Interesting Applications

• Atmospheric monitoring of SO2 & NO2

• Investigating color vision in the marine environment

• Remote sensing of coral communities in the Western Caribbean

• Monitoring dissolved oxygen in marine and freshwater ecosystems

• Measuring the transmission and reflection of fish eyes

• Building electronic measurement networks for chemistry labs

• Experiment to demonstrate the principles of fluorescence quenching and determination of oxygen in water

• Demonstration of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

• Measuring optical properties of marine organisms

• Gathering spectral data on Mars

• Searching for signs of life in simulated Mars mission 

• Considering membrane biophysics 

• Measuring Optical Filter Transmission at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO)

• "Smart" dust at the University of California, San Diego

• Analyzing the solar corona

• Light measurement systems and tools for spectroradiometry

• Star-gazing: Measuring the stellar output of the star Vega

• More star-gazing: the University of Iowa's Rigel Observatory

• Monitoring SO2 Emissions from Volcanoes

• Hyperspectral channel selection for water quality monitoring

• Acid dissociation constants (UV absorbance)

• Luminescence quenching

• Origins of colour (visible absorption)

For more information on Ocean Optics photonics applications, go to the Applications directory.

Applications by OEMs, System Integrators and Others

• Acquired Data Solutions -- Engineering and development services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, with special emphasis on blood analysis, fermentation, respiratory and microbial applications
• Adamas Gemological -- Color and grading analysis of diamonds and gems
• Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. -- Software developer of the ACD/SpecManager UV-IR Module spectral processing toolkit that accepts data collected in OOIBase32 spectrometer operating software, without the need for exporting it into ASCII, SPC or other file formats
• Air Instruments and Measurements -- Air pollution monitoring and control instrumentation
• American Competitiveness Institute -- National electronics manufacturing technology consortium involved in the development of process control instrumentation, including systems for surface spectroscopy
• Atomic Engineering Corp. (AEC) -- Software for lab and field detectors and spectrometers; technical consultant for clients involved in environmental, laser and other applications 
• CerOx Corporation -- Onsite treatment of generated waste in concentrated or dilute form
• Color Diagnostics -- Analytical equipment for dyebath monitoring
• Con-Trol-Cure -- UV curing systems and light sources, power supplies and related products; affiliate UV Process Supply is a full-line distributor of ultraviolet lamps, safety supplies, cleanroom supplies, maintenance supplies and graphic art supplies, as well as curing and environmental control systems
• Edmund Scientific -- Catalog supplier of spectrometers (including a special Ocean Optics spectrometer package), optics, filters and related accessories
• FIAlab Instruments -- Leading manufacturer of flow injection, sequential injection and sequential injection chromatography systems, software and components
• Fiber Optics Online -- A VertMarkets Marketplace for Industry Professionals
• Hoffman Engineering -- Test and calibration equipment, light sources, spheres, detectors, positioners and filters
• Instech Laboratories, Inc. -- Biological dissolved oxygen monitoring systems, including a new system that incorporates Ocean Optics FOXY Fiber Optic Oxygen Sensors
• MD LaserTech, Ltd. -- Manufacturer of gas remote sensing systems for measuring CO, CO2, HC and NOx in vehicle emissions
• MicroSolv Technology Corporation -- Products for HPCE, CE, MEKC and Micro HPLC 
• NanoDrop Technologies, Inc. -- UV-VIS spectrophotometry featuring novel sample-retention system for small-volume (1 ul) applications
• Peak Sensor Systems -- Solutions for users and OEMs of semiconductor plasma processing tools, from endpoint and fault detection to process control and state-of-health measurements 
• Reflectronics -- Fiber optic backscattering sensors for the food, pharmaceutical and chemical process industries; original research developed at the University of Kentucky to measure milk coagulation incorporated Ocean Optics spectrometers 
• Resonance Ltd. -- Developer of gas remote sensors using differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS)
• Rikei -- Instrumentation supplier serving Japanese markets
• Scientific Computing International -- Thin-film metrology systems and material characterization tools
• Sof-Tek Integrators --  Op-Test brand production and engineering test systems for measuring optical and electrical properties of LED and VCSEL devices during high-volume production tests in wafer or die form
• SphereOptics -- precision standard and custom radiometric and photometric products including a broad line of integrating spheres and diffuse reflectance materials and standards
• SRU Biosystems -- biotechnology firm and developer of high-throughput sensing and molecular biology technologies offers fully integrated microplate reader systems that include Ocean Optics spectrophotometers
• Straatum -- leading provider of real-time fault detection and classification (FDC) solutions to the semiconductor sector worldwide
• Sunrise Instruments -- Supplier of light-measurement technology
• Vari-Lite -- Manufacturer of automated lighting systems for entertainment industries, and distributor of Ocean Optics "gobos" dichroic filters used to project high-resolution lighting effects for theatrical presentations and concerts
• Vernier Software & Technology -- award-winning data-collection technology -- and the Vernier Spectrometer -- for science and math education
• WEI -- Systems integrators for industrial automation and process control

Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Biotechnology,
Optics and Related Resources

• Bentec Services Limited -- Provider of software for hyperaspheric optical design

• Biotechnology Resources -- Biotechnology related news, books and web resources

• Bottom-Scratchers -- Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida-area boat-bottom cleaning service provider founded by former Ocean Optics employee

• ChemQuik -- Chemical safety information

• Color-Pro -- Art and science of coloring materials

• Galactic Industries -- Spectroscopic software

• Insight Media -- Publisher of Microdisplay Report, which covers the technology and business of microdisplays and scanning display systems and their applications

• Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) -- About the theory of LIBS

• Nalgene Labware -- Plastics compatibility

• Nanoptics -- Fiber optics

• NDTech -- Nondestructive testing

• Physics Simulations -- Electrical circuits and thermodynamics

• selectscience™.net -- Online resource of product information for scientists

• Sensor Technology Information Exchange (SenTIX) -- Promotes the
  communication, application and development of sensors. This site provides a searchable sensor-related database and opportunities to post research.

• Space Age Control -- Transducers

• The Sol-Gel Gateway -- Directory of worldwide resources on sol-gel science and related fields

Opportunities for Product Developers and Early-stage OEM Investors

If you're a technology entrepreneur who seeks a forum to solicit funding or other support from investment angels and like-minded product developers, send us your story and we'll post it on our website.

Professional Organizations and Universities

• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists

• American Chemical Society

• American Physical Society

• International Society for Optical Engineering

• Ocean Laboratories

• Optical Society of America 

• Photobiology Online

• The Society of Fluorescence

• Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh

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