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Webb Space Telescope’s ‘Backbone’ Completed
Manufacture of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a backplane support frame (BSF) that is the largest optically stable cryostructure ever built, is completed and ready for integration, project contractors Northrop Grumman Corp. and ATK reported last week. MORE >>
Probes Light Up Synaptic Structures that Store Memories
Microscopic probes that light up synapses in living neurons could give scientists insight into how these structures change when new memories are formed. MORE >>

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TowerJazz Moving into Commercial IR Market
Integrated circuit maker TowerJazz said Wednesday it will move into high-volume, commercial infrared wafer manufacturing and expand its presence in some consumer markets.
Fund Makes First Investment in Photonics Tech
A new venture capital fund has made its first round of investments in companies seeking to commercialize technology related to nanophotonics, metamaterials and quantum informa...
Light and Optical Atomic Coherence Entanglement Reported
A state-insensitive optical trap could prove promising for the development of quantum networking, researchers in Georgia have found.
BAE Delivers Laser Jammers, Receives $68M Contract
BAE Systems has completed initial deliveries of its Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) laser jammer systems ahead of schedule and has received a $68 million contract to pr...
Zeiss Acquiring Xradia
Optics and optoelectronics manufacturer Zeiss has announced that it will acquire 3-D x-ray microscope provider Xradia Inc. of Pleasanton and will rename it Carl Zeiss X-ray Mi...
3-D Maps of Blood Vessels in Brain Reveal Surprises
Blood vessels within a sensory area of a mouse’s brain loop and connect in unexpected ways, a new 3-D map has revealed. The findings could help scientists better explore what ...
Lynch Joins Headwall Photonics
Headwall Photonics Inc. is expanding into Europe and has hired Kevin Lynch as European sales manager to support customers and partners in the region.
QD Method Combines Best of Optical, Electron Microscopy
A fast, versatile and high-resolution technique that combines the best of optical and scanning electron microscopy could provide surface and subsurface viewing of features as ...
Space Photonics Nabs SBIR Contract
Space Photonics Inc. has partnered with Schott North America Inc. and Harris Corp. to further develop its LaserFire laser communications technology under a Phase II Small Busi...
Erupting ‘Nanovolcanoes’ For Drug Delivery
“Nanovolcanoes” carved out of a synthetic polymer with UV light can store and release precise amounts of materials, a feat suitable for drug-delivery technologies, its creator...
Visualant Closes $5M Funding Round
Light-based identification and diagnostics solutions provider Visualant Inc. has completed a funding round in excess of $5 million led by Special Situations Technology Funds o...
Brimrose Awarded 2 Army SBIR Awards
Brimrose Corp. has received two US Army contracts to develop chemical detection sensors based on imaging systems and quantum dots, the global photonics and high-technology com...


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CO2 Laser Lenses
Laser Research Optics, a division of Meller Optics Inc., is offering CO2 lenses and turning mirrors for engraving and marking lasers that are optimized for 10.6 µm. ...
TechSpec C-Mount Achromatic Pairs
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Flare Pulsed Laser
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IK-WB81A IP Video Camera
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1060-nm DFB Seed Laser
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The Measurement of High Optical Densities (up to 8 Abs) in the Near-Infrared
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