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Tracking Mercury as It Goes Up in Smoke
Along with visible smoke, coal-burning plants produce invisible pollutants, including elemental...
Optical Technique Could Improve Forensic Information
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Fingerprint analysis is one of the oldest techniques used by forensic scientists and police to...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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CALIBRATION SYSTEM
Renishaw Inc.
LED DRIVERS
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
IR OPTICAL COATINGS
Deposition Sciences Inc.
VIDEO ANALYTICS
Eutecus Inc.
CAMERAS
GeviCam Inc.
HIGH-POWER LASERS
EdgeWave GmbH
LENSES
Edmund Optics Inc.
FIBER PROBE
Jasco Inc.
LASER LOCKING
Toptica Photonics AG
OSCILLATOR
Arctic Photonics Corp.
WARM WHITE LEDS
Avago Technologies
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Imperx Inc.
DIGITAL SCANNING
Cambridge Technology Inc.
AFM CONTROLLER
Agilent Technologies Inc.
FIBER BUNDLES
CeramOptec Industries Inc.
CAMERA SOFTWARE
Basler AG
DPSS LASERS
Lasag AG
OPTICAL ELEMENTS
Schott AG
AREA-SCAN CAMERA
Dalsa Corp.
LIGHT SOURCE
Avantes BV
INDUSTRIAL CAMERA
Leutron Vision GmbH
SPECTROGRAPHS
Andor Technology
DIODE LASERS
Visotek Inc.
IMAGE EVALUATION
DxO Labs
SENSORS
Pepperl+Fuchs Inc.
UV LASER
Coherent Inc.
MICROSCOPE
FEI Co.
MOTION CONTROL
Precise Automation Inc.
LED OPTICS
Dialight Lumidrives Ltd.
SOFTWARE UPGRADE
Vertilon Corp.
NIR SERIAL SPECTROMETERS
Linos Photonics GmbH & Co. KG
DIODE LASER STACKS
Jenoptik Laserdiode GmbH
FRINGE PATTERNING
Indizen Optical Technologies
INDUSTRIAL LASER
Coherent Inc.
TIMING MODULE
SensL
LASER DICER
XSiL Ltd.
SURFACE PROFILING
NanoJura
WHITE LEDS
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc.
DIGITAL CAMERA
Point Grey Research Inc.
ND:YAG LASER
Thales Laser
VACUUM OPTOMECHANICS
McPherson Inc.
LCD SYSTEM
Apollo Display Technologies LLC
GRAPHICAL SOFTWARE
National Instruments
NIR/SWIR CAMERA
SUI (Sensors Unlimited Inc.)
SENSOR CONTROL
Silicann Technologies GmbH
AIR-BEARING STAGE
Aerotech Inc.
224-NM FILTER
Semrock Inc.
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Baumer Optronic GmbH
DPSS LASERS
Powerlase Ltd.
LASER PUMP REFLECTORS
Labsphere, Inc.
HEATED WINDOWS
Reynard Corp.
CCD CAMERA
Princeton Instruments Inc.
RED LASERS
Modulight Inc.
NIR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
Foss NIRSystems Inc.
CCD CAMERA
PhaseView
SOLID-STATE LASERS
CVI Melles Griot
JOULEMETER PROBES
Spectrum Detector Inc.
IMAGE SENSOR
OmniVision Technologies Inc.
LASER DIODES
Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
CCD CAMERAS
PixeLink
SINGLE-BOX LASER
Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Inc.
TEMPERATURE SENSOR
Photon Control Inc.
FERRULE INSPECTOR
Norland Products Inc.
LIGHT SOURCE
Schott North America Inc.
THERMAL IMAGER
FJW Optical Systems Inc.
3-D SOFTWARE
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.
MICROSCOPE
Veeco Instruments Inc.
GREEN LASER
Photonic Products UK Ltd.
OPTICAL TRACKING
NaturalPoint Inc.
MULTILASER ENGINE
Point Source
FRAME GRABBER
Epix Inc.
BLUE LEDS
Cree Inc.
LASER PUMP
Bookham Inc.
LIFE TESTING
microtec GmbH
ACTIVE LAB TABLES
Halcyonics GmbH
LASER DIODES
Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH
LIDAR VIDEO CAMERA
AutonoSys Inc.
COLLIMATOR LENSES
Anteryon BV
EDGE FILTERS
Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd.
POLISHING ABRASIVES
Meller Optics Inc.
MACHINE VISION CAMERA
Matrox Imaging
MICROSCOPY WORKSTATION
JPK Instruments AG
NEAR-IR CMOS CAMERA
Intevac Inc.
VIBRATION CANCELLATION
Technical Manufacturing Corp.
LASER DIODE MODULES
Power Technology Inc.
WAFER-LEVEL CAMERAS
Tessera Technologies Inc.
CW LASER DIODES
Intense Ltd.
UNIVERSAL GAS ANALYZERS
Stanford Research Systems Inc.
ULTRAFAST LASER
Amplitude Systemes
RUGGEDIZED CAMERA
AOS Technologies AG
DIGITIZERS
GaGe Applied Technologies Inc.
REFLEX-FREE LENSES
Docter Optics GmbH
PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR
Radiantis
TEST SYSTEM
Naso Corp.

FastTrack (Business News)
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Novera Optics and ADC Enter into OEM Agreement
Novera Optics Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., will distribute the PONy Express 16 in North America,...
LED Backlighting Market Grows, Thanks to Applications in Larger Displays
The market research company IMS Research forecasts that the market for semiconductors in...
Companies Form Strategic Alliance
Value Engineering Alliance of Cambridge, Mass., has partnered with Lensation of Karlsruhe, Germany,...
Zyberwear Awarded Phase I Contract
Zyberwear Inc. of Ocoee, Fla., has received a $100,000 Phase I US small business innovation...
Plextronics Receives Solar Energy Funding
The US Department of Energy has awarded Plextronics Inc. of Pittsburgh up to $3 million as part of...
Arasor Signs Agreement to Acquire Alfalight
Arasor International Ltd. of Mountain View, Calif., a supplier of optical and wireless solutions,...
CAO Group Selects Agent
In Utah, CAO Group Inc. of West Jordan has appointed DH Marketing of Park City to represent its...
BAE Systems Obtains US Army Contract
BAE Systems of Nashua, N.H., has received $54 million in US Army contracts. The company will...
ASML Selects Cymer for EUV Light Source
In the August story on laser-derived extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) photon sources, a spokesman for...
Goodrich to Design Sensor for Space
An imaging sensor made by Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., will be modified for use in space. The...
Alloptic, Sofab to Make Security Systems
Alloptic Inc. of Livermore, Calif., and Sofab Industries of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have formed a...
Jenoptik Laser, Optik,Systeme Opens Office
Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH of Jena, Germany, has established a research and development...
Microimaging Applications Group
Four imaging companies have formed the Microimaging Applications Group. The partners —Photometrics,...
DRS Receives Contract from National Guard
Parsippany, N.J.-based DRS Technologies Inc. received an $8 million contract from the US Army’s...
Photonics Industries Opens Japanese firm
Photonics Industries International Inc. of Bohemia, N.Y., has formed a wholly owned subsidiary in...
Osram to Focus on OLED Lighting Solutions
Osram Opto Semiconductors of Santa Clara, Calif., will stop producing passive matrix displays based...
Molex Secures Polymicro Technologies
Electronic components company Molex Inc. of Lisle, Ill., has acquired Polymicro Technologies LLC, a...
Foss NIRSystems Selects Agent
To provide sales and support to its growing customer base in Western states, Foss NIRSystems Inc....
Tessera and Alps Sign a Licensing Agreement
Tessera Technologies Inc. of San Jose and Alps Electric Co. Ltd. of Campbell, both in California,...
Lighthouse Technologies Opens Office in Singapore
LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies Ltd. of Hong Kong has opened an office in Singapore...
RED-C Taps JDSU
JDSU Inc. of Milpitas, Calif., will supply Red-C Optical Networks Ltd. of Chicago with optical...
Photon Dynamics Buys Salvador Imaging
Photon Dynamics Inc. of San Jose, Calif., a manufacturer of flat panel display products, has...
CVI Laser Acquires Melles Griot
CVI Laser LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., has completed its purchase of Carlsbad, Calif.-based Melles...
Carl Zeiss SMT Moves Headquarters
Carl Zeiss SMT Inc. of Oberkochen, Germany, has moved its American headquarters from Thornwood,...
Abrisa Industrial Glass Makes Acquisition
In California, Abrisa Industrial Glass Inc. of Santa Paula, a manufacturer of flat glass components...
Advanced Photonix Receives Military Contract
A military customer has awarded a two-year, $2.6 million contract to Advanced Photonix Inc. of Ann...
Keico Hightech, Lumidigm Sign Agreement
Lumidigm Inc. of Albuquerque, N.M., will supply fingerprint sensors to Keico Hightech Inc. of...
Cedip Joins R&D Group
Cedip Infrared Systems of Croissy-Beaubourg, France, has been retained as a partner in the...
Corning to Expand Facility in China
Corning Inc. of New York has announced plans to expand its optical fiber manufacturing facility in...
Hamai Enters Partnership
Machine tool builder Hamai Co. Ltd. of Tokyo has formed a distribution and cobranding agreement...
NET to Expand In Near Future
New Electronic Technology GmbH of Finning, Germany, will build a 7535-sq-ft addition to its...
Teledyne Wins Contract for High Stare program
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging LLC, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Inc., both of Thousand...
Laser Market Data Survey Released
The Association for Manufacturing Technology of McLean, Va., has launched its Web-based...
Seoul Semiconductor and Avnet Sign Distribution Agreement
Seoul Semiconductor of South Korea, an LED supplier, has signed European and Asian distribution...
Holochip Buys Liquid Lens Patents
The University of Central Florida in Orlando has signed a licensing agreement with Albuquerque,...
STMicroelectronics and Varioptic Sign an Agreement
A licensing agreement has been signed between Varioptic SA, based in Lyon, France, and...
Horiba Jobin Yvon Creates New Department
Horiba Jobin Yvon SAS of Longjumeau, France, has created a department offering customers laboratory...
Laser 2000 to Distribute for Photonic Products
Photonic Products Ltd. of Hatfield Broad Oak, UK, and Laser 2000 GmbH of Munich, Germany, have...
Colibrys Appoints Japanese Distributor
Colibrys Ltd. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, has appointed Midoriya Electric Co. Ltd. of Tokyo as the...
DuPont to Lead Solar Cell Research
DuPont of Wilmington, Del., will manage prototype development and applications testing for the...
NASA Taps Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
NASA of Washington has chosen Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., to supply...

Feature Articles
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The Making of a Flexible Active-Matrix OLED Display
Imagine a display as thin as paper that can be rolled into a small tube, wrapped around objects...
LCD Panel Market Readjusts
When consumer demand is up for large-size televisions, it would seem logical that profits for all...
In a Disaster, Robots Go Where Humans Cannot
Disaster City, a 52-acre training facility in College Station, Texas, was the setting for a...
Double-Pulse Format for Improved Laser Drilling
Lasers have been used to produce high-aspect-ratio holes — i.e., holes whose depth-to-diameter...
Germanium Quantum Wells for High-Performance Modulators in Silicon Photonics
Silicon electronics technology dominates information processing and offers a remarkable way to make...
Attracting More Girls to Science: Hands-on Experiences and Mentors Are Key
When Thomas M. Baer took his daughter Christina to the annual meeting of the Optical Society of...
Chalcogenide Glass, Advanced for All-Optical Processing
To operate at high bit rates of 160 Gb/s and beyond, optical communications systems must be able to...
The Electronic Paper Chase
The growth of flat panel displays over the past decade has been a remarkable story and has enabled...
Flat Panel Displays Go Green
The LCD is now the dominant flat panel display and continues to take market share from other...

LED Focus
Tuning LEDs Is Like Mixing Paints
To get the right light for displays and other devices, you need the proper mix of red, green and...
Using Lithography to Enhance LED Efficiency
To increase the brightness of LEDs, the devices’ current-spreading layers can be synthesized from...
Patterning Films with Fewer Steps
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and from Anvik Corp. of...

Microscopy Focus
Scanning Light Microscopy Uses Nonlinear Properties of KNbO3 Nanowires
Efficient second harmonic generation and wave mixing make potassium niobate (KNbO3) nanowires ideal...

Nanophotonics
Solar Cells, Array Films Constructed from Nanotubes
Thin-film solar cells have been fabricated from double-walled carbon nanotubes, a material that is...
Thin, Colorful Carbon Films
A research group comprising members from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, and from Peking...

New Media
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LASER FABRICATION
Intense Ltd.
OPTICAL FILTERS
Semrock Inc.
DIGITAL DETECTORS
Spectrum Detector Inc.
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Andor Technology
LASER SAFETY FORUM
Laser Institute of America
FIBER LASER
Nufern
LASER BEAM DELIVERY
Haas Laser Technologies Inc.
OPTO DEVICES
Opnext Inc.
LASER DIODE MODULES
IMM Messtechnologie GmbH
FTIR SPECTROMETERS
A2 Technologies
OPTICAL TESTING
FIBER OPTIC SUPPLIES
Fiber Instrument Sales Inc.
CMOS/CCD SENSORS
JCD Publishing/SPIE Press
ADHESIVES GUIDE
Bacon Industries Inc.
INDUSTRIAL ENCODERS
BEI Industrial Encoders
ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
KMT Robotic Solutions Inc.
PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES
Spire Corp.
LASER SAFETY CD
Laservision GmbH & Co. KG

Peregrinations
Virtual Investigations
Video games have come a long way since Pong.Many kids — and more than a few adults — entertain...
Welcome to Science TV
Is photonics going Hollywood? The science of light and optics is being packaged, produced and...

Presstime Bulletin
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Scientists Produce ‘Schrödinger Cats’ from Light Waves
Erwin Schrödinger famously related the idea of a cat simultaneously dead and alive to the idea that...
Looking Inside Baseballs for Home Run Secrets
The players themselves may not be the only factor in the ever-increasing tendency for home run...
Wrinkles That Reveal Neither Wisdom Nor Angst
Scrutinizing wrinkles probably won’t tell you a person’s exact age, but as researchers from the...
Observing Heat Move Through Molecules
In molecular electronics, long-chain molecules bound to electrodes are used as tiny switches....

Research
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Magnetic Storage at Light Speed
Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and at Nihon University in Funabashi,...
A Different Kind of Superlens
Investigators have been searching for the perfect lens, or at least one that can image far below...
Microlenses Stabilize Microchip VECSELs
Vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) have proved useful in numerous...
How to Make a Laser Beam Without a Laser Resonator
Superradiant lasers — ones that produce enough gain in a single pass to generate significant output...
Measuring Magnetic Fields with Light
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that a cloud of atoms, a...

Spectroscopy Focus
Developing a Nondestructive Way to Characterize Cement Alternatives
The production of Portland cement — with which concrete is made — is responsible for about 5...
Monitoring — and Possibly Improving — Superconducting Films
Researchers at Stanford University in California have devised a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)...
130-W Single-Frequency Laser Tunes Between 1040 and 1085 nm
Wavelength-tunable, narrow-bandwidth lasers are indispensable tools for high-resolution...

Technology
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Nanotube Arrays Make Droplets Jump or Jiggle
Since they were first synthesized, carbon nanotubes have attracted considerable attention from the...
Can Lasers Help Decrease Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels?
It has been estimated that the solar power impinging on Earth in a single hour could satisfy...
Superparamagnetic Nanoclusters Form Photonic Crystals
Photonic crystals hold promise in optoelectronic applications that require the manipulation of...
CO2 Laser Generates 3 kW in Cylindrically Polarized Beam
A collaboration of European scientists has recently generated what they believe is the highest...
Coming Clean with a Shock
Semiconductors must be extremely clean during processing. Cleaning issues account for a majority of...