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3-D Method Enables Study of Flow in Rocks
Subsurface science is concerned with the way that water and contaminants move through rocks. The...

Continuous Diffuse Illumination Aids Package Inspection
Every year in the US, 770,000 medication errors are made, resulting in as many as 40,000 deaths --...

Technique Boosts Development of Cheaper Materials
Combinatorial screening has become the method of choice for researchers who test drug candidates in...

Imager Uses Neural Network Algorithms for Machine Vision
Intelligent machines have long been the dream of systems integrators. The ability to install a...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)

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DEFECT DETECTION
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH

NIR SPECTROSCOPY
Roper Scientific Inc.

MACHINE VISION
Leutron Vision, Inc.

DETECTION COATING
Applied Scintillation Technologies

PROGRESSIVE-SCAN CAMERA
Vision Components

HIGH-SPEED INSPECTION
PPT Vision, Inc.

SCANNING STAGES
Polytec PI Inc.

FRAME GRABBER
Matrox Imaging

OPTICAL SPECTRUM PROCESSING
Newport Corp.

FIBER OPTIC PACKAGES
Kyocera Fineceramics Group

InGaAs PHOTODIODE
Elekon Industries

POLARIZATION CONTROL
FiberControl

OPTICAL CHANNEL MONITOR
Santec Corp.

MOTOR AMPLIFIER
Nanomotion, Inc.

TRANSCEIVERS
Molex Fiber Optics Inc.

INPUT AMPLIFIER
Analog Devices, Inc.

FIBER OPTIC BUNDLES
CeramOptec Industries Inc.

PHOTOSENSITIVE FIBER
Nufern

PHOTORECEIVERS
Femto Messtechnik GmbH

MULTIMODE FIBER
INO

FIBER LASER
Koheras A/S

3.5-GHz RECEIVERS
New Focus, Inc.

PIN PHOTODIODE
Hamamatsu Corp.

INFRARED MICROCAMERA
Sensors Unlimited, Inc.

AREA-SCAN CAMERAS
Basler AG, Vision Components Div.

VIDEO COMPRESSION
MuTech Corp.

IMAGING SOFTWARE
Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.

VIDEO CAPTURE
Euresys

ZOOM CAMERA
Videology Imaging Solutions, Inc.

MEGAPIXEL CAMERA
Pulnix America Inc.

LINE-SCAN CAMERA
Dalsa

3-D MEASUREMENTS
Integrated Vision Products

LASER CONTROL SOFTWARE
GSI Lumonics, Inc.

LASER WELDING HEAD
Unitek Miyachi Corp.

EPOXY ADHESIVE
Master Bond, Inc.

POWER SUPPLIES
HiTek Power

WIRE BONDER
Palomar Technologies Inc.

STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL
Velmex Inc.

POWER MEASUREMENT
Keithley Instruments, Inc.

DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER
Bavarian Photonics GmbH

Ti:SAPPHIRE LASERS
Photonics Industries International, Inc.

FIBER LASERS
Linos Photonics GmbH

LASER MARKING
Laser S.O.S.

UV LASER DIODE
IBH

CO2 SLAB LASER
Rofin Laser Macro Group

PULSED LASER SYSTEM
PicoQuant GmbH

VIOLET DIODE LASERS
Melles Griot

MOPA LASERS
Advanced Optical

LASER DIODES
Photonic Products Ltd.

MICROSCOPE ILLUMINATION
Orled

LED CONTROLLER
Schott-Fostec LLC

ORGANIC LED DISPLAYS
NanoVia

CONNECTOR POLISHING
Krell Technologies, Inc.

OPTICAL DESIGN
Lighting Technologies

GRIN LENS
Corning Inc.

OFF-AXIS METAL MIRRORS
Edmund Industrial Optics, Inc.

OPTICAL VIEWPORTS
Ceramaseal

NONLINEAR OPTICS
Linos Photonics Ltd.

MICROPOSITIONER
Quater Research

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
Pulse Instruments

LINE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING
i2S Line Scan

InGaAs SPECTROMETER
B&W Tek Inc.

DATA ANALYSIS
Systat Software

MEASURING FLUORESCENCE
Del Mar Ventures

WAFER PROCESSING
EV Group

COLOR MEASUREMENT
PocketSpec

IMAGING SPECTROMETER
McPherson, Inc.

LIQUID MEASUREMENT
Jeti Technische Instrumente GmbH

OPTICAL ANALYSIS
NP Photonics, Inc.

FIBER OPTIC TESTING
M2 Optics, Inc.

SPECTROMETRY
Thermo Nicolet

BORESCOPES
Gradient Lens Corp.

FastTrack (Business News)

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Photonics Manufacturing Steering Committee Established
Trade association IPC in Northbrook, Ill., has appointed a steering committee, which will be...

Newport Expands Precision Optics Business
Newport Corp. has opened a 42,000-square-foot manufacturing facility adjacent to its headquarters...

Optoelectronics Business Facility to Open in Wales
The Welsh Development Agency has unveiled plans for a national facility in St. Asaph, UK, that will...

TeraXion Acquires Phaethon Communications
TeraXion Inc. of Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, a de- signer and manufacturer of dispersion...

Advanced Photonix Announces Acquisition
Advanced Photonix Inc. of Camarillo, Calif., has purchased the outstanding capital stock of Texas...

Report Calls for Development of Unmanned Combat Vehicles
To develop unmanned ground vehicles for use on the battlefield, the US Army requires increased...

UK Photonic Companies Form National Network
A stronger UK network of photonics and optoelectronics companies is the mission of the newly...

Coherent Purchases Molectron Detector
Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has purchased Molectron Detector Inc. of Portland, Ore., for...

Artis Sells Assets to RSoft
RSoft Design Group Inc. of Ossining, N.Y., has hired the key employees and has acquired the...

Linos' Defense Segment Receives € 6 Million Order
EADS, a European aerospace and defense group, has placed an order worth € 6 million with Linos AG...

Northrop Grumman Buys and Sells
Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles has acquired Fibersense Technology Corp. from Audax Group for...

Aculight to Demonstrate Laser Technology
The US Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., has awarded Aculight Corp. of Bothell,...

Northlight Optronics Acquires Optoelectronic Unit
Northlight Optronics AB of Kista, Sweden, has acquired the optoelectronic component business of...

Universal Display to Develop Metal Foil for LED Displays
The US Army has awarded Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., a $69,850 Phase I Small Business...

Company Advances 1310-nm GSE Lasers
Photodigm Inc. of Richardson, Texas, has created a 1310-nm grating-outcoupled surface-emitting...

Feature Articles

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CCD Imaging: When Every Pixel Counts
With CCDs, production of a quality image remains their selling point, whether the sensors are used...

Functional Coatings Broaden Laser Applications
Coated surfaces have played an important role in commercial laser technology for about 30 years....

Photonics Jobs: What to Expect in 2003
How quickly times change. A few years ago, market analysts were intoxicated with the flush of new...

Adhesives for Fiber Optics Assembly: Making the Right Choice
Fast becoming pivotal to the assembly of fiber optic components, adhesives perform well on glass,...

Piezoelectric Motors Control Set-and-Hold Semiconductor Applications
Motion control applications in the semiconductor manufacturing industry range from mask and wafer...

Seeking a Silicon Laser
Silicon microphotonics has boomed in the last few years. Many silicon-based devices have been...

Ethernet's Impact on Optical Component Testing
The optical networking industry is redirecting its focus. Unlike the new-product development...

Mini-Magazine

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Aspheric Molded Glass Lenses
Alps Electric Co. Ltd.

Fiber Optic Collimator/Focuser Assemblies
Edmund Industrial Optics

Pump Laser Diode Testing
ILX Lightwave Corp.

Novatex - Compact Industrial Laser
Lambda Physik USA Inc.

ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Zemax Development Corporation

Ethernet's Impact on Optical Component Testing

Presstime Bulletin

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Polymer Emits Green and Red
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam and at Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium in Eindhoven,...

Aerial IR Enables Precision Agriculture
To reduce contamination in groundwater and to optimize the effects of fertilization, researchers at...

Photodetector Offers 1-A/W Responsivity
Tokyo-based Anritsu Corp. reports development of a photodetector with responsivity of 1 A/W, which...

CCD Camera Images Deep Space
Astronomers at European Southern Observatory using the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope atop La Silla in...

TiO2 Film Displays Multicolor Photochromism
Photochromic materials promise applications in data storage, display technology and construction,...

Research

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Two-Photon Process Probes Circuits
Sometimes two photons are better than one. A new two-photon-absorption technique developed at the...

Photonic Crystal Improves Mid-IR Generation
A photonic crystal designed into a silicon wafer promises users the ability to controllably...

Simulation Reveals Ablation Mechanisms
To better understand laser ablation, researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a...

Quantum Wire Exhibits Lasing
Gallium-arsenide quantum wires produced with a novel crystal growth technique have demonstrated...

Nanowire Heterostructures Form Tunneling Diodes
Continuing their research into nanoscale semiconductor heterostructures known as nanowires, a team...

Hybridization Improves Photonic Crystals
Combining different photonic crystal lattices greatly enhances the performance of optical devices...

Fiber Laser Shows Promise for Metrology
Scientists at JILA, a collaboration of the University of Colorado and the National Institute of...

Cesium Condensate Reported
Researchers at Universität Innsbruck in Austria have created the first Bose-Einstein condensate of...

Free-Electron Laser Pulses Studied
Using the frequency-resolved optical gating method, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in...

Microlenses Offer Atom Interferometers
A team at Universität Hannover in Germany has produced interferometer structures for atoms by...

Technology

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Waveguide Generates Coherent EUV
Nonlinear optics can convert laser light from one wavelength to another, but the process often...

Fluorescence Detects Atmospheric NO2
The atmospheric content of NO2 can serve as an indicator of air pollution, ozone depletion and even...

Probes Enhance Microscopy
Researchers at Max Planck Institut für Biochemie in Martinsried, Germany, have developed a probe...

Ladar Images in Three Dimensions
Technology is increasingly important on the battlefield. Now scientists at Massachusetts Institute...

Adaptive Optics Systems Compared
Increasing demands in military observation and intelligence are accelerating research in the field...

Organic LED Features Quantum Dots
A quantum-dot sandwich on the menu at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge promises...

Proteins Used in Nanoscale Templates
The future of electronic and photonic devices will be based on two-dimensional arrays of quantum...

Inspection Systems Monitor Trains
The Intercity Express trains in Germany travel at speeds up to 330 km/h, faster than a jet at...

Laser Diode Beam Equalized into Circular Shape
Using the twist effect of graded-index fiber optics, scientists at Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in...

Experiment, Theory Expose Light through Slits
Using near-field scanning optical microscopy and finite difference time-domain modeling, scientists...

Triangular-Aperture Probe Boosts Resolution
Researchers at Universität Münster in Germany have demonstrated a probe for near-field scanning...

Liquid Crystal Device Corrects Wavefronts
A multinational team of researchers from P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara State University...

White Organic LED Has Single Emission Layer
Researchers at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, have fabricated a bright-white organic LED with a...

Nichia, Sony Jointly Develop 405-nm Diodes
Nichia Corp. of Anan, Japan, and Sony Corp. of Tokyo have announced a cooperative agreement under...

In-Well Optical System Offers Time-Lapse Seismic Imaging
Weatherford International and its Optoplan group in Trondheim, Norway, have completed the...

Trapping Center Controls Spin Direction
In continuing work on the development of optically driven micromotors, physicists at Kyoto...

Ce:LiCAF Offers 98-mJ, 3-ns UV Pulses
A team in Japan has generated 3-ns, 98-mJ pulses of 290-nm radiation with a 1 x 2 x 2-cm Ce:LiCAF...

Laser Safety Board Offers Officer Exam
The Board of Laser Safety in Orlando, Fla., a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Laser...