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CCD Camera Enables High-Resolution Image Analysis
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Rugged Interferometer Built for Spaceflight
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Femtosecond Camera Takes Telecom System's Pulse
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GERMANIUM DETECTORS
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.
LIGHT DETECTION
Electron Tubes Ltd.
SIGNAL DETECTION
New Focus, Inc.
TUNABLE DETECTORS
Photon Technology International Inc.
I/O CONTROLLER CARD
General Micro Systems
FUSED FIBER COUPLERS
Alliance Fiber Optics Products Inc.
DENSE WDM
APA Optics Inc.
GLASS FIBER
Hoya Fiber Photonics Corp.
FIBER OPTIC ISOLATORS
Micro-Optics Inc.
OPTICAL FIBER
Corning Inc.
POLISHING SYSTEM
Buehler Ltd.
VISION PROCESSING
Cognex Corp.
INDUSTRIAL FIBERSCOPES
Applied Fiberoptics Inc.
FIBER OPTIC TALK SETS
GN Nettest
FIBER TESTER
Laser Components GmbH
WDM MODULES
E-Tek Dynamics Inc.
3-D DISPLAY
Dimension Technologies Inc.
IMAGING BOARDS
Euresys SA
CCD CAMERA SENSOR
Sony Electronics, Inc.
HIGH-SPEED IMAGING
Oxford Lasers Inc.
IMAGE SENSOR
Eastman Kodak Co.
CAMERA INTERFACE
Alrad Imaging Ltd.
MINIATURE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
Central Research Laboratories (CRL)
MACHINE VISION
RVSI Acuity CiMatrix
VIDEO OBJECTIVES
Titan Tool Supply, Inc.
IMAGE PROCESSING
Inventions Ltd.
PROGRESSIVE-SCAN CAMERA
Pulnix America Inc.
IMAGE SENSOR INTERFACE
Texas Instruments Inc.
IR CAMERA SOFTWARE
Raytheon
VIDEO IMAGING
Adaptive Optics Associates Inc.
MACHINE VISION
Imaging Technology Inc.
AUTOMATION SOFTWARE
National Instruments Corp.
RECIRCULATING CHILLERS
Lytron Inc.
IR EMITTERS
Heraeus Amersil
LAB APPARATUS
Heraeus Amersil
HIGH-SPEED PROCESSING
Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd.
KILOVOLT METER
Gammex Inc.
LAB INSTRUMENTS
Surface Optics Corp.
OPTICAL MODELING
Optical Research Associates
OUTDOOR CHILLERS
Koolant Koolers Inc.
POLISHING PITCH
Meller Optics, Inc.
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
Mikron Instrument Co. Inc.
RECIRCULATING CHILLERS
Photon Technology International Inc.
SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT
Near-Infrared Research Corp.
BEAM DIAGNOSTICS
Coherent Inc., Auburn Group
COMPACT CO2 LASERS
Continental Laser Energy Inc.
LASER DIAGNOSTICS
Elliot Scientific Ltd.
LASER DIODE BARS
Coherent Inc., Semiconductor Group
DIODE LASER ARRAYS
Opto Power Corp.
LASER DIODES
Mas-Tech International Inc.
DIODE DRIVER
Analog Modules, Inc.
BEAM DUMPS
OptoSigma Corp.
INDUSTRIAL EXCIMER
Lambda Physik Inc.
EXCIMER LASER
ATL Lasertechnik GmbH
EYE-SAFE RANGEFINDER
LaserCraft Inc.
INDUSTRIAL LASER
Rofin-Sinar Inc.
LENSED DIODE BARS
Industrial Microphotonics Co.
INDUSTRIAL LASER
Unitek Miyachi Lasers
LASER MARKING
Trumpf Inc.'s Laser Technology Center
DOUBLE-POWER STACKABLE LASER DIODE BARS
Siemens Microelectronics Inc.
TELECOM LASER
Lasertron Inc.
TUNABLE LASER
Newport Corp.
VCSEL ARRAY
MicroOptical Device
DIODE VELOCIMETER
TSI Inc.
Yb:YAG LASER
Nanolase
IR EMITTERS
QT Optoelectronics
MINI NEON LAMPS
Gilway Technical Lamp
WHITE LEDs
Integrated Photomatrix Inc.
LENS ACCESSORIES
Ocean Optics, Inc.
OPTICAL COATING
LOH Optikmaschinen AG
DIFFRACTION GRATINGS
Instruments S.A. Inc.
OPTICAL EPOXY
Epoxy Technology Inc.
HERAEUS OPTICS
Heraeus Amersil
WINDOWS
Heraeus Amersil
OBJECTIVE LENSES
Universe Kogaku (America) Inc.
SAPPHIRE WINDOWS
Three E Laboratories Inc.
TELECENTRIC LENS
Light Works
THIN-FILM COATINGS
Deposition Sciences Inc.
MICRO-OPTICAL ZOOM
Optem International
POSITIONING EQUIPMENT
Anorad Corp.
MOTION PROCESSOR
Performance Motion Devices, Inc.
SERVOMOTORS
GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc.
SERVOMOTORS
Aerotech, Inc.
POSITIONING STAGE
Queensgate Instruments Inc.
VERTICAL POSITIONING ELEVATOR STAGE
Nutec Components Inc.
VIBRATION ISOLATION
Spindler & Hoyer UK Ltd.
NIR ANALYZER
Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc.
COMPACT ANGLE-MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Micro-Radian Instruments, Inc.
DEFECT ANALYZER
Hitachi Scientific Instruments
HANDHELD SURFACE ANALYSIS SYSTEM
Tricor Systems Inc.
NIR SPECTROPHOTOMETER
McPherson, Inc.
NONCONTACT OPTICAL PROFILER
Burleigh Instruments, Inc.
PRISM ANGLE MEASUREMENT
Mildex Inc.
RAMAN MICROSCOPE
Renishaw, Inc.
SOLAR SIMULATION
Photo Emission Tech Inc.
UV SPECTROMETRY
SensorPhysics Inc.
VIDEO INSTRUMENTATION
Colorado Video Inc.

FastTrack (Business News)
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British Aerospace Flies off with GEC's Marconi
This home to renowned air shows recently saw some stratospheric maneuvering of another sort when...
New Technical Program to Highlight Aerosense
SPIE has announced that Aerosense '99 will take place in Orlando from April 5 to 9. The symposium...
Multimillion-Dollar Project Aims at Improving Weather Forecasting
One of the most significant limitations in weather forecasting is the inability to predict cloud...
Laser Firm Disputes Diode Order
Semiconductor Laser International has acknowledged that its largest customer has canceled the bulk...
US Restricts Exports to Three More Russian Institutions
US National Security Adviser Samuel R. Berger announced recently that three Russian research...
Digital Optics Corp. Enters 'Fast 500'
Deloitte & Touche has named Digital Optics Corp. to its Fast 500 program, a ranking of the 500...
GE Lighting and Emcore to Make White LEDs
GE Lighting and Emcore Corp. of Somerset, N.J., have embarked on a joint venture to produce white...
Miniature Display Market Set for Record Growth
Total shipments for microdisplays reached 431,900 units last year with an estimated average annual...
Robotic Vision Systems Sheds Ice-Detection Unit
Robotic Vision Systems Inc. in Canton, Mass., has sold the assets and technology of its wide-area...
JDS Fitel and Uniphase Are Engaged
JDS Fitel Inc. of Nepean, Ontario, Canada, and Uniphase Corp. have signed a merger agreement to...
Methode Buys Connector Manufacturer
Methode Fiber Optic Products of Chicago has acquired Stratos Ltd. of Haverhill, UK. Formerly AB...
Fiber Optic Backlighting Rivals Join Forces
Lumitex Inc. of Strongsville, Ohio, has merged with Poly-Optical Products Inc., combining...
Medical Sciences Improve 'Market Share' of Academic R&D
The medical science sector has shown the largest increase in "market share," according to a recent...
Wyant Named Director of Optical Sciences Center
James C. Wyant, professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson, assumed the...

Feature Articles
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Making it Bigger:
Many manufacturing processes utilize on-line microscopy. Microscopes (optical systems with...
Catch a Wave:
Light travels in straight lines, as evidenced by shadow-casting phenomenon, and the pinhole camera....
The Small World of Medical Devices Gets Smaller
In many ways, the medical device industry is operating by the same adage the semiconductor industry...
Lasers in the Chemistry Lab
Physicists may explore the fundamental interactions between light and matter, but in the chemistry...

Presstime Bulletin
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Telescope Installed at Air Force Base
The US Air Force installed a $2.5 million telescope Jan. 22 at a new research laboratory site in...
Intel and Analog Devices Form Communications Chip Venture
Computer chip maker Intel Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif., and Analog Devices Inc. in Norwood, Mass.,...
Photonics Lab Opens in Colorado
The Colorado Advanced Photonics Technology Center at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Aurora...
Airborne Digital Sensor Makes Maiden Voyage
LH Systems LLC in San Diego, in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center in Berlin, completed...
Companies at Risk of Stock Delisting
The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has notified Stocker & Yale Inc. of Salem, N.H., and Semiconductor...

Technology
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Tethered AFM Offers Operators More Flexibility
A researcher at the National Research Council of Canada has adapted a commercial atomic force...
Atomic Force Microscope Could Draw Tiny Circuits
Scientists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., have found a new application for atomic...
Ballast Water Purified with UV Waves
If "bioinvasions" has a futuristic sound to it, the future is now. With the speed and volume of...
Nichia's Blue Diodes Find a Home
Barely a month after Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd. announced the first shipments of its blue...
Uncooled IR Detector Could Enable Cheaper Cameras
MSI engineers are working to develop an uncooled infrared detector that will enable the production...
All-Photonic Circuits at Hand
Nanovation Technologies Inc. has entered the testing phase of its development of a fully integrated...
Phased out by Coherent Control
A "textbook" laboratory demonstration of a basic quantum physical principle could lay the...
School of Optics Hosts Inaugural Conference
The Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) kicked off an inaugural...
UV Light Reveals Dinosaur Organs
A team of scientists has used UV radiation to examine the internal organs of a baby dinosaur fossil...
Company Promises Painless Glucose Monitoring
Diabetics around the globe have yearned for an alternative to the lancet and needle to monitor...
Polishing System Takes Pressure off Making Aspheres
As the use of aspherical optical components broadens, the industry is trying to overcome the...
Thomson Scattering Made Relative
In what is being hailed as groundbreaking research that could provide hints about how light and...
Spectrometer Made Smaller, Less Expensive
Scientists at the University of Ulm in collaboration with LaserSpec Analytik GmbH have unveiled an...
Tuning Diodes
A burgeoning fiber optic communications industry is nourishing advances in support devices, not the...
Volcanic Gas Measured at a Safe Distance
Volcanic gases offer important clues to atmospheric and subsurface processes, but methods that have...