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Photonics.com - July 2010
Business
PicoQuant Spectroscopy Workshop Coming in September
PicoQuant GmbH will host the 16th International Workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultrasensitive Analysis in Life Science,” September 15-17, 2010 at the “WISTA”...
Harrison Joins Solyndra as President, CEO
Cylindrical solar photovoltaic (PV) systems manufacturer Solyndra Inc. announced that Brian Harrison has joined the company as the new president and CEO. In addition, he will be appointed to the...
MicroLink Devices Awarded $5M for Solar Cells
MicroLink Devices Inc. has received a $5 million grant from the State of Illinois to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant to product high efficiency, light weight solar cells. Granted...
Laser Drive Acquired by Martek Power
Martek Power Inc. has acquired Pennsylvania-based Laser Drive Inc., a producer of power supplies for various laser and light sources, for an undisclosed price. Laser Drive has been rebranded as...
e2v Delivers Over 150 Imaging Sensors For Space Mission
High performance imaging sensors manufacturer e2v technologies plc has reached a milestone, delivering over 150 CCD imaging sensors for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) galaxy mapping mission,...
SPI Lasers to Carry CE Mark
Fiber laser manufacturer SPI Lasers announced that it declares CE marking on all redPower “R4” CW/M and redEnergy “G3” pulsed products. The company successfully completed a...
Osram Increases LED Efficiency
Developers at Osram Opto Semiconductors have succeeded in increasing the efficiency of red thin-film LEDs by 30 percent — a record. The latest generation of thin-film chips benefits from an...
Photonic Products Hires US Sales Manager
Photonic Products Ltd., a subsidiary of ProPhotonix Ltd., has announced the appointment of Jim Brown as its sales manager for the US East Coast region. With more than 25 years of experience, Brown...
Witec Buys Majority Stake in OMT
Optical and scanning probe microscope systems maker Witec GmbH announced Wednesday that it has strengthened its position in measurement technology for industrial applications by acquiring a majority...
Toshiba Camera Used in Feature Film
High-definition camera technology provider Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. announced the recent use of its IK-HD1 high- definition camera as part of a rig that captures background plates for feature...
ESL Lighting Tech Awarded Patent
Vu1 Corp announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice of allowance for a patent application for its ESL lighting technology. The mercury-free, energy-efficient, general...
LBNL and 3D Icon Pen Nanocrystal Deal
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California has signed a materials transfer agreement to provide specialized nanocrystals to 3D Icon Corp, located in Tulsa, Okla. "We have...
EVG Unveils New Wafer Bonder
EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, announced that it has introduced the EVG560HBL wafer bonder. According to...
Fraunhofer Taps Rudolph for MEMS Inspection
Rudolph Technologies Inc., provider of process characterization equipment and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities, announced that the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology...
Aixtron Moves Taiwan Office
Deposition equipment provider Aixtron AG announced Thursday its new facilities in Tainan Tree Valley, Taiwan located next to the Tainan science-based industrial park. The new office is part of...
Edmund Optics Nabs Award
Optical components provider Edmund Optics Inc. announced that Life Technologies awarded its Singapore branch (EOSP) the supplier excellence award for optics commodities. Members of Edmund...
Olympus America Licenses Patents to BioImagene
BioImagene Inc. and Olympus America Inc. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement that allows BioImagene to access Olympus’ patent portfolio in the field of digital pathology...
Strathclyde Spinout to Make microLEDs
The University of Strathclyde has secured a spinout deal to form a company working in the field of novel next-generation light source technology, which could open up a range of opportunities in...
UChicago Commits $50M to GMT
The University of Chicago will provide millions of dollars to the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project, joining an effort to build the world’s largest telescope. The GMT, to be built in...
Japan Approves Candela Laser
Candela Corp., a subsidiary of Syneron Medical Ltd., announced that it has received registration approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to market its Vbeam long-pulsed dye...
GE Lighting Names CEO, Marketing Officer
GE Lighting announced the appointment of Jaime A. Irick to lead GE Lighting Solutions as its president and CEO, and Brian Sroub has joined GE Lighting in the newly created role of chief marketing...
T-Ray Sublicenses Technology to TeraView
Medical device company T-Ray Science Inc. has granted a sublicensing agreement to TeraView Ltd. of Cambridge, UK, to use certain continuous wave (CW) terahertz technology originally patented by MIT...
IMRA America Marks 20th Anniversary
IMRA America Inc. has announced its celebration of 20 years as a research and development company in the field of fiber lasers. Founded in 1990 by automotive supplier Aisin Group of Japan, its main...
Whitaker Joins Solyndra Sales Team
Solyndra Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, announced that Corby C. Whitaker has joined the company as VP of North America Sales. Whitaker...
Biolase Appoints New Board Members
Dental laser maker Biolase Technology Inc. has announced the appointment of two veterans of business, finance and medicine to its board of directors. Dr. Alex Arrow and Dr. Norman J. Nemoy will join...
Oclaro Acquires Mintera
Oclaro Inc. announced Wednesday its acquisition of Mintera Corp., a privately-held optical transport subsystems solutions provider. The purchase price was not disclosed. The acquisition will broaden...
Zecotek Green Fiber Laser Scores High
Zecotek Photonics Inc. announced that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the US National Institute of Health (NIH), has released positive test results conducted on Zecotek’s...
Cree, Philips Cross-License Patents
Cree Inc. and Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, announced they have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the growth of the LED...
Newport Sells Hilger Crystals to Dynasil
Advanced technology products maker Newport Corp. announced Tuesday that it has sold its Hilger Crystals subsidiary to Dynasil Corp. of West Berlin, N.J., for $4 million in cash. Margate,...
PI Releases Actuators Brochure
Piezo ceramic actuator and precision motion-control equipment provider PI (Physik Instrumente) LP released a new brochure for its lever amplified piezo flexure actuators. The brochure features a...
Janker to Retire from Applied Materials
Applied Materials Inc. announced the retirement of Franz Janker, its executive vice president of corporate account management, effective July 30, 2010. Janker spent 28 years in sales and marketing...
Luminus Devices Adds 2 Sales Directors
Solid-state light source manufacturer Luminus Devices Inc. has announced the appointment of William Wholley and Warren Forman to positions responsible for developing and managing direct-customer and...
Dynasil Completes Debt Refinancing
Dynasil Corp. of America announced Tuesday that it has completed the refinancing of its debt with Sovereign/Santander Bank. The move increases its line of credit from $1.2 million to $8 million and...
InfraRed Imaging Awarded $812K Grant
InfraRed Imaging Systems Inc. (INRIS) announced it received a $812,000 grant from the Ohio Third Frontier (OTF) Commission, an economic development arm of the Ohio Department of Development. With the...
Ellsworth Adhesives Adds Xiameter Brand
Adhesive products and equipment distributor Ellsworth Adhesives announced that it has added Dow Corning’s Xiameter brand MX-200 silicone fluids to its product catalog and website. Formerly...
Edmund Optics Adds 2 to Sales Team
Optics and imaging products maker Edmund Optics (EO) announced this week it has added Helge Vogt and Anthony Artigliere to its global sales team operating in the US and Germany. Vogt is the new...
Semicon West 2010: Happy Days are Here Again
This year’s upbeat Semicon West is in stark contrast to last year’s world-is-ending trade show. In an opening press conference, Stanley Myers, president and CEO of the trade organization...
Intersolar 2010: Betting on Sunny Skies
This year’s Intersolar North America show, colocated at the Moscone Center with Semicon West, should have more than 20,000 attendees. That’s up from 17,000 a year ago. The show had 580...
Heliatek, FHR to Build OPV Coating Plant
Organic solar cell maker Heliatek and FHR Anlagenbau, a company dealing in vacuum process technology, are partnering to construct the first vacuum coating plant for organic photovoltaic (OPV) units....
Spectral Molecular Imaging Hires Bearman as Chief Scientist
Spectral Molecular Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cascade Technologies Inc., announced the appointment of Gregory Bearman, PhD, to the position of chief scientist. In his new position, Bearman...
Coherent Sells 1000th Paladin Laser
Coherent Inc. announced Monday that it has now shipped over 1000 of its Paladin series of quasi-CW, high-power ultraviolet lasers. Currently available with a choice of 2, 4, 8, 10 or 16 watts...
Leoni Fiber Optics Buys RoMack
Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH of Berlin acquired Virginia-based fiber optics maker RoMack for an undisclosed amount this month, the company said Monday. The acquisition was made through Leoni’s US...
Biolase Cuts Jobs, Restructures
Dental laser maker Biolase Technology Inc. announced Tuesday that it has eliminated 20 jobs and made additional cost-cutting and restructuring measures in an effort to boost profits. As part of a...
Abbott to Manage CVI’s Efforts in China Region
Optics and photonics products maker CVI Melles Griot announced Wednesday that Lynore Abbott has been appointed managing director, Greater China, and will manage its Singapore plant to facilitate the...
AVT Asia Begins Operations
Allied Vision Technologies announced that its newly founded subsidiary, Allied Vision Technologies Asia Pte. Ltd. started operations on July 1, 2010. Incorporated in Singapore in February of this...
Bennett Joins Till Photonics
Fluorescence microscopy systems provider Till Photonics GmbH announced recently the addition of Dr. Brian T. Bennett as its director of scientific business development for microscopy. Bennett began...
Police Outline Deadly Emcore Rampage
At a press conference Tuesday, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz outlined the sequence of events that took place Monday at fiber optics and solar manufacturer Emcore Corp. in a domestic...
UD Wins $3.8M for ‘Extreme’ Solar Cells
The University of Delaware Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) is part of an industry-academic team that has been awarded $3.8 million from DARPA, the research and development office of the US...
NP Photonics Ships 1000th Laser
NP Photonics has shipped its 1000th laser from production in May 2010. "We are very excited to reach this milestone," said Micki Downey, president and CEO of the company. "Our unique ability to...
Prism Solar 3rd in Clean Tech Competition
Photovoltaic (PV) modules manufacturer Prism Solar Technologies Inc. received a $5000 award for placing third out of 60 competitive entries for the annual Clean Tech Business Plan Competition held in...
BU Professor Found Dead in Photonics Lab
Boston University professor Franco Cerrina was found dead Monday in a laboratory on the fifth floor of the Photonics Center. A staff member discovered Cerrina’s body lying on the floor of the...
Trioptics Expands US Business
Optical test equipment manufacturer Trioptics GmbH announced it has founded a subsidiary in the US — Trioptics Inc. — and has acquired Davidson Optronics Inc. of West Covina, Calif.,...
Navy Chooses Creaform Handyscan 3-D Technology
Creaform announced that the US Navy has chosen to use its Handyscan three-dimensional technology to assist in submarine repair. In Kittery, Maine, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be the first to...
FiberTech Merging with Leoni Fiber Optics
FiberTech USA Inc. is merging with its majority shareholder, Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH of Berlin, this month, the company announced. FiberTech USA produces medical laser probes and fiber optic...
Emcore Shooting Leaves 3 Dead
UPDATE: A former employee shot and killed two people at a fiber optics manufacturer Monday in Albuquerque before turning the gun on himself, the Associated Press is reporting. Previously, Albuquerque...
St. Jude Medical Acquires LightLab
St. Jude Medical Inc., a global medical device company located in St. Paul Minn., has acquired Westford, Mass.-based LightLab Imaging Inc. for approximately $90 million in cash. LightLab develops...
LightWorks Optics Hires Director of Marketing
LightWorks Optics Inc. announced Wednesday the hire of Lisa Belodoff as its director of marketing. Belodoff will be responsible for all aspects of strategic marketing, branding and...
Laser Pioneer Capasso Wins ‘Future Prize’
Federico Capasso, Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS),...
Nichia to Start Sample Shipments of Green Diode Laser
Nichia Corp. announced Wednesday it will begin sample shipments of its green gallium-nitride (GaN) semiconductor laser diode in August. The company said it has confirmed an estimated lifetime of...
Edinburgh Instruments Names New CEO
Edinburgh Instruments (EI) Ltd., a supplier of lasers, spectrometers and gas sensor equipment, announced today it has hired Alan Faichney as its CEO, effective June 14. EI founder and former CEO S.D....
Optex Receives $2.5M Order for Panoramic Telescopes
Optex Systems Holdings Inc. announced that it has received a $2.5 million purchase order for additional M137 panoramic telescopes from the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command of Warren,...
Byatt Appointed to ProPhotonix Board
LED systems and diode-based laser modules manufacturer ProPhotonix Ltd. announced the appointment of Duncan Byatt as a non-executive director of the company. Byatt has over 25 years of...
Alcon to Acquire LenSx Lasers
Eyecare company Alcon Inc. will acquire privately held LenSx Lasers Inc., developer of a femtosecond laser used in cataract surgery, for $361.5 million, Alcon announced Tuesday. The LenSx system, the...
Lattice Materials Begins Witness Sample Stocking Program
Lattice Materials announced recently that it has started stocking thin film coating witness samples for its customers as a result of the growing demand for rapid delivery and competitive pricing. ...
Promotions Announced at Applied Energetics
Applied Energetics Inc. announced that its board of directors has promoted Joseph C. Hayden to president and Humberto Astorga to chief financial officer, effective immediately. Acting as chief...
Goulielmakis Wins Young Scientist Prize
Dr. Eleftherios Goulielmakis, a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics “for...
AFRL Deploys Optis Software
Software editor Optis has announced that the US Air Force Research Laboratory at Brooks City-Base in San Antonio, Texas, has chosen its light and color simulation software, OptisWorks, to simulate...
Carlson to Lead QD Vision
QD Vision, a maker of quantum dot products for solid-state lighting and display applications, announced that Jason Carlson has been hired as its new president and CEO. Carlson replaces Dan...
Prime Photonics, Subsidiary to Merge
Prime Photonics LC announced that it will merge with its subsidiary, Prime Research LC, effective immediately. The new entity will operate under the name Prime Photonics LC. The consolidation...
Point Source Rebrands as Qioptiq
Point Source, a member of the Qioptiq Group, announced yesterday that it has rebranded itself as Qioptiq, effective immediately. The rebranding decision is part of the Group’s global...
Research & Technology
Monster Technology — The ‘Frankencamera’
It’s big and it ain’t pretty, but it’s an experimentation in computation photography that went so right. It’s a new programmable camera platform called “Frankencamera.” A Stanford University photography research group demonstrated sample applications of the open-source digital photography software platform on a F2 camera and the Nokia N900 smartphone at...
Flir Captures 1st Dreamliner Flight
Thermal camera maker Flir Systems Inc. captured full high-definition infrared footage last week during the first public flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner at the Farnborough International Airshow in...
Laser-Triggered Nanoblasts Treat Cells
Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA...
Lasers Pin Atoms in Order
A fundamental physical phenomena, whereby an arbitrarily weak perturbation causes atoms to build an organized structure from an initially unorganized one, has been demonstrated for the first time....
Si Data Connection with Integrated Lasers
Intel Corp. announced an important advance in the quest to use light beams instead of electrons as data carriers in computers: development of a research prototype representing the first silicon-based...
Laser Boosts Blu-ray Disc Storage to 1TB
Sony Corp. and Tohoku University have developed an ultrafast blue-violet (405 nm) semiconductor laser with high-intensity optical pulses capable of using two-photon absorption. The laser's 100-W...
Nanoparticles Intensify QDs’ Glow
By linking individual semiconductor quantum dots with gold nanoparticles, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to enhance the intensity of light emitted by...
Microring Resonator Traps Nanoparticles
Harvard engineers are using a silicon-based circular resonator, or microring, to confine microparticles stably for up to several minutes. The advance could lead to the ability to direct, deliver and...
THz Technique is ‘All-Optical’
A team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers has opened the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical, biological agents and illegal drugs from a distance of 20 m using terahertz (THz)...
Strathclyde Spinout to Make microLEDs
The University of Strathclyde has secured a spinout deal to form a company working in the field of novel next-generation light source technology, which could open up a range of opportunities in...
UChicago Commits $50M to GMT
The University of Chicago will provide millions of dollars to the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project, joining an effort to build the world’s largest telescope. The GMT, to be built in...
Buckyballs in Space
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to analyze infrared light from a planetary nebula, have discovered spectral signatures of carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space for...
Physicists Confirm Born’s Rule
Using a single-photon source, Austrian and Canadian quantum physicists said they ruled out the existence of higher-order interferences experimentally and confirmed an axiom in quantum physics: Born’s...
Optical Probe Bridges Gender Gap
A team led by a Northwestern University biomedical engineer has found that combining novel optical technologies with a common colon cancer screening test may allow doctors to more accurately detect...
Unusual Quasar Cosmic Lens Found
Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology and École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have discovered the first known case of a distant galaxy being...
Evaluating Leonardo’s Faces
How did Leonardo da Vinci manage to paint such perfect faces? For the first time, a quantitative chemical analysis has been done on seven paintings from the Louvre Museum, including Mona Lisa,...
White OLED Efficiency Breakthrough Made
GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, GE Lighting and Konica Minolta (KM) have achieved a major breakthrough that brings the companies closer to making...
Zecotek Green Fiber Laser Scores High
Zecotek Photonics Inc. announced that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the US National Institute of Health (NIH), has released positive test results conducted on Zecotek’s...
Microfluidic HIV Test: Quick and Cheap
A new lab-on-a-chip HIV testing device could make testing in developing nations easier and more affordable. UC Davis biomedical engineer Alexander Revzin developed the microfluidic device, which uses...
From Boston to Bay Area, Biotech Centers are Booming
For regenerative medicine leader Organogenesis Inc., there’s no place like home. For one thing, being based in the Boston area has made it easy for the MIT spinoff to access the latest research...
An Optogenetic Guide to the Brain
Scientists at RIKEN have developed a genetically encoded fluorescent sensor that can act as a direct optical indicator of signaling activity in the living brain. This powerful tool, described in a...
LEDs That Can Disinfect Water
Crystal IS Inc., a developer of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs), said it has demonstrated devices with record efficiency, power and lifetime at the optimal germicidal wavelength: 250 nm....
Olympus ’Scope Used for New Standards
Olympus has announced that the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is using the company’s LEXT OLS4000 confocal microscope to establish good practice guidelines for the calibration of 3-D/areal...
Mantis Microscopes Display Pests
Vision Engineering Ltd.’s Mantis stereomicroscope was a central part of a recent public exhibit on the pests and diseases found in home gardens. The exhibition — BBC Gardeners’...
Si Solar Panel Energy Yield Increased
Researchers from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have shown how the energy yield of relatively cheap solar panels, made of amorphous silicon, can be considerably raised — from around...
Raytheon Laser Shoots Down Drone
Raytheon Co. and a US Navy team used a combined-beam fiber laser to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in flight during an over-the-water engagement. The UAV targets were engaged and destroyed...
Holding onto a Pinch of Light
A new tool developed by Tel Aviv University, Holographic Optical Tweezers (HOTs) use holographic technology to manipulate up to 300 nanoparticles at a time, such as beads of glass or polymer, that...
Fibers That Detect, Produce Sound
For centuries, "man-made fibers" meant the raw stuff of clothes and ropes; in the information age, it’s come to mean the filaments of glass that carry data in communications networks. But to...
Leoni Fiber Optics Buys RoMack
Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH of Berlin acquired Virginia-based fiber optics maker RoMack for an undisclosed amount this month, the company said Monday. The acquisition was made through Leoni’s US...
Optical Fiber Ion Trap Collects Light
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects light emitted by single ions (electrically charged...
Shocking Results from DACs
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicists are using an ultrafast laser-based technique they dubbed “nanoshocks” to study shock behavior in tiny samples such as thin films...
BU Professor Found Dead in Photonics Lab
Boston University professor Franco Cerrina was found dead Monday in a laboratory on the fifth floor of the Photonics Center. A staff member discovered Cerrina’s body lying on the floor of the...
‘Photonic Molecule’ System Developed
A team from the Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures (LPN) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, National Center for Scientific Research) has developed a source of...
Laser System Welds Rocket Nozzles
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket made its 50th flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on May 21, 2010, carrying two telecommunications satellites with a combined mass of almost eight tons....
Filming Early Animal Development
The transformation of a single cell into a complete animal is amazing and complicated. Cells must divide and migrate through the ever-changing embryo, shaping themselves into specialized organs. And...
The Proton Just Got Smaller
In a discovery that could poke holes in the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), scientists have discovered that the proton, one of the smallest building blocks of all matter, is actually 4...
Mini Telescope Implant Approved
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of an implantable miniature telescope (IMT) made by VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc. to improve vision in some patients with...
Black Hole Emits Massive Microquasar
Combining observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope and NASA’s Chandra x-ray telescope, astronomers have uncovered the most powerful pair of jets...
Nano-Sized Light Mill Drives Microdisk
Researchers have created the first nano-sized light mill motor whose rotational speed and direction can be controlled by tuning the frequency of the incident light waves. STM image shows a...
Solar Plane Achieves 1st Night Flight
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first aircraft designed to fly day and night without fuel or pollution, has completed the first night flight ever by a solar-powered plane. Taking off yesterday morning...
Transformation Optics Makes a U-turn
In transformation optics, light waves can be controlled at all lengths of scale through the unique structuring of metamaterials, composites typically made from metals and dielectrics —...
IR Imaging at Room Temperature
Because infrared cameras are able to register thermal radiation, such as body heat, they would be ideal for improving visibility while driving an unlit country road. The problem is that for...
Sound Creating Light
In an advancement that will simplify the comparison of newly developed optical clocks, a team of researchers from Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have succeeded in transferring...
EUVL Best Bet to Extend Moore's Law
Last month, ranking technologists at the 2010 International Workshop on EUV Lithography agreed that extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) is the semiconductor industry's best bet for extending...
Microshutters Are Key to Webb
Shutters as small as the width of a human hair are a vital component in the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), giving the spacecraft the ability to see huge distances in the cosmos. The so-called...
NRL Developing New Laser-Machining Techniques
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) report that they have developed new laser-machining techniques for radiation detectors. “The new detectors will enable the next generation of...
Point Source Rebrands as Qioptiq
Point Source, a member of the Qioptiq Group, announced yesterday that it has rebranded itself as Qioptiq, effective immediately. The rebranding decision is part of the Group’s global...
acquisitions
Witec Buys Majority Stake in OMT
Optical and scanning probe microscope systems maker Witec GmbH announced Wednesday that it has strengthened its position in measurement technology for industrial applications by acquiring a majority...
Oclaro Acquires Mintera
Oclaro Inc. announced Wednesday its acquisition of Mintera Corp., a privately-held optical transport subsystems solutions provider. The purchase price was not disclosed. The acquisition will broaden...
Newport Sells Hilger Crystals to Dynasil
Advanced technology products maker Newport Corp. announced Tuesday that it has sold its Hilger Crystals subsidiary to Dynasil Corp. of West Berlin, N.J., for $4 million in cash. Margate,...
Leoni Fiber Optics Buys RoMack
Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH of Berlin acquired Virginia-based fiber optics maker RoMack for an undisclosed amount this month, the company said Monday. The acquisition was made through Leoni’s US...
Trioptics Expands US Business
Optical test equipment manufacturer Trioptics GmbH announced it has founded a subsidiary in the US — Trioptics Inc. — and has acquired Davidson Optronics Inc. of West Covina, Calif.,...
Alcon to Acquire LenSx Lasers
Eyecare company Alcon Inc. will acquire privately held LenSx Lasers Inc., developer of a femtosecond laser used in cataract surgery, for $361.5 million, Alcon announced Tuesday. The LenSx system, the...
Products
OTSE Integrated Overhead Shelf
IRVINE, Calif., July 30, 2010 — Newport Corp. has announced the OTSE integrated overhead shelf, the newest product in the SmartTable OTS optical table system family. It connects directly to the SmartTable-OTS frame so the entire system has a smaller footprint and a more rigid design, and, the company says, it provides more accessibility to the table than other competitive shelf systems. This integration facilitates moving...
MKS/Newport
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Multichip Pump Module at 808 nm
MERCERVILLE, N.J., July 29, 2010 — Princeton Optronics Inc. has introduced a high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based multichip laser module delivering 480 W of quasi-continuous-wave power. It has four 5...
Princeton Optronics Inc.
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UV1228CM 12-mm f/2.8 UV Lenses
OYSTER BAY, N.Y., July 29, 2010 — Universe Kogaku America adds to its existing line of quartz lenses a 12-mm lens with iris and focus lock for imaging applications in the nonvisible light spectrum. Available from stock in a...
Universe Kogaku (America) Inc.
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64-Channel YVX-657 TDC
BEAVERTON, Ore., July 29, 2010 — Voxtel Inc.’s plug-and-play YVX-657 time-to-digital (TDC) converter has 64 channels and provides <35-ps time resolution per channel. Available immediately for delivery to OEM systems...
Voxtel Inc.
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Laser Lenses
PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 28, 2010 — A line of ultralow-absorption CO2 laser lenses that run cooler than standard lenses to protect against thermal damage and provide focal length stability is available from Laser Research Optics, a...
Laser Research Optics
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Flattop/Extended-Travel Stages
EUGENE, Ore., July 28, 2010 — Applied Scientific Instrumentation offers an assortment of stages with flat tops and extended range of travel for robotic loading. The MS-2500 stage provides 100 mm of Y-axis travel and 250 mm...
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc.
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RTHM-174 Micro Rotary Stages
PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2010 — IntelLiDrives Inc.’s RTHM-174 micro rotation stages are designed to rotate optical components and small tooling in confined spaces, such as laser cavities, disk texturing machines, and...
IntelLiDrives Inc.
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High-Temperature Sensors
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., July 27, 2010 — For precise and noncontact measurement of position and displacement in harsh environments, Kaman Precision Products|Measuring, an operating unit of Kaman Aerospace, is offering a line of...
Kaman Precision Products, Measuring Systems
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LD-12xx-series Pump Lasers
DORTMUND, Germany, July 27, 2010 — To enable low-cost Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) reach extension, Innolume has announced the LD-12xx-series laser platform, a new generation of pump lasers based on proprietary quantum dot...
Innolume GmbH
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64-Bit ImageUV Software
SAN DIMAS, Calif., July 26, 2010 — Craic Technologies Inc. has released the 64-bit version of its ImageUV imaging software package designed to collect, analyze and process images from the company’s microscopes and...
CRAIC Technologies
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Structured Illumination
WETZLAR, Germany, July 26, 2010 — Resolution and contrast are important for fluorescence applications in wide-field microscopy. Undesired haze effects that reduce contrast can be minimized by using the smart principle of structured...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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High-Power 30-Die NIR LED Array
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., July 23, 2010 — Opto Diode Corp. has developed the first in a series of high-power LED arrays, the OD-850-30-030. The company says that the 30-die near-infrared LED array delivers more efficient operation and higher...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Phenom Pro Suite Software
EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands, July 23, 2010 — Phenom-World BV, producer of the Phenom desktop scanning electron microscope, announces the launch of a new software product, the Phenom Pro Suite, whose applications expand the functionality of the...
Phenom-World BV
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CLV500 Mini Bar-Code Scanners
MINNEAPOLIS, July 22, 2010 — The CLV503 and CLV505 miniature bar-code scanners from Sick Inc. are barely larger than a USB plug and can easily be installed where space is limited. The CLV500 series is also easy to configure via...
SICK Inc.
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Rolera EM-C2 EMCCD Camera
SURREY, British Columbia, July 22, 2010 — For high-quality, high-sensitivity imaging in low-light conditions, QImaging has released the Rolera EM-C2 electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) microscopy camera. It aids researchers in applications such...
Teledyne QImaging, Teledyne Imaging
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Smart Integrating Sphere
CAMARILLO, Calif., July 22, 2010 — OptoTest Corp. has launched the S-RHIS smart remote head integrating sphere designed to accurately measure absolute power and insertion loss. It also is suitable for assessing all types of bare...
Santec California Corp.
Therma Klear Heaters
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., July 21, 2010 — For temperature control of optical, lens and display assemblies, Dontech Inc.’s Therma Klear transparent heaters provide the warmth necessary to extend the operating temperature of LCDs in cold...
Dontech Inc.
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Titan UV Pulsed 355-nm Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2010 — The new Titan UV series from DPSS Lasers Inc., pulsed 355-nm solid-state laser systems with up to 5 W of average power, are typically used in applications such as solar cell processing, sapphire...
DPSS Lasers Inc.
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Laser Alignment Kit
PEABODY, Mass., July 21, 2010 — Pinpoint Laser Systems Inc. has unveiled the Proline alignment kit, a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling and many other tasks. It...
Pinpoint Laser Systems
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PowerMax Laser Power Meters
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2010 — Coherent Inc. has expanded its PowerMax-USB/RS series of laser power measurement products with the addition of several new sensors. Introduced in December 2009, the power meters were the first...
Coherent Inc.
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ZDeck Quick Adjust Platform
ROCKLAND, Mass., July 20, 2010 — Prior Scientific Inc. has introduced the ZDeck Quick Adjust Platform System for Olympus BX51WI and BX61WI microscopes. It increases productivity by allowing the user to image multiple areas of...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Inspire Line of SWIR Lenses
PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 2010 — Clear Align has announced the Inspire line of high-performance, ultralightweight, pre-engineered lenses for short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) detection. Designed for high-resolution operation at...
Clear Align
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Fast and Easy Quantum Yield Measurement
Hamamatsu's C9920 series provide a faster, easier way than traditional methods to measure the properties of photoluminescent materials used for PV, OLEDs, and LEDs. Simply load the test sample and...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Precision Polymer Optics
G-S PLASTIC OPTICS manufactures optics for imaging, scanning, detection, and illumination applications. GSPO provides diamond-turned and injection molded prototypes, production injection molding,...
GS Plastic Optics
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Announcing TracePro Version 7.0
TracePro 7.0, the award winning non-sequential 3-D CAD raytracing program, features an interactive optimizer, multithreaded algorithms and new re-arrangeable system tree. Find out how TracePro users...
Lambda Research Corp.
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6-Axis Alignment Systems
PI offers the largest selection of high-accuracy Hexapod 6-D Micropositioners -- ideal for precision alignment & handling from fibers to MEMS to heavy optics. Vacuum compatibility; very high...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Low Light Uniform Source System
Designed to provide spectral irradiance levels comparable to those of an m=0 star in the UV, VIS, and IR. Labsphere's USS-1200V-LL 12-inch system has a uniformity of <98% and is specifically used...
Labsphere Inc.
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New TracePro® Bridge for SolidWorks®
Lambda Research Corporation announces the release of their updated TracePro® Bridge™ Add-in to SolidWorks. The Bridge enables users to assign, view, and save optical properties directly in...
Lambda Research Corp.
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PPS-150 Laser Diode Drivers
ST. LOUIS, July 19, 2010 — The PPS-150 series laser diode drivers manufactured by Portable Power Systems provide up to 150 A of continuous-wave or pulsed current at various compliance voltages. The units are...
Portable Power Systems Inc.
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LED for POF Data Communications
WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England, July 19, 2010 — Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd. has introduced the L10762 resonant cavity LED for plastic optical fiber (POF) data communications. The company says that the red-emitting resonant cavity LED offers...
Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd.
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2510- to 2610-MHz VCO
FORT MYERS, Fla., July 15, 2010 — Crystek Corp.'s CVCO55CC-2510-2610 VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) operates from 2510 to 2610 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.5 to approximately 4.5 V. It offers good linearity, and typical...
Crystek Corp
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Aberration-Compensation Plates
BARRINGTON, N.J., July 15, 2010 — Optimized for use in collimated light with small fields of view, Edmund Optics’ TechSpec spherical aberration-compensation plates feature a precision BK7 substrate. As light travels...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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StarLab Power/Energy Software
LOGAN, Utah, July 15, 2010 — Ophir-Spiricon's StarLab 2.01 laser power/energy measurement software converts a PC into a multichannel laser power/energy station. Features of the newest version of the software include Windows 7...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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LED Quadrant Ringlights
COMMACK, N.Y., July 14, 2010 — Unitron Ltd. has introduced the 15854 LED ringlights. Manufactured to fit any stereomicroscope, they are suitable for observing circuit boards, electronics and highly reflective specimens. ...
UNITRON Ltd.
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Multistream Gas Monitors
WARRINGTON, England, July 14, 2010 — Hiden Analytical has extended its HPR-20 series gas analyzers with the addition of an expanded range of gas stream selectors. Standard selector options offer a choice of eight, 20, 40 and 80 channels...
Hiden Analytical Ltd.
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OptiStar Lenses
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 14, 2010 — Enhanced 25- and 50-mm hyperspectral lenses optimized for peak short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) camera performance have been unveiled by Navitar Inc. The OptiStar lenses have a rugged design and...
Navitar Inc.
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Endevco Accelerometers
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., July 13, 2010 — Meggitt Sensing Systems has announced the Endevco model 2271A series, an extreme-temperature accelerometer family designed with rugged construction and precision accuracy for high-reliability...
Meggitt Sensing Systems
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HBA4 Bore Shaft Encoder
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 13, 2010 — US Digital Corp. has released the HBA4 absolute blind hollow bore shaft encoder. This single-turn encoder provides 16-bit resolution over 360° of shaft rotation. It is available in a...
US Digital
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LaserBoxx Laser Diode Modules
LANNION, France, July 13, 2010 — The LaserBoxx series, announced by Oxxius SA, are laser diode modules offering high optical performance in a driver integrated compact box. The size of only 40 × 40 × 100 mm allows easy...
Oxxius SA
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 12, 2010 — For gasket cutting lasers, a line of off-the-shelf replacement CO2 laser lenses and mirrors for computer numerical control laser gasket cutting operations requiring high accuracy and reliability is...
Laser Research Optics
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ML520G72 Red Laser Diode
RATINGEN, Germany, July 12, 2010 — Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV is introducing a 638-nm red laser diode. The ML520G72 offers high output power and is suited to pico projector applications or other portable display systems requiring a...
Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV, Semiconductor European Business Group
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BioSpectrum Imaging System
UPLAND, Calif., July 12, 2010 — The BioSpectrum imaging system from UVP LLC is configured for use in multiple imaging applications. Combined with the BioLite multispectral light source, it provides a powerful system to excite and...
Analytik Jena US LLC
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Sol3A 12 × 12 Solar Simulator
STRATFORD, Conn., July 9, 2010 — Oriel, a Newport Corp. brand, has announced the Sol3A 12 × 12 solar simulator. The latest addition to the Class AAA solar simulator product family features a 300 × 300-mm output beam and...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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SinguLYS Air-Bearing Stages
IRVINE, Calif., July 8, 2010 — Newport Corp. has announced the SinguLYS family of single-axis air bearing stages. The new stage and bridge configurations combine high performance with modularity, making them suitable for...
MKS/Newport
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LMS-3M Lamp Measurement Sphere
NORTH SUTTON, N. H., July 8, 2010 — With lighting technology advancing to include larger and more complex devices, Labsphere has introduced the LMS-3M 3-m integrating sphere for complete optical characterization of these larger lamps...
Labsphere Inc.
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OADM 250 Laser Distance Sensor
SOUTHINGTON, Conn., July 8, 2010 — Baumer has introduced the OADM 250, an optical laser distance sensor designed to accurately detect target objects, regardless of surface properties or color, at distances from 0.2 to 4 m away. Based...
Baumer Ltd.
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CMOS Cameras
OBERSULM, Germany, July 7, 2010 — IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced high-speed cameras with a 1.3-megapixel global shutter CMOS sensor. The sensor, developed by e2v technologies, operates at up to 60 fps and combines...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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URS Precision Rotation Stages
IRVINE, Calif., July 7, 2010 — Newport Corp. has introduced the URS50BCC and the URS50BPP precision rotation stages that feature 360° continuous motion and a 50-mm footprint. The stages provide backlash-free, continuous...
MKS/Newport
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InAsSb Infrared Detector
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 7, 2010 — For high-sensitivity measurements in the 5-µm spectral band, Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced a commercially available indium arsenide antimonide (InAsSb) detector, the P11120-901. It...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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GL-SD60 Series LEDs
TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 6, 2010 — GlacialLight Inc.'s GL-SD60 series dust- and waterproof DC-powered LED spotlights and floodlights are used in indoor and outdoor lighting applications. Protected against strong water jets from...
GlacialLight
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20/20 Solar PV Cell Testing
SAN DIMAS, Calif., July 6, 2010 — For solar photovoltaic (PV) cell testing applications, Craic Technologies Inc. has released the 20/20 Solar microspectrophotometer that is designed to measure the thickness of thin films as well as...
CRAIC Technologies
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Rumba 1064-nm Laser
SOLNA, Sweden, July 2, 2010 — Cobolt AB has released a new wavelength on the single-frequency 05-01 platform released in 2009. The Cobolt Rumba diode-pumped solid-state laser operates at 1064 ±0.6 nm with up to 2 W of...
Cobolt AB
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A40-150C VCSEL Driver IC
BERLIN, July 2, 2010 — VI Systems GmbH is offering a new ultrahigh-speed vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) driver integrated circuit (IC) which is designed for serial data rates of up to 40 Gb/s in short-reach...
VI Systems GmbH
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Internal-Pendulum Leg Stands
BOSTON, July 2, 2010 — Two new vibration-isolating leg stands have been introduced by Kinetic Systems Inc. Designated the 500AP Series and designed to support the company’s breadboards and optical tables, they are...
Kinetic Systems Inc.
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Legend Elite Duo-HP Amplifier
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 1, 2010 — A new Ti:sapphire ultrafast laser amplifier from Coherent Inc., the Legend Elite Duo-HP, offers >15 W of output power and pulse energy of up to 10 mJ. The kilohertz-class thermoelectrically cooled...
Coherent Inc.
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764H-061 Laser Diode Mounts
IRVINE, Calif., July 1, 2010 — The 764H-061 laser diode mounts from Newport Corp. can handle up to 61-W thermal loads at 25 °C ambient temperature with their air-cooling system. The internal series of thermoelectric coolers...
MKS/Newport
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TitanBrite High-Power LEDs
PALATINE, Ill., July 1, 2010 — Lumex has extended its TitanBrite line of high-power LEDs with the introduction of new 2-, 3- and 5-W models. The surface-mount LEDs provide high intensity light of up to 58, 210 and 300 lm,...
Lumex
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