November 2012 Features
Laser Revascularization Method Could Help Where Bypasses Can’t
Transmyocardial laser revascularization fell somewhat out of favor in the 1990s, but recent developm...
Probes Watch Your Heart Skip a Beat
Fluorescence enables optical mapping of cardiac arrhythmias While many cases of cardiac arrhythmi...
Choose the Right Light Source
As fluorescence microscopy advances, excitation light source selection becomes more important &ndash...
Opportunities Abound in Biological Spectroscopy
The market is expanding as the technology continues to develop, according to industry insiders. S...
RapidScan
$1M gift supports online laser eye surgery education
Laser vision correction pioneer Dr. Charles R. Munnerlyn and his wife have donated $1 million to adv...
Tornado Medical Systems
Tornado Medical Systems of Ithaca, N.Y., and Arjae Spectral Enterprises of Toronto, have merged into...
Biolase Inc.
Dental laser manufacturer Biolase Inc. of Irvine, Calif., has sold 20,000 of its WaterLase systems. ...
Schneider Optics Inc.
Schneider Optics Inc. Vice President Stuart Singer has been appointed a senior member of SPIE for hi...
Precision Optics Corp. Inc.
Precision Optics Corp. Inc. of Gardner, Mass., will sell stock shares to investors to raise approxim...
Abrisa Technologies
Blake Fennell has joined optical company Abrisa Technologies of Santa Paula, Calif., as president an...
Schott North America Inc.
Schott North America Inc. has selected nine apprentices for a pilot program at its Duryea, Pa., faci...
Vixar Inc.
Optoelectronic components and subassemblies supplier Vixar Inc. of Plymouth, Minn., will demonstrate...
The Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL)
The Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL), a center for photonics science and techn...
Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH
Industrial laser maker Z-Laser Optoelektronik GmbH of Freiburg, Germany, has announced its new CEO, ...
Materion Microelectronics & Services
Materion Microelectronics & Services has opened a facility in Mesa del Sol, N.M., that provides ...
Flir Systems Inc.
Flir Systems Inc. has received a $26.3 million contract to provide the US Navy with advanced imaging...
e2v
Imaging products manufacturer e2v of Chelmsford, UK, will provide Japan’s SPring-8 Angstrom Co...
Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing Div.
Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing Div. has received a $13 million order from a US cu...
Inrad Optics Inc.
Amy Eskilson is the new president and CEO of Inrad Optics Inc. of Northvale, N.J. She replaces Joe R...
Orb Optronix
Heidi Steward has been hired as director of sales and marketing at Orb Optronix of Kirkland, Wash. S...
Rice University
Professor Tomasz Tkaczyk of Rice University in Houston has been named winner of the 2012 Norman Edmu...
Veeco Instruments Inc.
John R. Peeler, CEO of Veeco Instruments Inc., has joined the IPG Photonics Corp. board of directors...
BioScan
Laser beams paint in 3-D
Like an artist meticulously placing colors on a canvas, lasers could someday precisely place molecul...
Whispering gallery sensor detects single viruses
An ultrasensitive, whispering-gallery-inspired biosensor has set a record, identifying the smallest ...
Light-activated muscles to give robots humanlike reflexes
Genetically engineered muscle tissue that flexes in response to light could one day be incorporated ...
Spectroscopy optimizes fluorescent probes for DNA studies
Time-resolved spectroscopy plus careful calculations can optimize photoluminescent probes for studyi...
Merging microscopy methods sharpens brain imaging
Combining the best features of two microscopy methods yields images 100 percent sharper than those a...
Microscope addresses the need for speed
A technology used in projectors can create a high-resolution image 100 times faster than conventiona...
‘Magic carpet’ maps mobility
Fiber optics could be the key to keeping people with mobility problems on their feet. A new &ldq...
Technique expands range of x-ray research
“This is the future of how we will visualize structure of surfaces and interface structures in...
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