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MACHINE VISION CONTROLLER
LMI Technologies Inc.
CONNECTOR CLEANER
US Conec Ltd.
VCSEL CHIP
VI Systems GmbH
MIRROR MOUNT
Newport Corp.
NEAR-IR TRANSMISSION ANALYZER
NIR Technology Systems
COLD LIGHT SOURCES
Schott AG
THERMAL IMAGER
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
FIREWIRE CAMERA
Toshiba Teli America Inc.
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER
Wavelength Electronics
FOAM SWAB
Qosina
RED VCSEL
Optowell Co. Ltd.
TRACE GAS ANALYZER
Picarro Inc.
LASER OPTICS
Laser Research Optics
LOW-LIGHT CAMERA
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.
CARS LIGHT SOURCE
APE Angewandte Physik und Elektronik GmbH
532-NM LASER
Elk Industries LLC
HIGH-FLEX CABLES
Alpha Wire Co.
TELECENTRIC LENSES
Edmund Optics Inc.
REMOTE ASSISTANT
FEI Co.
MIRROR CONTROLLER
Boston Micromachines Corp.
FIBER AMPLIFIERS
Nufern
ILLUMINATION SOFTWARE
Optical Research Associates
ACTUATORS
piezosystem jena inc.
MULTICOLOR LED
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
PICOSECOND LASER
Attodyne Lasers
SWIR CAMERAS
Sensors Unlimited Inc.
INDUSTRIAL LASER
Newport Corp.
HIGH-SPEED MICROSCOPY
Keyence Corp.
LASER SYSTEM
Onyx Optics Inc.
CO2 LASER
Synrad Inc.

Editorial
Biting the hand that feeds you
When 300 highly esteemed members of the science community write to protest Gov. Arnold...

Education Wavefront
The CSI Effect
In the fall of 2000, CBS introduced a show about a bunch of attractive, stylish crime scene...

EuroPhotonics
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Around the world in a solar airplane
Controlling photons a step toward quantum computing
Sensors help map out cleaner cities
De-twinkle, de-twinkle little star
From light to sound to 3-D images
Fibre Lasers Steal the Show
Thermophotovoltaics: A hot topic in the UK
Interferometer
Arden Photonics Ltd.
Ultrashort-Pulse Amplifier
EdgeWave GmbH
Smart Camera System
Vision Components
Infrared Interferometer
Precision Solutions
Diode Lasers
LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH
Seed Laser Module
3S Photonics
Reflectometer
Luciol Instruments SA
Nanopositioning Stages
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
Thermal Imager
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
DPSS Laser
Oxxius SA
Ultrafast Laser
Fianium
Fibre-Coupled Laser
Frankfurt Laser Co.
Spectroradiometers
BFi Optilas
Parametric Oscillator
Coherent Inc.
Controller Board
Advanced Micro Peripherals
Telecentric Lenses
Edmund Optics Inc.
Spectral Sensors
Mazet GmbH

FastTrack (Business News)
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The good – and bad – news on gender differences among science faculty
Women who apply for tenure-track positions at research universities are more likely than men to be...
Environmental sensing market upwardly mobile
The global market for environmental sensing and monitoring technologies is expected to increase to...
Federal Fellowship Program
The US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory based in Richland, Wash., has...
Represented in Japan
Linos AG of Munich, Germany, has signed an agreement with Optical Coatings Japan of Tokyo, under...
Un-Acquired
The Visualization Sciences Group (VSG) of Mercury Computer Systems, headquartered in Chelmsford,...
New Testing Standard
ASTM International of West Conshohocken, Pa., has created an international standard, G199, to...
Sights and Simulators
In Camarillo, Calif., Optimum Optical Systems Inc. (OOSI) has received two new contracts. DRS...
Sharing the Load
A partnership between Labsphere Inc. of North Sutton, N.H., and Orb Optronix Inc. of Kirkland,...
UK Distribution
An exclusive distribution agreement has been signed between Stemmer Imaging of Tongham, UK, and...
Joining Forces
In Birkerød, Denmark, Crystal Fibre A/S and Koheras A/S have merged to form NKT Photonics A/S. The...
CMOS Contract Granted
DARPA has awarded an 18-month Phase II contract to HRL Laboratories LLC of Malibu, Calif., for...
European Distribution
AMS Technologies AG of Martinsried, Germany, and OEM Tech System Engineering of Minsk, Belarus, a...
Broader Offerings
Fibre Photonics Ltd. of Livingston, UK, has signed a commercial agreement that will increase its...
Micromaterials Site Opens
Fianium, based in Southampton, UK, has opened a micromaterials processing applications facility in...
Swapping Resources
Oclaro Inc. of San Jose and Newport Corp. of Irvine, both in California, have agreed to a strategic...
Cameras in Israel
In a follow-up to its acquisition of Prosilica Corp., Allied Vision Technologies of Ahrensburg,...

Feature Articles
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All the Energy You Need … from Tiny Leaves
On a warm summer afternoon, you may find yourself on a leisurely walk through bucolic meadows or...
The Devil Is in the Details
Ultrafast lasers – with femtosecond or picosecond pulse widths – support a growing range of...
New Shine on Old Gems
Newly developed Cr3+ laser crystals called LIGO and LISO, developed at the Institute for Ultrafast...
Surface-Emitting Laser Array
High-power, multimode laser diodes are workhorses for many industrial applications. They are used...
For Laser Diodes, It’s a Material World
Despite the economic downturn, laser diodes keep on pumping – sometimes literally. They often...
Multiplexing UV-NIR Spectroscopy Measurements
Optical coating of large areas has become an increasingly important step in materials processing....
LEDs Shine at Work
Technology is the great catalyzer, catapulting the LED industry forward by enhancing existing...
Getting it right with high-performance ISR windows
High-precision windows used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) applications...
East Asia Photonics Industry: Rising to Opportunity
Views from China Affected by the global economic downturn, the output of some optical...
Improving Human Interactions in the Science Lab
Although scientists need to interact with one another in a laboratory environment, they typically...

Greenlight
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The laser-solar connection
Competition among solar cell manufacturers is rising to new levels as grid parity looms on the...
Hot Spots for Solar
Germany, Germany, Germany. It seems as if all anyone talks about in terms of the hottest place for...
Quantum wells boost solar efficiency
Another solar record has been set, and, once again, a unique design is involved.QuantaSol Ltd. of...
Scanning the clouds
Computed tomography (CT) commonly is used to take x-ray images of the human body, but researchers...

Letters
Letters to the Editor
Solar coffee shop? I was intrigued by your articles on solar power in the May issue and have a...

New Media
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GREEN ROBOTICS
Robotic Industries Association
OPTICS PORTAL
Edmund Optics
VACUUM PRODUCTS
Kurt J. Lesker Co.
SAFE MACHINERY
Sick Inc.
ANALOG ELECTRONICS
Analog Modules Inc.
PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS
Alfa Aesar
TEST, MEASUREMENT
Yokogawa Electric Corp.

Peregrinations
Brushstrokes across the sky
In 1745, Swiss astronomer Jean-Philippe Loys de Chéseaux discovered a new object in the sky that...

Slices from the Breadboard (Patent News)
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Business methods put to the technological test
Business methods are a company’s particular processes for conducting business. These practices...
Aperio Files Infringement Lawsuit
Aperio Technologies Inc. of Vista, Calif., a digital pathology services provider, has filed a...
XP Vehicles to License Coal Ash Converter Patent
XP Vehicles Inc. of San Francisco, an electric vehicle developer and spinoff of Clever Industries...
Patent Application Filed for MOR103 Program
MorphoSys AG of Martinsried, Germany, and Melbourne Ventures Pty. Ltd., a wholly owned commercial...
Hexagon Metrology Wins Intellectual Property Suit
Hexagon Metrology of London, a provider of portable measuring systems, handheld instruments and...
OneLight Patents Disposable Endoscope Technology
US Patent No. 7,544,163, titled “Apparatus and Methods Relating to Expanded Dynamic Range Imaging...

Technology
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A cheaper path to nanodiamonds
They don’t photobleach, they don’t blink, and they are very bright and biologically inert. So why...
Radios broadcast into the ultraviolet
Ultraviolet communications has been on the US military’s agenda since the 1960s, but only recently...
Solution to a hairy problem
A single strand of hair can reveal much about a person, especially if you know how to look. Proper...
Scientists are creating unusual type of laser from a strange material
Just what the heck is a random laser? Because lasers are supposed to produce coherent, linear beams...
State Department addresses delays in obtaining visas
In the past year, researchers and students hoping to enter or re-enter the US have faced sometimes...