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Photonics.com - April 2005
News & Features
Flomerics Acquires MicReD
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 29 -- Flomerics, a thermal anaysis software developer, announced today the acquisition of MicReD (Microelectronics Research & Development Ltd.), a Hungarian company formed...
Fabrinet Acquiring JDS China Operations
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 -- Fabrinet, an engineering and electromechanical manufacturing services company, announced yesterday it will buy JDS Uniphase's manufacturing facilities in Fuzhou, China....
Superlens Opens Nano-Doors
BERKELEY, April 28 -- A superlens that can overcome a limitation that has constrained the resolution of optical images is being created at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). At...
Optifab Returns to Rochester
SEATTLE, Wash., April 27 -- A record 185 exhibitors, including 53 from New York, and approximately 1800 visitors are expected at Optifab 2005, to be held May 2-5 at the Rochester Riverside Convention...
Avanex to Operate in Thailand
FREMONT, Calif., April 27 -- Avanex Corp. announced this week it is restructuring its operations in France, opening an operations center in Thailand and making several changes to its executive team....
X-Rays Shine Light on HID Lamps
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 25 -- An x-ray technique developed by physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping to improve the design and energy efficiency of the...
Value-Centered Approach Urged for MEMS-Based Component Vendors
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 22 -- The slow rate of innovation in the recovering telecommunications market is restraining the rapid expansion of the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based components...
JDS Uniphase to Cut 850 Jobs
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 21 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. said it will reduce manufacturing positions by more than 15 percent (approximately 700, plus 150 support positions) by the end of the year in a move...
Spitzer Telescope Sees Signs of Alien Belt
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- NASA said its Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be the dusty spray of asteroids banging together in a belt that orbits a star like our sun. Its said the discovery...
'Overpowered' Laser Pointer Sales Prompt FDA Probe
PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 21 -- The FDA is zeroing in on "overpowered" laser pointers amid concerns about their potential to cause eye damage and aircraft disasters, at the same time that online...
Motorola to Supply Verizon FTTP Networks
NEW YORK and SCHAUMBURG, Ill., April 20 -- Verizon announced today it has awarded Motorola a five-year contract to supply equipment for its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. Verizon said...
SIA: Moore's Law Still Going Strong
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20 -- Despite some obstacles, Moore’s law can remain in effect for another 15 to 20 years, said the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). This week marks the 40th...
SIA: Moore's Law Still Going Strong
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20 -- Despite some obstacles, Moore’s law can remain in effect for another 15 to 20 years, said the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). This week marks the 40th...
Aculight Develops Fiber-Pumped OPO
BOTHELL, Wash., April 19 -- Aculight Corp., a manufacturer of laser technologies for industrial and government applications, said it has developed a novel fiber-pumped singly resonant optical...
Flir Awarded $13 M for UAV Sensors
PORTLAND, Ore., April 19 --Flir Systems Inc. announced today it has received a contract worth approximately $13 million to develop an advanced stabilized electro-optical infrared (IR) system for use...
'Innovator's' Author to Speak at Vision
TAUNTON, Mass., April 19 -- Author Clayton M. Christensen will discuss factors behind the nascent mobile video market as the keynote speaker at Vision 2005, sponsored by Kopin Corp., to be held April...
MEF Extols Carrier Ethernet Benefits
IRVINE, Calif., April 19 -- Business connectivity at tens of Gb/s and broadcast-quality video on demand are just two benefits we can expect from 'carrier Ethernet' -- the next major step in global...
Osram Delivers Prototype
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15 -- Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc. announced today it has reached the first milestone in a three-year, white organic light-emitting diode (OLED) project funded by the US...
Portable High-Resolution NMR Sensor Unveiled at Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif., April 15 -- Homeland security experts may soon be getting a valuable new tool for identifying the chemical constituents in suspicious substances. A portable device makes it...
ECI Acquires Chinese Optical Business
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, April 15 -- ECI Telecom announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the optical activities and technology of Eastern Communications Co. Inc. (Eastcom), of China,...
Finisar to Acquire I-Tech
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 15 -- Finisar Corp., a provider of fiber optic subsystems and network test and monitoring solutions, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire I-Tech Corp., a private...
IPG Installs First 17-kW Fiber Laser
BREMEN, Germany, April 13 -- IPG Laser GmbH installed what it says is the world's first 17-W fiber laser last month at the opening of the Test Center for Aluminum Alloy Welding (Centr-Al) at BIAS...
Corning Delivers Mirror Blanks
CORNING, N.Y., April 13 --Corning Inc. announced today the delivery of a 1.8-meter ULE (ultralow expansion) mirror blank to the Pan-STARRS project being coordinated by the University of Hawaii's...
NanoOpto Raises Additional $1 Million
SOMERSET, N.J., April 12 -- NanoOpto Corp., a developer of nanofabrication technology and design methods for optical components and systems, announced today that Itochu Corp. has invested $1 million...
Edmund Optics Launches 2nd China Facility in Shenzhen
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 12 -- Edmund Optics announced this week the opening of a second Chinese manufacturing location in the southern town of Shenzhen. This new 2400-square-foot facility will be...
Exar Buys Infineon Optical Networking Unit
FREMONT, Calif., April 8 -- Exar Corp., a Fremont, Calif., developer of analog and mixed-signal silicon technology for communications networks, has announced an agreement with Infineon Technologies...
Council to Promote Asia Broadband Access
SINGAPORE, April 8 -- A group of telecom, networking, infrastructure and communications companies have formed the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council Asia-Pacific to promote the extension of fiber...
BTI Photonic Systems Secures $2.5M
OTTAWA, April 8 -- BTI Photonic Systems Inc., a provider of metro edge systems that deliver new broadband services connectivity to service providers, announced it has secured US$2.5 million in...
Altair, Bateman Form Joint Venture
RENO, Nev., April 8 -- Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a Reno, Nev., maker of ceramic nanomaterial products, and Bateman Engineering BV, of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, have announced a joint venture,...
ITT Goggle Contract Worth $560M
ROANOKE, Va., April 8 -- ITT Industries Night Vision, a Roanoke, Va., subsidiary of ITT Industries Inc., announced it has recieved a contract award for enhanced night-vision goggles (ENVG) with a...
3 Awarded Agilent Europhysics Prize
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 7 -- The European Physical Society (EPS) has awarded the 2005 Agilent Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics, sponsored by Agilent...
UMass Acquires UV Laser System
FALL RIVER, Mass., April 7 -- The Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (ATMC) of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, recently acquired an IX-300 UV laser micromachining system from JP...
Defense Show Attendance Surpassed
SEATTLE, April 7 -- Attendance at the 2005 SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, held March 28-April 1 in Orlando, Fla., increased 11 percent from last year, to over 5400 delegates, and the exhibition...
OptoSigma Celebrates 10 Years
SANTA ANA, Calif., April 7 -- In conjunction with its tenth anniversay, OptoSigma said it is redesigning its Web site to include its entire new catalog of products and pricing. Both the Web site and...
Defense Symposium Attendance Surpassed
SEATTLE, April 7 -- Attendance at the 2005 SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, held March 28-April 1 in Orlando, Fla., increased 11 percent from last year, to over 5400 delegates, and the exhibition...
Dalsa Gets Parcel-Sorting Contracts
WATERLOO, Ontario, April 6 -- Dalsa Corp. announced it has received contracts to supply high-performance image sensor chips to two original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the parcel sorting...
TFS to Sell Display Assets
TEMPE, Ariz., April 5 -- Three-Five Systems Inc. (TFS) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its small form factor-display business to International Display Works Inc.,...
Fluorescence Reveals Salt in Fingerprints
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 4 -- University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a novel method to detect fingerprints based on the chemical elements present...
UA Optical Center Honors Innovators
TUCSON, Ariz., April 4 -- Michael Descour and James Wyant were honored at the second annual University of Arizona (UA) Technology Innovation Faculty Awards ceremony, held there last week. "Optics is...
Bookham Amends Nortel Agreement
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 4 -- Bookham Inc., a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, announced it has entered into an agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to amend the current supply...
NY Universities Awarded Tech Grants
ALBANY, April 4 -- Seven New York universities will receive more than $2.7 million in awards designed to bring high-tech innovations from the research lab to the marketplace and to spur the creation...
Laser Technique Detects Tumors Earlier
LOS ANGELES, April 1 -- A fast new laser technique has provided laboratory demonstrations of accurate, real-time, high-throughput identification of liver tumor cells at their earliest stages, and...
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FAP Diode Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 28, 2005 -- Coherent's newest fiber array package (FAP) diode lasers, now available at 940 nm and 980 nm, produce 40 W of CW power through an 800-µm fiber bundle, with a...
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Kinetic Mirror Mounts
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Kinematic mounts provide economical precision mounting of mirrors. The 100 TPI fine adjustment screws ensure smooth, accurate adjustment over the angular range. The firm spring...
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Squiggle Piezo Motors
VICTOR, N.Y., April 21 -- New Scale Technologies Inc., a Victor, N.Y.-based maker of miniature ceramic motors, announced it has created a Mobacam Division to make tiny piezoelectric motors that use...
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Geometry Scan Unit
TUSTIN, Calif., April 8 -- Polytec Inc., a maker of scanning laser vibrometers for noncontact, experimental modal analysis, has introduced what it says is the first geometry scan unit for the PSV-400...
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QE6500 Spectrometer
DUNEDIN, Fla., April 8 -- Ocean Optics has introduced its QE65000 spectrometer, a combination of detector, optical bench and electronics technologies that provides users with a remarkably sensitive...
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Proton Field Polisher
MORGANVILLE, N.J., April 1 -- Production performance is now available in field environments with Krell Technologies' Proton field polisher, designed for all field networks, including...
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Proton Field Polisher
MORGANVILLE, N.J., April 1 -- Production performance is now available in field environments with Krell Technologies' Proton field polisher, designed for all field networks, including...
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FAP Diode Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 28 -- Coherent's newest fiber array package (FAP) diode lasers, now available at 940 nm and 980 nm, produce 40 W of CW power through an 800-µm fiber bundle, with a...
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