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UN to Ban Lasers in Combat
Mar 1, 1998 — The United Nations has solicited enough countries to sign on to an agreement banning laser weapons in battle. Hungary became the 20th country to ratify a UN accord barring lasers that cause blindness. The agreement prohibits certain conventional weapons that are excessively injurious or have indiscriminate, harmful effects. The ban takes effect July 30, six months after Hungary's ratification. Members who signed the accord are obliged to take precautions not to cause blindness if they use laser...
Avionics Looks to Photonics to Watch Turbulent Skies
Feb 1, 1998 — When commercial flights run into turbulence, the result is usually nothing more than spilled drinks and jostled nerves. However, as the recent incident on United Airlines Flight 826 revealed, sometimes the effects of turbulence can be deadly....
Optical Materials Market Growth Predicted
Feb 1, 1998 — The Business Communications Co., a market research firm based in Norwalk, Conn., has released a review of the optical materials and engineering industry, projecting an average annual growth rate of 5.9 percent for optical materials despite military...
Rockwell Eyes Digital Imaging Market
Feb 1, 1998 — NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Rockwell Semiconductor Systems has entered the battle for OEM digital imaging market share armed with five new sensors and a history of military and space imaging solutions. With that applications pedigree, you might think...
Laser Expert Collared in Espionage Case
Jan 1, 1998 — A US physicist who formerly worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory (website) in New Mexico has admitted under a plea bargain agreement to giving defense information that he knew was classified to the Chinese government, officials at the US...
Consortium to Deliver Optical Materials Standards
Dec 1, 1997 — GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- UV lithography, IR imagers and spectroscopy are just a few of the industries that could benefit from a consortium proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Optical Properties of Materials...
Declining Defense Budget Will Not Hinder Electronics Growth
Dec 1, 1997 — Despite projections that the US Department of Defense's overall budget will decline within 10 years, the portion of the defense budget allotted for electronics is expected to increase. That's the finding of the Electronic Industries Association's...
Diamonds Turn Out Precision Optics
Dec 1, 1997 — During the middle of the Cold War, the United States military establishment became upset about the cost of infrared components. The military was going to need increasing numbers of large-diameter germanium components to control the 'smart' weapons...
Light-Shaping Diffuser Enables Miniature High-Resolution Display
Dec 1, 1997 — When engineers at Kopin Corp. began development of a flat panel display that would allow portable electronic devices such as pagers and cell phones to display text, video and graphics, their goals were simple construction with high-yield and...
Pentagon's Laser Test Fails to Meet Objective
Dec 1, 1997 — When the Pentagon fired a mid-infrared laser at an orbiting US Air Force satellite in October, it failed to accomplish one of the experiment's main objectives: recording the impact. The Defense Department aimed the laser at an infrared camera...
Ring Laser Measures Earth's Rotation
Dec 1, 1997 — CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- In an underground cave, deep within the Cashmere peninsula, the musical note E-flat has taken on special meaning. Researchers from the University of Canterbury have installed a giant ring gyroscope to keep track of...
Navy Seeks Photonic Solutions for 2000 and Beyond
Nov 1, 1997 — WASHINGTON -- Photonics will play an important role in information, aviation, networked defenses and other key applications for national defense, according to a National Research Council report. Photonic sensor techniques will be important for...
Optical Security:
Nov 1, 1997 — The computer, the boon of the modern age, has leveled the once stratified business world with the delicacy of a velvet-gloved fist. In this new world where information is king and transactional ease a must, risk management has become a balancing act...
Raytheon Acquisition Approved
Nov 1, 1997 — WASHINGTON -- US Justice Department officials have approved Raytheon Co.'s $9.5 billion acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corp. The acquisition makes the Lexington, Mass., company the nation's third-largest defense contractor. The deal went through...
US Navy Uses Acousto-Optic Device to Detect Chemicals
Nov 1, 1997 — An acousto-optic tunable filter instrument worked comparably to a CCD-based monochromator for a recent chemical warfare detection test, according to US military researchers. K. Ewing of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington explained during a...
Customers Look for Quick Calibration
Oct 1, 1997 — LAKESIDE, Calif. -- The next time Mr. Fixit promises a turnaround of two weeks, you might want to get it in writing. In the optical calibration and repair industry, however, recent customer complaints indicate that even a written contract may not...
Defense Department May Fire Laser at Satellite
Oct 1, 1997 — The US military is considering test firing a high-power chemical laser at a satellite circling Earth. Lt. Col. Bob Potter said no decision had been made on whether the laser at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico would be fired at an Air Force...
Holographic Reflector Provides Whiter, Brighter LCDs
Oct 1, 1997 — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Scientists at Polaroid Corp. have developed a holographic reflector that promises to make color LCDs whiter and brighter. The secret lies in a transmission hologram that sits behind an LCD and reflects ambient light to produce a...
IR Cameras Keep Texas Police ALERT
Oct 1, 1997 — Criminals in the Dallas area who rely on the cover of night are no match for local law enforcement's latest weapon. The US Department of Transportation and the Texas Transportation Institute recently employed Raytheon TI Systems' NightSight infrared...
Judge Denies NIF Injunction Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oct 1, 1997 — Judge Denies NIF InjunctionLawrence Livermore National Laboratory's $1 billion, 192-laser National Ignition Facility project will continue as planned following a federal district court judge's refusal to place a preliminary injunction against the...
Laser maker aims at paparazzi
Oct 1, 1997 — MARCOUSSIS, France -- While the world's wrath turned on the paparazzi in the wake of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, one French laser maker has done something about it. Photographers skulking around hotels or lying in wait to ambush...
NIST Develops Stable Optical Retarder
Oct 1, 1997 — Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Optoelectronics Div. have developed a stable linear optical retarder for use as a calibration reference. Optical retarders, known as wave plates, are critical for polarization...
Researchers Demonstrate High-Power, Aluminum-Free Mid-IR Laser
Oct 1, 1997 — Scientists at Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices in Evanston, Ill., have demonstrated an aluminum-free diode laser that emits up to 3 W at 3.2 µm. In comparison, similar aluminum-free diode lasers have a maximum output of 100...
Face-recognition technology makes air travel safer
Sep 1, 1997 — Today more than ever, security is a primary concern for airport and airline personnel and -- most of all -- for passengers. The system ensures that only passengers who have checked their luggage can enter the departure lounge and board the...
Infrared Industry to Shrink -- Again
Sep 1, 1997 — PORTLAND, Ore. -- In the latest move in the infrared device industry's consolidation, FLIR Systems Inc. and Agema Infrared Systems AB of Stockholm, Sweden, have signed a letter of intent to merge. According to the agreement, FLIR will issue about...
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