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Bühler Leybold Appoints Runkel as Head of Optics
ALZENAU, Germany, April 30, 2018 — Vacuum depositing systems developer Bühler Leybold Optics has appointed Steffen Runkel as director and head of its optics business unit. Runkel succeeds Klaus Herbig, who was appointed head of product management. Runkel joined the Bühlergroup last year and has more than 16 years of experience in the field of optical coatings. Prior to joining Bühler Leybold Optics, Runkel was at OptoTech, where he was responsible for its optical coatings business unit. He holds a Ph.D. in
F-VLEDs Reduce Heat Generation, Opening Way for Biomedical Applications
DAEJEON, South Korea, Feb. 5, 2018 — Flexible vertical micro-LEDs (f-VLEDs) have been developed using anisotropic conductive film (ACF)-based transfer and interconnection technology. Thermal reliability and lifetime was improved by reducing heat generation within the thin film LEDs....
Novel Material May Allow Everyday 3D Holography
MELBOURNE, Australia, June 15, 2017 — What could be the world’s thinnest hologram could also be the harbinger of what’s to come in consumer electronics, by paving the way for 3D holography compact enough to be integrated into everyday electronics like smartphones, laptops...
Longer Duration Time Achieved for Continuous-Wave Organic Lasing
FUKUOKA, Japan, May 5, 2017 — An optically pumped organic thin-film laser has shown the ability to continuously emit light for 30 milliseconds (ms) — more than 100 times longer than previous devices. Organic thin-film lasers use a thin layer of organic molecules as the...
IPL Sintering Advance Could Improve Electronics Manufacturing
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 1, 2017 — Research into the use of Intensed Pulsed Light (IPL) to rapidly fuse conductive nanoparticles has revealed that densification in IPL increases the density of a nanoparticle thin-film or pattern, with greater density leading to functional...
For Compactness and Ruggedness, Linear Variable Filters Fit the Bill
Jul 29, 2016 — Spectroscopic optical applications have conventionally utilized dispersive elements such as diffraction gratings and, less commonly, prisms to separate light into its constituent wavelengths for spectral interrogation. Gratings have the advantage in...
Omega Optical Acquires Rugate to Expand Thin Film Capabilities
BRATTLEBORO, Vt., July 20, 2016 — Omega Optical has announced its acquisition of Rugate Technology Inc., an R&D company focused on the design, process development, and manufacturing of optical thin films. Formed in 1996, Rugate Technologies has expertise in the fabrication of...
Heliatek, Kandil Launch Organic-PV Pilot Program
DRESDEN, Germany, June 30, 2016 — Organic electronic energy technology developer Heliatek GmbH has implemented its first Building Integrated Organic Photovoltaic (BIOPV) pilot project in Egypt. Installation of HeliaFilm on Kandil Steel panels. Courtesy of Kandil Steel. The energy...
Ultrathin TLA Materials Could Broaden IR Applications
SYDNEY, June 1, 2016 — Ultrathin gratings composed of common materials were shown to increase the absorption efficiency of light to almost 99 percent when thin grooves were etched into the film, directing the light sideways. The semiconductor materials are compatible with...
Innospace Announces Winners of Aerospace IT Competition
BERLIN, May 17, 2016 — Professors Sergio Montenegro and Tobias Mikschl from the aerospace information technology department of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg have won the first Innospace Masters Competition operated by the Space Administration of the...
Flexible Solar Cell Achieves 7.6% Efficiency
SYDNEY, May 12, 2016 — A thin-film technology called CZTS has been applied to photovoltaics to achieve a world-leading 7.6 percent efficiency in a 1-cm2 solar cell. The achievement marks a milestone for thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technology — which is being...
Intlvac Hires Kent Rennie for Global System Sales, Marketing
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., May 11, 2016 — Intlvac Thin Film Corp. has hired Kent Rennie as its global manager for process systems sales and marketing. Rennie has more than 20 years of experience in the vacuum process industry, with a broad knowledge of deposition and etching processes. He...
Inkjet-Printed Lasing Capsule Produces Disposable Organic Lasers
PROVENCE, France, May 5, 2016 — An ultralow-cost fabrication method uses an inkjet printer to produce “lasing capsules” for external-cavity vertically emitting thin-film organic lasers, a development that could enable disposable laser chips. One obstacle that has...
SCI Revenues Decrease
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2016 — SCI Engineered Materials Inc., a supplier and manufacturer of advanced materials for physical vapor deposition thin-film applications, has reported a decrease in total revenue for fiscal 2015. Revenue dropped by 13 percent to $8.1 million from $9.2...
Solar Cell Materials: Finding a Happy Medium
Sep 4, 2014 — Marrying the low cost of thin-film and the efficiency of crystalline silicon helps to improve solar cells. The solar industry is at another inflection point in its development. Costs have come down as a result of a significant increase in capacity,...
Nanopixels Drive Flexible, Extremely Hi-Res Displays
OXFORD, England, July 14, 2014 — A recent study that delves into the electrical and optical properties of phase-change materials has unveiled a new way to develop flexible, thin-film displays with extremely high resolution and low energy consumption. A team at the University of...
Antenna-free THz Detector Uses Nanotube Thin Films
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., HOUSTON and TOKYO, June 13, 2014 — Significant improvements in medical imaging, airport screening and food inspection could be on the horizon. A team from Sandia National Labs, in collaboration with Rice University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, has begun developing carbon...
L-3 AOC Develops Enhanced Gold Coatings for Large-Format Substrates
DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2014 — L-3 Applied Optics Center (AOC), part of L-3 Communications Warrior Systems, has developed a line of gold optical coatings for large-format substrates, offering custom wavelength-specific performance.
Intevac Names Cho Executive VP
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2014 — Intevac Inc. has appointed Jay C. Cho as executive vice president and general manager of its thin-film equipment division. Reporting directly to President and CEO Wendell Blonigan, Cho will lead the equipment division, which designs, develops and...
Bandgap Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency with Nanowires
WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 11, 2013 — The average efficiency of standard commercial solar cells has been increased by 0.4 percent, just by replacing the standard surface texture with nanowire technology, Bandgap Engineering Inc. announced this week. The nanowire-enhanced cells, produced...
REO Names Optics Rep. in China
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 1, 2013 — Precision optics manufacturer REO has named HollyWinx Optics as its exclusive sales representative in China. REO produces high-precision thin-film coatings, optics and optomechanical assemblies for the UV-VIS-IR for manufacturers of defense and...
Materion Breaks Ground on IR Wafer-Level Coating Cell
WESTFORD, Mass., May 7, 2013 — Materion Barr Precision Optics & Thin Film Coatings announced Monday that it has begun construction on a multimillion-dollar work cell that will enhance its capability in manufacturing low-defect, infrared, wafer-level coatings in high volume...
Spectroscopy method could lead to better optical devices
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A new spectroscopy method takes advantage of a fundamental property of thin films – interference – and could help optical devices like LEDs and solar cells make better use of these materials. The technique, called energy-momentum...
Spectroscopy Method Could Lead to Better Optical Devices
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 6, 2013 — A new spectroscopy method that takes advantage of a fundamental property of thin films — interference — could help make better use of these materials in optical devices like LEDs and solar cells.
Oclaro Selling Film Business to II-VI
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 26, 2012 — Optoelectronic components maker Oclaro Inc. plans to sell its Santa Rosa-based thin-film filter business to II-VI Inc. subsidiary Photop Technologies, the company announced today. Under the $27 million cash deal, Oclaro also will sell its...
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