Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Using Nanocoating to Concentrate Solar Radiation

nCoat, Inc. has announced the signing of an agreement for business collaboration and commercial product development with Sunvention USA, Inc. and BSR Solar Technologies GmbH using nCoat nanotechnology coatings in a Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) system.

10 Jan 2008

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Combining Low Cost with High-Efficiency Performance

Solar cells have attracted global attention as one of the cornerstones of alternative energy. In theory, it seems to make abundant sense to tap into the energy of the sun to convert light to electricity with little or no emission of noxious pollutants.

9 Jan 2008

QPC Lasers Receives Orders for BrightLase Laser Worth $1.3 Million

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, announced today that it has received $1.3 million in new orders for BrightLase® UltraTM Lasers for use in medical applications.

9 Jan 2008

Engineers Discovers Three-Dimensional Sound Cloak is Possible

Contrary to earlier predictions, Duke University engineers have found that a three-dimensional sound cloak is possible, at least in theory.

9 Jan 2008

The Infrared Sky

The infrared sky is expanding significantly for the world astronomical community with the first world release of data (DR1) from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS).

9 Jan 2008

Plastic Fibre Making Optical Networking Cheaper and Simpler

Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that anyone could install it.

9 Jan 2008

Cynosure Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Cynosure, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of a broad array of light-based aesthetic treatment systems, and its largest shareholder, El.En. S.p.A., today filed a patent infringement lawsuit against CoolTouch Inc. in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

9 Jan 2008

V.I.O. Announces Collaboration to Develop Specialized Wearable Video Technology

V.I.O. Inc., the leading innovator of hands-free video technology, announced today a direct funding collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to perform research and development of specialized wearable video technology for military and law enforcement applications.

9 Jan 2008

Carnegie Mellon Joins Collaboration in Constructing Most Powerful Survey Telescope

Carnegie Mellon University joined the collaboration building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

9 Jan 2008

Q-MED AB to Distribute Palomar Products Outside North America

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, today announced the execution of an international distribution agreement with the Swedish company Q-MED AB.

9 Jan 2008

New Mobile Video Assistance Technology Improves Life of Older People

We are not getting any younger. As Europe’s population grows older, the need for care is growing and we are spending more and more money to get it. A new mobile video assistance technology promises to put off the need for carers, improve the life of older people and cut the cost of assistance.

8 Jan 2008

Atria Networks Extends Fibre-Optic Infrastructure in Acquisition

Atria Networks LP today announced that it has acquired the assets of FibreWired Hamilton from Hamilton Utilities Corporation.

8 Jan 2008

New Company Unites Leading Players in the Photonics Industry

Gooch & Housego PLC today announced the launch of a new company that brings together five leading players in the photonics industry under the Gooch & Housego brand name. The new offering, launched at Photonics West 2008 (stand #1013), will deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customised optical components to the global industrial laser, bio-medical, defense and metrology market places.

8 Jan 2008

Revolutionary Skincare Treatment Now Available

Steiner Ranch Dermatology today announced the addition of Isolaz(TM), a revolutionary light-based treatment for eliminating acne, removing unwanted hair and rejuvenating aging and sun-damaged skin.

8 Jan 2008

Bosch Acquires Assets of Specialized Leveling-Laser Business

Bosch has acquired the assets of RoboToolz Ltd., headquartered in Hong Kong. In purchasing this specialized leveling-laser business, Bosch is boosting its Power Tools division.

8 Jan 2008