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Sorrento Networks to Raise $6.35 M Funding SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 -- Sorrento Networks Corp., a supplier of optical networking equipment, announced it has signed definitive agreements to raise approximately $6.35 million in gross proceeds from a...

NSF Funds Digital Blue Online Learning Effort ATLANTA, Dec. 31 -- Digital Blue, the consumer division of Prime Entertainment Inc., of Atlanta, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund an Internet-based...

Rover on Course for Mars Landing

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 31 -- NASA's Spirit rover spacecraft fired its thrusters for 3.4 seconds on Dec. 26, to make a slight and possibly final correction in its flight path about a week before...

Environmental Research Sparked GloFish Craze

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 30 -- The GloFish, the in-demand fluorescent zebra fish that's being called the first gentically engineered pet, was originally bred to help detect contaminated waterways, said...

Student Spends Holidays Watching Water Freeze at the South Pole

RIVER FALLS, Wisc., Dec. 30 -- College students are often known to head south during breaks. Jonathan Eisch took that to the extreme this year when he left wintry Wisconsin for frozen Antarctica. The...

Cypress Acquires Cascade SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 30 --Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced today it has closed its agreement to acquire Cascade Semiconductor Corp., a company specializing in one-transistor (1T) pseudo-SRAM...

Vitesse to Acquire Cicada CAMARILLO, Calif., Dec. 30 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced yesterday it will acquire Cicada Semiconductor Corp. for approximately $66 million in cash. Cicada is a supplier of DSP-based...

BEI Technologies Acquires OpticNet SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29 -- BEI Technologies Inc. announced last week it has acquired OpticNet as a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. OpticNet, based in Hayward, Calif., makes optical components...

Photonics Companies Form EPIC Group PARIS, Dec. 29 -- Five European photonics companies have established a new photonics association, the European Photonics Industry Consortium, or EPIC. Founding members are Aixtron AG, Cambridge...

Cree Develops New GaN Devices DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 24 -- Cree Inc. announced it has developed a new class of gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors that produce a continuous wave (CW) power density of 32 W/mm and 55 percent power...

Lockheed, PerkinElmer Demo Missile Fuze ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 24 -- Lockheed Martin and teammate PerkinElmer Optoelectronics demonstrated the multitarget warhead fuze for Lockheed Martin's proposed joint common missile (JCM) in a series of...

National Science Foundation to Fund Nanotech Network ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 23 -- The National Science Board, the 24-member policy advisory body of the National Science Foundation (NSF), has authorized the foundation to fund a National Nanotechnology...

Fibers Thinner Than Wavelengths of Light

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 23 -- Researchers have developed a process to create wires only 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter) thick. Made from silica, the same mineral found in quartz, the wires carry...

Tyco Telecommunications to Upgrade Telefonica Undersea Network MORRISTOWN, N.J., Dec. 22 -- Telefonica International Wholesale Services and Tyco Telecommunications have signed a contract for a network upgrade for the Emergia Cable System, Telefonica's undersea...

Verizon Picks Fiber-to-the-Premises Vendors NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- Verizon took another step forward in its plan to begin deploying fiber- to-the-premises (FTTP) systems next year by completing the selection of equipment manufacturers and...

Microscopes Provide New View For Tissue Engineering GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 22 -- A novel combination of microscopes can peer deep into tissue-engineering scaffolds and monitor the growth and differentiation of cells ultimately intended to develop...

GSI Lumonics Wins Order for Laser Trim Systems BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 22 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has received an order for multiple WaferTrim M310 systems from a US-based integrated circuit manufacturer. The total value of this order is...

IR Spectrograph Captures Stellar Images

ITHACA, N.Y., Dec. 19 -- An instrument aboard NASA's recently launched orbiting infrared observatory has found evidence of organic molecules in an enormously powerful galaxy some 3.25 billion light...

Qwest to Buy Allegiance Telecom Assets DENVER, Dec. 19 -- Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. agreed yesterday to buy assets of the bankrupt Allegiance Telecom for $300 million in cash. Qwest intends to purchase network...

SBC Picks Alcatel Fiber for FTTP Test SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 18 -- SBC Communications Inc. has announced a four-year primary supplier agreement with Alcatel for its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) initiative. SBC said the agreement will...

Federico Capasso Recognized for QC Laser Research

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 18 -- Federico Capasso, a professor of applied physics and a senior research fellow in electrical engineering at Harvard University, has been awarded both the 2004 Arthur L....

Lumenis, Trimedyne Settle Lawsuit YOKNEAM, Israel, Dec. 17 -- Lumenis Ltd. and Trimedyne Inc. announced yesterday they settled litigation between them and have agreed to a long-term commercial arrangement covering the manufacture by...

Engineers to Study Sensor Networks BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 17 -- Fans of the television show Star Trek know that finding a colleague in a large spaceship is as simple as asking the computer to locate the individual's communication device....

Survey: Telecom Service Providers Aren't Keeping Pace NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -- Telecommunication service providers say they are behind in making changes required to survive in a highly competitive marketplace, according to a global survey by Deloitte, a...

China Netcom, Alcatel to Build Beijing Network PARIS and BEIJING, Dec. 16 -- Alcatel and Beijing Communications Corp., a subsidiary of China Netcom, announced today they have signed a $20 million contract to build an intelligent optical network...

New Microtechnology Center Planned in Vermont RUTLAND, Vt., Dec. 16 -- A microtechnology center with the potential to generate hundreds of jobs is about to be created in Bennington, Vt., according to an article in Monday's Rutland Herald. The...

Danaher Corp. to Acquire Gendex WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Danaher Corp. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Gendex division of Dentsply International Inc. for approximately $102.5 million in cash. The...

Rockwell Scientific to Make Telescope IR Sensors THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 15 -- The University of Arizona announced it has selected Rockwell Scientific Co. LLC to provide the infrared focal plane arrays for the James Webb Space Telescope...

NSF Funds Nanotech Education, Research Team WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Thirteen US universities will participate in the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to...

Innovative Communication to Acquire Belize Telecommunications WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 15 -- Innovative Communication Corp. LLC has agreed to acquire Belize Telecommunications Ltd. (BTO), the national telephone company of Belize, it was announced last week....

Lehigh to Acquire Electron Microscopy Instruments BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 12 -- Lehigh University said it will receive National Science Foundation funding to acquire a new, aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope and an aberration...

GSI Lumonics Acquires Westwind Air Bearings BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 12 -- GSI Lumonics Inc., a supplier of precision motion control components, lasers and laser-based advanced manufacturing systems to medical, semiconductor, electronics and...

Air Force Lab, U New Mexico to Study Chemical Lasers KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Dec. 12 -- Improved chemical lasers is just one of the expected outcomes of a collaboration between the University of New Mexico and the Air Force Research Laboratory...

ADVA Demos Live Network in Germany MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany & MAHWAH, N.J., Dec. 11 -- ADVA Optical Networking announced it has demonstrated a live network showcase as part of Deutsche Telekom's Global Seamless Network (GSN)...

Pirelli Completes Farice Submarine Telecom System MILAN, Dec. 11 -- Pirelli announced it has completed a submarine cable system for Farice Hf, a joint venture of Iceland Telecom and Faroese Telecom, to be used as the main infrastructure for their...

General Dynamics Robotic Systems to Develop Autonomous Navigation System WESTMINSTER, Md., Dec. 11 -- General Dynamics Robotic Systems and Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) have signed a $185 million contract to develop the autonomous navigation system for...

Johns Hopkins Technology to Guide Undersea Robot BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 11 -- The robotic "brain" that will steer a new remotely operated vehicle through the deepest parts of the world's oceans will employ technology devised by engineers at The Johns...

U Rochester Laser Lab Granted $63 Million ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 11 -- More than $63 million has been appropriated to operate and expand the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) as part of the US House of...

Terahertz Center Opening Signals Wave of RPI's Future

TROY, N.Y., Dec. 10 -- Change is in the air at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Bulldozers were poised at a campus construction site last Friday -- a cloudy, bitingly cold day that...

BAE Systems to Advance Uncooled IR Production

LEXINGTON, Mass., Dec. 10 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a three-year, $4.5 million contract by the Department of the Interior for the US Army to improve producibility and lower the cost of advanced...

IBM Demos Nanotechnology Method for Chip Components

ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 10 -- IBM announced this week it has applied a novel approach in nanotechnology to aid conventional semiconductor processing, potentially enabling continued device miniaturization...

Mediacom DWDM Network Uses Nortel Platform ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 10 -- Cable TV company Mediacom Communications Corp. announced it has deployed a carrier-grade dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) network based on Nortel Networks's...

3-D Imaging Chip Has Broad Potential SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 9 -- A collaborative effort among Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab's Center for Bits and Atoms and Elesys...

Report: MEMS Gyros Replacing Older Technologies SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 9 -- With the ability to sense and measure rotational motion becoming a critical component for several automotive and military applications, revenues of microelectromechanical...

Sensors Unlimited Receives Air Force Contract PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 9 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc., a provider of short-wave infrared imaging products based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, has received a follow-on Phase 1b contract...

China Merger Creates Photop Technologies FUZHOU, China, Dec. 8 -- Koncent Communication Inc., Shanghai Uniwave Technologies Co. Ltd., Fujian Sandgy Optronics Inc. and Fuzhou Microlattice Semiconductor Co. Ltd. announced they have agreed to...

Spectra-Physics Forms Strategic Marketing Group MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 8 -- Spectra-Physics announced it has created a new strategic marketing group that will focus on four key market segments: microelectronics, industrial manufacturing,...

President Bush Signs Nanotechnology Act WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- President Bush signed the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act into law this week, authorizing funding for nanotechnology research and development (R&D) over...

Terahertz Center Dedicated at RPI

TROY, N.Y., Dec. 5 -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) took another step toward its goal of achieving world-class status as a terahertz research center with the dedication of the W. M. Keck...

UAlbany Nanotech Project Probed ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 4 -- Professors and other staff members at the University at Albany (UAlbany) are demanding an investigation into the school's nanotechnology graduate school and research program...

SEMI Survey Forecasts Growth CHIBA, Japan, Dec. 4 -- The world's leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect sales to increase this year to $21.4 billion, more than eight percent above the $19.8 billion in sales...

Researchers Make Nanotech Discovery Using DNA

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 4 -- A collaborative group of DuPont-led scientists have discovered an innovative way to advance electronics applications through the use of DNA that sorts carbon nanotubes....

BT, Broadwing Settle Blown-Fiber Patent Suit LONDON, Dec. 3 -- BT announced today the settlement of its litigation against Cincinnati Bell Inc. and Broadwing Communications Inc., brought in the US District Court for the District of Delaware for...

Zeiss, Hakuto Invest in Molecular Imprints AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 3 -- Molecular Imprints Inc. (MII), a manufacturer of nanolithography systems and step and flash imprint lithography technology, has made investment and collaboration agreements...

Raytheon Awarded GOES-R Satellite System Contract AURORA, Colo., Dec. 3 -- Raytheon Co. has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a one-year study contract worth $2.5 million, as an initial step toward the...

Virtual Colonoscopy as Effective as Conventional Method CHICAGO, Dec. 3 -- Three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is as sensitive as and less invasive than conventional colonoscopy in screening...

Photonic Products Group Acquires Laser Optics NORTHVALE, N.J., Dec. 2 -- Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) announced Monday it has acquired the assets and certain liabilities of Laser Optics Inc. (LOI) of Bethel, Conn., for an undisclosed sum...

Fischer Imaging Receives NCI Grant DENVER & CHICAGO, Dec. 2 -- Fischer Imaging announced it has received a $1.2 million Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to fund an effort with IBM to...

Cognex Acquires Gavitec Machine Vision Unit NATICK, Mass., Dec. 2 -- Cognex Corp., a supplier of machine vision systems, announced Monday it has acquired the machine vision business of Gavitec AG of Aachen, Germany, for an undisclosed amount...

Optical Spending Stabilizes; Growth Expected Through 2006 SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Worldwide optical network hardware revenue hit $2 billion in the third quarter of 2003, a 3 percent decrease from the second quarter, according to Optical Network...

Triformix Funding Round Nets $5.2 M SANTA ROSA, Calif., Dec. 1 -- Triformix Inc., a precision-molded optical components company specializing in optical semiconductor packaging, announced it has closed a second round of funding totaling...

Corning to Supply Mirror Blanks for Research Telescope CORNING, N.Y. , Dec. 1 -- The Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, Ariz., has selected Corning Inc. to manufacture the mirror blanks for the Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT). Corning will create a...

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Diamond Turning We specialize in producing high-quality aspheric, diffractive, hybrid and spherical components from a variety of materials, including ZnS, ZnSe, Ge, Si, metals and polymers. Our experienced production and quality assurance staff is supported by a state-of-the-art facility. It is equipped with the latest machines and metrology instruments as well as internal CNC machining and conventional...

Naked Optics Corp.

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UV Filters of Highest Transmittance Using thin-film optical filters to select a single wavelength band, the filters are usually completed by color glasses that reject the unwanted wavelength regions by absorption. However, high power...

Materion Balzers Optics Jena

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Optical Glass and Blanks Pilkington optical glass is now available for immediate delivery from Naked Optics' stock in fine annealed form. Typical strip size is 240x370 mm, with thickness ranging from 25 mm to 100 mm. We also...

Naked Optics Corp.

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High-Speed Multichannel Optometer

NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Dec. 29 -- Gigahertz-Optik's P-9801 optometer provides high-speed 8-channel parallel signal processing for a wide variety of radiometric/photometric/colorimetric applications...

Gigahertz-Optik Inc.

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Super Q-Switch A new compressional mode, water-cooled, AO Q-Switch designed to work with unpolarized lasers giving faster switching, better pulse-to-pulse stability and higher power densities. This Q-Switch uses a...

G&H

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HQML High-Stability Laser Diode Module

Frankfurt Laser Co. offers a new line of temperature-stabilized laser diode modules. The modules offer circular beam shape combined with low beam divergence, ultrastable power output (< 1%) and...

Frankfurt Laser Company

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Fiber-coupled DBR laser diode modules

Frankfurt Laser Co. showcases a new line of DBR-type fiber laser diode modules. Module incorporates an FP chip coupled with an SM fiber with an integrated Bragg grating, which ensures the line width...

Frankfurt Laser Company

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FluoFit (Version 3.3)

BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 9 -- PicoQuant has just released version 3.3 of the FluoFit multi-exponential fluorescence decay fitting software for PCs. The new release provides extended data import formats...

PicoQuant GmbH

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CODE V (Release 9.4)

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 9 -- Optical Research Associates (ORA) has announced CODE V release 9.4, which adds powerful system visualization capabilities to this popular optical design program. The new...

Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group

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Smallest Miniature High-Resolution Encoder

GPI Models R119 and R120 optical incremental encoders are designed for light industrial applications that require high resolution in a very small package. Available in either shafted or blind-hollow...

Gurley Precision Instruments Inc.

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LightTools

Optical Research Associates, of Pasadena, Calif., has announced LightTools version 5.0, featuring optimization capability, an industry first. The LightTools optimization module, one of four modules...

Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group

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CODE V

Optical Research Associates has announced CODE V release 9.4, which adds powerful system visualization capabilities to this popular optical design program. The new interactive 3-D viewing feature...

Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group

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Blue Laser Diode Module

With 16 mW of output, Power Technology Inc.'s 440-± 10-nm blue laser diode module is four times more powerful than its predecessor. The unit's increased power, combined with its exceptional...

Power Technology Inc.

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