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August 2004

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Aculight Merges 1400 Diodes in a Beam BOTHELL, Wash., Aug. 31 -- Aculight Corp., a developer of laser technologies, said it has produced an external cavity diode laser that combines the outputs from seven diode laser bars, each containing 200 single-mode emitters, to generate 26 watts of near-diffraction-limited light at 820 nm. The company said this may be the largest number of diode lasers combined into a single, high-beam-quality...

4250 Attend SPIE Annual Meeting BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 30 -- About 4250 attended the 49th annual meeting of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), held this month at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver....

'Dimming' of Distant Star Unveils Orbiting Planet

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 27 -- Using a network of small telescopes and the "transit method" of detection, scientists have made their first direct discovery of a planet orbiting a bright star. A periodic...

Flag Awarded China Telecom Contract HONG KONG and LONDONG, Aug. 26 -- China Telecom has awarded Flag Telecom, a provider of international wholesale network transport and communications services, a multimillion dollar contract for...

Caltech Reports Nanotech Advance PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 26 -- A research project funded by Arrowhead Research Corp. has resulted in a reported breakthrough in carbon nanotube technology. The California Institute of Technology...

Lake Shore Cryotronics Acquires Desert Cryogenics WESTERVILLE, Ohio, August 26 -- Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc., a manufacturer of cryogenic and magnetic sensors and instruments as well as magnetic and electronic characterization systems, announced...

ASIP Lands Photonics R&D Grant SOMERSET, N.J., Aug. 25 -- ASIP, a Princeton University photonics spinoff company, has secured a $2.5 million contract from SenterNovem, part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, to study...

Eastman Kodak to Acquire National Semiconductor Imaging Unit ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 25 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has signed an agreement to purchase the imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which develops and manufactures complimentary metal oxide...

Northrup Grumman Boosts UC Florida Photonics Research ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 25 -- University of Central Florida (UCF) optics researchers and students are poised to become leaders in the next generation of computer chip manufacturing, thanks to a $24...

Optical Transport Market Growth Seen REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 24 -- The total optical transport equipment market grew nine percent in the second quarter of 2004, compared to the same period in 2003, according to a report from Dell'Oro...

Northrup Boosts UC Florida Photonics Research ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 25 -- University of Central Florida (UCF) optics researchers and students are poised to become leaders in the next generation of computer chip manufacturing, thanks to a $24...

Ceramtec to Close NY Plant LAURENS, S.C., Aug. 24 -- CeramTec North America, a producer of airtight, hermetically sealed electrical and optical components under the name Ceramaseal, announced Friday that its manufacturing...

Applied Materials to Buy Outsourcer SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 20 -- Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Applied Materials Inc. announced it will acquire the operating subsidiaries and businesses of Metron Technology NV, a San Jose,...

CCI Makes CanariCam Components

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 20 -- Cleveland Crystals Inc. (CCI), a maker of crystals and electro-optic devices, has furnished a 3-mm clear-aperture cadmium selenide (CdSe) Wollaston prism assembly and CdSe...

Textron Awarded LAVA Contract WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 20 -- Textron Systems Corp. announced it has been awarded the $49.9 million Lidar Applications for Vehicles with Analysis (LAVA) contract under the Air Force Research...

Images Reveal Details of Viral Assault

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 20 -- Using a combination of imaging techniques, researchers have determined the mechanics that allow some viruses to invade cells by piercing their outer membranes and digesting...

Applied Materials to Acquire Outsourcer SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 20 -- Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Applied Materials Inc. announced this week it will acquire the operating subsidiaries and businesses of Metron Technology NV, a...

OFS to Use Photon Kinetics Fiber Handling System BEAVERTON, Ore., Aug. 19 -- Photon Kinetics, a Beaverton, Ore., a developer of test and measurement technology for optical fiber and cable manufacturers, announced it has signed an agreement with...

Axsys to Make Space Telescope Optics ROCKY HILL, Conn., Aug. 19 -- Axsys Technologies Inc., a supplier of precision optical assemblies and components, announced it has received an $18.6 million definitive contract from Ball Aerospace...

Spire to Research THz Glucose Monitor BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 19 -- Spire Corp. announced today it has been awarded a $99,677 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract from the US Army Medical Research and Material Command, under...

Melles Griot Expands Optics Group ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 18 -- Melles Griot has moved the OEM industrial optics portion of its Photonics Components Group from Carlsbad, Calif., to Rochester, N.Y., the site of its Optics Group, which...

Fish Gotta Have Rotifers

FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 18 -- Syncroscopy, a Frederick, Md.-based developer of digital imaging products for microscopy applications, announced that the Academy of Natural Sciences has used its...

KVH Receives Defense Orders MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Aug. 18 -- KVH Industries Inc. announced today it has received four defense-related orders for its TACNAV tactical navigation systems and its fiber optic products from US and allied...

Microvision Demos Microdisplay BOTHELL, Wash., Aug. 18 -- Microvision Inc., a Bothell, Wash., light-scanning technology company, announced it has developed a scalable architecture for its microdisplays in which a single scanner is...

KVH Receives Navigation, Fiber Optic Orders MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Aug. 18 -- KVH Industries Inc. announced today it has received four defense-related orders for its TACNAV tactical navigation systems and its fiber optic products from US and allied...

Nanomix Awarded NSF Grant for Sensor EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 17 -- Nanomix Inc., a nanotechnology company that is commercializing a line of nanoelectronic sensors for industrial and biomedical applications, announced today it has been...

Kodak RSS Acquisition Completed WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., August 13 -- ITT Industries Inc. announced today it has completed its purchase of the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) business from Eastman Kodak Co. for $725 million in cash. (See...

Harris, Lockheed, Rockwell Demo K-band Satellite MELBOURNE, Florida, Aug. 11 -- Harris Corp., in cooperation with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Rockwell Collins Government Systems, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, recently...

Agilent, Link to Develop Dongle Line PALO ALTO, Calif. & TOKYO, Aug. 11 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. and Link Evolution Corp., a Tokyo-based wireless communications software development company, announced today they will collaborate on...

'Smart' Glass Blocks Heat, Not Light LONDON, Aug. 11 -- Researchers have developed an 'intelligent' window coating that, when applied to the glass of buildings or cars, reflects the sun’s heat so occupants don’t get too hot under the...

Tesla Magnet Bodes Well for NMR, MRI Science

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., August 11 -- The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, said it has achieved a world record in magnet...

VSI Awarded $75.6 M Boeing Contract HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 10 -- Vision Systems International LLC (VSI), Elbit Systems' joint venture with Rockwell Collins, has been awarded a $75.6 million contract for over 300 joint helmet-mounted...

nLight to Make Air Force Lasers KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Aug. 10 -- A contract that could mean as much as $25 million to nLight Photonics Corp., a Vancouver, Wash., manufacturer of high-power semiconductor lasers, was awarded...

Group Forecasts Telcos Will Turn to WiMAX STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 10 -- The improving costs of worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) deployment will spur alternative telecommunications carriers to turn to the technology as a...

Finisar Buys Data Transit Assets SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 10 -- Finisar Corp., a provider of fiber optic subsystems and network performance technology, announced it has completed the purchase of the assets of San Jose-based Data...

nLight Photonics to Make Air Force Lasers KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Aug. 10 -- A contract that could mean as much as $25 million to nLight Photonics Corp., a Vancouver, Wash., manufacturer of high-power semiconductor lasers, was awarded...

GE, Sensicast, RPI Join Forces NISKAYUNA, N.Y. & NEEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 9 -- GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric Co.; Sensicast Systems, a provider of wireless sensor networking products and...

NanoOpto Nets $3.3 M Series B Funds SOMERSET, N.J., Aug. 9, 2004--NanoOpto Corp., which is developing nanofabrication technology to produce optical components and systems, announced that it has closed on an additional $3.3 million in...

Optical Transport Equipment Market Revisited REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 5 -- A market analysis firm has revised its forecast for the optical transport equipment market, predicting growth to $7.8 billion by 2008 -- 6 percent higher than in an...

LED 'Torches' Light Olympic Venue

ATHENS, Greece, August 5 -- The Gazi Technopolis in Athens, Greece, has been transformed from an old gas factory into a cultural venue with a unique look, particularly at night. Designed by Duilio...

Heart Devices Deemed OK to Use With MRIs

BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 5 -- In animal and laboratory studies, scientists at Johns Hopkins have shown that modern implanted heart assist devices -- such as pacemakers and defibrillators -- can be safe...

Nanowire Advance Reported BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 4 -- Scientists with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley have reported a...

Gallium Nitride Nanowire Advance Reported BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 4 -- Scientists with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley have reported a...

JDS Uniphase Acquires Advanced Digital Optics SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- JDS Uniphase, a supplier of optical components and assemblies for communications and display markets, announced today it has acquired Advanced Digital Optics Inc. (ADO)...

Finisar-Infineon Merger Cleared SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- Finisar Corp. and Infineon Technologies AG, of Munich, have received clearances from antitrust and merger control authorities in the US and Europe to proceed with...

Bell Canada Assumes Ownership of Bell West MONTREAL, Aug. 3 -- Bell Canada today assumed 100 percent ownership of Bell West Inc. by purchasing the 40 percent interest held by Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) for $645 million. MTS...

JDS Uniphase Buys ADO SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- JDS Uniphase, a supplier of optical components and assemblies for communications and display markets, announced today it has acquired Advanced Digital Optics Inc. (ADO)...

TSA Orders L-3 Explosives Detectors NEW YORK, Aug. 3 -- L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems Inc., a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced it has received a $33 million order from the US Transportation Security...

Probe Delays InVision Merger NEWARK, Calif., August 2 -- The acquisition of InVision Technologies by General Electric, which was expected to be completed in July, is being delayed and could be terminated due to an investigation...

Fiber Optic Component Makers Announce MSA SAN JOSE, Calif., August 2 -- Fiber optic component manufacturers Bookham Technology, JDS Uniphase, North Light, T-Networks Inc. and TriQuint Optoelectronics have announced a new multisource...

Olympic Venue 'Torched' With LEDs

ATHENS, Greece, August 5 -- The Gazi Technopolis in Athens, Greece, has been transformed from an old gas factory into a cultural venue with a unique look, particularly at night. Designed by Duilio...

PRODUCTS

Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillator

MILTON KEYNES, England, Aug. 25 -- Pro-Lite Technology LLP, a specialist photonics distributor, has released the VisIR2-ULD from GWU, a German optical parametric oscillator (OPO) specialist. The...

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Die-Attach Solder Wire

CLINTON, N.Y., Aug. 20 -- Indium Corp.'s die-attach solder wire is manufactured from high-purity (a minimum of 99.9% pure) materials with controlled oxide levels to enhance wetting performance....

Indium Corp.

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colorPol High-Transmittance Glass Polarizers

HUDSON, N.H., Aug. 10 -- Laser Components has introduced a new generation of colorPol high-transmittance (HT) polarizers. The colorPol IR 1550 BC4 HT and colorPol IR 1310 BC4 HT filters feature...

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Optical Shutter Evaluation Kits DENVER, Aug. 5 -- Boulder Nonlinear Systems Inc. (BNS) announced today the release of its new XT-series optical shutter technology evaluation kit. This kit includes new one-inch-diameter, mounted...

Boulder Nonlinear Systems Inc.

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Opera Ultrafast Optical Parametric Amplifier

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 2 -- The Opera ultrafast optical parametric amplifier from Coherent Inc. now offers access to the entire wavelength range from the ultraviolet (240 nm) to the mid-infrared...

Coherent Inc.

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colorPol High-Transmittance Glass Polarizers

HUDSON, N.H., Aug. 10 -- Laser Components has introduced a new generation of colorPol high-transmittance (HT) polarizers. The colorPol IR 1550 BC4 HT and colorPol IR 1310 BC4 HT filters feature...

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Scalable Optical Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Modules SANTA ROSA, Calif., Aug. 12 -- Bookham Technology plc, a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, has launched a new class of high-channel-count, scalable mulitplexer/demultiplexer...

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Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillator

MILTON KEYNES, England, Aug. 25 -- Pro-Lite Technology LLP, a specialist photonics distributor, has released the VisIR2-ULD from GWU, a German optical parametric oscillator (OPO) specialist. The...

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Photonics.com August 2004

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August 2004