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Trumpf Sales Surge
Oct 1, 2011 — Trumpf Group achieved its biggest sales increase in history – 51 percent – in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the company has announced. The German laser and machine tools maker said the year was its second most successful in history. Sales for the fiscal year, which ended in June, surpassed €2 billion (about $2.9 billion), while last year’s total was €1.34 billion (about $1.9 billion). Orders for the year reached an all-time high of €2.2 billion, exceeding the...
Wafer-Level-Optics Project Enables Ever-Smaller Micro-Optics
Oct 1, 2011 — The growing demand for compact technical products and the miniaturization trend are two developments that are exerting a major influence on the production of micro-optical components. The consumer industry, telecommunications and laser technology...
Zygo Receives $3M Order
Oct 1, 2011 — The Optical Systems Div. of Zygo Corp. has been awarded a $3 million continuation order from Commissariat à l’énergie atomique for its meter class laser fusion amplifiers. The order is part of an ongoing contract begun in 2007 in...
Jenoptik Wins $10M Patriot Missile Contract
JENA, Germany, Sept. 30, 2011 — Jenoptik Group announced Thursday that its Defense & Civil Systems Div. has received an order worth more than $10 million to provide electric power supplies for the Patriot air defense missile system. The contract was awarded by the US...
Plasmonics Harnessed to Intensify Light
STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 30, 2011 — A new type of light source, which makes use of the power of plasmonics, has been developed by physicists at Stanford University. The ultracompact, nanoscale device could find applications in data communications and could also be used to improve...
ProPhotonix Names New Sales Director for Americas
SALEM, N.H., Sept. 30, 2011 — Howard Longin has been appointed director of sales for the Americas at ProPhotonix Ltd., the company announced. Longin brings more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing management in the electronic components industry. Most...
Trapped, Cooled Ions Are Usable as Sensors
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany, Sept. 30, 2011 — Using a simple laser-cooling technique, researchers at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and Leibniz University of Hanover have brought a single magnesium ion to a standstill, presaging a time when such individual particles can be used as...
NeoPhotonics Acquiring Laser Array Maker
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sep 29, 2011 — NeoPhotonics Corp., a maker of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, will acquire Santur Corp., a privately held designer and manufacturer of indium phosphide (InP) based PIC products,...
Plasmonic Nanotweezers Keep Cool
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 28, 2011 — A new instrument dubbed a plasmonic nanotweezer creates strong forces more efficiently than traditional optical tweezers and eliminates a problem that caused earlier setups to overheat. It may make it easier to isolate and study tiny particles such...
BAE Systems to Cut Nearly 3000 Jobs
FARNBOROUGH, England, Sept. 27, 2011 — Defense contractor BAE Systems announced Tuesday it will cut 2942 jobs in an attempt to maintain its competitiveness as customers face huge pressures on how they spend their defense budgets. Of the cuts, more than half, 1742, will take place...
MIRTHE to Host Investment Workshop on Medical Apps of Mid-IR Tech
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 27, 2011 — The National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE) has announced that it will host an Investment Focus Group (IFG) Workshop on Medical Applications for Mid-IR Technologies...
MicroVision Sells Stock to Azimuth to Raise Cash
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 26, 2011 — MicroVision Inc. announced it has secured a committed equity financing facility under which it may sell up to $35 million of its shares of common stock to Azimuth Opportunity Ltd. over a 24-month period. Under the agreement, MicroVision is not...
Palomar, Syneron Settle Patent Suits
BURLINGTON, Mass., and YOKEAM, Israel, Sept. 23, 2011 — Cosmetic laser maker Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. of Burlington has announced the receipt of $31 million plus royalties from aesthetic device company Syneron Medical Ltd. of Yokeam in a comprehensive settlement agreement of their...
Solyndra Execs Take the Fifth
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2011 — As expected, top executives from defunct solar company Solyndra invoked their Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution against self-incrimination Friday morning during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and...
Bringing a Laser to Life
Sep 22, 2011 — Earlier this summer, Harvard University researchers reported the first successful biological laser based on a single living cell. Malte C. Gather and Seok Hyun Yun, whose backgrounds are in physics, not biology, said they understood that lasers play...
Heathrow Unveils Laser-Guided Transport Pods
LONDON, Sept. 22, 2011 — Heathrow Airport now has 21 laser-guided pods to transport passengers and their luggage along a dedicated 3.8-km (2.4 mile) guide way to their destination. (Images: Ultra PRT) The systems are low-energy, battery-operated, zero-emission...
Lasers Illuminate Cancer During Surgery
MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 21, 2011 — A new imaging technique is helping to locate even small groups of cancer cells that surgeons might otherwise overlook during surgery. The technique uses laser light to find cancer cells based on their molecular signatures, and there are plans to...
Lasers Facilitate Neuron Regeneration
CRETE, Greece, and SHEFFIELD, England, Sept. 20, 2011 — Intricate scaffolds, with features 1000 times smaller than a millimeter, have been created using an ultrafast titanium sapphire laser. These scaffolds can effectively harness the growth of neuronal cells and can be used as delivery vehicles to drop...
Ultrasensitive Laser Detects IEDs
EAST LANSING, Mich., Sept. 20, 2011 — A new ultrasensitive laser that detects the vibrational frequencies of unique molecules in improvised explosive devices (IED), or roadside bombs, can spot the devices from a distance of 40 feet or more. The weapons are the deadliest threat to troops...
General Dynamics Awarded $33M for Photonic Masts
GROTON, Conn., Sept. 19, 2011 — General Dynamics Electric Boat, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has received a $32.9 million contract modification by the US Navy to procure three backup photonic masts for Virginia-class submarines. The Virginia-class attack...
Alfalight’s Kanskar Joins nLight
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 16, 2011 — Manoj Kanskar was appointed vice president of advanced technology at nLight Corp., the company reported. Before joining nLight, Kanskar served as vice president of research and development at Alfalight Inc. Prior to that, he held positions...
IMRA, Jenoptik Laser Expand Licensing Deal
ANN ARBOR, Mich., and JENA, Germany, Sept. 16, 2011 — As IMRA America prepares to face IPG Photonics in court over its six-year fiber laser patent suit, the company announced it has signed a more expansive licensing agreement with Jenoptik Laser for its patent covering high-power fiber lasers.
Mahnkopf Joins Avo Photonics
HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 16, 2011 — Dr. Sven Mahnkopf was named optical program manager at Avo Photonics, the company announced. In addition to managing teams of Avo engineers and providing frequent status reports to customers, Mahnkopf will perform optical analysis of product...
Parabolic Mirrors Power Solar Lasers
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 16, 2011 — By borrowing from modern telescope design, researchers in Uzbekistan said they can boost the efficiency of solar-pumped lasers to 35 percent. Such lasers today typically only achieve 1 to 2 percent efficiency rates, and a boost would also provide a...
UV Laser Zaps Multiple Tissue Areas Simultaneously
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 — A single UV laser pulse is being used to zap away biological tissue at multiple points at the same time. This technique could advance the study of developmental biology. Time-lapse microscopy of a fruit fly epithelium in which a single cell is...
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