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Alcatel-Lucent Deploys Advanced Electro-Optical Observation Tower System in Poland

Poland's Komenda Glowna Strazy Granicznej has selected Alcatel-Lucent to lead a consortium with Elbit Security Systems Ltd., to deploy a sophisticated Observation Tower System that will be based on advanced long- range observation equipment.

21 Nov 2007

New Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope Helping Researchers Explore Intriguing Objects

"See those white sparks?" asks Kirk Czymmek, as he points to the video on his computer screen of a highly magnified heart cell in action. Tiny fireworks flash across the screen with every pulsation of the cell.

21 Nov 2007

Laser Lab Gets Funding from Department of Energy

The U.S. federal government expects to spend more than $350 million over the next five years keeping one of the fixtures of the local optics industry operating.

20 Nov 2007

New Coherent CO2 Laser Offers Peak Power Greater Than 1 kW

The new Diamond E-400 from Coherent, Inc. is the first sealed, pulsed CO2 laser to offer average power of 400 watts or peak power >1 kW in a fully integrated, compact package.

20 Nov 2007

New Method for Detecting and Characterizing Prions Using Fluorescent Molecules

An effective and sensitive new method for detecting and characterizing prions, the infectious compounds behind diseases like mad cow disease, is now being launched by researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden, among other institutions.

20 Nov 2007

Sandia Researchers Developing Fluorescence-Based Bioaerosol to Lower False Alarm Rates

Commercially available, fast-response bioaerosol detectors that can help guard against bioterrorist strikes in large public spaces face a significant hurdle: false alarms. Facility managers responsible for airports, train stations, sports arenas, and other venues will be loathe to install biodetection systems until they can be close to certain that the hardware won't alarm without cause and force unnecessary evacuations.

20 Nov 2007

Laser Breast Imaging Clinical Results to be Presented by Imaging Diagnostic at RSNA

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced that the Company will feature breast cancer cases imaged with optical computed tomography technologies at RSNA 2007, in Chicago, Illinois from November 25 - 28. A CT Laser Mammography (CTLM(R)) system and clinical results will be exhibited in the North Building, Hall B, in booth #6600.

20 Nov 2007

Fellows of the Optical Society of America Awarded to Two Brookhaven Lab Scientists

Ralph James and Trevor Sears, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, have been named Fellows of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Limited to ten percent of the total OSA membership, Fellows of the organization have served with distinction in the advancement of optics. The two scientists will each receive a Fellow plaque and a pin at an OSA meeting in San Jose, California, in May 2008.

20 Nov 2007

Verizon's Fastest FiOS Internet Services

Verizon continues changing the definition of "fast" for Delaware broadband users by introducing a new, symmetrical Verizon FiOS Internet service for consumers, featuring upstream and downstream connection speeds of up to 15 megabits per second (Mbps).

20 Nov 2007

Moog Announces Acquisition of Fiber Optic Design Manufacturer

Moog Inc. announced today that it has acquired PRIZM Advanced Communications Electronics Inc. for $12 million in cash.

20 Nov 2007

Cree's Extra Bright Green LEDs Available in Commercial Quantities

Cree, Inc., announced commercial availability of green XLamp® XR-E LEDs that are 70-percent brighter than the company’s previous green power LEDs. The new green XR-E produces maximum luminous flux of 87.5 lumens at 350 mA. The new green XR-E LEDs complement the previously released blue XR-E LEDs for industry-leading performance in RGB LED applications.

20 Nov 2007

Telecommunications Manufacturers to Benefit from Photonic Crystals

Smaller, faster, more efficient: BASF research scientists are helping to revolutionize the future world of telecommunications – with the aid of three-dimensional photonic crystals. In a three-year project, BASF is researching into the development of these crystals together with partners such as Hanover Laser Center, Thales Aerospace Division, Photon Design Ltd., the Technical University of Denmark and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne.

20 Nov 2007

Miniaturized Organic Lasers - Key Components of Future Integrated Photonic Devices

Efficient organic lasers with small footprint structures demonstrate the key components of future integrated photonic devices for both, communication and sensing applications. Furthermore, they offer an attractive packaging possibility for light-emitting arrays coupled to high-density optical interconnects.

19 Nov 2007

UK Research Council Invests £5m in Silicon Photonics

Silicon photonics could benefit from a research partnership between UK academia and industrial allies Intel and QinetiQ.

19 Nov 2007

Optical Nanocircuits Could Replace Conventional Electronics

US researchers believe that tiny optical versions of capacitors, resistors and inductors can be made by adjusting the size, shape and composition of sub-wavelength nanoparticles.

19 Nov 2007