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Lighting Application Support
Jul 1, 2009 — In Sunnyvale, Calif., Bridgelux Inc. has launched a lighting services group. The company, a supplier of LED-based light sources, has created the group to support customers in developing application-specific optical, electrical, thermal and mechanical designs to simplify the adoption of solid-state lighting technology.
Nano, Solar Top Show Agenda
SAN DIEGO, June 24, 2009 -- New research in nanoengineering, solar, optical engineering and photonics will be presented, and 400 years of telescopes celebrated, at SPIE Optics+Photonics 2009, the most multidisciplinary science and engineering event in North America. The event...
Nano, Solar Top Show Agenda
SAN DIEGO, June 24, 2009 -- New research in nanoengineering, solar, optical engineering and photonics will be presented, and 400 years of telescopes celebrated, at SPIE Optics+Photonics 2009, the most multidisciplinary science and engineering event in North America. The event...
A New Breed of Tunable Lasers
Apr 30, 2009 — A new technology using liquid crystals in concert with a single, laser-based light source is spawning a new breed of low cost, reliable and extremely useful tunable lasers. Liquid crystal (LC) lasers offer unprecedented depths of color resolution...
Laser Polarization Controlled
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 13, 2009 -- Lasers with controlled polarization were demonstrated for the first time through the integration of the polarizer on the laser facet, an innovation that could open new applications in photonics and communications. Harvard Univerity and Hamamatsu...
Gates: Scrap 2nd ABL
ARLINGTON, Va., April 6, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is recommending that a second Airborne Laser (ABL) prototype aircraft be scrapped and the program be shifted to a research and development effort as part of a plan to reduce the Missile Defense Agency budget by $1.4...
Powerlase Secures Funding
CRAWLEY, England, April 2, 2009 -- Powerlase Ltd., a manufacturer of powerful nanosecond Q-switched, diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, announced it has received a "significant" investment from venture capitalists. Powerlase received the undisclosed amount through a funding...
Cooper Buys LED Maker IMS
HOUSTON, March 17, 2009 – Electrical equipment maker Cooper Industries acquired Irvine, Calif.-based Illumination Management Solutions Inc. (IMS), a provider of specialized optics and systems designs for LED fixtures, for an undisclosed amount.
PerkinElmer Buys LED Maker
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 3, 2009 – Health sciences and photonics company PerkinElmer Inc. announced today that it is acquiring Opto Technology Inc., a Wheeling, Ill.-based supplier of LED-based lighting components and subsystems, for an undisclosed amount. PerkinElmer said the...
Bottoms Up: Zinc Oxide Glows
DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 18, 2008 -- A compound commonly used on babies' bottoms has been made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye. Duke University adjunct physics professor Henry Everitt, chemistry professor Jie Liu and their graduate student John Foreman...
Kopin Microdisplay Nets $3M
TAUNTON, Mass., Dec. 4, 2008 -- Kopin Corp. announced it has received a three-year, $3.1 million government contract to develop the world's highest resolution microdisplays for future vision systems, including integrated day-night weapon sights and solid-state image intensifiers....
SOCOM Orders 2 Cyberlux BrightEye Systems
Dec 3, 2008 — Cyberlux Corp., a provider LED lighting products based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., announced that the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), has placed its first order for two BrightEye tactical lighting systems for field testing and evaluation...
1st SSL Weapon Introduced
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Nov 13, 2008 -- Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. today introduced the Firestrike, the first solid-state laser (SSL) weapon, designed as a line replaceable unit (LRU) for battlefield applications. The Firestrike is a 15-kW fieldable laser as well as a...
Show Bigger, Even Better
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 22, 2008 -- Four renowned symposia featuring the presentations of 3275 research papers by the brightest minds in the photonics industry, 85 conferences, 75 courses, 1100 exhibitors and a special two-day Career Fair are expected to make SPIE Photonics West 2009...
Show to be Bigger, Even Better
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 22, 2008 -- Four renowned symposia featuring the presentations of 3275 research papers by the brightest minds in the photonics industry, 85 conferences, 75 courses, 1100 exhibitors and a special two-day Career Fair are expected to make SPIE Photonics West 2009...
Center Aims for Smarter LEDs
TROY, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2008 -- A new research center that aims to replace existing lighting with smarter and greener LEDs and integrate them with optical wireless communications has been funded by a five-year, $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The...
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...
LEDs Created on Silicon
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 21, 2008 -- By using inexpensive silicon wafers instead of pricey sapphire as a foundation for creating LEDs, researchers said they have overcome a major obstacle keeping solid-state lighting from becoming more widely used. Solid-state lighting is about...
Andrew Brown to Head Global Development at SPIE
Jul 2, 2008 — Andrew J. W. Brown, PhD, has joined international optics and photonics society SPIE in Bellingham, Wash., as senior director for global business development, succeeding Janice Gaines Walker, who is retiring in July after 24 years. Brown comes to...
Chad Stalker Joins Luminus Devices
Jun 25, 2008 — Luminus Devices announced today that it has hired LED lighting industry veteran Chad Stalker as director of product marketing for its illumination business. Stalker’s responsibilities will include expanding existing product lines and developing new...
Solid-State Laser Milestone
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5, 2008 – Boeing has just set a record – the company’s new thin-disk laser system has achieved the highest known simultaneous beam quality, power, and run time for any solid-state laser to date. At the facility in West Hills, California, Boeing achieved...
‘Stained Glass’ CNTs Made
EVANSTON, Ill., April 10, 2008 -- Metallic carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been used to make thin films that are semitransparent, highly conductive, flexible and come in a range of colors, with an appearance similar to stained glass. The CNTs could lead to improved products such as...
Winners of Germany's 2008 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize Announced
Mar 28, 2008 — Researchers working in materials science, quantum optics and analytical chemistry are among six recipients of the 2008 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, Germany's top research prize for young scientists. The winners were selected by the executive...
Luminus LEDs to Surpass TVs
BILLERICA, Mass., March 19, 2008 -- Luminus Devices Inc., a maker of light sources for the TV and display industry, said the $72 million raised in a new round of financing will allow it to expand its Phlatlight LED chip sets into general lighting applications. The funding round...
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