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VueMetrix Releases Latest High-Power Low-Noise Laser Diode Controller

VueMetrix Inc. today announced the release of the Vue-MV-40 laser diode controller with DiodeGuard.

14 Jan 2008

Hi-Tech Invisible Liquid Stopping Criminals in Their Tracks

Criminayls have admitted that a hi-tech invisible liquid, which can only be seen under ultra violet light, is the most effective in stopping them in their tracks.

14 Jan 2008

Cable Testers and Fiber Optic Test Kits Featuring Westover Fiber Inspection Solutions

At Winter BICSI Conference 2008, JDSU will display new products from its extensive portfolio of task-ready tools for network and enterprise test -. including the unveiling of the LanScaperPRO(TM) Network Tester and TestifierPRO(TM) Cable Tester -. as well as new fiber optic test kits featuring products from Westover Scientific, acquired by JDSU on January 7. JDSU's portfolio will be exhibited at booth # 1207.

14 Jan 2008

Curtiss-Wright Provides Laser Peen Forming on 747-8 Wing Sections

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced today that its Metal Treatment segment has been awarded a contract from The Boeing Company to establish a laser peen forming production cell inside of Boeing's Frederickson, Washington facility. The laser peening cell is planned to be in production during the second quarter of 2008 and would initially be utilized for shaping the complex curvatures of some of the wing sections of the new Boeing 747-8.

14 Jan 2008

Global Market for OCT Systems to Top $800 Million by 2012

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a unique imaging modality that is fast becoming the most successful optics technology to date in the field of disease diagnostics. Invented at MIT in the early 1990s and first commercialized for medical imaging applications by Carl Zeiss in 1996, OCT offers the promise of fast, high-resolution diagnostic images for a variety of clinical applications. In fact, OCT has the potential to supplant existing imaging technologies in some medical specialties.

14 Jan 2008

A Worldwide Leader in PV Production Constructs New Facility

SCHOTT AG, will construct a new solar energy technology production facility in the Mesa del Sol region of Albuquerque, NM.

14 Jan 2008

Two New High Speed Cameras Available From FirstSight Vision

FirstSight Vision has announced the availability of two new cameras from the Optronis range of CamRecord high speed cameras, together with GigE connectivity and an enhanced camera control package.

14 Jan 2008

Laser Energetics Receives Contract for Laser Demonstration

Laser Energetics, Inc. announced today that the Company has received a contract worth $481,268 from ITT Corporation for a laser demonstration of an all solid state frequency tripled Alexandrite laser using the LEI proprietary BrightStar(TM) technology.

14 Jan 2008

Astronomers Discovers Life-Forming Amino Acids in a Galaxy Far Far Away

Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide – two ingredients that build life-forming amino acids – in a galaxy some 250 million light years away.

14 Jan 2008

Proven Filter Technology to Underpin Compact LED Multiplexing Module

Bookham, Inc., a leading provider of optical components for industrial applications, is to enter the biomedical market with its ZoroLight(tm) LED multiplexing technology. The compact LED combining module, which utilizes proprietary Bookham filter technology, is designed for bio-analytical applications and medical instrumentation.

14 Jan 2008

IR Camera Provides Top Quality Images of Stress in Materials

The ALTAIR Li uses an IR camera which provides thermal images of the area under investigation at fast frame rate.

14 Jan 2008

New VBG Technology Improves Laser Diode Performance

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted PD-LD, Inc, the worldwide leader in Volume Bragg Grating® (VBG®) technology, an additional patent bolstering the firm’s diverse portfolio of exclusive VBG® products and services.

11 Jan 2008

PPG Sungate Panoramic Roof Glass - The Sun Without the Burn

PPG Industries is helping Ford Motor Co. become the world's first car manufacturer to feature a panoramic glass roof using Sungate infrared reflective (IRR) technology.

11 Jan 2008

Nexxus Lighting Acquires Solid-State LED Manufacturer

Nexxus Lighting, Inc., a world leader in advanced lighting technology, including solid-state LED and fiber optic lighting systems and controls used in commercial, architectural, signage, swimming pool and retail lighting today announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Lumificient Corporation, a Maple Grove, MN, manufacturer of solid-state LED products for the sign lighting, commercial/architectural and retail markets.

11 Jan 2008

Quantel Announces Improvements to Specifications of YG980 Laser

Quantel's R&D team are always working hard to improve their pulsed Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers, and have recently announced improvements to the specifications of their YG980 Nd:YAG laser.

10 Jan 2008