PTB >> Photonics Tech Briefs’ Annual Readers’ Choice Awards

It's that time again already; time to select PTB's Annual Readers' Choice Product of the Year. Each and every issue of PTB presents you with new products, one of which is highlighted as Product of the Month for its exceptional technical merit and practical value. Which one of the eight nominees presented here (in alphabetical order by company name) was the most significant introduction for 2004?

Read the product summaries and cast your vote at www.ptbmagazine.com/poy. The original product summary for each nominee can be read online at www.ptbmagazine.com/pom_04.html.

The winner, as well as the second and third place finishers, will be announced in our April issue. Remember only one vote per person will be counted and voting ends February 11, 2005.df

Nominees for 2004:

MEMS-Based Optical
Spectrum Analyzer Module
Anritsu Company

AxoLite™ Mueller
Matrix Polarimeter
Axometrics

Pantera
Trueframe™ 1M60
Area Scan Camera
DALSA

Solo IV Nd:YAG Laser System
New Wave Research

IMPACT™ T10
Intelligent Camera
PPT Vision

COBRA™ 500
Line Illuminator
StockerYale

IRTouch Infrared
Touch Screens
Touch International

Compact CO2 Lasers
Universal Laser Systems