are committed to meeting our customers’ expectations for higher levels of cleanliness and contamination control.”

     Leading equipment manufacturers around the globe rely on Jenoptik’s products to build semiconductor devices, telecommunications equipment, digital projection, mobile devices, augmented reality, industrial automation and connected vehicles. Our optical systems are helping lead the digital transformation and internet of things.

     Jenoptik looks forward to the new opportunities the expansion will provide and the partnerships that will be the result of their success. For additional information on Jenoptik’s capabilities please visit www.jenoptik-inc.com

Distinguished Seminar Speaker: "Fun with Fast (but not Furious) Tunable Lasers in the Infrared" by C. Kumar N. Patel, 10.27.17/3:00PM-4:00PM/CREOL RM 102/103

Distinguished Seminar Speaker: "Fun with Fast (but not Furious) Tunable Lasers in the Infrared" by C. Kumar N. Patel

Friday, October 27, 2017 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
CREOL Room 102/103

C. Kumar N. Patel
Pranalytica, Inc.

Abstract:

The invention and development of all-electronically tuned quantum cascade lasers has made it possible to obtain spectral information, covering over 1 µm in the long wave infrared region, regarding absorbers in less than fraction of a millisecond. The electronic tuning is achieved through the use of a acousto-optically generated phase grating in a crystal. As described previously, the acousto-optic modulator (AOM) tuned QCL is capable of switching lasing wavelengths in time of the order of 0.5 µs, regardless of the size of the wavelength step. The wavelength tuning is achieved via change in the acoustic wave RF frequency. Thus, a complete spectrum covering > 1 µm tuning (for example from ~8.5 µm to ~ 9.5 µm) can be obtained in less than 20 µs, when the RF frequency is changed in response to an analog drive. For experimental reproducibility of spectra, we have implemented a digital scanning system that permits selection of step size and step speed. Using the AOM tuned QCL, we have carried out a number of studies to explore the usefulness of rapid scanning QCL systems. One study involves spectroscopy of liquids. Since almost all liquids absorb very strongly in the long wave infrared region, we have used attenuated total reflection (ATR) to study liquids such as isopropyl alcohol (IPA), ethanol, water, various alcoholic beverage such as vodka, gin and scotch, 2,2,2-trifluroethanol and Epsom salt dissolved in water. In each case a complete spectrum from ~8.5 µm to ~ 9.5 µm is recorded in a single shot 500 µs scan. From these studies, we can verify the claimed “proof” of the alcoholic beverages. In another study, we have explored mixing of gases (R134A HFC bolus injected into a fast flowing stream of air) in a flow tube where time dependent spectra of mixing gases are obtained in >600 consecutive shots during a 300 ms time span. I will describe both studies in detail, including a video showing the flow mixing evolution on millisecond time scale. The fast spectroscopic study of liquids now opens up the potentially exciting area of real time process monitoring in chemical, biological and food and wine industry. The transient flow spectroscopy study clearly indicates that the AOM tuned QCL system will be of immediate use in supersonic flow studies and in the study of combustion and explosion dynamics.

Biography:

Dr. C. Kumar N. Patel is the Founder, President and the CEO of Pranalytica, a company located in Santa Monica, CA, specializing in high power quantum cascade lasers and applications. Pranalytica is the leader in QCL technology through its invention of a radically QCL new structure design, called the non-resonant extraction, which has allowed Pranalytica to offer commercial QCLs that produce highest powers anywhere in the world. He is the inventor of the carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and the Spin-Flip Raman lasers. He pioneered the use of these and other lasers to measure trace gases in difficult environments. He was at AT&T (now Lucent Technologies) Bell Laboratories for thirty-two years and was Executive Director of the Physics Division and of the Materials Research Division. Under his leadership, Bell Labs produced some of the most critical technologies for optical communications. The quantum cascade laser was also invented in Physics Division during his leadership. From 1993 to 1999 he was the Vice Chancellor for Research at UCLA. Dr. Patel was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1974 and the National Academy of Engineering in 1978. Dr. Patel has received every major scientific honor in the United States. He received the National Medal of Science given by the President of the United States in 1996. In 2012, he was inducted into the National Inventors’ Hall of fame. In recognition of the CO2 laser’s importance to the medical field, he has been elected as an Honorary Member of the Gynecologic Laser Surgery Society in 1980 and in 1985 he was elected an Honorary Member of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.

For more information:

Bahaa Saleh