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 November 2004


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OSA to Expand Education Programs WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The OSA Foundation has approved funding for 2005 to support optics programs including international student travel, Web site translation, youth science education outreach and student professional development. OSA said international outreach is a priority of the foundation, established in 2002, which last year granted $35,000 for programs targeting developing countries,...
Scotland Invests in Universities EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 30 -- Scotland has invested £37 million (about $69 million) to help Scottish universities collaborate in physics and chemistry research initiatives. The money will be...
$6.5 M Grant Boosts 'Slow Light' Research ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 30 -- Optical computers have long held the promise of incredible computing power, and now a team of researchers led by the University of Rochester is getting a chance to show...
U Rochester Faculty Named Fellows WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Two University of Rochester scientists involved in photonics research were elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Robert L. McCrory,...
RIT Smart Sensor Team Honored ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 24 -- Sensor technology developed at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to enhance the readiness and efficiency of America's military is receiving formal recognition by the...
'Blind' Cells See the Light BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 24 -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have given "blind" nerve cells the ability to detect light, paving the way for an innovative therapy that could...
Nanotech Consortium Launched SAN DIEGO, Nov. 23 -- Accelrys Inc., a San Diego provider of software for computation, simulation and the management and mining of scientific data used by biologists, chemists and materials...
RVSI Declares Bankruptcy NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 22 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RVSI), a Nashua, N.H., maker of machine vision systems, has filed for bankruptcy. RVSI said Friday it filed a Chapter 11 petition in Manchester...
SensL Completes Funding Round CORK, Ireland, Nov. 22 -- Photon-counting sensor and module developer SensL Technologies announced it has raised 1 million euros (about $1.3 million) in an investment round led by Irish venture...
L-3 Buys Boeing Unit ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22 -- Boeing announced today the divestiture of Torrance, Calif.-based Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices Inc. (EDD), a supplier of space and defense products, to L-3 Communications for...
EUV Source Power Reported Up MIYAZAKI, Japan, Nov. 19 -- Available source power for use in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography has increased significantly in the past year, reaching nearly half the level required for...
Powerful Laser Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatment ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 19 -- Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) have spent the last five years creating what is believed to be the world's highest-intensity laser. They call the $3...
Keynote Focuses on Lasik Surgery ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 17 -- The ophthalmologist who pioneered customized Lasik surgery ("supervision") now aims to further improve patients’ eyesight and minimize the risk of side effects. Patients...
SBC and Microsoft Plan IPTV Service SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 17 -- SBC Communications Inc. announced today it will use a Microsoft software platform to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections like the ones SBC will...
3 Metro Ethernet Specifications Ratified IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 16 -- The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced today the ratification of three new technical specifications for carrier class Ethernet: providing an interface model between...
Meggitt Acquires Wilcoxon Research SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., Nov. 16 -- Endevco Corp., a maker of sensors for the aerospace, transportation and medical markets, announced today that its parent company, UK-based Meggitt PLC, has...
Raytheon, ISRO Collaborate BANGALORE, India, Nov. 16 -- Raytheon Co. has signed a contract with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Satellite Center for the ground-based elements of the global positioning system...
Resistor Sketch on Smithsonian Tour WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The original drawing of a Power Metal Strip resistor, rendered by inventor Felix Zandman on a paper napkin, is part of a traveling exhibition, "Doodles, Drafts, and Designs:...
Lambda Opticalsystems Raises $22 M RESTON, Va., Nov. 15 -- Optical network provider Lambda Opticalsystems announced today it has secured $22 million in Series B1 funding from three telecommunications venture firms, Sevin Rosen Funds,...
Molecule-Scale Energy Transfer Studied SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 12 -- Researchers have demonstrated an innovative research technique to complete a detailed measurement of how heat energy is created at the molecular level, which they say could...
Carving New Frontiers for Ion-Beam Technology BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 12 -- An ion-beam system that simultaneously combines focused beams of electrons and positive ions promises to improve the versatility, efficiency and economy of this important...
Polatis Raises $9.4 Million CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 11 -- Polatis, a supplier of ultralow-loss optical switches, announced it has raised $9.4 million in its third round of funding, from investors 3i, Alta Berkeley, EonTech...
BOC Edwards Invests in Taiwan Gas Plants TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 10 -- BOC Edwards announced it is investing in seven gas plants to ensure bulk gas supply to nine new semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing fabrication facilities...
StockerYale to Buy Navitar for $25 M SALEM, N.H., Nov. 10 -- StockerYale Inc., a provider of photonics-based products, announced it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Navitar Inc., of Rochester, N.Y., for approximately...
Raytheon Sells IR Unit to L-3 WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 10 -- Raytheon Co. has announced the sale of its Raytheon Commercial Infrared (RCI) business to L-3 Communications Corp. for approximately $42 million in cash. The acquisition is...
BOC Edwards Invests in Gas Supplies TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 10 -- BOC Edwards announced it is investing in seven gas plants to ensure bulk gas supply to nine new semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing fabrication facilities...
Oplink Acquires EZconn TAIPEI, Nov. 9 -- Oplink Communications Inc., of San Jose, Calif., has acquired Taiwanese opto-communications device supplier EZconn Corp. as part of its plan to pursue the Japanese fiber-to-the-home...
CTI Molecular Imaging Acquires ImTek KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 8 -- CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., a provider of positron emission tomography (PET) equipment, molecular imaging biomarkers and services, announced today it has acquired ImTek...
Plasma PhysicsTopic of APS Meeting COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 5 -- Compact particle beams, plasma windows, plasma fusion machines and x-ray vision will be among topics discussed at the 46th annual meeting of the American Physical Society...
David Payne Awarded for Photonics Contributions SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 5 -- David Payne, director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, was awarded the Kelvin Medal Tuesday and was presented with a CBE...
Plasma Physics Topic of APS Meeting COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 5 -- Compact particle beams, plasma windows, plasma fusion machines and x-ray vision will be among topics discussed at the 46th annual meeting of the American Physical Society...
Butterfly Wings Dazzle with Science SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 5 -- Understanding the way light is reflected from the wings of butterflies could lead to the fabrication of a new type of optical material called photonic crystals,...
DoD Awards High-Energy Laser Contracts KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Contracts valued at more than $22.2 million to develop high-energy laser technology for the Department of Defense (DoD) have been awarded to 21 companies, educational...
PPGI Acquires MRC Precision NORTHVALE, N.J., Nov. 4 -- Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) announced today it has acquired the stock of MRC Precision Metal Optics Inc., of Sarasota, Fla., in a cash transaction. PPGI has...
'Future of Light' to be Symposium Topic BOSTON, Nov. 4 -- The current economic climate of the photonics industry and a global view of how it will evolve in the coming years will be highlighted at the 8th Annual Executive "Future of Light"...
'Future of Light' to be Symposium Topic BOSTON, Nov. 4 -- The current economic climate of the photonics industry and a global view of how it will evolve in the coming years will be highlighted at the 8th Annual Executive "Future of Light"...
Flextronics, Nortel Begin Optics Tranfer TORONTO, Nov. 2 -- Nortel Networks announced it has completed the transfer of certain optical design operations and related assets in Ottawa, Ontario and Monkstown, Northern Ireland, to Flextronics...
Electro-Optical Sciences Raises $9 Million IRVINGTON, N.Y., Nov. 2 -- A medical computer vision technology company working on a diagnostic system to detect melanoma has received $9 million in its third round of funding. Electro-Optical...
GE Delays InVision Purchase NEWARK, Calif., Nov. 1 -- General Electric Co. (GE) agreed to delay until Dec. 27 its $900 million purchase of InVision Technologies Inc. while the US Department of Justice and Securities and...
Tyco to Sell Undersea Fiber Network PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Nov. 1 -- Tyco International Ltd. announced it has agreed to sell its Tyco Global Network to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL), the telecom unit of India's Tata group, for $130...
Furukawa vs. Corning Suit Dismissed CORNING, N.Y., Nov. 1 -- Corning Inc. confirmed that a suit filed by Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. against Corning Cable Systems International Corp., a subsidiary of Corning, was dismissed Friday by a...
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OL 770UV/VIS and OL 770VIS/NIR Spectroradiometer Optronic Laboratories now offers an ultraviolet and near-infrared version of the OL 770, its high-speed, USB interface spectroradiometer. The OL 770UV/VIS has a wavelength range of 200 to 780 nm and...
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Tunable Ti:Sapphire System BOHEMIA, N.Y., Nov. 22 -- Photonics Industries International (PII) announced it has shipped the latest version of its Ti:sapphire, high-repetition-rate, narrow linewidth laser to a major university...
Photonics Industries International Inc.
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Hybrid Molded Glass Lenses ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17 -- LightPath Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of precision-molded aspheric optics, Gradium glass products, fiber optic beam delivery systems and optical isolators, has...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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PM 2000 Automated Handling and Inspection System BREMEN, Germany, Nov. 16 -- The ficonTEC PM2000 is an automation platform for stacking, unstacking and inspection of laser diode bars and micro-optical components. The system covers a wide variety of...
ficonTEC Service GmbH
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Piranha2-12k WATERLOO, Ontario, Nov. 10 -- Dalsa Corp. has introduced the Piranha2-12k line scan camera, with 12,288 pixels, 8 taps, 24kHz-line rate and a data rate totaling 320 MHz. The Piranha2-12k offers...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Software Modules IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 2 -- Newport Corp. has introduced two software modules that enable its OSM series mini-spectrometers to be used for quantitative colorimety or thin-film-thickness measurements....
MKS/Newport
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New Software Modules IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3 -- Newport Corp. has introduced two software modules that enable its OSM series mini-spectrometers to be used for quantitative colorimety or thin-film-thickness measurements....
MKS/Newport
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Hybrid Molded Glass Lenses ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17 -- LightPath Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of precision-molded aspheric optics, Gradium glass products, fiber-optic beam delivery systems and optical isolators, has...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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