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OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Optical Research Associates
LED SOURCE
Thorlabs GmbH
X-RAY CCD CAMERA
Sydor Instruments LLC
BEAM PROFILING CAMERAS
Coherent Inc.
OPTICAL FIBER
CeramOptec Industries Inc.
THERMAL IMAGING
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
EUV SPECTROMETER
McPherson Inc.
CONVERTERS
Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp.
EYEPIECES
Tele Vue Optics Inc.
LINE-SCAN ILLUMINATOR
Chromasens GmbH
CCD CAMERA
JAI Inc.
PYROELECTRIC DETECTOR
Ophir-Spiricon Inc.
AMPLIFIER
Femtolasers Produktions GmbH
MICROWATT LASER
Teem Photonics USA
RADIOMETER/PHOTOMETER
Gigahertz-Optik Inc.
BEAMSPLITTERS
Newport Corp.
LIGHT MEASUREMENT
Labsphere Inc.
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Point Grey Research Inc.
CMOS CAMERA
Toshiba Teli America Inc.
LASER DIODE MODULES
Bea Laser Inc.
LED SYSTEM
StockerYale Ltd.
SPECTROMETER
B&W Tek Inc.
MID-IR FIBER
IRphotonics
LIGHTING-CLASS LEDS
Cree Inc.
PAVEMENT PROFILING
LMI Technologies Inc.
CONSTANT CURRENT SOURCE
Recom Electronic GmbH
CAMERA SYSTEM
The Cooke Corp.
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Fogale nanotech Inc.
COUPLERS
Opto-Link Corp. Ltd.

Editorial
A tribute to the winners
Last month during SPIE’s Photonics West 2009 in San Jose, Calif., we were proud to honor 10...

FastTrack (Business News)
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Ashkin Talks About the Optical Trap
Although many scientists now use laser light to manipulate and confine biological cells and other...
Optical coatings industry: the picture looks bright
Driven by demand in the nanotechnology, display and biotechnology sectors, the optical coatings...
National Academy of Sciences goes Hollywood
Look out, Hollywood, the scientists are coming.Fed up with science fiction that’s a little too...
Image sensor market: changing, but moving upward
The value of the world image sensors market is expected to rise to $11.7 billion by 2012, according...
Sensing and Imaging Graduate Program
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $3.2 million for...
Sofradir Acquires IR Equipment Developer
Sofradir of Paris, an infrared manufacturer for military, space and industrial applications, has...
Moving to Camarillo
Founded in Thousand Oaks, Calif., OptoTest Corp., a provider of fiber optic test solutions, has...
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry Facility
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of Waltham, Mass., has constructed a 12,000-sq-ft facility in...
Intellectual Property Portfolio Acquired
Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, a pharmaceutical and chemical organization, has acquired the...
Infrared Space Contract Awarded
Sofradir of Veurey-Voroize, France, has signed a contract with Astrium SAS of Paris, a supplier of...
Mouser Signs International Contracts
Mouser Electronics Inc. of Mansfield, Texas, an electronic component distributor, has finalized...
Buying Japanese Lighting
Schott, a manufacturer of fiber optic light- and image guides based in Mainz, Germany, has acquired...
New Metrology Headquarters
Opto-Alignment Technology Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., an engineering and optical metrology firm, has...
LED Light for You
Optek Technology of Carrolton, Texas, has been named a certified partner in Osram Opto...
Better to See You With
In Barrington, N.J., Edmund Optics has been awarded $2.32 million in federal funding by the US...
Delaware Science Facility
DuPont of Wilmington, Del., and the state of Delaware have unveiled their $80 million Innovation...
Poor Economy Affects Lighting
Industry Cymer Inc. of San Diego has announced that it will be decreasing its work force by...
The Prism Awards
Somewhere between the Golden Globes in January and the Academy Awards in February, the glitz and...

Feature Articles
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Harvard Spinoff Company Takes on $200 Billion Global Market for Silicon
Imagine if a new substance could replace silicon, a material that is used in almost every...
Keeping an Eye on the Bad Guys with GigE
For the military, knowing the location of your troops – and of the enemy – can be the difference...
The Science of a Nearly Full Retreat
When a liquid film meets a solid surface, all heck breaks loose as film particles cling, drag,...
Weathering the Storm
“Financial crisis.” “Economic meltdown.” “The end of Wall Street.” Call it what you will. By now...
Germany: Moving Ahead in Markets and Technology
Germany holds a strong position in optics and photonics technologies, including test and...
Ireland: Getting a Boost from Academe
A close working relationship between industry and academe characterizes photonics in the Emerald...
Spain: Counting on Growth in Photonics
Although Spain hosts few large photonics companies, it is home to many smaller – and growing –...
France: Europe's Overlooked Powerhouse
When most people think of France, their thoughts turn to wine and food – for which the French are...
UK: Infrared Imaging Gives UK Dentists a Better Look
A team of dentists and physicists in the UK is developing an infrared imaging system for dentistry...
The Doctor Will See You Now
If the old saying is right and an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure, then some of...
OSA Student Chapters Light the Way for Young Investigators
At Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., some graduate students do more than research and study...

Greenlight
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Greening the Job Market
Reducing greenhouse gas is a mandate of governments worldwide and, key to accomplishing that goal,...
From Autos to Solar
There is nothing like making the best of a bad situation. Solar company Infinia Corp. of Kennewick,...
Thicker than Thin
Bringing down the cost of solar has many manufacturers looking at new materials and novel...
The Rippling Silicon Market
So much can change in such a short time. Back in July, we reported that photovoltaic (PV) grade...

New Media
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OPTICS CATALOG
Precision Photonics
MEDICAL IMAGING
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.
ENCODER CATALOG
Sick Stegmann Inc.
LASER WEB SITE
Litron Lasers Ltd.
MEASURING LIGHT
International Light Technologies
SEM, STEM
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
XRF BROCHURE
Matrix Metrologies Inc.
PHOTONICS WEB SITE
Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI)

Peregrinations
Educating with Art
Although there currently is a $50 billion global market for nanotechnology products, a 2007 poll...

Technology
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Neighborhood watch, sans neighbors
Humans in general are pretty good at identifying people and things that don’t belong in a given...
Laser vision for robots
Modern-day soldiers are trained in urban warfare. They know how to maneuver the streets of a...
View atoms moving in real time with this microscope
It’s one thing for scientists to ponder the nature of materials indirectly – and quite another to...
Grenade cam would let military launch and look
So much can be inspired by a simple cup of tea. Just ask the late author Marcel Proust, whose novel...
GPS could help football refs make calls
This Super Bowl Sunday, imagine if referees could make more accurate calls using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth...