Spectra-Physics Donates Lab Equipment to Optics Center
Oct. 29, 2004
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 29 -- Spectra-Physics Lasers, a division of Newport Corp., has donated...
Cornell Devises All-Optical Switch
Oct. 29, 2004
ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 29 -- Cornell University researchers announced they have demonstrated for the...
F-16 Pilots Join in Laser Games
Oct. 28, 2004
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 28 -- F-16 pilots participating in a computerized war-game...
Sensors Unlimited Gets AF Contract
Oct. 28, 2004
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 28 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a manufacturer of short-wave infrared (IR)...
Eye-Catching Photo Captures 1st
Oct. 28, 2004
MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 28 -- A brilliantly hued, highly detailed photograph of a healthy arteriole in...
Sensors Unlimited Awarded AF Contract
Oct. 28, 2004
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 28 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a manufacturer of short-wave infrared (IR)...
Report Takes Transportation 'Lightly'
Oct. 26, 2004
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- A new report offers scientific solutions for increasing the safety and...
Thermo Opens Spectrometry Center
Oct. 26, 2004
WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 26 -- Mass spectrometry-based technologies for protein biomarker discovery and...
Picarro Wins NSF Research Award
Oct. 26, 2004
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 26 -- Picarro Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance lasers and...
UCLA Scientists Demonstrate First Silicon Laser
Oct. 26, 2004
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 -- Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have...
Capella Photonics Funding Round Nets $6 M
Oct. 22, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 22 -- Capella Photonics Inc., a maker of wavelength selective switch modules...
Oil Giant Invests in Actuality
Oct. 22, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 22 -- Spatial 3-D visualization technology developer Actuality Systems Inc....
Fiber Optics Increase Sensor Range
Oct. 22, 2004
BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 22 -- Researchers at Virginia Tech University's Center for Photonics...
Ampex Corp. Files Suit Against Kodak
Oct. 21, 2004
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 21 -- Ampex Corp., a California maker of digital image storage systems,...
$1.7 Billion FTTP Contract Goes to Alcatel
Oct. 21, 2004
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 21 -- SBC Communications Inc. announced a five-year, approximately $1.7...
PerkinElmer Wins Lockheed Contract
Oct. 20, 2004
BOSTON, Oct. 20 -- PerkinElmer Inc. has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide two critical...
PPGI Buys MRC Precision Metal Optics
Oct. 20, 2004
NORTHVALE, N.J., Oct. 20 -- Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) announced today it has acquired the...
Longest Nanotubes Conduct Electricity
Oct. 18, 2004
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 18 -- The University of California at Irvine (UCI) announced today that...
Flextronics Updates Nortel Deal
Oct. 18, 2004
SINGAPORE, Oct. 18 -- Flextronics announced today it has updated its agreement to buy certain...
L-3 to Acquire Northrop Grumman Unit
Oct. 15, 2004
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 -- L-3 Communications announced today it will acquire Northrop Grumman's Canadian...
Optics Institute's 75th on OSA Slate
Oct. 14, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 14 -- The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, celebrating its...
OSA Elects VP, Directors
Oct. 14, 2004
ROCHESTER, Oct. 14 -- The Optical Society of America (OSA) elected Joseph Eberly, a professor of...
Solitons May Slowly Speed Up Signals
Oct. 14, 2004
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 14 -- Light waves that travel very slowly without distortion could...
Optics Institute's 75th on OSA Slate
Oct. 14, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 14 -- The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, celebrating its...
Actuality Adds $6.5 M Funding
Oct. 13, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 13 -- Actuality Systems Inc., a developer of spatial 3-D display systems,...
UK Accelerators Get Boost
Oct. 13, 2004
LONDON, Oct. 13 -- Two particle accelerators that will help UK scientists pursue breakthroughs in...
Finisar, Infineon Modify Acquisition Agreement
Oct. 12, 2004
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 12 -- Finisar Corp., a maker of fiber optic subsystems and network...
MicroStrain Joins Sensor Project
Oct. 12, 2004
WILLISTON, Vt., Oct. 12 -- MicroStrain Inc., a maker of sensors for applications including advanced...
Highwave to Acquire DA-LightCom
Oct. 8, 2004
LANNION, France, Oct. 8 -- Highwave Optical Technologies, a supplier of active fiber-based...
Kodak, Sun Settle for $92 M
Oct. 8, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 8 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced yesterday it has reached a tentative...
Did Renaissance Artists Use Optical Projections, Or Didn't They?
Oct. 8, 2004
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Contemporary artist David Hockney caused a stir in 1999 with his...
Highwave Optical to Acquire DA-LightCom
Oct. 8, 2004
LANNION, France, Oct. 8 -- Highwave Optical Technologies, a supplier of active fiber-based...
Verizon, Council Members Lauded at FTTH Expo
Oct. 8, 2004
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 8 -- Verizon received the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council's President's Award...
Corning, ENrG Get Fuel Cell Grant
Oct. 7, 2004
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 7 -- Corning Inc. and ENrG Inc., a Buffalo maker of ceramic components for...
It's an Ever-Smaller World
Oct. 7, 2004
MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 7 -- Seth A. Coe-Sullivan, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute...
Visible Light Communications is CEATEC Topic
Oct. 6, 2004
TOKYO, Oct. 6 -- Visible light communications is the topic of two speakers at the CEATEC Japan 2004...
CEATEC Showcases Visible Light
Oct. 6, 2004
TOKYO, Oct. 6 -- Visible light communications is the topic of two speakers at the CEATEC Japan 2004...
Raytheon Buys Photon Research
Oct. 6, 2004
WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 6 -- Raytheon Co. announced today it has acquired Photon Research Associates...
3 Win Nobel for 'Everything' Theory Work
Oct. 5, 2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 5 -- Three American scientists won the 2004 Nobel physics prize today for a...
Spellman Acquires Del High Voltage
Oct. 5, 2004
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Oct. 5 -- Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp., a maker of high-voltage power...
3 Win Nobel for 'Everything' Theory Work
Oct. 5, 2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 5 -- Three American scientists won the 2004 Nobel physics prize today for a...
NIH Announces First Pioneer Awards
Oct. 4, 2004
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 4 -- Nine researchers who are pushing the limits in nanoscale chemistry and...
Level 3 Buys Sprint Wholesale Dial Internet Business
Oct. 1, 2004
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 1 -- Level 3 Communications Inc. today announced it has acquired the...
NSF Funds Nanotech Education Center
Oct. 1, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1 -- With a five-year, $15 million grant to Northwestern University, the...
Tektronix Completes Inet Acquisition
Oct. 1, 2004
BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 1 -- Tektronix Inc., a provider of test, measurement and monitoring...
Oct. 1, 2004
Indium Corp. of America, based in Clifton, N.Y., is now represented by Bobet Corp., which will...
Motion Detector 1000 Times Subtler
Oct. 1, 2004
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 1 -- A new class of very small handheld devices can detect motion a...