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Photonics Spectra - July 2004
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Astronomical Research Spawns Detector Innovation
From the middle of the Pacific, Gerard Luppino has a good view of the future and of the past. Luppino, an astronomy professor at the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Astronomy in Honolulu, has...
Optical Metrology Enables a Smooth Ride
For an automotive manufacturer to be successful in today’s fiercely competitive environment, continuous improvement is critical. Consumers are paying more attention to the ride and comfort that their...
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Put on a Good Show
Microdisplays are miniature, high-resolution displays that typically measure 1 cm diagonally and whose use requires magnifying optics. These displays can be transmissive, reflective or emissive. The...
Standardization: The Key for Microdisplays in High-Definition TV
The television market is changing channels. The rapid increase in availability of high-definition video content through network broadcasting and other means is driving a corresponding increase in...
In Situ Monitoring Boosts Yield of Thin-Film Deposition Processes
In situ optical monitoring techniques have been critical components of both plasma-assisted evaporation and magnetron sputtering coating techniques for several years. Until recently, though, it...
Partners in Production
The first semiconductor lasers were produced in the laboratory in the early 1960s. Just months after their development, they were available for sale, their reliability and efficiency generating...
Secondary Spin-Coating Enhances MgF2 Antireflection Coating
The technology used to apply antireflection coatings to glass is well-established. In its simplest form, the coating has one layer of material, usually a dielectric, with an optical thickness of...
Semiconductor Inspection Moves to Deep-UV Imaging
Fueled by the ever-decreasing size of features on semiconductor wafers, the semiconductor inspection industry continues to focus on shorter-wavelength light (Figure 1). Increasingly, the...
Tech Pulse
Frequency-Doubled Nd:YAG Generates 200 W
A high-power green Nd:YAG laser has been developed at Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s Advanced Technology R&D Center in Amagasaki, Japan, and is being studied for the crystallization of amorphous...
Broadband Mirrors Built of Porous Silicon
A research group at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has reported the fabrication of broadband mirrors made from porous silicon for CW and mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers and...
Quantum Grid IR Spectrometer Enables Multicolor Detection
Two- and four-color infrared imaging employing multiple detectors is used for applications such as target discrimination, land mine detection and geological surveying. Now scientists from the US Army...
Silver Slab Promises Subwavelength Imaging
A team of scientists at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, has demonstrated that a planar slab of silver can be used as a lens in a near-field lithography setup at 365 nm. If...
Schott Researchers Develop New Phase-Shift Material
A research and development team in Meiningen, Germany, has developed an advanced phase-shift material for Schott Lithotec AG of Jena, Germany. The material is suitable for 157-, 193- and 248-nm...
Terahertz Laser Diodes Display Single-Mode Operation
Researchers at the National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology and Scuola Normale Superiore, both in Pisa, Italy; and at Cambridge University and at the University of Leeds, both in the...
Quantum Dots Form Heart of IR Detector
A collaboration of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the University of Texas at Austin has produced a quantum-dot photodetector for use in the 8- to 12-µm atmospheric window....
Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors Characterized
A team from Moscow State Pedagogical University in Moscow, Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, NPTest Inc. in San Jose, Calif., and the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., has reported...
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Halma Acquires Ocean Optics
As of June, Ocean Optics Inc. of Dunedin, Fla., has become a member company of Halma plc, a safety and environmental technology group based in Amersham, UK. According to Halma chief executive Stephen...
OFC and NFOEC Combine Shows
In the spring of 2005, the fiber optics industry will have one big convention to attend. The Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC)...
Newport Buys Spectra-Physics, Promotes Product Line Integration
Does product line integration offer a competitive advantage in the ever-changing laser and optics market? Newport Corp. in Irvine, Calif., is betting that it does with its acquisition of...
Study Encourages Manufacturers of Fiber Optic Test Equipment to Customize
A report from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Frost & Sullivan titled "World Fiber Optic Test Equipment Market" reveals that the market amassed revenues worth $598.1 million in 2003 and has the potential...
ILX Supplies Controllers for Holographic Systems
InPhase Technologies of Longmont, Colo., has selected ILX Lightwave Corp. of Bozeman, Mont., to supply multiple precision laser diode controllers for integration into new holographic test stations....
PPGI Provides Filters for Missile Warning Sensors
Based in Northvale, N.J., the Inrad business unit of Photonic Products Group Inc. has been awarded a follow-on production contract of an undisclosed amount from ATK Missile Systems of Clearwater,...
Princeton Lightwave Buys Optical Channel Monitor Line from OFS
Princeton Lightwave Inc. of Cranbury, N.J., a supplier of near-infrared high-power lasers and detectors for communications, sensing and instrumentation, has purchased the Somerset, N.J., optical...
CRL Opto Expands Microdisplay Production
In Dunfermline, UK, CRL Opto Ltd., a supplier of high-resolution ferroelectric liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplays and related items, has acquired the microdisplay production assets and inventory...
Optics Company Provides Scholarships
Rolyn Optics Co. of Covina, Calif., has awarded scholarships to three doctoral students in optical sciences, according to an announcement from Richard L. Shoemaker, associate director of the Optical...
Optics Design Facility Opens in Hawaii
Oceanit of Honolulu has opened a business unit, the Maui Optical Systems and Imaging Center (Mosaic), in Kihei, Hawaii, to serve the state's emerging optics and laser industry as well as clients...
DRS to Apply Infrared Technology Commercially
DRS Technologies Inc., based in Parsippany, N.J., has entered the commercial IR technology market, according to an announcement made by Fred L. Marion, president of its Surveillance &...
Fons Opens New Corporate Headquarters
Provider of passive fiber connectivity products Fons Corp., formerly of Northboro, Mass., has relocated to world headquarters in Marlboro, Mass. Situated in the region's Route 495 high-technology...
Unaxis Optics Reorganizes, Integrates Manufacturing Plants
To strengthen its presence globally, the Optics Div. of the Unaxis Group is further expanding its strategic sites, including its headquarters in Balzers, Liechtenstein, and its manufacturing...
Osram and Vishay Form Collaboration for LEDs
Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany, and Vishay Group of Malvern, Pa., have signed a joint agreement under which Vishay will acquire the right to manufacture and sell Osram Opto Semiconductor GmbH's...
Kurt J. Lesker Co. Purchases Ion Sources
The Kurt J. Lesker Co. of Clairton, Pa., has acquired the ion source family of Anatech Ltd., based in Denver, N.C., to complement its range of deposition products. Along with power supplies and...
Koheras Acquires Majority Shares in German Company
Based in BirkerØd, Denmark, Koheras has acquired a 51 percent equity share in LG Laser Technologies GmbH of Kleinostheim, Germany, and has signed an option agreement enabling it to purchase up...
Canadian Firm Gains Funding for Advanced Integrated Circuits
Photonic integrated circuits developer MetroPhotonics Inc. has received a $7.7 million investment from Technology Partnerships Canada, a government agency that provides financial support to Canadian...
Textron Wins Contract for Laser-Radar Research
Textron Systems Corp. of Wilmington, Mass., has been awarded a $49.9 million contract for laser-radar research from the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate based in...
Danaher Motion Purchases Motion Engineering
To strengthen its multiaxis motion control offerings, Danaher Motion of Washington has purchased Motion Engineering Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif. The acquired company develops PC-based motion control...
Glimmerglass to Provide Switching Fabrics for Optical Networking
Glimmerglass Networks Inc. will supply its carrier-class Reflexion switching fabrics over the next two years to Lambda Opticalsystems of Reston, Va., under a $10 million contract. The Hayward,...
Austrian 3-D Microscopy Company Opens US Office
Graz, Austria-based Alicona GmbH has opened an office in Rochester, N.Y., with plans to continue the growth in the US that it has experienced in Europe. The company's MeX software for scanning...
NIST Grant Supports Joint Venture for Nanoimprint Lithography
Molecular Imprints Inc. of Austin, Texas, a manufacturer of S-Fil step and flash imprint lithography equipment, has announced a roughly $36 million joint venture proposal for the development of...
Automation Business Is Initiated
Brian Carlisle and Bruce Shimano, who founded Adept Technology Inc. of Livermore, Calif., in 1983, have left the company and launched Precise Automation in Los Altos, Calif. They plan to develop...
ORA Lands NIST Award for Lithography Modeling
Optical Research Associates of Pasadena, Calif., has won a $1.7 million Advanced Technology Program award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the development of lithography...
Soft Imaging System Buys Intellectual Property
Soft Imaging System GmbH of Münster, Germany, a subsidiary of Olympus Europa GmbH and a system provider in the materials analysis market, has purchased the software intellectual property assets...
Cristal Laser Moves to New Plant
Cristal Laser SA, a company with expertise in the growth and marketing of crystals for nonlinear optics, has moved to Messein, France, where it has the space to expand its capacity for crystal growth...
Bookham Technology to Purchase Onetta
Bookham Technology plc of Abingdon, UK, has agreed to acquire Onetta Inc., a provider of optical amplifier modules and subsystems for communications networks. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company produces...
JDS Uniphase Expands Datacom Capabilities
To strengthen its position in the optical data communications market, JDS Uniphase Corp. of San Jose, Calif., has purchased E2O Communications Inc., a manufacturer of optical transceivers for ESCON,...
Clemson University Wins Faculty Chair in Optical Materials
In Pendleton, S.C., the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (Comset) at Clemson University was awarded a $10 million endowed faculty position in optical materials. The...
Applied Image and Sine Patterns Enter Agreement
With the signing of an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement, Applied Image Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., has added Sine Patterns LLC to the Applied Image Group companies, which collectively supply...
Cree and Sumitomo Sign Contract for LED Chips
Sumitomo Corp. of Tokyo has agreed to purchase LED products from Cree Inc. for $160 million during the Durham, N.C., company's fiscal year ending in June 2005, subject to customer demand and other...
Carl Zeiss Opens Manufacturing Plant in China
Carl Zeiss of Oberkochen, Germany, has opened its first production facility in China, in the city of Suzhou, approximately 80 km west of Shanghai. Initially the factory will house the volume...
Telecom Carriers Begin Intralab Testing of OIF Agreements
Carrier and supplier member companies of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), based in Fremont, Calif., have begun intralaboratory testing for the industry's joint carrier, multivendor optical...
GSI Lumonics Wins Contract for Laser Systems
GSI Lumonics Inc. of Billerica, Mass., has received a roughly $5 million order for multiple WaferTrim laser systems from an integrated circuit manufacturer based in the US. Delivery of the systems...
Accent on Applications
Optical Metrology: Nanopositioning's Throughput Logjam
It is not uncommon for scanning, alignment and spectroscopy applications to involve piezoelectric nanopositioning stages. One typical requirement, measurement of optical signals that vary rapidly as a function of position or time, isn't as simple as it sounds, though. Throughput problems are fairly common because optical power metrology technology has not kept up with advances in positioning...
Presstime Bulletin
University Group Reports Liquid Crystal Lens with Tunable Focus
Researchers at the University of Central Florida in Orlando have reported the development of a liquid crystal lens with a focal length that can be tuned continuously from infinity to 0.6 m. They...
Metallic Slits Modify Laser Pulses
Calculations by Abdulhakem Y. Elezzabi and Anthony Dechant at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, indicate that the design of arrays of subwavelength metallic slits can be used to...
Entanglement Protocol May Improve Synchronization of Atomic Clocks
In the June 4 issue of Science, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., report an entanglement setup that promises applications in atomic clocks. The...
Lithographic Process Yields 3-D Photonic Crystal for Near-IR
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have described a three-dimensional photonic crystal in silicon, with deliberately introduced point-defects, that displays resonant...
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