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Photonics.com - February 2001
News & Features
Lambda Physik AG Acquires Majority Interest in MicroLas GmbH
GOTTINGEN, Germany, Feb. 28 -- Lambda Physik AG has reached an agreement with Jenoptik AG about the acquisition of their 44 percent interest in the joint venture MicroLas Lasersystem GmbH. Lambda...
Coherent's Medical Group, ESC Medical to Combine
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 28 -- Coherent Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with ESC Medical Systems Ltd. to sell its medical products division, Coherent Medical Group (CMG), for approximately...
Global LCD Market Hit $23 Billion in 2000
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 28 -- Stanford Resources Inc.'s update of the report "Liquid Crystal Displays 2000" concludes that the value of the global LCD market grew 21 percent in 2000, to an estimated...
JDS Uniphase Announces Staffing Reduction
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 28 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. announced that it will be reducing its global workforce by approximately 3000 people. The reductions will be concentrated in its passive...
Codeon Modulators Selected by Siemens for Field Trial
COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 28 -- Codeon Corp., a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art optical components for the fiber optic telecommunications industry, announced that Siemens Information and...
Intel Agrees to Acquire VxTel for $550 Million
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 28 -- Intel Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held VxTel Inc. in a cash transaction worth approximately $550 million. VxTel is a...
3Com Cuts Personnel to Rein in Costs
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 28 -- 3Com Corp. announced an across-the-board reduction in force of about 1200 people including full-time regular employees and the alternative workforce. "In light of...
HP and Fantastic Team Up
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 28 -- The Fantastic Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a reseller agreement that will allow them to accelerate the adoption of broadband technology globally. Under the...
Gas Institute, DOE to Explorer Laser Drilling
DES PLAINES, Ill., Feb. 27 -- Gas Technology Institute, the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, and its partners have begun work to further examine the commercial...
Royal Laser Tech Wins $30 Million Bus Contract
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 27 -- Royal Laser Tech Corp., a producer of metal parts and assemblies, has entered into a supply agreement with Orion Bus Industries, a subsidiary of Freightliner LLC,...
Polaroid Targets $60 Million in Restructuring Savings
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 27 -- Polaroid Corp. announced a global restructuring plan designed to reduce overhead, realign the company's resources and accelerate implementation of its digital strategy....
Multi-Tenant Buildings Could be Hottest Broadband Market
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 27 -- The Multi-Tenant Unit (MTU) market including apartment buildings, office complexes, hotels and public buildings is a prime opportunity for broadband service providers...
Lucent Provides Optical Networking Equipment to Shanghai Telecom
BEIJING, Feb. 27 -- Lucent Technologies announced it has signed a $20-million contract with Shanghai Telecom to provide optical products that will triple the company's local network transmission...
Lucent Secures $6.5 Billion in New Financing
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Feb. 27 -- Lucent Technologies has arranged $6.5 billion in backup financing. The company said that it had obtained a $4.5 billion line of credit that it can tap as needed. J. P....
Boom Predicted for Intelligent Optical Network Hardware
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 26 -- Worldwide revenues for intelligent optical network hardware hit $5.37 billion in 2000 and are expected to reach $8.52 billion in 2001, says a report from Infonetics...
Alcatel Picks I-Cube Switch for Optical Gateway Cross-Connect
CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 26 -- I-Cube Inc. said that Alcatel has selected its IQX320 Crosspoint Switch to provide sublambda aggregation functions for the new Optinex 1680 Optical Gateway Cross Connect...
Furukawa to Expand WDM System Production
TOKYO, Feb. 26 -- Furukawa Electric Co Ltd. said it plans to spend $88 million to boost output of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical-fiber systems. The money will be used to build a plant...
Boom Predicted for Intelligent Optical Network Hardware
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 26 -- Worldwide revenues for intelligent optical network hardware hit $5.37 billion in 2000 and are expected to reach $8.52 billion in 2001, says a report from Infonetics...
JDS Uniphase Acquires Optical Process Automation
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 23 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. has acquired Optical Process Automation, Inc. (OPA) in a transaction accounted for as a purchase. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
FiberCore Completes German Project Financing
CHARLTON, Mass., Feb. 23 -- FiberCore Inc. has closed on the financing of its new $25 million facility in Jena, Germany. Sparkasse Bank of Jena led the funding consortium, which included DKB Bank of...
Tektronix Gains Option to License Optical Switching Technology
PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 23 -- Tektronix Inc. has reached an agreement with Ultra Fast Optical Systems Inc. (UFOS) for an option to license its patented optical switching inventions. The agreement...
PerkinElmer and CENiX Team-up on Optical Networking Technology
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 23 -- PerkinElmer Inc., provider of optical networking component and test solutions for the telecom industry, announced it is launching a strategic partnership with CENiX Inc., a...
NanoSciences Wins NASA Grant for Solar Blind Photocathode Development
LANCASTER, Penn., Feb. 23 -- NanoSciences Corp. has been awarded a $70,000 Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from NASA to develop a solar-blind, ultra-violet sensitive...
Spire Solar Europe Expands Office
BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 23 -- Spire Corp. is expanding Spire Solar Europe to support its increased activities in Germany and other European countries. Spire Solar Europe has added technical staff at its...
Celestica Forges Strategic Alliance with Avaya
TORONTO, Feb. 22 -- Celestica Inc. has entered into a global strategic alliance with Avaya, as Avaya's primary electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider. Avaya supplies enterprise...
Tundra Semiconductor Announces Record Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2001
KANATA, Ontario, Feb. 21 -- Tundra Semiconductor Corp., developer of system interconnects for the Internet and communications infrastructure market, announced record revenue and earnings for its...
Plexus, AirFiber Sign Distribution Agreement
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 22 -- AirFiber Inc., a developer of wireless optical networking equipment, has signed an agreement with Plexus Technology Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of communications system...
Lambda Physik AG to be in the Nemax 50
GOTTINGEN, Germany, Feb. 22 -- Lambda Physik AG, supplier of pulsed UV lasers, will be included in the Nemax 50 with effect from March 19, 2001. The management board of Deutsche Borse AG took this...
More than 39 Percent of Semiconductor Sales will be Transacted via E-Commerce by 2003
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 22 -- The value of e-commerce transactions in the semiconductor industry will jump from $12.7 billion in 2000 to $104.6 billion in 2003, according to Cahners In-Stat Group...
PCI Geomatics Wins Canadian Space Agency Contract
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Feb. 22 -- PCI Geomatics, developer of geomatics software and solutions based on its remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, spatial analysis and cartographic editing...
Billion Dollar Free Space Optics Market Predicted
OYSTER BAY, NY, Feb. 21 -- After languishing for years, free space optical technologies are seen igniting a billion dollar market early in 2003, according to a report from Allied Business...
Sterlite, General Cable Form Joint Venture
BOMBAY, India, Feb. 21 -- Sterlite Optical Technologies is forming a joint venture with US-based General Cable Corp. to make and market optical fiber cable products in the US. According to...
360Networks to Acquire IP Service Provider NetRail
VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, Feb 21 -- 360networks announced plans to acquire NetRail Inc., a Tier 1 wholesale IP service provider, in an all-stock transaction. NetRail is an Atlanta-based independent...
BTG Grants Newlife License for Medical Monitoring Technology
GULPH MILLS, Pa., Feb. 21 -- BTG, a global technology commercialization company, has granted a license to Newlife Technologies Inc. in Midlothian, Va., for a non-invasive medical sensor technology....
Noble International Acquires Interest in S.E.T. Steel
DETROIT, Feb. 21 -- Noble International Ltd. has acquired a 49 percent interest in S.E.T. Steel Inc. (SET), a certified minority business enterprise. SET is a Tier I metal processor, principally...
ORA Opens Tucson Office
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 21 -- To support continued growth of business opportunities, Optical Research Associates (ORA), headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., has opened a new, fourth office in Tucson,...
FLAG Atlantic-1 Cable Splice Completed
LONDON, Feb. 20 -- FLAG Telecom reported that the company has successfully achieved the final splice on the UK to France section of the FLAG Atlantic-1 (FA-1) cable system. FA-1, a dual multiterabit...
New Focus Completes Acquisition of Globe Y. Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 20 -- New Focus Inc. has completed its acquisition of Globe Y. Technology Inc. The merger will be treated as a purchase transaction for accounting purposes. Globe Y. Technology...
BTI Photonics Secures $12 Million Investment
OTTAWA, Canada, Feb. 19 -- BTI Photonics Inc. has received $12 million in financing from venture capital firms. Investors were BCE Capital, Lucent Venture Partners, Primaxis Technology Ventures,...
APOMA Elects New Board Members
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 19 -- The American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association (APOMA) membership elected four new board members to the nine-member board of directors. Richard Nasca, optical...
Fiber Optic Cable Use Reached $24 billion in 2000
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 16 -- According to the most recent optical communication cable study from ElectroniCast, optical fiber will continue to play a critical role in communication network...
Flextronics Expands Photonics Business Unit Through Acquisitions
SINGAPORE, Feb. 16 -- Flextronics, an electronics manufacturing services provider focused on delivering end to end solutions to OEMs, announced the acquisition of Wave Optics Inc. and Fico Fiber...
Swedish Groups Fund Laser Start-Up
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 16 -- CR&T Ventures, the Swedish Industrial Development Fund and SEB Foretagsinvest are investing a total of SEK 12 million in the laser technology company Cobolt AB. ...
JDS Uniphase And SDL Merger Completed
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 16 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. and SDL Inc. announced the completion of their merger. As a result of the merger, each outstanding share of SDL common stock is exchanged for 3.8...
Cymer Completes ACX Acquisition
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16 -- Cymer Inc. has completed its all-stock acquisition of Active Control eXperts (ACX) for slightly more than 1 million shares of Cymer common stock. ACX is now a wholly owned...
Laserscope Gets FDA Clearance for Pseudo-Folliculitis
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 16 -- Laserscope has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its Lyra long-pulse Nd:YAG laser system for the treatment of pseudo folliculitis,...
FONS Raises $27.5 Million in Second Round Financing
NORTHBORO, Mass., Feb 15 -- Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS) Corp., a manufacturer of passive optical components and interconnect solutions, announced that it has raised $27.5 million in a second...
Nortel Completes Acquisition of JDS Uniphase Subsidiary
BOSTON, Feb. 15 -- Nortel Networks Corp. has completed its acquisition of JDS Anaphase's Zurich, Switzerland-based subsidiary and related assets in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The acquisition, which was...
Micronic Wins Order for TFT-Display Pattern Generator
TABY, Sweden, Feb. 15 -- Micronic Laser Systems AB has received a repeat order for a LRS11000 multibeam laser pattern generator for production of advanced photo masks for color filters used in...
X-Rite Forms Coherix Subsidiary
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 15 -- X-Rite Inc. has formed Coherix Corp., a subsidiary company that utilizes tunable laser technology in the electronics, metalworking and other emerging markets. ...
Sumitomo Sues Furukawa over Laser Patent
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 15 -- Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. is suing Furukawa Electric Co Ltd., for selling a product that Sumitomo alleges infringes its patent. In papers filed in the US District...
LaserComm Claims to Double Capacity of Optical Networks with Chromatic Dispersion Management Device for L-Band
PLANO, Texas, Feb. 14 -- LaserComm Inc., a producer of photonic components and modules for advanced optical networks, announced that it is developing a solution to manage chromatic dispersion and...
BT Ignite Picks ADVA Optical Networking for DWDM Service
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 14 -- ADVA Optical Networking has won a new three year contract from BT Ignite, British Telecommunications' new broadband and internet protocol (IP) data and solutions business,...
3D Systems Purchases OptoForm
VALENCIA, Calif., Feb. 14 -- 3D Systems Corp. has purchased high-tech French developer OptoForm SARL. The acquisition is expected to enhance 3D Systems' ability to offer complete solutions for short-...
MOEC Appoints VP of Manufacturing
WATERVLIET, N.Y., Feb. 13 -- Optical components manufacturer Molecular OptoElectronics Corp. (MOEC) has appointed Thomas H. Wessel as its new vice president of manufacturing. In this capacity, Wessel...
Verizon Names Lucent Supplier of Systems, Software and Services for Global Optical-Data Network
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Feb. 13 -- Lucent Technologies announced a letter of intent with Verizon Communications that named Lucent as the supplier of optical systems, data products, software and services...
$54 Billion Market Forecast for DWDM, Reports KMI
NEWPORT, R.I., Feb. 13 -- The DWDM systems market will grow with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 43 percent through 2005 when the market will reach 54 billion, according to KMI Corp.'s latest...
Booming Market Seen for Photonic Switches
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 13 -- Global consumption of photonic switches and switch matrices will rise dramatically from $308 million in 2000 to over $16 billion in 2010 says a report from the...
Cable Damage Cuts Asian Telecoms
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 -- A damaged fiber optic cable serving China disrupted telephone and Internet service throughout Asia one day last week. According to an Associated press report, Dave Johnson, a...
ESC Medical To Buy Coherent's Medical Laser Unit
JERUSALEM, Feb 13 -- The Israeli medical laser company ESC Medical reportedly has agreed to acquire the medical laser division of Coherent Inc. for $120 million, according to a report in the...
Cree Lighting Reports Record LED Quantum Efficiency
GOLETA, Calif., Feb. 12 -- Cree Lighting Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., said that it has demonstrated a near-UV/violet InGaN light emitting diode (LED) with a 32 percent quantum...
Toshiba Announces Development of White Light LED
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 12 -- Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. and its parent company, Toshiba Corp., announced that it is set to launch a white LED that points the way to a stable white light...
Optical Internetworking Forum Creates New Carrier Working Group
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 12 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has created a Carrier Working Group to foster and address carrier-specific technical recommendations. Approved by the membership at...
Innovative Silicon-Chip Design From Lucent's Bell Labs May Speed Rollout and Lower Costs of Wireless Networks
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12 -- Researchers at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have created the first all-silicon chips for the part of wireless networks that receives radio signals from mobile handsets....
Corning Expanding Production at Italian Facility
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 12 -- Corning Inc.'s board of directors has approved a $150 million capital investment plan to enhance and expand the recently acquired Corning Optical Technologies Italia...
Advanced Photonix Wins New Detector Orders
CAMARILLO, Calif., Feb. 9 -- Advanced Photonix Inc. has booked another follow-on order to provide LED/detector modules to bioMerieux Inc. for use in its Vitek 2 microbiology testing system. The order...
Sony Unveils Large Full-Color Organic EL Display
TOKYO, Feb. 9 -- Sony Corp. has developed a large-scale Active Matrix Organic Electroluminescence (OEL) display driven by thin-film transistors. The display utilizes Sony's proprietary Top emission...
Kodak Finalizes Bell & Howell Imaging Acquisition
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 9 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has completed its acquisition of nearly all of Bell & Howell Co.'s imaging businesses for $135 million in cash. The acquired units provide business...
Corning Board OKs $400 Million for Oklahoma City Facility
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 7 -- Corning Inc. said that its board of directors has approved a plan to invest about $400 million to build its sixth optical fiber manufacturing facility, in Oklahoma City,...
Spectranetics Gets FDA Approval for Final Phase of LACI Trial
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 8 -- The Spectranetics Corp. has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to begin the second phase of its Laser Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia...
Research Firm Launches Broadband Industry Study
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 8 -- Cahners In-Stat Group, in conjunction with industry publications Broadband Week and CED, announced that it is conducting a unique research study aimed at measuring...
Agilent Technologies to Acquire MV Technology
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 7 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. said that its subsidiary, Agilent Technologies Ireland Ltd., has agreed to acquire MV Technology Ltd., a privately held provider of automated...
CRL Opto Secures Contract from Flight Visions
MIDDLESEX, England, Feb. 7 -- CRL Opto, Scipher's liquid crystal display development and licensing business, has won a joint contract in partnership with Brimar Inc, to supply Flight Visions Inc....
Preform Plant to Ease Fiber Shortage in China
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada, Feb. 7 -- Golden Fortune Investments Limited reports that that Golden Fortune has been selected by the Chinese government as project manager to build and operate a new optical...
Preform Plant to Ease Fiber Shortage in China
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada, Feb. 7 -- Golden Fortune Investments Limited reported that Golden Fortune has been selected by the Chinese government as project manager to build and operate a new optical...
Lucent Provides Optical Networking Equipment to The China Education and Research Net
BEIJING, Feb. 7 -- Lucent Technologies announced a $17.4 million contract to build an optical backbone network for the China Education and Research Net (CERNET). This new network will significantly...
JDS Uniphase Receives Justice Department Clearance for SDL Merger
San Jose, Calif., Feb. 7 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. and SDL, Inc. announced that the US Department of Justice would permit the merger between the companies in light of JDS Uniphase's agreement to sell its...
JDS Uniphase Receives Clearance for SDL Merger
San Jose, Calif., Feb. 7 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. and SDL Inc. announced that the US Department of Justice would permit the merger between the companies in light of JDS Uniphase's agreement to sell its...
Semiconductor Market Tops $200 Billion for First Time
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 7 -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said that worldwide semiconductor sales reached $17.9 billion in December, with year-end industry sales totaling $204 billion,...
Teradyne Wins $4.5 Million Contract from Czech Telecom
DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb. 7 -- Teradyne has received a $4.5 million order for its 4TEL II Voice Customer Care Test System from Czech Telecom, the national telecommunications provider in the Czech...
Corning Trims Temporary Jobs at Components Facility
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 6 -- Corning Inc. -- following up on its warning of some softness in fiber optic sales in the first quarter -- is eliminating all 354 temporary jobs at its optical components...
Newport Acquires Design Technology
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 6 -- Newport Corp., manufacturer and distributor of precision components and systems used for development and application of laser and optical technologies, has acquired Design...
Viratec Thin Films Names Liefco Scientific as Taiwanese Representative
FARIBAULT, Minn., Feb. 6 -- Viratec Thin Films Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of optical thin-film coatings for the display and imaging markets, announced the selection of Liefco Scientific Corp....
Corning Trims Temporary Jobs at Components Facility
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 6 -- Corning Inc., following up on its warning of some softness in fiber optic sales in the first quarter, is eliminating all 354 temporary jobs at its optical components plant....
Sauer-Danfoss, Topcon Laser Systems Form Joint Venture
AMES, Iowa, Feb. 6 -- Sauer-Danfoss Inc. has entered into an agreement with Topcon Laser Systems Inc. to create a joint venture called TSD Integrated Controls aimed at the development and marketing...
Dynegyconnect, Level 3 Ink Dark Fiber Pact
HOUSTON, Feb.5 -- Dynegyconnect L.P., a subsidiary of Dynegy Inc., has signed a network services agreement with Level 3 Communications Inc. under which Level 3 will provide Dynegyconnect with a...
Nortel Signs $30 Million China Contract
BEIJING, Feb. 5 -- Xinjiang Mobile Communications Corp. (MCC) has signed a contract with Nortel Networks to implement the fifth-phase expansion of its GSM 900 wireless network. The expansion,...
FEOIA Elects New Board of Directors
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 5 -- The Florida Electro-Optics Industry Association Inc. (FEOIA) has elected its Board of Directors for the 2001-2002 term. The new team of officers and board of directors are...
MetroRED To Deploy Ciena's MultiWave CoreStream
LINTHICUM, Md., Feb. 2 -- Ciena Corp. and MetroRED Telecomunicacoes, a subsidiary of MetroRED Telecom Group Ltd., have signed an agreement for MetroRED to deploy Ciena's MultiWave CoreStream...
What's Happening in the Fiber Optics Industry: Weekly News Briefs
Feb. 2 -- The Bezeq International unit of Bezeq Israel Telecom has signed an agreement in principle with Bermuda-based TyCom Ltd. to lay a fiber optic network under the eastern Mediterranean. The...
Dominion Semiconductor Orders ESI Laser Equipment
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. announced that Dominion Semiconductor, of Manassas, Va., has purchased another ESI Model 9350 Laser Semiconductor Processing System....
Agility Communications Ramps Up Laser Manufacturing
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 2 -- Agility Communications Inc. has completed the initial phase of its East Coast manufacturing facility expansion in less than five months. Agility's 30,000-sq-ft...
Biolase Receives FDA Clearance for Laser Teeth Whitening
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 2 -- Biolase Technology Inc. has received clearance to market its Twilite diode laser system for laser whitening of teeth from the US Food and Drug Administration. The...
Intel, Hitachi Fund Photobit's CMOS Technology
PASADENA, Calif., March 2 -- Intel Capital Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and other investors have agreed to provide a $25 million package for Photobit Corp. The investments by Intel and Hitachi, which use...
Corning to Acquire Tropel Corp.
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 1 -- Corning Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Tropel Corp. in a transaction valued at about $190 million, based on the...
Fujitsu Providing DWDM Gear for 360Networks in Europe
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, Feb 1 -- Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. said that it is supplying 360networks with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) equipment for the company's...
Chorum Acquiring LCD Manufacturer Polytronix
RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 1 -- Chorum Technologies Inc., a developer of all-optical processors and subsystems, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Polytronix Inc., a manufacturer of...
LYRtech, DREV to Develop Miniature Laser Detector
QUEBEC, Feb. 1 -- LYRtech Inc. and Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (DREV) have signed a $120,000 contract for the development of a miniature laser detector. This new contract...
Physical Optics Spins Off Broadata Communications
TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 1 -- Physical Optics Corp. has spun-off of its fiber optic communications products group and named it Broadata Communications Inc. (BCI). We have extensive research and...
Spectrometer Measures Salt in Salmon Caviar
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