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Photonics.com - October 2001
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SurgiLight Seeks Trials of Laser Treatment For Reading Inability
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 31 -- SurgiLight Inc. has filed an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking clearance of a procedure to treat presbyopia. The filing requests the initiation of clinical trials at seven US sites, involving 350 patients. Prior clinical data was collected at four overseas sites, wherein the SurgiLight OptiVision (formerly the...
Shifting Product Mix Cuts Coherent Earnings
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 31 -- Coherent Inc. said that earnings fell during its fourth fiscal quarter as the company's product mix shifted away from higher value telecom products and currency...
Cymer Reducing Work Force
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 31 -- Cymer Inc. plans an approximate 11 percent reduction in its worldwide work force as part of the cost-reduction program. The reduction will trim the company's headcount from...
Applied Launches Venture Fund for Startups in Optical Device Technologies
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 31 -- Applied Materials Inc. has launched a venture capital fund to invest in emerging companies that are developing the next wave of semiconductor processing technologies...
eShade Developer inViso to Close
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 31 -- inViso, a developer of microdisplay modules and personal electronics, announced it will cease operations, citing the ecomomic slowdown and a poor fund-raising...
Four More 360networks Units Seek Protection
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 31 -- Fiber optic network builder 360networks Inc. said four more of its units, including 360atlantic Inc. in the United Kingdom, have filed for protection from...
Palomar Makes 1st Fully Automated Assembly Line for Optoelectronic Components
VISTA, Calif., Oct. 30 -- Palomar Technologies, a manufacturer of high-precision assembly systems for broadband communications, has designed and integrated the first completely automated assembly...
Croatian CATV Firm Gets $6 Million US Funding
ZAGREB, Oct. 30 -- Two US equity funds have invested $6 million in a Croatian cable television network that eventually plans to challenge the national fixed telephone monopoly once the market...
Optical Physicist Gets MacArthur Grant
MACARTHUR RECIPIENT: LENE HAU Lene Hau, a Harvard-based optical physicist, is one of 23 recipients of a 2001 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Building on recent advances in atomic and condensed...
Atropos COO Launches New Digilab
RANDOLPH, Mass., Oct. 30 --A new Digilab has been launched by Sidney Braginsky, CEO of Atropos Technologies and former president and COO of Olympus America Inc., following the sale of Bio-Rad...
Circadiant Systems Gets Funding from Intel Capital
ALLENTOWN, Penn., Oct. 30 -- Circadiant Systems Inc., an optical networking testing equipment company, announced today it has secured an investment from Intel Capital. Circadiant announced on Sept....
ESI to Supply Infineon with 300 mm Laser Processing Systems
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. has won orders from Infineon Technologies for multiple Model 9820 laser semiconductor processing systems. The 300 mm systems will be...
FAA Testing Whole-Body-Scanner Systems
HAWTHORNE, Calif., Oct. 29-- Rapiscan Security Products Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OSI Systems Inc., said the FAA has awarded OSI Systems an order for five Secure 1000 body scanning systems....
Teradyne Completes Genrad Acquisition
BOSTON, Oct. 29 -- Teradyne Inc. has completed its acquisition of GenRad Inc. following approval by GenRad shareholders and US regulatory bodies. GenRad operations are being integrated with...
Hydro-Quebec Chooses RAD for Nationwide Network Upgrade
POINTE CLAIRE, Quebec, Oct. 29 -- RAD Data Communications said that Hydro-Quebec, through RAD reseller Comlink Systems, will purchase fiber optic solutions from RAD's Megaplex, Kilomux and DXC...
186k Launches UK National Network
READING, UK, Oct. 26 -- 186k, the telecoms subsidiary of Lattice Group, opened for business this week with the launch of the southern and central rings of its national core network. Two final rings,...
GSI Lumonics Cuts Staff as Losses Mount
KANATA, Ontario, Oct. 26 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. reported a third-quarter loss and said it expects to continue to incur operating losses in the fourth quarter and plans to cut its full-time staff by 10...
Spectra-Physics Revenue Jumps
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 26 -- Spectra-Physics Inc. said its third-quarter net sales were $49.2 million, up 7 percent from $45.8 million for the third quarter of 2000. The company's book-to-bill...
II-VI Acquires Litton Silicon Carbide Group
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26 -- II-VI Inc. has acquired, via an asset purchase agreement, the Litton Systems Inc. Silicon Carbide (SiC) Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquired group...
Texas Instruments Postpones Phillipines Expansion
MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 26 -- Texas Instruments (TI) Philippines will delay its $100 million expansion project due to sluggish global demand and the expected negative economic effects of the...
Lydall Acquires Affinity Industries
MANCHESTER, Conn., Oct. 26 -- Lydall Inc. this week announced its acquisition of Affinity Industries Inc. for $21.7 million in cash. Affinity, located in Ossipee, N.H., is a specialty manufacturer of...
JDS Uniphase, Adept Tech Sign Development Pact
TORONTO, Oct. 25 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. has signed a development alliance with Adept Technology Inc. to automate manufacturing processes and said it would make a $25 million investment in the maker of...
Veeco, Nova Crystals Join on Laser Development
WOODBURY, N.Y., Oct. 25 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. is joining with Nova Crystals Inc. in its development of high-performance lasers, known as PICSELs (photonic integrated circuit surface emitting...
Alcatel to Buy Shanghai Bell
BEIJING, Oct. 25 -- Alcatel SA plans to buy control of Chinese network gear supplier Shanghai Bell and consolidate China operations under it. Alcatel will pay $312 million to increase its stake in...
Lightpath CEO Resigns
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 25 -- LightPath Technologies Inc.'s chief executive, Donald Lawson, resigned effective Tuesday. Lawson, who was with LightPath since 1995, also resigned as president and a...
Latin American Nautilus Picks Nortel Networks for Optical Backbone
MIAMI, Oct. 24 -- Latin American Nautilus, a joint venture of Telecom Italia, Telecom Argentina, Entel Bolivia and Entel Chile, has selected Nortel Networks to supply optical equipment and...
CXR Telcom Wins $1.1 Million Verizon Order
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Oct. 24 -- Microtel International Inc. said its CXR Telcom subsidiary has secured orders totaling $1.1 million to provide its 704A-NTS1 -- a handheld, integrated and...
Cable & Wireless Taps Ciena for Bandwidth Grooming Applications
LINTHICUM, Md., Oct. 24 -- Ciena Corp. said that Cable & Wireless has selected its MultiWave CoreDirector intelligent optical switching system for access bandwidth grooming applications. Cable &...
Z/I Imaging, Optech Enter Strategic Alliance
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 24 -- Z/I Imaging Corp. and Optech Inc. have entered a strategic alliance under which the two companies will jointly market and further develop airborne laser mapping...
BOC Edwards to Acquire Smiths Group Vacuum and Pressure Business
Crawley, UK, Oct. 24 -- BOC Edwards has entered into an agreement to purchase the vacuum and pressure interests of Smiths Group for $19 million. The business to be acquired is part of Smiths' Sealing...
DOE Funds Tampa Electric Laser Project
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 23 -- The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to provide Tampa Electric with more than $1.5 million in funding to test and demonstrate new technologies to improve...
OSI Systems Wins $11 Million Laser Weapons Simulation Subcontract
HAWTHORNE, Calif., Oct. 23 -- OSI Systems Inc. said its subsidiary RapiTec Inc. has been awarded an $11 million subcontract for the production of multiple integrated laser engagement system...
Micro Photonix, Furukawa Ink Transponder Accord
PHOENIX, Oct. 23 -- Micro Photonix Integration Corp. and the Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. have entered into a joint agreement to develop a next-generation OC-192 transponder. The product will combine...
Tyco Acquires All of TyCom
EXETER, N.H., Oct. 22 -- Tyco International Ltd. is buying the 11 percent of TyCom Ltd. it doesn't already own in a deal worth approximately $864 million. Under the agreement, TyCom shares would be...
Melles Griot Awarded Contract for Automated Pigtailing System
Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, Oct. 22 -- Melles Griot, a manufacturer of automated manufacturing solutions for the fiber optic telecommunications industry, has signed a $500,000-plus contract to provide...
Semiconductor Laser International Files for Chapter 11
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Oct. 22 -- Semiconductor Laser International Corp. (SLI) has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 with the northern district of New York's bankruptcy...
Cambridge Display Technology to Develop LEP Display for NIMA
CAMBRIDGE, UK, Oct. 22 -- Cambridge Display Technology, a researcher and commercial developer of light-emitting polymers (LEPs), was selected recently to develop a prototype handheld LEP display for...
Microvision Wins $1.5 Million Navy Subcontract
BOTHELL, Wash., Oct. 19 -- Microvision Inc. was awarded a $1.5 million subcontract by Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) in support of the Office of Naval Research's Battlespace Information...
LightLab Imaging Begins Human Studies of OCT for Optical Biopsy
WESTFORD, Mass., Oct. 19 -- LightLab Imaging L.L.C. began a first round of human studies of its optical biopsy forceps and the latest generation of its optical coherence tomography (OCT) ultra...
SOA consumption said to reach $260 million by 2005
SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 19 -- Global consumption of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) will expand from $48 million in 2000 to $260 million by 2005, according to ElectroniCast. The technology...
Williams Providing Network Capacity to Progress Telecom
TULSA, Okla., Oct. 19 -- Williams Communications has signed an agreement with Progress Telecom to provide network capacity. Under the agreement, Williams is providing Progress with broadband...
Alcatel Wins Taiwan Contract
PARIS, Oct. 17 -- Alcatel said it has received a contract to provide equipment to Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. in a deal worth over $52 million. Alcatel will supply and install a million...
BAE Systems IR Countermeasure System Passes Navy Tests
NASHUA, N.H., Oct. 18 -- BAE Systems Tactical Aircraft Directable Infrared Countermeasure System (TADIRCM) has successfully completed key tests for the US Navy -- including hostile missile detection...
Bausch & Lomb Eyetracker Gets FDA Nod
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 18 -- Bausch & Lomb has approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Active Eyetracking System in the United States. The eyetracker, which has been...
Japan OKs Spectranetics Laser, Coronary Catheters
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 18 -- The Spectranetics Corp. has received regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare to market its laser and various sizes of its Extreme and...
New Focus Replaces CEO
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17 -- New Focus Inc. said Monday that its president and CEO Kenneth Westrick has resigned for "personal reasons." The company said chairman R. Clark Harris has been named to...
Kodak Wins Emmy for Contributions to Camcorder Market
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2001 -- Eastman Kodak Co. received an Emmy Award for its role in the development of the consumer camcorder from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which...
TyCom, Global Crossing Settle Claims
PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Oct. 17 -- TyCom Ltd. and Gobal Crossing Ltd. have agreed to settle all of their outstanding claims against each other. The claims related to agreements between the two companies...
ONI Systems Cutting Workforce 16 Percent
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17 -- ONI Systems Corp. has cut its workforce by about 16 percent as part of its plan to cut expenses due to the downturn in capital spending in the telecommunications sector....
Deutsche Telekom, Alcatel Sign Global Purchase Agreement
PARIS, Oct. 16 -- Alcatel has signed an exclusive Global Master Purchasing Agreement (GMPA) to supply broadband switching products and services to the Deutsche Telekom Group. The agreement, which...
Cubic Wins Contract for Additional Laser Training Gear
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 16 -- Cubic Defense Systems, a subsidiary of Cubic Corp. has received a nearly $19 million contract for additional MILES 2000 laser-based ground combat training equipment. The award,...
Northrop Grumman Wins $66 Million Air Force Contract
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Oct 16 -- Northrop Grumman Corp. said its electronic systems sector has won a US Air Force contract to develop and produce a laser-based infrared countermeasures system to...
RVSI Wins $1 Million Data Matrix Order
CANTON, Mass., Oct. 15 -- Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (RVSI) said its Acuity CiMatrix Div. has received an order for equipment to read Data Matrix marks on high-temperature ceramic automotive parts....
Sempra Set to Run Fiber in Gas Lines
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 -- Sempra Energy's Sempra Fiber Links said its new system for running fiber optic cable through natural gas pipelines could begin commercial service in December. Sempra Fiber...
Siemens Trimming 5,000 Telecom Jobs
MUNICH, Oct. 15 (Reuters) -- Siemens AG said it plans to cut an additional 5,000 jobs from its loss-making fixed line networks business, bringing the total number of jobs shed at the unit this year...
DisplaySearch and Insight Media Team Up for Display Industry Week
AUSTIN, Texas, November 13 -- DisplaySearch and Insight Media are collaborating on this year's Display Industry Week in San Diego. Display Industry Week will kick off on March 18 with the Projection...
Nortel to Build Data Network for Qwest
TORONTO, Oct 12 -- Nortel Networks Corp. has agreed to build a replacement network for Qwest Communications International Inc. using packet technology. Qwest will purchase packet-based gear from...
American Medical Gets FDA OK for Hard-Tissue Dental Laser
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct. 12 -- American Medical Technologies Inc. has received 510(k) FDA clearance to market its new CaviLase Erbium:YAG hard-tissue dental laser. The CaviLase is cleared for all...
Microvision Ships Prototype Head-Up Display to Ford
BOTHELL, Wash., Oct. 12 -- Microvision Inc. has shipped a laser-scanning projection display to Ford Research Laboratory after a four-month development effort. The unit will be evaluated as a driver's...
Lenslet Unveils Optics-Based DSP Technology
RAMAT GAN, Israel, Oct. 11 -- Lenslet Labs Ltd. said it has successfully demonstrated what it describes as the world's first commercial optics-based digital signal-processing technology. The company...
MEMS Seen Poised for Rapid Growth
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology has finally entered a rapid growth phase and is expected to quadruple by 2004, according to a report by Technical Insights....
Level 3 Communications to Buy Back Debt
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct 11 -- Level 3 Communications Inc. says it plans to spend up to $1.049 billion, or about a third of its available cash, to buy back up to $2.86 billion of its own debt. The...
Nortel Supplies Metro DWDM Solution for ACCA Networks in Japan
TOKYO, Oct. 11 -- Nortel Networks is supplying its DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) optical solution for ACCA Networks to strengthen its metro and relay networks in Tokyo, and to enable...
Lucent, Japan Telecom Sign Switch Contract
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Oct. 10 -- Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to supply optical switches to Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. for connecting Japanese metropolitan areas on...
TranSwitch, Samsung Form Strategic Alliance
SHELTON, Conn., Oct. 10 -- TranSwitch Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with Samsung Electronics, which named TranSwitch a preferred supplier and a strategic partner of the Samsung Network...
EXFO Reports Strong Year-End Financial Results
QUEBEC, Oct. 10 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced strong financial results for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2001. Sales increased 104% to US$146.0 million in fiscal 2001 from...
EXFO Launches Second-Generation Broadband Source
QUEBEC, Oct. 10 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has launched its FLS-2300B Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) Broadband Source, a second-generation broadband source that displays 0.01-dB...
Imaging Diagnostic Installs CTLM System in Mexico City
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 10 -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems Inc. has installed its CTLM system into the Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia Cancer Institute in Mexico. Imaging Diagnostic’s breast...
Isonics, Cermet Set Development Program for Isotopically Pure Zinc Oxide
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 10 -- Isonics Corp. and Atlanta-based Cermet Inc. have begun a joint development program to evaluate isotopically pure zinc-64 oxide as a substrate for manufacturing blue LEDs and...
Rofin-Sinar Completes Sale of Medical Laser Business to WaveLight
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Oct. 9 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. has completed the sale of the medical laser business segment of Carl Baasel Lasertechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Starnberg (a majority-owned subsidiary...
Candela to Cut Ties with PSS World Medical
WAYLAND, Mass., Oct. 9 -- Candela Corp. plans to terminate Physician Sales & Service Inc. as a distributor when their agreement expires in October 2002 because of the "significant fluctuation" of the...
DuPont Photomasks Reports First X Architecture Mask
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 9 -- The X Initiative, a semiconductor supply chain consortium, announced the results of a successful effort by charter members DuPont Photomasks Inc. and Simplex Solutions...
3D Systems and European Minardi F1 Form Alliance
VALENCIA, Calif., Oct. 10 -- 3D Systems Corp. and racing team European Minardi F1 announced they have entered into an alliance that will see the team using 3D Systems' stereolithography and, in the...
Alcatel Optics Predicts Weak 2002 for Undersea Unit
PARIS, Oct. 9 -- Alcatel Optics said that it expected a "weak" 2002 in the market for undersea optical networks but would act to maintain profitability for the division. Last week the company...
Lucent Technologies Signs Multimillion Dollar Deal to Provide Japan Telecom with Switching at the Speed of Light
TOKYO, JAPAN, Oct. 9 -- Lucent Technologies has announced a multi-million dollar agreement with Japan Telecom (JT) to deploy the industry's first high-capacity, all-optical switch - the Lucent...
Sonoma Relocates to New Manufacturing Facility
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Oct. 5 -- Sonoma Photonics, Inc. (SPI) has relocated to their new 22,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. The new facility has multiple cleanroom production laboratory areas,...
CODEON Achieves Telcordia Qualification for Mach-10 Product Line
COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 5 -- CODEON Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art modulators, optical transponder components and modules for the fiber optic telecommunications industry...
Gould Fiber Optics and Seikoh Giken Announce Strategic Partnership
MILLERSVILLE, Md., Oct. 5 -- Gould Fiber Optics, a provider of passive fiber optic components and manufacturer of integrated optic solutions for the telecommunications industry, announces their...
Northstar Photonics Raises $11 Million
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5 -- Northstar Photonics Inc. has closed $11 million in new financing with St. Paul Venture Capital as the lead investor. This funding will allow Northstar to complete development...
Nellcor Acquires Rights to Optical Sensors CapnoProbe System
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 5 -- Nellcor has been granted an exclusive worldwide licensing and distribution agreement for Optical Sensors Inc.'s CapnoProbe product and technology. The agreement, under...
LightCross, UMC Fabricate New Class Of Photonics Components
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Oct. 5 -- LightCross Inc. and United Microelectronics Corp. said that they have successfully produced working arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) devices on UMC silicon. The companies...
II-VI Awarded Contract for Active Sensors
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4 -- II-VI Inc.has been awarded a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY, through the Office of Secretary of Defense. The contract, recently awarded to the...
Growth Seen for Optical/Removable Storage Market
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 4 -- The worldwide optical storage market continues to grow and will reach 250 million drives in 2005, said a report from IDC . Fueling this growth are the continued storage...
EXFO Enhances Tunable Laser Sources
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Oct. 4, -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced a major enhancement to its IQ-2600B and FLS-2600B tunable laser sources for C- and L-band testing. EXFO improved the...
Corning Expands Restructuring Program
CORNING, NY, Oct. 4 -- Corning Incorporated has unveiled an expanded companywide restructuring program that will result in charges of up to $1 billion in 2001. In addition, the company said that...
Alcatel to Cut More Than 3,000 Jobs
PARIS, Oct 4 -- Alcatel will cut more than 3,000 jobs in its undersea network cable and optical fiber units by mid-2002. Citing a downturn of the undersea network market and a slowdown in the optical...
Nortel Networks Seals Multiyear Metro Optical Contract with SBC
BOSTON, Oct. 4 -- Nortel Networks said that it has been selected as the primary provider of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology by SBC Communications under a multiyear metro...
Agere Systems to Supply Siemens with Optical Amplifiers for Use in New DWDM System
ASCOT, UK, Oct., 4 -- Agere Systems, a communications components supplier, announced a multimillion dollar contract to supply Siemens with next-generation optical amplifiers custom designed for...
CityNet Runs 'Last-Mile' Fiber Net Through Albuquerque Sewers
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Oct. 3 -- CityNet Telecommunications said that it had completed what it calls the world's first dark-fiber, all-optical network, bridging the "last-mile" in the city of Albuquerque....
NEESCom Completes Boston to Albany Fiber Optic Route
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 3 -- NEES Communications Inc., a National Grid company, has completed the final leg of its Boston to Albany fiber route. According to the company the completely diverse fiber...
Cardio-optics Reports IR Blood Imaging Results
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 3 -- Cardio-optics Inc. has completed a series of successful animal experiments of its patented Trans Blood Vision System. The experiments, conducted over a period of six weeks,...
FDA Approves LaserSight's LSX for Myopic Astigmatism
WINTER PARK, Fla., Oct. 3 -- LaserSight Inc. said that the FDA has approved its LaserScan LSX precision microspot scanning excimer laser system for the LASIK treatment of myopia (nearsightedness)...
FDA Approves LaserSight LSX for Myopic Astigmatism
WINTER PARK, Fla., Oct. 3 -- LaserSight Inc. said that the FDA has approved its LaserScan LSX precision microspot scanning excimer laser system for the LASIK treatment of myopia (nearsightedness)...
nLight Photonics Opens Laser Diode Facility
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 2 -- nLight Photonics has opened a 57,000 square-foot, laser diode manufacturing plant in Vancouver, Washington. The facility includes 22,000 squarefeet of class 1000 cleanroom....
Daewon, Corning Sign Fiber Supply Agreement
CORNING, NY, Oct. 2 -- Corning Incorporated and Daewon Cable of Korea have signed a long-term supply contract for Corning SMF-28 single-mode fiber. Corning will provide approximately 90 percent of...
Lucent Signs TyCom for New Undersea Fibers
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Oct. 2 -- Lucent Technologies said that TyCom Ltd. will be its first customer for UltraWave optical fibers; a new family of fibers created by Lucent's Optical Fiber...
New Focus Countersues Photonetics on Patent Infringement
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 01 -- New Focus Inc., (Nasdaq: NUFO - news), a supplier of fiber optic products under the Smart Optics for Networks brand, has filed counterclaims against Photonetics Inc. and...
Micronic Receives SEMI Award
TABY, Sweden, Oct. 01 -- Micronic Laser Systems said that four of its scientists have been recognized by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) for their breakthrough...
Textron Wins AF Contract for Laser Protection Program
WILMINGTON, Mass., Oct. 01 -- Textron Systems announces that it has been awarded a $13 milllion contract by the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New...
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