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Photonics.com - August 2001
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RVSI Gets Follow-on Order for Semiconductor Inspection Systems
CANTON, Mass., Aug. 31 -- Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (RVSI) today said its Semiconductor Equipment Group has received a follow-on order for multiple semiconductor inspection systems from an...
Huge Laser Confirms Step Toward Nuclear Fusion
Uniform 3-D compression is an essential step in creating controlled nuclear fusion. It means that almost none of the x-ray energy delivered to the pellet squirted uselessly away. Weapons simulation...
Mad City Labs, Inc. Introduces a Two-Axis Piezoactuated Tip/Tilt Stage
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 31 -- Mad City Labs, Inc. introduces the Nan-MTA2 two-axis piezoactuated tip/tilt stage for mask alignment and laser beam steering applications. The total range of motion is 2.0...
Nortel Delivers Fiber-Optic Ring to Embratel
TORONTO, Aug. 31 -- Nortel Networks Corp. has delivered 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles), 10 Gb/s fiberoptic ring to Embratel, Brazil's leading long-distance carrier. Nortel, based in Brampton,...
Court Approves Largest Ever Fiber Optic Class Action Settlement
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31 -- A federal judge today gave final approval to a class action settlement that will pay millions of dollars of cash and create a new telecommunications company for the benefit...
Eyes In Their Stars
NATURE NEWS SERVICE, Aug. 30 -- A relative of the starfish and sea urchin has turned its skeleton into an all-seeing eye. Near-perfect microscopic lenses in brittlestars' bones are more...
FiberCity Networks, Inc. Launches Breakthrough Metro DWDM System
NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 30 -- A new, dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system is now available for license from FiberCity Networks, Inc., a Gigabit Ethernet supplier of bandwidth and services...
Fairchild Semiconductor Introduces New Ultra-bright LED Lamps for Outdoor Environments
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30 -- Fairchild Semiconductor announces the introduction of two new line ultra-bright LED Lamps. The MV8334T and MV8834T are ultra-bright T-1 3/4 (5 mm) LED lamps that employ...
Mad City Labs, Inc. Introduces the Nano-F100 Nanopositioner
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 30 -- Mad City Labs, Inc. introduces the Nano-F100 focusing element nanopositioner with sub-nanometer accuracy under closed-loop control. The Nano-F100 offers an alternative for...
Multilayer SiGe Structures on SOI Available from SiGen
CAMPBELL, Calif., Aug. 29 -- Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen), a developer of innovative silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer technologies, is ready to supply SOI substrates with silicon germanium...
Cambridge Display Technology Selected to Develop a Handheld LEP Display
CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 29 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), a researcher and commercial technology developer of light-emitting polymers (LEPs), announced that it has been selected to develop a...
Newport Granted Second Patent on Core Technology to Enhance Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 28 -- Newport Corporation announced that it has been issued its second US patent in a series of patent applications that extend the company's leadership in next-generation...
SEMI Holds Its Third Institute on Semiconductor Science and Careers
CAMAS, Wash., Aug. 28 -- Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), will host its third Pacific Northwest Workforce Development Institute to stimulate the workforce of tomorrow into...
Global SEMIndex Launched
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 28 -- SEMIndex, a powerful web-based index research tool to help analysts and investors track the chip equipment and materials industry has been launched. The announcement...
Cisco Systems Announces Eleven New Technology Groups
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 27 -- Cisco Systems announced organizational changes relating to its focus on addressing customer requirements and its market position as the communications market...
Yasmin: New Product Line for Surface Interaction from Quantel
FRANCE, Aug. 27 -- Quantel introduces Yasmin, a new product line covering infrared, visible and ultraviolet. Due to the diversity of the surfaces to be treated, Quantel now introduces a new series of...
European Automaker Tests Microvision Laser-Scanning Display
BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 26 -- Microvision has shipped a prototype front projection display to a European automaker for two months of performance evaluations in test vehicles. The system is expected to...
Corning Acquires Minority Stake in Russian Cable Plant
CORNING, N.Y., Aug. 24 -- Corning Incorporated said that its wholly owned subsidiary, Corning International Corporation, has entered into an agreement to acquire slightly more than 25 percent of...
Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser with Fiber Beam Delivery
FRANCE, Aug. 24 -- Quantel introduces, through its US subsidiary Big Sky Laser, the Fiber Optic Launch Adapter, a new option for the miniaturized Q-Switched Nd:YAG model Ultra : Fola. This option...
EXFO Acquires Avantas Networks for $93 Million
QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 24 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has agreed to purchase Avantas Networks Corp. in a cash and share deal valued at $93 million, extending its portfolio of testing devices...
Spectra-Physics Introduces Etalons for Telecommunications Applications
Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc. Agree On Joint Specifications for High Performance Receiver Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 24 -- Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc. (FCSI) announces that Fujitsu Quantum Devices, Ltd. and Nortel Networks have agreed on joint specifications for high performance...
Austin American Technology Introduces New HydroJet Flip Chip Inline Cleaner
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 24 -- Austin American Technology introduces an automated cleaning and drying system based on its Mach I and Mach III Series HydroJet Inline Cleaner. Advances and improvements in...
Agere Reorganizes Business Units
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 24 -- Agere Systems will align its products under two new market-focused groups, Infrastructure Systems and Client Systems, that target the network equipment and consumer...
Solectron Acquiring Iphotonics
MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 23 -- Contract manufacturer Solectron Corp. said it will acquire privately held Iphotonics in a deal the company said would expand its optical manufacturing services business....
Thermo Oriel Expands Line of Multitrack Fiber Bundles
STRATFORD, Conn., Aug. 23 -- Thermo Oriel has an expanded line of multitrack fiber bundles for multitrack spectroscopy. These bundles bring 260 to 2200 nm radiation to an imaging spectrograph from...
Assets of Malakoff Industries, Inc. Sold to Baikowski International Corporation
MALAKOFF, Texas, Aug. 23 -- Malakoff Industries, Inc., manufacturer of high purity alumina products sold its assets to Baikowski International Corporation, a subsidiary of Baikowski Chimie, Annecy,...
Melles Griot Introduces the NanoDesk Line of Workstations
ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK, Aug. 23 -- Melles Griot introduces the NanoDesk line of workstations incorporating optical breadboards, vibration isolation, and a full range of accessories developed in...
Coherent's European Headquarters to Provide Support in Switzerland
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23 -- Coherent, Inc., Semiconductor Division (CSD), will now provide direct sales, service and support to the high-power diode laser market in Switzerland from the CSD...
1,2,3,4 & 5….. Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser At 213 nm
FRANCE, Aug. 23 -- Quantel's Brilliant has set the standard for Q-Switched Nd:YAG oscillators. The Brilliant is reliable and flexible in harsh industrial environments, in a mobile laboratory or on...
FiberCore Replaces $19 Million Equity Line, Draws Down $3 Million
CHARLTON, Mass., Aug. 23 -- FiberCore Inc. has replaced an existing $19 million equity line of credit and received proceeds of $3 million upon the private placement of common stock to Crescent...
Global Crossing Adds Peru to Network
LIMA, Peru, Aug. 23 -- Global Crossing has added Peru to its international subsea fiber optic network for high-speed data transmission. Global Crossing's president for Latin America and the...
FTTH Council Meets on Broadband Issues
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 22 -- The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council will meet here on its initiatives to promote fiber optic broadband access throughout North America. Guest speaker Thomas Cohen,...
Optical Fiber Amplifier Market to Reach $3.4 Billion by 2005
SAN MATEO, Calif. Aug., 22 -- According to a new study released by ElectroniCast Corp., the global consumption of optical fiber amplifiers will increase from $2.65 billion in 2000 to over $3.4...
Thermo Electron Taking Spectra-Physics Private
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug 22. -- Thermo Electron Corp. said it plans to take its subsidiary Spectra-Physics private with a cash offer of $20 a share, the last move in a restructuring announced early last...
$2.6 Billion Integrated Optical Components Market Predicted
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 22 -- The worldwide market for integrated optical components will grow from $13.4 million in 2001 to $2.6 billion by 2005 asserts a report from Communications Industry...
Transbotics Wins Order for Laser Guided Vehicle System
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 22 -- Transbotics Corp. has received a purchase order, from a microelectronics production division of a worldwide corporation, for a turnkey Lazerway Laser Guided Vehicle...
Air Force Picks Lockheed Martin for Advanced Targeting POD
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 21 -- The US Air Force has picked Lockheed Martin's Sniper XR (eXtended Range) system for its Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP). The 7-year contract with potential value in excess of...
Flag Telecom Gets $300 Million in Funding
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21 -- Flag Telecom Holdings Ltd said its Flag Asia Ltd. subsidiary got $300 million in funding for construction of its Asian network. The new syndicated credit facility will...
Alcoa Fujikura Acquires Laser Armor Tech
FRANKLIN, Tenn., Aug. 21 - Alcoa said that Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. (AFL) Telecommunications has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Laser Armor Tech Corp., a manufacturer of laser welded stainless steel...
Ericsson Reorganizes
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 20 -- Ericsson is reorganizing and creating five global customer units to take care of Vodafone, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica and TIM. The company also plans to merge...
Metromedia Fiber Gets Additional Funding
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Metromedia Fiber Networks Inc. has received a conditional agreement from Citigroup Inc. and other lenders for $150 million in financing, bringing its total funding commitments to...
Spectra-Physics Introduces 30 W Fiber Coupled Semiconductor Laser
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 20 -- Spectra-Physics Semiconductor Lasers introduces a new 30 W fiber-coupled semiconductor laser at 980 nm wavelength for medical therapeutic and surgical...
Furukawa Selling Portion of JDS Holdings
TOKYO, Aug. 20 -- Furukawa Electric Co. said that it will sell part of its holdings in Canadian fiber optic component maker JDS Uniphase Inc. to net 23.8 billion yen ($198 million) in capital gains....
VSK Photonics Opens New Indium Phosphide Lab
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Aug. 16 -- VSK Photonics Inc. has moved into a new headquarters facility where it will produce indium-phosphide based optical components for applications in next generation...
GSI Says It Won Favorable Ruling in Patent Suit
KANATA, Ontario, Aug. 16 -- GSI Lumonics has received a favorable decision in patent litigation against the claims of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. The United States District Court for the...
3D Systems and US Department of Justice Reach Agreement
VALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 16 -- 3D Systems Corp. has entered into an agreement with the US Department of Justice that will enable the company to complete its previously announced merger with Austin,...
Corning and Xanoptix Demonstrate a Revolutionary High-Speed Optical Networking Solution
MERRIMACK, N.H. and CORNING, N.Y., Aug. 17 -- Xanoptix Incorporated and Corning Incorporated recently demonstrated an optical networking solution to exceed 225 Gb/s over more than 1-km of multimode...
Corning Cable Sheds 900 Jobs
CORNING, N.Y., Aug. 16 -- Corning Incorporated said that its cable unit cut 900 jobs through layoffs and buy out offers. With these cuts, the cable unit, Corning Cable Systems, has slashed about...
IntelCore Wins Specialty Fiber Funding
BOSTON, Aug. 16 -- IntelCore Technologies has received $25 million in funding to manufacture specialty fiber used with components to improve the speed and capacity of fiber-optic networks. Based at...
Coherent Unveils All Solid-State Blue Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 16 -- Coherent Inc. has unveiled the world's first commercial solid-state 460nm blue laser. Sharing an identical product platform as Coherent's prior sapphire products, the...
Coreco Imaging Releases Sapera 4.0
Latest release of the Sapera image processing libraries adds enhancements for rapid application development and high-speed performance. New features include, support for 1-bit binary images; an...
Lytron's Heat Exchangers are now Compatible with Additional Fan Models
Woburn, Mass., Aug. 16 -- Lytron Inc announces its standard copper and stainless steel tube-fin heat exchangers are now compatible with EBM and Papst fans. Compatibility with additional fan models...
Fujitsu Announces New Laser Drivers
San Jose, Calif., Aug. 16 -- Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc. announces two new 10 Gb/s (OC-192) laser drivers. Both products offer 3 volt peak-peak output voltage for use with Modulator...
CVI Enhances Colored Glass Filter Production
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 16 -- Ideal for micro optics and instruments, CVI's colored glass or combination colored glass filters are now diced to even more precise specifications using Kulicke and...
II-VI Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15 -- II-VI Inc. said that its Board of Directors has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan. The plan is intended as a means to guard against any potential use of coercive takeover...
FDA Approves PhotoMedex Laser System for Dermatitis
RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 15 -- PhotoMedex Inc. has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the XTRAC laser system to treat atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is a...
New Low Noise, Large Area X-Ray Detectors
CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug. 15 -- Advanced Photonix, Inc. has introduced a new series of highly sensitive, low noise x-ray detectors based on their proprietary Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (LAAPD)...
Physical Optics Corporation Expands Holographic and Optical Component Product Line
TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 15 -- Physical Optics Corporation (POC) has expanded its Holographic Light Shaping Diffuser (LSD) and optical component product line. The company’s LSD diffuser sheets and thin...
Northrop Grumman's EO Group Wins Night Vision Contract
GARLAND, Texas, Aug. 14 -- Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Electro-Optical Systems business unit, formerly Litton's Electro-Optical Systems Div., has received a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity...
NEMI Launches Photonics Initiatives
HERNDON, Va., Aug. 14 -- The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) is undertaking several new initiatives aimed at focusing industry efforts on issues that must be resolved for...
Deep Space Research Discovers Boon for Chip Makers
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 13 -- An extremely sensitive and accurate infrared detector, which can ferret out a misfiring transistor from the billions on today's Pentium and PowerPC chips, has been...
Candela Instruments Introduces Automated Surface Inspection System for Optoelectronic Substrates
FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 13 -- Candela Instruments announces the availability of an Optical Surface Analyzer (OSA) for substrates used in the manufacture of active and passive optoelectronic devices....
Optical Market Still Alive and Well: Redefinition Yields New Results
BOSTON, Aug. 13, -- Aberdeen Group, an IT market analysis and positioning services firm, redefines the market for optical networking and presents new sets of evaluation criteria to more accurately...
NSF Awards $53M for Fiber-Linked Computing Grid
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 13 -- The National Science Foundation has earmarked $53 million for building and operating a supercomputing system that will be spread over several sites around the nation. The...
TRUMPH Laser Technology Center to Exhibit Scanner Laser Welding at the Fiberoptic Automation Exposition
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich., Aug. 13 -- The TRUMPF Laser Technology Center, a member of the TRUMPF Group specializing in industrial laser applications, will unveil their latest technology in precision...
Holocom Anixter Sign Distribution Agreement
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 13 -- Holocom Networks, a provider of desktop communications infrastructure, and Anixter have signed an agreement giving Anixter nationwide distribution rights to resell all current...
Lucent Buying $3 Billion in Agere Gear
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 10 -- Agere Systems Inc. said that former parent Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy almost $3 billion worth of its products over the next three years. The company said in...
Lambda Physik Gator Laser Series Receives Advanced Packaging - Wafer Dicing Award at Semicon West 2001
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 10 -- Lambda Physik was presented the 2001 Advanced Packaging Award in the category of Wafer Dicing for the new Gator series diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL) at...
New Application found for Spiricon M2 Instrument
LOGAN, Utah Aug. 10 -- One of the most time-consuming operations is the final tuning of a laser because the method used to measure the laser beam performance is complex. Spiricon, Inc. has...
JMAR Completes Purchase of SAL
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10 -- JMAR Technologies Inc. has completed the purchase of all the outstanding equity of Vermont-based Semiconductor Advanced Lithography Inc. (SAL). At the closing, SAL was merged...
Digital Optics Signs Supply Agreement with Agilent
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 10 -- Digital Optics signed a multiyear supply agreement to supply Agilent Technologies with glass optical subassemblies (OSAs) for use in its new 12-channel parallel optics...
LightLab, Lantis Laser Sign Licensing Agreement
WESTFORD, Mass., Aug. 9 -- LightLab Imaging LLC and Lantis Laser Inc. have signed a licensing agreement on the use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in dentistry. Under the terms of the...
Micronic Wins Record Order for Laser-Based Photomask Systems
TABY, Sweden, Aug. 9 -- Micronic Laser Systems has received an order for two LRS11000 TFT systems from a major Japanese customer. The first system will be installed during the fourth quarter of this...
Photronics to Expand Connecticut Facility
BROOKFIELD, Conn., Aug. 9 -- Photronics Inc., a subwavelength reticle solutions supplier, announced that it is breaking ground for a 13,000-sq-ft addition to its existing 40,000-sq-ft manufacturing...
Integral Vision Announces Sharpeye Order From Kodak
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 9 -- Integral Vision Inc. announced that it has received an order for its SharpEye inspection station from the Eastman Kodak Company. The station will be used for the...
Time Warner Telecom Signs Optical Services Agreement With AOL
LITTLETON, Colo., Aug 9 -- America Online Inc. has chosen Time Warner Telecom Inc. to provide local and regional bandwidth services for the AOL Transit Data Network (ATDN). The initial agreement...
Solectron Acquires C-MAC in $2.7 Billion Stock Transaction
MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 9 -- Solectron Corp. and C-MAC have announced a definitive agreement under which Solectron and C-MAC will combine to create a diversified designer and manufacturer of...
Nortel Wins Bell Mobility Contract
TORONTO, Aug. 8 -- Bell Mobility, the wireless arm of telecom conglomerate BCE Inc., said that it would pay $117 million to Nortel Networks Corp. to expand its digital cellular network into the...
August Technology Broadens Nontraditional Semiconductor Applications to Inspect Lasers
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Aug. 8 -- August Technology Corp., supplier of automated visual defect inspection equipment for the microelectronics industry, announced the sale of NSX series systems to...
Cree Licenses Patent on Pendeoepitaxy Process
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 8 -- Cree Inc. said that it had licensed from North Carolina University a patent entitled "Methods of Fabricating Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor Layers by Lateral Growth from...
Orbotech Installs AOI System for Siemens
YAVNE, Israel, Aug. 8 -- Orbotech Ltd. has installed multiple Trion-2340 automated optical inspection (AOI) systems in the surface mount technology lines at Siemens AG's Information, Communication...
IQE Silicon Compounds Purchases Aixtron's SiGe Tricent Cluster Tool
AACHEN, Germany, Aug. 8 -- IQE Silicon Compounds, a provider of epitaxial services to the silicon semiconductor market in Europe, has partnered with Aixtron for the development of specific SiGe...
Burle Industries Receives Certified Supplier Status from Eastman Kodak
LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 7 -- Burle Industries Inc., provider of products for Kodak's radiography systems for health imaging, was recently honored with Eastman Kodak Co.'s certified supplier status for...
Second Quarter Silicon Wafer Shipments Decline
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 7 -- Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments declined by 21 percent during the second quarter of 2001 compared with the previous quarter said Semiconductor Equipment and...
Abbott Boosts Holdings in SpectRx
NORCROSS, Ga., Sept. 7 -- SpectRx said that Abbott Laboratories Inc. will buy an additional $1 million of its stock as part of a milestone payment, but it agreed to postpone payment of another $1...
Qwest Picks Cisco for Network Expansion
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug.7 -- Cisco Systems Inc. has signed an agreement with Qwest Communications International Inc. to help Qwest expand its long-haul, core and metro area networks. Qwest will deploy...
Codeon’s 12.5 Gb/s Intensity Modulator Chosen for the MultiWave CoreStream OC-192 Transceivers
COLUMBIA, MD, Aug. 7 -- Codeon Corp., a manufacturer of modulators, optical transponder components and modules for the fiber optic telecommunications industry, announced that Ciena Corp. has selected...
Alcatel Signs China Equipment Deal
PARIS, Aug. 7 -- Alcatel has signed a multimillion-dollar contract to supply equipment to help China Telecom expand its optical network in northwest China. Alcatel will supply gear to help China...
Onix Microsystems Raises Over $95 Million
RICHMOND, Calif., Aug. 6 -- Onix Microsystems Inc., a developer and manufacturer of optically transparent switching engines for communications networks, recently completed its final close of Series C...
Update on Optical Cross Connect at Creo Products Inc.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 -- Creo Products Inc. recently exhibited prototypes of various sized all-optical cross connects at NFOEC. Using experience with precision electro-optical mechanical...
Boeing Sheds Sensors Business
ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 6 -- The Boeing Co. is selling its Sensors & Electronic Systems business to DRS Technologies Inc. for an unspecified figure. More than 300 Boeing employees will transition to...
Boom Seen for Optoelectronic ASICs
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 6 -- Optoelectronic application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are poised for a boom, according to a report from ElectroniCast. The market research firms predicts that...
DiscoveRx Corporation, Applied Biosystems Sign Distribution Agreement for HitHunter HTS Assays
FOSTER CITY AND FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 6 -- Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera Corporation business, and DiscoveRx Corporation have signed a co-exclusive agreement for distribution of the...
Global Opticom's Manufacturing Capacity Continues To Expand
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- Global Opticom Inc. announced the completion of its expanded facility in its US operation. The facility is being used for high-volume manufacturing of passive optic...
MiLAN Announces the MIL-S500, Pocket-Sized Five-Port Switch
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- MiLAN Technology, a division of Digi International, has announced release of the MIL-S500, a pocket-sized, high-performance switch designed for use in small workgroup...
LMG Introduces UV Laser Scanning Microscope and Inspection System
NORCROSS, Ga., Aug. 3 -- Light Management Group Inc., developer of new applications in optical and light technologies employing sound waves, announced the next in its series of acousto-optic...
Furukawa Boosting China Fiber Production
TOKYO, Aug. 3 -- Furukawa Electric Co. said that it plans to increase its fiber optic cable production in China. Furukawa plans to build a new plant in Shaanxi province at a local joint venture in...
McLeodUSA, Williams Sign Network Pact
TULSA, Okla., Aug 3 -- McLeodUSA Inc. and Williams Communications Group Inc. have signed an agreement to allow each company's voice and data services to travel on the other's fiber optic network....
OpNext Closes $321 Million Investment
EATONTOWN, N.J., Aug. 3 -- OpNext Inc.has closed a $321 million investment from Clarity Group, an equal partnership between Clarity Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm, and...
AOI Raises $10 Million in Second Round Funding
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Aug. 2 -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. has completed a second round of private equity financing, raising approximately $10 million. The company designs and manufactures 1550-nm...
Agere Files Two Lawsuits Against Multiplex
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 2 -- Agere Systems has filed two lawsuits against Multiplex Inc., a New Jersey-based optoelectronics company. The first, for patent infringement, was filed in the US District...
Infinite Photonics Picks Orlando for GCSEL Diode Facility
WARWICK, R.I., Aug. 2 -- Infinite Group Inc. said that it has selected Orlando, Fla., for its Infinite Photonics Inc. (IP) subsidiary and the IP Grating Coupled Surface Emitting Laser (IP GCSEL)...
EVOA Market to Reach $7.2 Billion in 2010
SAN MATEO, Calif. August 1 -- According to a new study, conducted by ElectroniCast Corporation, the global consumption value of electronically controlled variable optical attenuators (EVOAs) will...
SPIE's 46th Annual Meeting Opens
SAN DIEGO, August 1 -- SPIE's 46th Annual Meeting and International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology opened this week in San Diego. SPIE's Director of Corporate Services, Scott Walker,...
JMAR Gets $7.8 Million for x-Ray Lithography
SAN DIEGO, August 1 -- JMAR Technologies Inc. has received nearly $7.8 million to continue the financing of its x-ray lithography (XRL) program from the US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center in...
ESC Medical Extends Distribution with WaveLight Laser Technologie
YOKNEAM, Israel, August 1 -- ESC Medical Systems Ltd., to be renamed Lumenis Ltd., and WaveLight Laser Technologie AG, of Erlangen, Germany, have signed an agreement granting ESC Medical exclusive...
Photonics GmbH Announces Availablility of Beamsplitter
Munich, Germany, August 1 -- Photonics GmbH announced that its Microimager beamsplitter module for simultaneous dual emission imaging is ready for delivery. The Microimager creates two spectrally...
HIV-1 Genotyping System Premarket Notification Submitted to FDA
ALAMEDA, Calif., August 1 -— Celera Diagnostics, a joint venture of Applied Biosystems Group and Celera Genomics Group, both Applera Corporation businesses, announced that a 510(k) Premarket...
Submarine Fiber Optics Market Will Remain Strong Through 2002, Regaining Momentum Again in 2007
BOSTON, Aug. 3 -- Since the first transatlantic fiber optic cable was commissioned in 1988, the submarine fiber optics industry has experienced its share of ups and downs. The current submarine fiber...
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