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SynJet Technology Offers Optimal Cooling for LED Lighting Solutions

From LIGHTFAIR International 2008, Nuventix, Inc., the electronics cooling technology innovator and LED industry thermal management specialist, will show its SynJet(TM) technology in multiple LED Downlight Module (DLM), MR-16 and PAR-38 solutions.

28 May 2008

World’s First 95 Lumens per Watt LED Lamps

Nexxus Lighting, Inc., a world leader in advanced lighting technology, including solid-state LED and fiber optic lighting systems and controls used in commercial, architectural, signage, swimming pool and retail lighting, today introduced the world's first 95 lumens per watt LED lamps as part of its new Array(TM) Lighting brand.

28 May 2008

Simplifying AC to DC Output in High-Power LED Designs

ROHM Electronics introduces the industry's first AC/DC-isolated LED driver modules utilizing constant-current circuits optimized for driving LEDs. The new BP58xx series integrates all required LED-driving control circuits, switching elements, isolation transformers and constant-current circuits into a single SIP package.

28 May 2008

Roadmap to Deliver a Supportable Supply of White LEDs for General Lighting

The general lighting industry can look forward to dramatic improvements in the manufacture and supportability of color-consistent, white power LEDs under a new technology roadmap for Lumiramic phosphor technology. As a kickoff to the new technology, an immediate reduction in the number of white color bins for the company's warm white LUXEON Rebel has been implemented.

28 May 2008

Program to Utilize AOptix Adaptive Optics Technology for ORCA Project

AOptix Technologies, Inc., a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation's Electronic Systems sector to design and build the free space optical terminals for the ORCA project.

28 May 2008

Bright View Technologies Begins Shipment of ACEL for LED Lighting Applications

Bright View Technologies, Inc., a market leading developer of microstructure-based optical films for display and lighting applications, announced today it has begun shipment of its ACEL(TM) light management films for light emitting diode (LED) based lighting applications.

28 May 2008

Saint-Gobain Extends Presence in Solar Mirrors Market

Through its subsidiary La Veneciana de Saint-Gobain, the Flat Glass Sector of Saint-Gobain has decided to extend its presence on the solar mirrors market. The plant extension at Covilis (Portugal) will enable the Group to supply the Iberian Peninsula's thermo-solar market with parabolic cylindrical mirrors.

28 May 2008

Another Significant Milestone for the ABL Missile Defense Program

The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency achieved another significant milestone for the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program this month by completing the first laser activation testing on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

28 May 2008

Single Laser Pulse Creates Complex, Ordered Nanostructure Systems

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden have reported that a single laser pulse can create complex, ordered nanostructure systems. This previously unobserved phenomenon has just beeen described in an article in the scientific journal Nature Photonics.

28 May 2008

Newport Chosen as Preferred Supplier for Lasers and Precision Motion Subsystems

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt solar module manufacturing facility, announced today that it has expanded its existing two-year relationship with Newport Corporation by selecting Newport as its preferred supplier for laser and motion subsystems for its integrated Thin Film Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing line.

28 May 2008

QPC Lasers Awarded Contract for BrightLase Fiber Laser Pump Engine Development

QPC Lasers, Inc. has been awarded a $750,000 contract to develop and deliver BrightLase® high power fiber laser pump engines to a U.S. Defense Customer for airborne directed energy weapons applications.

28 May 2008

Understanding and Predicting Properties of Conventional and Non-Conventional Lasers

Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers, according to a recent article in Science.

28 May 2008

High Brightness Enables Compact Optical Designs and Low System Cost

Luminus Devices has announced that it will be adding white LEDs to its PhlatLight® LED lineup. These white LEDs join a portfolio of new illumination products that Luminus is unveiling at LIGHTFAIR International this week in Las Vegas.

28 May 2008

Zecotek Photonics Signs Sales and Distribution Agreement for Products in Israel

Zecotek Photonics Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with Toyo Ram for Zecotek products in Israel.

28 May 2008

Industry's First LED Driver IC Delivering High Intensity Light from WLEDs

Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc., a developer of power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced today the AAT1282, the industry's first 2A flash LED driver IC capable of delivering high intensity light from White LEDs (WLEDs).

27 May 2008