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Photonics.com - July 2002
News & Features
Lucent to Supply Korean Optical System
SEOUL, Korea, July 31 -- Lucent Technologies saidit has been awarded a contract to supply KT with an advanced optical system that will quadruple the capacity of its existing networks. The system will be the first major introduction of 10-gigabit technology to South Korea's largest communications service provider's long-distance transmission networks. Lucent will deliver 25 WaveStar TDM 10G...
EMCORE Receives Patent for Semiconductor Device Separation Method
SOMERSET, N.J., July 31 -- EMCORE Corp., a provider of compound semiconductor technologies for global communications, announced it has received a patent for a semiconductor device separation...
Actuality Systems Granted Crossbar Switch Patent
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 30 -- Actuality Systems Inc., developer of spatial 3D visualization technology, said its patent application for a "diffraction-based optical crossbar switch" has been approved...
Kopin Uses Nanotechnology to Produce LED Chips
TAUNTON, Mass., July 30 -- Kopin Corp. has harnessed nanotechnology to produce blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) smaller than a grain of sand that are ultraefficient, solid-state light sources, the...
OSI Systems to Supply Weapons Simulation Systems
HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 30 -- OSI Systems Inc. announced it has been awarded a $1.49 million contract from a leading defense contractor to supply detectors and electronic assemblies for weapons...
Continuum Photonics Raises $14 Million
BILLERICA, Mass., July 29 -- Photonic subsystems and components maker Continuum Photonics Inc. announced it has closed on over $14 million in its Series B financing. New investors included Flagship...
Microvision and Silicon Graphics to Collaborate
BOTHELL, Wash., July 29 -- Microvision Inc. announced it will collaborate with Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) to combine SGI visual area network (VAN) computing capabilities with Microvision's...
Corning Cancels Plans for Okla. and N.C. Plants
CORNING, N.Y., July 26 -- Corning Inc. announced it has cancelled plans to build an optical fiber manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. and for a second major expansion of its Concord, N.C.,...
Raytheon Sensors Will Monitor the Amazon
ANAUS, Brazil, July 26 -- Raytheon is working with the Government of Brazil to build a $1.4 billion remote-sensing system for surveillance of the Amazon. The System for the Vigilance of the Amazon...
Corning Cancels Oklahoma City and Concord Facility Plans
CORNING, N.Y., July 26 -- Corning Inc. announced it has cancelled plans to build an optical fiber manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. and for a second major expansion of its Concord, N.C.,...
Component Suppliers Announce 10 Gb/s Agreement
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 26 -- Eight networking component suppliers -- Agere Systems, Agilent Technologies, JDS Uniphase, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, OpNext, Optillion and Tyco Electronics -- have...
Nortel to Build Optical Network for Boeing
OTTAWA, July 25 -- The Boeing Company has awarded an estimated $20 million contract to Nortel Networks to build a private nationwide optical network based on dense wavelength division multiplexing...
Rubicon Raises $9.5 Million in Funding Round
CHICAGO, July 25 -- Rubicon Technology Inc., a Chicago-area manufacturer of exotic optical-grade materials for the opto-electronics market, announced it has raised $9.5 million in its second round of...
PET Imaging Compound Highlights Amyloid Plaques
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 25 -- A compound used with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may enable researchers to detect amyloid plaques in the brains of individuals in the early stages of...
Researchers Unveil InGaN/GaN on Si Technology for Blue Laser
AACHEN, Germany, July 24 -- Researchers from the RWTH Aachen, Stepanov Institute of Physics, Minsk and Aixtron have reported what they say is the first optically pumped blue laser chip based on...
CDT Awarded Grant for Solar Cell Research
CAMBRIDGE, England, July 24 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) has been awarded a grant from the UK Government’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for plastic solar cell research and...
A CCD That Can Stand up to Cosmic Rays
BERKELEY, Calif., July 24 -- A single instrument aboard SNAP, the proposed SuperNova/Acceleration Probe, will make it unique among satellites: Its billion-pixel astronomical camera, the GigaCAM....
Fiberspace, Essex and Opticalis to Co-Market WDM
COLUMBIA, Md., July 24 -- Essex Corp., Fiberspace Inc. and Opticalis Inc. announced they have agreed to co-market their technologies: patent-pending hyperfine WDM from Essex, patented Gridlocker from...
KVH, ABB Power Technology Develop Optical Sensor
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., July 23 -- KVH Industries announced it has signed a product development agreement with the ABB high-voltage business area to jointly develop a fiber optic current sensor. The...
Japanese Defense Force Orders More Goodrich Camera Systems
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 23 -- The Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has awarded Goodrich Corp., through its trade representative Sumitomo Corp., a second contract to deliver additional...
Automated Precision Delivers Laser Tracker to Shanghai Maglev Railroad
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 22 -- Automated Precision Inc. has supplied one of its Laser Tracker II systems to the Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. to help its engineering teams achieve...
Innotech Gets FDA OK for Laser Skin-Perforator
PURCHASE, N.Y., July 22 -- Diabetics now have a needle-free method to obtain routine blood samples. Innotech USA Inc. has received a 510(k) concurrence letter from the FDA permitting it to market its...
Agere to Supply Raman Pump Modules to Lucent
ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 22 -- Agere Systems said it has been chosen as a major supplier of Raman pump modules for Lucent Technologies' LambdaXtreme) Transport dense wavelength division multiplexed...
Internet Growth With Lagging Revenue Foreseen
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 22 -- North American Internet traffic is on track to grow 85 percent in 2002, but revenue growth continues to lag, remaining flat for the year due to pricing pressures,...
Fibertech Completes Hartford Network
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 19 -- Fibertech Networks, which builds metro-area dark fiber networks in mid-size US cities, announced the completion of its intra-city, dark fiber optic network in Hartford,...
US Signal Has First Customer on Michigan Fiber Network
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 19 -- Troy, Mich.-based TelNet Worldwide Inc. is the first customer for the newly lit Michigan portion of US Signal's four-state fiber optic network. Terms of the agreement...
Edmund Optics to Make Eyepieces for Northrop Grumman
BARRINGTON, N.J., July 19 -- Edmund Industrial Optics (EIO) said it has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to provide biocular eyepieces for use in tanks. The eyepiece assembly contains five...
DRS Receives New Infrared Sensor Orders
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 19 -- DRS Technologies Inc. said it has received new orders to provide uncooled infrared focal plane array (UFPA) sensors for military and commercial applications. The sensors...
Super Vision Awarded LED Lighting Contract
ORLANDO, Fla., July 18 -- Super Vision International Inc. has been awarded a $353,000 contract to install LED lighting systems for Kuwait's Social Security Headquarters building in Kuwait City, part...
FLIR to Provide Thermal Imaging Systems for Coast Guard
PORTLAND, Ore., July 18 -- Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. have tentatively selected FLIR Systems Inc. to provide thermal imaging systems for the US Coast Guard's Deepwater Project....
Nortel to Extend KDDI Metro Optical Network
TOKYO, July 18 -- KDDI, one of Japan's largest telecommunications carriers, has awarded an exclusive contract to Nortel Networks to expand its metro access network infrastructure. Nortel will build...
OMM, Lightwave to Develop Wavelength Management and Switching Modules
SAN DIEGO, JULY 17 -- OMM Inc. and Lightwave Microsystems Corp. have agreed to develop a new generation of wavelength management and switching products based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)...
DRS Acquires Eaton Navy Controls Div.
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 17 -- DRS Technologies Inc. said it has completed the acquisition of the assets and certain liabilities of the Navy Controls Div. of Eaton Corp. Renamed DRS Power & Control...
Lambda Excimers Move to Automotive Assembly Line
GOTTINGEN, Germany, July 17 -- Lambda Physik AG has won a $1.7 million order to treat engine cylinder surfaces in the automotive industry with its STEEL 1000 excimer laser. This new surface treatment...
FDA Clears Lyra Laser for Wrinkle Treatment
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 17 -- Laserscope said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Lyra Surgical Laser System for the non-invasive treatment of wrinkles. The system is currently...
Tsinghua University and AIXTRON Team on GaN Technology
BEIJING, July 16 -- Tsinghua University's Department of Electronics Engineering and AIXTRON have signed an agreement to "increase technology transfer" in the field of GaN technology. Tsinghua...
Photon Dynamics Acquires ART Infrared Div.
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16 -- Photon Dynamics Inc. announced it completed its acquisition of the Infrared Screening and Inspection Solutions (ISIS) Div. of ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. on...
Microvision Cuts 14 Jobs
BOTHELL, Wash., July 16 --Microvision Inc. said it has reduced its staff of 179 by 14 as part of overall cost-cutting efforts it hopes will save the company $10 to $12 million in the next 18 months....
Thwarting Eavesdroppers with Quantum Cryptography
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 16 -- Photons could be the answer to more secure data encryption, say researchers at the University of Illinois (IU) at Urbana-Champaign and the Los Alamos National Laboratory....
Alcatel to Install Fiber-to-User in San Francisco
PARIS, July 16 -- Alcatel and SBC Communications Inc. will deploy the Alcatel 7340 Fiber-to-the-User solution for residential customers in SBC Pacific Bell's Mission Bay project in San Francisco. The...
Lightscape Receives Brazilian Network Contract
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, July 15 -- Companhia de Telecomunicacoes do Brasil Central (CTBC Telecom), a Brazilian telecom carrier, has selected Lightscape Networks' XDM converged optical networking...
Essex Receives $250,000 Radar Workbench Add-On
COLUMBIA, Md., July 15 -- Essex Corp., a developer of signal processing algorithms and optoelectronic processors for military applications, has received a one-year, $250,000 contract modification...
CyOptics to Provide InP Foundry Services to Zia Laser
WALTHAM, Mass., July 12 -- CyOptics Inc. has agreed to provide indium phosphide foundry services to Zia Laser. According to the agreement, CyOptics will collaborate with Zia Laser to develop 1550 nm...
Detector May Reduce False Cancer Diagnoses
NORCROSS, Ga., July 12 -- A new device for detecting cervical cancer has detected 25 percent more disease than the Pap test, according to SpectRx Inc, who manufactures the device. The company said...
Ericsson, Juniper to Expand Telia Network
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 12 -- Ericsson and Juniper Networks have announced an agreement to expand the capacity in the European backbone network of global operator Telia International Carrier. Under...
FiberCore Director Becomes Afghanistan Vice President
CHARLTON, Mass., July 12 -- Hedayet Amin-Arsala has resigned as a FiberCore director to become vice president of Afghanistan. Amin-Arsala had been minister of finance and deputy chairman for the...
NP Photonics Acquires Compliant MEMs Technology
TUCSON, Ariz., July 12 -- NP Photonics has acquired Parvenu Inc., a Delaware corporation that had previously acquired Solus Micro Technologies' compliant MEMs (CMEMs) technology, intellectual...
EU Clears Telia-Sonera Merger
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 11 -- The European Commission approved the merger between Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies Telia and Sonera, which have agreed to the following conditions:...
Raman Patent Awarded to Xtera and U Michigan
ALLEN, Texas, July 11 -- A patent for "nonlinear fiber amplifiers used for a 1430-1530nm low-loss window in optical fibers" has been jointly awarded to Xtera Communications Inc. and the University of...
APiA to Install Process Line in China
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 11 -- The Advanced Packaging and Interconnect Alliance (APiA), a group of semiconductor equipment and process technology suppliers, has announced an agreement to work with ACE...
Vbeam Cleared to Treat Wrinkles
WAYLAND, Mass., July 11 -- The Vbeam pulsed dye laser has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat wrinkles. Dermatologists may now use The Vbeam, made by Candela Corp., as a...
Purdue To Head NASA Nanoelectronics Institute
LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 11 -- Purdue University will lead a new institute for nanoelectronics and computing, a group of six universities that will develop high-performance technologies for the National...
CMP Cientifica Offers Nanotechnology Reports
MADRID, Spain July 10 -- Three reports on nanotechnology are available from CMP-Cientifica, a nanotechnology information company. "Nanocatalysis and the Energy Markets," produced in association with...
Microvision Wins NASA Contract for Virtual Cockpit Helmet Display
BOTHELL, Wash., July 10 -- Microvision Inc. has been awarded a $1.9 million development contract with NASA Langley Research Center to deliver a prototype cockpit helmet display system for the...
NASA Approves Boston University SPIDR Mission
Boston, Mass., July 10 -- NASA announced this week that Boston University's (BU) SPIDR project has been chosen to be the next mission in the agency's Small Explorer (SMEX) program. Supriya...
Telia Purchases French and Italian Assets of KPNQwest
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 10 -- Telia International Carrier said it has strengthened its position in France and Italy by expanding its fully owned Viking Network through the purchase of assets of a...
C-COR to Buy Philips Broadband Networks
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, and STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 9 -- C-COR.net, a provider of broadband communications technology, systems and services, has announced it will acquire Philips Broadband Networks...
n&k Receives $1 Million Thin-Film System Orders
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 9 -- n&k Technology Inc. said it has received orders of more than $1 million for its 1512RT analyzers, thin-film characterization systems designed for films on transparent...
Aquentium Acquires Fiber Application Systems Technology
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif., July 9 -- Aquentium Inc. has completed its acquisition of Fiber Application Systems Technology Inc. of Ontario, Canada. Under the agreement, Aquentium acquires all of the...
Photon Dynamics to Acquire Infared Screening and Inspection Solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 8 -- Photon Dynamics Inc., a provider of integrated yield management solutions for the display, electronics and glass markets, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to...
FLAG Telecom Files Reorganization Plan
HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 8 -- FLAG Telecom Holdings Ltd. said last week it has filed a plan of reorganization and a disclosure statement in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New...
IDT Corp. Named to the Russell 1000 Index
NEWARK, N.J., July 5 -- Multinational carrier and telephone company IDT Corp., announced it has been named to the Russell 1000, an index of the largest publicly traded companies in the US. "Being put...
SUSS MicroTec Forms SUSS MicroOptics
MUNICH, Germany, July 5 -- SUSS MicroTec has formed SUSS MicroOptics SA in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Effective July 1, the new company is taking over all activities of the SUSS MicroTec subsidiary and...
U. Arizona Launches Optical Sciences Distance Program
TUCSON, Ariz., July 5 -- A new era in post-baccalaureate education will debut at the University of Arizona’s Optical Sciences Center with a program of video classes leading to a certificate: the...
Photons Could Accelerate Computing to Speed of Light
TORONTO, July 5 -- Photonic crystals could greatly improve both speed and bandwidth in communications systems, say researchers at the University of Toronto. Researchers there, including chemistry...
Harvard Bioscience Acquires Walden Precision Apparatus
HOLLISTON, Mass., & CAMBRIDGE, England, July 4 -- Harvard Bioscience Inc. announced Monday that it has acquired, through its Biochrom subsidiary in the UK, Walden Precision Apparatus (WPA) Ltd.,...
TRP Holdings Buys TerraPoint
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 4 -- TerraPoint LLC, a provider of light detection and ranging (LIDAR)-based earth surface mapping data, has closed on its sale to Houston-based TRP Holdings LLC. TRP...
Precision Optics Dismisses Andersen as Auditors
GARDNER, Mass., July 4 -- Precision Optics Corp. has dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP as its independent auditors. According to Precision Optics, the decision was not the result of any disagreement...
SwitchCore, Asante to Develop Gigabit Switches
LUND, Sweden, July 4 -- SwitchCore AB, developer of integrated switching devices for internet and data communications, has announced a partnership with Asante Technologies, a provider of network...
Brazil Telecom Chooses Alcatel Network Services
DALLAS, July 3 -- Brazil Telecom has signed a $65 million agreement with Alcatel to expand its intelligent network platform by supplying equipment, software, services and platform management tools....
Bookham Technology Changes Manufacturing Focus
OXFORDSHIRE, England, July 3 -- Bookham Technology, which acquired Marconi’s optical component business earlier this year, said it will close its plants in Maryland (US) and Swinton to focus on...
Diomed Lasers, Fibers Approved in Korea
ANDOVER, Mass., July 3 -- Diomed Holdings Inc. and its exclusive distributor in South Korea, Inmex Corp., have received final clearance from the Korean Food and Drug Administration to market and sell...
RPI, Business Council to Initiate NY Research Coalition
TROY, N.Y., July 3 -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and The Business Council of New York will work with the private sector to create a New York Research Coalition, they announced at a...
Dialog Semiconductor Acquires Sarnoff Corp. CMOS Imaging Business
KIRCHHEIM/TECK-NABERN, Germany, July 2 --Dialog Semiconductor announced yesterday it has acquired the CMOS imaging business and associated CMOS Active Pixel Sensor (APS) patent portfolio from New...
Micronic Receives Order for Laser Pattern Generator
TABY, Sweden, July 2 -- Micronic Laser Systems, a manufacturer of laser-pattern generation equipment to semiconductor and display industries, announced it has received an order for a LRS11000-series...
Bio-Rad Buys Virtek Biotech Microarray, Robotic Business
HERCULES, Calif., July 2 -- Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has acquired the microarray and robotics technologies business of Virtek Biotech Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Virtek Vision International Inc. of...
NGK Insulators Opens US Company
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 2 -- NGK Insulators Ltd. (Japan) has formed a new US company, NGK Electronics USA Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., to function as the marketing and sales arm of...
Sanmina-SCI Buys 3 Alcatel European Manufacturing Facilities
PARIS, July 1 -- Electronics contract manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp. announced it has completed the asset purchase of Alcatel's manufacturing facility in Toledo, Spain, the last in its acquisition of...
Creo to Develop Thermal Imaging Equipment for DuPont
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 1 -- Creo Inc. has signed an agreement with DuPont Imaging Technologies to develop equipment for a new DuPont thermal color filter system to be used in manufacturing...
Trojan Technologies to Supply UV Drinking-Water Facility
LONDON, Ontario, July 1 -- Trojan Technologies Inc. has received a $2 million purchase order from the City of Seattle to supply ultraviolet (UV) equipment for Seattle's new drinking water...
Northrop Grumman to Acquire TRW for $60 per Share in Stock
LOS ANGELES and CLEVELAND, July 1 -- Northrop Grumman will acquire TRW for $60 per share in common stock in a transaction valued at approximately $7.8 billion, the companies announced today. The...
Coherent Solid-State Lasers Enable Oscar Award-Winning
Santa Clara, Calif., April 29, 2002 – Coherent, Inc.’s Compass 315M and Sapphire 460-10 solid-state lasers are at the heart of the Oscar award-winning ARRILASER. Developed by Arnold & Richter...
Coherent Showcases All-Solid-State, CW, Deep-UV
Santa Clara, Calif., January 14, 2002 – Coherent Laser Division (CLD) will showcase the Azure™, a continuous-wave (CW), diode-pumped, deep-ultraviolet (UV) laser at Photonics West in San Jose,...
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