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Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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INGAAS DETECTOR
Roper Scientific Inc.
INFRARED DETECTORS
InfraTec
LARGE-AREA DETECTORS
Advanced Photonix Inc.
OPTICAL FIBER DETECTOR
OptoLynx
PHOTODIODE DETECTORS
Scientech
PULSE CURRENT DETECTOR
Ion Physics Corp.
SILICON PHOTODIODE
Hamamatsu Corp.
FIBER AMPLIFIERS
BaySpec Inc.
ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING MUX/DEMUX
E-Tek Dynamics Inc.
DWDM OPTICAL DEVICE
Srico Inc.
FIBER SWITCHES
piezosystem jena GmbH
FO GYRO EVALUATION
KVH Industries, Inc.
FIBER ISOLATORS
Casix, Inc.
FIBER OPTIC LINK
Force Inc.
DWDM MODULES
AFOP
OPTICAL FIBER ARRAYS
Moritex Europe Ltd.
OPTICAL FIBER
Corning Inc.
FIBER OPTIC TEST KIT
Fotec Inc.
CMOS MEGAPIXEL IMAGE SENSOR
Conexant Systems Inc.
DVD-RAM RECORDER
Panasonic Security & Digital Imaging Co., Industrial/Medical Group
INSPECTION SYSTEM
O.C. White Co.
MACHINE VISION BOARDS
Imaging Technology Inc.
MACHINE VISION OUTPUT
Basler Vision Technologies, Machine Vision Components
PROGRESSIVE-SCAN CAMERA
JAI
IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR
Burr-Brown Corp.
UNCOOLED INFRARED IMAGING
BAE Systems Infra-Red Ltd.
AIR-COOLED CHILLERS
Koolant Koolers Inc.
BEAM EXPANDER
Rodenstock Precision Optics Inc.
750- to 5000-W CHILLERS
Neslab Instruments Inc.
CONNECTOR ADHESIVE
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE
Labsphere, Inc.
EMISSION MICROSCOPY
Hypervision Inc.
PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR
GPT Glendale, Inc.
IR THERMOMETER
Ircon, Inc.
REFLECTOR LAMP HOLDERS
Gilway Technical Lamp
MULTIPLEXED SPECTROSCOPY
Equitech International Corp.
WIRE SAW
Logitech Ltd.
STOICHIOMETRIC LiNbO3
Deltronic Crystal Industries Inc.
3000-W LASER
PRC Laser Corp.
60-mW LASER
Marconi Caswell Ltd.
AIR-COOLED ARGON LASERS
JDS Uniphase Corp.
LASER CUTTING SYSTEMS
NTC America, Laser Group
LASER DIODES
Hitachi Ltd.
INDUSTRIAL LASER
Coherent Inc., Laser Div.
INDUSTRIAL EXCIMER LASER
Lambda Physik Inc.
LASER DIODE MODULE
Power Technology, Inc.
Nd:YAG LASER
New Wave Research
PICOSECOND DIODE LASER
PicoQuant GmbH
MULTIMODE PUMP LASERS
SDL Inc.
LASER TRANSMITTER
Ericsson Microelectronics
TRANSMISSION LASERS
Corning Lasertron
LASER UPGRADE
Spectron Laser Systems Ltd.
850-nm VCSEL
Honeywell Inc., Sensing and Control
COMPACT UV LAMPS
Spectronics Corp.
LIGHT CURE WANDS
Loctite Corp.
FO ILLUMINATOR
Dolan-Jenner Industries Inc.
HIGH-ENERGY LEDs
LEDtronics, Inc.
NIGHT-VISION LIGHTING
Oxley Inc.
COMPUTER PROCESSOR
EuroTech SpA
DATA TRANSFER
Lumex, Inc.
LASER DIODE DRIVER
Analog Modules, Inc.
LITHOGRAPHY PLATFORM
Silicon Valley Group Inc.
OPTICAL SOFTWARE
Oxalis-Laser
SAW-BASED OSCILLATOR
Vectron International
SWITCHING ROUTER
Sorrento Networks Inc.
HIGH-SPEED MODULATOR
NZ Applied Technologies Corp.
CUTTER/POLISHER
LOH Optikmaschinen AG
LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.
LOW-LIGHT LENSES
Universe Kogaku (America) Inc.
SAPPHIRE C-PLANE SUBSTRATES
Meller Optics, Inc.
STEERING OPTIC
Renishaw, Inc.
THIN-FILM POLARIZERS
Linos Photonics GmbH
VIDEO ZOOM LENS
Optem
COATED WINDOWS
Edmund Industrial Optics, Inc.
MINI ZOOM LENS
Lens Innovation Ltd.
ALIGNMENT KIT
Pinpoint Laser Systems
X-Y MICROPOSITIONERS
Charles Supper Co. Inc.
BEAM POSITIONING
Duma Optronics Ltd.
BIT-ERROR RATIO TESTERS
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
BLACKBODY CALIBRATION
Mikron Instrument Co. Inc.
FTIR INSTRUMENT
SensIR Technologies
INFRARED SPECTROMETERS
MPB Technologies Inc.
LASER POWER METER
Ophir Optronics, Inc.
MEASURING DISPLACEMENT
LaserMax Inc.
NIR SPECTROGRAPH
Control Development, Inc.
POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIOMETER
Santec Europe Ltd.
PRODUCTION SPECTROMETER
Spectro Analytical Instruments, Inc.
SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER
Jobin Yvon Inc., Horiba Group
SPECTRORADIOMETER
International Light, Inc.
SPECTROPHOTOMETER
Spectronic Unicam
TRACKING SOFTWARE
SMX Corp.

FastTrack (Business News)
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Buyout Boosts Coreco's Market Share
MONTREAL -- The crowded machine vision industry got only slightly less so in June when Coreco Inc....
Forum Addresses Photonics Labor Shortage
Representatives from the Coalition for Photonics and Optics met in Washington with public...
Good Times Ahead for Optical Interconnects
A report from ElectroniCast Corp. of San Mateo, Calif., predicts an explosion in the global market...
Growth Expected for Materials Processing
Optech Consulting of Bisingen, Germany, foresees continued double-digit growth in the global laser...
Growth Expected for Dispersion Compensators
A report released by ElectroniCast Corp. of San Mateo, Calif., predicts that the global consumption...
Industrial Laser Shipments Up in 2000
The Laser Systems Product Group of the Association for Manufacturing Technology in McLean, Va., has...
JDS Uniphase Courts Regulators to Win SDL
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- JDS Uniphase Corp.'s $41 billion play for rival optical telecommunications...
Laser Supplier Supports Charity
The MedicAlert Foundation of London announced that it has received a charitable donation of...
LEDs Shrink Displays
Microvision Inc. of Bothell, Wash., has completed the initial tests of its miniature...
Murnane Receives 'Genius Grant'
Margaret M. Murnane has been awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship,...
Nanogen Settles Patent Dispute
San Diego-based Nanogen Inc. announced that it has settled a complaint with Beckman Coulter Inc. of...
Photonics Not Lost in Space
LAUREL, Md. -- The "better" part of "faster, better, cheaper" as it applies to NASA's mandate for...
Presstek Creates Diode Unit
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Digital imaging company Presstek Inc. of Hudson, N.H., is solving a supply problem...
Up, Up and Away
WASHINGTON -- Helium is so cheap and plentiful that it is used to fill Mickey Mouse balloons for...

Feature Articles
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving
Most commercial lens assemblies such as lenses for cameras and microscope objectives are reasonably...
Defining Performance
In laser applications such as materials processing, environmental monitoring and confocal...
Great Gratings
Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) is the most effective means for expanding...
How Photons Work
The study of light has been inextricably linked to the advancement of scientific thought for more...
For Pixels, Size Matters
In the rat race for ever-higher pixel counts for the digital still camera market, it is clear that,...
Photonics Rules of Thumb
Scientists and engineers tend to want to answer simple relational questions with a blackboard...
Squelch the Noise
The silicon positive-intrinsic-negative (PIN) photodiode is a ubiquitous component that detects...
High-Tech 'Vision' Test
Modulation transfer function is the predominant measure of the performance of image-forming lenses...

Presstime Bulletin
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Boeing Plans Acquisition of SVS
Boeing Co. of Seattle has announced plans to purchase photonics manufacturer SVS Inc. of...
CVI Opens New Manufacturing Facility
CVI Laser Corporation announced the ribbon cutting on August 26, 1999, for its $4 million...
Lambda Physik Teams with European Consortium to Develop Colored Laser Decorating of Plastics
Using its Diode Pumped Solid-State 1-kHz laser system, capable of emitting three wavelengths,...
Lucent Licenses Quantum Cascade Laser
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. of Sugar Land, Texas, has signed a licensing agreement under which it...
Melles Griot Announces New Business Unit Director, Capital Equipment
Stephen Kidd, Ph.D, has been selected to take on the responsibilities of marketing and product...
Melles Griot Welcomes Tricia Dunn, SPHR as Vice President of Human Resources
Tricia Dunn has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Human Resources at Melles...
Contract Manufacturing
Melles Griot announces contract manufacturing capability for custom photonics modules. The range...
Newport Receives Precision Optics Orders
Irvine, Calif.-based Newport Corp. has received orders for its precision optics and optomechanical...
Spectra-Physics and GSI Lumonics Sign Supply Agreement
Spectra-Physics Lasers of Mountain View, Calif., has signed an agreement with GSI Lumonics Advanced...
Photon Tunneling Microscope Reveals Singularities
A team at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands, has developed a technique that may...

Technology
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Laser Aims to Reduce Ceramic Costs
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Because of their exceptional hardness, resistance to wear and stability at...
1.8-W Diode to Pump Fiber Amplifiers
CANBERRA, Australia -- Researchers at Australian National University have created a high-power...
Laser Display Challenges Cathode-Ray Tubes
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A new display technology is looking to upstage the cathode-ray tube. Researchers...
Dopant Level Improves Organic LEDs
A team from Ludwig Maximilian Universität in Munich, Institut Ackermannweg in Mainz and...
Glasses Make Versatile Crystals
SOUTHAMPTON, UK -- Photonic quasicrystals with complete bandgaps can be made in glasses that are...
Gold Clusters Are Optically Active
ATLANTA -- Metals, as a rule, do not display optical activity. So researchers at the Georgia...
IR Imager Uses Missile Technology
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A form of infrared imaging developed by the military for heat-seeking...
Old LPs Find New Use in X-Ray Optics
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- In trying to develop a cheap way to focus x-rays, perhaps it should be no...
Lunar Glass Beads Offer Clues to Craters
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Comets and asteroids have bombarded the moon and Earth over the last 3 billion...
New Technology: Pen on Paper
LUND, Sweden -- Let's face it. No matter how much technology advances in the computer world, many...
Plastic Film Makes for Light Travel
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Moving mass into space is an expensive proposition. The Next Generation Space...
Polymers Improve Electro-Optics
SEATTLE -- Larry Dalton runs short treks into the future. It's a world of unlimited bandwidth, a...
Raman Spectroscopy Opens the Earth's Core
Researchers from the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon...
Readers Bridge the Net and Print Gap
A microelectromechanical scanning reader under development by Microvision Inc. of Bothell, Wash.,...
Silicon Crystal Is Cheap, Simple
TORONTO -- Researchers in Canada and Spain have overcome the obstacles to develop a...
Laser Spot Aims at Storage Market
MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- A relatively simple solution to the problem of reducing a laser's spot size...
Sputtering Yields 3200-GHz Filter
Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc. of Cleveland has announced that its subsidiary Deposition...
Strip Coating Makes the Grade
A study of the reformulated Opticlean strip coating, distributed by Dantronix Research and...