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Photonics.com - July 2005
News & Features
Aculight Demos 1-MW Fiber Amp
BOTHELL, Wash., July 28 -- Aculight Corp., a developer of laser technologies, has demonstrated a 1-megawatt peak-power pulsed fiber amplifier with diffraction-limited beam quality and narrow...
E2V Technologies Buys Gresham
CHELMSFORD, England, July 28 -- E2V technologies plc announced it has acquired Gresham Scientific Instruments Ltd. for approximately 5.1 million euros. Gresham, based near High Wycombe, is an...
Fluorescing Lab Worms Signal Longer Life Spans
BOULDER, Colo., July 28 -- University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) scientists have used a fluorescent marker to predict the individual life spans of identical worms that were genetically...
NP Photonics Nets $5 Million
TUCSON, Ariz., July 26 -- NP Photonics Inc. (NP), a supplier of single-frequency fiber lasers for optical sensing applications in the oil and gas, security-military, medical imaging and research...
OIDA Reports Optoelectronics Growth
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- 2004 was one of the strongest years for the optoelectronics market in the past decade, according to the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA). Its seventh...
Melles Griot to Distribute LMC Products
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 25 -- Melles Griot, a supplier of optical components and systems, and Coherent Inc., a provider of photonics-based technology to the commercial and scientific research markets,...
Blimp Used to Test Space Technology
BALTIMORE, Md., July 22 -- Using a 17-foot-long helium-filled blimp, four propellers and sophisticated electronics, three Johns Hopkins University undergraduates have built a model airship that will...
ADC to Acquire Fons
MINNEAPOLIS, July 22 -- ADC announced today it will acquire Fiber Optic Network Solutions (Fons) Corp., a manufacturer of high-performance passive optical components and fiber optic cable packaging,...
Picarro, Stanford Share License
SUNNVALE, Calif., June 21 -- Picarro Inc., a provider of photonic technology for life sciences, environmental monitoring and industrial process control markets, said it has reached an agreement with...
Picarro, Stanford Extend License
SUNNVALE, Calif., June 21 -- Picarro Inc., a provider of photonic technology for life sciences, environmental monitoring and industrial process control markets, said it has reached an agreement with...
Cranfield Delivers Telescope Optics
CRANFIELD, England, June 20 -- Cranfield University has delivered an initial set of spectrometer optics for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the Hubble Telescope's successor, as part of a project...
Photonics Fabrication Facility Ships Wafers
OTTAWA, July 20 -- The National Research Council's (NRC) newly opened Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) made its first significant shipment of photonic wafers to a laser manufacturer five...
Kodak to Cut 15,000 More Jobs
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 20 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced today it plans to cut as many as 10,000 more jobs worldwide and to reduce manufacturing to approximately $1 billion, compared with $2.9 billion...
Fabrication Facility Ships Wafers
OTTAWA, July 20 -- The National Research Council's (NRC) newly opened Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) made its first significant shipment of photonic wafers to a laser manufacturer five...
Redfern Investor Round Nets $6.2M
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 15 -- Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. (RIO), a maker of low-cost, high-performance optical transmitters for the telecommunications and data transmission markets, announced it...
Danaher to Acquire Leica Microsystems
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Danaher Corp., a Washington-based maker of professional instrumentation, industrial technologies, and tools and components, signed a definitive agreement this month to purchase...
X-Ray Oscillations Provide Clues to Neutron Stars
SAN DIEGO, July 15 -- A gigantic explosion on a neutron star halfway across the Milky Way galaxy, the largest such explosion ever recorded in the universe, should allow astronomers for the first time...
Europe, US to Study Cosmic Rays
ARLINGTON, Va., July 14 -- Scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the European Commission of the European Union have announced a new initiative -- called CRONUS, for cosmic-ray...
Bell Canada, Nortel Launch Rural Project
CHAPLEAU, Ontario, July 14 -- Bell Canada and Nortel, and the town of Chapleau, Ontario, today launched Project Chapleau, an initiative to research the impact of advanced technology on rural and...
Iran Launches Fiber Network
TEHRAN, July 12 -- President Khatami, speaking here Monday at an inauguration ceremony for Iran's national fiber optic network, said the project is a pivotal point of a digitized Silk Road, the...
Labsphere Funds SPIE Scholarship
NORTH SUTTON, N.H., July 12 -- Marc Burrell, a student of bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas, is this year's recipient of the DJ Lovell Scholarship, awarded by SPIE (the...
Fitel Laser Aboard Discovery
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., July 12 -- NASA's space shuttle Discovery will rely on a new laser camera system (LCS) equipped with a Fitel laser to inspect the shuttle's exterior for surface damage sustained...
Honeywell to Invest in Nanotech
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 11 -- Honeywell announced today it will invest at least $5 million over five years in equipment and research at Albany NanoTech, a New York State center for nanotechnology....
Honeywell Investing in Albany NanoTech
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 11 -- Honeywell announced today it will invest at least $5 million over five years in equipment and research at Albany NanoTech, a New York State center for nanotechnology....
Sponge Fibers Reveal Unique Structural Properties
MURRAY HILL, N.J., July 8 -- Natural "optical fibers" that grow at the base of a tropical sea sponge also have unique structural properties that can teach engineers and architects a lot about...
Boston Scientific Invests in Biophan
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 7 -- Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. announced last week it will buy a stake in Henrietta-based Biophan Technologies Inc., purchasing $5 million worth of the...
Blue PHOLED Advance Announced
EWING, N.J., July 7 -- Universal Display Corp., a developer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology for flat panel displays, lighting and other optoelectronic applications, said it has...
Automation Consortium Assembled
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich., July 7, 2005--Kuka Robotics Corp., a maker of industrial robots, announced it has joined forces with five other automation companies to develop new flexible manufacturing...
Rep. Olver Visits Headwall Photonics
FITCHBURG, Mass., July 7 -- US Rep. John Olver (D, MA) visited Headwall Photonics Tuesday to view an example of high-technology enterprises that are replacing traditional manufacturing in this...
NeoPhotonics, Photon Technology Merge
SAN JOSE, Calif. & SHENZHEN, China, July 6 --NeoPhotonics Corp. a San Jose-based supplier of planar lightwave circuit modules for optical networking applications, announced today the completion...
Southampton Startup Develops IR Fiber
SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 1 -- A startup incubated at the University of Southampton's SETsquared Centre is developing optical glass fibers that transmit infrared (IR) light that cannot be...
Nanodynamics Unveils Expansion Plans
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 1 -- Nanotechnology company NanoDynamics Inc. has unveiled expansion plans for its Buffalo and Pittsburgh operations and is receiving incentives from New York state and...
Cranfield Delivers Telescopes Optics
CRANFIELD, England, June 20 -- Cranfield University has delivered an initial set of spectrometer optics for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the Hubble Telescope's successor, as part of a project...
Sharper Focus for Soft X-Rays
BERKELEY, Calif., July 1 -- Progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology depends not only on examining the surfaces of things but on seeing deep inside biological organisms and material structures to...
Products
New Pulse Measurement System
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 27 -- Keithley Instruments Inc. has introduced pulse generation and measurement in its 4200-SCS semiconductor characterization system with a PIV (pulse I-V) package that it says enables better measurements and faster time-to-market for researchers working with high-k (high dielectric constant) materials, thermally sensitive devices and advanced memory chips. The company said...
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Vibration Isolation Products
Minus K Technology produces ultrahigh-performance passive vibration isolators. Our growing list of users includes many of the world’s leading manufacturers of SPMs, micro-hardness testers, profilers...
Minus K Technology Inc.
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Polarizing Beamsplitter
Rainbow Research Optics Inc. offers high-power polarizing beamsplitter cubes with an extinction ratio greater than 1000:1, with Tp > 98 percent, for a 60-nm bandwidth in the near-infrared and high...
Rainbow Research Optics LLC
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Polarizing Beamsplitter
DENVER, Colo., July 22 -- Rainbow Research Optics Inc.'s high-power polarizing beamsplitter cubes have an extinction ratio greater than 1000:1, with Tp > 98 percent, for a 60-nm bandwidth in the...
Rainbow Research Optics LLC
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SLMS-1000 and SLMS-2000
NORTH SUTTON, N.H., July 20 -- Labsphere Inc., a maker of light measurement technology, has released its SLMS-1000 and SLMS-2000 integrating sphere spectral lamp measurement systems. Each SLMS...
Labsphere Inc.
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SLMS-4000, SLMS-6500 and SLMS-7600
NORTH SUTTON, N.H., July 20 -- Labsphere Inc., a maker of light measurement technology, has released a new line of integrating sphere spectral lamp measurement systems that includes the SLMS-4000,...
Labsphere Inc.
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High-res Imaging Fiber Optics
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass., July 15 -- Schott North America Inc. is offering new high-resolution fiber optic faceplates and tapers based on technology that is the result of two years of research and...
SCHOTT North America Inc.
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Scientific Infrared Cameras
BOSTON, July 15 -- Flir Systems has added its high-performance scientific infrared (IR) cameras to its IR camera rental offerings, providing scientists and R&D professionals even easier access to...
FLIR Systems
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PhaseCam 4010 Interferometer System
TUCSON, Ariz., March 15 -- 4D Technology's PhaseCam 4010 is a high-performance, dynamic Tywman Green interferometer system that offers twice the spatial sampling of its original PhaseCam. Unlike...
4D Technology Corporation
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Nanoresolution Parallel and Serial Kinematic Robotic Stages
ALIO's 3-axis tripod and 6-axis hexapod robotic systems promise to revolutionize the manufacturing processes of products requiring nanometer resolution and repeatability. The parallel kinematic...
ALIO Industries LLC
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EPP2000-UVN-SR High-Performance Wide Range SpectroRadiometer
StellarNet has announced a new high-performance, broadband spectrometer for the 200- to 1100-nm range. The optics include a UV-enhanced, 2048-pixel CCD detector with a special composite grating that...
StellarNet Inc.
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Fomux Fiber Optic Multiplexer Accessory for Spectrometers
StellarNet has announced a new high-performance optical switching accessory for its family of fiber optic spectrometers, the Fomux. The standard unit includes 3 single-strand fiber optic input...
StellarNet Inc.
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TracePro Illumination Design and Analysis Software
The latest release of award-winning TracePro 3.3 by Lambda Research Corp. provides powerful design and analysis capability with algorithms such as RepTile, polarization modeling, thermal variation...
Lambda Research Corp.
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DLR Series Direct Diode Systems
OXFORD, Mass., July 8 -- IPG Photonics Corp. has introduced a reliable, efficient line of direct diode systems operating at the 900 to 1000 nm spectral range and capable of delivering more than 1 kW...
IPG Photonics Corporation
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1/20 Wave Precision Tech Spec Optical Flat Mirrors
BARRINGTON, N.J., July 7 -- Edmund Optics announced it is offering new 1/20 Wave TECH SPE optical flat mirrors, which are made with optical fused silica for extra thermal stability and are available...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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DLR Series Direct Diode Systems
OXFORD, Mass., July 8 -- IPG Photonics Corp. has introduced a reliable, efficient line of direct diode systems operating at the 900 to 1000 nm spectral range and capable of delivering more than 1 kW...
IPG Photonics Corporation
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High-res Imaging Fiber Optics
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass., July 15 -- Schott North America Inc. is offering new high-resolution fiber optic faceplates and tapers based on technology that is the result of two years of research and...
SCHOTT North America Inc.
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New Pulse Measurement System
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 27 -- Keithley Instruments Inc. has introduced pulse generation and measurement in its 4200-SCS semiconductor characterization system with a PIV (pulse I-V) package that it says...
Keithley Instruments Inc.
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Fiber Optic Video Products
NEWARK, Del., July 1 -- Fiber optic video transmission products available from Versitron enable secure linking of remote video cameras to a monitoring location. Send a video signal over fiber...
Versitron Inc.
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