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Photonics.com - June 2003
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APCON Makes $3.7 Million Sale to IBM Global Services
PORTLAND, Ore., June 30 -- APCON Inc., a provider of network solutions and intelligent physical layer switches for fiber channel, Ethernet and SONET, announced it has made a $3.7 million sale of...
Report: Fiber Optic Fusion Splicer Market to Double
SAN MATEO, Calif., June 27 -- The worldwide consumption value of fiber optic fusion splicers will double from $233 million in 2002 to $471 million in 2007, according to the market analysis firm...
Corning Bullish on LCD Glass Business
CORNING, N.Y., June 27 --Corning Inc. told financial analysts today that the active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) glass industry is expected to continue experiencing strong annual growth over...
Microvision Demos Laser Scanning Camera
BOTHELL, Wash., Jun 27 -- Microvision Inc. made the first public demonstration of its laser scanning camera at its annual shareholders' meeting this week. The 1.4 megapixel laser scanning camera has...
Cree Unveils SiC Substrate Fabrication Method
DURHAM, N.C., June 27 -- Cree Inc. said it has demonstrated the capability of producing a 100 mm 4H semi-insulating silicon carbide (SiC) substrate, which it says is a milestone in the advancement of...
Ultratech Develops Laser Thermal Processing Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 26 -- Ultratech Inc. announced it has developed what it believes to be the integrated circuit (IC) industry's first laser thermal processing (LTP) technology that allows...
R2 Technology, Stanford to Work on CAD with 3-D Imaging
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 26 -- R2 Technology Inc., a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, and Stanford University's Department of Radiology said they are collaborating to...
Sorrento Networks to Acquire LuxN
SAN DIEGO, June 26 -- Sorrento Networks Corp., a supplier of intelligent optical networking solutions for metro and regional applications, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement...
Brashear to Build Space Telescope Optical Assemblies
PITTSBURGH, June 25 -- Brashear LP has received a multimillion dollar contract from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., to design and fabricate large space optical assemblies for...
Norwest Equity Buys CVI Laser Optics Unit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 25 -- Norwest Equity Partners announced it has acquired the laser optics business of CVI Laser Corp., a provider of laser optics and assemblies to the...
Crystal Structures Light the Way to Optical Microchip
TORONTO, June 25 -- A new class of microscopic crystal structures developed at the University of Toronto is bringing high-bandwidth optical microchips one step closer to efficient, large-scale...
Virtual Reality Without the 3-D Goggles
PHILADELPHIA, June 25 -- The University of Pennsylvania has installed a virtual reality system that allows a participant full-body interaction with a virtual environment without the hassle of bulky,...
GPS Devices Put to Novel Uses in Japan
TOKYO, June 24 -- Two novel uses of the global positioning system (GPS) have been developed for security-minded residents of Japan. The security company Secom Co. Ltd. plans to unleash a new service...
Medical Team Seeks Prostate Cancer Imaging Breakthroughs
NEW ORLEANS, June 24 -- Cytogen Corp., Siemens Medical Solutions and University Hospitals of Cleveland have announced a partnership to promote breakthroughs in prostate cancer imaging. The...
Semiconductor Pioneer Receives IEEE Award
PISCATAWAY, N.J., June 24 -- Nick Holonyak Jr., a professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received The Institute of Electrical...
Report: Telecom Act Spurred Investment
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The 1996 Telecommunications Act produced a surge in telecoms investment and capital stock, and claims to the contrary are untrue, according to the Phoenix Center, non-profit...
Southampton Photonics Demos 600 W from Fiber Laser
MUNICH, Germany, June 23 -- Southampton Photonics Inc. (SPI) and the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, England, have demonstrated over 600 W from a single fiber laser. The...
Fairpoint Communications to Acquire Berkshire Telephone
CHARLOTTE, N.C. and KINDERHOOK, N.Y., June 20 -- FairPoint Communications Inc. and Berkshire Telephone Corp. announced today they have signed a definitive stock purchase agreement for FairPoint to...
Spectra-Physics Raises Glass to Laser Technology
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 20 -- Spectra-Physics said it hopes its display at Laser Munich 2003 (Munich, Germany, June 23-26, 2003) will get people thinking about novel ways to employ laser...
Sensors Unlimited to Make Imaging/Rangefinding Camera
PRINCETON, N.J., June 20 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a developer of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, announced this week it has received a US Air Force contract to develop a...
Berkeley Lab Physicist Challenges Speed of Gravity Claim
BERKELEY, Calif., June 20 -- Albert Einstein may have been right that gravity travels at the speed of light, but the theory has not yet been proven, contrary to a claim made earlier this year. A...
Advanced Photonix Awarded Missile Parts Contract
CAMARILLO, Calif., June 19 -- Advanced Photonix Inc. announced that it has received a $2,435,000 contract from Raytheon Co. for the detector/preamp assembly for the active optical target detector...
Jefferson Lab 10 kW Laser Produces First Light
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 19 -- Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have produced first light from their 10-kilowatt (kW) free-electron laser, or...
Agilent Grant to Spur Taiwan Communications R&D
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 18 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. received a government grant this week from the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to spur communications product research and...
Kodeos Communications Secures $6M
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., June 18 -- Kodeos Communications Inc., a provider of 10 Gb/s enhanced-performance optical subsystems, announced today it has received an additional $6 million in a Series A...
Training Key to Remote Surgery System Sales
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18 -- The field of image-guided and robot-assisted surgery has benefited from expanding applications, but a sustained effort to familiarize users with the systems is imperative...
ICOS Vision, Scanner Technologies Settle Patent Claims
HEVERLEE, Belgium, June 18 -- ICOS Vision Systems Corp., a developer of 2-D and 3-D inspection equipment primarily for the semiconductor packaging industry, has entered into a settlement agreement...
Crystal IS to Participate in SUVOS
WATERVLIET, N.Y., June 17 -- Crystal IS Inc., a supplier of single-crystal aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates, was recently selected to participate in The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's...
Opnext Acquires Pine Photonics Communications
EATONTOWN, N.J., June 17 -- Opnext Inc., a maker of optical components, announced today it has acquired Pine Photonics Communications Inc., a transceiver maker based in Fremont, Calif. Opnext said...
40 Million Internet Users Connect Via Broadband
NEW YORK, June 17 -- Thirty-nine million, or 13 percent, of Americans connect to the Internet via broadband, according to a Nielsen//NetRatings report. Home users of broadband grew 49 percent...
Ion Optics Closes Funding Round
WALTHAM, Mass., June 16 -- Ion Optics Inc. announced it has closed a $2.5 million investment, the first phase of a planned $4 million Series B financing round being led by Ardesta LLC and other...
China Develops New Fiber Optics
SHANGHAI, June 13 -- China said it has developed a "new generation of fiber optics" in Shanghai as part of its strategy to advance the country's network communications, China Daily reported today....
General Dynamics to Develop New Soldier Gear
FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 15 -- General Dynamics was awarded a contract yesterday to develop a "networked soldier" system, which will outfit the soldier of the future with wired uniforms that monitor...
3-D MEMS Design Challenge Winners Announced
BURBANK, Calif., June 13 -- Cenk Acar, a PhD student in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department's MicroSystems Lab at the University of California, Irvine, is the first place winner of...
Imaging Among Fastest Growing Outpatient Procedures
EVANSTON, Ill., June 13 -- Imaging procedures administered in outpatient hospital settings increased 44 percent between 1999 and 2001, according to a study released today by Solucient, which monitors...
Cree Lighting Files Suit Against AXT
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 12 -- Cree Lighting Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., announced yesterday it has filed a lawsuit against AXT Inc., in the US District Court for the Northern...
Cornell and Harvard Demo Optical Biopsy Technique
ITHACA, N.Y., June 12 -- A new imaging technique that could lead to optical biopsies without removal of tissue is being reported by biophysical scientists at Cornell and Harvard universities. The...
DALSA Unit Builds Chips For Mars Rovers
WATERLOO, Ontario, June 12 -- Charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor chips on board the two Mars Exploration Rover (MER) missions were manufactured at DALSA's semiconductor division in Bromont,...
NIF Sets Laser Performance Record
LIVERMORE, Calif., June 12 -- The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently produced 10.4 kiloJoules (kJ)...
Study Looks Inside 'Beating Heart' of Lasers
TORONTO, June 12 -- A research breakthrough offers the first-ever glimpse inside a laser while it's operating and could lead to more powerful and efficient lasers for fiber optic communication...
Kyma Technologies Exceeds Funding Goal
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C., June 12 -- Kyma Technologies Inc., a supplier of gallium nitride (GaN) substrates for the optoelectronics, communications and microelectronics industries, has obtained $4...
CenturyTel Acquires Midwestern Fiber Optic Business
MONROE, La., June 11 -- CenturyTel Inc. has completed its previously announced $38 million purchase of the operating assets of Digital Teleport Inc. (DTI), a fiber optic transport business based in...
NTT Develops Faster Optic-Fiber Technology
TOKYO, June 11 -- Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) has developed a communications technology that will allow Internet users to download a two-hour movie in about half a minute,...
Study: More Data Needed on Digital Mammography
LANSING, Mich., June 11 -- There is not enough evidence that digital mammography is better than standard screen film mammography for the early detection of breast cancer, according to new research by...
Raytheon Awarded Helicopter Sensor Contract
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 11 -- Raytheon Co. was recently awarded a $110.8 million contract by the US Army's Special Operations Command for the design and delivery of 128 electro-optic (EO) sensors...
Space Imaging to Evaluate Image Search Technology
DENVER, June 11 -- Space Imaging has won a contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to evaluate a new technology enabling the rapid search of large imagery databases for specific...
Veeco Buys Atomic Force Microscope Probe Unit
WOODBURY, N.Y., June 10 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. has purchased the atomic force microscope (AFM) probe business of NanoDevices Inc., based in Santa Barbara, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not...
Nanosys Licenses Solar Cell Technology Rights
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 10 -- Nanosys Inc. announced it has signed exclusive licensing agreements for worldwide rights to a broad set of intellectual properties covering nanocomposite solar cell...
Evident Technologies Granted Nanoparticle License
TROY, N.Y., June 10 -- Semiconductor nanocrystal manufacturer Evident Technologies announced it has been granted a worldwide license for the use of certain intellectual property relating to...
Chinese Telcoms Invest in 2008 Olympics
AUSTIN, Texas, June 10 -- Beijing Communication Corp. (BCC) will invest $6.64 billion (US) in the next five years to extend and upgrade its network, according to a report, "Beijing's 2008 Olympics --...
Lucent to Build Optical Network for Beijing Communication
BEIJING, June 10 -- Lucent Technologies announced today that it has been awarded an optical networking contract with Beijing Communication Corp. (BCC), a subsidiary of China Netcom, to build an...
Boeing-Built Communications Satellite Launched
ST. LOUIS, June 11 -- Thuraya-2, the second satellite built by Boeing for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co., of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, rocketed to geosynchronous transfer orbit...
Sensors Unlimited to Develop Rangefinding Camera
PRINCETON, N.J., June 9 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a developer of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, announced it has received a US Air Force contract for the first phase of a 33-month...
Report: Gallium Nitride Markets Continue to Thrive
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 9 -- The worldwide growth and momentum for markets and R&D activity relating to gallium nitride devices and materials has never been more robust, according to market...
Irish Photonic Test Companies Merge
DUBLIN, Ireland, June 9 -- Tsunami Photonics Ltd., specialists in fast test system software for photonic components, has acquired the PXI business of PXIT, a manufacturer of PXI-based modular test...
Dowslake Microsystems, Photonic Bridges Deploy MiniSis
ATLANTA, June 6 -- Dowslake Microsystems, a provider of smart modules and smart subsystems for intelligent networks, and Photonic Bridges Inc., a provider of optical networking solutions for the...
Swedish Test Bed Project Announced
ANAHEIM, Calif., June 6 -- Sweden's Socware Design Cluster and Acreo Photonics Research have announced a new photonic network test bed project that will be open to US and international companies to...
SpectRx Inc. to Develop Alcohol Sensing System
NORCROSS, Ga., June 6 -- SpectRx Inc., the Boston University School of Public Health and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have been awarded a two-year, $1.5 million contract from the National Institute...
Sunland Entertainment Acquires Trestle Corp.
LOS ANGELES and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 6 -- Trestle Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunland Entertainment Co. Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of Trestle Corp., a...
Laser System Markets Anticipate Market Growth
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 5 -- Competition between different types of laser media and growing rivalry from nonlaser technologies are compelling laser system manufacturers across the world to diversify...
Carbon Nanotechnologies Joins Institute for Solider Nanotechnologies
HOUSTON, June 5 -- Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) announced it has been selected as a small-business industrial member of the Institute for Solider Nanotechnologies, which opened at the...
FCC Commissioner Speaks at SUPERCOMM
ATLANTA, June 5 -- FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin led a session at SUPERCOMM this week on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) recent ruling on unbundled network elements (UNE)and its...
Ericsson Outsources IT Unit to HP
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 4 -- Ericsson today signed a five-year contract to outsource its information technology (IT) infrastructure to Hewlett Packarcd (HP). Ericsson said the agreement will...
CLEO/QELS 2003 Opening Draws Crowd
BALTIMORE, Md., June 4 -- The CLEO/QELS 2003 technical exhibition got underway Tuesday at the Baltimore Convention Center with high hopes that attendance at the conference will match last year's...
EXFO to Reduce Work Force by 30 Percent
QUEBEC CITY, June 4 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced yesterday it will reduce its work force by 30 percent, as part of a restructuring plan that it says will result in approximately...
JCSU Studies Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 4 -- The passive millimeter-wave (PMMW) imager may lead to new ways of handling airport security, aircraft landing, space shuttle diagnostics and battlefield combat, according...
Stick With Me; You'll Go Places
MANCHESTER, England, June 3 -- Researchers at the new Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Manchester said Monday they have developed a new type of adhesive tape...
Nanosys Raises $38M in Funding Round
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 3 -- Nanosys Inc., a developer of nanotechnology-enabled systems, announced today it has raised $38 million in the second closing of its second-round financing, led by CDIB...
Lucent CEO Expresses Optimism at SUPERCOMM
ATLANTA, June 3 -- Patricia F. Russo, chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, told an audience at SUPERCOMM yesterday that she is optimistic about the telecommunications industry recovery. According...
BellSouth to Upgrade SONET Platform
ATLANTA, June 2 -- BellSouth announced it will upgrade its SONET infrastructure to a multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP) in order to expand service options for customers in its nine-state...
European Broadband Use Rise Forecast
BOSTON, June 2 -- Broadband uptake in European households will reach 28 percent by 2008, according to a report by market analyis firm Jupiter Research. The company said its research also suggests...
Trimble Supplies China GPS System
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 2 -- Trimble, a global positioning system (GPS) technology developer, said it has supplied GPS reference stations and its Virtual Reference Station (VRS) software to the...
TCC Crystals Bound for Space
GLASGOW, Scotland, June 2 -- The Crystal Consortium (TCC) Ltd. has won a contract to develop a crystal for the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of a unique, solid-state cooling system, the...
Evident Technologies Licenses IBM Quantum Dots
TROY, N.Y., June 2 -- Evident Technologies today announced it has entered into a license agreement with IBM for lead selenide (PbSe) quantum dots. This license enables Evident Technologies to make,...
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