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Photonics.com - November 2002
News & Features
Boeing Satellite Launch Date Set
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 29 -- A Boeing-built satellite that will increase NASA’s ability to provide clear communications in the busy radio environment of space is scheduled for launch on Dec. 4 from...
ESI Receives Samsung Order
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 28 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI) said it has received a multisystem order from Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. for its model 5430 ultraviolet (UV) laser Microvia...
FDA OKs GE Medical Systems Innova 4100
WAUKESHA, Wis., Nov. 28 -- GE Medical Systems announced it has received 510(k) market clearance from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the GE Innova 4100, a large-format digital flat panel...
The Foundry to Open Six European Centers
PARIS, Nov. 28 -- The Foundry Inc., a training, research and development facility, announced it will open six regional Micro Foundry (µ–Foundry) centers in Europe to train and redeploy professionals...
Kodak RSI Unit Helps Los Alamos Brain Researchers
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 27 -- Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory are using software developed by Eastman Kodak Co.'s Research Systems Inc. (RSI) unit to study the workings of the human...
Molecular Imaging Sheds Early Light on Disease
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 27 -- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are developing methods to track molecular events in the body to diagnose disease long before symptoms...
Infineon to Spin Off WDM Unit
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 26 -- Infineon Technologies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to spin off its fiber optic passive wavelength division multiplex (WDM) unit and its R&D in the WDM...
Companies Devise Tunable Laser Standard
PARIS, Nov. 26 -- Tunable laser providers Agility Communications, Alcatel Optronics and Bookham Technology announced today that they have developed a multisource agreement (MSA) for tunable laser...
Kopin Unveils New GaN Contact for Blue LEDs
TAUNTON, Mass., Nov. 25 -- Kopin Corp. has unveiled an ohmic contact technology on gallium nitride that exhibits low contact resistance and a high degree of stability. Kopin said this is the first...
Donation to Fund IR Telescope Study
ITHACA, N.Y., Nov. 25 -- Astronomy enthusiast Fred Young, a retired Racine, Wis. businessperson and a Cornell University alumnus, has donated $250, 000 for the study phase of a proposed infrared (IR)...
Lumera Secures $1M Government Contract
BOTHELL, Wash., Nov. 25 -- Optical networking components developer Lumera Corp., a subsidiary of Microvision Inc., announced it has been awarded a US government contract extension for about $1...
Asia Netcom to Buy Asia Global Crossing
HONG KONG, Nov. 22 -- Asia Global Crossing Ltd. announced this week that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its operations and assets to Asia Netcom, a new company...
L-3 Communications Acquires IMC
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- L-3 Communications announced yesterday that on Nov. 8, it acquired International Microwave Corp. (IMC), a provider of wireless communications, network support systems,...
ESI Installs SC Laser Equipment
SINGAPORE & PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21 --Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ECI) announced it has installed 300 mm laser semiconductor processing equipment in United Test and Assembly Center Ltd.'s...
NanoBusiness Alliance Appoints New Advisors
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The NanoBusiness Alliance has appointed new advisory board members: Hon. Robert Walker, of WexlerWalker, former chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Science;...
Tokyo Electron Limited to Open Albany R&D Site
ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 22 -- Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) will establish a $300 million research and development facility at the Albany Center of Excellence, creating more than 300 high-tech jobs in the...
Colibrys Completes Funding Round
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland, November 21 -- Colibrys SA, a European independent MEMS manufacturer, announced it has completed its second-round financing, raising a total of $10 million in venture capital...
Biophan Tests MRI Safe Shielding Technology
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 21 -- Biophan Technologies Inc. announced it has successfully tested a method for shielding implanted and interoperative medical devices against interference from magnetic...
Nature Museum Creates 3-D Imaging Center
OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 21 -- The Canadian Museum of Nature has signed an agreement with Arius3D Inc. to establish a center for 3-D imaging at the CMN's research and collections facility in Gatineau,...
Nortel Routers Enable Broadband in China Cities
BEIJING, Nov. 21 -- Nortel Networks announced it has deployed optical Ethernet solutions that enable the delivery of high-speed broadband services to Chinese customers in Beijing and in Qingdao, a...
Fibertech Completes New Haven Network
ROCHESTER, N.Y. & NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 20 -- Fibertech Networks LLC, a developer of metro-area dark fiber networks in mid-size US cities, announced it has completed its 165-route mile network in...
Srico to Develop AF Optical Component Technology
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20 -- Srico Inc. was awarded a $100,000 contract by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop high-speed optical waveguide components that combine a new materials...
Unexpected Discovery Could Yield Full-Spectrum Solar Cell
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 20 -- The band gap of the semiconductor indium nitride is not 2 electron volts (2 eV) as previously thought, but instead is a much lower 0.7 eV, according to researchers in the...
Chiaro Networks to Develop Cal IT OptIPuter
SAN DIEGO, Calif. and RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 19 -- The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-[IT]²) and Chiaro Networks have announced a partnership to develop...
Raytheon Delivers Track Illuminator Laser
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 19 -- Raytheon Co. has delivered a track illuminator laser (TILL) to Lockheed Martin for use in the US Air Force's airborne laser (ABL) missile defense program. The ABL TILL...
FAA Tests Laser Lights in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 18 -- Greatland Laser of Anchorage is working with the FAA to come up with a way to make the four yellow "hold lines" — the lines on runway taxiways that pilots are only...
US Robot Orders Increase
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 18 -- Robot orders in North American rose 11 percent in the first nine months of 2002, according to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA). Through September, RIA reported,...
Agilent, BU to Develop Photonics Lab
PALO ALTO, Calif. and BOSTON, Nov. 18 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. and the Photonics Center at Boston University (BU) have announced they will collaborate to develop BU's new Photonics Center...
Nokia to Supply Jiangsu Telecom Equipment
HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 15 -- Jiangsu Telecom and Nokia have signed a contract for the supply of ADSL equipment to enable Jiangsu to further expand its broadband DSL network. Considered one of...
Swedish Breakthrough in Solar Physics
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 15 -- The first results from the Swedish one-meter solar telescope on the Canary Island of La Palma were published in Nature this week and are described as a breakthrough in...
PerkinElmer to Market Newborn Screening System
BOSTON, Nov. 14 -- PerkinElmer Inc., the leading provider of solutions to newborn screening laboratories, said it is the first company to receive FDA 510(k) clearance to market a comprehensive...
DigiLens Finance Round Nets $4M
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 14 -- DigiLens Inc., which manufactures electro-optic components for communications, imaging and display applications, announced today a $4 million first closing of its...
US Broadband Access on the Rise
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14 -- Twenty-eight percent of US households connect to the Internet via a broadband connection, according to two surveys by Dataquest Inc. During the survey period, from...
Essex to Boost Annual Revenue by $3M
COLUMBIA, Md., November 14 -- Essex Corp. has hired 25 new employees to launch a Communications Services Div., the result of a new telecommunication services contract the company said will generate...
Cox, Nortel Make Supply Agreemnt
TORONTO, Nov. 13 -- Cox Communications Inc. has awarded Nortel Networks a three-year supply agreement estimated at approximately $65 million. Under the agreement, Cox will continue to use Nortel...
Calif. Technology Research Fund Established
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 -- ITU Ventures, a venture capital firm for technology businesses emerging from research institutions and universities, announced it is setting up a $40 million fund devoted to...
Cree, Nichia Make LED Agreement
DURHAM, N.C. and ANAN, Tokushima, Nov. 13 -- Cree Inc. and Nichia Corp., developers of nitride LED and laser technology, announced today that they have entered into a patent cross-license agreement...
Kodak Global Imaging Closes Citipix
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 13 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has announced it will close its Citipix business -- which provides aerial imagery to the geographic information systems community -- eliminating 140 jobs...
Berkeley Profs Cited for MRI Work
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 12 -- John Clarke and Alexander Pines, members of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Materials Sciences Div., were named research leaders in the category of general...
US, German Labs to Collaborate on X-Ray Lasers
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 12 -- The US Dept. of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and the German particle physics and synchrotron radiation laboratory Deutsches-Elektronen-Synchrotron...
3M to Buy Corning Precision Lens
MAPLEWOOD, Minn., Nov. 12 -- 3M Co. announced today it has agreed to pay $850 million in cash for Corning Precision Lens Inc., the largest worldwide manufacturer of lens systems for rear-projection...
Cassini Spacecraft Camera Sights Saturn
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 12 -- The Cassini imaging team has released a color composite image of Saturn and its moon, Titan, 20 months before the spacecraft arrives at the planet. The image shows...
Alcatel Awarded China Netcom Contract
PARIS, Nov. 12 -- Alcatel has won a contract to supply a new switching backbone network for China Netcom, one of China's two major fixed line operators. The $36 million contract was won through...
Nextron Closing Toronto Subsidiary
MORGES, Switzerland, Nov. 11 -- Nextrom Holding SA, a Switzerland-based supplier of manufacturing solutions and services to the fiber optic industry, said it will close its Toronto subsidiary, Ceeco...
Ball Aerospace Ships Satellite to NASA
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 11 -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced it has shipped its Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation satellite (ICESat) to NASA at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in...
Raytheon Wins Canadian Laser Bomb Contracts
TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 11 -- Raytheon Co. has been awarded two contracts worth a total of $17 million for Paveway II laser-guided bomb (LGB) components by the Canadian Dept. of National Defence (Public...
DRS to Produce Digital Imaging Systems
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 11 -- DRS Technologies Inc. has been awarded two new contracts to produce high-speed digital imaging systems for installation on US and Canadian combat aircraft. The company's...
High-School Students Attend Chip Camp
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 8 -- Students from high schools across Silicon Valley are finding out how ping pong balls and catapults are related, among other things, at a "chip camp" being held this week at...
FDA Clears Lumenis Surgical Laser
YOKNEAM, Israel, Nov. 8 -- Lumenis Ltd. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance for its application-guided pulsed CO2 laser, the UltraPulse SurgiTouch. Lumenis...
RapiTec Awarded Training Systems Contracts
HAWTHORNE, Calif., Nov. 8 -- RapiTec Inc., OSI Systems Inc.'s defense electronics subsidiary, has been awarded three subcontracts totaling $4 million to design, build and provide contractor logistic...
South Korea Expects Broadband Spending Increase
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 8 -- South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication said Wednesday that it estimates telecommunications companies in the country will invest 13.3 trillion won...
Nissho to Sell Primaxx Products
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 7 -- Nissho Iwai Mechatronics Corp. of Japan has signed an exclusive agreement with Primaxx to sell its liquid source misted chemical deposition (LSMCD) system, its vortex...
Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins Okayed
QUEENSBURY, N.Y., Nov. 7 -- An endovascular laser venous system (ELVS) has received FDA 510(k) clearance as a treatment for varicose veins, announced its manufacturer, AngioDynamics Inc., a...
StockerYale to Provide LED Illuminators
SALEM, N.H., Nov. 7 -- StockerYale Inc., a supplier of photonics-based products, announced it has been awarded an initial contract from Elsag spa, a Genova, Italy-based company, for custom designed,...
Laser Destroys Artillery Projectile in Flight
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- In what it called a defense industry breakthrough, the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command announced Tuesday that a laser successfully destroyed an artillery projectile in...
Corning to Expand LCD Glass Capacity
CORNING, N.Y., Nov. 6 -- Corning Inc. announced it will add melting and forming lines to its Taiwan plant to make it a fully integrated LCD glass manufacturing facility. Construction of the melting...
Kodak Sues Agfa For Patent Infringement
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 6 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has filed a lawsuit claiming that Agfa-Gevaert N.V., based in Mortsel, Belgium, is infringing Kodak patents related to specific medical x-ray film...
Photon Dynamics Acquires Intevac Business
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 6 -- Photon Dynamics Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of the rapid thermal processing (RTP) portion of the flat-panel display capital equipment business of...
Palomar Acquires Axsys Fiber Automation Division
VISTA, Calif., Nov. 6 -- Palomar Technologies, a manufacturer of automated high-precision assembly systems, has acquired the Fiber Automation Div. (FAD) of Axsys Technologies. The new organization,...
Infrared Sounder Producing Weather Data
NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 6 -- BAE SYSTEMS' atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS), launched May 2002 on board the Aqua earth-observing system (EOS), has completed engineering checkout and calibration...
Applied Materials to Reduce Work Force
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 5 -- Applied Materials Inc., supplier of products and services to the semiconductor industry, has announced it will reduce its global work force by approximately 1,750...
Essex Corp. Receives More Funding
COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 5 -- Essex Corp. announced it has received an additional $250,000 from Global Environment Fund (GEF), adding to a funding commitment of $1,500,000 for 2002 from its investor...
Laser Scan Can Detect Rheumatism Earlier
BERLIN, Nov. 4 -- German researchers are developing a technique for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis using laser light that they say takes only a few minutes to give a result and should pick up the...
Verrillon Buys ADC Photonic Components Group
NORTH GRAFTON, Mass., Nov. 4 -- Verrillon Inc. announced it has acquired ADC's passive photonic components business unit in Canberra, Australia, in association with the existing management team....
Data Translation 2003 Product Guide Available
MARLBORO, Mass., Nov. 1 -- Data Translation Inc. has released its latest catalog for PC-based data acquisition, imaging and machine-vision products. In addition to product features, technical...
LEDs Topic of Intertech Study
PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 1 -- Market researchers Intertech Corp. has begun a study to assess global market opportunities for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), to be completed in March 2003. It will include...
Alcatel to Provide Access Equipment
DALLAS, Nov. 1 -- NextGenTel has selected Alcatel to provide a managed portfolio of high-speed access equipment to offer nationwide broadband services to Norwegian residential and corporate users....
Riverstone to Supply Routers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 1 -- Telefonica de Espana will deploy Riverstone's RS family of routers as part of Spain's largest broadband network rollout. The nationwide deployment, known as eBA, or...
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