Bookham Technology, Colibrys Employ MEMS for Telcom Devices
Feb. 26, 2004
NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND, February 26, 2004 - Bookham Technology plc and Colibrys SA report that...
Melles Griot Optics Strengthens DUV Lens Coating Capability
Feb. 26, 2004
ROCHESTER, NY, February 26 -- Melles Griot Optics Group has commissioned a new Coating Technology...
Photonics Center Unveils Integrated Optics Lab
Feb. 25, 2004
BOSTON, Feb. 25 -- The Photonics Center at Boston University
Has opened its Integrated Optics...
BIOLASE Wins FDA Clearance for New Waterlase Use
Feb. 25, 2004
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb 25 -- BIOLASE Technology, Inc. has received clearance from the Food and...
CIENA to Help Build Next-Generation Network For MCI
Feb. 25, 2004
LINTHICUM, MD, Feb. 25, 2004 -- CIENA Corp. announced that MCI has selected it as a strategic...
OCP Cites Gains In Long Wavelength VCSELs
Feb. 24, 2004
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Feb. 24, 2004--Optical Communication Products Inc. said today that their...
Santur to Supply Tunable Lasers to Opnext
Feb. 24, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., Feb 24 -- Santur Corp. today announced a supply agreement with Opnext Inc., a...
Olympus Establishes Optical Foundry Services
Feb. 23, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2004 -- Olympus Partnership Development Group (PDG) has opened an...
Agilent to Work on Grenoble R&D Lab
Feb. 20, 2004
PALO ALTO, Calif. & GRENOBLE, France, Feb. 20 -- Agilent Technologies Inc.; the CEA-Leti, a...
ANDevices to Focus Communications, Biophotonics
Feb. 19, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 19 -- ANDevices, an optics company focusing on communications and...
Ciena to Acquire Companies; Drops Reseller
Feb. 19, 2004
LINTHICUM, Md., Feb. 19 -- Telecommunications equipment maker Ciena made announcements today that...
Intel Creates Faster Silicon Photonics Device
Feb. 19, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 19 -- Scientists from Intel Corp. reported they have achieved a major...
ANDevices to Focus on Communications, Biophotonics
Feb. 19, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 19 -- ANDevices, an optics company focusing on communications and...
Leica GIS and GPS Systems Plotted Crop Art
Feb. 19, 2004
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Feb. 19 -- If you flew over Switzerland's Rhine Valley last year, you...
Palomar to Help Combat Razor Bumps
Feb. 18, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb 18 -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. announced today it has been awarded...
Spectranetics Named Company of the Year in Colorado
Feb. 18, 2004
DENVER, Feb. 18 -- Spectranetics Corp., based in Colorado Springs, has been named company of the...
RBN CTO to Discuss CWDM at OFC
Feb. 18, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 -- The advantages of coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM)...
Ignis Co-founder to Discuss Optical Components Market
Feb. 18, 2004
LONDON, Feb. 18 -- Michael Lebby, co-founder of Ignis Optics, which Bookham Technology recently...
Konarka to Develop Photovoltaic Cell Materials
Feb. 17, 2004
LOWELL, Mass., Feb. 17 -- Konarka Technologies Inc., a maker of products that convert light to...
NuSil Technology Acquires Lightspan
Feb. 13, 2004
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Feb. 13 -- NuSil Technology, a maker of silicone compounds for healthcare,...
Mesophotonics Closes $10 M Funding Round
Feb. 12, 2004
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 12 -- Mesophotonics Ltd., a UK developer of photonic crystal technology,...
Sagitta Licenses Corning Cable Systems Technology
Feb. 12, 2004
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Feb. 12 -- Sagitta, a provider of automated processing solutions for the fiber...
Melles Griot Increases Optics Group Polishing Capability
Feb. 12, 2004
ROCHESTER, NY, Feb. 12 -- Melles Griot Optics Group announced it recently commissioned installation...
Alcatel, Draka to Merge Businesses
Feb. 12, 2004
PARIS, Feb. 12 -- Alcatel and Amsterdam-based Draka announced they intend to combine their global...
STATS and ChipPAC to Merge
Feb. 11, 2004
SINGAPORE and FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 10 -- ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. (STATS) and ChipPAC Inc....
Redesigning Platinum at the Nanoscale: It's Simple
Feb. 11, 2004
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 11 -- Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Sandia National...
JMAR Hosts X-Ray Lithography Forum
Feb. 10, 2004
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10 -- JMAR Technologies Inc. organized a presentation on the global status of x-ray...
LightPointe Funding Round Attracts $17 Million
Feb. 10, 2004
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 10 -- LightPointe, a designer and manufacturer of optical wireless products...
ITT Industries To Acquire Kodak RSS Business
Feb. 9, 2004
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 9 -- ITT Industries Inc., of White Plains, N.Y., announced it has signed a...
BU Photonics Center Teams With French Optics Group
Feb. 9, 2004
BOSTON, Feb. 9 -- A joint initiative between The Boston University (BU) Photonics Center and...
Gemfire to Acquire Avanex PLC Unit
Feb. 9, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 9 -- Gemfire Corp. of Fremont has signed an agreement to acquire a...
NSB Says $19 Billion Needed for Research, Education
Feb. 6, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 6 -- The National Science Board (NSB) has released a report that says it...
Kionix Closes $28.5 M Funding Round
Feb. 5, 2004
ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 5 -- Kionix Inc., a supplier of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)...
EM4 Tackles Optical Manufacturing Bottlenecks
Feb. 5, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 5 -- EM4 Inc., a supplier of optoelectronic manufacturing services and...
'Nanoruler' Takes Precision to the Extreme
Feb. 5, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 5 -- A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) device that makes the...
Peleton Unveils Multiwavelength Laser Technology
Feb. 5, 2004
OTTAWA, Canada, Feb. 5 - Peleton, a private developer of photonic subsystem technology, announced...
Hella Develops Audi LEDs
Feb. 4, 2004
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Feb. 4 -- Hella KG Hueck & Co., based in Lippstadt, Germany, developed the white...
Japanese Inventor Wins LED Patent Trial
Feb. 4, 2004
TOKYO, Feb. 4 -- The Tokyo District Court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay a former worker $189 million...
Infineon, Albany NanoTech, Genus Announce Partnership
Feb. 3, 2004
ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 3 -- Infineon, Genus and the University at Albany Center of Excellence in...
Swiss HBLED Company Attracts 1st-Round Investors
Feb. 3, 2004
GENEVA, Feb. 3 -- ACOL Technologies SA, a Geneva-based company developing new technologies for...
FiberNet Acquires Gateway Colocation
Feb. 3, 2004
NEW YORK, Feb. 3 -- FiberNet Telecom Group Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of...
Molecular Foundry Construction Underway
Feb. 2, 2004
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 2 -- Ground was broken at a ceremony here Friday for Lawrence Berkeley...
Don Jarvie Named Sales Manager
Feb. 2, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 2 -- Don Jarvie has been named national sales manager of the Melles Griot...
Sacher, Triad Collaborate
Feb. 2, 2004
MARBURG, Germany, and LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 2 -- Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH, of Marburg, Germany,...
Sacher, Triad Collaborate
Feb. 2, 2004
MARBURG, Germany, and LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 2 -- Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH, of Marburg, Germany,...
Feb. 1, 2004
Glimmerglass, a Hayward, Calif.-based developer of transparent connectivity technology, and Laser...
NuSil Technology Acquires Lightspan
Feb. 1, 2004
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Feb. 13 -- NuSil Technology, a maker of silicone compounds for healthcare,...