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Santur Ships 200,000th Widely Tunable Laser Based on Integrated Laser Arrays

Santur Corporation, the leading supplier of high performance tunable solutions for the global telecommunications industry, marked a major milestone with the shipment of its 200,000th tunable laser, one of the key elements in transformation of next generation networks.

8 Dec 2008

Uncooled Pump Laser Improves Dollar-per-Watt Ratio

Alfalight, Inc., a leading supplier of highly efficient high-power diode lasers, announced today the availability of the AM6-940B-20-608, a 940 nm, 6 W uncooled multimode laser diode for cladding-pumped telecom fiber amplifiers. At pricing comparable to previous 4 W devices, the new higher-output diode improves dollar-per-watt performance by about 50%.

8 Dec 2008

Rolling Out Flexible Displays for the Mass Market

European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed. Their work promises to revolutionise packaging, advertising and even clothing.

7 Dec 2008

New Product Line Offers Researchers Enhanced Functionality for Wide-Field Imaging

Leica Microsystems and MDS Analytical Technologies today announced the launch of Leica MM AF imaging systems, a product line that combines Leica's industry-leading microscopy and MDS Analytical Technologies' latest MetaMorph® software, to provide researchers with a more comprehensive range of solutions for wide-field imaging in life sciences research.

7 Dec 2008

Intel Researchers Made Next Advance in Field of Silicon Photonics

Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs and improve performance as compared to commercially available optical devices.

7 Dec 2008

Physicists Taken Significant Step Toward Creation of Quantum Networks

Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold atoms. Though the information remains usable for just milliseconds, even that short lifetime should be enough to allow transmission of data from one quantum repeater to another on an optical network.

7 Dec 2008

Researchers Create Quantum Dots with New Optical Properties

Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to their size and possible toxicity.

7 Dec 2008

OSRAM SYLVANIA Team Up on Annual Home Lighting Contest

WBCN, New England Patriots Rock Radio Network and OSRAM SYLVANIA, along with Patriots tackle Matt Light, have teamed up once again to provide an assortment of home-lighting products just in time for the holidays for radio contest winner Deirdre Cady of Taunton, Mass.

6 Dec 2008

Carl Zeiss Introduces LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope for Materials Research

Carl Zeiss introduces the LSM 700 / mat laser scanning microscope for materials research. It allows very precise, 3-dimensional imaging of surfaces. The combination of fluorescence and reflection techniques enables high-precision examination of semiconductors, metal, glass and polymers with high information content.

5 Dec 2008

Samsung Offers New PC Camera CMOS Image Sensor System-on-Chip for Real-time HD Video

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has expanded its industry-leading portfolio of CMOS image sensors to include a new high-definition 1/4-inch, 1.2 Megapixel (Mp) system-on-chip (SoC) imager, the S5K4AW, for notebook and desktop computers.

5 Dec 2008

Dong In Optical Introduces New Dot Sight for 40 mm Caliber Automatic Grenade Launcher

Dong In Optical Co., Ltd. a manufacturer of Military Red Dot Sight for various weapons in South Korea, introduced their new Dot Sight for 40 mm Caliber Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL) named Model DCL401. This latest invention from Dong In Optical is the world's first Dot Sight for Automatic Grenade Launcher and will be distributed to various armed forces markets in Europe and Northern America.

4 Dec 2008

'Tis the Season for Brighter Living Solutions

Today, lighting innovator OSRAM SYLVANIA debuted the newest products in its extensive lighting portfolio with the help of actress Kelly Rutherford, star of the hit TV-show, "Gossip Girl." Rutherford unveiled SYLVANIA Living Spaces(TM), the brand's next generation of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) with instant-on, warm light and a new line of LED innovations designed to take light beyond the socket.

4 Dec 2008

Researchers Use Optical Lattices as a Construction Kit for Electronic Materials

The investigation of complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors is problematic because of the presence of disorder and many competing interactions in real crystalline materials.

4 Dec 2008

Kopin Awarded a 3-Year Program to Develop World's Highest-Resolution Microdisplays

Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) today announced that the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), the U.S. Army's RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), and the U.S. Army's Product Manager Soldier Sensors and Lasers (PM-SSL) have jointly awarded a 3-year, $3.1 million program to Kopin for the development of the world's highest-resolution microdisplays for use in future vision systems, including integrated day-night weapon sights and solid state image intensifiers.

4 Dec 2008

Insight into the Turbulent Atmosphere of Our Neighbouring Planet

A pale yellow-green dot to the human eye, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide insight into the turbulent atmosphere of our neighbouring planet.

3 Dec 2008