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Photonics Companies Win Queen’s Awards
LONDON, May 3, 2011 — Four photonics companies have received Queen’s Awards for Enterprise — the UK’s most prestigious accolades for business success. Specialised Imaging Ltd. of Tring, a supplier of ultrahigh-speed imaging systems and components for industrial, defense and scientific applications, won for its innovation in the continuous development of a range of ultrahigh-speed imaging systems used in military and scientific applications. In addition, it was honored for its sustained grow...
Microscope beats diffraction limit
MANCHESTER, UK – A new microscope has shattered the record for the smallest object the eye can see, beating the diffraction limit of light and promising to promote understanding of the causes of many diseases. Standard optical microscopes can see items clearly at...
MMIs targeted for quantum computers
BRISTOL, UK – Quantum circuits based on optical multimode interference (MMI) are being used to advance quantum computers. Building a quantum computer requires a large number of interconnected components, or gates, whose function is similar to that of a...
Lancaster Award to Aid Photonics Research
LANCASTER, England, April 12, 2011 — Lancaster University was awarded €500,000 as part of a European program to encourage the next generation of photonics research. The €4.8 million program, Postgraduate Research on Photonics as an Enabling Technology, is financed through the...
Pro-Lite Buys SphereOptics
CRANFIELD, England, April 11, 2011 — British photonic instruments maker and light-measurement equipment distributor Pro-Lite Technology Ltd. announced today it has acquired German company SphereOptics GmbH of Uhldingen, effective April 1. The purchase price was not disclosed. ...
There’s Gold in Them Thar Windows
COVENTRY, England, April 8, 2011 — A new method for the preparation of ultrathin gold-based glass electrodes is being developed for organic solar cells. Because gold is considered an air-stable metal that is already widely used for interconnects, it will likely replace indium tin...
IQE CEO Elected EPIC President
PARIS, April 5, 2011 — The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has announced the election of Dr. Drew Nelson, chief executive officer at IQE of Cardiff, UK, as its president. He will begin his term today, presiding over the annual general assembly of EPIC. ...
Efficient Single-Photon Sources Move Closer
BRISTOL, England, March 29, 2011 — Fluorescent diamond “defect centers” are being used to create efficient single-photon sources that are expected to enable secure optical communications, also known as quantum cryptography. Defect centers in diamond materials, which...
Dynasil Detection Patents Approved
WATERTOWN, Mass., March 24, 2011 — Radiation Monitoring Devices Inc., the research division of Dynasil Corp., has been granted additional US patent claims for its advances in a detector material capable of responding independently to both neutron and gamma radiation. The...
Protein in Ancient Reptile Skin Imaged
MANCHESTER, England, March 23, 2011 — A nondestructive infrared imaging technique has exposed organic compounds (amides) surviving in 50-million-year-old fossilized reptile skin, revealing intricate chemical patterning that previous methods had overlooked. Produced by University of...
Trumpf Open House Sets Records
LUTON, England, March 17, 2011 — Trumpf Ltd. has reported that more than 300 people attended its In-Tech open house, the highest number in its history. During the three-day event, Trumpf received £5 million (~$8 million) in orders for machines spanning its range of...
Matcher Takes 6-month Assignment at Michelson Diagnostics
ORPINGTON, England, March 16, 2011 — Dr. Stephen Matcher, senior lecturer in biomedical engineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield, has been matched with imaging developer Michelson Diagnostics for six months to provide optical...
Cole Joins Davin Optronics Sales Team
WATFORD, England, March 10, 2011 — Precision optics design company Davin Optronics Ltd. has announced the appointment of Graham Cole to a senior position in sales. Cole, who has more than 25 years of experience in the optronics sector, will focus his efforts on European account...
MMIs Targeted for Quantum Computers
BRISTOL, England, March 4, 2011 — Quantum circuits based on optical multimode interference (MMI) are being used to advance quantum computers. Building a quantum computer will require a large number of interconnected components (gates), whose function is similar to that of a...
Optoelectronics Center Buys Nanopatterning Instrument
CHICAGO, March 2, 2011 — The Optoelectronics Research Center has purchased the DPN 5000 System from Illinois-based NanoInk. The instrument will be used for fabricating nanostructured photonic metamaterials and sensors. The Optoelectronics Research Center is based at...
Dental X-Ray Sensor Production
Mar 1, 2011 — TowerJazz of Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel, and e2v Technologies plc of Chelmsford, UK, have announced that e2v has increased the rate of production of its dental x-ray sensors, which incorporate TowerJazz’s 0.18-μm CMOS image sensor...
Electrons “synch up” to form superconductors
OXFORD, UK – One hundred years after superconductivity was first observed in 1911, a team of researchers has used laser light to transform a nonsuperconducting material into a superconductor. Superconductivity – a phenomenon in which an electric...
Photonics HyperHighway Could Make Internet 100 Times Faster
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 16, 2011 — Broadband Internet in the UK could become 100 times faster under the University of Southampton's six-year Photonics HyperHighway project, which recently received a major infusion of government funding. Photonics HyperHighway will team scientists...
Distribution in Poland
Feb 1, 2011 — German laser specialist Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH has announced that Amecam will distribute its product line in Poland, expanding its worldwide distribution network. The company also is represented in the Benelux countries (Belgium,...
e2v Increases Production of Dental X-ray Sensors
CHELMSFORD, England, Jan. 26, 2011 — e2v and TowerJazz announced that e2v has increased the rate of production of its dental x-ray sensors that incorporate TowerJazz’s 0.18-µm CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology. The two companies will work together to create a new...
Light Touch Transforms Material into Superconductor
OXFORD, England, Jan. 19, 2011 — One hundred years after superconductivity was first observed in 1911, a team from Oxford, Germany and Japan observed conclusive signatures of superconductivity after hitting a non-superconductor with a strong burst of laser light. “We have...
Optical Surfaces Nabs Lidar Optical Modules Order
KENLEY, England, Jan. 19, 2011 — Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received a sizeable repeat order to produce optical modules for the ZephIR 300 wind lidar from Natural Power. “To achieve the ultimate in performance with the fewest components our optical module incorporates a...
Oxford Spinoff Develops New Solar Technology
OXFORD, England, Jan. 18, 2011 — An Oxford University spinoff has developed new solar cell technology that is manufactured from cheap, abundant, nontoxic and noncorrosive materials and can be scaled to any volume. Harnessing the sun’s energy, the solar cells are printed...
The Changing Face of Higher Education in England
Dec 28, 2010 — Students have taken to the streets of London in recent months to protest a controversial bill that would raise tuition at universities in England to as much as £9000, from the current rate of £3290. And in several instances the...
Gooch & Housego Acquiring EM4
ILMINSTER, England, Dec. 17, 2010 — Optical components and systems manufacturer Gooch & Housego announced Friday that it will acquire Boston-based EM4 Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed; the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of January. EM4 makes...
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