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Oerlikon Buys Exitech

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Oerlikon Corp. Ltd. of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, has acquired the technology, staff and equipment of Exitech Ltd. of Yarnton, UK. The former concern will use the British company’s knowledge and nano- and microlaser systems for scribing and other applications in its solar and wafer processing and optics business units.
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Published: January 2007
Glossary
nano
An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
photonics
The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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