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Photonics.com - September 2006
Research & Technology
Minister Announces £7M West Midlands Technology Boost
British government Industry and Regions Minister Margaret Hodge today announced a multimillion pound project in the West Midlands to unleash the commercial potential of cutting-edge micro and nanotechnology. The project, Materials Solutions, has been set up with a £5 million grant from the Department of Trade and Industry and a further £2 million from the Advantage West Midlands regional...
News & Features
AT&T Reportedly To Cut Hundreds of US Tech Jobs
A week after AT&T announced it would end outsourcing of customer service to offshore providers, Information Week reported today that the company is planning to dramatically increase its use of India-based labor, at the expense of possibly hundreds of US tech jobs. According to the article, anonymous sources said AT&T is expanding its relationship with Indian outsourcer Tech Mahindra,...
New Lithography Method Creates Molecule-Sized Images
Ever since the invention of the first scanning probe microscope in 1981, researchers have believed the powerful tool would someday be used for the nanofabrication and nanopatterning of surfaces in a...
LED Market, Technology Focus of Conference
The seventh annual international conference and exhibition Light Emitting Diodes 2006 will feature more than 25 expert speakers, 10 presentations on end-use applications and a panel discussion as...
Laser Method Unveils Ultrafast Photochemical Reactions
Researchers have made a fundamental advance in understanding how different environments affect chemical reactions by devising a novel way to observe ultrafast photochemical reactions -- reactions...
Andor Camera Helps Astronomers Find Planets
Digital camera maker Andor Technology has played a central role in some exciting new discoveries in the world of astronomy. A team of UK, French and Swiss astronomers, including staff from Queen's...
Intel Develops Terascale Research Chips
Intel Corp. unveiled details this week of its terascale research prototype silicon, including the development of the world’s first programmable processor said to deliver 1 trillion floating...
Former Apple Execs Buy Wafer Foundry for $260M
Apple Computer Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and two other former Apple executives have acquired privately held wafer foundry Jazz Semiconductor Inc. for $260 million in cash. Wozniak, former...
Laser Provides New Insight into Human Brain
In a finding that may offer clues about Parkinson's disease, a team of researchers used a sophisticated laser system and a photoelectron emission microscope to gain evidence that a dark brown pigment...
Image Fusion 2007 Summit to Explore Defense Technologies
Image Fusion 2007 will examine how the military and industry are evolving their operations and systems and will also bring attendees up-to-date on key sensor technologies such as image...
Quantum Encryption Codes Sent Over Record Distances
Using an innovative sensor for detecting single photons, the smallest particles of light, scientists have set two significant distance records for distributing "keys" (or codes) for quantum...
3-D Scan Illuminates Mona Lisa
The most important scientific study ever done of Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of the Mona Lisa has been completed, the National Research Council of Canada and the Centre de recherche et de...
Molecules Take Step Toward Use as Quantum Bits
By creating an optical lattice out of several superimposed laser beams, physicists have succeeded in arranging and keeping molecules in a regular array, an important step toward creating a state in...
Hot Flies Produce Cool Results
Using multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, researchers have for the first time watched chromosomes change form to activate their genes to synthesize key proteins in fruit fly cells. The advance could...
Survey Finds Weirdest Type-Ia Supernova Yet
Startling evidence that there is more than one kind of Type Ia supernova -- a class of exploding stars which until now has been regarded as essentially uniform in all important respects -- has been...
Mouse Colon Closeup Eclipses Competition
Paul Appleton, a researcher from the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Dundee in Scotland, took top honors in Nikon's 2006 Small World Photomicrography Competition for...
Essex to Acquire Adaptive Optics for $40M
Essex Corp., a provider of advanced signal, image, information processing, information assurance and cyber-security solutions, primarily for government intelligence and defense customers, announced...
Artificial Cornea is in Sight
A novel biomimetic material -- a hydrogel or polymer that holds a lot of water -- is finding its way into artificial corneas and may promise a new view for at least 10 million people worldwide who...
Scientists Seek to Tame Tricky Carbon Nanotubes
Scientists are theorizing they may be able to manipulate carbon nanotubes -- one of the strongest known materials and one of the trickiest to work with -- without destroying their extraordinary...
2006 MacArthur Fellows Announced
A deep-sea explorer and biologist who specializes in bioluminescence and a theoretical astrophysicist who analyzes faint signatures of the Big Bang to piece together the early history of the cosmos...
Hybrid Silicon Laser Chip That Emits, Guides Light Developed
Researchers announced today that they have, for the first time, combined the light-emitting properties of indium phosphide with the light-routing capabilities of silicon into a single hybrid chip,...
New 'Superlens' Reveals Hidden Nanostructures
In a development that could enhance near-field microscopy, a 'superlens' made of a thin film of silicon carbide sandwiched between two layers of silicon oxide has enabled the first direct near-field...
Double Qdots Control Kondo Effect
Two quantum dots connected by wires could help scientists better control the Kondo effect in experiments and could lead to a better understanding of structures such as superconductors, according to a...
Sugar-Cube-Sized Video Projector Created
Researchers have overcome traditional obstacles and created a video projector no larger than a sugar cube. Instead of the conventional microarrays, it contains just a single mirror which can be...
New Technology, Products on Display at Optics East 2006
Optics East 2006, the only comprehensive optics event on the East Coast, will host the researchers and the research behind many of the current breakthroughs in nanotechnology, biology,...
Near-IR Imaging Could Help Detect, Treat Breast Cancer
A near-infrared imaging technique being developed could have a significant impact on the way doctors detect, diagnose and treat breast cancer. Called optical coherence tomography, the new...
Alis Acquired by Carl Zeiss SMT
Carl Zeiss SMT AG this week closed its acquisition of Peabody, Mass.-based Alis Corp., a nanotechnology startup developing scanning ion microscopes and imaging systems. Specific terms of the deal...
Laser's Particle Analog Demonstrated
Particle acceleration by stimulated emission of radiation (PASER), a sort of particle analog of the laser process, has been demonstrated for the first time by a team of physicists, according to the...
Intel Sells Optical Components Biz for $115M
Intel Corp. announced yesterday it has sold its optical network components business to Cortina Systems Inc. for approximately $115 million. The transaction closed on Friday after completing...
Organic Semiconductors Make Flexible Photovoltaics, LEDs
A new type of organic semiconductor device which shows electroluminescence and acts as a photovoltaic cell could be used to create displays on cloth or paper, possibly leading to the making of...
Scientist Honored for 'Spintronic' Microchips
A scientist who has shown that magnetic microchips can store hundreds of gigabytes of information has won a European science-to-business award for both his work and his plan to commercialize the...
Optofluidic Microscope Invented
The old optical microscopes that everyone used in high school biology class may be a step closer to the glass heap. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have announced their...
New Optics Firm Formed
A new precision optics company has been formed by two industry vets, according to the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster (RRPC). "Between the two of them, Jeff Luksich and Mike Wiederhold have...
Dynasil to Acquire EMF Corp.
Dynasil Corp. of America announced it will acquire all the stock of Ithaca, N.Y.-based Evaporated Metal Films (EMF) Corp. for an undisclosed amount of cash. Dynasil manufactures optical blanks...
UMaryland, NIST and NSA Create Joint Quantum Institute
Officials from the University of Maryland, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency today announced the creation of a joint...
Bruker AXS Acquires Metals Analysis Company
Bruker AXS GmbH today announced that it has acquired privately-held Quantron GmbH from its founders. The stock purchase agreement was signed and the transaction closed simultaneously on Wednesday....
Cheap, Quiet, Portable MRI Successfully Tested
The term MRI often conjures up images of a huge, heavy, doughnut-shaped machine in a hospital's special treatment room that costs a lot of money and makes a lot of noise. But researchers are looking...
Plastic, Crystal-Based Solar Cells Being Developed
A University of Queensland researcher is developing ways to make the next generation of solar cells made out of plastics and microscopic crystals instead of silicon. UQ master of physics student...
Genetix to Acquire Applied Imaging for $18M
Applied Imaging Corp., a supplier of automated imaging and image analysis systems, announced that it will be acquired by Genetix Group plc., the UK-based cell biology, proteomics and genomics health...
BAE Systems To Buy National Sensor For $8.7M
Defense and aerospace company BAE Systems Inc. announced today it will buy National Sensor Systems (NSS) for $8.7 million in cash. NSS, a privately held company based in Acton, Mass., specializes...
Minister Announces £7M West Midlands Technology Boost
British government Industry and Regions Minister Margaret Hodge today announced a multimillion pound project in the West Midlands to unleash the commercial potential of cutting-edge micro and...
Engineers Unveil Plasmonic Laser Antenna
Engineers and applied scientists have demonstrated a new photonic device with a wide range of potential commercial applications, including higher density DVDs, more powerful microscopes and novel...
Gold Nanoparticles Prove to be Hot Stuff
Gold nanoparticles are highly efficient and sensitive handles for biological molecules being manipulated and tracked by lasers, but they also can heat up fast -- by tens of degrees in just a few...
Biological Switch Created from Spinach Molecule
Scientists have transformed a spinach molecule of chlorophyll-a into a complex biological switch that has possible future applications for green energy, technology and medicine. The study offers...
'Strange Quark' Reveals Its Secrets
An international group of physicists has been able to uncover information about one of the universe's most mysterious particles, the strange quark. Their work will serve as a foundation for new...
PerkinElmer Acquires Avalon Instruments
PerkinElmer Inc., a health sciences and photonics business, today announced the acquisition of Avalon Instruments Ltd. of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed....
NeoPhotonics Buys BeamExpress
NeoPhotonics, a global supplier of fiber-optic component and module solutions for long haul, metro and fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) networks, announced today it is acquiring BeamExpress Inc. of Sunnyvale,...
Flextronics to Acquire LCD Maker IDW
Electronics manufacturing services provider Flextronics International Ltd. of Singapore will acquire Roseville-based LCD maker International DisplayWorks Inc. (IDW) in a stock-for-stock merger valued...
Single-Molecule Transistors Created
By taking a single molecule and attaching three electrical leads for current flow, physicists have discovered how to turn it into a working transistor. The team from the University of Arizona has...
Genetix to Acquire Applied Imaging for $18M
Applied Imaging Corp. of San Jose, a supplier of automated imaging and image analysis systems, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Genetix Group plc., a UK-based cell biology,...
acquisitions
Former Apple Execs Buy Wafer Foundry for $260M
Apple Computer Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and two other former Apple executives have acquired privately held wafer foundry Jazz Semiconductor Inc. for $260 million in cash. Wozniak, former Apple CEO Gilbert F. Amelio and CTO Ellen M. Hancock made the purchase through Irvine-based Acquicor Technology Inc., an acquisition company they founded with the purpose of buying a business in the...
Essex to Acquire Adaptive Optics for $40M
Essex Corp., a provider of advanced signal, image, information processing, information assurance and cyber-security solutions, primarily for government intelligence and defense customers, announced...
Alis Acquired by Carl Zeiss SMT
Carl Zeiss SMT AG this week closed its acquisition of Peabody, Mass.-based Alis Corp., a nanotechnology startup developing scanning ion microscopes and imaging systems. Specific terms of the deal...
Genetix to Acquire Applied Imaging for $18M
Applied Imaging Corp., a supplier of automated imaging and image analysis systems, announced that it will be acquired by Genetix Group plc., the UK-based cell biology, proteomics and genomics health...
NeoPhotonics Buys BeamExpress
NeoPhotonics, a global supplier of fiber-optic component and module solutions for long haul, metro and fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) networks, announced today it is acquiring BeamExpress Inc. of Sunnyvale,...
Flextronics to Acquire LCD Maker IDW
Electronics manufacturing services provider Flextronics International Ltd. of Singapore will acquire Roseville-based LCD maker International DisplayWorks Inc. (IDW) in a stock-for-stock merger valued...
Genetix to Acquire Applied Imaging for $18M
Applied Imaging Corp. of San Jose, a supplier of automated imaging and image analysis systems, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Genetix Group plc., a UK-based cell biology,...
Products
HEO Imaging Lenses
BARRINGTON, N.J., Sept. 28, 2006 -- Edmund Optics' new line of rugged microvideo imaging lenses directly meets the needs of automotive and industrial machine vision applications, the company said. By incorporating precision optical...
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Renoir R-1850 Infrared Neural Stimulator
BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 28, 2006 -- Laser technology developer Aculight Corp. said its new Renoir R-1850 -- the company's debut product for the medical research market since it enhanced its medical manufacturing capabilities last year...
Lockheed Martin Laser and Sensor Systems
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CW and QCW Laser Diode Drivers
BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 27, 2006 -- ILX Lightwave has introduced two new laser diode drivers for testing high-power laser diodes. The 80-amp LDX-3680 and 120-amp LDX-3690 laser diode drivers are precision current sources designed for...
Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics
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Fastcam High-Speed Video System
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 26, 2006 -- Photron Inc. has introduced the Fastcam MH-4 remote, multihead digital video imaging system. The miniature, high-speed system allows the use of one to four detachable camera heads, each only 35mm x...
Photron USA Inc.
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New Laser Modules
CENTRAL POINT, Oregon, Sept. 26, 2006 -- Diode Laser Concepts (DLC) has introduced a high-performance laser module and NEMA 4X laser module. The company said its new high-performance modules provide dynamic and static optical stability....
Diode Laser Concepts Inc.
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EP30HT Epoxy System
HACKENSACK, N.J., Sept. 20, 2006 -- Master Bond Inc. has recently developed a new medium-viscosity, two-component epoxy adhesive/sealant, coating and casting compound called EP30HT. It is formulated to cure at room temperature or more...
Master Bond Inc.
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FizCam 2000
4D Technology Corp., a maker of dynamic laser interferometers, recently announced the introduction of its latest Fizeau instrument, the FizCam 2000. It said the first-of-its-kind “on-axis”...
4D Technology Corporation
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Squiggle Motors
Tiny Squiggle motors offer submicron resolution for optical alignment, focus and zoom. They enable smaller instruments including lasers, phone cameras and medical devices. Available in a range of...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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Linear Motor
New Scale’s latest Squiggle motor is the smallest linear motor on the market. At 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm, the SQL-1.5 piezoelectric motor is half the size of competing micromotors. It offers a 20-gram push...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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QuantaMAX
Omega Optical is launching QuantaMAX, a new product line of durable, environmentally stable, high signal-to-noise filter sets. QuantaMAX's high throughput filter sets utilize state-of-the-art EP...
Omega Optical LLC
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Specialty Optical Fibers
SALEM, N.H, Sept. 14, 2006 -- StockerYale Inc., a provider of photonics-based products, is offering custom-designed specialty optical fibers for the medical industry. The company said it is working with OEMs to deliver...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
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Matrix Q-Switched DPSS Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2006 -- The new Matrix line of diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers from Coherent Inc. combines the performance and reliability of solid-state lasers with several design and manufacturing innovations....
Coherent Inc.
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Red Tide Spectrometer
DUNEDIN, Fla., Sept. 12, 2006 -- The Red Tide Spectrometer from optical sensing solutions provider Ocean Optics is a low-cost, small-footprint lab spectrometer that’s ideal as a general-purpose instrument for budget-conscious...
Ocean Optics - Part of Ocean Insight
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Model 314 MPEG-1/2/4 Frame Grabber
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 6, 2006 -- Sensoray Co. Inc. announces the availability of the Model 314, an MPEG-1/2/4 & MJPEG frame grabber. The Sensoray Model 314 frame grabber is Sensoray's latest video acquisition solution. Model...
Sensoray Co. Inc.
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Ion Digital Drive Developer's Kit
LINCOLN, Mass., Sept. 6, 2006 -- Performance Motion Devices (PMD), a provider of motion control technology, announces the new Ion Developer’s Kit, an easy-to-use digital drive and software package that makes setting up and testing...
Performance Motion Devices Inc.
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Dual AC Imaging Mode for AFM
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2006 -- Atomic force microcope (AFM) maker Asylum Research announces an exclusive new imaging mode, Dual AC, that goes beyond conventional phase imaging in measuring the mechanical and chemical properties of...
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
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