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March 2004

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Motorola to Acquire Quantum Bridge HORSHAM, Pa., March 30 -- Quantum Bridge Communications Inc., an Andover, Mass.-based maker of broadband telecommunications equipment, has agreed to be bought by Motorola Inc. in an all-cash transaction, the companies announced today. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Motorola will add Quantum Bridge's optical networking systems to its division that sells equipment to cable television...

Grants Will Expand X-Ray Microscope Research

BERKELEY, Calif., March 31 -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) have been awarded $2.5 million from the National Institutes...

L-3 Communications Signs Agreement With IBM NEW YORK, March 31 -- L-3 Communications announced today it has entered into a technology, product and engineering services agreement with IBM in which it intends to combine L-3's defense, aerospace...

'Inchworm' Actuator Measures Friction ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 31 -- Creating a tool small enough to measure friction on a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device is not an easy task. The tool has to be about the width of a human...

Tiny Flags Salute Nanotechnology

ITHACA, N.Y., March 30 -- In a salute to nanotechnology, Cornell University researchers have etched the world's smallest, full-color American flag on a silicon chip. The flag is part of an elaborate...

Sea-Me-We 4 Sub Project Awarded PARIS, March 30 -- Alcatel and co-contractor Fujitsu have been awarded a contract to deploy, on a turnkey basis, the new generation of the Sea-Me-We (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe)...

Great Lakes Photonics Symposium to Debut The annual Great Lakes Photonics Symposium (GLPS), which will debut June 7-11 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, in Cleveland, Ohio, will promote cooperation between regional optics and photonics...

Buckyball Causes Brain Damage in Fish ANAHEIM, Calif., March 29 -- Researchers have found that a type of Buckyball -- a carbon nanoparticle that shows promise for electronic, commercial and pharmaceutical uses -- can cause significant...

Annual Great Lakes Photonics Symposium to Debut The annual Great Lakes Photonics Symposium (GLPS), which will debut June 7-11 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, in Cleveland, Ohio, will promote cooperation between regional optics and photonics...

UK Group Launches Seminar Series COVENTRY, England, March 26 -- The UK-based Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Midlands Communications Group will launch a seminar series with "Network Restoration and Resilience in...

Cree to Acquire GaN Substrate and Epitaxy Business DURHAM, N.C., March 25 -- Cree Inc. announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the gallium nitride (GaN) substrate and epitaxy business of Advanced Technology Materials...

Mini-TES Instruments Perform Remote Sensing on Mars GOLETA, Calif., March 25 -- Raytheon's miniature thermal emission spectrometers are playing a key role in NASA's ongoing Mars exploration rover project by examining the mineral composition of the...

Controlling the Shape of Nanotube Structures

TROY, N.Y., March 25 -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are reporting the discovery of a simple method for rapidly creating different shapes of carbon nanotube structures. To...

Survey: US Broadband Prices Still Too High BOSTON, March 24 -- US consumers are struggling to distinguish among high-speed Internet options, according to The Yankee Group. "While interest in high-speed services is still growing, dial-up...

BU Photonics Center to Launch Nanophotonics Lab BOSTON, Mass., March 24 -- The Photonics Center at Boston University announced it has begun building a $1.5 million NanoPhotonics Laboratory, scheduled to open this September. The facility will...

CLEO/IQEC 2004 to Feature Latest Research, Apps WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24 -- The latest research in optical metrology, medical and biological optics, active optical sensing, high-field physics and displays and solid-state lighting devices -- and...

Cree, BU Settle Suit Against AXT DURHAM, N.C. and BOSTON, March 23 -- Semiconductor company Cree Inc. and Boston University (BU) announced they reached a settlement last week in a lawsuit brought against AXT Inc., of Fremont,...

Laser Technique Measures 'Real-Time' Auto Emissions LIVERMORE, Calif., March 23 -- Using a unique laser-based, soot-heating technique, a team led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility (CRF) has demonstrated the...

Fiber Optic Test Equipment Makers Advised PALO ALTO, Calif., March 23 -- As end users increasingly expect testing solutions to contribute to their bottom line, fiber optic test equipment manufacturers need to develop equipment that lowers...

UK Photonics Center Seeks Partners IPSWICH, England, March 22 -- A photonics research facility is opening its doors to representatives from UK universities to demonstrate its ability to undertake collaborative research. The Centre for...

OSA, SPIE Lobby for Research Support

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Members of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) traveled to Washington, D.C., this month to ask Congress for...

Mass. Nanotech Association Launched BOSTON, March 19 -- The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) has announced the creation of the Nanotechnology Exchange, a statewide association to represent the interests and diverse...

Luis Spinelli Named CTO at Coherent SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 19 -- Luis Spinelli has been appointed executive vice president and CTO of Coherent Inc. Spinelli has more than 25 years of experience in the photonics industry, including...

TMC Awarded Second Major Project by LLNL Technical Manufacturing Corp. (TMC), of Peabody, Mass., announced it has received a second major design and build order from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for its National Ignition Facility...

Detection at a Distance for Better NMR/MRI

BERKELEY, Calif., March 19 -- A remarkable new way to improve the versatility and sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the technology upon which it is based, nuclear magnetic resonance...

Cos. Form IR/Spectroscopy Alliance NATICK, Mass., March 18 -- Three companies in the infrared measurement and spectroscopy sectors -- Wilks Enterprise Inc., Optical Coating Corp. and IR Microsystems -- have formed a strategic alliance...

NASA Patents Offer Potential Advances HOUSTON, March 18 -- An optical network innovation is among new patents developed at NASA's Johnson Space Center that are now available for licensing by private companies. Also up for grabs are...

NeoPhotonics Closes Major Funding SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18 -- NeoPhotonics Corp., a developer of advanced silica integrated optical circuits, modules and subsystems, announced it has closed a $40 million second round of financing....

New Thin-Film Method Developed YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., March 17 -- Researchers at IBM say they have developed a simple, low-cost process to make extraordinarily thin films of semiconducting materials that allows electrical charges...

Bell Labs Develops 'Nanograss' MURRAY HILL, N.J., March 16 -- Scientists at Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, have discovered a new method to control the behavior of tiny liquid droplets by...

Altair to Add, Spin Off Divisions RENO, Nev., March 16 -- Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a developer of nanomaterials, titanium dioxide pigment technology and manufacturing technologies for unique nanostructures, announced it will...

No Winners in Desert Robot Race

PRIMM, Nev., March 15 -- No one won the Darpa Grand Challenge, an attempt to send robots where no robots had gone before. However, hundreds of onlookers in Barstow, Calif., had a glimpse of the...

New Light Wave Measurements Most Precise Ever GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 12 -- New measurements of key wavelengths of ultraviolet light -- down to a few millionths of a nanometer -- are among the most precise ever reported and are improving...

Broadband Growth Accelerates in Largest US Markets RESTON, Va., March 12 -- San Diego has become the first metropolitan market in which a majority of Internet users connect to the Internet through a broadband connection rather than a narrowband...

China's Wireless Potential Lures Foreign Companies SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 12 -- Telecom growth in China has surpassed all expectations, according to a report from market analysis firm RHK, and broadband subscriber numbers in China have...

Oplink Acquires Accumux Technologies SAN JOSE, Calif., March 12 -- Oplink Communications Inc., a photonic Foundry and provider of optical networking components, has acquired Accumux Technologies Inc., a Camarillo, Calif., developer of...

Finisar, UNH to Collaborate on Testing SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 11 -- Finisar Corp., a provider of network performance tools and fiber optic subsystems, and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) have formed...

Samsung Joins Semiconductor Development Group EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. & SEOUL, Korea, March 11 -- Samsung Electronics announced it is joining a strategic semiconductor technology development partnership with IBM, Chartered Semiconductor...

TSC Demos Laser Propulsion System for Air Force LOS ANGELES, March 11 -- Technology Service Corp. (TSC) announced it has completed the first demonstration of its coded optical power system (COPS) at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center,...

Tumbleweed Rover Survives Antarctic Trek

ARLINGTON, Va., March 11 -- A balloon-shaped robot explorer that could one day search for water on other planets has survived some of the most trying conditions on Earth on a 70-kilometer (40-mile),...

Far-Infrared Telescope to be Built in Chile ITHACA, N.Y., March 10 -- Cornell University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have signed an agreement to collaborate on the planning for a 25-meter infrared telescope high in the...

Gigabit Ethernet Transition Opens Door for New Vendors MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 10 -- The market for enterprise-networking silicon is becoming increasingly competitive, according to "A Guide to Gigabit Ethernet Silicon," a new report announced by The...

Corning Outlines Growth Opportunities CORNING, N.Y., March 9 -- Corning Inc. Vice Chairman and CFO, James B. Flaws discussed the company's growth opportunities in liquid crystal display (LCD) glass, fiber-to-the-premises and diesel...

L2-L3 Ethernet Switch Market Growth Expected SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9 -- Demand for 1G fixed configuration and 1G and 10G chassis switches was strong in 4Q03, but not strong enough to keep worldwide revenue for layer 2-3 Ethernet switches from...

Imaging Method Records Nerve Cell Signals ITHACA, N.Y., March 5 -- Combining the bright laser light of multiphoton microscopy with specially developed dyes and a phenomenon called second-harmonic generation, biophysicists have made...

GE Global Research Breaks OLED Records NISKAYUNA, N.Y., March 5 -- GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric, announced what it says is "a major breakthrough" in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs),...

Kailight Photonics Demos Signal Regeneration Record DALLAS, March 2 -- Kailight Photonics, developers of all-optical signal regeneration and wavelength conversion technology, announced it has set a record for re-amplification and reshaping (2R)...

Tyco Looks Into Undersea System MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 4 -- Researchers from Tyco Telecommunications have investigated the potential transmission capacity from an undersea transmission system by increasing the repeater spacing...

Rofin-Sinar Acquires 90% of Optoskand AB PLYMOUTH, Mich. & HAMBURG, Germany, March 4 -- Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH, an affiliate company of Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. (RSTI), a manufacturer of high-performance laser beam sources and...

Dow and Osram Sign Supply Agreement MIDLAND, Mich., March 4 -- The Dow Chemical Co. and Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc. have signed a commercial supply agreement for Lumation light-emitting polymers (LEPs) for use in Osram's Pictiva...

New Metamaterials Detect T-Rays

SAN DIEGO, March 4 -- Scientists have developed a class of materials that respond magnetically to terahertz radiation, a fundamental finding relevant to many exciting applications in areas including...

StockerYale Completes $6.6 Million Financing SALEM, N.H., March 3 -- StockerYale Inc. announced it has completed the placement of $6.6 million consisting of $4 million in convertible notes with Laurus Master Fund Ltd., and $2.6 million of...

TFS Acquires Integrex Customer Base TEMPE, Ariz., March 2 -- Three-Five Systems (TFS) Inc. has acquired the customer base and hired key employees of Integrex Inc., a private electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company. TFS said it...

NSG America Inc. Expands Outsourcing Offerings SOMERSET, N.J., March 2 -- NSG America, creator of the SELFOC lens and a supplier of gradient-index lenses, has expanded its manufacturing facility in southeast Asia, NSG Micro Optics Philippines...

Optical Network and PON Hardware Revenue Analyzed SAN JOSE, Calif., March 2 -- Worldwide optical network hardware revenue was up 16 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003, but down 15 percent for the year at $8.4 billion, while passive optical...

Chromux, NP Photonics to Market MEMS Products LOS ANGELES, March 2 -- Chromux Technologies Inc., an Oxnard, Calif., developer of optics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based products for optical communications systems, announced it has...

Arasor Announces Acquisitions, Expansion LOS ANGELES, March 2 -- Arasor Corp., a Fremont, Calif., developer and manufacturer of communications integrated circuits, components and subsystems for wired and wireless communications, announced...

Kopin to Develop Future Force Warrior Displays TAUNTON, Mass., March 2 -- Kopin Corp. announced today a $3.2 million Department of Defense contract to develop ultrahigh-resolution color microdisplays for the US Army's future force warrior (FFW)...

Quantum Dots Capture Movies of 'Talking' Cells HAYWARD, Calif., March 1 -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany, have used a new nano-sized imaging tool to capture the first-ever movies of cells...

TSC Demos Laser Propulsion Demonstration for Air Force LOS ANGELES, March 11 -- Technology Service Corp. (TSC) announced it has completed the first demonstration of its coded optical power system (COPS) at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center,...

Tiny Flags Fly Over Nanoscale White House

Tiny Flag Salutes Nanotechnology ITHACA, N.Y., March 30 -- In a salute to nanotechnology, Cornell University researchers have etched the world's smallest, full-color American flag on a silicon...

Digital Mammography Systems Demand Rising

Roland V. Shack, professor emeritus of optical sciences at the University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center, has received 2004 Gold Medal from The International Society for Optical Engineering...

Xtera Cuts 36 Jobs to Expand Globally ALLEN, Texas, March 1 -- Xtera announced today it has closed a $30 million funding round that will be used to expand the global commercialization of its optical networking transport solutions. The...

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4-mW IQ

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 29 -- At 473 ± 5 nm, Power Technology Inc.'s 4-mW IQ is the newest addition to its family of blue laser diode modules. An efficient, lower noise alternative to 473 nm...

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375-nm IQ

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 29 -- Power Technology Inc. has introduced a higher power ultraviolet (UV), instrument-quality (IQ) laser diode module. At 375nm, the module yields up to 8 mW of UV output....

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WILMINGTON, Mass., March 25 -- Laser Components GmbH has introduced JenColour, a product line of color sensor integrated circuits (ICs) that combines the qualitative advantages of an interference...

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