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Photonics.com - February 2000
News & Features
Veeco Instruments, CVC to Merge
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Feb. 29 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. and Rochester, N.Y.-based CVC Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved unanimously...
Metromedia Fiber to Provide Cogentwith Optical Internet Infrastructure
NEW YORK, Feb. 29 -- In a 20-year agreement valued at over $100 million, Metromedia Fiber Network is to provide private optical networks in key North American markets to Cogent Communications, a...
Coherent Delivers First OPS Prototypes
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 28 -- Coherent Inc. said that it has delivered the first prototypes of its optically pumped semiconductor (OPS) technology. The devices produce 500 mW at 980 nm from the end...
GSI Lumonics Wins Orders for Linear, Mixed-Signal Trim Systems
KANATA, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 28 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has received an order valued at $1.5 million from a major North American semiconductor manufacturer for semiconductor linear and mixed-signal...
Cell Robotics Completes Private Placement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 28 -- Cell Robotics International has announced the completion of a non-brokered, $1.08-million private placement involving 450,000 shares of the company's common stock....
Bausch & Lomb Wins FDA Approval for Technolas 217
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 25 -- Bausch & Lomb reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for marketing of the company's Technolas 217 excimer laser system, which...
Agilent to Acquire Italian Telecom'sOptical Technology Center
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 25 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. has agreed to acquire the Optical Technology Center (OTC) from Telecom Italia's central research laboratory, CSELT. Agilent will acquire 50 OTC...
Corning, Photronics to Develop Circuit-Imaging Products
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 24 -- Corning Inc. and Photronics Inc. have inked a two-year agreement to jointly develop a new generation of photoblanks, which are the glass foundations of the photomasks that...
Drexler Technology Expanding LaserCard Production
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 24 -- Drexler Technology Corp. has announced a plan to invest $3.2 million in capital over a 12-month period in order to expand production capacity of its LaserCard...
Alcatel to Acquire Newbridge Networks
PARIS, Feb. 24 -- Alcatel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Newbridge Networks Corp. of Kanata, Ontario, Canada. The agreement, which has been approved by the boards of directors of...
Lucent, DiCon Fiberoptics Form Joint Venture
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 23 -- Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group has agreed to form a joint venture with privately held DiCon Fiberoptics Inc., a Berkeley, Calif.-based supplier of passive...
New Materials Hold Promise for More Efficient Flat-Panel Displays
PRINCETON, N.J. Feb. 23 -- Scientists at Princeton University have reported the creation of a number of light-emitting materials that could greatly accelerate the development of flat-panel computer...
Ion Optics Wins Air Force Award for Infrared Imager
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 23 -- Ion Optics has received a US Air Force Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award to develop a compact, high-resolution, hyperspectral long-wave infrared imager. The...
Premier Laser, Ophthalmic Imaging Cancel Merger Plans
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 22 -- Premier Laser Systems Inc. and Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS) reported that OIS has terminated the previously announced merger agreement between the companies. Premier...
Lasers Used to Break Up Stroke-Causing Blood Clots
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22 -- A team from the Oregon Stroke Center in Portland, Ore., has for the first time used lasers to remove stroke-causing blood clots. At the American Stroke Association's recent...
Precision Optics Wins Medical Endoscope Contracts
GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 22 -- Precision Optics Corp. Inc. has received orders worth approximately $1.1 million for medical endoscopes. Intuitive Surgical Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has placed a...
Nortel Networks to Make Additional Investment in Optical Internet Market
TORONTO, Feb. 21 -- Nortel Networks has announced plans to invest an additional $260 million in its optical networking and components business. This follows the company's November 1999...
Laser Power Sells Contract Research Operation
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 21 -- Laser Power Corp. has completed the sale of the assets of its contract research operation to Photera Technologies Inc., a newly formed subsidiary of Schwartz Electro-Optics Inc....
Palomar, Laserscope Reach Patent License Agreement
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 21 -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. has reached an agreement granting Laserscope Inc. a non-exclusive 7.5-percent royalty-bearing sublicense to the dominant patents in the...
FDA Approves Spectranetics' Laser Catheterfor Angioplasty Use
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 18 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Spectranetics Corp.'s pre-market approval supplement to market a new line of single-use catheters for...
Metromedia Fiber AwardsOptical Backbone Contract to Nortel
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 -- Metromedia Fiber Network has awarded Nortel Networks a contract with an estimated value of $250 million over three years to build its optical network backbone. Metromedia...
SurgiLight Acquiring IRVision,Seeking Joint Venture in Japan
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 17 -- SurgiLight Inc. has arranged to purchase San Jose, Calif.-based IRVision Inc. for approximately $3.2 million in SurgiLight common stock. The company indicated that the...
Stanford to Test PDT for Breathing Relieffor Cancer Patients
STANFORD, Calif., Feb. 17 -- Researchers at Stanford University Medical Center announced plans to test laser-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a new way to help cancer patients to breath. According...
LaserComm Names New President and COO
PLANO, Texas, Feb. 17 -- LaserComm Inc., a developer of photonic components for fiber optic networks, has named Daniel A. Acton president and COO. Acton most recently served as president and CEO of...
Coherent Gets FDA Approvable Letterfor Laser AMD Treatment
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16 -- Coherent Inc. has received an approvable letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Opal Photoactivator and Visudyne (Verteporfin for injection)...
Kollmorgen to Deliver Photonic Systems to Egypt's Navy
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 16 -- Kollmorgen Corp. has signed a $15-million contract to provide the Egyptian Navy with submarine photonic systems, which will be retrofitted into four existing Egyptian...
APA Optics Links Quarterly Lossto Manufacturing Buildup
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 16 -- APA Optics Inc. has reported a loss of $988,740, or 11 cents a share, for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1999. The loss had been projected as part of the...
Corning to Buy NetOptix,Form Joint Venture with Samsung
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 15 -- Corning Inc. has agreed to purchase NetOptix Corp., a Sturbridge, Mass.-based manufacturer of thin-film filters for use in dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)...
Chemists Use IR Lasers to ProbeMolecular Interactions
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 15 -- A group of chemists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed a new method for probing the molecular universe using infrared spectroscopy. The researchers use...
Corning Acquires BT'sPhotonics Technology Research Center
CORNING, N.Y, Feb. 15 -- Corning Inc. has reported that it will partner with British Telecommunications (BT) on researching photonics technology. As part of the process of establishing this research...
Bell Labs Researchers Develop New Enginesfor Communications Networks
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 -- Researchers at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have developed what they describe as a new approach to building the signal processing engines needed for tomorrow's...
VISX Excimer Approved for Laser Vision Correction in Japan
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 14 -- VISX Inc. announced that Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare has approved the company's Star S2 Smoothscan excimer laser system for use in the treatment in Japan of...
Premier Laser Systems Completes Financing
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 14 -- Premier Laser Systems Inc. has completed a private round of financing during which it issued $2 million of secured convertible debentures. The debentures carry a coupon...
DOD Names INRAD as Lithium Niobate Crystal Supplier
NORTHVALE, N.J., Feb. 11 -- INRAD Inc. has been awarded a contract to produce and supply lithium niobate crystals for US Defense Supply Services in Cleveland, Ohio. The contract calls for an initial...
CTI Submits Second Module for FDA Approval
LAYTON, Utah, Feb. 11 -- Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc. (CTI) has submitted its second data package to the US Food and Drug Administration as part of its application for pre-market approval of the...
Corning Places Executives in Key Posts at Oak Industries
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 11 -- Corning Inc. has appointed three of its executives to key posts at Oak Industries Inc., which Corning acquired on Oct. 28, 1999. Robert B. Brown, vice president of...
Bank Recommends Investing in Optical Networking
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 -- While the entire telecommunications equipment industry is experiencing strong growth, an analyst with Banc of America Securities sees the optical networking sector providing...
Rofin-Sinar Revenues Increase 16%,Net Income Grows 336%
HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 10 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. reported net sales of $33.2 million for the first quarter ended December 31, 1999, an increase of 16 percent over sales in the...
LightPath Expanding Alliance with Hikari Glass
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 9 -- LightPath Technologies Inc. and Hikari Glass Co. Ltd. are expanding their strategic alliance. The companies' long-term relationship was originally established to provide...
RVSI Receives Chip Inspection Orders from Korean Firms
CANTON, Mass., Feb. 9 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RVSI) has received two orders from Korean semiconductor manufacturers for RVSI Electronics' LS-7700 laser-based in-tray, three-dimensional chip...
Lucent to Acquire Ortel
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Feb. 8 -- Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group has agreed to acquire Alhambra, Calif.-based Ortel Corp., a developer of photonic components for cable TV networks. The merger...
Corning Expanding Fiber Production by 50 Percent
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 8 -- Corning Inc.'s board of directors has approved a proposal to invest three-quarters of a billion dollars in expanding the company's optical fiber manufacturing capabilities....
Photobit Develops Micro-Power, Micro-DotCMOS Image Sensor
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 7 -- Photobit Corp. plans to unveil the details of a micro-power, micro-dot size sensor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco. Photobit...
FMC Moves to Buy Advanced Machine Vision
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 -- FMC Corp. has declared its interest in acquiring Advanced Machine Vision Corp. (AMVC), proposing to AMVC's board of directors a purchase price of $1.75 per share in cash for a...
Laser Power Calls a Halt to Talks with Potential Buyers
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 3 -- Laser Power Corp. has discontinued discussions with potential purchasers, citing the bidding parties' failure to offer an acquisition price comparable to recent market values for...
Standard MEMS Acquires Blue Road Research
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 3 -- Standard MEMS Inc. has acquired fiber optic sensor developer Blue Road Research Inc., of Fairview, Ore. Nicholas E. Ortyl, president and CEO of Standard MEMS, said that...
Coherent Forms Telecom Group, Expands Facilities
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 2 -- Coherent Inc. has formed a telecom business unit to oversee the company's active and passive telecom product strategies. The telecom unit will draw on technology and...
NetOptix Sells Women's Healthcare Businesses
STURBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 2 -- NetOptix Corp. has sold its women's healthcare businesses and related assets to CooperSurgical Inc., a unit of The Cooper Companies Inc. The sale includes operating units...
LaserSight Withdraws from Negotiations;Files Patent Suit Against Visx
WINTER PARK, Fla., Feb. 2 -- LaserSight has withdrawn from its negotiations for a license with Visx Inc. and has filed suit against Visx claiming non-infringement and invalidity of the Visx...
SDL to Supply Alcatel with 980-nm Pump Chips for Undersea Networks
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1 -- SDL Inc. has agreed to extend an existing multi-year agreement to supply Alcatel Optronics with 980-nm laser chips and fiber Bragg gratings until 2003. Alcatel uses the...
Spectra-Physics to Remain a Public Company
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 1 -- Spectra-Physics has confirmed that it will remain a public company, despite a recently announced reorganization by Thermo Electron Corp., of which Spectra-Physics is...
DRS Wins Army Contracts for IR Detectors, Cooler Assemblies
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 1 -- DRS Technologies Inc. has received two US Army contracts with an estimated combined value of $8 million. The first contract, valued at $6.2 million, calls for DRS...
Extreme Photonics: Wavelength Measurement
From the UV to the IR, we can measure wavelengths as precisely as applications demand -- so far. Spectroscopists have long needed to measure and catalog the "exact" absorption wavelengths of...
Fiber Amplifiers: Moving Up in the Wavelength World
New fiber amplifiers provide a simple, direct path for increasing system capacity: expansion into the L-band.
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