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Corning Marks 40th Anniversary in Optical Fiber Innovations

Corning Incorporated today launches a year-long anniversary celebration of the company’s world-changing invention of low-loss optical fiber.

25 Mar 2010

New 10G PHY Optical Transceivers Released by Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it is expanding its long haul transmission chip portfolio with new 10 Gigabit (10G) physical layer (PHY) transceivers designed in 65 nanometer (65nm) process technology.

25 Mar 2010

Gigahertz-Optik's Hand-Held UV-VIS-NIR Pulsed Light Meter Now Features an External TTL Trigger Input

Gigahertz-Optik's hand-held P-9710-4 radiometer / photometer now features an external TTL trigger input function useful for remote timing of pulsed light measurements. In the P-9710-4 pulse energy mode, the measurement begins automatically upon the trigger input.

24 Mar 2010

GigOptix Teams Up with Sanmina-SCI to Produce Optical Polymer Modulator

Sanmina-SCI Corporation (NASDAQ:SANM) , a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, and GigOptix (OTC:GGOX) (BULLETIN BOARD: GGOX) , a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today announced a manufacturing partnership to produce GigOptix' revolutionary high bandwidth polymer modulator designed for 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s long-haul optical transponders.

24 Mar 2010

Northrop Grumman Receives $142.7 Million Worth Order for LLDR

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a delivery order award from the U.S. Army valued at $142.7 million to provide over 500 Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinders under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.

24 Mar 2010

JDSU Continues to Expand its Optical Networking Product Portfolio

JDSU today announced that it is continuing to expand its family of reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer (ROADM) and tunable XFP optical products to increase the agility of optical networks. JDSU will introduce a series of these new products over the next six months to network equipment manufacturers (NEMs).

24 Mar 2010

Palomar to Deliver High Resolution Display Kits to DRS

Palomar Display Products Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a firm fixed price contract by DRS's Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Group's Florida Operations to deliver thermal sight display kits and spare electronics assemblies.

24 Mar 2010

Newly Developed Laser System for Digital Information Security

A British computer hacker equipped with a "Dummies" guide recently tapped into the Pentagon. As hackers get smarter, computers get more powerful and national security is put at risk. The same goes for your own personal and financial information transmitted by phone, on the Internet or through bank machines.

24 Mar 2010

ilumisys, Seesmart Sign Patent Licensing Agreement for LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has partnered with Seesmart LED, a commercial LED lighting leader based in Simi Valley, Calif., and that the cooperative agreement includes a license for ilumisys' patents on light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescent tube replacements.

24 Mar 2010

New Pocket-Sized Fiber Optic Tester Introduced by Specialized Products

The Fiber OneShot™ Tester, an innovative, pocket-sized fiber optic tester that simplifies the traditionally complex task of fiber testing at the telecom central office, node, hub, residence or business, has been added to the Specialized Products Company 2010 Source Book, a catalog featuring over 10,000 competitively priced installation, field service and repair solutions.

24 Mar 2010

Texas Instruments Launches Fingerprint Development Kit

Today, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is launching the TMS320C5515 Fingerprint Development Kit, a complete signal chain solution at only $79 USD for easy integration of fingerprint biometric features in reduced time to market.

24 Mar 2010

Marvell Launches New Optical Ethernet Transceivers for Datacenters, Carrier Networks

Marvell, a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today introduced the newest members of its Alaska® family of secure optical Ethernet transceivers for datacenters and carrier networks.

24 Mar 2010

New Optical IC Solutions for SFP+ Modules from Gennum

Gennum Corporation (TSX:GND) today announced two new fully integrated IC solutions for SFP+ modules. Gennum's solutions include the GN1411 DML driver with integrated limiting amplifier for 6Gb/s to 11.3Gb/s data rates and the GN1412 EML driver with integrated limiting amplifier for up to 11.3Gb/s data rates.

24 Mar 2010

Gennum Unveils Integrated CDRs for 8Gbps, 10Gbps Optical Modules

Gennum Corporation today announced the industry's most integrated CDRs (clock and data recovery) for telecom and datacom optical module applications.

24 Mar 2010

New Full HD WDR Sensor Developed by AltaSens and Apical

AltaSens, Inc., a premier supplier of HD CMOS image sensors, and Apical Limited, a leading provider of advanced hardware IP cores and software libraries for wide dynamic range (WDR) imaging, announce the development of the industry's first 1/3-inch 1080p60 HD WDR sensor technology with uncompromised low-light performance.

24 Mar 2010