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SPIE Journal Details Advances in QCLs
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 20, 2010 — The accelerated pace of development of quantum cascade laser (QCL) technology and its many applications — such as detecting explosive chemicals on clothing, monitoring greenhouse gases and measuring blood sugar levels via breath analysis — is the subject of a highly anticipated special section just published in the SPIE journal Optical Engineering. US Naval Research Laboratory scientists Jerry Meyer and Igor Vurgaftman are section editors. Federico Capasso, professor and...
Vibrating Nanorods Measure Thin Films
ITHACA, NY, Dec. 20, 2010 — Much like a tuning fork, researchers are using lasers to vibrate cantilevers to determine their resonant frequency, a tool that is helping to verify the density of thin films. The method, known as atomic layer deposition, is becoming increasingly...
Gooch & Housego Acquiring EM4
ILMINSTER, England, Dec. 17, 2010 — Optical components and systems manufacturer Gooch & Housego announced Friday that it will acquire Boston-based EM4 Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed; the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of January. EM4 makes...
Invisible Border Patrol Employs Lasers, Optics
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2010 — A unique underground surveillance system that includes lasers, detectors and fiber optics could be used to watch the entire US-Mexico border continuously, and can determine if its a person or animal crossing over it. At the Helios system test site...
Ocean Optics Announces Contest Winners
DUNEDIN, Fla., Dec. 16, 2010 — Ocean Optics has chosen the winners of its annual video and photo contest. Winner of the $2500 Grand Prize in the video category, Cory Stinson, a student at San Diego State University, was chosen for his entry “Into the Ocean of Optics and...
Omicron-Laserage Adds Distributor in Poland
RODGAU/ FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 16, 2010 — Laser specialists Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH announced that Amecam will now distribute its entire product range in Poland. The expansion into Poland further enlarges Omicron’s worldwide distribution network. Consisting of 18...
Smaller Features, Faster Wafers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16, 2010 — The manufacturing of semiconductor wafers used in all types of electronics involves etching small features onto a wafer with lasers. This process ultimately is limited by the wavelength of the light itself. The semiconductor industry is rapidly...
Tube-Cutting Facility Opens at Ohio Laser
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Dec. 16, 2010 — Ohio Laser LLC announced the opening of a new dedicated laser tube and pipe cutting facility on its ISO-9001:2008 manufacturing campus. With the opening of the new facility, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can streamline the production of...
Lockheed Nabs $7M for Laser Sniper Systems
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 15, 2010 — Lockheed Martin was awarded a $6.9 million contract by DARPA for multiple One Shot laser-based sniper systems that improve accuracy and reduce the possibility of detection. Existing sniper scopes cannot measure wind at long distances. One Shot...
BAE to Provide Military Laser Warning Sensors
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 14, 2010 — BAE Systems will provide laser warning sensor sets to protect US military aircraft under a $17.7 million contract by Alliant Techsystems. The contract provides components for the AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System, part of the ongoing US...
Highly Unidirectional ‘Whispering Gallery’ Microlasers
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 14, 2010 — Utilizing a century-old phenomenon discovered at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, applied scientists at Harvard University have for the first time demonstrated highly collimated unidirectional microlasers. Looking up at the dome of St...
II-VI Acquires Max Levy
SAXONBURG & PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 14, 2010 — Crystal growth technology company II-VI Inc. announced the acquisition of Max Levy Autograph Inc. (MLA), a maker of microfine conductive mesh patterns for optical, mechanical and ceramic components for applications in circuitry, metrology standards,...
Doped Nanotubes Shine Brighter for Months
HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2010 — Rice University researchers have discovered a simple way to make carbon nanotubes shine brighter. Bruce Weisman, a pioneer in nanotube spectroscopy and a researcher at Rice, found that adding tiny amounts of ozone to batches of single-walled...
Laser-made ‘Blast Badge’ Detects Explosion Intensity
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13, 2010 — Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly’s wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing patch that could be worn on...
MicroVision, Pioneer to Commercialize Laser Displays
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 13, 2010 — MicroVision Inc. and Pioneer Corp. will work together to develop display engines and display engine subsystems for consumer and in-vehicle head-up displays (HUD) using MicroVision’s PicoP laser display technology, the companies announced recently.
Lau Named COO at Applied Energetics
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2010 — Eric Lau was appointed recently as the chief operating officer and vice president of engineering by Applied Energetics Inc.’s board of directors. Joining the company in 2002, Lau most recently served as its director of engineering and...
Practical 3-D Microdroplet Laser Unveiled
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Dec. 10, 2010 — Versatile electronic gadgets should employ a number of important criteria: small in size, quick in operation, inexpensive to fabricate, and deliver high precision output. A new microlaser, developed at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana...
Gentec-EO Launches New Website
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 9, 2010 — Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. announced the launch of its new, easy to navigate website that features the seamless integration of Spectrum Detector’s entire product offerings into its existing product line. Following the acquisition of...
Materials Mystery in VO2 Cracked
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2010 — A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, said researchers at the Department of Energy's (DoE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Scientists have known that...
The Best of 2010
Dec 9, 2010 — We divided the most popular stories for 2010 by subject (Lasers, Optics and Imaging). These are the top five stories for the year in each category, as chosen by our readers.
Tiny Laser Show Lights Up Quantum Computing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2010 — A new laser-beam steering system that aims and focuses bursts of light onto single atoms for use in quantum computers has been demonstrated by collaborating researchers from Duke University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Described in the...
Boston Micromachines, Bridger Photonics Sign Consulting Deal
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 8, 2010 — Boston Micromachines Corp. (BMC) announced Monday that it has signed a consulting agreement with Bridger Photonics Inc. to quantitatively assess a new MEMS membrane deformable mirror (DM) design using BMC’s facilities. “We recognized...
Laser Technique Images Cancer Quickly and Clearly
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 8, 2010 — The long, anxious wait for biopsy results could soon be over, thanks to a tissue-imaging technique developed at the University of Illinois. The research team demonstrated the novel microscopy technique, called nonlinear interferometric...
Material Senses, Terminates Damage
TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2010 — A novel autonomous material that uses "shape-memory" polymers with an embedded fiber optic network may be able to not only sense damage in structural materials, its creators say, but even make repairs. The technology brings to mind the...
High Q Laser, Swisstec Team to Serve Stent Cutting Market
RANKWEIL, Austria, Dec. 7, 2010 — High Q Laser Production GmbH and Swisstec AG of Schaan, Switzerland, announced their joint effort to serve the stent cutting market with compact cutting machines equipped with femtosecond laser sources. High Q Lasers’ femtoREGEN, a...
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