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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

Suntech Signs Thirteen-Year Silicon Wafer Supply Agreement

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced that it has acquired a minority stake in Shunda Holdings Co. Ltd, a manufacturer of solar wafers based in China, from Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, and Waichun Investment Fund, for a total consideration of $98.9 million.

27 May 2008

High Quality Lenses and Optical Systems for Security and Surveillance Applications

Resolve Optics Ltd. is a leading designer and supplier of high quality, high-resolution lenses and optical systems for security and surveillance applications.

27 May 2008

Photodynamic Therapy Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Cornwall, UK, have modified a photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment that combines a topically applied cream with visible light to destroy cancer cells while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed.

24 May 2008

Sun 2000 Dramatically Increases Percentage of Photons Reaching the Work Plane

The "optical engine" of Sun 2000 Solar Simulators from LOT - Oriel Ltd. The Abet Gen II, patent pending, optical design dramatically increases the percentage of photons reaching the work plane.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 23 May 2008

TCP Introduces First Automated CFL Bending Machine

Energy efficient lighting innovator TCP, Inc. is revolutionizing the compact fluorescent lighting market with the introduction of the first automated machine to bend compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) into their familiar spring shape.

23 May 2008

ilumisys Launches Patented Light Emitting Diode Tubes

ilumisys, Inc. has launched the first product in a series of patented light emitting diode (LED) tubes, designed to directly replace standard T-8 and T-12 fluorescent tubes.

22 May 2008

Solid State Lighting Fixtures to be Unveiled at LIGHTFAIR International

ilumisys, Inc. is unveiling a new line of five elegantly designed, contemporary LED lighting fixtures that exploit the unique characteristics of solid state lighting. Four of the Designer Series luminaire creations are pendant fixtures; the other is a table lamp.

22 May 2008