13,000 Expected at Photonics West 2004
Jan. 27, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27 – The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) said it...
Laurin Publishing Presents Photonics Awards
Jan. 27, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27 -- Laurin Publishing Co. presented its annual Circle of Excellence and...
4D Wins Circle of Excellence Award
Jan. 27, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27 -- 4D Technology Corp., a Tucson, Ariz., manufacturer of dynamic...
UMass Amherst to Launch Nanotechnology Center
Jan. 26, 2004
AMHERST, Mass., Jan. 26 -- The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has announced plans to...
Intel, Cymer Sign EUV Agreement
Jan. 26, 2004
SAN DIEGO & SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 26 -- Intel Corp. announced today an agreement to provide $20...
Finisar to Acquire Honeywell VCSEL Business
Jan. 26, 2004
SUNNYVALE, CA, Jan. 26 -- Finisar Corp. and Honeywell International Inc. announced today that they...
UMass to Launch Nanotechnology Center
Jan. 26, 2004
AMHERST, Mass., Jan. 26 -- The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has announced plans to...
e2v to Provide CCDs for Rosetta Mission
Jan. 23, 2004
CHELMSFORD, England, Jan. 23 -- The European Space Agency's Rosetta Orbiter will rely on sensors...
Picolight Closes $10M Funding Round
Jan. 23, 2004
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 23 -- Picolight, a maker of high-speed optoelectronic subcomponents and fiber...
Precision Optics Cuts Staff
Jan. 23, 2004
GARDNER, Mass., Jan. 23 -- Precision Optics Corp. announced today it has reduced its full-time...
Restored 'David' Had Laser Treatment
Jan. 22, 2004
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 22 -- When Italy's National Museum of the Bargello, in Florence, decided to...
Kodak to Reduce Workforce, Plant Size
Jan. 22, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 22 -- -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced today it will reduce its workforce...
Air Force Engineers Mix Laser Fuel
Jan. 22, 2004
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Jan. 22 -- Airborne-laser (ABL) engineers have successfully prepared...
Nortel, Flextronics Discuss Divestiture
Jan. 22, 2004
TORONTO, Jan. 22 -- Nortel Networks announced today it will divest its remaining manufacturing...
Study: Auto Sensor Demand to Rise
Jan. 21, 2004
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 21 -- Demand for automotive sensors in the North American light-vehicle...
Alcatel Space to Build Demo Satellites
Jan. 21, 2004
PARIS, Jan. 21 -- Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Alcatel, has been chosen to build two...
Coherent Acquires Lambda Physik Stock
Jan. 21, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 21 -- Coherent Inc. announced today it has acquired more than 95 percent...
Harsh-Environment Fiber Optic Component Growth Steady
Jan. 20, 2004
SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 20 -- The use of harsh-environment fiber optic components maintained...
NIH Center Installs Spatial 3-D System
Jan. 20, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 20 -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Warren Grant Magnuson...
Xanoptix Acquires AraLight
Jan. 20, 2004
MERRIMACK, N.H., Jan. 20 -- Xanoptix Inc., a developer of 3-D stacked hybrid integrated circuits...
OCLI Incorporates Casix Operations
Jan. 20, 2004
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Casix Inc., located in Fuzhou, China, was acquired by JDS Uniphase in May...
360networks Acquires Touch America
Jan. 19, 2004
SEATTLE, Wa. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 19 -- 360networks Corp., a provider of wholesale...
Consolidated Communications to Buy TXU Communications
Jan. 16, 2004
DALLAS and MATTOON, Ill., Jan. 16 -- TXU Corp. announced today it will sell TXU Communications, a...
APA Discontinues Optics Manufacturing
Jan. 16, 2004
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 16 -- APA Optics announced it has discontinued its optics manufacturing...
iBIZ to Ship Virtual Laser Keyboard
Jan. 16, 2004
PHOENIX, Jan. 16 -- iBIZ Technology Corp. announced this week it has begun taking orders for its...
Lockheed, DRS Form Display Consortium
Jan. 15, 2004
EAGAN, Minn., Jan. 15 -- Lockheed Martin and DRS Technologies Inc. announced today they have formed...
Researchers Create Robot Scientist
Jan. 15, 2004
MANCHESTER, England, Jan 15. -- A British research team has developed a "robot scientist" that...
USCarrier Buys Lightwave
Jan. 15, 2004
ATLANTA, Jan. 15 -- USCarrier Telecom LLC, an Atlanta-based wholesale carrier, announced it has...
SPIE Elects 2004 Officers and Directors
Jan. 14, 2004
BELLINGHAM, Wa., Jan. 14 -- James Bilbro, assistant director and chief technician for optics at...
MicroDisplay Corp. Raises $18 M
Jan. 14, 2004
SAN PABLO, Calif., Jan. 14 -- MicroDisplay Corp., a developer of liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)...
Air Force, Ionatron to Research Lasers
Jan. 14, 2004
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Jan. 14 -- The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy...
Kodak to Stop Selling Traditional Cameras in US
Jan. 14, 2004
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- Eastman Kodak Co. said this week it will stop selling traditional film cameras...
OmniGuide Closes $15 M Funding Round
Jan. 13, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 13 -- OmniGuide Communications Inc., a company developing hollow-core...
It's a Nano World, After All
Jan. 13, 2004
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Jan. 13 -- The world too small to see is revealed in a traveling science...
Defense CIO to Speak at OFC 2004
Jan. 12, 2004
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- John Stenbit, the Defense Department's chief information officer and...
Forsee Foresees Telcom Industry Growth
Jan. 9, 2004
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 -- "Useful innovation" and the delivery of integrated products and services are...
Olympus Challenges Given Imaging Patents
Jan. 9, 2004
YOQNEAM, Israel, Jan. 9 -- Given Imaging announced yesterday that Olympus Corp. has submitted a...
Cognex Forms New Business Units
Jan. 8, 2004
NATICK, Mass., Jan. 8 -- Machine vision systems developer Cognex Corp. announced this week it has...
Solar Electrons, Auroras Linked to Geomagnetic Storms
Jan. 8, 2004
LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 8 -- Using an orbiting camera designed to block the light from the sun and...
Essex Awarded Defense Contracts
Jan. 8, 2004
COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 8 -- Essex Corp. announced it has received four new defense-related contracts...
Verizon to Invest $3 Billion in Broadband
Jan. 8, 2004
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 -- Verizon will invest $3 billion over the next two years to bring broadband to...
Scintera Networks Raises 9.5 Million
Jan. 7, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 7 -- Scintera Networks, a start-up developer of high-speed signal processing...
DALSA CCD Chips Deliver Mars Images
Jan. 7, 2004
WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan. 7 -- Three days after landing on Mars, the exploration rover "Spirit" has...
Arizona Receives Labor Grant for Engineers, Scientists
Jan. 6, 2004
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Jan. 6 -- The US Labor Department has awarded $2.9 million to the Northern...
AFC to Acquire North America Access
Jan. 6, 2004
PETALUMA, Calif., Jan. 6 -- Advanced Fibre Communications Inc. (AFC), a manufacturer of...
Agere Systems Acquires TeraBlaze
Jan. 5, 2004
ALLENTOWN, Pa. and CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 5 -- Agere Systems announced Friday it has acquired...
NIR Quantum Dots Studied for Cancer Treatment
Jan. 5, 2004
HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 5 -- Researchers have developed an improved method for performing sentinel...
Thermo Electron Completes Jouan Acquisition
Jan. 5, 2004
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 5 -- Scientific instrument maker Thermo Electron Corp. announced today that it...
Level 3's Midwest Fiber Optic Network Sold to CenturyTel
Jan. 2, 2004
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 2 -- Level 3 Communications Inc. has completed the previously announced...
Laser Technology OKs Merger
Jan. 2, 2004
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 2 -- Laser Technology Inc. (LTI), a maker of laser-based speed and distance...
iBIZ to Ship Virtual Laser Keyboard
Jan. 1, 2004
PHOENIX, Jan. 16 -- iBIZ Technology Corp. announced this week it has begun taking orders for its...
Restored 'David' Received Laser Treatment
Jan. 1, 2004
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 22 -- When Italy's National Museum of the Bargello, in Florence, decided to...
NIH Installs 3-D System for Tumor Research
Jan. 1, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 20 -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Warren Grant Magnuson...
Optics Center Director Harvey Pollicove Dies
Jan. 1, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 29 -- Harvey Pollicove, the director of the Center of Optics Manufacturing...
Optics Center Director Harvey Pollicove Dies
Jan. 1, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 29 -- Harvey Pollicove, the director of the Center of Optics Manufacturing...
JDS Uniphase Light Engine Awarded
Jan. 1, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27 -- JDS Uniphase was a recipient of Laurin Publishing's Photonics 2003...
Integrated Photonics Technology Sells Business Unit
Jan. 1, 2004
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 1 -- Integrated Photonics Technology (IPITEK), a private advanced technology...
Physicists Demonstrate Flat-Lens Imaging
Jan. 1, 2004
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 1 -- Researchers at Northeastern University (NU) announced they have been able...
6 Companies Get US Telecom Contracts
Jan. 1, 2004
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 -- Six companies were awarded four contracts worth at least $400 million by the US...