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Photonics.com - November 1999
News & Features
FiberTel to Acquire Australian Network
PERTH, Australia, Nov. 30 -- Telecommunications investment company FiberTel has announced plans to merge with Amcom Telecommunications, a high-speed data telecommunications developer based in Western...
Panel Urges Changes for NIF
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- A report commissioned by the University of California has proposed a series of recommendations aimed at strengthening the National Ignition Facility project and putting it on...
Polaroid Licenses Fiber Optic Technologyto NEL and Kymata
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 29 -- Polaroid Corp. has licensed a key patent used in arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexer products to NTT Electronics Corp. -- NEL -- and Kymata Ltd. Polaroid...
Semiconductor Laser InternationalAnnounces Third Quarter Results
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 29 -- Semiconductor Laser International Corp. has reported revenues of $441,560 for the third quarter ended September 30, 1999. Revenues for the third quarter of 1998 were...
Ocean Optics Acquires Continental Optical,Forms New Division
DUNEDIN, Fla., November 29, 1999 -- Ocean Optics Inc. announced it has acquired the assets of Hauppage, N.Y.-based Continental Optical Corp., a manufacturer of precision optical components and...
AT&T Canada Wins Broadband Licenses In Spectrum Auction
TORONTO, Nov. 24 -- AT&T Canada has won licenses to a substantial portion of the country's wireless broadband spectrum, which will enable the company to expand its local, national and...
RVSI Gets Order for Semiconductor Inspection Equipment
CANTON, Mass., Nov. 24 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. has received orders valued at approximately $1 million for multiple units of its LS-7700 laser-based in-tray three-dimensional chip...
Spire to Sell Optoelectronics Business
BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 23 -- Spire Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its optoelectronics business segment to Methode Electronics Inc. for...
LLNL Awards Contract for NIF Motion Controllers
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 23 -- Pro-Dex Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Oregon Micro Systems Inc., has won a contract to supply precision motion controllers to the US Department of Energy's Lawrence...
Kaiser Wins Boeing Contract for Projection Displays
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 23 -- The Kaiser Electronics Div. of the Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp. has been awarded a contract from Boeing to provide projection displays for the US Navy's...
FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Coherent Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 22 -- The Ophthalmic Drugs Subcommittee of the US Food and Drug Administration has recommended approval of Coherent Inc.'s Opal Photoactivator and Visudyne Therapy for use...
Ultratech Stepper Orders Cymer Laser
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22 -- Cymer Inc. has received an order for its ELX-6500F2 fluorine laser from Ultratech Stepper Inc. of San Jose, Calif. According to Cymer, the fluorine F2 laser is the first 157-nm...
ESI Wins Samsung Order for Resistor Trimmers
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. has received an order for multiple units of its Model 2300 Chip Resistor Trimming system from Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. ESI will...
LaserSight, VISX Stay Patent Infringement Suit
WINTER PARK, Fla., Nov. 19 -- LaserSight Inc. has agreed with VISX Inc. to stay patent litigation filed by VISX on Nov. 15 and to continue negotiations on a US license agreement between the two...
Raytheon Wins French Order for Laser-Guided Bomb Kits
LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 19 -- Raytheon Co. has received a letter of order valued at approximately $100 million from France's Ministry of Defense for an undisclosed number of Paveway II and Paveway...
YSI, Naval Research Lab ExploreUsing Lasers to Develop Microbiosensors
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, Nov. 19 -- YSI Inc. and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to assess the technical feasibility and market...
Network Consortium Activates Second Link
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 18 -- The National Transparent Optical Network Consortium -- comprised of Nortel Networks, the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, GST...
Premier Laser Reports Second Quarter Results
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 18 -- Premier Laser Systems Inc. reported net sales of $3 million for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1999. Net loss declined to $3 million, or 20 cents per...
Raytheon Control-By-Light Gets Continental Order
SUDBURY, Mass., Nov. 18 -- Raytheon Control-By-Light has received an order to supply its new fiber-optic networked Digital Flight Data Acquisition Units for use on the fleet of 33 ATR-42 and ATR-72...
New Imaging Technique Better PredictsSecond Heart Attack
DALLAS, Nov. 17 -- An imaging technique employing single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can predict the risk of a second heart attack or death among coronary patients better and sooner...
LaserSight Wins FDA Approval of Excimer System
WINTER PARK, Fla., Nov. 17 -- LaserSight Inc. reported that it has been granted pre-market approval by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use of its excimer laser system, the LaserScan LSX,...
Three-Five Systems Announces 4-For-3 Stock Split
TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 17 -- Three-Five Systems Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized a four-for-three stock split in the form of a stock dividend to shareholders of record as of...
Corning, Oak Industries to Merge
CORNING, N.Y., Nov. 16 -- Corning Inc. and Oak Industries Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement, which has been approved unanimously by the boards of both companies. The agreement calls for...
Diode Lasers Seen Driving Growth of System Market
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 16 -- The growth of the global laser system market to $3.8 billion in 1998 was due in large part to diode laser systems, according to a report from market researcher Frost &...
ChromaVision, UCLA Join on HIV Diagnostic Test
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., Nov. 16 -- ChromaVision Medical Systems Inc. announced that it will collaborate with the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, on feasibility...
Palomar Reports Results for Third Fiscal Quarter
BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 15 -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. has reported revenues of $2.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 1999. The company attributed the decline from last year's...
Sandia Micromirrors Eyedfor Next Generation Space Telescope
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 15 -- Micromirrors from Sandia National Laboratories could play a role in NASA's Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). This successor to the Hubble Space Telescope will...
Lucent to Build Backbone of BT's Terabit Network
LONDON, Nov. 15 -- Lucent Technologies has been selected by British Telecom to build an optical network in the UK that will serve as the backbone of BT's next-generation Global Transport Network, the...
DigiLens, DuPont Holographics Join Forces on Microdisplays
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 12 -- DigiLens will partner with Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont Holographics to market the two companies' complementary holographic optical technologies. In the first joint...
IBM Demonstrates High-Resolution Color LCD Panel
TOKYO, Nov. 12 -- The IBM Technology Group has unveiled what it calls the highest resolution production-level liquid crystal display monitor panel available in the industry. The ITQX20...
Global Fiber to Develop Mediterranean Network
MALAGA, Spain, Nov. 12 -- Global Fiber Holding Co. has announced plans to construct MedFiber, a 3600-km submarine fiber-optic ring cable network that will link Spain, France and Italy. As planned,...
Lucent Technologies Unveils High-Capacity All-Optical Router
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Nov. 11 -- Lucent Technologies has introduced a high-capacity, all-optical router that the company calls a breakthrough in the industry, capable of boosting the capacity of...
Rofin-Sinar Announces Increased Sales
HAMBURG, Germany, Nov. 11 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. has reported net sales of $35.9 million for its fourth fiscal quarter, an increase of 17.6 percent over the comparable period in 1998....
EDO Reports Sales Hike, Plans to Sell Barnes Unit
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- EDO Corp. announced that third-quarter net sales from continuing operations increased 19 percent to $23,812,000 from last year's sales of $20,035,000. The company also...
Philips Flat Display Systems Allies with Rainbow Displays
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10 -- Philips Flat Display Systems, a business group of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, has entered into a joint development agreement with Rainbow Displays Inc....
FDA Approves Endoscopic Video System
WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 10 -- Luxtec Corp. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the US marketing of the endoscopic video recording system developed by Luxtec's Fiber Imaging...
Robotic Vision Systems Reports Profitable Quarter
CANTON, Mass., Nov. 10 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. reported that revenues for its fourth quarter ended September 30, 1999, increased 29 percent from the prior quarter to reach $40,271,000....
Nortel Networks Wins Second Contractfor Chinese Optical Network
BEIJING, Nov. 9 -- Nortel Networks has been awarded a contract by the Chongqing Post and Telecommunications Administration to implement China's second 10-Gb/s optical network. The company said that...
Optical Coating Laboratory Cancels Stock Split
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 9 -- Optical Coating Laboratory Inc.'s board of directors has decided not to proceed with a planned stock split at this time, in light of the company's pending merger with...
II-VI Opens Advanced Materials Development Center
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 9 -- II-VI Inc. unveiled its new Advanced Materials Development Center in Saxonburg, Pa., at the company's annual shareholders meeting. According to Carl J. Johnson, chairman and CEO...
JDS Uniphase, Optical Coating Laboratory to Merge
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 8 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. and Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. have signed a definitive agreement to merge in a move to solidify their long-standing partnership. The estimated...
Northrop Grumman Completes Testof IR Countermeasures System
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Nov. 8 -- Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Electronic Sensors and Systems sector has completed live-fire tests of an advanced laser-based directional infrared countermeasures system,...
Summit Technology ReportsRise in Third Quarter Revenues
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 8 -- Summit Technology Inc. reported a 43-percent increase in revenues from its laser vision correction business in the third quarter ended September 30, 1999. Total revenues for...
Carl Zeiss Appoints New US President and CEO
THORNWOOD, N.Y., Nov. 5 -- Carl Zeiss has appointed James J. Kelly as the new president and CEO of its US holding company, Carl Zeiss Inc. Kelly has served as general counsel, vice president of...
FDA Approves Trimedyne's Holmium Lasersfor Gastrointestinal Surgery
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 5 -- Trimedyne Inc. said that the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the company to market its holmium lasers and associated disposable devices for a variety...
GSI Lumonics Reports Rise in Profits, Increased Backlog
KANATA, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 5 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. reported net earnings of $2 million on sales of $78 million for the third quarter of fiscal 1999. Gross profit for the quarter was...
Advanced Photonix Announces Second-Quarter Decrease
CAMARILLO, Calif., Nov. 4 -- Advanced Photonix Inc. reported net sales of $1.6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2000 ended Sept. 26, 1999. These figures reflect a decrease of 18 percent...
Display Consortium Awards Development Contracts
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 4 -- The United States Display Consortium (USDC), a private and public partnership created to build a flat panel display infrastructure, has awarded two development contracts....
Quantum Dot Gets Exclusive Licenseto Luminescent Nanoparticles
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 4 -- Quantum Dot Corp. has obtained from Indiana University an exclusive worldwide license to develop, manufacture, market and commercialize biological applications of Quantum...
Dense WDM Boosts Capacityof Transatlantic Cable to 1.92 Tb/s
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 3 -- Worldwide Fiber Inc.'s subsidiary, Worldwide Telecom (Bermuda) Ltd., announced that the capacity of each segment of the Hibernia self-healing synchronous digital...
Schmitt Wins Pratt & Whitney Laser Measurement Order
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 3 -- Schmitt Industries has been awarded a $600,000 contract by Pratt & Whitney for an advanced laser light scatter device, the TASC scatterometer. The device uses laser...
Autonomous Technologies FilesLASIK Supplement with FDA
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 3 -- Summit Technology Inc. reported that the Pre-market Application (PMA) Supplement filed by its subsidiary, Autonomous Technologies, for LASIK treatment of myopia and...
Ion Optics Wins ATP Award for MEMS-Based IR Sensors
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 2 -- Ion Optics and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have received an Advanced Technology Program award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop an...
FDA Schedules Review of SpectraScience PMA
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2 -- SpectraScience Inc. reported that the company's Pre-Market Application (PMA) submission for its optical biopsy system utilizing laser-induced fluorescence is scheduled for...
Kopin Says GaAs, CyberDisplay Orders Boosted Quarterly Revenues
TAUNTON, Mass., Nov. 2 -- Kopin Corp. reported revenues of $9,736,281 for the third quarter ended October 2, 1999, an increase of 24 percent over the $7,835,907 recorded in the third quarter...
Coherent Announces Record Orders,Shipments of LightSheer Systems
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 1 -- Coherent Inc. reported record bookings and shipments for its LightSheer diode laser hair removal systems during the fourth fiscal quarter ended October 2, 1999. The...
Oak's Lasertron to Expand Transmission Laser Capacity
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 1 -- Oak Industries Inc. will spend $10 million to expand manufacturing capacity for distributed feedback transmission lasers at its Lasertron Inc. division. Lasertron has...
JDS Uniphase Reports First Quarter Results
NEPEAN, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 1 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. announced sales of $230 million and pro forma net income of $51 million, or 29 cents per diluted share, for its first quarter ended...
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