Register
Sign In
Subscribe
Advertise
Publications
Photonics Spectra
BioPhotonics
Vision Spectra
Photonics Showcase
Photonics Buyers' Guide
Photonics Handbook
Photonics Dictionary
Newsletters
Bookstore
News & Features
Latest News
Latest Products
Features
All Things Photonics Podcast
By Technology
Lasers & Light Sources
Optics
Materials & Coatings
Imaging
Sensors & Detectors
Test & Measurement
Integrated Photonics
Spectroscopy
Biophotonics
Machine Vision
Marketplace
Supplier Search
ProdSpec Product Search
Career Center
Webinars & Events
Webinars
Photonics Media Virtual Events
Industry Events Calendar
Resources
White Papers
Videos
Contribute an Article
Suggest a Webinar
Submit a Press Release
Subscribe
Advertise
Become a Member
Publications
Photonics Spectra
BioPhotonics
Vision Spectra
Photonics Showcase
Photonics Buyers' Guide
Photonics Handbook
Photonics Dictionary
Newsletters
Bookstore
News & Features
Latest News
Latest Products
Features
All Things Photonics Podcast
By Technology
Lasers & Light Sources
Optics
Materials & Coatings
Imaging
Sensors & Detectors
Test & Measurement
Integrated Photonics
Spectroscopy
Biophotonics
Machine Vision
Marketplace
Supplier Search
ProdSpec Product Search
Career Center
Webinars & Events
Webinars
Photonics Media Virtual Events
Industry Events Calendar
Resources
White Papers
Videos
Contribute an Article
Suggest a Webinar
Submit a Press Release
Subscribe
Advertise
Become a Member
Register
Sign In
Photonics.com - April 2002
News & Features
NeoPhotonics, Ardesta to Explore Nanomaterial Uses
ANN ARBOR, Mich. and FREMONT, Calif., April 30 -- Ardesta LLC and NanoGram announced they have begun a strategic relationship to accelerate commercialization of unique nanomaterials in medical,...
Meade Instruments to Supply Imaging System Technology
IRVINE, Calif., April 30 -- Meade Instruments Corp. will supply a critical subassembly in the new Avera breast imaging system as part of a long-term strategic partnership with its manufacturer,...
Therma-Wave Files Patent Infringement Suit
FREMONT, Calif., April 30 -- Therma-Wave Inc., producer of process control metrology systems used in semiconductor manufacturing, announced it has filed a patent infringement suit against Boxer-Cross...
MEMS for Optical Networks Prevails Despite Telecom Downturn
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 30 -- Despite the downturn in the telecom market, the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based solutions for optical networking is moving forward at a rapid...
StratEdge to Provide Packaging and Assembly for Rockwell Scientific
SAN DIEGO, April 29 -- Rockwell Scientific Co. has selected StratEdge, producer of semiconductor packages for high-speed wireless devices, to provide the packages and assembly services for its...
Corning, Bullish on Future, Shuffles Management
CORNING, N.Y., April 29 -- While Corning Inc. faces serious challenges, it will succeed by capitalizing on its strengths in the telecommunications, advanced materials, information display and...
Nanoparticles Can Be Basis for 'Photonic Fluid'
ATLANTA, April 29 -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a family of hydrogel-based nanoparticles that can be used to form photonic crystals whose optical properties can...
JDS Uniphase, Losing Billions, Cuts More Jobs
CHICAGO, April 26 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. said it plans to cut another 2000 jobs in the wake of a quarterly net loss of $4.3 billion. In addition to the job cuts, the company will also close additional...
Duke Engineering Lab to Focus on Visualization
DURHAM, N.C., April 26 -- Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering has received $1.125 million for a teaching and research laboratory that will focus on developing new ways to present and...
AngioDynamics Unveils Laser Varicose-Vein Treatment
QUEENSBURY, N.Y., April 26 -- A "minimally invasive" treatment for correcting varicose veins, the Endovascular Laser Venous System (ELVS), was unveiled recently at the annual Society of...
Rockwell Scientific to Develop Laser Protective Eyewear for Aircrews
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 26 -- Rockwell Scientific Co. has been awarded a $2.8 million, 12-month contract from the US Air Force to develop technologies and manufacturing processes to produce...
T-Networks Receives $30.6 M Series B Funding
Allentown, Pa., April 26 -- T-Networks Inc., which makes indium phosphide chips for 10- and 40-Gbit/s devices, announced it has received $30.6 million in second-round funding from reinvestors...
MRV Communications Granted Free-Space Optics Patent
CHATSWORTH, Calif., April 26 -- MRV Communications Inc. announced it has been granted a free-space optics (FSO) industry patent for "Wireless optical communications without electronics" -- the first...
Lockheed Martin Selects Tellium For Optical Switching
OCEANPORT, N.J., April 25 -- Tellium has announced a multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement with Lockheed Martin Corp. Terms were not disclosed. Lockheed Martin has agreed to purchase Tellium's...
Hyperfine WDM Sets Record in Multimode Fiber Test
Columbia, Md., April 25 - Essex Corp. and The University of Essex, in England, said they used hyperfine wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology in a multimode fiber test and set a world...
Report Forecasts OADM Component Growth Rate
Charlottesville, Va., April 25 -- The market for optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) components and subsystems is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 52 percent from 2002 to 2006, according...
Light-Based Devices Offer Skin Treatment Options
MISSION VIEJO, Calif., April 25 -- New laser and light-based technologies will offer treatment alternatives for diseases such as acne, psoriasis and actinic keratoses (AK) and will offer significant...
Army Orders DRS Infrared Detector Cooler Assemblies
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 25 -- DRS Technologies Inc. said it received a new order from the US Army to produce more than 400 long-life, one-watt linear cooler assemblies, which are critical components...
Advanced Photonix to Supply Avalanche Photodiodes for Retinal Imaging
CAMARILLO, Calif., April 25 --Advanced Photonix Inc. said it has booked a $395,000 follow-on order to provide its proprietary LAAPD cooled detectors to Optos PLC, Dunfermline, UK. The detectors are a...
Finisar Buying New Focus Passive Product Line
SUNNYVALE , Calif., April 25 -- Finisar Corp. has an agreement to purchase New Focus Inc.'s passive optical component product line from for $12.8 million. New Focus will receive an initial payment of...
II-VI Unveils European Distribution Joint Venture
PITTSBURGH, April 24 -- II-VI Inc. has reached an agreement with L.O.T.-Oriel Laser Optik Technologie Holding GmbH and L.O.T.-Oriel Laser Optik Technologie GmbH & Co. KG of Darmstadt, Germany, to...
Irvine Sensors to Demo Miniature Night-Vision Weapons Sight
COSTA MESA, Calif., April 24 -- Irvine Sensors Corp. will develop and demonstrate a miniaturized night-vision sight for infantry weapons that senses thermal radiation rather than low levels of light,...
Time Warner Cable Tampa Bay Chooses Quantum Bridge
Andover, Mass., April 24 -- Quantum Bridge Communications Inc., a developer of optical access networking solutions, announced that Time Warner Cable Tampa Bay Div. has selected the Quantum Bridge...
Meade Instruments and AirFiber Develop Free-Space Optics Subsystem
IRVINE, Calif. & SAN DIEGO, April 24 -- Meade Instruments Corp. and AirFiber Inc., developer of free-space optical equipment, have jointly developed Nashira, an optical subsystem designed for carrier...
Lucent to Provide DWDM Equipment to Verizon
MURRAY HILL, N.J., April 23 -- Lucent Technologies announced a three-year agreement with Verizon to expand the capacity of Verizon's regional interoffice core network throughout the US. Verizon has...
Network Photonics Claims First MEMS-Based Wavelength Switch
BOULDER, Colo., April 23 -- Network Photonics Inc. said it has developed the first commercially available MEMS-based wavelength switches. The CrossWave 1200 and the CrossWave 2200 all-optical...
3D Systems Defends Laser-Sintering Patent
VALENCIA, Calif., April 23 -- 3D Systems Corp. has filed court papers seeking injunctions defending its laser-sintering patent rights. An action was filed in Federal District Court in Texas against...
Micronic Sells Laser Pattern Generator to Photronics
TABY, Sweden, April 23 -- Micronic Laser Systems AB said Photronics Inc. has ordered a Sigma7000 series laser-pattern generator. The system will be used in the production of advanced semiconductor...
FDA Clears Nidek Digital Non-Mydriatic Fundus Camera
FREMONT, Calif., April 23 -- Nidek Inc. said the US Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance for Nidek's NM-1000 Digital Non-Mydriatic Fundus Camera. The Nidek NM-1000 can now be...
Digital Mammography Receives FDA Clearance
WAUKESHA, Wis., April 22 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of R2 Technology Inc.'s mammography CAD technology with GE Medical System's Senographe full-field digital...
European NanoBusiness Association Launched
BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 22 -- The European NanoBusiness Association was launched last week with the goal of ensuring that Europe's strong scientific base in nanotechnology is successfully translated...
One Equity Partners Buys Polaroid
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22 -- Polaroid Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase of substantially all of its domestic assets and businesses, and the common stock of...
Adept Technology Signs Preferred Photonics Partner
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 22 -- Adept Technology Inc., a manufacturer of flexible automation for the fiber optic, telecommunications and semiconductor industries, announced it has signed Modular...
Optical Communication Products Settles Patent Suit
CHATSWORTH, Calif., April 22 -- Optical Communication Products Inc. (OCP), a manufacturer of fiber optic subsystems and modules for metropolitan area networks and high-speed premises networks,...
Con Edison Communications Acquires Telergy NYC Metro Assets
NEW YORK, April 22 -- Con Edison Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison Inc., announced it has acquired Telergy Inc.'s network assets in the New York metropolitan area....
World Wide Packets to Provide Fiber in Provo
SPOKANE, Wash. & PROVO, Utah, April 19 -- World Wide Packets announced it will provide metro access network equipment to the city of Provo for a phased buildout to begin immediately. The first phase...
ADC Files Patent Suit Against PCI Technologies
MINNEAPOLIS, April 19 -- ADC Telecommunications has filed a patent infringement suit against PCI Technologies over US Patent No. 6,289,210 B1, which relates to an improved RF circuit module. The...
Metromedia Defaults on Debt
NEW YORK, April 19 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc., said Tuesday it had defaulted on $975 million in debt held by an affiliate of Verizon Communications Inc. Metromedia, which builds high-speed...
Agere, Multiplex Sign Cross-License Agreement and Settle Claims
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., April 19 -- Agere Systems Inc. and Multiplex Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into a patent cross-license agreement and that they have reached a settlement of all...
Lion Photonix, Micro System Technologies to Develop Lab-on-a-Chip Systems
ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, April 19 -- Lion Photonix Technologies BV and the business unit Micro System Technologies of 3T BV, both based in Enschede, The Netherlands, have joined forces to develop...
Royal Laser Tech to Combine With Rea International
TORONTO, April 19 --Royal Laser Tech Corp. has entered into an agreement whereby Royal Laser will acquire Rea International Inc. The transaction is valued at $200 million, comprised of $100 million...
Faro Laser Ships Trackers to Automaker
LAKE MARY, Fla., April 19 -- Faro Technologies Inc. said the first of its new generation laser trackers have been shipped to a major automotive manufacturer. Shipments are being increased this month...
NanoOpto Secures Additional $4 Million
SOMERSET, N.J., April 18 -- NanoOpto Corp., a spinout of Princeton University using propriety nano-optics and nanomanufacturing technology to develop components for optical networking, announced it...
Raytheon Receives $26 Million for TOW ITAS for Canada
McKINNEY, Texas, April 18 -- Raytheon Co. has received a $26.2 million contract for 75 tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile improved target acquisition system (ITAS) sets for...
ADVA Optical Networking and Fujitsu Sign OEM Agreement
MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany and RAMSEY, N.J., April 18 -- ADVA Optical Networking, a German proivder of optical networking solutions, announced a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM)...
OMM to Supply Switching Modules to Lumentis
SAN DIEGO, APRIL 18 -- OMM Inc., provider of MEMS-based all-optical switching modules, announced that Lumentis AB has incorporated its products into its Mentis 3000 Metro system. Using OMM's...
Alcatel Optronics and Multilink to Develop DWDM Transceivers
PARIS and SOMERSET, N.J., April 17 -- Alcatel Optronics, producer of opto-electronic components for telecommunications systems, and Multilink Technology Corp., provider of semiconductor-based...
Cox Communications Tests TeraBurst Switch
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 17 -- Cox Communications Inc. has completed testing of the TeraBurst OMS 2200 optical switch in San Diego. The successful test cleared the way for Cox to deploy TeraBurst's...
OptiSense Buys GasCam Instrument, Rights
WEST SUSSEX, England, April 17 -- OptiSense Ltd. has purchased the hardware and intellectual property rights to a portable FTIR spectrometer designed to be used as an industrial gas detection system....
Meade Instruments Supplies Components for Kodak Scientific Imaging System
IRVINE, Calif., April 17 -- Meade Instruments Corp. announced it is supplying key electronic and optical components for use in a digital imaging system designed and manufactured for the life sciences...
Elpida Orders GSI Lumonics Memory Processing Systems
KANATA, Ontario, April 16 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has received an order for M430 WaferRepair Systems from Elpida Memory Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer in Japan. Elpida selected the M430 to meet its...
Photodigm Receives $4.8M in New Financing
RICHARDSON, Texas, April 16 -- Photodigm Inc., a manufacturer of grating surface-emitting lasers, has received $4.8 million in new equity financing. This equity financing was provided by initial...
STMicroelectronics to Acquire Alcatel Microelectronics Business
GENEVA, April 16 -- STMicroelectronics will acquire Alcatel's Microelectronics activities for Euro 390 million. As part of their recent agreement, the two companies said they will jointly develop DSL...
Dominion Telecom Buys Networks From Telergy
RICHMOND, Va., April 16 -- Dominion Telecom Inc., an affiliate of Dominion that provides facilities-based broadband services, announced that on April 10 it closed on the purchase of the upstate New...
Alcatel Invests $9 Million In China Telecom-Focused VC Fund
SHANGHAI, April 15 -- Alcatel said it has invested $9 million in a telecom technology fund that will provide seed money for Chinese startups engaged in research and development of innovative...
Sunburst Masking Technique for 'Chirp' Gratings Patented
CHATSWORTH, Calif., April 15 -- Sabeus Photonics Inc., the technology leader in the design and manufacture of high-concept optical components, acknowledged it has been granted a US patent for a...
Spectranetics Meets Enrollment Target for LACI Phase 2 Study
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 15 -- The Spectranetics Corp. has reached the enrollment target of 137 registry patients in its LACI (laser angioplasty for critical limb ischemia) Phase 2 study, which...
Corning CEO to Leave, More Job Cuts Eyed
CORNING, NY, April 15 -- Corning Incorporated said President and CEO John Loose, 60 years old and a 38-year veteran with the company, will retire on April 25 and Chairman James Houghton, 66, will...
Alcatel Optronics, Multilink Technology to Develop DWDM Transceivers
PARIS, April 15 -- Alcatel Optronics and Multilink Technology Corp. have formed a partnership to jointly develop next generation transceivers. The companies said that the collaboration will result in...
Philips, BenQ Cooperate on Optical Storage
AMSTERDAM, April 15 -- Royal Philips Electronics NV said it had signed an agreement with Taiwanese handset and computer-component maker BenQ Corp. to develop optical storage data drives for the...
France, Italy Order InVision Explosive Detectors
NEWARK, Calif., April 12 -- InVision Technologies Inc. announced that France's Service Technique des Bases Aeriennes (STBA) and Italy's Aeroporto Palermo de Punta Raisi have ordered CTX 2500 and CTX...
Agilent Recognizes Carbon-Nanotube Pioneers
BRIGHTON, England, April 12 -- Four pioneers in the study of carbon nanotubes received Agilent Technologies' Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics at a recent...
Newport Corp. to Sell Metrology Business
IRVINE, Calif., April 12 -- Newport Corp. has announced its intent to sell the majority of its Industrial Metrology Systems Div. in two transactions with unrelated strategic buyers. In the first...
SurgiLight Founder Charged With Stock Fraud
ORLANDO, Fla., April 12 -- SurgiLight Inc., a developer of ophthalmic laser systems, said that J.T. Lin, the company's founder and a former director and officer, has been charged with securities...
New World to Expand Orbital Network
MIAMI, April 12 -- New World Network Ltd., the principal owner of the Americas Region Caribbean Optical-Ring System (ARCOS), has signed a contract to expand Colombian telecom company Orbitel's...
FLAG Telecom Files Bankruptcy
BERMUDA, April 12 -- FLAG Telecom announced today that it has filed for bankrupcty under Chapter 11 with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Certain subsidiaries of the...
Canadian DWDM Network Contract Goes to AT&T
TORONTO, April 11 -- AT&T Canada Inc. announced it has won a 4 1/2-year, $7 million contract to deploy a fully redundant optical dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) network to interconnect four...
Board Approves Flag Telecom Restructure Proposal
HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 11 -- Flag Telecom Holdings Ltd.'s board has approved a proposal for a restructuring that would pay all the company's creditors and equipment suppliers, while common equity...
Astronomers Anticipate Clues to Galactic Mystery
ITHACA, N.Y., April 11 -- With the recent delivery of the telescope and scientific instruments for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) -- the last of NASA's four great observatories -- to...
Cree Will Open Tokyo Office and Team With Sumitomo
DURHAM, N.C., April 11 -- Cree Inc. said it will open a Cree Japan office in Tokyo in June and that it has established a strategic partnership with Sumitomo Corp. Under the agreement, Cree will sell...
Chiropractic Board Approves Microlight Low-Level Laser Therapy
MISSOURI CITY, Texas, April 11 -- Microlight Corp. of America said the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners has determined that the Microlight 830 Low Level Laser is within the scope of chiropractic...
Virtek Vision Awarded $1.5M Joint Grant
WATERLOO, Ontario, April 10 -- Virtek Vision International Inc., developer of precision laser-based technology for the aerospace, metal fabrication, construction, biotechnology and glass industries,...
Timken to Commercialize Laser Ultrasonic Technology
CANTON, Ohio, April 10 -- The Timken Co. said it will make laser ultrasonic technology commercially available to steel manufacturers. The technology, a gauging system for manufacturing seamless steel...
Scan-Optics, Top Image Systems Set Teaming Agreement
MANCHESTER, Conn., April 10 -- Scan-Optics Inc. and Top Image Systems Ltd. have signed an agreement to market integrated solutions worldwide. Under the agreement, both companies will have access to...
Lasers Are Key To Future Chip-Processing Detective Work
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 10 -- Computer chip manufacturers could eventually save millions of dollars in downtime every year by using lasers to quickly identify and pinpoint the sources of...
Metromedia Fiber Announces Termination of Fiber Optic Agreements
NEW YORK, April 10 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has received notices from Verizon Global Networks and Genuity Solutions terminating its respective fiber optic agreements with MFN. These...
Lumentis, Santec Form Partnership
STOCKHOLM, April 10 -- Metro DWDM system provider Lumentis AB announced it has received $19 million in second-round funding and has formed a partnership with Santec, developer of DWDM system...
CompuCyte Restructures, Targets Automated Cell Analysis
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 9 -- CompuCyte Corp. has concluded a restructuring of its operations, allowing it to refocus on its successful line of laser scanning cytometers (LSCs). CompuCyte also...
InVision Technologies Orders More OSI Systems Pre-Scanners
HAWTHORNE, Calif., April 9 -- OSI Systems Inc. announced it has received $6 million in orders for electronic components and value-added assemblies for x-ray pre-scanners from InVision Technologies...
Nextrom Holding and Sysmelec to Share Photonics Know-How
GALS, Switzerland, April 9 -- Sysmelec, a Swiss optoelectronics component manufacturer, and Nextrom Holding, supplier of manufacturing solutions for optical fiber and fiber optic cable, have signed...
Nortel to Build Brisbane-Perth Network
SYDNEY, Australia, April 8 -- Nortel Networks has signed a five-year supply and services agreement with Optus for approximately $175 million to build a 10 gigabits-per-second, dense wavelength...
Alcatel Acquires Astral Point; Announces Overseas Ventures
DALLAS, April 8 -- Alcatel has completed its acquisition in shares of Astral Point Communications Inc., a privately held company in Chelmsford, Mass., that develops SONET technologies. Astral Point's...
Ball Aerospace to Study Spacecraft Cooling Technology
BOULDER, Colo., April 8 -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will participate in the study phase of the NASA Advanced Cryocooler Technology Development Program (ACTDP) contract to develop a 6...
Lumenis Approves Shareholder Rights Plan
Yokneam, ISRAEL, April 8 -- Lumenis Ltd. has approved a shareholder rights plan for a one-year period. "The board of directors determined the plan was a reasonable form of protection for shareholders...
ROHM To Buy 1.3M eMagin Shares
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y., & KYOTO, Japan, April 5 -- ROHM Co. Ltd. is purchasing about 1.3 million EMagin shares at 78 cents a share, as well as warrants to buy an additional 512,820 common shares at...
OFC Wraps Up Successful 2002 Conference
Washington, D.C., April 5 -- The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit (OFC), the premier conference and tradeshow dedicated to the fiber optics community, just wrapped up one of its...
Industry Associations Form Broadband Coalition
Washington, D.C., April 5 -- Six trade associations have formed the High Tech Broadband Coalition (HTBC) to advance new, last-mile broadband investment and deployment in the US. The group said it...
Fujitsu and JDS Uniphase Sign 40 Gb/s Agreement
OTTAWA, Canada and SAN JOSE, Calif. and YAMANASHI, Japan, April 4 -- Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd., Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor Inc., and JDS Uniphase Corp. have announced a multisource agreement...
White Radio Becomes Optelecom Distributor
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 4 -- Optelecom Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with White Radio, the Communication Services Div. of Cygnal Technologies Corp. of Canada. Edmund Ludwig, president and...
Optical Solutions Wins Kansas Last-Mile Fiber Contract
MINNEAPOLIS, April 4 -- Optical Solutions Inc. has been awarded a contract from Nex-Tech to overbuild the Northwestern Kansas town of Osborne with a direct fiber connection that will extend to...
Precision Optics Ships Autoclavable Endoscopes, Wins Orders for Stereo Endoscope
GARDNER, Mass., April 4 -- Precision Optics Corp. Inc. said it has shipped an initial production lot of its autoclavable endoscopes. The shipments are pursuant to a new strategic relationship with a...
Microvision Demos Ultralow-Power Scanning Technique
BOTHELL, Wash., April 4 -- Microvision said it has demonstrated for the first time an "ultralow-power" technique for scanning a beam of light to enable high-resolution electronic displays and imaging...
GSI Lumonics Wins Memory Processing Systems Order
KANATA, Ontario, April 3 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has received an order for M430 WaferRepair Systems from a semiconductor producer. The total value of this order is approximately $6 million. The system...
Sunrise Signs Bank Extension
FREMONT, Calif., April 3 -- Sunrise Technologies International Inc. has signed an extension with Silicon Valley Bank until Dec. 31. The extension of the repayment due date is subject to several...
Metromedia Fiber Defaults, Names New CEO
NEW YORK, April 2 -- Metromedia Fiber Network said it has defaulted on several notes and is in talks with debt holders about a possible restructuring. The company also named John W. Gerdelman as its...
Fairchild Semiconductor Acquires I-Cube
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, April 2 -- Fairchild Semiconductor International has acquired I-Cube Inc., a designer of cross-point switches employed in Internet infrastructure, data communications,...
UMC, Micronas Collaborate on Flat Panel Video Controller ICs
HSINCHU CITY, Taiwan, April 2 -- Germany-based IC developer Micronas and semiconductor foundry UMC reported the first-pass silicon success of the DPS 9450 video controller chip. The DPS 9450,...
Bushnell Files Lawsuit Against Laser Technology
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 1 -- Bushnell Performance Optics has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Johnson County alleging breach of contract by Laser Technology Inc. (LTI), of Englewood,...
NanoOpto Secures Additional $4 Million
SOMERSET, N.J., April 18 -- NanoOpto Corp., which is applying proprietary nano-optics and nanomanufacturing technology to design and manufacture components for optical networking, announced it has...
Melles Griot Continues to Take the Lead in Measurement Instruments
Irvine, California - Melles Griot announces the AlignMeter a new instrument that simultaneously measures laser beam position and angular displacement for beams up to 8 mm in diameter. Previously,...
Optelecom Awarded Fiber Optic Network Contract
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 1 -- Optelecom Inc. announced it has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Co. for the development of an onboard flight control system fiber-optic network. The contract work,...
Telia and Sonera to Merge
HELSINKI, Finland, April 1 -- The Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies Telia and Sonera have announced plans to merge. The combination of the companies will create the leading...
Latest News
Quintessent Closes $11.5M Seed Round
Mar 18, 2024
Photonics-Based Oscillator Provides Precise Signals on Compact Chip
Mar 18, 2024
Multicolor Photochromic Fibers Deliver Interactive Wearable Displays
Mar 15, 2024
DOE Unveils Quantum Lab; MICLEDI Completes Series A: Week in Brief: 3/15/24
Mar 15, 2024
Light-Beads Microscopy Reveals New Information About Brain Activity
Mar 14, 2024
Tokamak Energy Commits to Testing Laser Tech for Fusion Power Plants
Mar 14, 2024
Novel Frequency Comb Could Enable Smartphone Spectroscopy
Mar 13, 2024
Japan's Institute for Molecular Science Accelerates Quantum Computing Efforts
Mar 13, 2024
Optica Names 20 Recipients for 2024 Awards, Medals
Mar 12, 2024
Longview Fusion Energy Advance Toward Fusion Power Plant
Mar 12, 2024
Latest Products
CO2 Optics
Laser Research Optics
Microspectrometers
CRAIC Technologies
Corrosion and Weld Scanners
Evident
ToF Distance Sensors
Leuze electronic GmbH & Co. KG
Chip-on-Board Lights
Luminus Devices Inc.
Rugged HDR Camera
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
Laser Welding Packages
AMADA WELD TECH Inc.
O-Band Transceiver
Approved Networks
DPSS Laser
LumiSpot Tech
Erbium Fiber Laser
Menlo Systems GmbH
Explore Our Content
News
Features
Latest Products
Webinars
White Papers
All Things Photonics Podcast
Videos
Our Summits & Conferences
Industry Events
Bookstore
Join Our Community
Subscribe
Advertise
Become a member
Sign in
Contribute a Feature
Suggest a Webinar
Submit a Press Release
Mobile Apps
About Us
Our Company
Our Publications
Contact Us
Career Opportunities
Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
©2024 Photonics Media
100 West St.
Pittsfield, MA, 01201 USA
[email protected]
We use cookies to improve user experience and analyze our website traffic as stated in our
Privacy Policy
. By using this website, you agree to the use of
cookies
unless you have disabled them.