Events
19th - 23rd September 2010
The Lingotto Conference and Exhibition Centre, Torino, Italy
Featured products - VF-20 ; Modal Explorer
News
Jul 2010 - ModCon discount offer
The FIA (The FibreOptic Industry Association - www.fia-online.co.uk) has supported the development and promoted the adoption of the "ModCon" Mode Control Patchcords as a convenient way for its members to achieve compliance with the Encircled Flux launch conditions required by standards for the testing of installed cables such as IEC 61280-4-1. In recognition of this we are pleased to announce that we are now offering 10% discount to FIA members.
To take advantage of this offer, please email us on fia-offer@ardenphotonics.com
Jul 2010 - CASE Studentship starts
On the 1st July, Adedotun Adebayo (pictured, right) started working towards a PhD in the Photonics Research Group at Aston University. Arden Photonics is pleased to be sponsoring this work through a CASE award.
Adedotun will be investigating novel properties of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) under the supervision of Professor Lin Zhang. During her 15 years at Aston University, Professor Zhang has established an extensive research track record in the area of advanced fiber grating technologies and applications and published over 300 papers in peer-review international journals and conferences, contributed a chapter to a book on Fiber Optic Sensors (CRC Press) and been an inventor of 7 patents.
David Robinson, Managing Director of Arden Photonics, commented " Our sponsorship of this award is aimed at strengthening Arden's already close ties with Aston University, and giving us access to world-class research which we hope will drive our new product development."
What are CASE awards?
CASE awards are designed to promote collaborative research between industry and universities in order to increase the competitiveness of participating companies. Each project enables the university to recruit and dedicate a top quality researcher to focus on an industrially focussed research project for a three year period. Each researcher is supervised by a leading academic from a relevant technical area.
Jun 2010 - Congratulations to Kristi
We heard today (16th June) that Kristi Sharma has been awarded a 1st Class degree in Electronic Engineering by Aston University. Kristi has been our "helping hands" during her undergraduate studies at Aston. She has helped us with everything from book-keeping to fusion splicing, and always with a smile!
So well done Kristi from all the team at Arden Photonics. We hope you go on to enjoy great success in the future.
Jun 2010 - VF-20 V 1.3.0 software release
Main features:
- Auto cleave angle estimation
- Auto exposure controls
- Report generator
- Many other efficiency improvements
This software is applicable to users of VF-20s with serial numbers of 2060 and higher. We strongly recommend all users to upgrade. Please contact vf20upgrade@ardenphotonics.com to get a quotation.
Aug 2009 - Arden Photonics move to new premises
Arden Photonics move to larger premises in Solihull. The new premises give Arden more space to expand their production facilities and to continue to grow. The location is easy to reach via Junction 4, M42 or from the A34.
May 2009 - AMS Technologies to distribute Arden products
Arden Photonics is pleased to announce that it has appointed AMS Technologies to become its new distributor in Europe.
AMS Technologies, based in Munich, Germany brings high tech solutions to customers in Europe. Its aim is to have technology experts who can work locally with customers to recommend high quality products for specialised applications.
May 2009 - METAS chooses Modal Explorer
METAS, the Federal Office of Metrology in Switzerland has chosen Arden's Modal Explorer to be one element of the basis of its Encircled Flux measurement capability. The Modal Explorer was chosen for its high degree of compliance with International standards and also the level of technical support which Arden Photonics is able to provide.
METAS is currently undertaking a detailed study into the measurement of Encircled Flux.
METAS, based near Bern in Switzerland, realises and disseminates internationally harmonised and recognised units of measurement with the necessary accuracy. It supervises the deployment of measuring instruments in the fields of commerce, traffic, public safety, health and environment and delivers various services to the benefit of society, economy and research
May 2009 - Arden reaches regional final of Business Awards
Arden Photonics is proud to announce that they have reached the regional final of the National Business Awards – the UK's most sought after business accolade.
Arden are finalists in the Business Innovation category, which is awarded to an organisation that demonstrates a proven ability to create, grow and develop innovations or processes that substantially improve the commercial performance or prospects of the company.
The winners will be announced at the regional awards final on 16th July 2009
Jul 2008 - Arden launches new Fibre Shaker
Arden Photonics is pleased to announce the launch of its new Fibre Shaker. Arden’s Modal Explorer makes real-time measurement of Encircled Flux easy, and accurate, and it complies with international standards, but if you are measuring laser-based transmission light sources for multimode systems you may need to use a test jumper assembly and fiber shaker in order to avoid “speckle”.
The fibre shaker reduces speckle by changing the differential path length of the various modes in the fibre, ensuring sufficient repeatability for the measurement of the encircled flux.
Jun 2008 - Arden to distribute ESDI
We are pleased to announce that Arden Photonics has been chosen by ESDI (Engineering Synthesis Design Inc of Tucson, AZ, USA to distribute its full range of optical metrology products in the UK and Ireland.
Engineering Synthesis Design, Inc. is widely recognized as a leading innovator in the field of surface & wavefront metrology. ESDI's ground breaking technology includes many notable industry firsts such as IntelliWave™, the world-renowned, device independent software for interferometer surface and wavefront analysis to the Intellium Asphere, the world's fastest interferometer for aspheric metrology.
Apr 2008 - Arden moves to new offices
In order to cope with increased orders, we moved to new offices this month. Our new premises are in the same building - the iBIC on Aston Science Park - but have over twice the floor area of the old offices.
All our contact information remains the same.
