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New Atomic X-ray
Laser Created
The shortest, purest x-ray laser pulses ever achieved were created, fulfilling a 45-year-old prediction and opening the door to new medicines, materials and devices.

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Quantum Physics Enables
Secure Cloud Computing
To make globalized computing safe and to ensure that users’ data stays private, researchers have combined quantum computing with quantum cryptography, achieving a cloud computing environment.

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Laser Hints at
Magnetism’s Origins
Using a high-power laser to simulate the conditions under which the first galaxies formed, scientists may have uncovered a clue as to how magnetism originated in the universe.

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Innovative Light
Source Developed
A specially designed organic light-emitting diode structure that emits single photons has been fabricated that could make data transmission more secure.

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2011 Prism Award
Winners Announced
Winners for the fourth annual Prism Awards for photonics innovation were announced by Photonics Media and SPIE at a gala banquet Wednesday night during Photonics West.

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ASD Awards Creative Spectroscopy Projects
The seven Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program award recipients for 2012, named this week by ASD Inc., received recognition for research ranging from hyperspectral analysis to noninvasive identi... MORE

Power Technology Expands into Europe
The laser diode manufacturer established a direct sales center in Germany to better serve its German and European customers. MORE

EO’s Hollows Named AIA Chairman
The optical components company’s director of machine vision solutions was named chairman of the Automated Imaging Association’s board of directors for 2012-2013 during the AIA business... MORE

SPIE Photonics West Wrap-up
The premier international photonics conference and exhibit, which drew in just more than 20,000 registered attendees, featured more technical papers, exhibiting companies, professional development cou... MORE

POC Awarded Phase II SBIR
The small systems integrator received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to create the next generation of its helmet embedded conformal augmented display (HECAD) system. MORE

Cree Unit Set to Grow
Wisconsin-based Ruud Lighting, a subsidiary of Cree Inc., announced a 208,000-sq-ft expansion of its manufacturing facility and a $24.5 million investment in the fabrication and assembly of LED lighti... MORE

Schweizer Eyes PV Market in Asia
Schweizer Electronic AG has entered the Asian photovoltaics market as part of a diversification strategy. Schweizer Energy will operate a plant in Nantong, China, with up to four 100-MW production lin... MORE

Jenoptik Expands in Berlin, China
Laser and optical systems manufacturer Jenoptik of Jena, Germany, is doubling its semiconductor laser capacity with a ⇔10 million (about $13.2 million) expansion of its Berlin-Adlershof site. The... MORE

Zygo Secures $4M Order
The Optical Systems Div. of Zygo Corp. has been awarded a $4 million order from a major medical device manufacturer to produce high-precision assemblies used in an ophthalmic medical device. Zygo will... MORE

Telops Receives Hyper-Cam Order
Telops of Quebec City has received a contract order from the Public Research Center – Gabriel Lippmann (CRP-GL) in Luxembourg, Belgium, for an airborne Hyper-Cam Fourier transform infrared hyper... MORE

Soitec, Reflexite Energy Ink Deal
To create competitive concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solutions, Soitec of Bernin, France, and Reflexite Energy Solutions Inc. of Avon, Conn., have entered a joint venture to establish Reflexite Soite... MORE

Dynasil Unit Garners Contracts
The RMD Research subsidiary of Dynasil Corp. of America received $3.65 million in contracts to develop nuclear detectors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Off... MORE

Samsung Produces Panels, Renews License
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea, has begun mass production of its 40-in. “optical sensor in pixel” interactive LCD panels, which feature advanced optical sensors. The pa... MORE

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$1.8M Grant Funds Adaptive Optics Study for Glaucoma
A $1.85 million NIH grant will support a study to determine the effectiveness of adaptive optics in capturing the earliest cellular changes signaling the onset of glaucoma, which may lead to earlier d... MORE

Between Light and Mechanics, A Quantum Connection
Physicists at the EPFL’s Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurement have shown that it is possible to control the motion of an object that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye at the lev... MORE

New Atomic X-ray Laser Created
To create the world’s first atomic x-ray laser, scientists at SLAC aimed the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at a capsule of neon gas, setting off an avalanche of x-ray emissions that produced the ... MORE

Quantum Physics Enables Secure Cloud Computing
To make globalized computing safe and to ensure that users’ data stays private, researchers have combined quantum computing with quantum cryptography, achieving a cloud computing environment. MORE

Cancer Genes Detected with Liquid Lasers
Genes linked to cancer and other diseases may now be easier to detect with a new method that uses liquid lasers to distinguish mutated DNA from healthy DNA by a single base. “We found a clever way to ... MORE

Laser Hints at Magnetism’s Origins
Using a high-power laser to simulate the conditions under which the first galaxies formed, scientists may have uncovered a clue as to how magnetism originated in the universe. MORE

Self-Guided Bullet Hits Target a Mile Away
A new dart-like, self-guided bullet that can hit laser-designated targets more than a mile away could help war fighters. MORE

Innovative Light Source Developed
Significant progress in the fabrication of light sources that emit single particles of light has been made. A collaboration of German physicists has developed tiny components that could ensure that da... MORE

Cooling by Laser Light
Using lasers, scientists have developed a novel method to cool semiconductor membrane fluctuations to –269 °C. The technique could pave the way to developing more efficient cooling systems for future ... MORE

Transparency Limits on Conducting Oxides Identified
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have used tin dioxide (SnO2) to uncover the fundamental limitations of optical transparency in conducting oxides. The finding could lead to m... MORE

Linac Creates 2-Million-Degree Matter
A 2-million-degree piece of “hot, dense matter” was created and probed in a controlled way for the first time using the SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source. This feat takes scientists a... MORE

2011 Prism Award Winners Announced
Amplitude Systèmes, PD-LD and 89 North were among nine winners of Prism Awards for photonics innovation announced by Photonics Media and SPIE at a gala banquet Wednesday night during Photonics West. ... MORE

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OS Gimbal Mirror Mounts
OS mounts from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are designed to support mirrors such as off-axis parabola, spheres and flats in applications where stability is important. Constructed in black anodized alumin... MORE

0.1-µm Micrometer
Mitutoyo America Corp. has announced the availability of its handheld Digimatic digital micrometer, whicht produces resolution of 0.1µm. It employs the patent-pending Absolute rotary sensor ... MORE

Optical Fibers for CO2, Er:YAG Lasers
Pigtails for pump modules and medical laser systems are in increasing demand and, for these applications, Laser Components GmbH is offering Hollow Silica Waveguides (HSW) from its partner Polymicro Te... MORE

AccuMAX Radiometers/Photometers
The AccuMax digital radiometers/photometers from Spectronics Corp. provide accurate readout for UV irradiance, visible illuminance and luminance light readings. The readout units are calibrated for us... MORE

Fastcam IS-1M Camera
Photron USA Inc. has launched the Fastcam IS-1M, an ultrahigh-speed, high-resolution camera system. The 312 × 260-pixel-resolution in situ image storage CCD sensor captures a wide range of ultra... MORE

Verdi G Series Lasers
Coherent Inc. has launched several higher-power versions of its Verdi G series 532-nm scientific-grade lasers, which are based on proprietary optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technology. ... MORE

2-D Optical Micrometer
Keyence Corp. of America’s TM-3000 2-D optical micrometer introduces technological advancements to 100% automated high-speed, in-line or off-line measurement and inspection applications. It... MORE

Intensified CCD
For time-resolved imaging applications, Andor Technology plc has launched an addition to its iStar range of scientific-grade intensified CCDs. The iStar 312T imaging platform operates at acquisition r... MORE

Plastic Acylinder Lenses
Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec plastic hybrid acylinder lenses. Similar to aspheric and cylinder lenses, they provide diffraction-limited focusing performance in only one dimension. Designe... MORE

Deep-UV Laser Sources
Teem Photonics SA has unveiled two deep-UV laser sources. For applications ranging from materials ablation to laser-induced fluorescence, the 266-nm MicroChip range has been enhanced by the introducti... MORE

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Perspectives on Communications
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 1:00 PM
Photonics Media presents two perspectives on communications, one provides an overview of quantum theory of optical communications, and the other&... MORE >>

Fundamentals of Miniature Spectrometers
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 1:00 PM
The fundamentals of modular spectrometers and how they have evolved into a modern spectroscopic tool with an overview of many common applications such... MORE >>

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The Future of Imaging: Three Perspectives
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 1:00 PM
Presenters: Professor Stephen Boppart THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE WITH OPTICAL BIOMEDICAL IMAGING A medical doctor and professor at the University... MORE >>

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