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 March 2006


RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
News Briefs (March 9, 2006) Krisztina Holly, formerly executive director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a technology startup veteran, has been named executive director of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization in Los Angeles, effective March 1. The institute is a resource for USC's campuses and...
Universities to Get $150M for Research WASHINGTON, March 6, 2006 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) announced it will award 30 basic research grants to 20 universities totaling about $13.5 million in fiscal year 2006 and about $30.2...
RIT Opens Collaborative Research Center ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 6, 2006 -- The IT Collaboratory, a research collaboration among the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University at Buffalo and Alfred University, officially moved into a...
NEWS & FEATURES
OU: Gold Nanoparticles Emit Intense Heat ATHENS, Ohio, March 31, 2006 -- Nanoparticles of gold can act as tiny, precise and powerful heaters, which potentially could be used in biomedical applications, according to a new study at Ohio University. When stimulated with the right frequency of laser light, a small collection of metal nanoparticles, such as gold, can heat an area up to 1000 times its size, according to OU scientists Hugh...
Physicist Killed on Bike Commute to Lab LEXINGTON, Mass., March 31, 2006 -- Steven H. Groves, 72, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory for more than 40 years, died on March 27 after being hit by an...
News Briefs (March 30, 2006) Alloptic Inc., a Livermore, Calif., developer of Gigabit Ethernet passive optical networks (GEPONs), has signed a reseller agreement with South Africa-based Letlhaka Technologies, which serves the...
Qualcomm Slaps Broadcom with Third Lawsuit SAN DIEGO, March 30, 2006 -- Qualcomm Inc., a developer of digital wireless communications products, has filed a new complaint against Broadcom Corp., alleging trade secret misappropriation and...
Corning Invests $15M in Clean-Air Products CORNING, N.Y., March 30, 2006 -- Corning Inc. announced yesterday that it will spend approximately $15 million to expand the manufacturing capabilities for clean-air products at Corning Shanghai Co....
EU Photonics Group Urges R&D Funding European photonics companies will announce that they plan to increase their own spending on R&D by 330 million euros (about $4 million) per year and will call for doubled European and national...
EU Photonics Group Urges R&D Funding STRASBOURG, France, March 30, 2006 -- European photonics companies will announce they plan to increase their own spending on R&D by 330 million euros (about $4 million) per year and will call for...
POC Captures Innovation Award TORRANCE, Calif., March 30, 2006 -- Physical Optics Corp. (POC), a maker of optoelectronic components, received one of the US Army’s Ten Greatest Inventions awards for its wireless personal...
3-D Wave Mixing Process Explored March 29, 2006, UMEA, Sweden -- The concept that particles can be created in a vacuum is the focus of physicists from Umea University in Sweden and the Rutherford Appleton Lab in Oxfordshire,...
Lumera, Duke to Develop Photonic Devices BOTHELL, Wash., March 29, 2006 -- Lumera Corp., a developer of polymer materials and products through nanotechnology, announced it will be working with Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering...
Harris Gets $41 NSA Contract for Cryptographic Device MELBOURNE, Fla., March 29, 2006 -- Harris Corp. announced yesterday that it has been awarded a five-year, $41.6 million contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to supply its cryptographic...
Brain on a Chip May be Closer to Reality STANFORD, Calif., March 29, 2006 -- Microchips that function like the brain or that "see" like eyes were once thought to be in the same futuristic category as flying cars and robot housekeepers. But...
Choice One, CTC Acquire Conversent Communications WALTHAM, Mass., and ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 28, 2006 -- Choice One Communications and CTC Communications, which announced their merger agreement on Feb. 10, today said they are jointly acquiring...
IBM Builds IC Around Nanotube Molecule YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., March 28, 2006 -- IBM announced this week that its researchers have built the first complete electronic integrated circuit (IC) around a single carbon nanotube molecule, a new...
Luxtera Funding Round Nets $22M CARLSBAD, Calif., March 27, 2006 -- Luxtera Inc., a developer of silicon (CMOS) photonics products, recently closed a $22 million Series C investment from new corporate sources and returning...
'Microphotonics' Devices Created AALBORG, Denmark, March 27, 2006 -- A family of devices for guiding and processing light in chip-based information technology was developed at Aalborg University in Denmark. Sergey Bozhevolnyi, a...
NIST Atomic Clock Uses Yb 'Pancakes' GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 27, 2006 -- Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working with Russian colleagues said they have significantly improved the design of...
SR Telecom Outsources Manufacturing, Cuts 70 Jobs MONTREAL, March 27, 2006 -- SR Telecom Inc. announced today it will outsource its manufacturing operations and eliminate 80 percent of its manufacturing work force. SR Telecom makes broadband fixed...
'Microphotonics' Devices Created AALBORG, Denmark, March 27, 2006 -- A family of devices for guiding and processing light in chip-based information technology was developed at Aalborg University in Denmark. Sergey Bozhevolnyi, a...
NIST Atomic Clock Uses Ytterbium 'Pancakes' GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 27, 2006 -- Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working with Russian colleagues said they have significantly improved the design of...
NY Photonics Companies Form Partnership ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 24, 2006 -- Three photonics companies in Rochester announced today they have formed a strategic partnership to manufacture polymer-based optical products. Corning Inc....
NIST to Launch New Nanotech Center GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 24, 2006 -- A state-of-the-art center for collaborative nanotechnology research will be set up at a facility of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), it...
Zhejiang Honors UB Professor BUFFALO, N.Y., March 24, 2006 -- Paras N. Prasad, PhD, a distinguished chemistry professor at the University of Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, and executive director of its Institute for...
Rofin-Sinar Buys Stake in H2B Photonics PLYMOUTH, Mich. and HAMBURG, Germany, March 23, 2006 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., a maker of industrial lasers, announced today it has acquired a 40-percent stake in H2B Photonics GmbH of...
Airborne Laser Beam Tests Underway in NM KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., March 23, 2006 -- Tests involving the airborne laser's beam control technologies, using a modified NKC-135E aircraft, are underway at an Air Force Research Laboratory...
Cleveland Crystals Co-Founder Dies HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio, March 23, 2006 -- Cleveland Crystals Inc., a manufacturer of nonlinear and electro-optic crystals and devices, announced that its co-founder Lee Shiozawa died on March 15....
Corning Unveils 'Green' LCD Glass CORNING, N.Y., March 22, 2006 -- Corning Inc. said Tuesday it has developed the first environmentally friendly LCD glass. Display Technologies President James P. Clappin introduced the heavy...
Lucent Wins Riverstone Networks with $207M Bid MURRAY HILL, N.J., March 22, 2006 -- Lucent Technologies has bought the assets of bankrupt Riverstone Networks Inc. at auction for $207 million in cash. Lucent and Riverstone had originally signed an...
Corning Unveils 'Green' LCD Glass CORNING, N.Y., March 22, 2006 -- Corning Inc. said Tuesday it has developed the first environmentally friendly LCD glass. Corning Display Technologies President James P. Clappin introduced the heavy...
Researchers: Broadband Possible in Space CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 22, 2006 -- MIT researchers have developed a tiny light detector that may allow for superfast broadband communication over interplanetary distances. Currently, even still...
Purdue Develops Portable Analysis System WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 20, 2006 -- Purdue University researchers have developed a new, portable ultrafast chemical analysis system with potential applications ranging from sniffing luggage for...
Transparent Integrated Circuit Created CORVALLIS, Ore., March 21, 2006 -- A completely transparent integrated circuit made from inorganic compounds was made by researchers at Oregon State University (OSU), who say it is a major step in...
Dalsa Awarded CCD Sensor Contracts WATERLOO, Ontario, March 21, 2006 -- Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, has received two contracts totaling $2.3 million from customers in the professional imaging and life sciences markets. The...
UCF, Scripps Sign Research Pact ORLANDO, Fla., March 21, 2006 -- University of Central Florida (UCF) officials signed an agreement Monday to foster collaborative photonics and biomedical research with the Scripps Research...
Ciena to Close New Jersey Plant LINTHICUM, Md., March 21, 2006 -- Telecom equipment supplier Ciena Corp. today announced it plans to close its Shrewsbury, N.J., facility no later than April 29, resulting in 62 layoffs. The facility...
ORNL Photonics Pioneer Takes Job at Duke DURHAM, N.C., March 20, 2006 -- Tuan Vo-Dinh, a pioneer in the field of photonics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has joined the department of biomedical engineering at Duke University’s...
New UF Sensor Reveals Expired Food, Meds GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 20, 2006 -- A team of University of Florida (UF) engineering students has designed a new sensor that they say could give grocers, florists and pharmacists a better way to...
New Process Builds Electronic Function into Optical Fiber UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 20, 2006 -- Scientists from Pennsylvania State University and the University of Southampton in the UK have demonstrated a new way to combine microelectronics and optical...
e|5 to Showcase UV, EB Technologies CHEVY CHASE, Md., March 17, 2006 -- Wearable displays, radio frequency identification (RFID), military textiles, inkjet for printed electronics, and biological and chemical hazard detection and...
OFC/NFOEC 2006 'Resounding Success' WASHINGTON, March 17, 2006 -- OFC/NFOEC 2006, held this month in Anaheim, Calif., was a "resounding success" and confirmed its role as the premier international event for both the science and...
Prima Luci to Sell All Patents WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 17, 2006 -- Prima Luci Inc. ('First Light'), an optical and photonic component designer, announced yesterday that it will sell off its intellectual property portfolio of...
CMD Buys Arques, CFO Quits MILPITAS, Calif., March 17, 2006 -- Semiconductor products supplier California Micro Devices Corp. (CMD) announced yesterday that it will acquire privately held Arques Technology, a fabless...
OFC/NFOEC 2006 'Resounding Success' WASHINGTON, March 17, 2006 -- OFC/NFOEC 2006, held this month in Anaheim, Calif., was a "resounding success" and confirmed its role as the premier international event for both the science and...
Jmar to Upgrade Chips at ARMS Foundry SAN DIEGO, March 16, 2006 -- The Microlectronics Div. of Jmar Technologies Inc., a developer of laser-based equipment for imaging, analysis and fabrication at the nanoscale, has been awarded a $4.2...
Bookham Sells UK Facility for $24M SAN JOSE, Calif., March 16, 2006 -- Optical components maker Bookham Inc. has sold its Caswell, UK, manufacturing facility for $24 million but won't be leaving, as it is signing a long-term lease...
BBN Technologies Demos Photon Detector CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 16, 2006 -- A single-photon detector designed for standard telecommunications fibers that is 20 times faster than today's benchmark device -- and could become even faster --...
New Method Found for Making 'Nanogaps' PHILADELPHIA, March 15, 2006 -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) announced that they have bridged a major obstruction in the creation of nanoscale electronics by developing a...
Barr Filters Used in Pan-STARRS WESTFORD, Mass., March 15, 2006 -- Barr Associates Inc., a maker of precision thin-film coatings and optical filters, was selected to provide large-area filters for the Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey...
APA Sells Its MOCVD Operations for $1.9M MINNEAPOLIS, March 15, 2006 -- Saying it wants its Optronics Div. to focus solely on gallium nitride (GaN) products in ultraviolet detectors and transitors, APA Enterprises Inc. announced today that...
Fiber Optic Device Probes for Early Cancer DURHAM, N.C., March 14, 2006 -- A new device that could use light to harmlessly and almost instantly probe for early signs of cancer has been developed by researchers at Duke University’s Pratt...
Kollmorgen Awarded Navy Sights Contract WASHINGTON, March 14, 2006 -- Kollmorgen Corp., a Northampton, Mass., provider of precision motion control technology and a member of Danaher Corp., is being awarded a $5,620,000 modification to a...
'Nanoskins' Promising as Flexible Electronics TROY, N.Y., March 14, 2006 -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have developed a new process to make flexible “nanoskins” that combine the strength and conductivity of carbon...
'Western' Spintronics Program Launched STANFORD, Calif., March 13, 2006 -- The University of California (UCLA), the University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), the University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University are teaming...
Novel Optic Device Tested at CAPE NEW YORK, March 13, 2006 -- Researchers have produced what they claim is the first working prototype of a new ultrashort pulse laser that they said should be less expensive to manufacture and more...
Companies Partner to Develop LIBS Line ORLANDO, Fla., March 13, 2006 -- New Wave Research, a Freemont, Calif.-based manufacturer of laser and laser-based systems for laser ablation, PIV (particle image velocimetry) and semiconductor...
RPI Installs Bruker NMR Spectrometer TROY, N.Y., March 13, 2006 -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today unveiled an 800-MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, which aids in research on the cause and treatment of...
Coherent Launches Product Finder SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 13, 2006 -- Coherent Inc.'s Web site now features a product search to simplify selection of laser power and energy meters. Coherent offers more than 100 different laser...
'Western' Spintronics Program Launched STANFORD, Calif., March 13, 2006 -- The University of California (UCLA), the University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), the University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University are teaming...
Lucent Receives $94M From US Army to Build Broadband Network in Europe MURRAY HILL, N.J., March 13, 2006 -- Lucent Technologies announced it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $94 million by the US Army to implement its European Dense Wave Division Multiplex...
PerkinElmer Buys Technology from Agilix WELLESLEY, Mass., March 10, 2006 -- Global technology company PerkinElmer Inc. announced it has acquired Agilix Corp.'s proprietary proteomics technology, a mass spectrometry-based approach used to...
Rochester Scientists Develop Fast Biosensor ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 9, 2006 -- By creating a sensing system that includes a protein sample from a bacteria, a silicon chip and a digital camera, University of Rochester Medical Center scientists...
Detecting Faults Sooner With Optics ANAHEIM, Calif., March 9, 2006 -- University of Ottawa physicists have demonstrated an optical system that detects problems in important structures, including natural-gas pipes and concrete columns,...
Purdue Investigates 'Bubble Fusion' Claims WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 9, 2006 -- In response to concerns raised in the scientific community, Purdue University said in a statement it is investigating the claims of one of its professors that...
Purdue Investigates 'Bubble Fusion' Claims WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 9, 2006 -- In response to concerns raised in the scientific community, Purdue University said in a statement it is investigating the claims of one of its professors that...
Bell Labs Transmits Data at 107 Gb/s ANAHEIM, Calif., March 8, 2006 -- Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies located in Murray Hill, N.J., announced the first reported optical transport of electronically...
FATS Gets $12M US Marines Contract SUWANEE, Ga., March 8, 2006 -- The US Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Firearms Training Systems Inc. (FATS) a contract valued at over $12 million to deliver more than 1250 Bluefire wireless weapon...
EOIR Gets $3.2M Night Vision Contract WOODBRIDGE, Va., March 7, 2006 -- Defense contractor EOIR Technologies Inc. has received an additional $3.2 million contract from the US Army's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD)...
Broadband Demand Spurs Fiber Growth ANAHEIM, Calif., March 7, 2006 -- Robust demand for broadband Internet connections, including fiber to the home (FTTH), was behind growth in the fiber market in 2005, said Eric S. Musser, vice...
Barrett, Myers Win Book Award WASHINGTON, March 7, 2006 -- Harrison H. Barrett and Kyle J. Myers, co-authors of the book Foundations of Image Science (John Wiley & Sons/2004), were named the recipients of the first Joseph W....
New Optical Effect Works Like X-ray Glasses LONDON, March 7, 2006 -- Researchers from the Imperial College London and the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, have pioneered a new optical effect that in lab tests renders solid materials...
Universities to Get $150M for Research WASHINGTON, March 6, 2006 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) announced it will award 30 basic research grants to 20 universities totaling about $13.5 million in fiscal year 2006 and about $30.2...
JDSU to Reopen After Spill SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6, 2006 -- JDSU is expected to resume operations today after an apparent hazardous materials spill occurred at its fiber-optic components plant Friday in San Jose, said Kevin...
RIT Opens Collaborative Research Center ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 6, 2006 -- The IT Collaboratory, a research collaboration among the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University at Buffalo and Alfred University, officially moved into a...
Auxora Acquires Confluent Photonics BALDWIN PARK, Calif., March 6, 2006 -- Auxora Inc., a Salem, N.H., developer of products for optical communications, laser and photonics applications, announced today it has completed its acquisition...
$67B AT&T, BellSouth Merger Will Cut 10,000 Jobs SAN ANTONIO & ATLANTA, March 6, 2006 -- The $67 billion merger agreement announced yesterday between AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. would eliminate 10,000 jobs over the next three years,...
Bookham Buys Avalon Photonics SAN JOSE, Calif., March 3, 2006 -- Optical component maker Bookham Inc. announced yesterday that it is acquiring Avalon Photonics, a Zurich, Switzerland-based supplier of single-mode and multimode...
Coherent Exits HeNe Business SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 3, 2006 -- Coherent Inc. announced it will stop marketing Melles Griot helium-neon (HeNe) lasers under its name effective April 3, following an eight-year distribution...
Electronic Threats Focus of USAF Contracts KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., March 2, 2006 -- Eight companies received contracts potentially worth a total of $24 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory to identify potential electronic...
EU Report Details US Trade Barriers BRUSSELS, March 2, 2006 -- The annual European Union (EU) report on US trade barriers emphasizes behind-the-border and World Trade Organization (WTO) issues, progress on the Byrd Amendment, and...
StockerYale Sells 2 Units SALEM, N.H., March 2, 2006 -- StockerYale Inc., a Salem, N.H., provider of photonics-based products, announced today it has completed the sale of two of its business units that it previously...
Researchers Unveil Nanostructures in 3-D DUSSELDORF, Germany, March 1, 2006 -- Researchers in the Department of Microstructure Physics and Metal Forming at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Dusseldorf have created what they say...
Raytheon Gets $36M for Sub Communications WALTHAM, Mass., March 1, 2006 -- Defense contractor Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $35.9 million US Navy contract to deliver 15 submarine high data rate (sub HDR) multiband satellite communication...
NASA Laser Helps Crime Scene Detectives KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., March 1, 2006 -- NASA's new photographic laser device was designed to assess damage to the space shuttle, but its creators are finding the device has other practical...
ACQUISITIONS
Choice One, CTC Acquire Conversent Communications WALTHAM, Mass., and ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 28, 2006 -- Choice One Communications and CTC Communications, which announced their merger agreement on Feb. 10, today said they are jointly acquiring...
CMD Buys Arques, CFO Quits MILPITAS, Calif., March 17, 2006 -- Semiconductor products supplier California Micro Devices Corp. (CMD) announced yesterday that it will acquire privately held Arques Technology, a fabless...
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RGB Combiner and Delivery Systems Oz Optics Ltd. provides a one-source solution for combining red (633-690 nm), green (514-543 nm) and blue (400-488 nm) light sources into one single-mode or polarization-maintaining fiber. We provide...
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High-Power 20 C/25 C Power Supply The new high-power 20C/25C DC/DC high-voltage converters are designed to deliver 0 to 20 kVDC and 0 to 25 kVDC outputs in the smallest possible volume. Each 20 C/25 C high-voltage power supply is...
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HV Rack Series The new configuration options of the HV Rack series allow customers to order floating channels and green meters, making the series effective in even more environments and applications. The new...
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High-Power Fiber Optic Patchcords Oz Optics offers fiber optic patchcords specifically for high-power applications. These patchcords feature special high-power fibers, carefully prepared fiber endfaces and specially designed fiber...
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MD-2U21-810F 2U Dual Xeon Mil-rated Server System MicroDisc's new MD-2U21-810F is a versatile and rugged rack-mounted platform designed for demanding applications in military and industrial operations. It features a compact design  and Intel Xeon...
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Photonfocus High-Speed 150 f/s MP Camera MicroDisc offers Photonfocus CMOS cameras and OEM modules for industrial and military applications. The cameras are based on Photonfocus-designed sensors and their proprietary, user-programmable...
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1-µm Femtosecond Fiber Laser System and Module Calmar's newly developed 1-µm femtosecond fiber laser features wavelengths within 1020 to 1075 nm and a tunable range of more than 10 nm. Pulsewidth is 100 fs to 5 ps tunable; repetition rate is...
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Wedge Short-Pulse, High-Peak Power OEM Laser Operating at 1064 nm, the Wedge emits 1.5mJ of pulse energy at ≤1kHz with 1.5 nsec pulses for 1 MW of peak power. Based on a proprietary electro-optic Q-switch, this compact, air-cooled,...
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High Power / Brightness Fiber-Coupled Laser Diodes RPMC Lasers offers a wide range of fiber-coupled laser diodes with wavelengths ranging from 622 nm up to >2.6 µm. Product highlights are: 20 W of 915/975 nm from a 100-µm core fiber 25 W of...
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OPB856Z Series Wide-Gap Optical Sensor ROSEMONT, Ill., March 28, 2006 -- TT electronics' Optek Technology, a manufacturer of standard and application-specific sensors using infrared, visible, magnetic and fiber-optic technologies, has...
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2 New Mirror Series BOULDER, Colo., March 24, 2006 -- Alpine Research Optics (ARO) has introduced two new series of mirrors intended for demanding beam-steering tasks in Ti:S ultrafast laser applications. The new B-Max...
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Tech Spec Precision Aspheric Lenses BARRINGTON, N.J., March 23, 2006 -- Aspheric lenses offer optical designers excellent control of light-ray refraction over the lens’ whole surface, making it possible to produce optical systems with...
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V-Groove and Optical Fiber Arrays Fiberguide Industries Inc. introduces a line of high fiber placement tolerance linear arrays designed for use in a wide range of applications in telecom, data transmission and switching, as well as...
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Data Laser/ Transmitter for Free Space Optics Communication A significant addition to Nuphoton product line, the NP3000MOPA-15W is a 15-W data laser for free-space optical (FSO) communication. These units can provide up to 15 W of tunable C-band laser...
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Prolite-60 Field Optical Spectrum Analyzer Promax has introduced the Prolite-60ROLITE-60 low-cost field optical spectrum analyzer, developed using a new type of monochromator recently developed by the Promax engineering team. Wavelength...
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EF-970 Fiber Optics Communications Training System The EF-970 is designed for the learning, demonstration and experimentation of fiber optics communication systems, the phenomena’s related to light in fibers and the principles of fiber optics...
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Vision and Lighting Solutions Lighting and optical technology provider Moritex USA has introduced MG-WAVE, next-generation LED lighting systems delivering state-of-the-art lighting and lens conditions. With traditional LED...
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40 GHz Picosecond Fiber Laser System Calmar offers a line of ultrafast pulsed fiber lasers for telecommunication network system research and development with applications in optical component and module characterization. This actively...
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Staff Development Educational DVD Set Over the past two years, The Light Brigade staff has used its experience in training and education to develop six individual DVDs that focus on fiber optic disciplines and related products. These...
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Interactive DVD On Fiber Optic Splicing The Light Brigade announces its new menu-based DVD, "Fiber Optic Splicing," the sixth release in its new Staff Development series. The DVD covers PAS, LID and fixed V-groove fusion splicers for...
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Lapping Film, Tools, Inspection Scopes and Consumbables Precision Polishing is a distributor of lapping films from 3M, Mipox International and Moyco Industrie; inspection scopes from Prior Scientific, and Clauss and Ripley hand tools, and the entire 3M...
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Miniaturized Hydrogen Cyanide Gas Cell Wavelength References will introduce a low-cost miniaturized hydrogen cyanide gas that it says provides asolute accuracy of HCN gas lines better then 0.1 pm and is directly NIST traceable. These...
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Micro-Mold Manufacturing Solutions Accumold is a high-tech manufacturer of precision micro-, small- and lead-frame, injection-molded plastic components. Using processes developed from our Micro-Mold technology, it produces molds and...
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Fiber Optic Components and Photonic Materials Boston Applied Technologies Inc. (BATI), a Woburn, Mass.-based company, makes fiber optic components using its OptoCeramic materials. Its product lines include Eclipse devices for light-intensity...
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Fully Integrated, Single-Mode CWDM Mux/Demux LightSmyth Technologies has introduced a fully integrated, single-mode compatible, coarse WDM (CWDM) multiplexer based on patented nanophotonic filtering technology. Its integrated CWDM multiplexer...
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Silica/Silica Optical Fiber Polymicro Technologies LLC, a supplier of fused silica and natural quartz components, offers silica/silica optical fiber (FBP) broad spectrum optical fiber. The FBP characteristics include: new...
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1310-nm FP Laser with Integrated MPD BinOptics offers high power and highly reliable Fabry-Perot lasers using its proprietary etched facet technology. The ridge waveguide lasers emit up to 20 mW of CW optical power at temperatures up to...
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Monolithic Diplexer for FTTH The BinOptics Monolithic Diplexer chip reduces the cost of the ONU in FTTH PON systems. A 1310nm HCSEL surface-emitting FP laser with monitor photodetector and a 1490-nm PIN detector are integrated...
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Scepter Automated Polishing System Krell Technologies’ Scepter is PC-controlled for consistent and efficient connector and bare fiber polishing. Technicians are prompted though each process step via the user friendly interface....
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Proton FTTx Field Polisher Krell Technologies’ Proton consistently achieves Telcordia compliant, singlemode UPC and APC finishes in a handheld and battery-operated package. Proton incorporates the same independent suspension...
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AFiS Systems The AFiS systems (AfiS Sr., AfiS Jr. Plus, AfiS Jr.) are superior scratch detection systems that fully automate your visual inspection of connectors. AFiS can quickly and accurately -- regardless of...
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Smart Patchcords for Power and Wavelength Monitoring Oz Optics' Smart Patchcord is a low-cost, ultracompact inline optical power meter designed for remote monitoring of optical networks. Using proprietary technology, the Smart Patchcord taps a small...
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BOSA, the Highest Resolution OSA on the Market Aragon Photonics is a developer and manufacturer of innovative all-optical solutions for high resolution measurements. Its signature product is the BOSA, which it says is the highest resolution...
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Low-Loss Compact CWDM Oplink has introduced a production-ready, low-loss, compact course wave division multiplexer (LLCC) to address bandwidth demand in access and enterprise networking markets. Oplink’s LLCC is designed...
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Custom Optoelectronic Assemblies Teledyne Microelectronics develops advanced microelectronics packaging for high-speed broadband communications, including fiber optic transmitters, receivers, multichannel transceivers and optical...
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Specialty Optical Fiber CorActive is an Independant manufacturer of specialty optical fiber (SOF) for applications including lasers, fiber lasers and amplifiers and Bragg gratings.
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NET-Ready Switch Oplink's latest high-end protection switch turnkey subsystem solution -- manageable through SNMP protocol via web GUI and CLI consoles over Ethernet or craft RS-232 interfaces -- offers...
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OA 2062 OA 2062 from Luvantix is a high-transmission, high-ndex adhesive suitable for mounting optical lenses, prisms and other high-index elements in which light must pass through the adhesive. UV and...
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Very-Low Vpi and Very-High Extinction Ratio Modulators Eospace has introduced new low-loss wideband lithium niobate modulators, high-speed fiber optic switches and polarization controllers for operation from <700 nm through >2 micron wavelengths....
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PC 370 Luvantix manufactures some of the lowest index polymer claddings available for high-NA (numerical aperture) applications. Our lowest index product, PC 370, has a cured index of 1.370 at 850 nm. This...
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Service Enclosure with Miniature IMT Splice Connectors Valdor is introducing a new service enclosure with miniature Impact Mount (IMT) splice connectors for both single- and multimode. The miniature design of IMT splice connectors is especially suitable...
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Tri-HeptoWave WDM (1310, 1490, 1550) Valdor’s new Tri-HeptoWave wavelength division multiplexer (WDM 1310/1490/1550) is targeted for the fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) markets. Based...
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Prisma Industrial Laser SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 21, 2006 -- Coherent Inc. said its new Prisma 1064-32-V industrial laser delivers an optimum mix of high-peak power, short pulsewidth, high average power and exquisite beam...
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ElkLight 8-Up Series MELBOURNE, Fla., March 16, 2006 -- Elk Industries, a Melbourne, Fla., developer of solid-state lighting products, has introduced its ElkLight 8-Up solid-state lighting assembly product line. These...
Elk Industries, R-K Manufacturing
Custom Photodetector Solutions HORSHAM, Pa., March 15, 2006 -- Avo Photonics Inc., a source for optical and radio frequency (RF) packaging solutions, announced that it now provides comprehensive services in the analysis, design...
Avo Photonics Inc.
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Double-Pass Monochromator
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Wireless Personal Information Carrier System TORRANCE, Calif., March 14, 2006 -- Physical Optics Corp. (POC), a provider of advanced technologies for military, government and commercial OEM applications, has introduced the WPIC (pronounced...
Physical Optics Corp. (POC)
EMI Shielded LC Adapter HARRISBURG, Pa., March 14, 2006 -- Tyco Electronics has developed a shielded, metal LC adapter for use in applications where EMI (electromagnetic interference) and RFI (radio frequency interference)...
Tyco Electronics, Communications & Industrial Solutions
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EP1310-FC4X, EP1310-FC4X-OSA TO-38 based TOSAs DUBLIN, Ireland, March 7, 2006 -- Eblana Photonics Ltd., a supplier of laser components for advanced networking applications, announced the release of what it said is a breakthrough laser product...
Eblana Photonics Ltd.
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Agile Optical Network Products SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6, 2006 -- JDSU is introducing three new optical communications products that expand its agile optical network (AON) line, including new modulator, switching and attenuation...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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Fiber-Optic Coupler VICTOR, N.Y., March 3 -- Bristol Instruments Inc., a company founded by former employees of Burleigh Instruments Inc., has introduced LC-series fiber optic laser couplers that can be used to launch a free-space laser beam...
Bristol Instruments Inc.
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Microdisplay Projection Module for Assisted-Reality Displays The HSI-K02 near-to-eye module provides incredibly bright, full-color, high-resolution SVGA images using Brillian’s Z86D-3 liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplay. Experience images with up to 400 Fl...
HOLOEYE Systems Inc.
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OEM Microdisplay Systems Holoeye Systems offers adapted OEM microdisplay solutions in optics and electronics based on the new LCoS GEN II microdisplays of Brillian Corp. These systems are suitable for cockpit applications,...
HOLOEYE Systems Inc.
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Autoclavable Three-Channel Color Prisms PARABIAGO, Italy, March 1, 2006 -- The new line of three-channel color prisms from high-performance optical and optoelectronic components and systems maker Optec SpA answers the need for three-chip...
Optec SpA
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EP1310-FC4X, EP1310-FC4X-OSA TO-38 based TOSAs DUBLIN, Ireland, March 7, 2006 -- Eblana Photonics Ltd., a supplier of laser components for advanced networking applications, annnounced the release of what it said is a breakthrough laser product...
Eblana Photonics Ltd.
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Wireless Personal Information Carrier System TORRANCE, Calif., March 14, 2006 -- Physical Optics Corp. (POC), a provider of advanced technologies for military, government and commercial OEM applications, has introduced the WPIC (pronounced...
Physical Optics Corp. (POC)
EMI Shielded LC Adapter HARRISBURG, Pa., March 14, 2006 -- Tyco Electronics has developed a shielded, metal LC adapter for use in applications where EMI (electromagnetic interference) and RFI (radio frequency interference)...
Tyco Electronics, Communications & Industrial Solutions
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Custom Photodetector Solutions HORSHAM, Pa., March 15, 2006 -- Avo Photonics Inc., a source for optical and radio frequency (RF) packaging solutions, announced that it now provides comprehensive services in the analysis, design...
Avo Photonics Inc.
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Prisma Industrial Laser SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 21, 2006 -- Coherent Inc. said its new Prisma 1064-32-V industrial laser delivers an optimum mix of high-peak power, short pulsewidth, high average power and exquisite beam...
Coherent Inc.
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2 New Mirror Series BOULDER, Colo., March 24, 2006 -- Alpine Research Optics (ARO) has introduced two new series of mirrors intended for demanding beam-steering tasks in Ti:S ultrafast laser applications. The new B-Max...
Alpine Research Optics
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2652 SSR I/O Module TIGARD, Ore., March 28, 2006 -- Sensoray Co. Inc. introduces the newest addition to their 2600 series of smart input/output modules, the 2652. The 2652 monitors and controls up to eight solid-state...
Sensoray Co. Inc.
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OPB856Z Series Wide-Gap Optical Sensor ROSEMONT, Ill., March 28, 2006 -- TT electronics' Optek Technology, a manufacturer of standard and application-specific sensors using infrared, visible, magnetic and fiber-optic technologies, has...
Optek Technology, Industrial Sensing & Control
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