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Photonics.com - August 1999
News & Features
New Satellite Tools Sharpen Hurricane Images
MADISON, Wis., Aug 31 -- In an attempt to improve current early warning systems, forecasters across the US are using new visualization tools to examine in detail the anatomy of typhoons and hurricanes. What we're doing is fusing together images through the use of multiple satellites, says Chris Velden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison tropical cyclone researcher. Each satellite has its own view...
Palomar Moving to New Facility
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 31 -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. is moving to from Lexington to Burlington, Mass. Under our new agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), their researchers...
Chandra Delivers First Images
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug 30 -- The Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA's newest and most powerful x-ray telescope, has delivered its first images. Chandra produced an enhanced view of the Cassiopeia A...
Laser Scanning System Aids in Correcting Myopia, Astigmatism
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 -- A new excimer laser system employing a flying spot effectively corrects low to moderate nearsightedness and astigmatism, according to a report in the journal of the American...
Kollmorgen Names Head of Industrial, Commercial Group
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 30 -- Kollmorgen Corp. has elected Willy L. Verbrugghe corporate vice president and president of the company's Industrial and Commercial Group. The group includes Kollmorgen's...
Fujifilm Reports Breakthroughin Miniature Aspherical Lens
ELMSFORD, N.Y., Aug. 27 -- Fuji Photo Film USA Inc. announced that it has developed the world's smallest all-glass aspherical lens for use in digital cameras. The company will employ a new...
Orbotech Wins $2.2 Million Order from PWC
YAVNE, Israel, Aug. 27 -- Orbotech Ltd. has received a $2.2 million order for automated optical inspection systems from PWC, a circuit board manufacturer based in Taiwan. Commenting on the order,...
Philips Display Unit Names CFO for Joint Venture
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 27 -- Philips Flat Display Systems (FDS) has appointed Ron Wirahadiraksa senior executive vice president, CFO, and joint representative director of LG.Philips LCD, the joint...
AT&T to Buy Brazilian Telecom Company
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- AT&T has agreed to buy the telecommunications company Netstream, based in Brazil. AT&T plans to initially invest $300 million in Netstream, which provides high-speed voice,...
Candela Revenue, Profits Set Records
WAYLAND, Mass., Aug. 26 -- Candela Corp. announced that revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1999 rose to a record $18.7 million, while earnings hit a record $3.3 million, or 50 cents...
Space Imaging Establishes South American Presence
DENVER, Aug. 26 -- Space Imaging has created a wholly owned subsidiary, Space Imaging Latin America, to receive and process satellite imagery collected by the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites...
Corning Multimode Fiber Transmits at Gigabit Ethernet Speeds
CORNING, N.Y., Aug. 25 -- Corning Inc. reports that its InfiniCor multimode fiber has transmitted over 3000 m at Gigabit Ethernet speeds in the 850-nm window. Corning says that the demonstration of...
University of Rhode Island Gets Laser Prototyping System
KINGSTON, R.I., Aug. 25 -- DTM Corp. has installed a new laser Sinterstation 2500plus system at the University of Rhode Island's Rapid Manufacturing Center (URIRMC). The university plans to use this...
OCLI, Subsidiaries Report Earnings Gains
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Aug. 25 -- Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. announced that revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 1999 totaled $89.9 million, an increase of 33 percent over third quarter...
Congress Ponders Cuts in R&D Programs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- When the US Congress returns from its August recess, it will face a number of proposals for fiscal 2000 that would cut federal support of research and development programs,...
Fibernet to Boost Capacity with CIENA DWDM Systems
LONDON, Aug. 24 -- CIENA Corp. and Fibernet Group plc announced the deployment of CIENA's dense wavelength division multiplexing optical transport equipment in Fibernet's TANet UK nationwide fiber...
NASA Partners with Alabamaon Science, Technology Center
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug 24 -- A new National Space Science and Technology Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has come a step closer to fruition. Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has endorsed the...
Sandia Develops Long-Range Remote Gas Sensor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 23 -- The US Department of Energy's Sandia Laboratories are developing a tiny remote sensor that relies on optics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to detect dangerous...
Spire Receives $6 Million from Utility for Solar Power
BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 23 -- Spire Corp. has entered into an agreement to provide $6 million worth of solar electric (photovoltaic) systems to Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago over the next 30...
Premier Laser Reports First Quarter Results
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 23 -- Premier Laser Systems Inc. announced unaudited results for the quarter ended June 30, 1999. Sales during the quarter grew to $3.7 million, an increase of 6.8 percent...
OCLI Unit to Supply Pigment for Chinese Currency
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Aug. 20 -- Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Flex Products Inc., has entered into a series of agreements with the China Banknote Printing and Minting...
IRIS Reports Revenue Growth in Second Quarter
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 20 -- International Remote Imaging Systems Inc. said that renewed sales growth helped drive revenues up 10 percent during its second quarter ended June 30, 1999. Revenues of...
Laser Photonics Raises $9.3 Million in Private Offering
CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 20 -- Laser Photonics Inc. has completed a private sale of restricted common stock. Company shares were offered at $4.50 per share to institutional and accredited investors...
Alcatel Wins South American Cable Loop Contract
PARIS, August 19 -- Alcatel has won a $700 million contract to supply dense wavelength-division multiplexing technology for a new high-capacity undersea network around South America. The contract...
Applied Materials Reports Increased Quarter Earnings
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug 19 -- Applied Materials Inc. reported a fivefold surge in its third-quarter earnings, which it attributed to the ongoing recovery of the semiconductor industry. For the...
Philips Components NamesOptical Storage Group Chairman
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Aug. 19 -- Philips Components, a division of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, has named Hein van der Zeeuw chairman and CEO of its optical storage business...
Biolase Reports Record Second Quarter Sales
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 18 -- Biolase Technology Inc. announced sales of $1,406,255 for the three months ended June 30, 1999, a significant increase from last year's sales of $236,087 for...
CoreTek Opens Optical Network Components Facility
WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 18 -- CoreTek has opened a 33,000 square foot facility to produce tunable components for use in optical networks. The full process facility includes production grade...
Three-Five Systems Acquires S-Vision Microdisplay Technology
TEMPE, Ariz., August 17 -- Three-Five Systems Inc. has finalized an agreement with S-Vision Inc. to acquire the rights to S-Vision's XGA microdisplay technology, including its microdisplay imager...
Agilent Plans to Raise $100 Million with IPO
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 17 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. seeks to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. Agilent, a manufacturer of test equipment and semiconductor and optical...
Advanced Photonix Reports First Quarter Results
CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug. 16 -- Advanced Photonix Inc. reported revenues of $1.5 million for the three months ended June 27, 1999, a decrease of 22 percent from the $2.0 million recorded during...
AMP, Pirelli Sign Fiber Optic Marketing Agreement
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 16 -- AMP Inc. and Pirelli Cables and Systems North America have formed an alliance that will make AMP the single-source provider of Pirelli fiber optic cable for the US...
II-VI Reports Record Revenues for Quarter, Fiscal Year
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13 -- II-VI Inc. announced record revenues of $61,750,000 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999. Net earnings for the year were $5,463,000, or $0.84 per diluted share....
Planar Names New VP and Managing Director
BEAVERTON, Ore., Aug. 13 -- Planar Systems Inc. has named Kimmo Karhunen vice president of the flat-panel display manufacturer's components group and managing director of operations in Finland....
FiberNet to Build Chrysler Center's SONET Infrastructure
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 -- FiberNet Telecom Group Inc. has entered into exclusive agreements to build and operate a broadband fiber optic transmission network within the Chrysler Center, which is currently...
PRC Acquires Lee Laser
LANDING, N.J., Aug. 12 -- PRC Laser has acquired Lee Laser Inc. of Orlando, Fla. Lee Laser is the largest independent OEM supplier of lamp and diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers in the US. The company will...
Lucent, Imation to Develop Holographic Storage Technology
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Aug. 12 -- Lucent Technologies and Imation Corp. have agreed to collaborate on developing proprietary holographic data storage technology for the enterprise storage market. Recent...
Boeing Begins Assembling Airborne Laser Flying Platform
EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 12 -- An industry team led by Boeing has commenced assembly of the first airborne laser flying platform, the 747-400 Freighter, at Boeing's assembly plant in Everett, Wash. The...
LaserSight Announces Second Quarter 1999 Results
WINTER PARK, Fla., Aug. 11 -- LaserSight Inc. reported results of $5.3 million in technology-related and total revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 1999, an increase of approximately 8...
Imaging Technique May Show Alzheimer's Progression
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 11 -- A team of scientists at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine is working to develop a non-invasive method to image plaque deposits in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's...
Deutsche Telekom to Buy Britain's One2One
BERLIN, Aug. 10 -- Deutsche Telekom will buy the British mobile phone company One2One in a deal valued at $11.1 billion. Deutsche Telekom's Ron Sommer said the One2One purchase would strengthen the...
LightPath Technologies Completes $1 Million Private Placement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 10 -- LightPath Technologies Inc. announced the completion of a $1 million private placement of convertible debentures and attached warrants. Fahnestock & Co. Inc. of New York...
RVSI Gets $4.7 Million Order for Semiconductor Equipment
CANTON, Mass., Aug. 10 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. has received orders from two customers for its newest semiconductor lead scanning and taping systems. The orders, valued at $4.7 million, were...
Metromedia Fiber Launches Optical Networks
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has launched intracity dark fiber networks in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C. Dark fiber networks are comprised of...
Laser Treatment Eases Swallowing and Breathing
CHICAGO, Aug. 9 -- Surgeons at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center are treating patients unable to breath or swallow as a result of cancerous tumors in their esophagi or lungs with a laser...
FLIR Wins Navy, Marine Corps Contracts
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 9 -- FLIR Systems Inc. has been awarded a $12.0 million contract to supply the US Navy with 61 thermal imaging systems, dubbed MarFLIR, for the Navy's maritime applications. The...
Raytheon Wins $44.8 Million Army Contract
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 6 -- Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $44.8 million full rate production contract by the US Army for its Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) Improved Target...
Dynasil Announces Third Quarter Results
WEST BERLIN, N.J., Aug. 6 -- Dynasil Corp. has announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1999. Revenues for the three-month period were $751,927, a decrease of 25 percent from...
SDL, Alcatel Finish Testing Undersea Modules
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 6 -- SDL Inc. and Alcatel have completed a joint test of the performance and reliability of grating-stabilized 980 nm pump modules used to pump amplifiers for undersea...
Planar Wins Army Contract for Microdisplays
BEAVERTON, Ore., Aug. 5 -- Planar Systems Inc. has been awarded a multi-year development contract by the US Army Communications - Electronics Command of Ft. Monmouth, N.J., to develop a new family of...
Elbit Systems Reports Second Quarter Increase
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 5 -- Elbit Systems Ltd. said revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 1999, were $104.0 million, compared with $100.3 million for the same period in 1998. Net income for the...
Mitsui to Market Three-Five Systems' Microdisplays
TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 4 -- Three-Five Systems Inc. and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Japan have finalized an agreement under which Mitsui will handle marketing, sales and distribution in Japan for Three-Five...
FiberCore Sets Record Results, Anticipates Growth
CHARLTON, Mass., Aug. 4 -- FiberCore, Inc. announced record sales for the first six months of 1999 and said that it expects to see continued growth during the second half of the year. Sales for the...
Scan-Optics to Acquire Agissar Corp.
MANCHESTER, Conn., Aug. 3 -- Scan-Optics Inc. has reached an agreement in principle to acquire 100 percent of the stock in Agissar Corp. for an undisclosed amount. James C. Mavel, president, CEO and...
National Science Board Names 5 New NSF Centers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The National Science Board has approved five new National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers. Each center will enter into a five-year cooperative agreement with...
Keck Foundation Gives $110 Million to USC
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 -- The University of Southern California has received a gift of $110 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation, the largest gift ever contributed to a medical school. USC has...
EDO Reports 19 Percent Revenue Increase
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 -- EDO Corp. announced that revenue for the second quarter ended June 26, 1999, was $27,768,000, an increase of 19 percent over last year's figure of $23,397,000 for the same...
Raytheon Wins $34 Million Navy Spares Contract
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 2 -- Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $34 million contract to provide the US Navy with spares for helicopter infrared laser detecting-ranging-tracking systems. The contract --...
Cell Robotics Patent for Laser-Mediated PCR Allowed
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 2 -- Cell Robotics International Inc. reports that the US Patent Office has allowed a fundamental physics patent for the performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using...
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