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Fund Makes First Investment in Photonics Tech
BOSTON and MOSCOW, June 19, 2013 — A new venture capital fund has made its first round of investments in companies seeking to commercialize technology related to nanophotonics, metamaterials and quantum information processing. Quantum Wave Fund (QWave), a global venture capital fund launched in December that focuses on physics and material sciences, announced Tuesday that it will invest a total of $7 million in Nano-Meta Technologies Inc. of Indiana, Centice Corp. of North Carolina, and Estonia-based Clifton. “The...
Probes Light Up Synaptic Structures that Store Memories
LOS ANGELES, June 19, 2013 — Microscopic probes that light up synapses in living neurons could give scientists insight into how these structures change when new memories are formed.
Webb Space Telescope’s ‘Backbone’ Completed
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., June 19, 2013 — Manufacture of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a backplane support frame (BSF) that is the largest optically stable cryostructure ever built, is completed and ready for integration, project contractors Northrop Grumman Corp. and...
Microphone Listens with Light
OSLO, Norway, June 18, 2013 — Listening to a conference call can leave you on the edge of your seat craning to hear what the person on the other end of the call is trying to say. But, a new sensor developed in Norway could change all that, giving microphones hyper-acute hearing...
Zeiss Acquiring Xradia
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, and PLEASANTON, Calif., June 18, 2013 — Optics and optoelectronics manufacturer Zeiss has announced that it will acquire 3-D x-ray microscope provider Xradia Inc. of Pleasanton and will rename it Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy Inc. The purchase price is confidential.
Lynch Joins Headwall Photonics
FITCHBURG, Mass., June 17, 2013 — Headwall Photonics Inc. is expanding into Europe and has hired Kevin Lynch as European sales manager to support customers and partners in the region.
QD Method Combines Best of Optical, Electron Microscopy
GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 17, 2013 — A fast, versatile and high-resolution technique that combines the best of optical and scanning electron microscopy could provide surface and subsurface viewing of features as small as 10 nm in size.
UAB Altechna Acquires Optida
VILNIUS, Lithuania, June 17, 2013 — UAB Altechna, a manufacturer and distributor of laser optics, optoelectronics and laser components, has purchased a major share of Vilnius-based optical coating company Optida Co. Ltd. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Bloch Receives 2013 Körber European Science Prize
HAMBURG, Germany, June 14, 2013 — Experimental physicist Dr. Immanuel Bloch has received the 2013 Körber European Science Prize, presented by the Körber Foundation for his groundbreaking research in the field of quantum simulation with ultracold atoms.
Space Photonics Nabs SBIR Contract
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., June 14, 2013 — Space Photonics Inc. has partnered with Schott North America Inc. and Harris Corp. to further develop its LaserFire laser communications technology under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.
Brimrose Awarded 2 Army SBIR Awards
SPARKS, Md., June 13, 2013 — Brimrose Corp. has received two US Army contracts to develop chemical detection sensors based on imaging systems and quantum dots, the global photonics and high-technology company announced this week at CLEO 2013 in San Diego.
Global Quantum Network Based on Optical Fibers
VIENNA, June 13, 2013 — A technique for increasing the time that quantum information is stored in glass fiber-coupled atoms could yield a global optical fiber-based quantum communication network, researchers in Austria have found.
Jenoptik Receives €5.5M Order from Rheinmetall
JENA, Germany, June 12, 2013 — The Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems division has received a €5.5 million order from Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf, Germany, to supply 62 thermal imaging target acquisition systems and more than 300 laser rangefinders for German Armed...
Melles Griot Names Director of Global Prod Management
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12, 2013 — Michael Tenalio has been named director of global product management for the Melles Griot Optical Systems Group, parent company Idex Optics & Photonics announced Tuesday. Tenalio will focus his efforts on growing the company’s...
Societies Applaud Year of Light Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C., & BELLEVUE, Wash., June 12, 2013 — Progress is being made in having 2015 declared the International Year of Light by the United Nations, international optics and photonics leaders report.
Optical ‘Antenna-in-a-Box’ Catches Single Molecules
BARCELONA, Spain, June 11, 2013 — An optical “antenna-in-a-box” capable of detecting and sensing individual molecules at high concentrations could provide a better understanding of biological and biochemical reactions to detect early stages of disease.
Alfano Awarded Laser Science Prize
NEW YORK, June 10, 2013 — Robert Alfano, distinguished professor of science and engineering at The City College of New York, has been awarded the 2013 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science by the American Physical Society (APS).
Device Bridges Optomechanics, Microfluidics
URBANA, Ill., June 10, 2013 — Whispering galleries — circular spaces beneath a dome that capture and amplify sound as quiet as a whisper — have inspired numerous scientific discoveries over the past several years. Now the phenomenon, discovered more than a century ago, has been...
Laser Micro Industry Veteran Joins PowerPhotonic
DALGETY BAY, Scotland, June 10, 2013 — Precision micro-optics manufacturer PowerPhotonic has appointed Jason Alexander head of its North America operations.
CLEO Presents Cutting-Edge Research on Optics, Lasers
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2013 — Smartphone-based cancer detection, a telecom-based time cloak and UV-LEDs that slow food rot are just a few of the cutting-edge applications of optics and lasers that will be discussed next week at CLEO: 2013, the Conference on Lasers and...
Couder Steps Down as Oclaro CEO
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2013 — Laser and optical components provider Oclaro Inc. has announced that Alain Couder, the company’s chair and CEO, has retired and that board members Greg Dougherty and Marissa Peterson have been appointed CEO and chair, respectively, effective...
Fraunhofer, EV Group to Enable Direct Semicon Wafer Bonding
FREIBURG, Germany, June 7, 2013 — Multijunction solar cells with conversion efficiencies approaching 50 percent could become cost-effective via a collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and equipment supplier EV Group of St. Florian, Austria.
Metamaterial Flexible Sheets Could Transform Optics
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 7, 2013 — A new metamaterial design that aims to replace bulky optical devices could improve IR thermal cameras, energy harvesting, and security screening and radar systems.
Wavien Tech Recycles Light in Projectors
VALENCIA, Calif., June 7, 2013 — A recycling light technology from Wavien Inc. that recovers unused high-angle light from LEDs could increase their brightness for small-target illumination in digital projection by as much as 180 percent.
’Temporal Cloaking’ for Communications
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 5, 2013 — An alternative “temporal cloaking” method that uses standard optical communications components has improved the time available for secure data transmission to nearly 46 percent, allowing digital data to be concealed at rates that could thwart...
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