http://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?TID=57 This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. As the use of electronic devices becomes increasingly pervasive, the future of displays will change considerably, shifting attention to the imaging po http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53926 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT GT Advanced Technologies has acquired substantially all of the business of Thermal Technology LLC of Santa Rosa, Calif., for purchase consideration of http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53911 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has released the Spirit ps 1040-10, an industrial-grade picosecond laser for precision micromachining applicat http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53906 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT CSEM SA, the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, has joined a €11.2 million (about $14.7 million) project to help commercialize fle http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53856 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Diode-based laser modules and LED systems maker ProPhotonix Ltd. will now offer Germany-based Osram Opto Semiconductors’ range of green and blue http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53837 Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The word "chaos" almost always has a negative connotation, but physicists say it can be a good thing — at least where light storage is concerned http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53827 Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT As part of his first official tour of Saxony, President Joachim Gauck of Germany visited the Technical University of Dresden and met with Novaled AG's http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53809 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Four Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants targeting advances in solid-state-lighting technology were announced Monday by the US Department http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53806 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT LED-equipped greenhouses can grow the same number of off-season tomatoes as those outfitted with traditional lighting, but using a lot less energy, a http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53779 Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The CLIP-NIR from Flir EOC is a military-qualified 830-nm illuminator/pointer that incorporates proprietary illumination array technology to deliver a http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53760 Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A new spectroscopy method takes advantage of a fundamental property of thin films – interference – and could help optical devices like LED http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53758 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz debuted its Concept GLA compact SUV at the Shanghai auto show this week. The vehicle's front headlights each feature a laser beam that c http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53725 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Some of the shortcomings of a traditional streetlight — light pollution, glare, wasted energy, and uneven illumination — could be http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53706 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Jenoptik Optical Systems and Phoenix Contact of Blomberg have partnered to develop intelligent glare-free LED machine lights. The collaboration is bas http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53703 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT BaySpec Inc.’s SuperGamut series benchtop spectrometers incorporate multiple spectrographs and detectors, an optional light source(s) and sampli http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53694 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Wolfgang Plank, the R&D project manager of electronics manufacturing services provider Escatec, was appointed head of the company’s MOEMS (m http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53693 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT By adding three elements to zinc oxide, researchers have solved a longstanding materials science puzzle: whether it is possible to create semiconducto http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53685 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Record bookings for materials processing — including the first large order for its 1-kW industrial fiber laser — helped Coherent http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53680 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The future looks bright for alternative lighting now that scientists have solved the mystery that causes LEDs to “droop” in efficiency at http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53666 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT LED lighting technologies manufacturer Bridgelux Inc. has announced that it will sell its gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) technology and relate http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53654 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT