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Laser Gyro To Monitor Rotation of the Earth
Feb 1, 1997 — OBERKOCHEN, Germany -- Carl Zeiss has built what it calls the world's largest ring-laser gyro. Designed for measuring the Earth's rotation, the device will be installed in a subterranean cave on the Banks Peninsula in New Zealand early this year. The project was commissioned by the Institute of Applied Geodesy in Frankfurt in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich and is valued at roughly DM 750,000.The gyro's rotational resolution of 1:10,000,000 over long time spans allows highly...
Infant Technology Is More Than a Gleam in Its Developer's Eye
Feb 1, 1997 — SEATTLE -- If a photonics technology firm here has its way, soldiers, surgeons and video game fans will analyze their respective real or virtual environments in a whole new light. With a technique called virtual retinal display, computer users could...
Laser Detector Stymies Laser Weapons on High-Tech Battlefields
Feb 1, 1997 — Canadian-based The Alwend Group says its government's high angular resolution laser irradiance detector (HARLID) offers modern-day military the best defense against being targeted by laser-directed ordnance. The group is marketing the 1-Band HARLID...
Liquid-Crystal-Based Device Provides Brighter Projection Display
Feb 1, 1997 — A pixel device that uses polymer-dispersed liquid crystals could be the key to improved large-scale projection display, according to scientists at Spectra Science Corp. who developed the technology. The device demonstrated brightness that the...
Lumonics Delivers Nd:YAG Marking System for Use in Japanese Pilot Plant
Feb 1, 1997 — Lumonics Corp. of Oxnard, Calif., has delivered its 300-mm laser marking system to a Japanese silicon supplier. Shin-Etsu Handotni Co. Ltd. is using the WaferMark DSC 300 on its pilot production line to hard mark its 300-mm wafers before etching and...
Polarimeter Eyed for Faster Optical Analysis
Feb 1, 1997 — A new fast-imaging polarimeter under development at Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc. will enable users to measure the optical anisotropy of specimens in less than 1 s. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company received a Small Business...
Laser Sensor Monitors Distant Crosswinds
Feb 1, 1997 — ATLANTA -- A laser-based sensor can measure crosswind speeds for applications such as aviation safety and meteorology, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers report.The single-ended, long-path non-Doppler laser wind sensor registers faint wind...
Standard Published for Optical Fiber Coating Removal
Feb 1, 1997 — A new standard published by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), titled "Measurements of Strip Force for Mechanically Removing Coatings from Optical Fibers," quantifies the force needed to remove coatings from fibers along the...
X-Ray Microcalorimeter Developed for Improved Materials Analysis
Feb 1, 1997 — An x-ray microcalorimeter developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology could improve materials analysis in the semiconductor industry. The device, compatible with commercially available scanning electron microscopes, can achieve...
Astronomers Confirm Binary Star System Using Hubble Spectrograph
Feb 1, 1997 — Ultraviolet spectra obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that a pair of stars in the Milky Way galaxy are in fact one binary star. A research team at the University of Washington used a faint object spectrograph to detect a powerful...
Raytheon Boosts Defense Capabilities with Hughes Division Purchase
Feb 1, 1997 — Directors at General Motors Corp. have approved the sale of its Hughes Electronics aerospace and defense systems arm to Raytheon Co. Officials expect the $9.5 billion merger to close in the next six months, pending regulatory and shareholder...
Electro-Optics Consortium Taps Wick for Executive Directorship
Feb 1, 1997 — The National Network for Electro-Optics Manufacturing Technology has named Raymond Wick as its executive director. He had served as chief scientist for the Space and Missiles Technology Directorate of the US Air Force Phillips Laboratory in...
Kodak Wires Hospital with Diagnostic Image Network
Feb 1, 1997 — Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y., has signed a deal with New York Hospital to install an image and information management system for diagnostic images. The company will connect the hospital's computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging,...
Manufacturing Group Reports Increase in Industrial Laser Shipments
Feb 1, 1997 — Shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems from North American markets rose 40 percent in the first three quarters of 1996, according to a report from the Association for Manufacturing Technology's Laser Systems Product Group. Shipments of...
TRW to Integrate Computerized Thermal Imaging Diagnostic Equipment
Feb 1, 1997 — In a $27 million deal, TRW Inc. will provide system integration services for Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc.'s (CTI) diagnostic equipment systems. CTI's thermal imaging technology employs an infrared camera and computing system for noninvasive...
3-D Imaging Adds Depth to Science, Industry and Medicine
Feb 1, 1997 — When most people over 30 think of three-dimensional video, they conjure up memories of wearing silly red/blue glasses to watch even sillier horror movies. Today, three-dimensional imaging is serious business. An impressive array of advances in 3-D...
Fiber-Free Laser Communications Soar to 'Unheard of' Heights
Feb 1, 1997 — When telecommunications companies first looked for solutions to the overcrowded world of wired, electronic communication, coherent light and fiber optics were there. Fiber optics brought high-bandwidth communications without the electromagnetic...
Europe's Telcos Gird for Traffic Onslaught
Feb 1, 1997 — European telecommunications companies, anticipating the demand for delivery of interactive multimedia services to business and residential customers, are busy planning for tomorrow. On the drawing boards are broadband networks designed for...
High-Power Diode Lasers Earn a New Image
Feb 1, 1997 — The growth and development of continuous-wave high-power diode lasers in the last few years has been phenomenal, enabling many advances in a wide range of applications. Diodes’ efficiency, compactness and cost-effectiveness make them an excellent...
Integrated Optics: Molding Photonic Components into Solutions
Feb 1, 1997 — Instrumentation and consumer product designers are enamored of photonics technology. Products containing lasers, LEDs and detectors abound on the shelves of electronics stores, appliance centers and even the corner gas station. Photonics makes new...
Spatial Light Modulators Help Machines 'See' Faster
Feb 1, 1997 — Once, our eyes were all the quality control we needed. But as products became more complex -- containing more, smaller parts -- so did the need for quicker, more efficient inspection techniques. Photonics technology has mirrored the increasing...
Alcatel to Install SONET Equipment for North American Network
Feb 1, 1997 — Alcatel Telecom of Richardson, Texas, will install approximately $100 million in synchronous optical network (SONET) equipment for MFS Communications Co. Inc. of Omaha, Neb. Alcatel has begun shipments of its 1603/12 and 1648 SM SONET multiplexers...
Candela Receives Federal Approval for Skin-Resurfacing Laser
Feb 1, 1997 — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Candela Corp.'s Er:YAG Skinlight laser for marketing in the US. The Wayland, Mass.-based company said that the device provides high average power and minimal thermal damage to skin. The company also...
Coherent Continues Strategic Buys in Semiconductor Laser Market
Feb 1, 1997 — SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Coherent Inc., acquiring the pieces it believes are necessary to unlock the puzzle that is the laser market's future, followed up its purchase of Finnish wafer maker Tutcore with the acquisition of microchip-laser manufacturer...
FDA Approves Sale of Galileo Endoscopes for Medical Applications
Feb 1, 1997 — The US Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) approval to Galileo Corp. of Sturbridge, Mass., for the sale of its rigid endoscopes used in medical applications. Physicians use the devices, which range in size from 1.7 to 10 mm in diameter,...
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