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Photonics.com - September 2002
News & Features
Bell Labs Scientist Fired for Misconduct
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Sept. 27 -- A Bells Labs scientist was fired this week after a committee determined he engaged in scientific misconduct by falsifying and fabricating experimental data between 1998 and 2001. According to an article in the The New York Times, an investigation by an independent committee formed by Bell Labs in May revealed that "A series of extraordinary advances in physics...
Pirelli Plans Eureopean Technology Tour
MILAN, Sept. 27 -- New technologies, including fiber-to-the-home access systems, optical fiber cables, tuneable lasers and OADMs, will be demonstrated in 13 European countries next month by Pirelli...
Photon Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Akcron
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 27 -- Photon Dynamics Inc. has completed its acquisition of Akcron Corporation Ltd, which provides automated optical inspection equipment and backlight inverter manufacturing...
Fiber Optic Network Advocated as 21st-Century Railroad
ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 27 -- A national network that transmits information rapidly could be "the railroad of the 21st century," says Matthew Drennan, professor of city and regional planning at Cornell...
Communication Dynamics Files for Bankruptcy
ANNVILLE, Penn., Sept. 26 -- Communication Dynamics Inc. (CDI) -- parent company of TVC Communications, which distributes products used to build and maintain cable television systems, and of Amherst...
BAE SYSTEMS Wins Laser Warning Contract
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26 -- BAE SYSTEMS recently received a $3.1 million contract from ATK Integrated Defense Co., in Clearwater, Fla., to produce integrated laser warning receiver systems. BAE...
Omnilux Launches Broadband Alternative to DSL, Cable
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 26 -- Omnilux Inc. has launched a wireless broadband platform designed to supply internet service providers (ISPs) with an alternative to DSL or cable and a way to reach...
Fusion UV Systems Awarded Patents
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 25 -- Fusion UV Systems Inc. was recently awarded two patents. The first is for an apparatus that improves the ultraviolet (UV) coating process for filament type substrates...
New Focus to Develop Atomic Clock Laser
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 25 -- Photonics technology solutions provider New Focus Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to develop lasers for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The laser,...
Can Nanotubes Be Engineered to Superconduct?
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Superconducting nanotubes may lie on the technology horizon, suggests a theoretical study published recently by researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute...
Alcatel to Build Bangkok Network
PARIS, Sept. 25 -- Alcatel announced it has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract by Asia Multimedia, a subsidiary of Thailand's leading telecom operator, TelecomAsia, to build the operator's...
Cable Operator Installs Harmonic DWDM System
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 25 -- In another example of the growing use of dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) technology, Telewest Broadband has installed Harmonic Systems Inc.s' METROLink...
Cambrian Communications Files for Reorganization
FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 24 -- Cambrian Communications announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. "Like most of our industry peers, these steps are necessary in order to restructure our business in...
AIXTRON to Head OLED Display Research
AACHEN, Germany, Sept. 24 -- The German Ministry of Research and Education has given a 3.5 million euro ($3.4 million) grant to a group of researchers headed by AIXTRON to develop organic vapor phase...
Symyx, Kurt J. Lesker Make Instrument Licensing Agreement
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & CLAIRTON, Pa., Sept. 23 -- Symyx Technologies Inc. and Kurt J. Lesker Co. announced they have entered into a worldwide, nonexclusive license of selected Symyx patents and...
Sarnoff to Produce Sarcon MEMS IR Array
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. & PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 23 -- Sarcon Microsystems of Knoxville has awarded the production contract for its unique high-performance 320 X 240 microelectromechanical (MEMS) infrared...
Court Rules Company Owns Blue LED Patent
TOKYO, Sept. 23 -- A company that employed the inventor of the lucrative blue light-emitting diode (LED) is the rightful owner of its patent, a Tokyo court decided last week. The Associated Press...
CRL Opto and Optogone to Develop Switching Modules
HAYES, England, Sept. 23 -- UK-based display company CRL Opto Ltd. has made an agreement with Optogone S.A., a French liquid crystal technology developer, to market products for the optical...
Report: Demand Low for Broadband
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Almost all US families live in areas where a high-speed Internet connection is available, but many see no compelling reason to pay extra for it, according to a Commerce...
Corning to Open Advanced Optics Facility in China
CINCINNATI, Sept. 20 -- Corning Precision Lens Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Corning Inc., announced it has opened a new sales office and warehouse in Shanghai, China. The new entity, Corning...
Fischer Imaging and R2 Technology to Develop Breast Cancer Technology
DENVER, Sept. 19 -- Fischer Imaging Corp. and R2 Technology Inc. announced they have signed a development and marketing agreement to customize CAD technology for use with Fischer's SenoScan Full...
DRS Technologies to Produce Navy Displays
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 20 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced it has received several new orders with a combined value of approximately $9.8 million to provide production, spares and engineering...
RSoft Software Assists Optical Engineering Students
DALLAS, Sept. 19 -- Students working toward an MS in optical engineering at Sonoma State University are participating in a unique learning experience using RSoft Design Group’s physical layer...
Essex Hyperfine WDM Sold to DoD Agency
COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 19 -- Essex Corp. announced that a Department of Defense (DoD) agency has purchased a 16-channel hyperfine WDM device with unsurpassed 6.25-GHz-spaced channels. According to...
OFS Awarded Mexican Fiber Cable Contract
DALLAS, Sept. 18 -- OFS, maker of fiber optic products, announced it was selected by Grupo Hevi in Mexico to deliver more than 300 kilometers of AllWave fiber cable. AllWave fiber can increase...
Three to Share Takeda Award for LED Research
TOKYO & MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 18 -- Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, both of Meijo University, and Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara, will share an $833,000 Takeda...
MEMs May Enable Blind to See
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 18 -- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMs) may enter the province of miracles by someday enabling the blind to see. A technical team that includes Sandia National...
Virgin Atlantic Airways Selects Rockwell Collins LCDs
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 17 -- Virgin Atlantic Airways has selected Rockwell Collins' display technology for its fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft. This is the first application of the new active...
Big Pipe Backbone Lit by Fujitsu
RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. and Shaw Big Pipe, a division of Shaw Communications Inc., have activated Big Pipe's New York corridor, extending its cross-country...
Vitesse, AraLight to Develop Optical Platform
DALLAS, Sept. 17 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. has partnered with AraLight Inc. to develop a modular switching evaluation platform for high-speed backplane applications. The reference platform...
Former Astronaut to Address WOSA
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 16 -- Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa will be the featured speaker at a meeting hosted by Women in OSA (WOSA) during the 2002 Optical Society of America (OSA) Annual Meeting and...
TRUMPF and EOS Sign Laser Patent Agreement
DITZINGEN and MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 13 -- Laser system manufacturer TRUMPF and EOS, a laser-sintering company that makes rapid prototyping and manufacturing systems, have signed a cross-licence...
MedX to Market Laser Series in US
TORONTO, Sept. 13 -- MEDX Health Corp. received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its MedX LCS090 Laser Series product in the US. Its MedX Series 1000 was approved by...
Mass General to Study CTI Breast Imaging System
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 13 -- Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will conduct a clinical study to help evaluate a breast imaging system made by Computerized Thermal Imaging (CTI). The system uses...
Aculight Awarded $2.3 Million Laser Research Contract
BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 12 -- Laser technology developer Aculight Corp. has been awarded an 18-month, $2.3 million contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base to...
BFi OPTiLAS to Distribute Janos IR Camera Lenses
EVRY, France, Sept. 12 -- BFi OPTiLAS announced it will distribute infrared (IR) imaging lenses in Europe for Vermont-based Janos Technology Inc. Janos develops precision optics and optical systems...
Siemens to Supply Network Equipment in China
MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 12 -- China Mobile Communication Corp. (CMCC) has awarded three contracts valued at more than $14 million to Siemens IC Networks to supply optical network equipment and...
LIGHTCONNECT Attracts $9 Million Backing
NEWARK, Calif., Sept. 11 -- LIGHTCONNECT, a supplier of dynamic components and modules for optical networks, has raised $9 million in its third round of financing, led by Sevin Rosen Funds. Other...
Mintera Claims Fiber Optic Transmission Record
LOWELL, Mass., Sept. 11 -- Mintera Corp., the leader in 40G transport solutions for metro-core, regional, long haul and ultralong haul applications, said it demonstrated error-free transmission of 40...
Fuji Film Develops Cheap Optic Fiber
TOKYO, Sept. 11 -- Fuji Photo Film Co. has reportedly developed a low-cost plastic optic fiber for high-speed communications that will be targeted for household use, according to a Reuters report...
Kodak to Help Build Imaging System for NASA
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 11 -- Eastman Kodak Co.'s Commercial & Government Systems unit has been selected as part of a TRW-led team to build NASA's James Webb space telescope (formerly known as...
Rockwell Laser Develops Web-Based Safety Courses
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Rockwell Laser Industries (RLI), developer of laser safety products and services, has introduced two online laser safety training programs. Working with the National...
Satellite Data Could Track Terrorist Threats
ATHENS, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Orbiting 500 miles above the planet, satellites give scientists a "big picture" view of changes to the Earth's landscape -- from suburbanization trends to shoreline erosion....
Sandia, Boeing Sign R&D Agreement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 10 -- Sandia National Laboratories and Boeing Co. announced they signed an umbrella cooperative research and development agreement last week "to develop technologies that...
Bookham, Cierra Collaborate on WDM
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 10 -- Cierra Photonics and UK-based Bookham Technology, both makers of integrated optical components and subsystems for fiber-optic communication networks, announced they...
Fujitsu Quantum Devices and Sumitomo Electric Industries Redefine MSA
TOKYO, Sept. 9 -- Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd. and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. have announced enhancements to their multisource agreement (MSA) for a 10 Gb/s transmission laser diode module....
RPI to Open Terahertz Science Lab
TROY, N.Y., Sept. 9 -- A center for terahertz research will be established at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, thanks to a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles. RPI will use...
Optical Mechanics Buys Torus Technologies
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 9 -- Optical Mechanics Inc., an Iowa City-based manufacturer of high-precision optics, optomechanical devices, Lidar systems and telescopes, announced it has acquired the...
RedVector.com and IEI Announce Partnership
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 6 -- RedVector.com and the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI) announced they have formed a partnership. RedVector.com, headquartered in Tampa, conducts online continuing...
Low-Level Laser Therapy Said to Grow Hair
CRANSTON, R.I., Sept. 6 -- Low-level laser therapy is being promoted as a remedy for hair loss by at least one hair-restoration clinic. Robert Leonard, founder and chief surgeon at Leonard Hair...
Kodak Grants Opto Tech Display License
ROCHESTER, NY, Sept. 6 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has granted Opto Tech Corp. a license to manufacturer Kodak's organic light-emitting diode technology for use in flat panel passive-matrix displays. "This...
Transparent Networks, Silicon Microstructures Sign MEMS Foundry Agreement
MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 6 -- Transparent Networks Inc., a developer of photonic telecommunications systems, has signed a MEMS foundry services agreement with Silicon Microstructures Inc. (SMI), a...
EXFO Acquiring Assets of gnubi Communications
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 6 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has signed an agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of gnubi communications LP, including its technology, expertise,...
Acterna to Eliminate 500 Jobs
GERMANTOWN, Md., Sept. 5 -- Acterna has announced it will eliminate approximately 500 positions worldwide to reduce operating costs, and it will consolidate manufacturing operations and expand its...
Lightscape Introduces Tunable Laser
PETAH TIKVA, Israel and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 5 -- Lightscape Networks announced it has introduced a new tunable laser from Agility Communications Inc. to its optical networking offerings....
Hitachi Medical Corp. Consolidates Imaging
TWINSBURG, Ohio, Sept. 5 -- Hitachi Medical Corp. of Tokyo announced this week that Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. (HMSA) of Twinsburg, Ohio, will handle sales, marketing and service for...
Trikon to Cut 400 Jobs
NEWPORT, Wales, Sept. 5 -- Trikon Technologies Inc., maker of semiconductor processing equipment, said it will reduce its workforce by 20 percent, or 400 employees, as of Sept. 30. The company said...
3.0T MRI Will Further Imaging Center Research
ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 4 -- A General Electric 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system dedicated to neurodegenerative disease research and other technology will be the focus of the Neurosciences...
Brazilian Army to Use Laser-Based Training
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 4 -- Cubic Defense Applications group, the defense segment of San Diego-based Cubic Corp., announced it was awarded a contract to provide the Brazilian Army with MILES 2000, a...
Ekips Gets Grant for Laser Breath Analysis
NORMAN, Okla., Sept. 4 -- Ekips Technologies Inc. announced today it has received a $100,000 Phase I National Institutes of Health grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to support...
Fibertech Completes Ohio Network
ROCHESTER, N.Y. and COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4 -- -- Fibertech Networks LLC announced today the completion of a 70-mile fiber optic network in the central business district and suburban areas of...
Zarlink, Agilent to Create Transceiver Standard
OTTAWA, Canada and PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 4 -- Zarlink Semiconductor and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced today that they have signed a multisource agreement to create a common standard for...
Nortel Networks to Build Taiwan Optical Backbone
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 3 -- Nortel Networks will build what is expected to be Taiwan's first island-wide, 10-Gb/s optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone, in an agreement with...
Nanotechnology Center Opens in Beijing
WOODBURY, N.Y., Sept. 3 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. has established a China Nanotechnology Center facility (CNC) in Beijing, China, to be jointly operated with the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese...
Robotic and Technology Center Opens at UCLA
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 -- A first-of-its-kind robotic and technology center has been opened at the University of California, LA (UCLA), to promote clinical, educational and research use of surgical...
Lumenon Reduces Workforce
MONTREAL, Sept. 3 -- Lumenon Innovative Lightwave Technology Inc. announced it will reduce its workforce by approximately 37 employees through "temporary layoffs," citing the downturn in the fiber...
Nanotechnology Center Launched in Beijing
WOODBURY, N.Y., Sept. 3 -- Veeco Instruments Inc. has established a China Nanotechnology Center facility (CNC) in Beijing, China, to be jointly operated with the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese...
LECs May Be Future of Flat-Panel Displays
BOSTON, Sept. 3 -- The polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) may be the next answer in the search for low-cost color displays that don't drain a computer’s battery, according to an...
'Nanoantennas' Could Bring Sensitive Detectors, Optical Circuits
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 3 -- Researchers have shown how tiny wires and metallic spheres might be arranged in various shapes to form "nanoantennas" that dramatically increase the precision of...
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