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SiliconCore Technology Begins Mass Production with SANYO

SiliconCore Technology, a leading fabless analog products company, today announced that one of its Laser Diode Driver (LDD) devices has started mass production with SANYO’s slim type Optical Pick-up Unit (OPU).

11 May 2009

Nanocrystal that Constantly Emits Light

For more than a decade, scientists have been frustrated in their attempts to create continuously emitting light sources from individual molecules because of an optical quirk called "blinking," but now scientists at the University of Rochester have uncovered the basic physics behind the phenomenon, and along with researchers at the Eastman Kodak Company, created a nanocrystal that constantly emits light.

10 May 2009

Hubble Telescope to Receive High-Tech Upgrade

Scientists and engineers now creating new technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have realized they can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing mission.

8 May 2009

Scientists Develop Efficient Method to Detect Entanglement Shared Among Multiple Parts of an Optical System

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They show how entanglement, in the form of beams of light simultaneously propagating along four distinct paths, can be detected with a surprisingly small number of measurements.

8 May 2009

BluGlass Signs Exclusive Sales and Marketing License Agreement LED Company

BluGlass Limited today announced that it has signed a term sheet outlining the material, terms and conditions to be encompassed in an Exclusive Sales and Marketing License Agreement with BLK CO., LTD (BLK) of Korea.

8 May 2009

New Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Identifies New Pulsar

A massive star can die when its core collapses in on itself, causing an explosion called a supernova. Some of the most important remnants of supernovae are pulsars-extremely dense stars composed mainly of neutrons.

7 May 2009

NREL Solar Cell Wins Federal Technology Transfer Prize

A new class of ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded a national prize for the commercialization of federally funded research.

7 May 2009

Traveling at the Light Speed from Science Fiction to Science

With the new movie ‘Star Trek’ opening in theaters across the nation, one thing movie goers will undoubtedly see is the Starship Enterprise racing across the galaxy at the speed of light. But can traveling at warp speed ever become a reality?

7 May 2009

CIG Implements Discrete Optics With Mindspeed's Burst-Mode Laser Driver to Cost Reduce Optical Network Terminals

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that Mindspeed's M02090 laser driver with integrated limiting amplifier and M02015 high sensitivity transimpedance amplifier (TIA) have enabled Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) to implement a bi-directional optical sub-assembly (BOSA) on-board design in dual closed loop configuration, significantly reducing the cost of optical network terminals (ONTs) for fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) applications.

7 May 2009

SPEQUEST Taking into Account the Latest Developments in Solar Cell Research

In today’s rapidly evolving markets for solar cells, the characterisation of the spectral response (quantum efficiency) is one of the most important parameters for research and development of new materials and devices but also for production and quality control.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 7 May 2009

NIST Physicist to Receive 2009 William F. Meggers Award from Optical Society of America

Leo Hollberg, a physicist and group leader who recently retired from NIST Boulder, will receive the 2009 William F. Meggers Award from the Optical Society of America (OSA).

6 May 2009

New Product Catalog from Coherent Details the Largest Selection of Excimer Lasers and Related Products

A new 52-page product catalog from Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) details the largest selection of excimer lasers and related products available anywhere. Specifically, this guide provides detailed specifications, selection guides and an application matrix for Coherent's offering of over 40 different excimer laser products.

6 May 2009

Researchers Create World's Smallest Incandescent Lamp

In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics -- two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics -- a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp.

6 May 2009

Lemnis Lighting and Partner Digital Light Bring New LED Offering to Market

Lemnis Lighting, Inc. the leader in LED lighting innovations and Digital Light, LLC, the leading global supplier of LED lighting, announce today the launch of the Pharox 6W LED bulb.

6 May 2009

VITRONIC Presents Turn-Key Machine Vision Solutions for Medical Technology Industry at ACHEMA

At this year’s ACHEMA, which takes place from 11th until 15th May 2009 in Frankfurt, VITRONIC presents turn-key machine vision solutions for the medical technology industry alongside the 360° inspection system VINSPEC. The roundabout inspection and reading of sealing caps is now reality- Eliminate time- and cost consuming mechanical rotation of the containers.

5 May 2009