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Cameras Measure in Microgravity
Colloid engineering is the concept that crystallized structures based on colloidal self-assembly...
Near-IR Detection Aids Airplane Deicing
One of the greatest hazards to aviation is ice buildup on the control surfaces of an aircraft. If...
3-D Inspection Scrutinizes Coffee
In the deep, rich earth of Colombia's misted peaks grows the Coffea arabica tree. Thriving only in...
Plastic Light Pipes Take the Heat
Fiber optic data transmission is what many in the industry refer to as "dumb" or passive...
Study Quantifies the Shades of Social Acceptance
The subject of skin color is no less politically volatile than it was five decades ago during the...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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PORTABLE POWER METER
Fotec Inc.
UV MEASUREMENT
Hohner Corp.
ADD/DROP MODULE
Corning Inc.
OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS
Alcatel Optronics
ATTENUATORS
Molecular OptoElectronics Corp. (MOEC)
CHANNEL CONTROLLER
NTT Electronics
COMPACT PHOTONIC CHIPS
DigiLens Inc.
DWDM COMPONENT CONTROL
Multichannel Instruments
ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXER
Global Opticom
OPTICAL ADAPTER ELEMENTS
Thermo Laser Science
OPTICAL FIBERS
Lucent Technologies
GAIN CHIP
Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCES
CVI Spectral Instruments
FIBER OPTIC ILLUMINATORS
StockerYale, Inc.
OPTICAL MODULATORS
Codeon Corp.
POLARIZATION CONTROL
Taliescent Corp.
POLARIZATION
General Photonics Corp.
RAMAN PUMP SOURCE
MPB Communications Inc.
TELECOM TOOL
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering
DWDM TOOL
NetTest
OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
Kaiser Electro-Optics
TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER
Anadigics Inc.
VIDEO FIBER VIEWER
Prior Scientific Ltd.
LARGE WAFER
WaveSplitter Technologies Inc.
CCD CAMERA
Toshiba Imaging Systems
CMOS CAMERA
C-Cam Technologies
COLOR CAMERAS
Panasonic Security Systems Group
DIGITAL CCD CAMERA
Cooke Corp.
FRONT-ILLUMINATED CCDs
Hamamatsu Corp.
FRAME GRABBER
Coreco Imaging
InGaAs INFRARED CAMERAS
Indigo Systems Corp.
LOW-LIGHT IMAGING
Genwac Inc.
MULTIHEAD CAMERA
DuncanTech Inc.
MICROSCOPE IMAGING
Polaroid Corp.
IMAGE-CAPTURE SOFTWARE
Syncroscopy
SPECTRAL ACQUISITION SYSTEM
Acton Research
DIGITAL I/O BOARD
Data Translation, Inc.
FORENSIC SYSTEMS
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.
MONOCHROMATOR
McPherson, Inc.
OPTICAL ASSEMBLY
MRSI
POWER GENERATORS
Trek Inc.
635-nm LASER DIODE
Photonic Products, Inc.
FIBER-COUPLED LASER
StockerYale Canada
LASER CUTTING SYSTEM
Preco Industries
DIODE-PUMPED LASER
JDS Uniphase Corp.
DUAL-LOOP LASER DIODE DRIVER
Analog Devices, Inc.
EXCIMER LASER
Lambda Physik Inc.
LASER ENERGY HEADS
Ophir Optronics, Inc.
INDUSTRIAL LASER
Spectra-Physics
LASER POWER METER
Delta Developments
SOLID-STATE 488-nm LASER
Coherent Inc., Laser Div.
LASER POWER SUPPLY
Melles Griot
BLUE LEDs
Uniroyal Technology
HALOGEN LIGHT SOURCE
Schott-Fostec LLC
MINI LIGHT SOURCE
World Precision
OPTICAL DESIGN
Optical Research Associates
DYNAMIC GAIN FILTER
Agere Systems
REPLICATED GRATINGS
Optometrics USA Inc
MICROLENSES
Edmund Industrial Optics, Inc.
INFRARED POLARIZER
InfraSpecs
26-PIN BUTTERFLY MOUNT
ILX Lightwave Corp.
VIBRATION ISOLATION
Kinetic Systems, Inc.
TEST CABLES
Storm Products
DATA ANALYSIS
OriginLab
WAFER/DIE TEST SYSTEM
Etec, Inc.
LASER DIODE TESTING
Keithley Instruments, Inc.
PROCESS MONITORING
Bruker Optics, Inc.
TELECOM TEST SET
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
OPTICAL TEST SYSTEM
Tektronix Inc.
FIBER OPTIC FIELD TESTER
Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc.

FastTrack (Business News)
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Lucent, Alcatel Agree to Disagree
After weeks of speculation and several days of intense negotiations, Lucent Technologies Inc. of...
Bar-Code License Covers Customers
NEW YORK -- NCR Corp. retail store customers can use the company's bar-coding equipment without...
Exchange Program Buoys Underwater Options
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- New Focus Inc. is the latest photonics company to offer its employees an...
Opinion: Firms Can't Force Time Off
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California photonics companies that have considered forced vacations or...
Cree, Nichia Go to Court
A three-judge panel in the Tokyo District Court has dismissed Nichia Corp.'s 1999 patent lawsuit...
Inspection Prompts Lawsuit
A federal lawsuit alleges that Electro Scientific Industries Inc. of Portland, Ore., has...
Landowners to Consider Fiber Optics Offer
Property owners in the eastern US will soon be considering whether to grant a fiber optic...
Layoffs Without Lawsuits?
SAN FRANCISCO -- As North American photonics companies finalize their plans for tens of thousands...
Laser Firm Settles Export Charges
An $80,000 civil penalty settles charges that Opto Power Corp. of Tucson, Ariz., exported diode...

Feature Articles
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Technology Close-Up
What do inspection machines, camera strobes, airplanes, operating rooms, lasers, extraterrestrials...
Staff Report: Growing by Design
Anybody who has blasted music from a cranked-up stereo system is probably familiar with the hiss...
Photonics Design and Solutions
We, as polishers, are constantly pursuing the perfect surface. We want it flat -- very flat -- and...
Let's Get Small
As comedian Steve Martin urged in his now-classic stand-up routine: "Let's get small." The point...
Little Lenses, Major Markets
Innovation comes about when either a technological advance finds a profitable market or a market...
Size and Spectrum
Photonics is increasingly influencing our lives, even if many people do not realize it. For...
A Little off the Top
Camera manufacturers are bundling ever more functionality into smaller packages. A look at recent...

Presstime Bulletin
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Coherent Debuts All-Solid-State, CW, Deep-UV Laser for Semiconductor Metrology at Semicon West
Santa Clara, Calif., July 18 -- Coherent Laser Division (CLD) announced that it will introduce the...
Corning Slows Expansion
Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., has revised its plans to expand its fiber manufacturing capability,...
Plans for Faulkes Student Telescopes Continue
The sponsors of a project to bring astronomy to schoolchildren via the Internet expect to begin...
Now Optically Clear, UV Curable Adhesive/Sealant Matches
The Refractive Index of Glass!

Master Bond Inc. of Hackensack, N.J., has introduced a new single component, high viscosity,...
New High Temperature Resistant Epoxy Adhesive, Sealant & Encapsulant Available From Master Bond Inc.
A new high temperature resistant, room temperature curing epoxy adhesive, sealant and encapsulant...
New Fast Curing Epoxy Adhesive Features High Toughness
Master Bond Inc. has introduced a new tough, fast curing structural adhesive for demanding...
Haleos and Newport Announce Strategic Alliance
Haleos, Inc., The New ACT MicroDevices, and Newport Corp. today announced that they have formed a...
Picket-Line Laser Spurs Legal Action
According to AK Steel Corp. of Middletown, Ohio, a laser-wielding picket should be fined,...
Tandem Filter Enables 1010 Channels
Researchers at NTT Photonics Laboratories in Tokai, Japan, have demonstrated a 1010-channel filter...
IR Searches Require Warrant
In a 5-4 decision that crosses the traditional ideological divisions of the justices, the US...

Technology
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Laser Ablation Generates Nanoparticles
AUSTIN, Texas -- Nanoparticles are finding diverse application as devices such as biological...
Is the Airborne Laser Allergic to Dust?
NEGEV, Israel -- America's $11.3 billion Airborne Laser missile defense program could be defeated...
Cameras Promise a Look at Space Experiments
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- One justification for the multibillion-dollar International Space Station...
Thermal Detector Studies the Sun
WOBURN, Mass. -- Changes in the sun's luminosity may affect the global climate over a timescale of...
Light Drives Molecular Piston
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Advancing the development of micromachines, researchers from the...
Laser Light Enables 3-D Doping
KONSTANZ, Germany -- Laser diodes, light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells all have one thing...
Multispectral Images Expose City Dynamics
Using data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer aboard NASA's...
Fringe Technology Benefits Interferometric Lithography
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- Like the circuitry on integrated chips, the periodic stripes etched on...
Hologram on Display in Texas
The first of three sections of a "Texas-size" hologram has been installed over the baggage claim...
Imaging Finds Defects in Tiles
BRISTOL, UK -- A challenge for tile manufacturers is detecting hard-to-spot defects and blemishes...
Interference Challenges Quantum Computing
A research team at the University of Rochester in New York has demonstrated that computing by...
Free-Electron Laser Reaches Saturation
A research team at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill., has reported saturation at the...
Infrared Ovens Make Quick Work of Asphalt Testing
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- No one likes driving on a road pitted with ruts and potholes. One way to...
Light Powers Micromachines
SUDBURY, Ontario, Canada -- Machines based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and...
Multispectral Imaging Reopens Old Texts
PROVO, Utah -- Our record of Western antiquity is a piecemeal assemblage of oral traditions, myths...
Satellite Carries Laser Experiment
A 1400-lb satellite carrying an experimental laser communications package has been successfully...
Better Robots See like a Spider
PASADENA, Calif. -- How do you increase resolution and decrease fixed pattern noise in a robot's...
Quantum Wells Stack Up
OTTAWA -- Although single-channel quantum-well infrared photodetector arrays have arrived on the...