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June 2004

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FiberGrade Acquired by PXIT BOSTON, June 30 -- FiberGrade Inc., a Boston startup developer of optical transmission monitoring technologies, has been acquired by PXIT, a manufacturer of high-performance optical and electrical test equipment based in Dublin, Ireland, with an office in Lexington, Mass. The acquisition was funded by a total investment of over $3 million, primarily from the venture capital company 4th Level, in...

Jmar to Develop X-Ray Microscope SAN DIEGO, June 29 -- Jmar Technologies Inc. announced it is developing an x-ray microscope (XRM) product line based on the company's existing collimated plasma lithography (CPL) x-ray source...

EU Nanotech Council Launched BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 29 -- The European Union (EU) has launched the European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) to support a competitive nanoelectronics industry in Europe....

GE Opens Technology Center in Germany GARCHING, Germany, June 28 -- General Electric opened a European Global Research Center today in Garching, near Munich, Germany. The 10,000 square-meter facility, on the campus of the Technical...

Hitachi and NEC Announce Joint Venture TOKYO, June 25 -- Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. announced today they have signed an agreement to join forces in the business of backbone routers/switches for telecommunications carrier networks, the...

Hitachi, NEC Announce Joint Venture TOKYO, June 25 -- Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. announced today they have signed an agreement to join forces in the business of backbone routers/switches for telecommunications carrier networks, the...

InVision Approves GE Acquisition NEWARK, Calif., June 25 -- InVision Technologies Inc. said its shareholders approved General Electric Co.'s $900 million cash acquisition of InVision at a special meeting held today at the company's...

Spire to Develop THz Laser Technology BEDFORD, Mass., June 24 -- Spire Corp., a Bedford, Mass.-based manufacturer of photovoltaic module manufacturing equipment and surface treatments for the biomedical industry, is developing...

Bookham to Reincorporate in US OXFORDSHIRE, England, June 24 -- Bookham Technology plc, a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems used in various applications and industries, including telecommunications, announced...

Konarka Raises $18 Million LOWELL, Mass., June 24 -- Konarka Technologies Inc., a developer of polymer photovoltaic products that convert light to energy, announced it has secured $18 million in its Series C round of...

Fuse Satellite Marks 5th Anniversary

BALTIMORE, Md., June 24 -- NASA's far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer (FUSE) satellite reachd a milestone today: the five-year anniversary of its launch atop a Delta-II rocket from Cape Canaveral,...

Microsoft, Lucent Announce Digital TV Collaboration CHICAGO, June 24 -- Microsoft Corp. and Lucent Technologies today this week they are collaborating to integrate the Microsoft TV internet protocol television (IPTV) software platform with Lucent...

Spire to Develop Terahertz Laser Technology BEDFORD, Mass., June 24 -- Spire Corp., a Bedford, Mass.-based manufacturer of photovoltaic module manufacturing equipment and surface treatments for the biomedical industry, is developing...

Verizon Uses Packet Switches for Local Service NEW YORK, June 23 -- Verizon announced yesterday it is deploying advanced packet-switching technology to serve local business and consumer lines in California and Washington state. The new packet...

Universal Display, PARC to Collaborate EWING, N.J. & PALO ALTO, Calif., June 23 -- Universal Display Corp., a developer of organic light-emitting device (OLED) technologies for flat panel displays, lighting and other opto-electronic...

Comlase Receives Venture Funding STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 22 -- Comlase, a Stockholm-based developer of process technology and equipment for the production of high-power semiconductor lasers and optoelectronic devices, announced it...

CTI Acquiring Concorde Microsystems KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 22 -- CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., a provider of positron emission tomography (PET) equipment, molecular imaging biomarkers and services, has announced a definitive agreement...

DARPA Funds Photonics Center CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 22 -- The University of Illinois (UI) at Urbana-Champaign has received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create a photonics research center...

DARPA Funds Photonics Research Center CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 22 -- The University of Illinois (UI) at Urbana-Champaign has received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create a photonics research center...

Global Satellite Communications Demand Rising PALO ALTO, Calif., June 22 -- Satellite operators have experienced a significant increase in US military and government demand for commercial satellite communications since the events of Sept. 11,...

AXT Cuts Jobs at Fremont Plant FREMONT, Calif., June 21 -- AXT Inc. announced today it is reducing the workforce at its Fremont, Calif., manufacturing facility by approximately 45 positions, or about 35 percent, over the next 60...

OnFiber Acquires C2C Fiber Assets AUSTIN, Texas, June 21 -- OnFiber Communications Inc., an Austin, Texas-based metro network solutions provider, announced it has acquired a majority of the assets and all customer contracts of C2C...

Laser-Based Water Sensors in the Works SAN DIEGO, June 21 -- Jmar Technologies Inc. said it will collaborate with The LXT Group to produce a pathogen early-warning system for the drinking water industry. Jmar said the system, called...

Evident, RPI to Develop 'Qdot' LEDs TROY, N.Y., June 18 -- Evident Technologies, a Troy, N.Y., maker of nanocrystals also known as quantum dots ("qdots"), announced it has received funding from the New York State Energy Research and...

Exploiting the Weird Quantum Behavior of Atoms

GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 18 -- Physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated "teleportation" by transferring key properties of one...

Raytheon to Produce Navy SATCOM Systems MCKINNEY, Texas, June 18 -- Raytheon Co. will produce additional submarine high-data-rate (sub HDR) multiband satellite communication (SATCOM) systems under a multiyear contract worth up to $50...

Essex to Buy GIS Business PGI COLUMBIA, Md., June 17 -- Essex Corp. has announced it will acquire Performance Group Inc. (PGI), a Fredericksburg, Va., provider of geographic information systems (GIS), imagery processing and...

L-3 Announces 2 Acquisitions NEW YORK, June 17 -- L-3 Communications announced today it is acquiring two companies, Cincinnati Electronics and Brashear LP. It acquired Brashear LP on Monday for approximately $36 million in cash,...

Corning Disputes 'Dumping' Allegation CORNING, N.Y., June 16 -- Corning Inc. announced today it has received a preliminary determination from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) of the People's Republic of China alleging Corning "has dumped...

DRS Awarded $31 M for Navy Displays PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 16 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced today it has been awarded new orders valued at approximately $31 million to provide production, spares and engineering services for the US...

Coherent Wins Laser Contract SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15 -- Coherent has been selected to supply a custom ultrafast amplified laser system for a multimillion dollar experimental proton beam cancer treatment system to be...

Cornell Dedicates 'G-Line' Facility ITHACA, N.Y., June 15 -- A facility producing some of the world's most intense x-ray beams for research, education and training was dedicated at Cornell University today. Built by Cornell and housing...

Applied Materials Acquires Torrex SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15 -- Applied Materials Inc., a supplier of wafer fabrication solutions to the semiconductor industry, has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Torrex Inc. for an...

4 Win Europhysics Prize for 'Qubit' Work PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 -- The European Physical Society (EPS) has awarded the 2004 Agilent Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics to four scientists for their...

CLEO Papers, Attendance Increased WASHINGTON, DC, June 14 -- Attendance at the 2004 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/IQEC) was up 7 percent from 2003, and paper presentations...

Adaptive Optics Exposes Visual Defects ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 14 -- Adaptive optics, originally developed to help astronomers see more clearly through the Earth's atmosphere, has enabled researchers at the University of Rochester to...

CLEO 2004 Papers, Attendance Increase WASHINGTON, DC, June 14 -- Attendance at the 2004 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/IQEC) was up 7 percent from 2003, and paper presentations...

Nanotechnology Among SPIE Topics BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 11 -- Innovations in nanotechnology and organic material will be among the topics explored at The International Symposim on Optical Science and Technology, during the 49th...

Precision Photonics Awarded Grant BOULDER, Colo., June 11 -- Precision Photonics Corp., a manufacturer of ultraprecise optics and laser-based instruments, announced it has received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of...

Imaging Study Shows Brain Maturing

BETHESDA, Md., June 11 -- The brain's center of reasoning and problem solving is among the last to mature, a new study graphically reveals. The decade-long magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of...

SIA Calls for Nanoelectronics Research SAN JOSE, Calif., June 10 -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) this week called for creation of a Nanoelectronics Research Institute to direct and coordinate a massive research effort to...

OIF Announces Demo Participants FREMONT, Calif., June 9 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) said today that fifteen companies that have been participating for the last month in preparations for its World Interoperability...

Osram Files Patent Infringement Suit SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9 -- Osram Opto Semiconductors, a maker of solid-state LED devices, announced today it has filed a complaint against Malaysian LED manufacturer Dominant Semiconductors Sdn....

Infrared Window Grant Awarded BUFFALO, N.Y., June 9 -- MetaMateria Partners (MMP), a Columbus, Ohio, subsidiary of nanomaterials developer NanoDynamics Inc., of Buffalo, has received a $750,000 Small Business Innovative Research...

IEEE, SEMI to Collaborate PISCATAWAY, N.J. & SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9 -- Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE) have...

Nextrom Acquires Bular Soot Technology MORGES, Switzerland, June 8 -- Nextrom (USA) Inc., Nextrom Holding SA and Bular LLC, of Camarillo, Calif., announced that Nextrom has acquired Bular's technology and assets related to soot...

Sanmina-SCI and Kailight Collaborate SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7 -- Sanmina-SCI Corp., an electronics contract manufacturing services (EMS) company, and Kailight Photonics, a developer of all-optical signal regeneration and wavelength...

Report: Ethernet Drives Fiber Access Market Gain FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 4 -- The fiber access equipment market is poised for growth, spurred by a favorable regulatory climate and demand for high-speed data, entertainment and voice, according to...

Fischer Imaging Patent Funds Paid DENVER, June 3 --Fischer Imaging Corp. announced today it has reached an agreement with Thermo Electron Corp. to accelerate remaining payments owed Fischer from a 2002 patent settlement into a single...

Verizon to Upgrade UMass Memorial Network WORCESTER, Mass., June 3 -- UMass (University of Massachusetts) Memorial Health Care, a health care system serving central Massachusetts, has signed a seven-year, $9.6 million agreement with Verizon...

eOn Acquires Majority Interest in Cortelco Shanghai ATLANTA, June 3 -- eOn Communications Corp., a provider of voice, E-mail and Web-based communications systems and software, including call center platforms, announced it has acquired a controlling...

Report: Engineering Profession Must Adapt WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Engineering education in the US must anticipate and adapt to the dramatic changes of engineering practice expected in the coming decades, in order to enhance the nation's...

Report: Engineering Must Adapt WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Engineering education in the US must anticipate and adapt to the dramatic changes of engineering practice expected in the coming decades, in order to enhance the nation's...

Carl Zeiss, Cornell to Collaborate NEW YORK -- Biomedical microscopic imaging deep inside living tissue with unprecedented clarity could become routine and widely available with the recent signing of technology transfer and...

Newport to Buy Spectra-Physics IRVINE, Calif., June 1 -- Newport Corp. announced today it will buy Spectra-Physics, the optical technologies unit of Thermo Electron Corp., for about $300 million to build up its photonics business....

Applied Image Adds Sine Patterns ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1 -- Applied Image Group has added photonics firm Sine Patterns LLC to its family of companies. The optics firm signed an exclusive, definitive agreement on May 17. Officials...

DOE Funds Fusion Science Centers WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Department of Energy has selected the University of Maryland/University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Rochester to host two new fusion science...

PRODUCTS

FocusScope FV-100C

SAN DIEGO, June 24 -- Photron USA Inc., a manufacturer of high-resolution, high-speed motion analysis cameras, has introduced its FocusScope FV-100C microscopy camera. This real-time, full-color, all-in-focus digital microscopy camera system combines high-speed image processing with piezoelectric technology. The light-sensitive CMOS imager operates at 1000 frames per second (f/s) to provide a...

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Expanded High-Power C Series RONKONKOMA, N.Y., June 24 -- UltraVolt Inc., a manufacturer of high-voltage DC-DC converters, announced the extension of its High-Power C series up to 25 kV, from the previous maximum of 15 kV. The...

UltraVolt Inc.

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PH Series Photodetectors

The new PH series photodetectors are a big step forward in low-power laser measurement. They can extend your laser power measurement capability to the picowatt range. The PH series covers a spectral...

Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.

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Faraday Enclosure for ScienceDesk Systems

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 18 -- Experiments in electrophysiology, confocal microscopy and other sensitive applications often must be shielded from external interferences such as high-frequency...

IDEX Health & Science - Melles Griot, Light Sources Group

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ImageWarp

WOBURN, Mass., June 17 -- BitFlow's new ImageWarp is universal image analysis, processing and editing software that combines the power of graphic development environment, comprehensive image analysis...

BitFlow Inc.

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High-Performance Photodetector

NEWBURY PARK, Calif., June 11 -- Opto Diode Corp., a supplier of standard and custom LEDs, infrared and visible, has introduced its first high-performance photodiode. The ODD-5W (5mm²) silicon...

Opto Diode Corporation

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Fused Silica Wafers

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 3 -- Sydor Optics now manufactures wafers up to 300 mm in diameter -- wafers from 0.2-mm thick, size-dependent, with thickness tolerances starting at +/-0.003 mm. Standard wafer...

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June 2004