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October 2006

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

'Garching Innovation' Now 'Max Planck Innovation' The Max Planck Society in Munich, Germany, announced this week that its technology transfer company, Garching Innovation, has changed its name to "Max-Planck-Innovation -- Connecting Science and...

URochester Awarded $3M for Biomedical Optics Research The University of Rochester will get $3 million in state support of its Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics, state and university officials announced yesterday....

ORNL to Host Nanotech Forum Nano Nexus 2007 Nano Nexus 2007, a nanotechnology-oriented forum bringing together academia, industry and budding entrepreneurs will be held April 2-4, 2007, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It is the first...

ORNL to Host Nanotech Forum Nano Nexus 2007, a nanotechnology-oriented forum bringing together academia, industry and budding entrepreneurs will be held April 2-4, 2007, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It is the first...

NEWS & FEATURES

There's Still Time to 'Hitch a Ride' on NASA Craft

NASA has received the names of more than 170,000 space enthusiasts from around the world and is putting them on a silicon chip on a spacecraft that will travel through an asteriod belt. There's still...

Sofradir to Supply SWIR Detectors Sofradir, a French maker of advanced infrared (IR) detectors, announced it has signed a €1 million ($1.3 million) contract with a worldwide supplier of electro-optic space and defense systems to...

Inaugural SEMI 'Nano U' to Discuss Latest Research Nanotechnology experts from top US universities will offer insight into the latest nanotech research during SEMI's inaugural daylong Nano U program on Oct. 31, which precedes this week's SEMI...

Snapshot of a Laser Wakefield

Speedy plasma waves known as Langmuir waves have been photographed for the first time, using a holographic-strobe camera specially designed for this purpose by physicists at the Universities of Texas...

UV Light Reveals Secrets of Nanoelectronic Materials

Using the new method of ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy, scientists have been able to measure, for the first time, the conditions at which certain ultrathin materials spontaneously become electrically...

Yale Launches Nanoscience, Quantum Engineering Center Yale University today announced it has established the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, which it said will unite its six existing research efforts in molecular electronics,...

UK Sets Sights on Top World Scientists In a bid to attract the best world scientists to the United Kingdom, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alistair Darling this week announced the creation of a new fellowship program...

Hybrid Microscope Combines Optics, Ultrafast Laser

A new hybrid device that combines an optical microscope with an ultrafast laser could be used to simultaneously image both the electronic and physical patterns in devices such as nanotransistors or...

Airborne Laser Modifications Rolled Out The Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, being built by Boeing and other contractors for the the US Missile Defense Agency, was rolled out from its modification facility to a crowd of hundreds gathered...

British Nanotech Firm Moving Operations to Albany, NY A manufacturing firm deeply entrenched in the growing nanotechnology industry will uproot its operations in Britain and move to the Albany, N.Y., region. Aided by $30 million from New York state,...

Global Crossing Acquiring Impsat IP-based network provider Global Crossing Ltd. announced today that it will acquire telecommunications company Impsat Fiber Networks Inc. of Argentina in a cash and stock deal worth approximately...

UDT Becomes Gamma Scientific Div. UDT Instruments will become a division of Gamma Scientific, a manufacturer of light-measurement instruments, and has integrated its R&D, manufacturing and customer-support capabilities into Gamma...

Germany Rejects Coherent Purchase Coherent Inc. announced Wednesday it received a prohibition order from the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) regarding its proposed acquisition of Excel Technology Inc. Coherent, which makes lasers...

Nano-Giga Forum Extends Abstract Deadline The deadline for abstract submissions to the Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics and Photonics (NGC2007) conference, to be held March 12-16 at Arizona State University in Tempe, has been extended...

Luxtera Demonstrates Single-Fiber 40 Gb/s Link Luxtera Inc., a developer of CMS photonics technology, announced this week it has demonstrated technology that multiplexes four 10 Gb/s wavelengths onto a single fiber on a production CMOS die,...

URochester Awarded $3M for Biomedical Optics Research The University of Rochester will get $3 million in state support of its Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics, state and university officials announced yesterday....

New MRI Technique is Ultrasensitive

A new technique for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that allows the detection of signals from molecules present at 10,000 times lower concentrations than conventional MRI could prove valuable for...

Diodes Inc. Buying APD Semiconductor for $8M Discrete and analog semiconductor maker Diodes Inc. announced today that it will buy privately held fabless discrete semiconductor company APD Semiconductor for approximately $8 million. Under...

UK Academies Decry Lack of Nanotech Safety Research In a new report published today, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering expressed serious concerns about the UK government's lack of progress in improving the understanding of the...

Two Rare Particles Discovered at Fermilab

Scientists yesterday announced the discovery of two "rare jewels," two subatomic particles that are exotic relatives of the much more common proton and neutron. Although the new particles existed for...

No Ice Seen on Lunar Dark Side Using the highest resolution radar-signal images ever made of the moon -- images from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arecibo Telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and the NSF's Robert C. Byrd...

Graphene Discovery Leads to Top Physics Prize

A discovery that could lead to computers being made from one-atom-thick sheets of carbon has netted a British scientist one of England's top physics prizes. Professor Andre Geim of the University...

Newport to Acquire Picarro's Laser Products Biz Photonics technologies supplier Newport Corp. today announced that it will acquire the Laser Products business of Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Picarro Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....

Cloak of Partial Invisibility Created

A team of US and British scientists has demonstrated the first working "invisibility cloak," a device that deflects microwave beams so they flow around a "hidden" object inside with little...

Display Center Tour on Agenda

Tours of Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center will be offered at Printed Electronics USA 2006, to be held Dec. 5-6 in Phoenix. The conference, sponsored by IDTechEx, promotes...

Quake Damages Hawaii Telescopes

While their telescopes' huge mirrors escaped unharmed, scientists at the 13 powerful and technologically advanced telescopes circling the dormant Mauna Kea volcano have reported damage to other...

ICON Report Finds Nanotech Policies Lacking The nanotechnology industry needs to do a better job of documenting its environmental, health and safety practices regarding potentially hazardous nanomaterials and sharing that information,...

Tiny Endoscope Images in 3-D

By projecting multicolored light from a single optical fiber onto tissue, a newly developed tiny endoscope can for the first time produce three-dimensional, high-definition images of hard-to-reach...

WISE to Map the Sky in IR Light

After eight years of study, NASA has approved the construction of an unmanned satellite that will scan the entire sky in infrared light to reveal nearby cool stars, planetary "construction zones" and...

OSA: FiO 2006 a Resounding Success With more than 100 participating companies, a 44 percent increase in the number of exhibitors and more than 1900 attendees, organizers are calling Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2006, the Optical Society...

Level 3 to Buy Broadwing for $1.4B Level 3 Communications will acquire Broadwing Corp. in a cash and stock deal worth $1.4 billion, the companies announced yesterday. Under the agreement, Level 3 will pay $8.18 in cash, plus...

Inner Lives of Cells Revealed

For the first time, researchers can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create three-dimensional images of the inner workings of living...

6500 Attend Broadband Forum Nearly 6500 telecom professionals from 120 countries attended Broadband World Forum Europe, held last week at CNIT La Défense, Paris. Sixty service providers and 100 equipment vendors also...

JDSU Acquires Metconnex IP JDSU announced Monday it is acquiring the technology and patent portfolio of Metconnex Canada Inc., a developer of wavelength selective switch (WSS) modules, for $2.5 million. JDSU, a provider of...

ASU Solar Project Gets $1M NSF Grant A team of scientists from Arizona State University has received a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create nanoscale devices that better exploit the energy from...

Samsung VP: Displays Will Embrace HD The LCD industry’s large-screen TV segment is expanding to the point that full high-definition (HD) is becoming an essential element of performance, Souk Jun Hyung, executive vice president of...

Bistable Nanoswitch Developed A novel carbon nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical switch has been demonstrated that could prove useful in making more technologically advanced memory chips and electronic sensing devices. Carbon...

A Simple Way to Make Self-Assembling Particles

From a butterfly’s iridescent wing to a gecko’s sticky foot, nature derives extraordinary properties from ordinary materials like wax and keratin. Its secret is hierarchical topology: macroscale...

Sensor Offers Early Missile Warning Alternative The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has given Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), based in El Segundo, a $54.4 million contract to design the Alternate Infrared Satellite System...

Restitution Falls Short in PPGI Embezzlement Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) received $300,000 from its insurance company in reimbursement after its chief financial officer embezzled $860,000, President and CEO Daniel Lehrfeld reported in...

Ethernet Alliance to Conduct Summit Sessions The Ethernet Alliance will conduct sessions on switch fabrics, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, backplane Ethernet and networking issues at the 2006 AdvancedTCA Summit, to be held Oct. 17-19 at the Marriot Hotel...

Self-Cleaning Lotus Mimicked for PV Arrays, Nonstick MEMS

Some of nature's best nonstick surfaces -- the leaves and flowers of the lotus plant -- are being duplicated in the lab to help create more reliable electric transmission systems, photovoltaic arrays...

LEDs Part of VW Bus Makeover

A 1960s icon has been reborn -- in part due to LED technology. Volkswagen of America Inc. (VW) and Osram Sylvania have collaborated on the Chameleon, a futuristic update of the 1964 Volkswagen Deluxe...

ORNL to Host Nanotech Forum Nano Nexus 2007 Nano Nexus 2007, a nanotechnology-oriented forum bringing together academia, industry and budding entrepreneurs will be held April 2-4, 2007, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It is the first...

New Biosensor Could Target, Kill Cancer Cells

A highly sensitive nucleotide sensor has been developed that uses the special light-emitting properties of some nanoparticles in analyzing and identifying individual components of single strands of...

OSA Elects 2007 Vice President, Directors-at-Large

Thomas Baer, executive director of the Stanford Photonics Research Center at Stanford University, was elected 2007 vice president of the Optical Society of America (OSA) at its 90th annual meeting,...

Normal Light Converted to Short-Wave Photons

For the first time, scientists have manipulated low-energy long-wave photons, or normal light such as sunlight, and converted it into higher energy short-wave photons, laying the foundation for the...

NSF Awards $76M for 4 Sci-Tech Centers The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a total of $76 million, to be distributed over five years, for four science-technology centers that will address fundamental questions in...

Nanomaterial Stops Bleeding in Seconds

Some simple biodegradable liquids can stop bleeding in wounded rodents within seconds, a development that could significantly impact medicine. It marks the first time that nanotechnology has been...

DoE to Spend $5M for Solid-State Lighting Research The US Department of Energy's (DoE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy will spend nearly $5 million for solid-state lighting (SSL) research in nanotechnology, it was announced last...

Researchers Seek to Integrate THz Detectors and Electronics

Sensors and detectors that work in the terahertz range show promise in applications ranging from precise identification of concealed weapons to the ability to distinguish between different tissue...

Kodak Funds Research at UMass, URochester Eastman Kodak Co. has announced new research partnerships with the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) and the University of Rochester (U Rochester). UMass has signed a...

Fiber Lines Are Handy Mode for Secret-Message Code A new technique sends secret messages so cleverly it would impress James Bond -- and it requires no new equipment or infrastructure. At the 90th annual meeting of the Optical Society of America,...

First Quantum Teleportation Made Between Light and Matter

Researchers in Germany and Denmark have discovered that, for the first time, it is possible to teleport between stationary atoms, which can store quantum states, and light, needed to transmit...

FTTH Subscriber Numbers Rise The number of North American homes and businesses with direct end-to-end fiber connections now exceeds one million, and new subscribers increased 50 percent in the last six months, according to the...

Carbon Nanotubes Sorted by Electronic Properties

Carbon nanotubes are highly touted for their exceptional mechanical, thermal, optical and electrical properties, and researchers worldwide are eager to incorporate them into electronics,...

Bifano Gets Permanent Post to Direct BU Photonics Center

Boston University yesterday announced that Thomas Bifano, a professor in its College of Engineering, has been named director of the Boston University Photonics Center. Bifano has served as the...

Sugar-Coated Carbon Nanotubes Stop Anthrax

Just as a "spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," researchers have found that coating carbon nanotubes with sugar attracts deadly anthrax spores, rendering them harmless. Clemson...

2-D Spectrometry Images Reveal DESI Potential

The first two-dimensional images of biological samples have been creasted using a new mass spectrometry technique that furthers the technology's potential applications in detecting diseases such as...

Simple Protein Key to Insect Eye Evolution

Researchers have found that mutations in a single structural protein can determine whether an insect develops the highly organized, light-harvesting eye that flies have, or the optically simpler...

AFM Tip Used to Precisely Map Light's Wave Pattern

Using the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM), researchers have discovered that it is possible to map the wave pattern of light, trapped in a so-called optical resonator, with unprecedented...

Spin-Based Semiconductor Works at Room Temp. Researchers have created an improved magnetic semiconductor that they said solves an electron problem spintronics scientists have been investigating for years. Unlike classic or vintage...

'HurraFussball' Demo'd at OEC

HurraFussball, an organic electronics game board developed by Menippos GmbH and manufactured by printed systems GmbH, was demonstrated at the fourth Organic Electronics Conference and Exhibition...

'Big Bang' Research Wins Physics Nobel Prize

Two US scientists today received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work, which analyzed background radiation left from the beginnings of the universe and provided researchers with a better...

Single-Pixel Camera Takes High-Resolution Images

Using new mathematics and a silicon chip covered with hundreds of thousands of bacterium-sized mirrors, engineers have designed a time-multiplexed camera that takes high-resolution images with a...

Physicist's Snowflake Images on Postage Stamps

Microphotographic images of snowflakes captured by California Institute of Technology physics professor Kenneth Libbrecht will appear on US postal stamps beginning this month. The set of four...

Improbable 'Buckyegg' Hatched

An egg-shaped fullerene, or "Buckyball", has been made and characterized by chemists. The unexpected discovery opens new structural possibilities for fullerenes, which could have a wide range of...

Avionics Technology Topic of CANEUS About 300 top scientists, physicists, engineers, venture capitalists and legal specialists from around the world gathered at the CANEUS 2006 conference, held last month in Toulouse, France, to...

ACQUISITIONS

Global Crossing Acquiring Impsat IP-based network provider Global Crossing Ltd. announced today that it will acquire telecommunications company Impsat Fiber Networks Inc. of Argentina in a cash and stock deal worth approximately $336 million. Global Crossing said it will pay $9.32 in cash for each share of Impsat common stock, for a total of $95 million. The company will also assume approximately $241 million in Impsat debt....

Diodes Inc. Buying APD Semiconductor for $8M Discrete and analog semiconductor maker Diodes Inc. announced today that it will buy privately held fabless discrete semiconductor company APD Semiconductor for approximately $8 million. Under...

Level 3 to Buy Broadwing for $1.4B Level 3 Communications will acquire Broadwing Corp. in a cash and stock deal worth $1.4 billion, the companies announced yesterday. Under the agreement, Level 3 will pay $8.18 in cash, plus...

PRODUCTS

Ultraviolet Solid-State Laser Mirrors

BOULDOR, Colo., Oct. 31, 2006 -- A new series of flat mirrors from Alpine Research Optics (ARO) were designed for beam delivery applications of q-switched ultraviolet lasers. The standard product line covers both 355-nm (third...

Alpine Research Optics

Fastcam MH4-10K Video System

Photron's new miniature, remote, multihead Fastcam MH4-10K digital video imaging system allows the use of one to four detachable camera heads, each just 35 x 35 x 35 mm (less than 1.5 inches without...

Photron USA Inc.

IsoSphere Antireflection Coated Ball Lenses

Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI), a manufacturer of thin-film optical coatings, offers IsoSphere antireflection (AR) coated ball lenses in a variety of glass indexes in new, larger sizes. The lenses...

Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)

UltraBlock UV Filter

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Oct. 27, 2006 -- Thin-film optical coating manufacturer Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI), introduces an advanced technology ultraviolet (UV) blocking filter, the UltraBlock. The new UltraBlock filters are designed...

Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)

OL 770-NVS Test and Measurement System

The OL 770 night-vision system (NVS) test and measurement system offers a complete solution for measurement of night-vision goggle (NGS) compatible lighting and displays. The system features...

Optronic Laboratories LLC

LDX-3600 Series

The LDX-3600-series laser diode drivers are precision current sources designed specifically for testing high-power laser diodes in either continuous wave (CW) or quasi-CW modes. High setpoint...

Newport - ILX Lightwave, Photonics

Side-Emitting Microside LEDs

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006 -- New side-emitting Microside LEDs, with a 30-percent higher luminous intensity than the previous generation, can reduce the costs of using display backlighting and extend battery life in laptops and...

Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH

NanoVue 248nm, 4X DUV Zoom Lens

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2006 -- Over the years, feature sizes on semiconductor wafers, data storage devices and microelectronic components have continued to shrink well below the wavelength of visible light. Navitar has responded...

Spatial Light Modulators

CRi, developer of the modern liquid-crystal spatial light modulator, is the exclusive provider of technology for bonded masks providing simultaneous phase and amplitude control. The company offers...

VariSpec Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters

Award-winning VariSpec liquid crystal tunable filters (LCTFs) from CRi tune to any wavelength in the visible or near-infrared without vibration or noise. Play-and-play USB interface provides digital...

Precision Flat-Surfaced Parallel and Wedged Optics Manufacturer of precision, flat-surfaced, parallel and wedged optics specializing in double-sided grinding and polishing. Products include: beamsplitters, debris shields, filters, flats, grating...

Sydor Optics Inc.

Line Laser Diode Modules

FLC is introducing a new series of industry-grade line laser diode modules for machine vision and alignment applications.

Frankfurt Laser Company

850nm 200mW Single-Mode Laser Diode

Frankfurt Laser Co. has introduced a single-mode continuous 200-mW 850-nm laser diode that offers high beam quality and stable TEMoo performance. The laser diode is suitable for various...

Frankfurt Laser Company

LF1 Flash Light Source Samples Available

HAMAMATSU, Japan, Oct. 24, 2006 -- Hamamatsu Photonics announced today it is offering sample units, beginning Oct. 25, of its new LF1 series of flash light sources to both Japan-based and international manufacturers of semiconductor...

Hamamatsu Corporation

Tech Spec Excimer Laser Mirrors

BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 24, 2006 -- Edmund Optics expands its laser mirror line with the introduction of Tech Spec High Energy Excimer Laser Mirrors. These mirrors are designed to minimize scatter from high power ultraviolet...

Edmund Optics Inc.

Molded lens array, Aspheric lens, Micro Lens array, And Color filter (absrobing type) We currently mold Infrared optics, B270, Pyrex, F2 etc Please consult us and allow us to demonstrate the infinite possibilities of our molding technology.

Isuzu Glass Inc.

Lumen 200 Fluorescence Illumination Systems

ROCKLAND, Md., Oct. 23, 2006 -- Prior Scientific Inc. said it developed its Lumen 200 series fluorescence illumination systems to replace standard microscope HBO-type mercury lamphouses. It said the Lumen 200 was designed to...

Prior Scientific Inc.

ODA-5W-100M Photodetector/Amplifier

NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Oct. 23, 2006 -- Opto Diode Corp., a manufacturer of advanced performance photodetectors and visible and infrared LEDs, announces the availability of the new ODA-5W-100M photodetector/amplifier combination with...

Opto Diode Corporation

Elliptical Diffuser/Homogenizer for 1064 nm

REHOVOT, Israel, Oct. 23, 2006 -- Holo/Or Ltd. has launched a series of elliptical diffuser elements that it said both creates a smoother output and adjusts the aspect ratio with the same diffractive surface. The ED-106-LR elliptical...

Prodigy PC/104 Motion Card

LINCOLN, Mass., Oct. 18, 2006 -- The Prodigy-PC/104 motion card from Performance Motion Devices (PMD) is designed for multi-axis, multi-motor control and is available in 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-axis versions. Its motion-control features...

Performance Motion Devices Inc.

Line of Laser-Grade Components

BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 18, 2006 -- Optics maker Edmund Optics announces an expanded commitment to designing and manufacturing laser-grade optical components targeting the demands of researchers and OEMs in the biomedical,...

Edmund Optics Inc.

PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2006 -- A new image simulation feature in Code V 9.7 from Optical Research Associates (ORA) makes it easier for optical system designers to visualize overall performance and to communicate design trade-offs...

Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group

LU0915T065 Fiber-Coupled Laser Module BERLIN, Oct. 16, 2006 -- Lumics, a manufacturer of pump laser modules and laser chips, introduces the uncooled LU0915T065 fiber-coupled laser module with up to 6.5 W output power at 915 nm pump wavelength. The product is...

Image Sensor Lab ISL-1600 (V. 2)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 13, 2006 -- Version 2 of Image Sensor Lab ISL-1600, an expanded version of Jova Solutions' CMOS image sensor and camera module test system, provides CMOS image-sensor interface, control, test, evaluation and...

Jova Solutions Inc.

Cube 445 Laser

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2006 -- The new Cube 445 from Coherent Inc. is a compact, conduction-cooled laser that delivers 40 mW of power at 445 nm. Thanks to its all-semiconductor technology, the Cube 445 delivers higher reliability,...

FX117 3-Axis Micromanipulator

LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 11, 2006 -- Minitool Inc. has introduced the FX-117, a three-axis micromanipulator that provides safe and efficient positioning for Minitool microtools. All three vernier reading graduated in 0.1mm. The...

P-SF67 Lead- and Arsenic-Free Glass

DURYEA, Pa., Oct. 4, 2006 -- Schott North America has introduced its new lead- and arsenic-free P-SF67 glass to North American manufacturers of compact lens systems. P-SF67 possesses a high refractive index of nd = 1.90680,...

SCHOTT North America Inc.

2.5 G/bs DWDM Lasers SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 3, 2006 -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI), a manufacturer of laser diodes, photodetectors and optical modules for fiber optic communications systems, has introduced dense wavelength division multiplexing...

Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI)

Tiny Picomotor Actuator

For inaccessible remote-control applications, such as in a vacuum chamber, New Focus's improved tiny Picomotor actuator and new vacuum-compatible tiny Picomotor actuator are just the thing. These...

Newport - New Focus

Phase Modulators

Ideal for atomic spectroscopy, metrology and laser-cavity locking, these new phase modulators from New Focus incorporate a new design to achieve twice the efficiency. The new KTP (potassium titanyl...

Newport - New Focus

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