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Scientists Receives Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award 2007

Dr. Nicholas P. Economou and Bill Ward from Carl Zeiss SMT, Inc., Peabody, Massachusetts, recently received the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award 2007. The award was presented in the category of Materials and Other Base Technologies for the development of the ORION"! helium ion microscope. The Wall Street Journal awarded the prize based on the ORIONTM technology s promise of a significantly improved resolution over more widely used electron microscopes.

29 Oct 2007

Researchers to Develop Ways of Controlling Optical Energy

The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Texas at Austin are two of five research universities in a nationwide consortium awarded $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation. The Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) grant is designed to explore ways of concentrating optical energy on a scale of nanometers and develop means of controlling optical energy for applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

29 Oct 2007

Latest in Series of Test and Measurement Resource Guides by JDSU

JDSU today announced the availability of a new 300-page guide addressing best test and measurement practices for delivering triple-play services and deploying FTTx networks. "Triple-Play Service Deployment -- A Comprehensive Guide to Test, Measurement and Service Assurance" has been released worldwide and is available immediately.

29 Oct 2007

Create Any Color LED In the Visual Light Spectrum

Light Beam Industries, LLC, a leading technology firm dedicated to providing eco-efficient lighting solutions utilizing its patented wave guide, diffraction grading and LEC materials, has developed a new Solid State Designer LED-C™ (Light Emitting Diode Converters) System.

29 Oct 2007

Custom Zoom Lenses Overcome Performance Limitations

Drawing upon over 15 years experience Resolve Optics Ltd has established an international reputation for design and manufacture of OEM quantity custom zoom lens.

29 Oct 2007

Tokuyama Corporation successfully starts up AIXTRON MOCVD System for development and production of UV LEDs

AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce the successful start-up of an AIXTRON 200/4 RF-S epitaxy reactor at Tokuyama, Japan. The system is used for the development and production of AlGaN based ultra-violet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) and is installed at the Tokuyama R&D center in Tsukuba, Japan.

29 Oct 2007

Connexion Technologies Deploying Corning® ClearCurve™ Products in MDU Installation

Corning Cable Systems, part of Corning Incorporated's Telecommunications segment, announces that Connexion Technologies is deploying products from Corning's revolutionary ClearCurve™ product suite in a West...

29 Oct 2007

World Record Set for Optical High-Speed Signals

A world record in the measurement of optical high-speed signals was announced at the Europea Conference on Optical Communication, held last month in Berlin. Researchers with the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and spinoff company PicoSolve Inc., said they have "used the best optics capability and combined it with the best electronics capability to circumvent bandwidth bottlenecks."

29 Oct 2007

Light-Producing Proteins Developed by BioLume

BioLume, Inc. announced it has been assigned or exclusively licensed the rights to more than forty U.S. and foreign patents covering natural bioluminescent proteins and related substrates from Prolume, Ltd . These patents include both compositions of matter and methods of use claims.

29 Oct 2007

JDSU Introduces Latest Generation of MTS/T-BERD Fiber Optic Test Line

JDSU today announced the latest generation of its MTS/T-BERD fiber optic test line, the MTS/T-BERD 6000 LITE. A highly integrated, non-modular, compact Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) ideally suited for the construction, fault location and troubleshooting/maintenance of FTTx and access networks, the MTS/T-BERD 6000 LITE offers even inexperienced field service technicians a high-performance tool for broadband network quality and reliability.

29 Oct 2007

Raven Introduces New Solution for GPS Monitoring and Timing Applications

Raven Industries, Inc. today announced the GPS FiberLink fiber optic antenna link, a new solution for GPS monitoring and timing applications.

29 Oct 2007

ADC Expands Its FTTX Portfolio of Fiber Optic Network Equipment

ADC today announced that it has expanded its line of OmniReach fiber-to-the-x (FTTX) solutions, with the addition of the OmniReach Splitter Fiber Distribution Terminal for Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU) applications.

29 Oct 2007

Maxxeon Announced a Lighting Output Breakthrough with WorkStar 440 Inspection Tool

Maxxeon announced today that the company has achieved a light output in excess of 90 lumens for the new WorkStar 440 inspection light, a figure that is claimed to set a new standard in the portable work light market.

29 Oct 2007

Toyota and Lexus Introduces Dynamic Laser Cruise Control

Dynamic Laser Cruise Control (DLCC) is offered in select Toyota and Lexus models, taking cruise control systems to the next level. Using the latest technology, the DLCC system is designed to help control the distance between the vehicle and the traveling vehicle ahead based on the driving lanes, the vehicle traveling ahead, and vehicle speed.

29 Oct 2007

II-VI Announces Expansion of Laser Optics and Components Product Lines

II-VI Inc. announced this week it will expand its laser optics and components product lines and enter the fiber laser market by acquiring 74.9 percent of HighYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH for an undisclosed amount of cash.

29 Oct 2007