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Novel Design Enables Double-Patterning-Lithography

In a potential boost to advance lithography, engineers at SEMATECH and Carl Zeiss SMT today announced the completion of their final design for the next generation Photomask Registration and Overlay Metrology system – called PROVE.

25 Feb 2008

New High Power Tunable Laser Generates All Commonly Used Wavelengths

NeoPhotonics, a leading supplier of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based components, modules and subsystems for the telecom and CATV industries, will debut at OFC a new high power tunable laser for DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) networks that has an output power of 40 mW and other features ideal for DQPSK coding and 40 Gbps systems.

25 Feb 2008

Revolutionary EFB Technology Wins the Prestigious New Machinery Promotion Award

OKI Printing Solutions today announced that its revolutionary Epi Film Bonding (EFB) technology has been awarded the most prestigious New Machinery Promotion Award by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan.

25 Feb 2008

NEC Receives FDA Clearance for 5-Megapixel Grayscale Monitor

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of commercial and residential LCD, plasma, and projector displays, today announced 510k market clearance for radiology from the Food & Drug Administration for the MD205MG 5-megapixel flat-panel monitor.

25 Feb 2008

JDSU Announces Availability of its Pocket-Sized Family of Fiber Optic Testers

JDSU today announced that its pocket-sized family of fiber optic testers is now available through an authorized network of distributors.

25 Feb 2008

World's Smallest 10Gbps 4-Channel Parallel Fiber Optic Transceiver

NEC Corporation today announced that it will launch samples of the world's smallest 10Gbps 4-channel parallel fiber optic transceiver.

25 Feb 2008

Designers Now Have a Complete Solution to Connect Large Core Optical Fibers

Molex Incorporated and Polymicro Technologies, a subsidiary of Molex, announced today that Molex LumaCore-based interconnects can incorporate Polymicro's large core, optical fibers.

25 Feb 2008

Zecotek Announces Manufacturing and Commercialization Agreement

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced that Zecotek Laser Systems Singapore Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Fujikura Ltd, Japan to develop, manufacture and commercialize Zecotek and Fujikura laser products, associated components and systems, including Zecotek’s crystal and fiber based lasers and Fujikura’s infra-red fiber lasers.

25 Feb 2008

With Integrated Optical Service, Life Becomes Simpler

Verizon is now making available to its service provider customers the same super-efficient networking technology that Verizon uses to concentrate data streams from multiple transport protocols over high-capacity secure networks.

25 Feb 2008

Company Creates Industry’s First ROADM Device Based on DLP Technology

Nistica, a global supplier of agile optical modules to leading telecom system OEMs, announced today the launch of its new FULL FLEDGE subsystem to meet growing demand for cost-effective Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Modules (ROADMs) in core network nodes.

25 Feb 2008

Clearance Opens Door For Home Use In The Anti-Aging Market

Light BioScience(R), LLC, the leader in the science of LED (light emitting diode) Photomodulation, announced today that it has become the first company to receive a 510(k) over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of periorbital wrinkles.

25 Feb 2008

New Technology Improves Bending Performance of Optical Cables

Supporting multiple dwelling unit (MDU) and in-home wiring applications, the ground-breaking EZ-Bend Technology addresses the critical need to speed and simplify installations by allowing cables to be bent and routed in ways never before feasible using traditional optical drop cables to facilitate rapid deployment of fiber to and within the residence.

25 Feb 2008

Manipulating Light Using Optical Fibers

OFS, designer, manufacturer and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products, today announced research developments from OFS R&D that further advance fiber optic technology. The 18 papers being presented at OFC 2008, February 26-29, highlight advanced concepts in optical fiber design and applications.

25 Feb 2008

Developing World's Most Advanced CdTe Solar Cells

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. are in the process of developing the most advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. The top experts and leading institutions in the world for CdTe now reside with the companies.

25 Feb 2008

Yingli Green Energy Signs Supply Agreements with Leading Chemicals Producer

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has signed two polysilicon supply agreements with DC Chemical Co., Ltd., a leading Korean chemicals producer.

25 Feb 2008