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Step Toward Ideally Efficient Semiconductor Optical Devices such as LEDs

Japanese Researchers have discovered the phenomenon that more than 50% of the spontaneous emission light generated in semiconductors with microscopic V-grooves is emitted into the air.

17 Mar 2009

Olympus Introduces New Water Immersion Objective Specifically Designed for Multiphoton Imaging

Olympus has introduced a new 25x water immersion objective specifically designed for multiphoton imaging. It offers researchers outstanding deep-imaging and high resolution performance with the Olympus FluoView FV1000MPE multiphoton laser-scanning microscope system.

17 Mar 2009

Acquisition of LED Technology Leader Demonstrates Cooper's Ongoing Commitment to a Key Strategic Technology and Growth Platform

Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) today announced the acquisition of Irvine, CA-based Illumination Management Solutions, Inc. (IMS). IMS is a leader in specialized optics and system design for light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

16 Mar 2009

California Micro Devices Announces LuxGuard, a Family of High Brightness LED Protection Devices

California Micro Devices (NASDAQ:CAMD) today announced the availability of the LuxGuard family of turnkey solutions for ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection and thermal management for high power, ultra high brightness LED (light emitting diode) lighting applications.

16 Mar 2009

New Tool to Enhance the Way Computer Chips, LEDs and Transistors are Built

By reversing a process that converts electrical signals into sounds heard out of a cell phone, researchers may have a new tool to enhance the way computer chips, LEDs and transistors are built. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have for the first time converted the highest frequency sounds into light by reversing a process that converts electrical signals to sound.

16 Mar 2009

Microscopic Technique Reveals How Bacteria 'Breathe' Toxic Metals

Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form. The bacteria might one day be used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from nuclear weapons production decades ago.

16 Mar 2009

GreenVolts and NREL to Collaborate on Commercialization of IMM Multi-Junction Solar Cell Technology

GreenVolts, a leader in concentrating photovoltaic technology, today announced that it has entered into a development relationship with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to commercialize the Inverted Metamorphic (IMM) advanced multi-junction solar cell design. The Department of Energy has committed $500,000 for GreenVolts to co-develop NREL's patents and bring this new technology to market. Additionally, GreenVolts has signed a licensing agreement with NREL to commercialize their patents.

16 Mar 2009

World Solar Photovoltaic Market Grew To 5.95 Gigawatts in 2008

World solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high of 5.95 gigawatts (GW) in 2008, representing growth of 110% over the previous year, says the annual PV market report issued today by Solarbuzz LLC, a San Francisco-based solar energy consultancy.

16 Mar 2009

Project to Develop New More Cost-Effective Materials for Solar Cells

A new EU-funded project is turning to nanotechnology in a bid to dramatically ramp up the efficiency of solar cells. Called ROD-SOL ('All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solar cells on glass').

15 Mar 2009

New Organic Material may Speed Internet Access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes will have filled every vacant space between and around the bricks.What you will see, says Ivan Biaggio, resembles a phenomenon that, when it occurs at the smallest of scales on an integrated optical circuit, could hasten the day when the Internet works at superfast speeds.

15 Mar 2009

Bookham Launches 600mW Pump Laser Module

Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKHM), a manufacturer of optical components and modules for the telecom industry, has announced the launch of the industry's first ever cooled small form factor, Mini-DIL pump laser module.

14 Mar 2009

Ingredients for Better Lighting and More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source.

13 Mar 2009

Light-Bending Particles Could Lead to Optics Breakthroughs

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

13 Mar 2009

Xenon Corporation Appoints Lambda Photometrics as Distributor for UK and Ireland

Lambda Photometrics is pleased to have been chosen to sell Xenon Corporations range of Pulsed UV Light technology products which have found favour in a wide variety of industrial and research applications. Xenon Corporation designs and manufactures high performance pulsed UV lamps, solar simulation flashlamps, curing systems and decontamination/sterilization systems.

13 Mar 2009

New Research Report on Worldwide Markets for Microscopes

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. World Microscopes Market report analyzes the worldwide markets for Microscopes in Millions of US$. The specific product segments analyzed are Optical Microscopes, Charged Particle Microscopes, and Scanning Probe Microscopes.

From Veeco 13 Mar 2009