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CODIXX Introduces New Member of the ColorPol HT Polarizer Family

Since the successful introduction of the colorPol® HT (High Transmittance) polarizers in 2004, CODIXX continuous development activities in close collaboration with customers led to a variety of performance improvements.

24 Sep 2008

Ascent Solar Technologies Signs Definitive Cooperation Agreement with Texsa

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, today announced the signing of a definitive Cooperation Agreement with Texsa S.A. of Spain. The agreement focuses on the development of new photovoltaic roofing products intended for the European marketplace.

24 Sep 2008

Researchers at Fraunhofer Achieves 39.7% Solar Cell Efficiency

At 39.7% efficiency for a multi-junction solar cell, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg have exceeded their own European record of 37.6% which they achieved just a short time ago. III-V semiconductor multi-junction solar cells are used in photovoltaic concentrator technology for solar power stations.

24 Sep 2008

Dana Cooperson Provides 'Industry Health Check' at ECOC Market Focus Seminar

Optical communications has been a key enabler of telecom growth and will continue to offer relief to service providers squeezed between limited revenue growth and rising costs; that was the message at today's ECOC Exhibition Market Focus seminar from Dana Cooperson, VP Optical Infrastructure at influential industry analyst house Ovum.

23 Sep 2008

Laser Energetics Acquires Light Transmitter Technology

Laser Energetics, Inc. announced today that the Company has completed the acquisition of a strategic light transmitter technology. The technology, which is referred to as TRT, has a superior way of transmitting and diffusing light which is utilized in consumer products, ranging from mobile phones, and PDA's to computer screens, as well as signage applications.

23 Sep 2008

Hitachi and Opnext Achieve 43Gbit/s Transmission over 10km Optical Fiber

Hitachi, Ltd. and Opnext, Inc. today announce the development of its next generation semiconductor laser for 40 Gbit/s optical transmission. The new uncooled optical modulator integrated laser which does not require temperature control, has provided the world's first successful 10km single mode fiber transmission with a transmission speed of 43Gbit/s. This transmission was achieved during a test trial within a wide temperature range from 25°C to 85°C.

23 Sep 2008

StockerYale Opens State-of-the-Art LED Manufacturing and R+D Facility

StockerYale, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today opened a state-of-the-art facility in Cork, Ireland.

23 Sep 2008

Dual-Use Housing Provides Multi-Lane and Multi-Vehicle Speed Enforcement

An innovative next-generation solution from VITRONIC now enables police forces to provide fixed and mobile speed enforcement from a single solution. The 'dual-use' housing system consists of LIDAR (laser-based) technology which captures speeding vehicles on up to 3 lanes in a single direction.

23 Sep 2008

Industry’s First 5-Megapixel SOC With 1/4" Optical Format

Aptina Imaging, a leading provider of CMOS image sensors to the industry's most popular, mainstream and high-end mobile phone manufacturers announced today the launch of the industry's first 5MP SOC (System on a ...

23 Sep 2008

AMO Names Dr. Simon Kilvington Director of Microbiology

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., the global leader in advanced refractive technologies for eye care professionals and patients, has named Simon Kilvington, Ph.D., director of microbiology.

23 Sep 2008

OmniVision Introduces World's First 1/3-inch 8 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS image sensors, today introduced the world's first 1/3-inch, 8 megapixel CMOS image sensor. The new OV8810 is the company's first CameraChip product to use its recently launched 1.4 micron OmniBSI(TM) backside illumination technology.

23 Sep 2008

New Ultra Low Loss ROADM Meets Requirements for 40 Gbps Operation in Next Gen Networks

NeoPhotonics and ECI Telecom today announced here at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2008) that NeoPhotonics' new Ultra-Low Loss Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) modules are being used in ECI Telecom's XDM® Optical Networking Platform. The Ultra-Low Loss ROADM incorporates NeoPhotonics' advanced planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology to significantly reduce the insertion loss and increase the pass band, thus meeting the requirements for next generation 40 Gbps optical transmission systems.

23 Sep 2008

Applied Optoelectronics Announces Pluggable Transceiver for WDM-PONs

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), a leading manufacturer of laser diodes, photodetectors, and optical modules for fiber optic communications systems, today announces a small form-factor pluggable transceiver designed for operation in colorless Optical Networking Terminals (ONTs) used in Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Networks (WDM-PONs).

22 Sep 2008

CO2 Laser Scalpel Provides Surgeons with No-Touch Surgical Tool For Precision Brain and Spine Surgery

OmniGuide, Inc., announced today the introduction of the new BeamPath NEURO(TM), the first flexible CO2 laser scalpel for neurosurgery. The BeamPath NEURO fiber provides surgeons with a precise, no-touch microsurgical tool for various central nervous system (CNS) procedures, including intracranial tumor surgeries, spine tumor surgeries and transnasal pituitary surgeries. BeamPath NEURO is designed for operating near critical structures, for accessing difficult to reach regions of the brain and for minimizing thermal injury to adjacent healthy tissue of the brain or spine.

22 Sep 2008

Miniature Image-Capturing Technology Powered by Water, Sound, and Surface Tension

New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature spy planes.

22 Sep 2008