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Hyperspectral Imaging Gets Stamp of Approval for Food Processing A technology that evolved from the cloaked secrecy of military satellites and reconnaissance technol...	LEDs Lower Costs, Boost Crops Inside Greenhouses Cooler, longer-lasting and more wavelength-specific than incandescent bulbs, far-red LEDs will be th...
Modeling Improves Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers Developing active fiber devices based only on experimental tests is highly inefficient, often leadin...	FEL Pulses and Ultrafast Lasers Team Up to Explore New Frontiers Free-electron lasers are uniquely bright sources of extremely short x-ray pulses that can be combine...
Interferometer Keeps Optics Shop on Track Dynamic interferometry allows the National Optical Astronomy Observatory’s optics lab to avoid...

Elementary quantum network realized Two single-atom nodes have been used to send, receive and store quantum information using photons, a...	Superradiant laser holds bright promise A new “superradiant” laser that traps 1 million rubidium atoms into a 2-cm space between...
Plasmonic material bridges photonics, electronics gap A thin film of titanium nitride was coaxed into transporting plasmons, becoming the first nonmetal t...	Lasers find distant hidden explosives A new method of Raman spectroscopy uses laser light to detect chemicals inside a container from a di...
Cold atoms in an optical lattice simulate graphene The creation of a tunable system of ultracold atoms within a honeycomblike structure similar to that...	Laser built on a silicon chip A laser with a novel micro-loop mirror design fabricated on a silicon chip uses III-V semiconductor ...
Many-body system beats computer in simulating quantum dynamics A recent experiment has shown that a many-body system of ultracold atoms can be used as a quantum si...	Laser mixing generates multifrequency light A groundbreaking laser mixing technique can manipulate electron-hole collisions to create many frequ...
Thermal cloak hides heat In a new approach to invisibility cloaking, French researchers propose isolating or cloaking objects...

Innovate responsibly to weather tough economic times Leveraging sales and customer data, exploring innovative engineering and manufacturing techniques, a...	Convention contest shines light on Israeli startups Small Israeli startups with technologies for retinal imaging, 3-D wavefront analysis and particle an...
Fabrinet Contracts for Transceivers OneChip Photonics of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has selected Fabrinet as the contract manufacturer for...	Companies Expand Partnership Hamilton Thorne Ltd. of Beverly, Mass., a provider of laser devices and imaging systems for the fert...
Luxtera, STMicroelectronics Join Forces STMicroelectronics of Geneva has announced an agreement with Luxtera Inc. to produce silicon complem...	GigOptix Books $1.8M Order GigOptix Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has secured a $1.8 million purchase order for its 100G Mach-Zehnd...
Quarles Named CEO B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc. of Redmond, Wash., has named current president and chief operating office...	Laser Targeting System Is Soldier Bound London-based BAE Systems received a $23 million contract from the US Army to provide lightweight han...
Block MEMS Garners SBIR Contract Block MEMS LLC has received a US Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II enhancement...	Company Grows in Latin America Ocean Optics of Dunedin, Fla., has appointed Marcio Siqueira as regional sales manager for Brazil. B...
Zecotek Files Patent Suit Zecotek Imaging Systems Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Zecotek Photonics Inc. of Richmond, British Columb...	OKI Develops Light Source Telecommunications company OKI Electric Industry of Tokyo has announced its development of a quantum...
REO Names President, CEO Photonics industry veteran Paul Kelly has been appointed president and CEO of REO of Boulder, Colo.,...	Phone Microscope Accessory Developed A pocket-size accessory that turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope can ac...
Imra, Disco Collaborate Femtosecond fiber laser manufacturer Imra America Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., a subsidiary of Aisin Se...	Companies to Build 3-D Microscopy System Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. of Irvine, Calif., and ISee3D Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Cana...
Stockholders OK UTC Buyout Goodrich Corp. shareholders have approved the acquisition of Goodrich by United Technologies Corp. (...	Riber, Imec Extend Collaboration Molecular beam epitaxy supplier Riber SA of Bezons, France, and R&D company imec of Louvain, Bel...
JK Lasers Appoints Manager Michael Haase has been appointed JK Lasers’ new German sales manager to support its growing Ge...	UC-Boulder Technique Optioned The University of Colorado at Boulder has completed an exclusive option agreement with Double Helix ...
Global Lighting Association Formed To represent the more than 5000 lighting manufacturers and $50 billion in annual sales, the global l...	Novaled Registers for IPO Novaled AG of Dresden, Germany, has filed a Form F-1 registration statement with the US Securities a...
Laser Research Lab Opened In France, ultrafast laser specialist Amplitude Systèmes of Bordeaux and Laboratoire Charles ...	Oclaro Outsourcing Operations Optical communications and laser components provider Oclaro Inc. of San Jose, Calif., is outsourcing...
Company Signs Distributors Laser diode manufacturer Laser Operations LLC of Sylmar, Calif., has expanded its sales organization...	$1M Endoscope Order Received Optical instruments maker Precision Optics Corp. Inc. of Gardner, Mass., has announced a $1 million ...
Excelitas Expands Harlid Capacity In response to the growing demand for protection against laser designation and ranging systems, opto...	Hamamatsu to Resell Visiopharm Products Visiopharm of Hørsholm, Denmark, and Hamamatsu of Hamamatsu City, Japan, have announced a non...
Lee Named EPIC Director General Carlos Lee has been appointed director general of the Paris-based EPIC, the European Photonics Indus...	Modulight Receives Contract Laser manufacturer Modulight Inc. of Tampere, Finland, has designed, integrated and CE-certified an ...
RPO Officially Opens Facility Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) of Henrietta, N.Y., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 11 to cele...	Emcore Secures Solar Panels Contract Emcore Corp. has been awarded a $6 million, two-year contract by Ball Aerospace & Technologies C...
Power Technology Appoints Distributor To expand its business and to serve its growing customer base in Israel, Power Technology Inc. of Li...	Corning to Acquire Labware Unit Specialty glass and ceramics manufacturer Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., plans to buy the majority o...
EOS Files Patent Suit Laser-sintering systems manufacturer EOS of Krailling, Germany, filed a patent lawsuit March 5 again...	Space Systems/Loral, NASA Collaborate Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) of Palo Alto, Calif., will partner with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight...
Norman Edmund Inspiration Award Launched Optical components manufacturer Edmund Optics of Barrington, N.J., has established the Norman Edmund...	Illumitex Secures Funding, Hires CEO LED maker Illumitex Inc. of Austin, Texas, has secured an additional $9.3 million in funding to deve...
Companies Ink Display Engine Agreements Projection display technology company MicroVision Inc. of Redmond, Wash., has signed definitive agre...

Spinach may hold key to understanding photosynthesis Photosynthesis is vital to the continued survival of life on Earth because it produces most of Earth...	“Sweet spot” could help bring organic solar cells to market A better fundamental understanding of how to optimize performance in organic solar cells could bring...
Ultrathin solar cells for stretchable applications An ultrathin flexible organic solar cell less than 2 µm thick could have implications for the ...

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