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Jun 1, 2013 — The Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company Solar3D Inc. has filed a patent application in China to protect the design and fabrication of its next-generation 3-D solar cells. The company’s solar cell design traps sunlight inside microphotovoltaic structures, where photons bounce around until they are converted into electrons, resulting in high efficiency and light collection throughout the day. Initial tests using the proof-of-concept prototype proved encouraging, the company said. It will...
The Road from R&D to Commercialization
Jun 1, 2013 — Technology transfer programs in the US and abroad are champions to entrepreneurship, offering an effective model of how to turn ideas and innovation in photonics into commercial success. When US legislators formed NASA in the late 1950s,...
Sumitomo Exec Joins Visualant Board
SEATTLE, April 26, 2013 — Ichiro Takesako, a Sumitomo Precision Products (SPP) Co. Ltd. executive, has joined the board of directors at Visualant Inc. His appointment fills one of the vacancies created by the recent resignations of directors Dr. Masahiro Kawahata and...
MicroVision Adds to Executive Team
REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2013 — MicroVision Inc., a manufacturer of ultraminiature projection display technology, has appointed two industry veterans with a combined total of more than 50 years’ experience to its executive team.
MicroVision Inks Development Deal with OEM
REDMOND, Wash., April 4, 2013 — MicroVision has entered into a development agreement with an undisclosed global electronics company to incorporate its PicoP display technology into a display engine that could enable a variety of new products.
Cognex Sues Microscan for Patent Infringement
NATICK, Mass., April 3, 2013 — Cognex Corp. announced Tuesday that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microscan Systems Inc. in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Cognex alleges that Microscan’s Mobile Hawk, a handheld product used...
QDs Boost Protein Pinpointing in Cancer Cells
SEATTLE, March 20, 2013 — Understanding a single cell at its molecular level could better aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The development of a quantum dot color-coding method that illuminates 100 biomarkers in a single cell could do just that, boosting the...
EUV Milestone Reported at Lithography Conference
SAN JOSE, Calif., and BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 7, 2013 — A significant milestone in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography was reported last week at SPIE Advanced Lithography 2013 in San Jose. The event, which drew more than 2200 attendees, ran Feb. 24-28.
OSA Recognizes Chu as Advocate of Optics
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 — US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is The Optical Society’s 2013 Advocate of Optics. He was recognized at a reception as part of OSA’s annual two-day Leadership Conference in Washington.
Prism Awards Honor Innovations in Photonics
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2013 — An early-stage diagnostic tool for skin cancers, a portable device to test for toxins in water and food, and a versatile laser capable of meeting multiple industrial needs were among 10 winners of the 2013 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation...
nLight Expands Fiber Laser Development Team
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 22, 2013 — nLight Corp. has expanded its fiber laser development team with the appointment of Dahv Kliner as director of fiber laser product development.
IBM Laser Technologists Honored by President Obama
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2012 — A team of three IBM scientists will receive the US National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama for the development of excimer lasers for medical use.
Silicon Photonics Panel Returns to Photonics West
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 21, 2012 — Silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuit technology will be discussed by a panel of five industry leaders at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco in February.
SPIE Urges Leaders to Avoid Fiscal Cliff, Support Science
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 12, 2012 — What do we want? A bipartisan plan to avoid the fiscal cliff that also supports science and education. When do we want it? Now.
CSA Group Acquires Orb Optronix
TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2012 — CSA Group has acquired Orb Optronix of Kirkland, Wash., to provide LED and lighting metrology testing and certification services to global lighting manufacturers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
High-Growth Markets Focus of Photonics West Panel
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 7, 2012 — Reducing energy consumption in homes, businesses and data centers and providing efficient renewable energy sources to high-growth markets for sustainable photonics technologies will be discussed by a panel of five industry leaders at SPIE Photonics...
People In The News
Nov 1, 2012 — Electronic design automation company Synopsys Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has announced the 2012 winners of the annual Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition for students: Anthony Visconti, Brett Sternfield and Josh Walters....
Microvision CFO Resigns
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 9, 2012 — Jeff Wilson has resigned as chief financial officer of MicroVision Inc., the projection display technology company announced.
Steward Joins Orb Optronix
KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 25, 2012 — Former Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Manager Heidi Steward has been named director of sales and marketing at Orb Optronix.
Alvis Joins B.E. Meyers & Co.
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 20, 2012 — Optoelectronic device manufacturer B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc. has appointed Michael Alvis as vice president of business development.
Plasma’s potential for photolithography pursued
SEATTLE – Work over the past decade to harness the energy-generating mechanism of the sun has yielded bright high-energy light needed to etch smaller microchips. The microchip industry now uses 193-nm UV light, which cannot etch circuits any smaller than...
SPIE’s 2013 Officers Announced
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 23, 2012 — The director of an optical research center in Japan, a chief scientist for a provider of advanced technology systems to the semiconductor industry, and a senior optical physicist who works on the James Webb Space Telescope were all recently elected...
eMagin Wins $2.4M OLED Microdisplay Contract
BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 3, 2012 — eMagin Corp. has received a $2.4 million US Navy contract for the research and development of a high-brightness 2000 x 2000-pixel OLED microdisplay.
Light Brigade Names VP
Aug 1, 2012 — The Light Brigade, a fiber optic training provider, has appointed Dario De Paolis as its vice president and general manager, responsible for strategic development and management of worldwide operations. He has served as director of worldwide sales...
Matter waves conjured in Schrödinger’s hat
SEATTLE – An amplifier devised to boost light, sound or other waves while hiding them inside an invisible container could lead to the construction of a quantum microscope that captures quantum waves and monitors electronic processes on computer chips. The...
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