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Photonics.com - July 2003
News & Features
Solar Surgery Benefits Researched
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, July 31 -- A solar photonics technique may be an effective, less expensive option to traditional medical lasers, say Israeli researchers. Solar-powered lasers can kill tissues as...
Boeing Awarded High-Energy Laser System Contract
ST. LOUIS, July 31 -- Boeing has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., for a mobile testbed to enable development of beam control and fire...
'Brain Transplant' Helps Detect FUSE Gyro Glitches
BALTIMORE, Md., July 31 -- Scientists and engineers who work with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) have pulled off a second daring and unprecedented rescue of the satellite...
Lucent to Provide Optical Network in China
BEIJING, July 31 -- Lucent Technologies announced it has won two contracts from Guangdong Eastern Fibernet Co. (GEFC) for the expansion of its synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) and dense wavelength...
Ethernet Switch Market Growth Forecast
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 31 -- Steep price declines in Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet will result in strong port shipment and revenue growth within these two segments, according to a report from...
Southampton Photonics Raises Series B Funds
SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 30 -- Southampton Photonics, a developer and manufacturer of high-power fiber lasers and components for the industrial, aerospace, analytical, sensing and communications...
Judge OKs Fiber Optic Lawsuit Settlement
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 30 -- Sprint Corp. and three other telecom companies agreed Friday to pay $142.5 million to settle litigation over fiber optic cable placed on railroad right of way land. U.S....
BTI and Bookham to Develop Optical Subsystems
OXFORDSHIRE, England, July 29 -- BTI Photonic Systems, a supplier of managed link transport systems for optical networks, and Bookham Technology plc, a provider of components, modules and subsystems...
Sensors Unlimited to Develop All-Solid-State IR System
PRINCETON, N.J., July 29 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a provider of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, has received a subcontract from Battelle for a 12-month, $530,000 program to develop...
Avis to Roll Out Motorola GPS System
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., July 28 -- Avis Rent A Car System Inc. and Motorola Inc. have announced a commercial contract that will make the Avis Assist phone-based navigation system available in up to fifty...
BAE SYSTEMS Microprocessors en Route to Mars
NASHUA, N.H., July 28 -- The two Mars exploration rovers launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) last month are outfitted with computers built by BAE SYSTEMS that will...
QUALCOMM Sues Texas Instruments over Patents
SAN DIEGO, July 28 -- QUALCOMM Inc., a developer of code division multiple access digital wireless technology, announced Friday it has filed suit against Texas Instruments Inc. for breach of a patent...
Avanex Stockholders Approve Acquisitions
FREMONT, Calif., July 28 -- Avanex Corp., which develops photonic processors for the communications industry, announced that its stockholders have approved the issuance of Avanex common stock in...
Nera to Bring Broadband to Fiji Islands
BERGEN/NORWAY, July 25 -- Norwegian telecom supplier Nera and Fiji Telecom have signed a contract for a communications system that will provide broadband access in the rural regions of the Fiji...
Honeywell Licenses LCD Patents to Toshiba
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., July 25 -- Honeywell announced it has granted a license enabling Toshiba Corp. to use two Honeywell US patents relating to liquid crystal displays (LCDs) found in a wide...
DRS to Make Weapons-Test Cameras
PARSIPPANY, N.J. July 25 -- DRS Technologies Inc. has been awarded a new contract to produce high-speed digital cameras to support ground-based weapons testing. The contract, valued at approximately...
JMAR Completes Precision Equipment Unit Sale
SAN DIEGO, July 2 -- JMAR Technologies Inc. has sold JMAR Precision Systems Inc. (JPSI), the company's precision equipment business, to a group of private investors. For JMAR, a developer of advanced...
Corning to Expand Taiwan LCD Glass Capacity
CORNING, N.Y., July 24 -- Corning Inc.'s board of directors has approved the first of a three-phase, $180 million capital expenditure plan to expand and enhance the company's liquid crystal display...
Quantum Dots Lend New Approach to Solid-State Lighting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 24 -- In a different approach to creating white light, researchers have developed the first solid-state white light-emitting device using quantum dots. Using quantum dots as...
Optical Networking Market Rebound Forecast
PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 24 -- The optical-networking equipment market (SONET, SDH, DWDM, DXC and OXC) will decline another 6 percent in 2003 before rebounding slightly in 2004, according to KMI...
AXT Board Approves Optoelectronics Exit
FREMONT, Calif., July 23 -- The board of directors of AXT Inc., a manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates and optoelectronic devices, today approved management's plan to exit the company's...
Kyma Technologies Awarded Federal Contracts
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C., July 23 -- Kyma Technologies Inc., a supplier of gallium nitride (GaN) substrates for the optoelectronics, communications and microelectronics industries, has been awarded...
Siemens, Mass General to Advance Molecular Imaging
MALVERN, Pa., July 22 -- Siemens Medical Solutions announced today it will collaborate with the Center for Molecular Imaging Research (CMIR) at Massachusetts General Hospital to further the field of...
L-3 WESCAM to Supply Army Minefield Detection System
NEW YORK, July 22 -- L-3 Communications's wholly owned subsidiary, L-3 Communications WESCAM (L-3 WESCAM), has received a contract from Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems Sector, based in Melbourne,...
Corning Reports $22 Million Loss
CORNING, N.Y., July 22 -- Corning Inc. today reported a second-quarter loss of $22 million but expressed optimism it will return to profitability in the third quarter. The net loss includes $47...
Metro Ethernet Equipment Growth Projected
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 22 -- Worldwide metro Ethernet equipment revenue hit $2.5 billion in 2002 and is projected to grow 134 percent -- to $5.9 billion -- by 2006, at a compound annual growth rate...
Kodak to Acquire Practiceworks
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 21 -- Eastman Kodak Co.announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PracticeWorks Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based provider of dental practice management software...
Nanomaterials Demand to Reach $35 Billion by 2020
CLEVELAND, July 18 -- The US market for nanomaterials (which totaled only $125 million in 2000) is expected to surpass $1 billion in 2007 and reach $35 billion by 2020, according to "Nanomaterials,"...
Agilent to Develop Protein Research Technology
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 17 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced a cooperative research and development agreement with Battelle Memorial Institute -- the operating and management contractor for...
Image Software Focuses on Earth's Oldest Fossils
FREDERICK, Md., July 17 -- A unique 3-D imaging system is helping researchers produce accurate full-color images of what is believed to be the world's oldest fossils. Scientists in the department of...
Electron Microscope Captures Lithium Atom Images
BERKELEY, Calif., July 17 -- For the first time, researchers have used a transmission electron microscope -- the One-Angstrom Microscope (OAM) at the Department of Energy's National Center for...
JDS Uniphase Buys Ditech Communications Optical Unit
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 17 -- Ditech Communications Corp., a developer of voice intelligibility technology for communications networks, announced yesterday it has completed the sale of its...
DRS to Develop Navy Aircraft Tracking, Landing Systems
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 16 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced it has received additional funding to provide engineering development models for the virtual imaging system for approach and landing...
Report: High-Brightness LED Market Growth Continues
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 16 -- High-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been a bright spot in an otherwise dismal market for semiconductors and optical components of all types, according...
Sensors Unlimited Receives Night Vision System Contract
PRINCETON, N.J., July 15 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a provider of imaging products based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research...
Caliper Technologies Acquires Zymark
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 15 -- Caliper Technologies Corp., a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology developer, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Hopkington, Mass.-based Zymark...
Students to Gather for Lucent Scholars Summit
MURRAY HILL, N.J., July 14 -- Twenty-four international students will join 23 US students here later this month for Lucent Technologies' fifth annual Global Science Scholars Summit. The 47 students,...
GE Brings OLEDs to Light
NISKAYUNA, N.Y., July 11 --GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric, has announced what it calls a breakthrough in a new lighting technology that has the...
Students Gather for Lucent Scholars Summit
MURRAY HILL, N.J., July 11 -- Twenty-four international students will join 23 US students here later this month for Lucent Technologies' fifth annual Global Science Scholars Summit. The 47 students,...
Intel Acquires West Bay Semiconductor
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 10 -- Intel Corp. announced this week it has acquired West Bay Semiconductor Inc. in a cash-for-assets transaction. West Bay Semiconductor, based in Vancouver, Canada,...
Munich Laser, Fiber Shows Spark Optimism
MUNICH, Germany, July 10 -- More than 20,000 visitors and 846 exhibitors gathered for the 2003 LASER.World of Photonics trade show and conference held last month in Munich, signaling an expected...
Kodak Licenses Kent Displays Technology
KENT, Ohio, July 9 -- Kent Displays Inc. has licensed its cholesteric liquid crystal display (ChLCD) technology to Eastman Kodak Co., of Rochester, N.Y. The technology enables changeable displays...
GE Exchanges Positron Notes for PET Software
HOUSTON, July 9 -- Positron Corp., a manufacturer of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, announced that it has entered into an agreement with General Electric Co. (GE), acting through its GE...
Tungsten Photo Lattices Give Energy a Boost
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. July 9 -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories modifying the predictions of a 100-year-old law of physics have shown that filaments fabricated of tungsten lattices emit...
Photonics Control Secures $10.1 Million
OTTAWA, Canada, July 9 -- Intelligent Photonics Control Corp., a provider of system-on-a-chip controllers for optical devices, announced it secured $10.1 million in second-round venture financing on...
Communications Still Integral to Semiconductor Industry
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 9 -- Despite the "bursting of the bubble" in 2001, communications is still a major market for semiconductors, according to a report by In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market...
UC Santa Barbara Transfers MBE Processes to Veeco
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 8 -- The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Veeco Instruments Inc. have signed a collaborative agreement whereby UCSB will transfer molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)...
DuPont Photomasks to Cut Jobs by 5 Percent
ROUND ROCK, Texas, July 8 -- DuPont Photomasks announced today it will reduce its global workforce by 5 percent, or approximately 96 positions, and will begin reducing internal pellicle production at...
Intevac to Develop Sensor for Los Alamos Lab
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 8 --Intevac Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $684,500 contract from Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop a prototype advanced single-photon sensor that...
Beijing High-tech Expo Rescheduled
BEIJING, July 8 -- The 6th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo will be held Sept. 12-15, according to a June 27 article in the People's Daily Online. Quoting a spokesman for the expo, the...
Bookham Acquires Cierra Photonics
OXFORDSHIRE, England, July 7 -- Bookham Technology plc, a manufacturer of components modules and subsystems for optical networks, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cierra...
Personal Locator Beacon System in Use
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Personal locator beacons (PLBs) became operational July 1 in the continental US, giving outdoor adventurers access to the same technology used in the lifesaving...
FDA Approves First LED System for Acne Treatment
IRVINE, Calif., July 4 --Alderm LLC and its exclusive manufacturing partner, Photo Therapeutics Ltd., of Manchester, England, have received marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug...
Asahi Glass, International SEMATECH to Collaborate
AUSTIN, Texas, and TOKYO, July 4 -- International SEMATECH (ISMT) and Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. have signed an agreement to collaborate on developing advanced mask technology and materials for use in EUV...
Stratos Lightwave to Acquire Sterling Holding
CHICAGO, July 3 -- Stratos Lightwave Inc., a supplier of optical subsystems and optical components, announced yesterday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sterling Holding Co., a...
Bruker Daltonics and Bruker AXS Complete Merger
BILLERICA, Mass. & MADISON, Wis., July 3 -- Bruker Daltonics Inc. and Bruker AXS Inc. announced this week that they have completed the merger of the two companies, which was approved by approximately...
BEI Technologies to Acquire OpticNet
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 -- BEI Technologies Inc. and OpticNet Inc. announced yesterday that they have signed a definitive acquisition agreement. The transaction has been structured as a two-step...
DRS, DII to Make IR Cameras for Homeland Security
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 2 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced it has signed a teaming agreement with Digital Imaging Infrared LLC (DII) in Apopka, Fla., to jointly produce and market the Digital...
Ultrafast Lasers Capture Brain Images
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 2 -- A new technique using ultrafast lasers to slice and take images of brain tissue has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of scientists headed by physicists at the...
GCI to Build Second Alaska Fiber Optic Cable
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 2 -- General Communication Inc. (GCI) announced it is building a $50 million fiber optic cable connecting Seward, Alaska and Warrenton, Oregon. The 1544-statute-mile cable has...
Specialty Optical Fibers Show Growth Potential
SAN MATEO, Calif., July 3 -- The worldwide consumption value of a selected group of specialty optical fiber is expected to increase 28 percent this year, from $155 million to $199 million, according...
Elbit Systems Acquires OIP from Delft Instruments
HAIFA, Israel, July 1 -- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today it has acquired Optronics Instruments & Products NV (OIP), based in Oudenaarde, Belgium, from Delft Instruments N.V. of the Netherlands,...
New Applications Will Spur MEMS Growth
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 1 -- Sales of optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) into segments other than telecommunications are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15.8 percent...
Army Tests SpectRx Laser Technology
NORCROSS, Ga., July 1 -- Using technology developed by SpectRx Inc., the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command is testing an innovative biosensor designed to measure combat readiness of...
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