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Photonics.com - November 2008
Research & Technology
Qioptiq Sells Coatings Unit
Optical systems, modules and components maker Qioptiq SAS has sold its Plymouth, England-based coatings business, Qioptiq Coatings Ltd., for an undisclosed amount in a management buyout, the company announced today. Qioptiq Coatings was Paris-based Qioptiq's technical center of excellence for optical thin-film coatings serving the defense, photonic surgery, medical instrumentation, analytical...
News & Features
Light Drives Nanomachines
By combining two emerging fields -- nanophotonics and nanomechanics -- researchers have shown that the force of light can be harnessed to drive machines at the nanoscale. Nanophotonics and...
EU Unveils Astronomy Plan
Thanks to the world’s most successful optical observatory, European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope, and the cutting-edge facilities in radio astronomy and in space, Europe has...
PV Power Boosted by 50%
New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at the...
Plasmas Made From Molecules
A new technique for making ultracold plasmas out of molecules instead of trapped atoms brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the...
Light Activates Cancer Drug
A Swedish research team has developed a light-activated drug as an easy and inexpensive way to treat skin cancer in that country. The new drug, developed by researcher Leif Eriksson's team at...
Raydiance Round Raises $20M
Raydiance announced that it has secured $20 million in new funding that will allow it to further develop its ultrafast lasers and offer them in more markets. The Series D funding round was led by...
EU Project Tops PV Record
Scientists of the European Commission-financed project, Fullspectrum, have developed photovoltaic (PV) multi-junction (MJ) solar cells that are able to convert 39.7 percent of solar energy into...
Soliton Milestone Achieved
Since the 1980s, dispersive waves have been studied in the concept of solitons (waves that maintain their shape while traveling at constant speeds). Now, a research team led by Fetah Benabid,...
Market Challenges on Agenda
Future challenges in the photonics market and the lack of a qualified European photonics industry workforce will be on the agenda Dec. 8 and 9 at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Brussels during the...
'Nano-riot' Triggered by Light
When atoms in a crystal are struck by laser light, their electrons, excited by the light, typically begin moving back and forth together in a regular pattern, resembling nanoscale soldiers marching...
Atomic Changes Seen in 4-D
A new technique dubbed four-dimensional (4-D) electron microscopy allows the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure and shape of atomic-scale matter for the first...
Corning Sees Sales Slumping
Citing declining LCD glass demand, specialty glass maker Corning Inc. has withdrawn its previously disclosed financial guidance for the fourth quarter and for 2009. "Panel makers, particularly...
Samsung’s Patent Woes
Samsung Electronics is facing patent infringement issues, including complaints filed by Eastman Kodak Co., and Spansion Inc. The Kodak actions specifically allege that Samsung and LG camera...
KLA-Tencor to Cut 900 Jobs
In response to current market conditions, KLA-Tencor Corp. announced Tuesday that it plans to reduce its global workforce by approximately 15 percent by June 30, 2009. KLA-Tencor supplies...
A-10 Drops Laser-guided Bomb
Flying an A-10C Thunderbolt II, Major Matthew Domsalla made the first ever drop of a Laser Join Direct Attack Munition on Nov. 5, 2008. This test proved a successful integration of the munition with...
'Nanobamas' Crafted
President-elect Barack Obama's face seems to be everywhere these days, on 24-hour news channels, the Internet, and on T-shirts, mugs and other items commemorating the historic election of Nov. 4. A...
Laser Pulse Produces Positrons
More than 100 billion particles of antimatter have been created by using a short-pulse, ultraintense laser to irradiate a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin. The antimatter, also known as...
Laser Maker Spins Off Solar
Industrial laser maker Laser Photonics has spun off its solar division into a separate entity named Advanced Solar Photonics, the company announced. Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP), located...
Optical Tweezer Spots Virus
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has licensed a patented “optical tweezers” technique for detecting and measuring very small concentrations of a biological substance, such as...
Rocket to Study Solar Storms
Some time between the end of November and the beginning of December, Jøran Moen, professor at the Institute of Physics at the University of Oslo, plans to fire a rocket from New Aalesund on the...
Price-Fixers to Pay $585M
Three leading electronics manufacturers will plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix prices in the sale of LCD panels, the US Department of Justice announced...
Edmund Optics Order Tops $2M
Optics, imaging and photonics technology provider Edmund Optics (EO) has been awarded $2.32 million by the US Army to improve manufacturing technology for infrared (IR) aspheric optics. The funds...
Bionic Eye Fast-Tracked
A consortium of Australian research institutes aims to develop the world's most technologically advanced bionic eye. The goal of the Bionic Vision Australia program announced Wednesday is to have, by...
1st SSL Weapon Introduced
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. today introduced the Firestrike, the first solid-state laser (SSL) weapon, designed as a line replaceable unit (LRU) for battlefield applications. The...
Ultrafast Oscilloscope
Researchers at Cornell University have discovered a new method that uses an ultrafast optical oscilloscope can plot the waveform of an ultrashort-lived optical signal with a resolution of less than a...
Vermeer Etched With Proteins
A novel laser technology that can encourage finicky nerve cells to grow has also been used to etch a tiny version -- about as wide as the thickness of two human hairs -- of a Dutch master's painting...
PerkinElmer Shifting Focus
PerkinElmer Inc., which has promoted itself as a health sciences and photonics business, announced Monday that it will restructure to focus on human health and environmental health. It will also...
Mass Production of Graphene
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered a method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene and have already produced the largest graphene sample reported...
StockerYale Nabs $2M Order
StockerYale Inc., manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers, has announced the receipt of a $2.1 million production order from BAE Systems (BAE) to supply...
Gold Nanostars Shine Bright
Tiny gold stars, smaller than a billionth of a meter, may hold the promise for new approaches to medical diagnoses or testing for environmental contaminants. Bioengineers at Duke University have...
Q1 Losses Mean Cuts at JDSU
In light of continuing economic uncertainty and following the posting of its third consecutive quarterly loss, JDSU said it will combine its optical components and laser businesses into a single...
IPG's Revenue Up 29 Percent
Fiber laser and amplifier maker IPG Photonics Corp. reported Thursday that revenue for the third quarter increased by 29 percent to $62 million, driven by strong sales of its lasers for materials...
Anadigics Reduces Workforce
Anadigics Inc., provider of semiconductor solutions in the wireless and wireline communications market, announced that it is implementing cost reduction measures across the company that include the...
Chip Makers Slicing Staff
Silicon Valley chip makers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intersil and Anadigics announced workforce cuts this week in the wake of an economic downturn and a declining market forecast for 2009....
Coating Boosts Solar Power
A new antireflective coating boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, overcoming two major hurdles...
Lasers Mending Broken Hearts
A new scaffold approach developed by a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could one day be used to mend a broken heart. The idea is that living heart cells or...
Qioptiq Sells Coatings Unit
Optical systems, modules and components maker Qioptiq SAS has sold its Plymouth, England-based coatings business, Qioptiq Coatings Ltd., for an undisclosed amount in a management buyout, the company...
Method Uses Blurry Images
A novel technique under development uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope and a set of blurry images to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement...
Emerging Applications Eyed
With the ever-increasing presence of optoelectronics in most aspects of daily life, significant emerging applications of optoelectronics and critical business issues will be the focus of the...
Nanoscale Torsion Resonator
Researchers at Boston University, working with collaborators in Germany, France and Korea, have developed a nanoscale torsion resonator that measures miniscule amounts of twisting or torque in a...
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Visible Orange Laser
SOLNA, Sweden, Nov. 25, 2008 – Cobolt AB has expanded its portfolio of compact visible lasers into the orange spectrum with the Cobolt Mambo. Suitable for fluorescence analysis applications, including confocal microscopy and...
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F14 Frames
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Nov. 24, 2008 – Laservision USA has introduced the F14 frame available with a variety of lenses for all filter types and suitable for all applications. The frames provide transparent anti-fog lenses suitable for...
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EXview Camera
ETTLINGEN, Germany, Nov. 24, 2008 – Vision Components GmbH has extended its VC Optimum camera line with the addition of the VC4467 EXview model suitable for tasks requiring high light sensitivity. The VC4467 features an EXview HAD...
Vision Components GmbH
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Temperature Controller
WESTERVILLE, O.H., Nov. 21, 2008 – A temperature controller has been released from Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. for laboratory and temperature measurement and control applications. The Model 336 controller is available with four...
Lake Shore Cryotronics
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Red Cube Laser Module
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 19, 2008 – Coherent Inc. has released the Cube 660-100 diode laser module to deliver 100 mW of continuous wave (CW) output at 660 nm. The red laser system is based on the company’s high-powered,...
Coherent Inc.
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5-Axis Positioning Stage
HARPENDEN, U.K., Nov. 18, 2008 – Elliot Scientific Ltd. has released the Model E22933 5-axis lens positioning stage. The stage features a 360° free rotation in two axes with clamp screws, three axes in precise linear slide motion...
Elliot Scientific Ltd.
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Square Pixels Camera Feature
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 18, 2008 – A high-speed, square 25-micron pixel shortwave infrared SU-LDH digital line camera has been introduced by Sensors Unlimited Inc., part of Goodrich Corp. Suitable for machine vision and process...
Sensors Unlimited Inc. - A Collins Aerospace Company
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Turnkey Diode Laser System
MAINZ, Germany, Nov. 17, 2008 – Dilas Industrial Laser Systems has released a power extension to 500 W, 400 µm fiber at 980 nm for its Compact series of fiber-coupled, turnkey diode laser systems. Based on a fiber-coupled...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
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Widescreen Mobile Projector
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2008 – Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. has released the TLP-WX100U mobile projector with closed captioning function and WXGA resolution. Packaged in a slim form factor, the projector measures...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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Avia 532-45 Green Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2008 – The Avia 532-45 diode-pumped, solid-state (DPSS) green laser from Coherent Inc. was introduced to deliver diffraction limited output. At 120 kHz, the laser offers 45 W of average power at 532 nm...
Coherent Inc.
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EP13 Epoxy Adhesive
HACKENSACK, N.J., Nov. 10, 2008 – Master Bond Inc. has introduced the EP13 single component, high performance epoxy adhesive resistant to high temperatures. The compound requires no mixing and has an unlimited working life at room...
Master Bond Inc.
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Cypher AFM
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 6, 2008 – Asylum Research has released the Cypher AFM small sample atomic force and scanning probe microscope. The microscope can achieve closed loop atomic resolution using sensors on all three axes. It...
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
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Transparent Conductive Coatings
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 4, 2008 – Deposition Sciences Inc. has added a method to its family of transparent conductive optical coatings. Developed to coat the transparent conductive coatings as a cap layer over a dielectric stack,...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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Ferrite Chip Beads
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4, 2008 – A line of EIA 0201 Ferrite chip beads has been introduced by Laird Technologies Inc. to extend its existing 0402 and 3312 surface-mounted monolithic EMI suppression product families. The LI0201...
Laird Technologies
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