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QPC Resumes Limited Ops
SYLMAR, Calif., Oct. 20, 2008 -- QPC Lasers has resumed operations on a limited basis but may still file for bankruptcy if it is unsuccessful in restructuring its finances and securing new funding, the company said today in a regulatory filing. QPC filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today reporting that it has resumed manufacturing, engineering and sales operations on a limited basis; on Oct. 14 the company reported a suspension in operations pending receipt of new funding. Last week the...
Newport Outsourcing Lasers
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 3, 2008 -- Newport Corp. will move some of its laser and other manufacturing to China and cut about 10 percent of its worldwide workforce of 2000, the company announced late yesterday. Those actions and other cost-cutting moves are expected to improve...
Newport Unit to Cut 80 Jobs
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 27, 2008 -- Newport Corp.'s Spectra-Physics facility in Tucson has laid off 29 of its 200 workers and will let about 50 more go through the first quarter of 2009, according to media reports. The Arizona Daily Star said Spectra-Physics General Manager Scott...
Event Adds Investment Forum
COVENTRY, England, Aug. 7, 2008 -- A technology investment forum arranged in partnership with the Photonics Cluster (UK) will be one of the highlights of the new and improved Photonex 2008 when it is held Oct. 15 and 16 at Stoneleigh Exhibition Halls in Coventry. Photonex, the...
Technology Investment Forum Added
COVENTRY, England, Aug. 7, 2008 -- A technology investment forum arranged in partnership with the Photonics Cluster (UK) will be one of the highlights of the new and improved Photonex 2008 when it is held Oct. 15 and 16 at Stoneleigh Exhibition Halls in Coventry. Photonex, the...
Nano Pioneers Awarded $1M
OSLO, Norway, May 28, 2008 -- Scientists from the US and Japan who discovered quantum dots and carbon nanotubes, respectively, are among seven inaugural recipients of $1 million Kavli prizes, biannual awards for outstanding research in nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics....
IPG Photonics Adds 3 to Sales Force
Apr 9, 2008 — Fiber laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass., announced today that it has strengthened its capabilities in merchant diode sales, sales to the government, and low- and mid-power fiber laser sales with three new appointments: Jim Stathis as...
Laser Cladding Services Hires Development Engineer
Mar 3, 2008 — Laser Cladding Services (LCS) of Houston announced it has hired Eswar Yarrapareddy, PhD, as laser-cladding development engineer. In his new position, Yarrapareddy supervises the development of laser-cladding processes using CO2, diode, and fiber...
FDA OKs Laser Hair-Removal Device for Home Use
Feb 7, 2008 — SpectraGenics, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based maker of aesthetic lasers, today announced over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its patented handheld laser hair-removal device for home use. The Tria will be...
Omicron Laserage Inks Deal for Distribution in North America
Jan 15, 2008 — Laser systems developer Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH of Rodgau, Germany, announced yesterday that it has signed a distribution deal that will bring its products to the American market for the first time. Effective immediately, sales agency...
Photonic Component Group Created
Jan 1, 2008 — Power Technology Inc. of Little Rock, Ark., has created the Photonic Component Group, a division that will distribute laser components to the company’s OEM customers. The group also will offer laser components from several diode manufacturers.
'Crowd Behavior' Seen in Semiconductor Electronics
BOULDER, Colo., July 11, 2007 -- Ultrafast lasers have revealed a subtle, previously unseen type of "collective electronic behavior" among semiconductors, research that may help improve the design of optoelectronic devices. The work at JILA, a joint venture of the National...
IEC Issues Revised Laser Safety Standard
Jun 1, 2007 — The IEC, based in Geneva, has released the second edition of the IEC-60825-1 standard Safety of Laser Products — Part 1: Equipment and Classification Requirements, replacing the first, which was published in 1993. The primary revision involves the...
Pierre Champert to Manage Laser Diode Technical Sales at Bookham
May 14, 2007 — Zurich, Switzerland-based Bookham Inc., a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, announced the appointment of Pierre Champert, PhD, as technical sales manager of its high-power laser diode business unit. Champert's appointment will...
Beam Shaper Makes Square Laser Light Round
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2007 -- Schott is introducing beam-shaping technology at Photonics West 2007 which it said offers laser users a simple and efficient way to shape “square” light from an individual laser diode or rows of laser diode strings into a beam of light that has a...
Beam Shaper Makes Square Laser Light Round
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2007 -- Schott is introducing beam-shaping technology at Photonics West 2007 which it said offers laser users a simple and efficient way to shape “square” light from an individual laser diode or rows of laser diode strings into a beam of light that has a...
Alfalight Names Pacer, Appletec as Distributors to the UK and Israel
Nov 13, 2006 — Madison, Wis.-based diode laser manufacturer Alfalight Inc. has named Pacer International and Appletec Ltd. as its distributors in the United Kingdom and Israel, respectively. Pacer is a distributor of optoelectronic components, assemblies, sensors...
LED Sales Have Dimmed, but Future Looks Brighter
Nov 1, 2006 — Despite a lingering slowdown in the LED market that began last year, analysts see brighter days ahead as technological breakthroughs — employed in myriad new applications — spur future sales. A recent study of the industry by the...
Microvision, Fraunhofer IPMS Renew R&D Partnership
Oct 19, 2006 — Redmond, Wash.-based Microvision Inc., a maker of light scanning technologies for display and imaging products, this week announced its strategic technology development partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in...
Sugar-Cube-Sized Video Projector Created
JENA & DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 15, 2006 -- Researchers have overcome traditional obstacles and created a video projector no larger than a sugar cube. Instead of the conventional microarrays, it contains just a single mirror which can be rotated around two axes, making it smaller, lighter and...
Organic Semiconductors Make Flexible Photovoltaics, LEDs
ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2006 -- A new type of organic semiconductor device which shows electroluminescence and acts as a photovoltaic cell could be used to create displays on cloth or paper, possibly leading to the making of T-shirts that light up or a beach umbrella that collects...
Arachnid Aeronautics
Aug 1, 2006 — Spiders use silken draglines that serve as parachutes or “balloons” to help them remain airborne as they take off for new territory — perhaps over distances as great as hundreds of kilometers. Because the insect-eating creatures could play an...
Nano-Etching Makes LEDs 7X Brighter
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 24, 2006 -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made semiconductor LEDs more than seven times brighter by etching nanoscale grooves in a surrounding cavity to guide scattered light in one direction. The novel...
Planning Force Acquires Quintessence Photonics
SYLMAR, Calif., May 15, 2006 -- Planning Force Inc. of Spokane, Wash., announced that it has acquired Quintessence Photonics Corp. in a reverse merger transaction and changed its name to QPC Lasers Inc., replacing its officers and board of directors with those of QPC. QPC...
Kodak Broadens Role in OLED Industry
Jan 31, 2006 — ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2006 -- In an effort to promote commercialization of OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology, Eastman Kodak Co. announced yesterday that it will broaden its participation in the industry through research and...
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