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Mergers, Acquisitions and More It sure has been a busy year for photonics companies as they dig further and further out from the ec...	New Materials Build Better Organic Photodetectors Organic photodetectors are destined to enhance numerous sectors ranging from industrial markets for ...
Silicon Emits the Light Fantastic (with Help) Silicon may be mighty in electronics, but it’s puny in photonics – so far. Researchers h...	Transformation Optics Bends all the Rules From invisibility cloaks to hyperlenses, and photovoltaic concentrators to superresolution microscop...
Keeping the Oil Out: Protecting Industrial Facilities with Fluorescence Detection From Hurricane Katrina’s shutdown of oil refineries in the American South to the tsunami-induc...	Ones to Watch IEEE Photonics Society Awards The Young Investigator Award honors an individual who has made out...
In Your Own Words Our salary survey has a lot of facts and figures for you to digest, but we also wanted to find out s...	2011 Employment Satisfaction & Salary Survey   Salary* by primary focus of work   ...

Perfect, shallow laser welds make better car bodies The corrosion problems encountered on galvanized car bodies could be a thing of the past thanks to a...	Nanoscale technique designed for MS diagnosis A new nanoscopic imaging technique may lead to experimental methods for early detection and diagnosi...
Math accelerates simulations of thin-film growth A mathematical approach that accelerates the complex computer calculations used to simulate the form...	Superstable laser shines in minivan test Think of the jounces you sometimes feel when riding in a car or a van. Now imagine taking a laser on...
Nanoscale waveguides created for next-gen communication The first true hybrid plasmon polariton nanoscale waveguides for next-generation on-chip optical com...	Gold nanoantenna enhances plasmonic sensing The first reported experimental demonstration of antenna-enhanced gas sensing at the single-particle...
Stamping technique enables cheaper nanodevices A simple technique for stamping patterns invisible to the human eye onto a special class of nanomate...	3-D crystal mapping gets a resolution boost A newly developed technique for three-dimensional mapping of crystal structures provides resolution ...
Strobe eyewear training may improve vision in athletes Strobelike eyewear designed to train the vision of athletes may have positive effects, including imp...	Robotic navigation aids the visually impaired A robot vision-based mobility aid that was shown a year ago is now being further developed to help t...
Optical cloaking achieved in visible spectrum The Karlsruhe invisibility cloak has been refined so that it is now effective in the visible spectra...	Solar sheet sucks up sunlight A flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light is slated to hit the co...
Sensor chirps to sniff out trace gases A new “chirping” sensor developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...	Efficient time-reversed light pulses developed Physicists have taken advantage of the properties of periodic systems to efficiently time-reverse ul...

Technical prowess is finely crafted in Northern Ireland A hundred years ago, construction of the HMS Titanic was completed, and the proud citizens of Belfas...	Chipmaker Buys TAOS Analog integrated circuit supplier austriamicrosystems AG of Unterpremstaetten, Austria, announced i...
Boston Micromachines Wins Contracts Boston Micromachines Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., has been awarded $1.2 million in contracts for space...	Patent Suit Filed Against LED Makers The CAO Group Inc. of West Jordan, Utah, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against eight LED m...
Fibertek Secures NASA Contract Fibertek of Herndon, Va., has been selected by NASA to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver ...	Ford Invests in Robotic Laser Inspection Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company, based in Dearborn, Mich., is investing approximately $10...
IBM, ETH Zurich Open Nanotech Center IBM Based in Armonk, N.Y., and ETH Zurich, a science and engineering university in Switzerland, have ope...	Volume Up for PIC-Based Modules Based in San Jose, Calif., NeoPhotonics Corp., a suppler of photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based ...
Lambda to Distribute for opsira Light measurement metrology equipment supplier opsira GmbH of Weingarten, Germany, has appointed 792...	Upbeat Mood at Laser Conference Laser World of Photonics 2011, a laser and photonics trade fair and congress held in Munich, Germany...
Rofin-Sinar Expands in Finland Laser beam source and laser-based solutions manufacturer Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. has acquired ...	Donation Partnership Formed The OSA Foundation in Washington has announced a fiscal sponsorship agreement with the International...
Company Garners X-Ray Contract In New Jersey, Princeton Security Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Princeton Gamma-Te...	Raytheon Wins US Air Force Contract Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., has received a contract from the US Air Force to produce the first a...
GT Solar Receives $460M Order GT Solar International Inc. of Merrimack, N.H., has received a $460.4 million order for its advanced...

Solar inverter sets efficiency record After the solar generator, the inverter is the next most important component in a grid-linked photov...

XFEL Facility Pushes Laser Research in Japan	SACLA Hits New Milestone
Earthquake impact reverses NanoJapan plans	Almost-100-kg sapphire crystal grown in China
Eavesdropper demonstrates loophole in secure communications	Taiwan predicts LED turnover of $6.8 billion in 2012
LED makers wage patent war	Tessera Files Complaint
Zecotek Granted 3-D Display Patent	Excelitas Opens LED Center in China
Edwards Opens Factory in South Korea	Ames, KITECH to Partner
Sharp Forecasts Profit in Solar, LCD Panels

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