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Photonics.com - May 2001

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Osram to use CDT's Proprietary Light Emitting Polymer Display Technology CAMBRIDGE, England, May 31 -- Cambridge Display Technology announced that it has granted Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. OHG (Osram OS) -- a subsidiary of Osram GmbH -- a license to manufacture...

Trikon Introduces New Orion Family For Copper Damascene Processes NEWPORT, Wales, May 31 -- Trikon Technologies Inc., a provider of semiconductor processing equipment, announced the availability of its new Orion family of ultra-low dielectric constant (k) materials...

RSoft Expands Its Software Solutions to Israel OSSINING, N.Y., May 31 -- RSoft Inc. has selected IES, a distributor of communication and imaging products to the Israeli high-tech industry, to sell and support its full line of simulation software....

Polatis Kicks Off Second Round Funding Roadshow CAMBRIDGE, England, May 31 -- Polatis, developer of fiber optic switches for telecommunications equipment manufacturers, announced plans to raise $15 million in second round funding to finance a...

Sumitomo, Alcatel Sign Cross-License Accord TOKYO, May 30 -- Cable maker Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd has reached a cross-licensing agreement on fiber optic technology with French telecom maker Alcatel. Under the agreement, Alcatel and...

Lucent, Alcatel Merger Called Off NEW YORK, May 30 -- Merger talks between Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. were called off after negotiations failed to yield an agreement. In a statement, both companies announced that the...

DRS Wins $86.2 Million Army Contract PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 30 -- DRS Technologies Inc. has been competitively awarded a multiyear $86.2 million contract from the US Army on the Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem (IBAS) program. IBAS...

EyeTicket and Sabre to Demonstrate Biometric Processing Concept at Air Summit FT. WORTH, Texas, May 29 -- EyeTicket Corp. and Sabre Holdings Corp. announced their joint selection by the International Air Transport Association to demonstrate new Simplified Passenger Travel...

Agere Systems Announces New Modulator for Optical Networks ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 29 -- Agere Systems announced the industry's lowest-voltage, highest-bandwidth lithium niobate modulator for use in 40 Gb/s optical networking systems. With this component,...

Boca Photonics to Improve Efficiency, Trim Fat Off Optical Network Expenses BOCA RATON, Fla., May 29 -- Boca Photonics Inc., an optical networking company, announced a portfolio of professional services and a suite of service control products that will help generate revenues...

Exfo Launches Next-Generation Field-Testing Platform QUEBEC CITY, Canada, May 29 -- Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced the launch of the FTB-400 Universal Test System (UTS) for the installation and maintenance of optical networks. Exfo...

AcceLight Announces the First Photonic Service Switch PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 29 -- AcceLight Networks Inc. announced the industry's first core Photonic Service Switch. The product family includes the PhotoniX Core Switch 540 and the PhotoniX Core Manager....

360networks Obtains License to Operate in Japan VANCOUVER, Canada, May 29 -- 360networks announced it has been granted a Type 1 facilities-based license to own and operate telecommunications infrastructure in Japan, the largest telecommunications...

Tyco Cleared to Buy Stake in Flag Telecom PEMBROKE, Bermuda, May 28 -- Tyco International Ltd. said it received antitrust clearance to buy an 11 percent stake in Flag Telecom Holdings Ltd. an owner of under-sea telecommunications cable. Tyco...

Change in Lambda Physik's Management Board -- Jurgen Heukaufer Assumes Top Finance Post GOTTINGEN, Germany, May 28 - The CFO of Lambda Physik AG, Christoph Syring, is leaving the company as of May 31, 2001. The Supervisory Board has assigned the top finance position to Jurgen Heukaufer...

Cree Lighting Claims Nichia Infringes Patent GOLETA, Calif., May 28 -- Cree Lighting Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nichia Corp. and Nichia America Corp. in the US District Court for...

Trikon Technologies Announces Private Placement of Common Shares and Warrants NEWPORT, Wales, England, May 28 -- Trikon Technologies Inc., a provider of semiconductor processing equipment, announced that it had sold 925,930 common shares and 92,593 warrants to purchase its...

DuPont Displays, Philips, Alien Technology Join in LED Project WILMINGTON, Del., May 28 -- DuPont Displays and Philips Components, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, announced a joint development agreements with Alien Technology, a start-up company based...

Applied Biosystems Informatics Software Chosen for Bioinformatics Center FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 25 -- Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera Corporation business, and Wayne State University (WSU) announced today that Applied Biosystems has been chosen as the foundation...

Lockheed Martin Wins Army Laser System Contract ORLANDO, Fla., May 25 -- Lockheed Martin Information Systems was awarded the US Army's Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems XXI, or MILES XXI, task order to produce and field laser-based...

Marconi Acquires Northwood Technologies LONDON, May 25 -- Marconi, a provider of advanced communications solutions, announced that its Wireless Division has purchased Northwood Technologies Inc., a Canadian wireless telecom software...

Sorrento Partners with Terabeam on Metro Networking Solution SAN DIEGO, May 25 -- Sorrento Networks will collaborate with Terabeam Corp. in use of Terabeam's Fiberless Optics, which provides high-speed data connection services from enterprises to the Internet...

AT&T Picks Ciena's Metro Transport System LINTHICUM, Md., May 24 -- Ciena Corp. said that AT&T has successfully tested, certified and begun deployment of Ciena's MultiWave Metro intelligent optical transport system. AT&T plans to deploy the...

Deutche Telekom Tests Lucent Technologies' 40-Gb Optical Technology BONN, Germany, May 24 -- Deutsche Telekom has successfully tested Lucent Technologies' 40-Gb/s optical networking technology over a distance of 72 miles (116 kilometers). The results of the 40 G...

DRS Wins $18.3 Million Army IR Contract PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 24 -- DRS Technologies Inc. has received an $18.3 million production contract for the Javelin Anti-Tank Weapon System program. Javelin is a man-portable, fire-and-forget,...

Optiva, Nakan Partner on Optical Coating for Flat Panel Displays SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 24 -- Optiva Inc. and Nakan Co. Ltd. have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly develop and market integrated coating systems for applying Optiva's Thin...

ASM Litho Closes Silicon Valley Group Deal AMSTERDAM, May 23 -- ASM Lithography NV (ASML), a Dutch semiconductor equipment maker, said that it had finalized its acquisition of Silicon Valley Group Inc. ASML won approval from the US government...

NetPlane and AcceLight Networks Announce Strategic Alliance DEDHAM, Mass., May 23 -- NetPlane Systems, a supplier of portable networking protocol software and systems, and AcceLight Networks, a developer of the first Photonic Service Switch, announced a...

Emcore Achieves Milestones in High Volume Production SOMERSET, N.J., May 23 -- Emcore Corp., a provider of semiconductor technologies for global communications, announced that its Electronic Materials Division has achieved two significant milestones as...

Omnitel Vodafone Picks Nortel for UMTS Rollout MILAN, Italy, May 23 -- Omnitel Vodafone has selected Nortel Networks to supply wireless Internet infrastructure equipment and services for its third generation (3G) Universal Mobile...

Multiplex's OC192 Transponder is Accepted into the Multisource Agreement SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., May 23 -- Multiplex Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer of high-end optoelectronic components and subsystems, announced its MTR10G OC192 transponder has been accepted...

25 Companies to Participate in OIF'S Interoperability Demo at Supercomm 2001 FREMONT, Calif., May 23 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) announced that twenty-five vendor companies participated in the initial interoperability testing of the optical User Network...

Allied Riser Slashes Workforce DALLAS, May 23 -- Allied Riser Communications Corp., an installer of fiber optic networks in office buildings, said it has cut its workforce by 117 employees, or about 23 percent, to trim costs. The...

Video Adds New Dimension to FIS Training ORISKANY, N.Y., May 22 -- Fiber Instrument Sales Inc. has taken its comprehensive training programs to the next level with its first training video "Connectors and Connectorization." "Our goal is...

NRO Launches Laser Satellite CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 22 -- The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launched GeoLITE (Geosynchronous Lightweight Technology Experiment), an advanced technology demonstration satellite with a...

Newport Receives Outstanding Public Company Award IRVINE, Calif., May 22 -- Newport Corp. announced that it has received the Outstanding Public Company Award from the Orange County Chapter of the American Electronics Association (AEA). The award,...

Optisphere Networks Successfully Demonstrates Interoperability for OIF RESTON, Va., May 22 -- Optisphere Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc., announced its participation in the Optical Internetworking Forum's (OIF)...

China Approves Biolase Dental Laser SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 21 -- Biolase Technology Inc. has received approval to sell its Waterlase Hard and Soft Tissue Dental Lasers in the People's Republic of China. Beijing Melianda Medical...

Lambda Physik AG and Jenoptik AG Form Joint Venture for Nanotechnology Research GOTTINGEN, May 21 - Lambda Physik AG, a company listed on the Neuer Markt, has founded a joint venture with Jenoptik Laser Optik Systeme GmbH for the purpose of developing and producing radiation...

Boulder Instruments Signs Deal with MIT Haystack Observatory LONGMONT, Colorado, May 21 -- Boulder Instruments announced that it has reached an agreement with MIT Haystack Observatory to develop the next generation of its StreamStor real-time storage system....

PerkinElmer Expands Digital Imaging Line with Acquisition of Sonoran Scanners Technology BOSTON, May 21 -- PerkinElmer Inc. announced that it has acquired Sonoran Scanners' proprietary Laser Direct Imaging (LDI) and Computer-to-Plate (CTP) technologies. Sonoran was founded in 1997 and is...

Samsung Orders GSI Lumonics Wafer Repair System KANATA, Ontario, Canada, May 21 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. said that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has placed an order for the M430 WaferRepair System. The system will be installed in the second quarter at...

Alfalight Gets $10 Million in Financing VAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec, May 21 -- Alfalight Inc., a start-up developer of 980-nm pump lasers for the optical communications industry, has secured $10 million to be used for the acquisition of...

Agere, RF Micro Join in Wireless Products ORLANDO, Fla., May 21 -- Agere Systems Inc. has agreed to give communications chip maker RF Micro Devices Inc. access to its Florida plant in order to jointly develop components for wireless devices....

Two More Companies Added to the Digital Greenhouse Member Roster PITTSBURGH, May 18 -- The Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, an economic development initiative sponsored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, announced the addition of two new companies to their...

Comlase Gets Financing from Europeans STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 18 -- Comlase AB, a Stockholm start-up developing active components for fiber optics networks, has received series A financing of $ 3,5 million from venture capital firms...

PhotoMedex Seeks FDA OK of Laser for Atopic Dermatitis RADNOR, Pa., May 18 -- PhotoMedex Inc. has submitted an application for 510 (k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to commercially market its XTRAC laser system for the treatment of...

Cambridge Display Technology Starts First Phase of New Facility CAMBRIDGE, England, May 18 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), a developer of light emitting polymer (LEP) technology for flat panel displays and lighting, has started clean room and other...

Coretec Selects Orbotech for Laser Direct Imaging YAVNE, Israel, May 17 -- Orbotech Ltd. has received an order from Cortec Inc. for two DP-100 direct imaging systems to be used in Coretec's new high-density interconnect prototype printed circuit...

Emergent Signals Intent to Merge with Trimedyne NEW YORK, May 17 -- Emergent Group Inc. and Trimedyne Inc. have signed a letter of intent to merge the two companies. The terms of the merger will be finalized after both parties have completed their...

Rohm Acts to Withdraw ITC Complaint Against Nichia WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Nichia Corp. said that Kyoto-based Rohm Co. has filed a motion to withdraw its complaint against Nichia before the US International Trade Commission (ITC). The motion filed...

Alloptic Slates Trials for Gigabit Ethernet PON LIVERMORE, Calif., May 17 -- Alloptic Inc. is conducting field trials with twenty-three carriers and service providers. Firms testing network solution include: Shaw -- Big Pipe, IP Networks,...

Sagitta Receives Order from OZ Optics for Automated Polishing System HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., May 17 -- Sagitta Ltd. announced that OZ Optics, a provider of fiber optic components for networks, has placed an order for its recently unveiled polishing and inspection system, the...

Global Crossing First to Purchase Lucent's All-Optical Switch MURRAY HILL, N.J., May 16 -- Global Crossing is at the head of the line to purchase the Lucent WaveStar LambdaRouter, the world's first high-capacity, all-optical switch for communications networks....

Multiplex Announces Purchase of Additional Facility SOUTH PLAINIFIELD, N.J., May 16 -- Multiplex Inc. has announced the purchase of a new 226,000 square foot facility. The new building, located at 5000 Hadley Road in South Plainfield, will incorporate...

Tracey Technologies Buys EyeSys from Premier Laser HOUSTON, May 16 -- Tracey Technologies LLC, with the support of Marco Ophthalmic Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla., has signed a letter of agreement to purchase the EyeSys product line from Premier Laser...

Rocky Mountain Instruments Wins $2.2 Million Contract LAFAYETTE, Colo., May 15 -- Rocky Mountain Instrument Co., a manufacturer of laser and imaging optics and thin-film coatings, has been awarded a $2.2 million contract with Textron Systems. The...

Optical Internetworking Forum Broadens Focus of Technical Work FREMONT, Calif., May 15 -- Following its May 1-3 quarterly meeting in Paris, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) announced that it has moved to broaden the focus of its technical efforts beyond...

Multichannel Instruments Splits into Two Divisions STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 15 -- Multichannel Instruments, a Swedish manufacturer of advanced spectroscopic instrumentation for time-resolved and time-integrated applications, has spun off a division...

Accent Announces 100th RPM Sale BEND, Ore., May 15 -- Accent Optical Technologies, a supplier of process control and measurement tools for the optoelectronics, wireless and silicon semiconductor equipment industries, announced the...

Multiplex Gets $105 Million Expansion Funds SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., May 15 -- Multiplex Inc., a privately held supplier of optical components for telecom networks, has won $105 million in venture funds to expand manufacturing capacity in its...

Trikon Announces Record Results and Shipments for First Fiscal Quarter NEWPORT, Wales, United Kingdom, May 14 -- Trikon Technologies Inc., a provider of semiconductor processing equipment, reported results for its first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001. The results...

Optivera Unveils First Optical Network Signaling Platform NEW YORK, May 14 -- Optivera recently announced its first optical networking signaling platform. Manual, offline provisioning methods make lightpath allocations a procedure that takes weeks or even...

Coherent Inc. Acquires DeMaria ElectroOptics Systems Inc. SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 11 -- Coherent Inc. has acquired DeMaria ElectroOptics Systems Inc. (DEOS) -- based in Bloomfield, Conn. -- for $22.5 million in cash. DEOS, renamed Coherent/DEOS, designs...

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Orders More Reactors from Aixtron AACHEN, Germany, May 11 -- Aixtron AG has received a repeat order for an AIX 2400G3 MOCVD Planetary Reactor from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Itami, Japan. The purchase of this AIX 2400G3 MOCVD...

K2 Optronics Names Lego To Board SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 11 -- K2 Optronics Inc., a developer of optical components for the telecommunications industry, has appointed Catherine P. Lego to the Board of Directors. Lego is managing...

Finisar Corp. Announces Acquisition of Transwave Fiber Inc. SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 11 -- Finisar Corp., a provider of gigabit fiber optic solutions for high-speed data and telecommunication networks, announced that it had completed the acquisition of...

Worldwide Market for Tunable Put at $2.32 Billion BOSTON, May 10 -- Tunable lasers will start appearing in live networks by the end of 2001 and will continue their penetration in the marketplace for major applications such as replacement of source...

Laserscope Gets FDA OK for Treatment of BPH SAN JOSE, Calif., May 10 -- Laserscope said that it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its new high power KTP laser system specifically for the treatment of...

Siemens Cuts 2,000 Telecoms Jobs FRANKFURT, Germany, May 10 -- Siemens AG said it will cut an additional 2,000 jobs from its ICN fixed network business, bringing the total number of jobs lost at the unit as part of a cost-cutting...

Gentec Inc. Spins Off Electro-Optics Unit

SAINTE-FOY, Quebec, Canada, May 10 -- Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. was recently founded through a management buy-out. Michel Giroux and his brother Francois acquired 100 percent of the assets of the...

Plenary Session Covers Femtoscience, Electron Optics and the Future of the DWDM Revolution

BALTIMORE, May 9 - After the Awards Ceremony the audience members shifted their attention to the Plenary Session speakers in order to get a summary of three new and potentially groundbreaking ideas...

CLEO/QELS 2001 Opens

BALTIMORE, May 8 - The first wave of attendees hit the exhibit floor as the technical exhibit at CLEO/QELS opened. Opening day traffic was steady with all booths drawing early crowds. The floor is...

Ciena Lands $150 Million TyCom Contract LINTHICUM, Md., May 8 -- Ciena Corp has won a two-year contract initially valued at $150 million to supply TyCom Ltd. with its optical switching and transport systems. TyCom, which is building a...

InVision Wins $3 Million Swedish Order NEWARK, Calif., May 8 -- InVision Technologies Inc. has received an order valued at approximately $3 million for CTX 9000 Dsi Explosive Detection Systems (EDS), related integration services and...

CLEO/QELS Science Luncheon The CLEO/QELS Science Luncheon took place on Tuesday on the third floor of the Baltimore Convention Center. Speakers from Harvard Medical School, Rice University, the University of Rochester and...

Rofin Shuffles Management Board HAMBURG, Germany, May 7 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. has reorganized the management of Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH. Hinrich Martinen, who previously resigned as director of the board, vice president...

Sweet Taste Receptor Gene Identified Using Applied Biosystems Technology FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 7 -- Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera Corp. business, announced that researchers used its DNA sequencing and thermal cycling technology to identify a gene that may encode...

ASM Gets OK on Silicon Valley Buy AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 7 -- ASM Lithography said that a US government committee has approved its plan to buy the Silicon Valley Group Inc., including a unit that develops optical technology...

Firms Seek Plan for New 10 Gb/s Pluggable Fiber Transceivers LAS VEGAS, May 7 -- A group of sixteen companies announced a new initiative for next-generation 10 Gb/s Pluggable (XGP) fiber optic transceivers that will offer their customers maximum configuration...

Lockheed, Global Crossing Sign Latin Deal NEW YORK, May 4 -- Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications and Global Crossing Ltd. have agreed to provide fiber optic connections between Latin America and the United States. The companies said...

Corning Boosts CEO's Compensation WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Corning Inc. nearly tripled a compensation package last year for its top executive, Roger Ackerman, the company said in a proxy statement filed on Wednesday. Excluding stock...

Oplink Receives Multiple Patents SAN JOSE, Calif., May 4 -- Oplink Communications Inc., designer and manufacturer of optical components and integrated optical subsystems, announced that it has been issued two US patents for its...

KPNQwest Wins 7.25 Million Euro Broadband Deal AMSTERDAM, May 4 -- KPNQwest has signed a five-year contract worth 7.25 million EURO to provide Internet-related services to scientific research institutions in Germany. KPNQwest will provide data...

Infinite Photonics Names President WARWICK, R.I., May 3 -- Infinite Group Inc. has named Jeff Bullington president of its recently formed Infinite Photonics Inc. subsidiary. IP is focused on commercialization of Infinite's proprietary...

Icahn Ends VISX Proxy Contest SANTA CLARA, Calif. May 3 -- VISX Inc., a developer of refractive laser technology, was pleased to announce that Carl Icahn has ended his proxy contest and withdrawn his proposed slate of nominees to...

SPIE to Launch Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication and Microsystems BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 3 -- SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, announced the launch of a new journal, the Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication and Microsystems (JM3)....

Village Networks Expands With Worldwide Sales EATONTOWN, N.J., May 3 -- Village Networks Inc., a provider of integrated IP-over-optics networking solutions, announced significant expansion to facilitate the successful deployment of its flagship...

Fitel CEO Resigns CLINTON, N.J., May 3 -- Fitel Technologies Inc., a supplier of components and amplification products for the optical communications market, announced that John Pilitsis resigned as CEO, effective...

TRW Creates Telecom Products Company CLEVELAND, May 3 -- TRW Inc. has created a new company called Velocium, which will make high-speed components and other products for fiber optic and wireless telecommunications systems. Velocium will...

Blue Sky to Boost Telecom Component Manufacturing SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2 -- Blue Sky Research is deploying high volume manufacturing capability for optical telecommunications components through Blue Sky Systems, its Singapore-based subsidiary. ...

MKS Closes On-Line Technologies Acquisition ANDOVER, Mass., May 2 -- MKS Instruments Inc. has closed its acquisition of On-Line Technologies, a supplier of measurement and control products used for gas analysis, wafer metrology and process...

Atoga Systems Secures $50 Million in New Financing FREMONT, Calif., May 2 -- Atoga Systems Inc., a provider of intelligent wavelength division multiplexing solutions using tunable lasers, announced it has secured more than $50 million in equity and...

International Space Station Picks DALSA Cameras WATERLOO, Ontario, May 1 -- DALSA Corp., a provider of digital imaging solutions, announced that the recently launched Canadarm2 Space Station by Space Shuttle Endeavour is using DALSA's camera...

Phase One A/S to Use Kodak's 16-Megapixel CCD in LightPhase H20 Digital Camera Back ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 1 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced that Phase One A/S, a provider of Direct Digital Imaging, has selected Kodak's KAF-16801CE 16-megapixel CCD image sensor for use in its upcoming...

ESI Wins $5 Million Order from Samsung PORTLAND, Ore., May 1 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. announced an order for multiple laser semiconductor processing systems from Samsung Electronics. Delivery will begin during ESI's fourth...

DWDM Component Market to Reach $34.6 Billion By 2009

According to a new optical communication market study by the ElectroniCast Corp., the total dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) components consumption was $2.85 billion in 2000. The new...

Memscap Reports Revenue for First Quarter GRENOBLE, France May 1 -- MEMSCAP, a provider of microelectromechanical systems for the communications industry, reported strong growth for the quarter ended March 31. Revenue for the first quarter...

Zolo Opens Manufacturing Facility in Singapore LOUISVILLE, Colo., May 1 -- Zolo Technologies Inc. has established a manufacturing facility in Singapore to meet the growing demand for dense wavelength division multiplexing devices. Zolo produces...

Agere Systems Introduces Second-Generation System-on-a-Chip ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 1 -- Agere Systems announced a second-generation, eight-million-gate system-on-a-chip (SoC) that performs all the framing, mapping and multiplexing functions needed to move voice...

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