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January 2011

BUSINESS

McWilliams Resigns from Tessera Board Tessera Technologies Inc. announced that Bruce McWilliams resigned as a member of its board of directors, effective immediately. McWilliams resigned to devote his attention to the growing...

ON Semiconductor to Acquire Unit from Cypress ON Semiconductor and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire the CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit (ISBU) from Cypress in an all-cash transaction...

CEA-Leti, Shinko Sign Semiconductor Packaging Agreement To provide increased performance and smaller sized portable electronics and other advanced systems, CEA-Leti signed a multiyear agreement with Shinko Electric Industries Co. Ltd. to develop advanced...

Petra Solar Opens Global Command Center

Petra Solar announced the opening of its Network Operations Center (NOC), a command center that will allow the company to use its Smart Grid management software to remotely monitor and control all...

SPIE Photonics West Attendance Breaks Records With approximately 19,390 presenters, exhibitors and visitors, attendance at SPIE Photonics West grew six percent this year, event organizers said. SPIE Photonics West, the leading photonics, laser,...

Executives Share Market Perspectives Executives from six laser and optics companies gathered to share their perspectives on the state of the industry Wednesday as part of a SPIE-sponsored panel at Photonics West. Moderated by Tom...

NAS Seeks Industry Input The National Academy of Sciences is about to get very up close and personal with the photonics industry, thanks to an impending in-depth, all-encompassing study. In a follow-up to the 1998...

VIS Offers QD Laser Epitaxial Wafer VI Systems GmbH (VIS) has developed a universal epitaxial growth technique for high-density InAs-GaAs-based quantum dots (QDs) that is applicable to QD lasers and other advanced devices. QD...

Till Photonics Hires Microscopy Sales Director Fluorescence microscopy systems provider Till Photonics announced the recent hire of Russell Ulbrich as its director of microscopy sales. Ulbrich comes to Till after serving as an imaging...

Ascent Solar Pens Distribution Agreement with Belgium Co. Flexible thin-film solar module developer Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. announced that Green Earth Energy and Technology will distribute its lightweight, flexible, high-power thin-film CIGS modules...

LightWorks Names President, CEO

LightWorks Optics Inc. announced the recent appointment of Michael Minailo as its new president and chief executive officer. Minailo will be responsible for developing and implementing...

Opsens Files to Patent OptoWire Fiber optic sensors manufacturer Opsens Inc. announced that it filed a patent application for the OptoWire, a second diagnostic tool to assess coronary lesions by doing Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)....

Molex Buys Luxtera’s Active Optical Cable Biz High-speed interconnect provider Molex Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Luxtera’s Active Optical Cable (AOC) business, including its Blazar and other derivative optical...

Optical Communications Leaders to Convene The Optical Society of America (OSA) has announced speakers for its 2011 Executive Forum, “Transforming Business Models and Networks.” Representatives from Alcatel-Lucent and...

BAE Systems to Acquire Fairchild Imaging Global defense and security company BAE Systems has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Fairchild Imaging Inc., a privately held company that manufactures solid-state electronic imaging...

OSA, OIDA Announce Strategic Partnership The Optical Society of America (OSA) announced it will establish permanent organizational ties with the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA). With the transition phase...

e2v Increases Production of Dental X-ray Sensors e2v and TowerJazz announced that e2v has increased the rate of production of its dental x-ray sensors that incorporate TowerJazz’s 0.18-µm CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology. The...

Oclaro Targets Cosmetic Market Oclaro Inc., an optical communications and laser solutions company, announced that its 1470-nm laser diodes, which are selling into the eye-safe laser market, are now being targeted at new...

Avo Photonics Expands Cleanroom Facility

Avo Photonics, an optoelectronic system design, packaging and manufacturing company, announced a 7000 sq. ft. addition to its cleanroom production facility to support its progress in the military and...

Opto Thermo Hires Sales Rep in China OptoTherm Inc. has added a new sales representative in China to deliver its Micro product line for microscopic testing and semiconductor test analysis. Tianjin Felles Photonic Instruments of...

Organizational Changes at Precision Optics Gera Precision Optics Gera (POG) announced some recent organizational changes and division of responsibilities within the company. Manfred Schubach has transferred his responsibilities to the...

DiCon, Caltech Customize LHC Optical Switches The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operated by CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the world’s largest particle accelerator. Stretching 17 miles long at its location near Geneva,...

DiCon Optical Switch Tested in Boeing P-8A

DiCon Fiberoptics Inc. announced that its secure switching unit (SSU) operated successfully in Boeing’s first mission systems test flight of the new P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The SSU...

GT Solar Receives $33M Sapphire Crystallization Order GT Solar International Inc. announced it received a $33.3 million order from OCI Co. Ltd. of South Korea, for its sapphire crystallization furnaces. The order marks OCI’s entrance into...

B&W Tek Names North American Distributor B&W Tek Inc. announced a distribution agreement with optoelectronic, display and laser solutions supplier Pacer USA LLC to supply its line of products in North America. B&W Tek and...

Sold-out Photonics West to Feature Product Launches and More With more than 1150 exhibiting companies, the SPIE Photonics West exhibition will feature the latest innovations in lasers, sensors and optical materials and systems for research, medicine, imaging...

Mobius Photonics Promotes Monro to CEO Mobius Photonics announced the promotion of Kiyomi Monro from vice president of business management to chief executive officer. In recognition of his commitment to the company, the board of...

Brush Engineered Materials to Become Materion Corp. Advanced materials solutions provider Brush Engineered Materials Inc. announced it will change its name to Materion Corp. and unify all of its businesses under the new name, effective March 8, 2011....

Machine Vision Continues Market Growth Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America rose substantially in the third quarter 2010. Overall, year-over-year growth hit 68 percent, up from the second quarter 2010 at 60...

GigOptix, Civcom Receive BIRD Grant High performance electronic and electro-optic components supplier GigOptix Inc. and Civcom Devices and Systems Ltd. announced that they have received a US-Israel Bi-national Industrial Research &...

Optical Surfaces Nabs Lidar Optical Modules Order

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received a sizeable repeat order to produce optical modules for the ZephIR 300 wind lidar from Natural Power. “To achieve the ultimate in performance with the...

CoaXPress Standard Gains Approval The Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA), host of the CoaXPress high-speed digital interface standard for imaging applications, recently announced that the first edition of the standard has...

Energetiq Appoints Distributor for UK, Ireland Energetiq Technology Inc., an ultrahigh-brightness light source manufacturer, announced the appointment of Elliot Scientific Ltd. as its distributor in the UK and Ireland for its range of...

Plumer Joins Bridgelux LED light technologies manufacturer Bridgelux Inc. announced that David W. Plumer Jr. will join the company in the newly created chief sales and marketing officer position. Plumer will bring to...

IPG Photonics Hires Asian Operations VP Laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. has appointed Trevor Ness as vice president of Asian operations. The Asian market has become increasingly important to IPG, representing 42 percent of its total...

Nikon, Agilent to Make Laser-based Biomed Imagers Advanced optical instruments provider Nikon Instruments Inc. and Agilent Technologies, a measurement company, announced an agreement for distribution in the Americas of Agilent’s MLC400...

Kopin Acquires Forth Dimension Displays Nanosemiconductor company Kopin Corp. said it has expanded its display technologies portfolio by acquiring Scotland-based reflective microdisplays manufacturer Forth Dimension Displays (FDD) Ltd. for...

Nonlinear Dynamics Expands Sales Team Software company Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd. announced the expansion of its sales team through the creation of two new senior positions in the US and Europe. Based in Germany, Dr. Leonhard Pollack...

Yamada Joins Agilent Board Dr. Tachi Yamada was recently appointed to the board of directors at Agilent Technologies Inc., the company said. Yamada currently serves as the president of the Global Health Program of the...

Rochester Precision Optics Acquires ASE Optics Optics manufacturer Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) has acquired ASE Optics to expand its design and research services, the company announced recently. The purchase price was not disclosed. ...

Marchon 3D Issued Patent for Curved 3D Lens Technology Marchon3D, a division of Marchon Eyewear, was issued a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark office for its curved M3D three-dimensional lenses. Specifically, patent 7,854,506...

Ibsen Photonics Names New CEO Ibsen Photonics announced the appointment of Henrik Skov Andersen as its new chief executive officer, effective Feb. 1, 2011. Torben Jacobsen, the company’s current CEO, announced three years...

Calmar Laser Moves to Larger Facility

Ultrafast fiber laser manufacturer Calmar Laser Inc. has opened its new corporate headquarters down the road from its previous location in Sunnyvale. Offering twice the floor space, the new...

Suss MicroTec Collaborates with Cornell Suss MicroTec, a process solutions company for the semiconductor industry and related markets, announced a strategic collaboration with the Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF),...

Applied Materials Hires CTO Applied Materials Inc. announced the recent promotion of Dr. Omkaram Nalamasu to chief technology officer, effective Jan. 24, 2011. In his new role, Nalamasu will report to Mike Splinter,...

Spectra-Physics Celebrates 50th Anniversary Spectra-Physics announced it will commence its celebration of 50 years of pioneering new laser technologies, products and solutions for industry and science at SPIE’s Photonics West, Jan....

GigOptix CFO Resigns High performance electronic and electro-optic components supplier GigOptix Inc. announced that its chief financial officer will resign, effective Feb. 1, 2011. Ron Shelton will be replaced by...

FEI Wins Multi-System Order From CANMET

CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL) has selected three of FEI Co.’s electron microscope systems for its new facility at the McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario. ...

B&W Tek Opens New European Office in Germany B&W Tek Inc. announced the opening of its fourth office in the world, B&W Tek Europe, based in Lübeck, Germany. The new location will help the company to capitalize on its...

Opto Diode Acquires International Radiation Detectors Opto Diode Corp., a division of ITW and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, announced its recent acquisition of International Radiation Detectors (IRD) Inc., a semiconductor radiation device...

Tessera Licenses Patents to Olympus Imaging Miniaturization technologies provider Tessera Technologies Inc. announced that digital camera provider Olympus Imaging Corp. has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with one of its subsidiaries....

Emcore Nabs $10M Solar Panel Contract from NASA Emcore Corp. received a $10 million contract from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., to manufacture, test and deliver solar panels for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)...

Qioptiq Uses Schneider-Kreuznach Technology Optics manufacturer, Qioptiq, is now using measuring technology from Schneider-Kreuznach to test for centering errors. At its site in Göttingen, Qioptiq uses the centering tester VP 30508 for...

Flir Unit Awarded Border Protection Contract The ICx Technologies subsidiary of Flir Systems Inc. has received a contract for $101.9 million from the US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the procurement of...

Vytran Hires De Costa as Sales Director Optical fiber processing solutions provider Vytran LLC announced the appointment of William J. De Costa as its director of sales and marketing. De Costa brings to the company more than 20 years...

Finisar Closes Public Offering of Common Stock Finisar Corp. announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 4,140,000 shares of its Common Stock for $28.54 per share. The closing included the sale of 3,600,000 shares...

PD-LD Appoints New President Volume-Bragg Grating technology provider PD-LD Inc. announced the appointment of Uri Abrams as its president, effective immediately. Prior to the appointment, Abrams served as the...

Benelux Photonics Event Expands Organized by Mikrocentrum and Photonics Cluster Netherlands, Fotonica Evenement 2011 is the meeting point in the Benelux to discover new possibilities in the field of photonics. The fifth...

Carl Zeiss Delivers Periscopes to Canadian Troops

Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH announced it will deliver stabilized panorama periscopes to the Canadian armed forces. The Peri R17 A2 periscope is equipped with an Attica, a third generation thermal...

LumaSense Acquisition Expands Thermal Imaging Capabilities LumaSense Technologies Inc., a maker of temperature and gas sensing products, announced it has acquired Buellton, Calif.-based InfraredVision Technology Corp. (ITC) from L-3 Communications. Financial...

Verity Instruments Completes Facility Expansion Optical endpoint detection systems provider Verity Instruments Inc. announced the completion of its plant expansion, which now provides the company a 300 percent larger production area and 50 percent...

Valve Maker Partners with Cambridge’s CAPE China Valves Technology Inc. signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) at the University of Cambridge, the company said. Under the...

Fang-Chen Luo Honored with IEEE Medal Dr. Fang-Chen Luo was announced as the recipient for the 2011 IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal for his long-term contribution to the development of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels...

IPG Takes Hit in Fiber Laser Patent Suit In the latest round of a four-year-plus patent fight between fiber laser makers IMRA America and IPG Photonics, a judge has issued a ruling that favors IMRA. Senior US District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow...

Brazil to Join the ESO The Brazilian minister of science and technology, Sergio Machado Rezende, and the director general of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), Tim de Zeeuw, recently signed a formal accession...

Kyocera to Supply 204MW to Asia Solar Project

Kyocera Corp. announced that it will supply roughly one million solar modules equivalent to 204-megawatts (MW) for Thailand's largest solar power project, which is being implemented by Solar Power...

Edmund Optics Honors ‘Optics Superheroes’

Optical components maker Edmund Optics announced the winners of its 2010 Higher Education Grant program. Selected from more than 250 applicants, the first-, second-, and third-place finalists receive...

Registration Open for 5th Annual Photonics21 Meeting Registration is now open for 5th annual meeting of the European Technology Platform Photonics21, which will take place Feb. 23-24, 2011 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. ...

Kollmorgen Awarded $41M for Photonics Masts

The Electro-Optical Div. of imaging systems provider Kollmorgen Corp was awarded a $41.2 million multiyear contract to produce eight AN/BVS-1 photonics mast systems for installation on Virginia-class...

France’s Photonics West Contingent 22 Exhibitors Strong Ubifrance, in partnership with the CNOP (National Committee for Optics and Photonics), announced that 22 exhibitors will gather at the French Pavilion at the Photonics West trade show later this...

IBM: We’ll Chat with Holograms in 2015

In the next five years, we will be able to interact with 3-D holograms of our friends in real time, batteries will "breathe" air to power our devices, commutes will be personalized, and you...

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

NRL Field Tests Laser Acoustic Propagation

A research team at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) led by physicist Dr. Ted Jones of the Plasma Physics Division, performed the first successful long distance acoustic propagation and shock generation demonstration of their novel underwater photo-ionization laser acoustic source. These tests, performed at the Lake Glendora Test Facility of Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane, expanded on their...

Turning Gold to Purple to Harvest Sunlight

Professor Richard Watt and his chemistry students at Brigham Young University suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy — similar to what...

Mix of Nanoparticles, DNA Create Photonic Crystals

Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure — a distinctive mix of hard,...

GRIN Plasmonics: A Path to Superfast Computing

A team of researchers with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley, have carried out the first...

A Practical Full-spectrum Solar Cell Nears

A solar cell that not only responds to virtually the entire solar spectrum, but can also readily be made using one of the semiconductor industry’s most common manufacturing techniques has been...

Perspectives on the Si Photonics Frontier Because a new market of miniaturized low-cost photonics will soon be created that can leverage the vast scale of CMOS manufacturing to revolutionize industries from computing and communication to...

Laser-treated Parchment Creates Microfluidic Device

Using lasers to create patterns on common parchment paper, researchers are now able to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis. The innovation represents a way...

MOEMS/MEMS Names Best Green Photonics Papers Research papers on solar cells and LEDs were singled out for their contributions to green photonics by the MOEMS-MEMS (micro-optoelectromechanical systems/microelectromechanical systems) symposium...

MOEMS/MEMS Plenary: Power to the Pathway Amit Lal envisions a day when tiny wireless sensor networks will be placed throughout the world in areas that can help save lives, prevent disasters, and even help sustain the environment, with a...

‘Plasmonic Metamaterials’ May Advance Optical Cloaking

Researchers are developing a new class of "plasmonic metamaterials" as potential building blocks for advanced optical technologies, including ultrapowerful microscopes and computers, improved solar...

Telescope Calibration Reveals Universe

The accelerating expansion of the universe is one of the mysteries plaguing astrophysics, and somewhere in distant galaxies are yet-unseen supernovae that may hold the key. Now, thanks to a telescope...

Intelligent Microscopy: Software Runs Experiments

Scientists at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) created new software that rapidly learns what researchers are looking for and automatically performs complex microscopy experiments. ...

LCD Projector Controls Tiny Worms

Researchers are using inexpensive components from ordinary LCD projectors to control the brain and muscles of tiny organisms, including freely moving worms. Red, green and blue lights from a...

JILA Upgrades Terahertz Source

JILA researchers have developed a laser-based source of terahertz radiation that is unusually efficient and less prone to damage than similar systems. The technology might be useful in applications...

Dyes Improve Solar Technologies A new class of photosensitizing dyes that increase the efficiency of light-driven systems has been synthesized by chemists at the University at Buffalo. With the ability to produce two kinds of...

New Reactor Boosts Solar Power

Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide — or ceria — and it is the centerpiece of a...

Sensor Finds Fire Sources

Forest fires usually spread out of control very quickly. Fires that produce a lot of smoke are particularly challenging for the emergency services, because the source of the fire is then especially...

NIST Advances Single Photon for Quantum Computers

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have brought science closer to creating reliable sources of photons for the long-awaited quantum computer. In...

Solar3D to Develop 3-D Solar Cell Solar3D Inc., a developer of 3-D solar cell technology that maximizes the conversion of sunlight into electricity, has announced details of its plan for the development of its solar cell. “By...

QD Vision Produces Highest-Res QD-Based Active Matrix Display QD Vision Inc. has announced demonstration of the world’s highest-resolution quantum dot-based active matrix display. The US Army commissioned the project under a Phase II Small Business...

Imaging Between a Rock and a Hard Tooth

Here’s something to chew on: An imaging technique sensitive enough to be used at the atomic scale has been used for the first time to create 3-D maps of the teeth of chitons – a class of...

Nanorope Advances Self-assembling Nanomaterials

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have coaxed polymers to braid themselves into wispy nanoscale ropes that approach the structural...

Light Touch Transforms Material into Superconductor

One hundred years after superconductivity was first observed in 1911, a team from Oxford, Germany and Japan observed conclusive signatures of superconductivity after hitting a non-superconductor with...

Oxford Spinoff Develops New Solar Technology

An Oxford University spinoff has developed new solar cell technology that is manufactured from cheap, abundant, nontoxic and noncorrosive materials and can be scaled to any volume. Harnessing...

Deep Brain Imaged for Months at a Time

Travel just one millimeter inside the brain and you'll be stepping into the dark. Standard light microscopes don't allow researchers to look into the interior of the living brain, where...

MRI Advance Speeds Brain Scans

A breakthrough in magnetic resonance imaging that allows brain scans more than seven times faster than currently possible was reported by an international team of physicists and neuroscientists. ...

Group to Develop Stroke Sensor

The P3SENS consortium has been formed to develop an immunoassay detection device suitable for emergency stroke diagnosis. Co-funded by the Seventh EU Framework Program, the €3.6 million project...

A New Twist on the E-beam

Electron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, from biological tissue to miniature magnetic devices, at...

Photons vs. Protons in Radiation Therapy A study comparing the long-term outcomes of patients with spinal-cord tumors after radiation therapy suggests that certain subsets of patients have better long-term survival. It also suggests that...

Laser Equipment Helping to Restore Historic Aircraft Joining Technologies, a laser cladding, electron beam and laser welding applications company, announced its laser equipment is helping to restore worn-out parts and components of Connecticut’s...

4.5 Billion Years of History Illuminated by LEDs

After five years of restoration, modernization and seismic retrofitting, the historic Rotunda building of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum in July 2010 reopened with a new face and a...

Fs Laser Mean Output Power Reaches kW Range

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) have developed an amplification concept for femtosecond (fs) lasers. As a result, they have been able to achieve mean power in the...

‘Liquid Pistons’ May Advance Camera Lenses

A few unassuming drops of liquid locked in a very precise game of "follow the leader" could one day be found in mobile phone cameras, medical imaging equipment, implantable drug delivery devices, and...

Compact Brilliant Laser Light Source Developed

Scientists from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) have developed small, compact brilliant laser light sources, which enable significantly smaller systems for laser projectors and other display...

Esophageal Cancer Detected with Light

A tiny light source and sensors at the end of an endoscope may provide a more accurate way to identify pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus. Developed by biomedical engineers at Duke...

Hornet Shells Harvest Solar Energy

Physicists have demonstrated how the Oriental hornet takes the sun’s energy and converts it into electric power, in particular the brown and yellow stripes on the hornet’s abdomen, which...

Affordable X-FEL Built

Stanford University has an X-FEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser) with a price tag of hundreds of millions. It provides images of “molecules in action,” using a kilometer-long electron...

Laser-based Processes Simulated by Computer Cluster

Fraunhofer ILT has built a high-performance computer cluster at the Center for Nanophotonics to simulate laser-based production processes. These processes cover a wide span of time and length scales,...

New Solar Cell Mimics Self-Repairing Plants

Researchers are creating a type of solar cell designed to self-repair the same way natural photosynthetic systems in plants do, by using carbon nanotubes and DNA. The approach is aimed at increasing...

Optical Materials Going Designer

Advancements in fabrication technologies may lead to superlenses and other designer optical materials, according to an Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory physicist. In an article titled...

Carbon Nanotubes As Optical Antennae Just as walkie-talkies transmit and receive radio waves, carbon nanotubes can transmit and receive light at the nanoscale, Cornell University researchers have discovered. Carbon nanotubes,...

1st High-temp Spin-FET Developed

An international team of researchers featuring Texas A&M University physicist Dr. Jairo Sinova has announced a breakthrough that they say gives a new spin to semiconductor nanoelectronics and the...

Plasmon Lasers Taken Out of Deep Freeze

A new technique allows plasmon lasers to operate at room temperature, freeing the technology from vacuum chambers cooled to cryogenic temperatures and overcoming a major barrier to their practical...

Imaging Antismoking Meds at Work The smoking cessation medications bupropion and varenicline may both be associated with changes in the way the brain reacts to smoking cues, making it easier for patients to resist cravings,...

Laser Welding Processes Visualized in Real Time A new x-ray video facility put into operation in November at the Institute for Laser Tools of the University of Stuttgart makes it possible to visualize laser processes in real time via x-ray video,...

Laser Analysis Used for Mining

As the demand for minerals and other natural resources increases so does the need for the optimization of mining techniques. The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has now developed a...

Production of Gold Nanoantennas Made Highly Precise

Moving a step closer toward quantum computing, a research team in the Netherlands recently fabricated a photodetector based on a single nanowire, in which the active element is a single quantum dot...

IBM: We’ll Chat with Holograms in 2015

In the next five years, we will be able to interact with 3-D holograms of our friends in real time, batteries will "breathe" air to power our devices, commutes will be personalized, and you...

ACQUISITIONS

Agilent Acquisition Expands Spectroscopy Portfolio Measurement company Agilent Technologies Inc. will expand its spectroscopy product offerings by acquiring privately held A2 Technologies, the companies announced Wednesday. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition includes substantially all of Danbury, Conn.-based A2 Technologies’ intellectual property, technology, employees and its spectroscopy product portfolio. A2...

PRODUCTS

Photoelectric Sensor

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 31, 2011 — Sick Inc. has launched its high-performance W9-3 photoelectric sensor in a robust plastic housing. The third-generation device offers a wide variety of options to choose from, such as sensing range, mounting and connectivity, making it suitable for applications including detecting clear materials and multicolored and shiny objects in the materials handling and food and beverage industries. ...

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USPM-RU III Measurement System

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Jan. 31, 2011 — Olympus America Inc.’s Scientific Equipment Group is offering a spectral reflectivity measurement system for lens design and manufacturing. The USPM-RU III is used with the lenses, prisms, flat...

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BeamGage Laser Beam Software

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 28, 2011 — Ophir Photonics has announced that its BeamGage next-generation laser beam analysis software now supports Gigabit Ethernet cameras for high-speed applications. GigE cameras transmit at speeds...

MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement

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EMCCD Camera for Spectroscopy

TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 28, 2011 — A professional-grade electron multiplying (EM) CCD camera for spectroscopy applications has been unveiled by Princeton Instruments. The ProEM:1600, the latest addition to the ProEM line, uses...

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Multiline Optics

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 27, 2011 — REO has introduced a range of optics that offer high performance, multiwavelength operation for military target designation and rangefinding applications. The components deliver a combination...

Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)

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GL-A19 Lyra Series LED Bulbs

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 27, 2011 — GlacialLight, a subdivision of GlacialTech Inc., has launched the Lyra Series LED products with the GL-A19 LED bulbs. Replacements for traditional A19 incandescent bulbs, they fit into standard...

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High-Speed Gazelle Cameras

RICHMOND, British Columbia, Jan. 27, 2011 — The Gazelle Camera Link digital camera series has been launched by Point Grey Research Inc. The series debuts with 2.2- and 4.1-megapixel monochrome models that are based on the high-sensitivity...

Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions

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TruMicro Series Lasers

LUTON, England, Jan. 26, 2011 — Trumpf Ltd.’s TruMicro Series 3000 ultrashort-pulse lasers lower the manufacturing cost of photovoltaic cells and enhance their performance. Maximizing cell efficiency is the result of precise...

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SuperK Extreme Fiber Lasers

BIRKERØD, Denmark, Jan. 25, 2011 — NKT Photonics has launched the next-generation SuperK Extreme ecosystem fiber lasers that span different spectra and power levels, together with an extensive and intelligent accessory portfolio...

NKT Photonics A/S

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Terahertz Spectrometer System

MUNICH, Germany, Jan. 25, 2011 — Toptica Photonics AG has introduced a next-generation terahertz spectrometer system that is fast, compact and cost-effective. The continuous-wave system includes 1.5-µm lasers. The...

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Power/Energy Sensor

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 24, 2011 — Ophir Photonics has announced the 3A-P-THz power/energy sensor designed to measure terahertz light sources from very low power to very high power, up to 3 W, 30 times the power levels of competing...

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Piezo Focusing Systems

AUBURN, Mass., Jan. 24, 2011 — For microscopy applications, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has introduced a series of fast digital piezo focusing devices. The new PIFOC system packages are designed to improve results in fast...

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Graded Index Fibers

STIRLING, N.J., Jan. 24, 2011 — For reliable use in data communication links, Fiberguide Industries Inc. is offering its AGI series graded index silica core/silica clad optical fibers, available with gold, polyimide and aluminum...

Molex, Fiberguide

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Multiple Laser Systems

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 21, 2011 — Pranalytica Inc. has unveiled high-power multiple wavelength laser systems that provide multiwatts of continuous-wave room temperature power output at one short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) and two...

Pranalytica Inc.

Rock UV Spectrometers

FARUM, Denmark, Jan. 21, 2011 — Ibsen Photonics has launched the Rock UV line of industrial grade robust OEM spectrometers for the 200- to 400-nm wavelength range. They typically enable four times higher optical throughput than...

Ibsen Photonics A/S

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Primo Vert Monitor Microscope

THORNWOOD, N.Y., Jan. 21, 2011 — A new generation of ergonomic and compact tissue culture microscopes has been launched by Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. The Primo Vert Monitor renders the quick check of living cells faster and...

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Laser Sensors/Volume Absorbers

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 19, 2010 — Ophir Photonics has introduced a line of high-damage-threshold power volume absorbers for short-pulsed lasers (<1 µs). The PF sensors absorb a laser's energy in the volume of the material...

MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement

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SU640KTS InGaAs SWIR Camera

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 19, 2011 — Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems has announced a large-format InGaAs short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) snapshot video camera, the SU640KTS. The compact and high-resolution imager...

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Tunable Polymer Lenses

BARRINGTON, N.J., Jan. 18, 2011 — Edmund Optics has introduced two liquid-filled lenses from Optotune Inc. The tunable polymer electrically focused and manually focused lenses replace multiple optical elements. They can replace the...

Edmund Optics Inc.

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M3-L linear Actuator

VICTOR, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2011 — New Scale Technologies Inc. has announced the latest product in its M3 Micro-Mechatronics Module family: the miniature M3-L closed-loop linear motion module. With 0.5-µm position resolution and...

New Scale Technologies Inc.

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PLu Apex Optical Profiler

TERRASSA, Spain, Jan. 18, 2011 — Providing noncontact metrology for commercial and high-end optical surfaces, the PLu apex from Sensofar-Tech SL is a compact 2-D optical profiling system for commercial and high-end optics and...

Sensofar Metrology

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Mosaic 532-11 Industrial Laser

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2011 — Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. Brand, has introduced the Mosaic 532-11, a Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state industrial laser. The all-in-one 532-nm laser combines the head and power supply into a...

MKS Spectra-Physics

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OptiCentric 3D

WEDEL, Germany, Jan. 17, 2011— Measuring lens centering, air spacing and center thickness inside of an assembled optical system is now possible with a single instrument. The OptiCentric 3D manufactured by Trioptics GmbH offers...

TRIOPTICS GmbH

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M-272 Fast Linear Actuator

AUBURN, Mass., Jan. 17, 2011 — The M-272 fast linear actuator manufactured by PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. for automation applications is based on a maintenance-free PILine ultrasonic ceramic motor. PILine ultrasonic piezo...

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics

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BBS 1150 Blackbody Source

FRANKIN LAKES, N.J., Jan. 14, 2011 — The model BBS 1150 is a high-accuracy bench-type blackbody calibration source manufactured by Process Sensors Corp. that features high effective emissivity of 0.995, a large 51-mm emitter diameter...

Process Sensors Corp., IR Temperature Div.

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Verdi G8 8-W Green Laser

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2011 — Coherent Inc. has unveiled the Verdi G8, a high-power, 532-nm, scientific-grade continuous-wave green laser based on proprietary optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technology, where the...

Coherent Inc.

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EL1025IR/2516-CIR CCD Lenses

OYSTER BAY, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2011 — Universe Kogaku America has added to its existing line of C-mount lenses two new 25-mm CCD lenses for imaging applications in the infrared light spectrum. Available in format coverage of up to...

Universe Kogaku (America) Inc.

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Fiber-Coupled Output on LDLS

WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 13, 2011 — Energetiq Technology Inc. has announced an addition to its laser-driven light source (LDLS) product family. The EQ-99FC uses an integrated high-performance ellipsoidal collector to deliver...

Energetiq Technology Inc.

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QuasarBrite 0404 RGB LEDs

PALATINE, Ill., Jan. 13, 2011 — Lumex has launched its surface-mounted QuasarBrite 0404 RGB LEDs in a compact package measuring 1 × 1 × 0.25 mm and suitable for use in multicolor LED indicator applications in restricted...

Lumex

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Micro-Video-Zoom Objective

BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 13, 2011 — Titan Tool Supply Inc. has announced the introduction of its micro-video-zoom objective featuring a CMOS camera for use in microscopy or for attachment to a borescope for connecting to a desktop or...

Titan Tool Supply Inc.

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SUltra OEM Solution

SYLMAR, Calif., Jan. 12, 2011 — Laser Operations LLC has unveiled SUltra, a complete OEM turnkey solution for plastic welding and laser soldering, heat-treating, medical laser therapy, forensics and direct illumination. The...

QPC Lasers Inc.

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ProScan III Scanning Stages

ROCKLAND, Mass., Jan. 12, 2011 — Prior Scientific Inc. has announced that its ProScan III scanning stages now are compatible with the Zeiss AxioVision microscope software. Motorized scanning stages occupy a central position in...

Prior Scientific Inc.

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Phantom v641 Digital Camera

WAYNE, N.J., Jan. 12, 2011 — For industrial, scientific, research, military and broadcast applications, Vision Research has launched the Phantom v641, a next-generation 4-megapixel high-speed digital camera. Smaller and lighter...

Vision Research Inc., Phantom Digital High-Speed Cameras

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Wedge HF Q-Switched DPSS Laser

PAVIA, Italy, Jan. 11, 2011 — Bright Solutions has introduced a more compact version of its existing Wedge HF Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser. Available through RPMC Lasers, the new OEM configuration provides 180...

Bright Solutions srl

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Sol 2.6 InGaAs Spectrometer

NEWARK, Del., Jan 11, 2011 — B&W Tek Inc has announced the Sol 2.6 fiber-coupled near-infrared InGaAs spectrometer. The linear InGaAs array spectrometer features 256 pixels and provides high throughput and a high...

B&W Tek LLC

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CoalPro II Photometer

SAN DIMAS, Calif., Jan. 11, 2011 — The CoalPro II from Craic Technologies Inc. performs optical analysis of vitrinite and other macerals commonly found in coal, kerogen and source rock, which are vital to the search for sources of...

CRAIC Technologies

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DMC-41x3 Motion Controllers

GREENVILLE, Del., Jan. 10, 2011 — Servo2Go.com has just added Galil Motion Control’s new Econo Series, the DMC-41x3, to its line of cost-effective Ethernet-based servo motion controllers. They offer many enhancements...

Servo2Go.com Ltd.

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Cavity, Beam Delivery Mirrors

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 10, 2011 — A new series of aftermarket OEM-quality cavity and beam delivery mirrors for Trumpf lasers that are available from stock with 24-h delivery is being introduced by Laser Research Optics, a division of...

Laser Research Optics

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Manual Translation Stages

BROADBRIDGE HEATH, England, Jan. 10, 2011 — Heason Technology has added a new range of manual translation stages for linear and rotary multiaxis micropositioning applications. The comprehensive and modular Mini Stage range from GMT Global...

Heason Technology Ltd.

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Tune-A-Flex Element

MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 7, 2011 — The Tune-a-Flex element from Elk Industries LLC acts as a color filter. It looks like an ordinary piece of glass, but, when held up to a light and looked through, it will "filter" light into a red...

Elk Industries, R-K Manufacturing

OPI1268S Series Optoisolators

CARROLLTON, Texas, Jan. 7, 2011 — Providing power electronics design engineers with a high-voltage optoisolator designed for use in harsh environments and explosion-proof applications, TT electronics Optek Technology has developed a...

Optek Technology, Industrial Sensing & Control

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Two-in-One Transilluminator

WESTBURY, N.Y., Jan. 7, 2011 — The Spectroline Bi-O-Vision Series two-in-one transilluminators manufactured by Spectronics Corp. feature two workstations, producing both 312-nm ultraviolet and white light. The TD-1000R model...

Spectronics Corp., Spectroline

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Affordable 6-Axis Alignment Systems

PI offers the largest selection of high-accuracy Hexapod 6D-Micropositioners -- ideal for precision alignment & handling from fibers to MEMS to heavy optics. Vacuum option; high stiffness;...

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics

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Mobile Darkbox Enclosures

BOSTON, Jan. 4, 2011 — Customized “darkbox” enclosures for production, testing and research in the optics field are available from Kinetic Systems Inc. Designed to block all ambient light, these mobile...

Kinetic Systems Inc.

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D2 Family of Green CW Lasers

O’FALLON, Mo., Jan. 4, 2011 — Jenoptik is now offering a family of green 532-nm continuous-wave disk lasers to be sold in North America by RPMC Lasers Inc. The D2 series offers high stability with output powers from 2 to 8...

RPMC Lasers Inc.

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Low-Noise QCL Drivers

BOZEMAN, Mont., Jan. 4, 2011 — Low-noise control electronics minimize linewidth, spectral drift and center wavelength jitter. The QCL Series of ultrastable low-noise quantum cascade laser (QCL) drivers manufactured by Wavelength...

Wavelength Electronics Inc.

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AutoQuant Version X2.2.1

BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 3, 2011 — Media Cybernetics Inc. has released AutoQuant Version X2.2.1 image deconvolution and 5-D visualization software which is now supported in Windows 7 and offers improved file format handling to...

Media Cybernetics Inc.

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Custom High-Quality LEDs

NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Jan. 3, 2011 — Opto Diode Corp. a division of ITW, now supplies custom LEDs for a variety of applications. All design, manufacturing and device testing is performed in-house. The company can adjust the output, the...

Opto Diode Corporation

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Diode-Pumped Lasers

BOHEMIA, N.Y., Jan. 3, 2011 — Photonics Industries has introduced next-generation diode-pumped picosecond lasers which provide high pulse energies. The RG Series lasers produce >7.5 mJ per pulse at 1 kHz at 1064 nm and...

Photonics Industries International Inc.

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