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Agilent Acquires American Holographic Inc. PALO ALTO, Calif., April 28 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. has acquired American Holographic Inc., which is to become a wholly owned subsidiary within Agilent's Communication Solutions Group. American...

Cymer, ASML Sign Customer Support Pact SAN DIEGO, April 28 -- Cymer Inc. and ASM Lithography Holding NV (ASML) have signed an agreement under which Cymer will provide direct service and spare parts for its lasers installed on ASML's...

Veeco's Ion Tech Gets Orders from DWDM Filter Manufacturers FT. COLLINS, Colo., April 28 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. reported that its Ion Tech Inc. subsidiary has received orders worth $5 million from US- and Asian-based manufacturers of dense wavelength...

Welch Allyn, Applied Spectral Imaging to Develop Retinal Imaging Technology SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y., April 28 -- Welch Allyn Inc. and Applied Spectral Imaging Ltd. of Israel have agreed to jointly develop portable retinal imaging diagnostic products able to detect retinal...

CMOS Imager to Add Video to Night Vision Scopes PRINCETON, N.J., April 27 -- Sarnoff Corp.'s high-sensitivity CMOS camera-on-a-chip technology is to be integrated with the Litton Electro-Optical Systems image intensified camera system to create a...

GSI Lumonics Says Copyright Infringement Claim Resolved KANATA, Ontario, Canada, April 27 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. reported that BioDiscovery Inc. and its founder, Soheil Shams, have abandoned all claims that GSI Lumonics' QuantArray microarray analysis...

Scientific-Atlanta to Invest in Luminous Networks ATLANTA, April 27 -- Scientific-Atlanta Inc. has signed an equity agreement to invest $10 million in Luminous Networks, a Cupertino, Calif.-based developer of optical transport technology....

Coherent Reports Record Sales, Orders for Quarter SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 26 -- Coherent Inc. reported net income of $8.4 million on sales of $136.7 million for the second quarter ended April 1, 2000. Net income rose $3 million, or 56...

Boston Laser Acquires Polaroid's Laser Diode Business NORWOOD. Mass., April 26 -- Boston Laser Inc. has acquired Polaroid's laser diode development and manufacturing business for an undisclosed amount of cash and securities. Under the terms of the...

Cognex Purchases UK Image Company NATICK, Mass., April 26 -- Cognex Corp. has acquired Image Industries, a privately held company based in Surrey, England. Cognex purchased all outstanding shares of the machine vision system...

Corning to Acquire NZ Applied Technologies CORNING, N.Y., April 25 -- Corning Inc. has agreed to acquire the remaining equity in NZ Applied Technologies Corp. (NZAT) of Woburn, Mass., for up to $150 million in Corning common stock. Under...

AirFiber, Nortel Sign Marketing Agreement SAN DIEGO, April 25 -- AirFiber Inc. has signed an OEM agreement to supply its wireless optical networking products to Nortel Networks. The agreement between the two companies assigns Nortel...

TRW Conducts Record-Setting Test of Alpha Laser REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 25 -- TRW reported that a test of the Alpha high-energy laser produced a 25-percent increase in the laser's output power and improved its quality. The six-second test of...

Lucent Reports Second Quarter Revenue Up 17 Percent MURRAY HILL, N.J., April 24 -- Lucent Technologies reported net income of $754 million, or 23 cents per share, for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2000. These results show a 41-percent...

Bio-Rad, Nikon to Produce Confocal Microscopy System HERCULES, Calif., April 24 -- Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has signed an agreement to collaborate with Japan's Nikon Corp. on the manufacture and marketing of a new microscopy system with capabilities...

Spectranetics Revenue Rises 64%;Laser Placements Exceed Expectations COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 24 -- Spectranetics Corp. announced that revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000, totaled $6,662,000, an increase of 64 percent over the $4,070,000...

Cymer Buys Out Minority Shareholderin Taiwanese Subsidiary SAN DIEGO, April 21 -- Cymer Inc. has acquired the 25-percent interest of the minority shareholder in Cymer Southeast Asia Ltd., the company's Taiwan-based Asian subsidiary. The dollar value of the...

Cancer Institute Testing IR-Based Monitoring Technique BOSTON, April 21 -- Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are testing a cancer detection technique that employs an infrared imaging sensor developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

Growth Predicted for Telecom Laser Diode Market MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 21 -- The global market for laser diodes for telecommunications applications will grow from $1.95 billion in 1999 to $2.92 billion in 2000, according to a report...

Oil Company Joins Fiber Optic Network Venture PHILADELPHIA, April 20 -- Sunoco Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Sun Pipe Line Co., has joined a group of firms that have agreed to allow Denver's Aerie Networks Inc. to use rights of way in...

Superior Essex Begins Fiber Cable Productionat Brownwood Plant ATLANTA, April 20 -- Superior TeleCom Inc. reported that the expansion of its Superior Essex Communications Group's cable plant in Brownwood, Texas has been completed. The company invested...

SDL Reports Record First Quarter Results SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20 -- SDL Inc. announced record revenues of $72.2 million and pro forma net income of $17 million, or 22 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 31,...

FLIR Receives $29 Million in New Contracts PORTLAND, Ore., April 19 -- FLIR Systems Inc. has been awarded several contracts with a total value of approximately $29.7 million from government and commercial customers. The company was...

II-VI's Third Quarter Earnings Up 35%on Record Revenues PITTSBURGH, April 19 -- II-VI Inc. has reported earnings of $2,051,000, or 31 cents per share (diluted) on record revenues of $19,781,000 for the company's third fiscal quarter ended March...

Northrop Grumman to DevelopLaser Mine Detection System MELBOURNE, Fla., April 19 -- Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Integrated Systems and Aerostructures (ISA) sector has won a $40-million contract to develop engineering and manufacturing for the US Navy's...

Williams Closes in on All-Optical Network TULSA, Okla., April 18 -- In what the company described as a step toward the creation of an all-optical network, Williams Communications has agreed to purchase Corvis Corp.'s suite of all-optical...

APA Optics Wins Orders for Multi-Mode Dense WDM Device MINNEAPOLIS, April 18 -- APA Optics Inc. has received orders from a US systems developer and a European systems developer for four units and one unit, respectively, of the company's new multi-mode...

Cognex Reports Record Bookings for New Vision Sensor NATICK, Mass., April 18 -- Cognex Corp. said that bookings for its new In-Sight 2000 vision sensor have surpassed $1 million. The company described In-Sight as a low-cost machine vision sensor...

Cree to Acquire Nitres DURHAM, N.C., April 17 -- Cree Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Nitres Inc., a developer of nitride-based semiconductor devices. The terms of the agreement call for...

FDA Approves Coherent Laser for AMD Treatment SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 17 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Coherent Inc.'s Opal photoactivator and Visudyne (verteporfin for injection) therapy to treat the wet form of...

Veeco's Ion Tech Gets Order from Filter Manufacturer FT. COLLINS, Colo., April 17 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. said that its Ion Tech Inc. subsidiary has received a blanket order worth $7.6 million from a US manufacturer of dense wavelength division...

Alcatel Opens Network Operations Center in Dallas DALLAS, April 14 -- Alcatel announced that it has opened a Customer Network Operations Center (CNOC) in Dallas, and that it has signed an agreement with Pac-West Telecomm Inc. as its first customer....

Lucent Boosts Manufacturing Capacitywith Investment in Ireland DUBLIN, Ireland, April 14 -- Lucent Technologies plans to invest approximately $150 million over the next three years in building a 200,000-square-foot extension to its Blanchardstown facility in...

Zygo Wins Metrology System Ordersfrom Telecom Firms MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., April 14 -- Zygo Corp. has received multiple orders for its expanded line of automated test systems for the telecommunications industry from leading manufacturers of optical-based...

Fairchild Semiconductor to Purchase QT Optoelectronics SOUTH PORTLAND, Me., April 13 -- Fairchild Semiconductor has agreed to acquire QT Optoelectronics Inc. (QTO) for approximately $100 million, with payment to be comprised mainly of Fairchild...

Lockheed Martin Begins Productionof Airborne Laser Turret SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 13 -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems, a member of Team Airborne Laser, has commenced fabrication of the turret assembly for the high-energy laser weapon system at its facility...

Optical Switch Corp. Raises $58 Million RICHARDSON, Texas, April 13 -- Optical Switch Corp. has received $58 million from a strategic investor and several financial institutions. The company's investors include ADC Ventures, JT Venture...

NIF, Glass Vendors Achieve Continuous Melt Milestone LIVERMORE, Calif., April 13 -- A major laser glass milestone has been achieved by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) and its glass vendors. Duryea, Penn.-based...

PDT Reported More Effective with Less Drug, Stronger Laser RENO, Nev., April 12 -- Research at the University at Buffalo has raised hopes that photodynamic therapy (PDT) may have much wider application than had been believed previously. Researcher Thomas S....

Cognex Acquires Komatsu's Machine Vision Business NATICK, Mass., April 12 -- Cognex Corp. has announced the completion of its acquisition of Komatsu Ltd.'s machine vision business. As defined in the terms of the acquisition, which was originally...

Ciena Launches Brazilian Operations RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 10 -- Ciena Corp. has opened Ciena Brazil Limitada, a wholly owned subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As Brazil's telecommunications industry continues to expand, Ciena is...

E-TEK to Provide Optical Sub-Systems to ONI Systems SAN JOSE, Calif., April 11 -- E-TEK Dynamics Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement to supply fiber optic communications sub-systems to San Jose, Calif.-based ONI Systems Corp. According to E-TEK,...

DaimlerChrysler Unveils Active Night Vision System STUTTGART, Germany, April 11 -- A team of DaimlerChrysler researchers in Ulm, Germany said it has developed a night vision system that uses infrared lasers to illuminate people, animals, road signs...

GSI Lumonics Wins Trim System Orders KANATA, Ontario, Canada, April 11 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. reported that it has received more than $9 million worth of new orders for semiconductor and circuit trim systems. The company said the...

Advanced Optical, Samsung to Develop Projector Light Engines WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Apr. 10 -- Advanced Optical Engineering and South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. have signed an agreement to develop and produce light engines for the projection...

Metromedia Fiber Launches Intracity Networks in Boston, Houston, San Francisco NEW YORK, Apr. 10 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has launched intracity fiber optic networks in Boston, Houston and downtown San Francisco. The new networks, which connect the major business...

Polymer-Based Mirror Boosts Reflectivity WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 -- A team of researchers at 3M has developed a reflective film made from polyester and other polymers that reflects light with a brightness and versatility that the scientists...

Corning Plans Second Photonic ModuleManufacturing Facility CORNING, N.Y., Apr. 7 -- Corning Inc. plans to invest $50 million in building a second facility for manufacturing optical amplifiers. When fully operational, the new plant in Benton Township,...

3M Buys Polaroid's Technical Polarizerand Display Films Business ST. PAUL, Minn., Apr. 7 -- 3M's Optical Systems Division has purchased Polaroid Corp.'s Technical Polarizer and Display Films business. Financial terms of the sale, which included the acquisition or...

Coherent to Double Production of Laser Lines SANTA CLARA, Calif., Apr. 7 -- Coherent Inc.'s Laser Group has reported that it plans to double production capacity for its Fred and SabreFred product lines to meet rising demand from both dense-WDM...

JDS Uniphase to Acquire Cronos NEPEAN, Ontario, Apr. 6 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cronos Integrated Microsystems Inc. for $750 million in stock. Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.,...

Palomar Signs Agreement with Japanese Distributor BURLINGTON, Mass., Apr. 6 -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. has signed a marketing agreement with Japanese distributor M & M Co. Ltd./Mutoh Company (Mutoh). The agreement calls for Mutoh to...

Vicon Fiber Optics Writes Off Dot Com Investment PELHAM MANOR, N.Y., Apr. 6 -- Vicon Fiber Optics reported that it will take a one-time charge of $500,000 against 1999 earnings on a capital investment it made in Another Universe.com in 1998....

Summit Technology to Reorganize, Change Name WALTHAM, Mass., Apr. 5 -- Summit Technology Inc.'s board of directors has approved a restructuring of the company to fully integrate its laser vision correction businesses. The board also voted to...

FiberCore Reports Record Sales CHARLTON, Mass., Apr. 5 -- FiberCore Inc., a manufacturer of optical fiber and preforms, has reported record sales of $12,126,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999. The company said sales...

US Requests More Data on Proposed Merger of JDS Uniphase, E-TEK Dynamics NEPEAN, Ontario, Apr. 5 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. and E-TEK Dynamics Inc. have received requests from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice for additional information and other...

TRS Orders Digital Lightwave's Network Info Computers CLEARWATER, Fla., Apr. 4 -- Digital Lightwave Inc. has received a $3.6-million order for its OC-192 Network Information Computers from Technology Rentals & Services (TRS), based in...

Alcoa Fujikura, Corning to Supply NEESCom's New England Expansion BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Apr. 4 -- Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. and Corning Inc. have been chosen as the primary cable and optical fiber suppliers for NEESCom's expansion of its network in New England. The network,...

GSI Lumonics Backed on Suit; RVSI to Appeal KANATA, Ontario, Canada, Apr. 4 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has won a favorable decision in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the company by Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RVSI), which had sought...

Stocker & Yale Creates Telecom Business Group SALEM, N.H., Apr. 3 -- Stocker & Yale Inc. has formed a telecom business group to focus exclusively on the development and manufacture of specialty fiber, phase masks and other components for the...

Nortel Networks Takes Majority Ownershipin German, French Joint Ventures LONDON, Apr. 3 -- Nortel Networks has increased its ownership in Nortel Dasa Network Systems GmbH and Co. KG (Nortel Dasa), its German joint venture with DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, and in Matra...

Spire Reports Results, Gain on Sale of Assets BEDFORD, Mass., Apr. 3 -- Spire Corp., a global provider of products and services to solar electric and biomedical markets, reported revenues of $2,679,000 for the quarter ended December 31,...

There's More than Money in that Pot of Gold Offers of stock options, sign-on bonuses and lavish benefit packages are allowing start-ups to challenge industry leaders for the best photonics talent. The 2000 Photonics Jobs & Salary Survey...

Hired Today, Gone Tomorrow? The incestuous nature of photonics poaching makes it seem like the same 1000 scientists and engineers rotate periodically through the same 1001 job openings. To break the cycle, photonics needs...