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US Air Force Orders United Industrial's Boresight Systems
United Industrial Corp. reports that its AAI Corp. Defense Systems subsidiary has received an order...
Cymer Names Farrar Director of Lithography Applications
Cymer Inc. has named Nigel Farrar, formerly of Hewlett-Packard, as director of lithography...
Imaging Software Compares with Confocal Microscopy
Access to confocal microscopes can often be limited and, if there is a usage fee, costly. This and...
Spatial Light Modulator Displays Another Dimension
Contrary to assertions made in popular culture, outer space is merely the penultimate frontier. The...
Moving Sky Espied by Digital Eye
Scientists estimate that there are between 1000 and 2000 asteroids capable of colliding with Earth...
Vision System Helps Correct Herring Problems
They may be fish eggs to you, but each year Japanese sushi bars hatch a market that averages more...
Laser Stops Proteins in Their Tracks
Roughly 100,000 different proteins function as the workhorses of the human brain. They act as...
Laser Vibrometer on Track Toward a Quieter Highway
Most citizens welcome the boost to local business that comes with a new or an expanded highway...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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CHANNEL PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
EG&G Optoelectronics
COMPACT SPECTROMETERS
Optical Coating Laboratory Inc.
DOUBLE MONOCHROMATOR
Instruments S.A. Inc.
LINE-SCAN SENSOR
Dalsa
OPTICAL SENSOR
Tektronix Inc.
SOLID-STATE DETECTOR
International Light, Inc.
THERMOELECTRIC MODULES
Marlow Industries Inc.
CABLE ASSEMBLIES
Seiko Instruments USA Inc.
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.
FIBER OPTIC ASSEMBLIES
Three E Laboratories
POLARIZATION CONTROL
Fiber Control Industries
FIBER AMPLIFIER UPGRADE
Alcatel Optronics
MINIATURE VCSEL
Honeywell Inc.
LINEAR CMOS IMAGERS
Photon Vision Systems LLC
COLOR MACHINE VISION SYSTEM
Omron Electronics Inc.
DIGITAL CAMERA
Optronics
COLOR FRAME GRABBER
Cognex Corp.
HIGH-SPEED IMAGING
DRS Hadland Ltd.
LABORATORY CAMERA
Data Optics, Inc.
MACHINE VISION
National Instruments Corp.
MICROMINIATURE MONOCHROME CAMERA
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
IMAGE SENSORS
Eastman Kodak Co.
COLOR SMART CAMERA
Vision Components
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
MuTech Corp.
SUNSHINE-LEGIBLE DISPLAY
Luna Technologies, Inc.
MACHINE VISION TOOLS
Imaging Technology Inc.
VIDEO FRAME GRABBER
Integral Technologies Inc.
MACHINE VISION
Fanuc Robotics North America Inc.
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE
Omicron Associates
BEARING LUBRICANT
Nye Lubricants Inc.
CUVETTE HOLDER
Ocean Optics, Inc.
MATERIALS DATABASE
Stellar Optics Research International Corp.
ROTATING MICROSCOPE
Rolyn Optics Co.
SPATTER SHIELDS, MOUNTS
International Crystal Laboratories
SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE
Turner Designs Inc.
UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE
Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
STEREO-ZOOM SCOPE
Vision Engineering Inc.
157-nm EXCIMER LASER
Lambda Physik Inc.
ANALOG/DIGITAL LASER
LaserMax Inc.
LASER COATINGS
Laser Components Inc.
LASER COUPLER
Casix, Inc.
LASER DEFLECTION
Scanlab AG
HIGH-CURRENT LASER DIODE DRIVER
Coherent Inc., Semiconductor Group
PIEZO-TUNABLE LASERS
CLR Photonics Inc.
HIGH-POWER DIODE LASER
Roithner Lasertechnik GmbH
LED LIGHT BARS
Lumex, Inc.
MACHINE VISION LIGHTING
Volpi Manufacturing USA
AMP CALIBRATION
Anritsu Co.
550-MHz BOARD
General Micro Systems Inc.
CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER
Tower Manufacturing Corp.
DATA ACQUISITION
Hunt Engineering Ltd.
MINI PROCESSORS
Teknor Industrial Computers Inc.
OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
Burr-Brown Corp.
INDUSTRIAL SPOT CURING
Efos Inc.
DC POWER SUPPLY
Diversified Technologies Inc.
OPTICAL CEMENTS
Summers Optical
ILLUMINATION OPTICS
Corning OCA Corp.
KTP CRYSTALS
Raicol Crystals Ltd.
BIREFRINGENCE MAPPING
Hinds Instruments Inc.
POLARIZERS
Schott-Fostec LLC, Fostec Div.
OPTICAL SIMULATOR
Artis Software Corp.
POSITIONING STAGE
Queensgate Instruments Inc.
3-D LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER
Polytec PI Inc.
FAST SAMPLING
Microstar Laboratories Inc.
MATERIALS INSPECTION
McPherson, Inc.
LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE
Olympus America, Inc.
REFRACTION MEASURING
Excel Precision
CALIBRATION SERVICE
ILX Lightwave Corp.
DENSE WDM TEST AND MONITORING SYSTEM
Digital Lightwave Inc.

FastTrack (Business News)
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Microtechnology Forecast Is Bright
According to a report from Business Communications Co. Inc. in Norwalk, Conn., sales of...
Cisco Rivals Fiber Optic Giants
The $7.4 billion acquisition of Cerent Corp. of Petaluma, Calif., and Monterey Networks Inc. of...
National Ignition Facility Scientist Resigns; Laser Program Faces Delays
E. Michael Campbell III, the head of the $1.2 billion National Ignition Facility project at...
Laser Sales Drop 6 Percent
North American manufacturers of laser systems and industrial laser sources reported that shipments...
Bitter Dispute over Trade Secrets Ends Partnership
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada -- Xillix Technologies Inc. has filed in Tokyo for arbitration...
Gender Salary Gap Is Less in Engineering
A study funded by the National Science Foundation reported that the salaries of female and male...
Intelligent Sensing Market Sees Growth on the Horizon
Analysts at Business Communications Co. Inc. in Norwalk, Conn., predicted growth in the market for...
Kidger Optics Announces Scholarship
Kidger Optics Ltd. of Crowborough, UK, a designer and supplier of optical design software,...
Bar-Code-Scanner Makers File Suit against Lemelson Foundation
RENO, Nev. -- Seven manufacturers of bar-code scanning and printing equipment have jointly filed...
Flex Products Will Supply Banknote Pigment to China
Flex Products Inc., a subsidiary of Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Optical Coating Laboratory Inc., will...
Presstek Alleges Patent Infringement
HUDSON, N.H. -- Presstek Inc., a maker of laser-based computer-to-press print heads, has notified...
Managers Know Synergy When They See It
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- US investors in American photonics and high-tech companies are likely to get...

Feature Articles
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Blurred Vision?
Could be Your Detector Arrays
Plastics Learn to Love Lasers
For many years, Nd:YAG, CO2 and high-power semiconductor lasers have been successfully cutting,...
From Earth to Space, Lasers Take on Pollution
Recent advances in solid-state-laser and nonlinear optics technology are increasing the...
Remote Sensing Methods Monitor Natural Resources
Advances in hyperspectral imaging can provide the information needed to help protect and redevelop...
Water Researchers Perfect Monitoring Techniques
Microbiologists in California's Orange County use a wide range of microscopy and imaging techniques...

Presstime Bulletin
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Cassini Probe Tests Cameras
The Cassini orbiter, which is scheduled to rendezvous with Saturn in mid-2004, tested its imaging...
2-kHz Deep-UV Laser Installed for Photolithography
Komatsu Ltd. in Tochigi, Japan, announced that it has installed its 2-kHz deep-UV laser at a major...
Researchers Create Fermi Degenerate Gas
A collaborative project between scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Leaky Lab Produces Metallofullerenes
Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg reported in the Sept. 2 issue of Nature...

Technology
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Airborne Laser Window Nears Completion
Pittsburgh's Contraves Brashear Systems LP has accepted the conformal window for the US Air Force's...
Air Force Telescope Open to Researchers
The director of the US Air Force's Office of Scientific Research, Joseph Janni, announced that...
Algorithms Improve Spectral Imaging
An imaging spectrometer in an airplane or satellite can picture the Earth's surface while...
Algorithms Improve Spectral Imaging
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry broke the theoretical...
Lasers Break an Optical Barrier
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry broke the theoretical...
Semiconductors Deposited in Fiber Preforms
Researchers at Syracuse University have developed a technique that could lead to the production of...
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Components Promise 1.7 Tb/s Transmission
Researchers at Fujitsu Laboratory Ltd. in Richardson, Texas, a division of Fujitsu Network...
Camera Images the Unseen Eclipse
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) video camera attached to a 400-mm reflector...
Multimode Fiber Transmits at 10 Gb/s and over 3000 m
Separate tests performed on the 50-µm InfiniCor multimode fiber, which is produced by Corning...
FireMapper Gets Set for Flight
The FireMapper multispectral radiometer is being prepared for airborne deployment next year by the...
2-m Telescope Takes Its First Look
EOS Technologies Inc. (EOST) in Tucson, Ariz., hosted a "first light" party to demonstrate the...
Laser Optics Improve Gasoline Yield
Fluid catalytic cracking of oil feedstocks produces a large portion of the US gasoline supply. This...
Interferometer Seeks Gravity Waves
A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena used a laser...
Green Organic LED Shows High Efficiency
LOS ANGELES -- An organic light-emitting diode (LED) that relies on electrophosphorescence may...
Optical Holes Produce Better Memories
With today's technology, compact discs hold about 1 bit of information per square micron. Associate...
Hybrid Laser Expands Imaging Range
There is potential for a laser that simultaneously produces output at multiple wavelengths in...
Best Lasers May Be Misanthropes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Quantum dots are antisocial, and that's good news for Sandia National...
Laser Missile-Jamming System Passes Tests
A laser-based directional infrared countermeasures system that was demonstrated by Northrop Grumman...
MOEMS Advance
MAINZ, Germany -- Researchers discussed developments and obstacles at the Third International...
Monolithic Mosaic Gratings Are Ready for Subaru Telescope
Richardson Grating Laboratory of Rochester, N.Y., completed the production of three mosaic...
Optoelectronic Devices Go Organic
CAMBRIDGE, UK -- Light-emitting diodes made from organic polymers were first developed at Cavendish...
Lasers Jump-Start Catalytic Research
How do you study chemical processes that last only an average of 100 femtoseconds? And how do you...
Fiber Optics Keeps the Fleet Shipshape
Researchers at Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., with funding from the Office of Naval Research...
Piezoluminescent Skin Senses Stress
Physicists in Saga, Japan, deposited a film on a ceramic substrate that emitted strong visible...
Superradiant Scattering
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied Rayleigh...
Research Trio Demonstrates AlGaN Camera That Images in UV, Digitally
North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Night Vision Laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Va., and the...
Ultrathin Films Retain Bulk Properties
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Polymer films less than 100 nm thick have molecular properties nearly...
Human Vision Simplifies Sensing Technique
A fluorescence detection method that uses the human eye as a key component promises to take...
German Researchers Employ Fiber Laser to Weld a Fine Seam
Scientists from the Laserzentrum Fachhochschule Münster in Steinfurt, Germany, and the...