Student Awarded for New LED
Feb. 29, 2008
A PhD student in electrical, computer and systems engineering who has developed the first polarized...
Physicists to Honor McCombe
Feb. 29, 2008
Some of the biggest names in condensed matter physics, including two Nobel laureates, will converge...
Sensors, Robotics Showcased
Feb. 28, 2008
The latest in defense technologies -- including infrared sensors and imagers, robotic and unmanned...
Electron Motion Filmed
Feb. 28, 2008
An electron's rapid motion has been filmed for the first time, with attosecond laser pulses showing...
Pirelli Launches PGT Photonics
Feb. 28, 2008
Pirelli is presenting PGT Photonics, its new company that will specialize in photonics based on...
Battelle Acquires Optimer
Feb. 27, 2008
Battelle announced it recently acquired the intellectual property and other assets of Optimer...
Demos, Debuts at OFC/NFOEC
Feb. 26, 2008
Demonstrations of breakthrough technologies and products by companies such as Lightwire, Finistar,...
IPG Buys 100 BT Patents
Feb. 26, 2008
IPG Photonics Corp., an Oxford, Mass.-based maker of fiber lasers and amplifiers, announced today...
Sharp, Sony Plan LCD Co.
Feb. 26, 2008
Sharp Corp. and Sony Corp. announced today a joint venture to produce and sell large-sized LCD...
Deal Nets Lumera $25M
Feb. 25, 2008
Electro-optic components designer Lumera Corp. announced that it could receive $25 million in...
Optical Tweezer Microfabbed
Feb. 25, 2008
A new type of optical tweezer consisting of a Fresnel zone plate microfabricated on a glass slide...
Silicon Lasers Approach Mid-IR
Feb. 25, 2008
Silicon-chip-based lasers developed at Intel Corp. that exploit "cascaded Raman lasing" could...
Atom-Moving Force Measured
Feb. 22, 2008
The force it takes to move individual atoms on a surface has been measured for the first time, an...
Giant Camera Heads to Hawaii
Feb. 22, 2008
The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh yesterday shipped...
Lensless Camera Uses X-rays
Feb. 21, 2008
A lensless camera uses x-rays to take high-resolution images of ultrasmall structures buried inside...
KLA-Tencor Acquiring ICOS
Feb. 21, 2008
KLA-Tencor Corp., a maker of chip inspection and metrology systems for the semiconductor industry,...
Lasers Reveal Biomarkers
Feb. 20, 2008
Laser light can be used to detect molecules in breath that may be markers for diseases like asthma...
Nanofluid Apps Expanded
Feb. 20, 2008
Liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to...
NMR-on-a-Chip Devised
Feb. 20, 2008
A supersensitive minisensor can detect nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in tiny liquid samples...
Qioptiq Buying Point Source
Feb. 19, 2008
Optical systems manufacturer Qioptiq announced today that it is strengthening its laser...
Toshiba Turns Off HD DVD
Feb. 19, 2008
Toshiba Corp. announced today it will no longer develop, manufacture or market HD DVD players and...
Optical Tech Topic of Talks
Feb. 15, 2008
Getting the most out of limited wireless bandwidth, ratcheting up data rates, new routes on the...
CA Aerospace Center Opens
Feb. 15, 2008
A Canadian aerospace research and development center will develop a new generation of highly...
Hercules' Power Increased
Feb. 15, 2008
Thanks to an additional amplifier, a laser at the University of Michigan can now produce a...
Piezo Power 'Lights' Fibers
Feb. 14, 2008
A shirt that harvests energy from the wearer's physical motion converts it into electricity for...
Laser Makes Black Holes
Feb. 14, 2008
Imagine being able to peek inside a black hole and even perform experiments there. It may not be as...
A More Precise Atomic Clock
Feb. 14, 2008
An atomic clock using strontium atoms sets new records. The clock, which tops previous records for...
Gemfire, Covega Merge
Feb. 13, 2008
Integrated photonics company Gemfire Corp. announced yesterday it has completed its merger with...
Tissue Made Transparent
Feb. 13, 2008
A new optical trick that counteracts the scattering of light through humans could one day make...
Thin Film Delivers Drugs
Feb. 12, 2008
An implantable thin-film system can deliver drugs to specific targets in the body by disintegrating...
Corning Expects LCD Growth
Feb. 12, 2008
Global demand for LCD glass is expected to grow 2 to 30 percent in 2008 -- an increase of more than...
Deconstructing Sand Castles
Feb. 12, 2008
Building sand castles requires some skill and imagination, but no instruction manual: The water...
Cree Buying LLF for $103M
Feb. 11, 2008
LED chips and components maker Cree Inc. announced it will acquire privately held LED Lighting...
Walking for Wattage
Feb. 8, 2008
A wearable technology that generates electricity from the natural motion of walking promises to...
Pittcon Spotlights Innovation
Feb. 8, 2008
Pittcon 2008, the 59th annual Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and...
Cable Repairs Underway
Feb. 8, 2008
Repairs on two undersea communication cables -- between Alexandria, Egypt, and Palermo, Italy, and...
New Name Sought for GLAST
Feb. 8, 2008
NASA announced Thursday it is inviting people from around the world to submit a new name for the...
UAlbany, IMEC to Work on EUVL
Feb. 7, 2008
Two centers for nanoelectronics research and development -- the College of Nanoscale Science and...
Corning to Expand Glass Plant
Feb. 7, 2008
Corning Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a capital expenditure plan of $453...
Maiman Tribute Set at CLEO
Feb. 7, 2008
A symposium in honor of the late Theodore Maiman, inventor of the first operable laser and twice...
EU Photonics, Nano Map Drawn
Feb. 7, 2008
The consortium MONA (Merging Optics and Nanotechnologies) has published a European Roadmap for...
Erasable Holograms Created
Feb. 6, 2008
A special light-sensitive plastic film sandwiched between two pieces of glass coated with...
Bipolar-Disorder Marker Found
Feb. 6, 2008
People with manic depression, or bipolar disorder, have a distinct chemical signature in their...
Report: ICT Saves Energy
Feb. 6, 2008
Technology leads to a dramatic increase in energy efficiency and is actually a net saver of energy...
Samsung Integrates Units
Feb. 6, 2008
Samsung announced it will integrate the digital camera business of Samsung Opto-Electronics America...
Surface Repels Most Liquids
Feb. 5, 2008
The surface of a new material repels virtually all liquids, then absorbs them when a jolt of...
Pirelli Forms Photonics Group
Feb. 4, 2008
The Pirelli Group announced it will form a new company by integrating the photonics work of its...
Navitar Buys Special Optics
Feb. 4, 2008
Navitar, a Rochester, N.Y., maker of precision optics and optomechanical assemblies, announced it...
T-rays Reveal Hidden Art
Feb. 4, 2008
A device that combines lasers and electronics uses pulses of terahertz radiation -- T-rays -- to...
NKT Photonics Acquires Vytran
Feb. 4, 2008
NKT Photonics announced that it has increased its 27 percent stake in Morganville, N.J.-based...
Purple Platinum, Blue Gold?
Feb. 1, 2008
A tabletop femtosecond laser has been used to change the surface properties of metals to reflect a...