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High-Reflective Thin-Film Coatings for Laser Applications

Both coatings are designed to minimize group velocity dispersion and third order dispersion, maintaining close to a transform-limited pulse performance in ultrafast laser systems. They are available for 0 and 45° angle of incidence operation, and they are available on 25 and 50 mm diameter fused silica substrates.

17 Dec 2008

Osram Expand LED Product Portfolio with Announcement of Joint Venture with Leading LED Solution Provider

Osram is strengthening its portfolio in the field of professional LED lighting systems and solutions by setting up a joint venture with Traxon Technologies Ltd., Hong Kong. The new company, in which Osram has the majorit...

17 Dec 2008

3D Nano-Porous Optical Biosensor Receives Most Innovative Product (MIP) Award

Silicon Kinetics SKi Pro is the world's first 3D label-free platform for biomolecular interaction analysis in proteomics research, biomarker and drug discovery, vaccine development as well as quality control in drug manufacturing.

17 Dec 2008

Optical Obama a Shining Beacon for Change in Science and Art

The EnvisageChange.com team today released an artistic optical illusion featuring President-Elect Barack Obama. Aiming to spark lively discussion about the nature and necessity of change in many aspects of our lives, the optical illusion is an allegory about the importance of taking action.

17 Dec 2008

Paper Envisions the Future of Lighting - The Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Revolution

A revolution in energy-efficient, environmentally-sound, and powerfully-flexible lighting is coming to businesses and homes, according to a paper in latest special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society'...

17 Dec 2008

Harvesting Sunlight Using Microalgae for Making Biofuel

In pursuing cleaner energy there is such a thing as being too green. Unicellular microalgae, for instance, can be considered too green. In a paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (O...

17 Dec 2008

Alliance Imaging Acquires Leading P.E.T. Imaging Supplier

Alliance Imaging, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ), a leading national provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services and radiation therapy services, announced today that it has acquired Shared P.E.T. Imaging, LLC (SPI), a mobile and...

17 Dec 2008

Rotatable Ceramic for Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Cell Manufacturing

SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCI) (OTCBB: SCIA), a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for advanced applications in the physical vapor deposition industry, today announced it has been awarded a $708,715 grant from the...

17 Dec 2008

Using Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to Predict Inflammation of the Optic Nerve

One of the most pernicious aspects of multiple sclerosis (MS) — its sheer unpredictability — may finally be starting to yield to advanced medical imaging techniques. Researchers from Washington University Sch...

17 Dec 2008

ALICE Advanced Particle Accelerator Fires Beam at 11 Million Electron Volts

UK scientists have successfully demonstrated energy recovery on the ALICE advanced particle accelerator design, potentially paving the way for new accelerators using a fraction of the energy required under conventional methods.

17 Dec 2008

New "Super-Resolution" Fluorescence Microscopy Technique Reveal Features of Cells at 20-30 nanometers (nm)

Thanks to a new "super-resolution" fluorescence microscopy technique, Harvard University researchers have succeeded in resolving the features of cells as miniscule as 20-30 nanometers (nm), an order of magnitud...

17 Dec 2008

Marktech LED Introduce New Superbright LEDs Offering Wide Variety of Applications

With an 80 CRI (color rendering index) and slim design, the T5 is ideal for a variety of applications, including general or indirect lighting of display cases, wall washes and alcoves, in addition to backlighting of POP displays and vending machines.

16 Dec 2008

Magnalight Introduce Several New LED Light Formats to its Product Line

Each individual LED is packaged inside of its own reflector. When grouped together, the effect is similar to a wide spot beam, illuminating a large area with even, bright, white light. The 12 LED light models easily light up an area 400 feet long by 400 feet wide, and along with the 8 LED models, these have been popular with the security industry. They work well with all kinds of cameras for surveillance applications.

16 Dec 2008

The World of Television Viewing will No Longer Be Flat - Bringing 3D Digital Cinema-Quality Images to Your Living Room

The world of television viewing will no longer be flat. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) and DDD Group plc (LSE:DDD) today announced a partnership that is bringing 3D digital cinema-quality images to your living room. ...

16 Dec 2008

Cree Delivers High-Quality, Energy-Efficient LED Lighting to Largest Commercial Lighting Market

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the volume availability of the LR24, a 24-inch square, recessed LED luminaire. The LR24 delivers high-quality, energy-efficient light for suspended-cei...

16 Dec 2008