MetaStable Instruments Wins $70,000 Contract
MetaStable Instruments Inc. of St. Charles, Mo., has been awarded a Phase I Small Business...
Verrillon Acquires ADC Group
Verrillon Inc. of North Grafton, Mass., has acquired ADC's passive photonic components business in...
NIST Supports Laser-Based Medical Implant Technology
Optomec Inc. of Albuquerque, N.M., has received a $2 million Advanced Technology Program award from...
Air Force Lab Signs Agreement for Pump Laser Technology
Nuvonyx Inc. of Bridgeton, Mo., and the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate...
Osram and Rohm Sign Patent License Contract
Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany, has granted Rohm Co. Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, a license for its solely...
Tektronix Sells Optical Test Products Line
Tektronix Inc., headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., has agreed to sell select optical test products...
Optoelectronics Packaging Programs Funded at RIT
The Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly at Rochester Institute of Technology has...
Sensors Unlimited Regains Private Ownership
The management of Sensors Unlimited Inc., a supplier of InGaAs photodiode arrays and cameras, is...
Nanotechnology: Opportunities for Photonics
In his keynote address at the NanoTech Venture Fair in La Jolla, Calif., in September, F. Mark...
Nanosys Pursues Nanolaser Technology
Nanosys Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the regents of...
Nano- and Near-Field Optics Company Is Launched
Nanoptek Corp. of Concord, Mass., has been founded to develop and commercialize nano- and...
Schott Invests in VCSELs, Restructures Optovance
Raising its share to 52 percent, Schott Corp. of Yonkers, N.Y., has acquired majority ownership of...
Indonesia: Will It Surge or Slow?
After a series of economic setbacks in the mid-1990s, Indonesia is seeing rising interest from...
German Program to Develop Organic LED Displays
The German Ministry of Research and Education has granted a group of scientists €3.5 million for...
Scottish Photonics Company Gears Up for WDM Developments
Helia Photonics Ltd. has purchased the optical coatings division of Terahertz Photonics and will...
Defense Agency Employs Fiberstars' Lighting Technology
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is using a fiber optic lighting system from Fiberstars...
Micron Optics Expands Its Tunable Technology Capability
With the acquisition of Chameleon Optics, Micron Optics Inc. of Atlanta will expand its technology,...
Molectron Expands Laser Power Facilities
Molectron Detector Inc. has increased its laser power capabilities with the addition of nine...
Excel Technology Enters Pulsed Laser Market
Excel Continuum Corp., a subsidiary of Excel Technology Inc. of East Setauket, N.Y., has purchased...
ALST to Develop Laser Rangefinder for Space Program
Advanced Laser Systems Technology Inc. (ALST) of Orlando, Fla., has been selected by the Boeing Co....
Schwartz Awarded Government Contracts for Laser-Based Systems
Schwartz Electro-Optics Inc. of Orlando, Fla., has agreed to supply its Advanced Multiple...
Coherent Forms Technical Advisory Board
In a move reminiscent of large companies in other industries, from semiconductor to automotive...
Laser Firm Builds Inspection Prototype for Space Agency
Laser Techniques Co. of Bellevue, Wash., has completed the first task of a NASA contract for the...
Firm Wins Award to Develop WDM Components
Scientific Solutions Inc. of North Chelmsford, Mass., will develop a suite of ultradense WDM...
Alliance Is Formed to Develop Collimators
Kaman Aerospace Corp.'s Electro-Optics Development Center and The University of Arizona Steward...
Bookham Acquires Nortel's Optical Businesses
Bookham Technology plc of Abingdon, UK, has acquired the optical amplifier and optical transmitter...