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October 2002

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Opto Speed Completes Funding Round RUSCHLIKON, Switzerland, Oct. 31 -- Opto Speed, a developer and manufacturer of optoelectronic modules for the communications, test and measurement, medical and defense markets, announced that ABN AMRO Capital has participated in €20 million second-round financing led by The Carlyle Group in March 2002 as a new investor, bringing the total second-round investment in Opto Speed to €30 million....

Nortel to Build China Telecom Networks BEIJING, Oct. 30 -- China Telecommunications Corp. has awarded Nortel Networks a contract to build new multiservice backbone networks in northern China. Under terms of the contract, Nortel Networks...

DuPont, Sarnoff, Bell Labs Form Display Team WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 30 -- As part of a federally sponsored research and development initiative, DuPont and Sarnoff Corp. have agreed to develop new organic thin-film transistor (TFT) technology on...

Lumileds and Nichia to Share LED Rights SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO, Oct. 30 -- Lumileds Lighting and Nichia Corp. have signed a broad cross-licensing agreement under which the two companies will share intellectual property rights to their...

Corning to Cut 2200 Jobs and Close 2 Plants CORNING, New York, Oct. 30 -- Corning Inc. announced it is closing optical fiber plants in Australia and Germany and cutting an extra 2,200 jobs, or 8.5 percent of its global payroll, in an attempt...

ESI Receives Semiconductor Laser Order PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 30 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI) announced that Global Testing Corp. has placed an order for 300 mm semiconductor laser processing equipment to be installed at its...

Imago Scientific Instruments Receives LEAP Microscope Funds MADISON, Wis., Sept. 30 -- Imago Scientific Instruments, a Madison-based manufacturer of analytical equipment, announced it has secured $7 million in financing for the development of its innovative...

Corning to Supply Huawei EDFAs CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 29 -- Corning Inc. will be the principal supplier of single-channel erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for its high-speed transport system as part of a three-year supply...

Reach Out and Get Haptic Feedback

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., & LONDON, Oct. 29 -- Researchers at MIT and University College London have linked "hands across the water" in the first transatlantic touch, literally feeling each other’s...

France Seeks EU Telecom Rescue Plan BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 29 -- French President Jacques Chirac has called for a rescue plan for the European Union's heavily-indebted telecom companies, the Associated Press (AP) reported Monday. At a...

ITF Optical to Buy Resonance Photonics Assets MONTREAL, Oct. 28 -- ITF Optical Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of advanced photonic processing solutions, announced it will acquire certain business assets of Resonance Photonics (RPI), including...

Carleton Univ. Receives Grant, Joins Project OTTAWA, Oct. 28 -- The Canada Foundation For Innovation has awarded Carleton University a $344,446 grant to establish a computer facility for research in photonics, robust data mining, and...

STMicroelectronics Sets Silicon Light-Emission Record GENEVA, Oct. 28 -- Semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics announced today its researchers have developed a new technology that allows silicon-based light emitters to match the efficiency of...

Three-Five to Provide Cockpit Microdisplays TEMPE, Ariz., Oct 25 -- Three-Five Systems Inc., a supplier of liquid crystal and microdisplay products, announced that Kaiser Electronics, a Rockwell Collins business, has selected its Brillian...

Color Kinetics Awarded Illumination Patent BOSTON, Oct. 25 -- Color Kinetics Inc. has been awarded its 13th patent relating to its line of solid-state illumination technologies. These technologies leverage a layer of digital intelligence to...

Photonics Becoming Core Industry ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 25 -- The photonics industry is beginning to emerge as the successor to the imaging and optical products industries that supported the Rochester economy well into the 1980s....

Alcatel CIT to Further Reduce Work Force PARIS, Oct. 25 -- Alcatel CIT, the main French subsidiary of the Alcatel Group, announced it will reduce its staff by 1,060 due to the continued weakening of global telecom markets. The company said...

JDS Uniphase to Cut More Jobs SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Network equipment maker JDS Uniphase Corp. said Thursday it plans to cut more jobs and further consolidate operations as fiscal first-quarter sales plunged more than 40...

Newbridge Capital to Buy Imaging Companies NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 24 -- Newbridge Capital Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of the assets and business interests of BodyScan Imaging LLC, Cardiac Imaging LLC...

Dermatologists Discuss Laser, Light Therapy NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- Lasers and light sources show promising results as a viable alternative in treating several common skin conditions, said dermatologist Arielle N.B. Kauvar, clinical associate...

Huawei to Purchase Agere Chips ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 23 -- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a network equipment supplier in China, will purchase a full suite of Agere's integrated circuits for use in high-speed optical networking...

AT&T Broadband Layoffs Announced NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- AT&T Broadband plans to cut 1,700 jobs, or 4 percent of its 40,000 employees, after Comcast Corp. completes its proposed acquisition of the AT&T Corp. unit, Reuters reported...

Researchers Foresee China Broadband Audience Surge LONDON, Oct. 23 -- China's broadband Internet audience will grow by nearly 500 percent during 2002, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. In a report released to subscribers to its Broadband...

Photon Dynamics to Acquire Intevac Business SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 23 -- Photon Dynamics Inc., a supplier of integrated yield management solutions for the display, electronics and glass markets, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire...

Sumitomo to Distribute Kodak OLED Materials ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 23 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced that Sumitomo Corp. will distribute its organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials in Japan. As part of the agreement, Kodak's Display...

TriQuint Semiconductor to Buy Agere Optoelectronics Business HILLSBORO, Ore. and ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 23 -- TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. and Agere Systems announced yesterday that TriQuint will acquire a substantial portion of Agere's optoelectronics business...

Hanwha, Plasmion Sign OLED Agreement SEOUL, South Korea & HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 22 -- Hanwha L&C Corp. and Plasmion Corp. announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to commercialize Plasmion's negative ion beam deposition...

MEMS Device Could Replace Nano-Scale Batteries

ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 22 -- While electronic circuits and nanomachines grow smaller, batteries to power them are still huge by comparison -- as well as short-lived. But a new microscopic device could...

Flourescence Microscope Helps Solve DNA Mystery

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 22 -- Using an optical fluorescence microscope to monitor enzyme activity, researchers at three universities have solved a long-running mystery: It takes at least two proteins,...

Agere Files Patent Suits Against Intersil ALLENTOWN, Pa.-- Agere Systems has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intersil Inc. in the US District Court in Delaware. The lawsuit charges Intersil with infringing six patents, three of...

Amherst FiberOptics Shuts Down NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 21 -- Amherst FiberOptics Inc. announced last week thath it has ceased operations, effective immediately. According to the company's website, the shutdown is "due in part to...

Sagitta Raises $3.5 M Round-2 Funding HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Oct. 21 -- Sagitta Ltd., a manufacturer process equipment for the fiber optic and semiconductor industries, announced it has raised $3.5 million from Alice Ventures in a follow-on...

Luxell, Lite Array Make Black-Layer OLED Deal TORONTO, Oct. 21 -- Lite Array, a subsidiary of Global-Tech Appliances Inc. of Hong Kong, has acquired a production license to integrate Luxell Technologies Inc.'s contrast enhancement technology for...

Applied Materials Receives $45 Million Order SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 21 -- Applied Materials Inc. announced it has received orders for chipmaking equipment worth more than $45 million from Tower Semiconductor Ltd., an independent wafer...

Laser Tool May Improve Asthma Diagnoses ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 21 -- A novel way to use a laser to analyze breath exhalations opens the door to more accurate diagnosis and prescriptive treatment of asthma, according to the National Science...

Eye-Safe Imaging System to Aid Firefighters LANGHORNE, Pa., Oct. 18 -- A portable, eye-safe laser imaging system will allow firefighters to see victims and find their way in burning buildings, from outside or inside the building. The FireLidar...

Akustica Announces 2nd-Round Financing PITTSBURGH, Oct. 18 -- Akustica Inc., a provider of acoustic system-on-chip solutions for wireless communications and consumer electronics, announced it has raised $2.25 million in Series A...

Lumenis Eye-Treatment Products Approved SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 18 -- Lumenis Ltd. announced this week that two of its products have received marketing clearance from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA); its Novus Varia multicolor...

StockerYale to Supply BAE SYSTEMS Lasers SALEM, N.H., Oct. 17 -- StockerYale Inc. was awarded a contract from BAE SYSTEMS to supply custom-designed thermoelectrically cooled lasers for its advanced threat infrared countermeasures (ATIRCM)...

DRS Technologies Acquires Nytech PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 17 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced today that it has acquired Nytech Integrated Infrared Systems, of Irvine, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed. Nytech makes thermal...

Agere to Supply Huawei ICs ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 17 -- Agere Systems announced that Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a network equipment supplier in China, will buy a suite of its integrated circuits for use in high-speed optical...

Confluent Photonics Acquires Lightchip DWDM Business ANDOVER, Mass. and SALEM, N.H., Oct. 17 -- Confluent Photonics Corp., a provider of optical components to the cable and telecommunications industries, has announced its acquisition of the dense...

Spectroscopy Could Detect Mad-Cow Disease LONDON, Oct. 16 -- German scientists are developing a new blood screening system that could detect mad cow disease or its human equivalent in less than 15 minutes, using infrared spectroscopy to look...

Dresser-Rand Buys CTI Test System OLEAN, N.Y. and PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 16 -- Dresser-Rand Co. has purchased an industrial nondestructive testing system that uses advanced infrared imaging from Computerized Thermal Imaging (CTI)....

Excel Continuum Acquires Hoya Div. EAST SETAUKET, N.Y., Oct. 16 -- Excel Continuum Corp. has acquired the assets and business of the scientific division of Hoya Photonics Inc., d/b/a Continuum, and its foreign subsidiaries in Germany,...

Raytheon to Provide Satellite Program Sensors SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 15 -- Raytheon Co. will provide prime contractor TRW up to seven visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) instruments for the national Polar-orbiting Operational...

OADM and Fiber Optic Forecast Released SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 15 -- The global consumption of optical add/drop mutiplexers (OADMs) will surge to $1.03 billion in 2006, and although the optoelectronics recession put a big dent in North...

Deutsche Telekom Extends Lucent Contract BONN, Germany, and MURRAY HILL, N.J., Oct. 11 -- Lucent Technologies announced it has expanded and extended a contract with Deutsche Telekom, until the end of 2003, to supply optical networking...

AT&T Broadband Job Cuts, Reorganization Announced NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. said Wednesday that 1,700 jobs would be cut at AT&T's cable unit in Denver after the two companies close their $28.6 billion merger combining the...

KVH Awarded Gyro Patent MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Oct. 11 -- KVH Industries has been awarded a patent for its attitude, heading and reference-grade fiber optic gyro (FOG) technology. US Patent 6,429,939, "DSP Signal Processing for...

Corning Receives CaF2 Lens-Blank Patent CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 11 -- Corning Inc. has received a U.S. patent for a calcium fluoride (CaF2) lens blank that supports the advancement of CaF2 materials for the 193 nm and 157 nm microlithography...

MediSpectra Begins Luma Trial LEXINGTON, Mass., Oct. 11 -- Medical device company MediSpectra Inc. said it has begun enrolling patients in a major clinical study of its cervical imaging system, Luma, at thirteen sites in the US....

Chemistry Nobel Recognizes Spectrometry, NMR Advances STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 11 -- The 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded to three scientists for their work in advanced spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study biological...

Cubic to Supply Laser Combat System to Croatia SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10 -- The defense unit of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. has received a $2 million order from the US Army to provide Cubic's laser-based combat training system to the Republic of...

Bahrain Telecom Chooses Cisco Metro Ethernet MANAMA, Bahrain, Oct. 10 -- Cisco Systems announced that the Bahrain Telecommunications Co., Batelco, has selected its metro Ethernet switching portfolio to help provide business broadband...

Bookham to Acquire Nortel Businesses OXFORDSHIRE, England, Oct. 9 -- Bookham Technology, a provider of integrated optical components and subsystems for fiber optic communication networks, announced it has entered into an agreement to...

Lucent Sells China Interests to Corning MURRAY HILL, N.J., Oct. 9 -- Lucent Technologies has completed the sale to Corning of its interests in two joint ventures in China -- Lucent Technologies Shanghai Fiber Optic Co. Ltd. and Lucent...

3-D Software Helps Untangle Hair Unknowns CLICHY, France, Oct. 9 -- L'Oreal's scientists say creating a 3-D image of the hair follicle used to be one of their knottiest research challenges. But the cosmetic giant's research team can now...

Kaman, U Arizona to Build Collimator BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Oct. 9 -- Kaman Aerospace Corp.'s Electro-Optics Development Center (EODC) and the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab have been awarded a $35 million contract to...

Building a Better Biosensor: Xenon in a Cage

BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 9 -- A team led by Alexander Pines and David Wemmer, working with colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, have developed a sensitive and versatile new...

Schott Optovance Restructuring YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 8 -- Schott announced it is restructuring Schott Optovance Inc. (Southbridge, Mass.) due to current market conditions. Schott Optovance makes fiber management components for...

Sensors Unlimited to Buy Finisar Subsidiary PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 8 -- Sensors Unlimited, developer of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, has announced it will purchase certain assets and accept certain liabilities from Finisar...

Universal Display Awarded OLED Contract EWING, N.J., Oct. 8 -- Universal Display Corp., a developer of flat-panel display technology, announced it has been awarded a two-year $2,013,725 cooperative agreement by the US Army Research...

DWDM MSA Members Announced Alcatel Optronics, JDS Uniphase, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC Corp., Oki Electric and Sumitomo/Excelight have joined the DWDM Pluggable Transceiver multi-source agreement (MSA) and will supply devices...

EXFO Completes gnubi Acquisition QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 8 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of the assets of gnubi communications, a supplier of multichannel telecom and datacom testing...

Nortel Networks Announces Organization Changes TORONTO, Oct. 7 -- Nortel Networks has announced changes to its organization to reflect "a more streamlined structure" focused on four key businesses: wireless networks, wireline networks, enterprise...

Primanex Teams with Gold-Mining Firm FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 7 -- Primanex Corp., a provider of solid-state fiber optical switches, announced it has collaborated with the Zhao Jin Group Co, a gold-mining enterprise in China, to form a...

Microscopy, Imaging Markets Buying More Online SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 7 -- Microscopy and imaging firms are making more online purchases and are showing increasing interest in combined infrared spectroscopy-microscopy equipment, according to a...

Unaxis Semiconductors to Supply Laser, LED Solution HSINCHU, Taiwan, Oct. 7 -- Unaxis Semiconductors announced it will supply its GaN LED and laser fabrication process solution to Highlink Technology Corp. for its new LED manufacturing facility in...

Laser System to Map Ozone-Depleting Molecule

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 4 -- A novel terahertz (THz) laser developed by Coherent and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will enable a NASA environmental research satellite to provide global...

FLIR Awarded Thermal Imaging Contracts PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 4 -- FLIR Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract from Agusta SpA valued at more than $10 million to supply its Star SAFIRE IITM multi-sensor airborne thermal imaging system to...

Corning to Provide Chinese Network Fiber CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 4 -- Guangdong Unicom, a China Unicom regional operator, has selected Corning SMF-28(R) optical fiber for China Unicom's first regional and provincial network in the Guangdong...

OMM Awarded MEMS-Based Photonic Switching Patents SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 -- OMM Inc., provider of MEMS-based optical switching products, announced it has been awarded four US patents for innovations in MEMS photonic switching. The patents (Nos. 6445841,...

Study: MEMS Fabrication Shows Market Promise SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 3 --With the downturn in the semiconductor equipment market, suppliers are now focusing more on MEMS fabrication opportunities, according to research firm In-Stat/MDR. "The...

Varian Semiconductor Cuts 240 Jobs GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. 2 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. announced Friday it will reduce its workforce by 15 percent, to 1,370. A total of 240 jobs will be eliminated, according to...

Lambda Physik and Marubun Sign Distribution Contract FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 2 -- Lambda Physik announced it has a new contract with Marubun Co., an electronics and electronic componenets distributor, for the exclusive distribution of Lambda Physik...

Srico Wins National Science Foundation Grant COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 2 -- Srico Inc. was awarded a $100,000 grant by the National Science Foundation to develop photonic band-gap optical waveguide structures in electro-optic substrates. The grant...

Newport and EM4 to Work on Device Development IRVINE, Calif., and BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 2 -- Newport Corp. and EM4 Photonics have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop and refine photonics device manufacturing equipment and process...

Laser Technology Could Instantly Identify Environment Hazards WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- New research indicates that a novel laser technique may provide tremendous assistance in strengthening homeland security. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has the...

Aurora Imaging Performs MRI Breast Biopsy NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 1 -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc., developer of the first FDA-cleared magnetic resonance imaging system designed for breast examination, announced it has performed a...

PhotoMedex Acquires Surgical Laser Technologies RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 1 -- PhotoMedex will acquire Surgical Laser Technologies under a definitive merger agreement signed on Sept. 25. PhotoMedex develops excimer laser and fiber optic systems for...

JMAR to Upgrade Collimated Laser Plasma Lithography System SAN DIEGO, Oct. 1 -- JMAR Technologies Inc., a developer of collimated laser plasma lithography systems, announced it received $7.7 million in funding to demonstrate its integrated NanoPulsar...

Telcordia to Use Essex WDM Device COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 1 -- Telcordia Technologies is using an Essex 6.25 GHz hyperfine wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) device to complement its multiwavelength laser technology to enhance the...

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