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Shipbuilder Boosts Welds with Lasers
With Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, it appeared that the days of the ocean liner were...
Line Scanning to Save Player Piano Rolls
Although to modern ears the music of a player piano is a sound track for the gilded age, the...
Clock to Be Tested in Microgravity
When the "primary atomic reference clock in space" project is launched in 2005, it will measure the...
Microlasers Developed for Altimetry
When Lewis and Clark set out from the head of the St. Louis River in 1804 to chart the unexplored...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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OPTICAL TESTING
ILX Lightwave Corp.
SLOW-MOTION ANALYZER
Image Diagnostics Ltd.
PURGED SPECTROSCOPY
Acton Research
IN-LINE POLARIMETER
General Photonics Corp.
4-Mb/s PHOTODIODE
Advanced Photonix Inc.
NEAR-IR PHOTODIODES
Pacific Silicon Sensor Inc.
PHOTODETECTOR MODULES
Martin, Froeschner & Associates
INTEGRATED InGaAs DETECTORS
Honeywell
SIGNAL CONVERTER
Terahertz Technologies, Inc.
RINGLIGHTS
StockerYale, Inc.
VARIABLE RATIO COUPLER
Canadian Instrumentation & Research Ltd.
POLARIZATION ANALYZERS
Thorlabs, Inc.
NONLINEAR FIBERS
Crystal Fibre A/S
FO RECEIVER MODULE
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY LINE
Palomar Technologies Inc.
COMPACT EDFA
Lightwaves2020 Inc.
POLARIZATION CONTROL
Oz Optics Ltd
AUTOMATED ALIGNMENT
Newport Corp.
FIBER ALIGNMENT
Axsys Technology
FIBER ALIGNMENT
Keithley Instruments, Inc.
DROP/ADD MODULES
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc.
UV-VIS IMAGING
Qimaging
THERMAL IMAGING
Indigo Systems Corp.
X-RAY STREAK CAMERA
DRS Hadland Ltd.
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
Infrared Systems Development Corporation
LINE-SCAN CAMERA
Wintriss Engineering Corp.
RADIOMETRIC SOFTWARE KIT
Control Systems Research
HIGH-SPEED MOTION ANALYSIS
Redlake MASD Inc.
DIFFUSION FILTERS
Astra Products, Inc.
DIGITAL CAMERA
DuncanTech Inc.
DATA CONVERTER
Imaging Source
AREA-SCAN CCD CAMERA
Basler AG, Vision Components Div.
INFRARED CAMERAS
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
IMAGE ACQUISITION BOARD
National Instruments Corp.
POWER SUPPLIES
Thermo Oriel
PROCESS MONITORING
InPhotonics, Inc.
POWER SUPPLIES
Glassman High Voltage
NANOSTEP DRIVERS
Nyden Corporation
LIGHT MEASUREMENT
Gigahertz-Optik, Inc.
ION SOURCES
Oxford Applied Research USA, Inc.
IR-BLOCKING FILMS
CPFilms Inc.
CLEAR ADHESIVES
Adhesives Research
ADHESIVE DISPENSING
EFD, Inc.
Nd:YAG LASER SYSTEM
New Wave Research
LASER WELDING
Rofin Laser Macro Group
LASER PROCESSING SYSTEMS
GSI Lumonics, Inc.
CO2 LASER OPTICS
Laser Research Optics Inc.
10-Gb/s LASER MODULE
Ericsson Microelectronics
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Unitek Miyachi Corp.
LINE LASER
Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH
LASER EXCITATION
Quantum Northwest
635-nm LASER DIODE
Point Source
DEEP-UV LASER
Positive Light Inc.
LASER AMPLIFIER
Spectra-Physics
TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE
Gamma Scientific Inc.
INFRARED LED
Hamamatsu Corp.
LENS-END LAMPS
Gilway Technical Lamp
TUNABLE FILTERS
Micron Optics, Inc.
OPTICAL SENSORS
Anritsu Co.
OPTICAL GLASS
Sumita Optical Glass Inc.
ABSORBANCE FILTERS
Thermo Spectronic
GAIN-FLATTENING FILTER
Alcatel Optronics
DIGITAL LENSES
Sunex, Inc.
OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Lambda Research Corp.
1064-nm OPTICAL COMPONENTS
Alpine Research Optics
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Prior Scientific, Inc.
OPTICAL MOUNTS
Space Optics Research Labs (SORL)
PIEZO-ACTUATOR
Linos Photonics Ltd.
UVC RADIOMETER
Apprise Technologies Inc.
UV SPECTROMETER
McPherson, Inc.
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Veeco Metrology Group
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Secomam
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Comsol, Inc.
PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
NEAR-IR ANALYZERS
Foss
MINI OTDR MODULE
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
SURFACE MEASUREMENT
Optical Dimensions LLC
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Euresys SA
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Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering
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Optical Research Associates
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Ocean Optics, Inc.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Jobin Yvon Ltd.
BEAM MEASUREMENT
Melles Griot

FastTrack (Business News)
Optical Networking Is Placed on Hold
When attendees at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) gathered in May to hear the...
NEMI Unveils Optoelectronics Projects
The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, an industry-organized "virtual consortium" known...
What's Sapping Foreign Investment in Israel?
In the fall of 2000, Israel's technology sector was about to change course -- in two respects....

Feature Articles
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Optical Coatings Reap the Benefits of Telecommunications
Over the last five years, the optical coating industry has been revolutionized to meet the...
Solid-State Q-Switched Lasers Expand Their Reach
Since their introduction a decade ago, there have been nearly continuous improvements in the...
Physical and Geometric Methods Combined to Model Optics
For nearly the entire history of modern lens design, engineers have used geometric ray tracing to...
How Well Can Cameras Measure Color?
Video cameras find use in many automatic inspection applications, from checking the construction of...

Presstime Bulletin
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Technique Renders High-Contrast Images of Semiconductor Sites
A procedure combining optical-beam-induced current imaging and scanning confocal microscopy has...
Phonons Show Strong Interaction with Light
Researchers at Max Planck Institut für Biochemie report that lattice vibrations of polar...
Low-Temperature Technique Produces Oxide Films
Most deposition techniques for crystalline oxide films involve subjecting amorphous films to high...
Single Shot Measures Two-Photon Absorption
A relatively simple direct measurement of the two-photon absorption spectrum for emergent organic...
Laser Induces Patterns in Polymer Solutions
Researchers from the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser and the University of Athens, both...
Holographic Camera Captures Plankton in 3-D
Understanding the distribution of plankton and inorganic aggregates in seawater lends vital insight...
Waveguide Sensors Handle High Heat with Low Loss
Although single-crystal Y2O3-ZrO2 (zirconia) fibers are more resistant to high temperatures than...
Two-Photon Method Images Flip Chips
The "face down" mounting of flip chips onto motherboards has provided a more efficient way of...
Intracavity Optics Control Laser Mode
Adaptive optics helped curb intracavity aberration in a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser's oscillation...
Adjustable Responsivity Built into Microbolometers
In an air-bridge microbolometer, support beams hold the thermal infrared detector material away...

Research
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Cool Ions Promise Quantum Computing
In theory, a computer that employs controlled quantum states could simultaneously process...
Genetics Optimizes Thin-Film Filters
How do you design an optical element when you don't know what it should look like? Simple, say...
Plastic Makes Low-Loss Terahertz Fiber
Low-loss optical fiber transparent in the terahertz region has moved a step closer to reality,...
Laser Controls Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis converts sunlight into stored carbon bond energy. Metabolic processes convert this...
Optics Probe Quantum Catalysis
In the everyday world, if you stick a $5 bill and a $10 bill in your wallet, and later pull out the...
Microsprings Connect Dense Laser Array
Researchers at Palo Alto Research Center in California have demonstrated a micromachined spring...
Double-Ring Laser Increases Tunability
Wavelength-tunable semiconductor lasers incorporating sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector...

Technology
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GaSe Yields High-Output IR Beyond 20 µm
Using a GaSe nonlinear optical crystal, researchers at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and the...
Blue LED and Phosphor System Yield White Light
By combining a blue organic LED with a down-conversion phosphor system, researchers at General...
Waveguides Provide Multichannel Routing
Researchers from Friedrich Schiller Universität and Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte...
Semiconductors Stick Through a Cool Marriage
The ubiquitous semiconductor silicon is electronically powerful, but optically weak. It is blind,...
Laser Technique Aids Spintronics
A research group at Eindhoven University of Technology in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and at IMEC...
Semiconductor Amplifier May Pose Alternative for DWDM
The output power and emission wavelengths of most of today's dense wavelength division multiplexing...
Optical System Simulates PMD
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in legacy fiber is one of the greatest obstacles to upgrading...
Planar Designs Produce Compact Devices
A team from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, has created a set of compact...
MIT Designs High-Brightness Laser Diode
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington have...
Air Force Measures Refractive Index of BGG
Barium gallogermanate glasses are extraordinarily strong yet still exhibit a transmission region...
Laser Induces Conformational Changes
Since Louis Pasteur's investigations into the optical activity of fermentation compounds in 1848,...
Space Electrons Dig Pits in Coatings
One may not think that space-borne telescopes would need much protection from outside elements, but...
Photonic Crystals Integrated into VCSELs
Single-fundamental-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) could benefit data...
Multilayer Coating Shows Atomic Precision
Extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths don't transmit well, even through gaseous materials like air....
Lasers Grown from Solid Arsenic
Using gas-source molecular-beam epitaxy and a solid arsenic source, a team from Princeton...