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Revolutionary Laser Treatment for Glaucoma Surgery

Prof. Ehud Assia and Dr. Ami Eyel of IOPtima are testing a new laser surgery device specifically designed to make glaucoma procedures safer, simpler and faster.

19 Sep 2007

Fibre Optic Technology for African Countries

A regional meeting of experts in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) from 23 African countries convene 15-16 September in Pretoria, South Africa, to look for ways on how to harmonise their respective national programmes in implementing the underwater fibre optic project in the Indian Ocean, a reliable source told PANA here Thursday.

18 Sep 2007

State-Of-The-Art Underseas Fiber Optic Cable for Georgia

Georgian telecommunications provider Caucasus Online and U.S.-based Tyco Telecommunications, an industry pioneer in underseas communications technology, have signed a contract to construct a 1,100-kilometer underseas fiber optic system, which will connect Georgia¡¦s Black Sea port of Poti with the Bulgarian city of Varna.

18 Sep 2007

Optic Buttonholing Produces Similar Outcomes to Conventional in-the-bag IOL Implantation

Cataract patients with no macular pathology can maintain macular integrity after surgery involving a posterior capsulorrhexis and posterior optic buttonholing, according to a surgeon speaking here. Optic buttonholing also produced similar outcomes to conventional in-the-bag IOL implantation, he noted.

18 Sep 2007

Electro-Optical Solutions for Defense and Security Applications

Electro-optics companies SCHOTT North America's Fiber Optics Defense Division in Southbridge, Mass., and Clear Align in Eagleville, Pa., are joining hands to design, prototype, and produce electro-optical solutions for defense and security applications.

18 Sep 2007

Oncore Power Systems Launches Fiber-Optic Cable

Oncore Power Systems, of Newport Beach, CA, began producing a line of fiber-optic network cables and cable assemblies. The assemblies can be purchased in 10-Gbit laser-optimized or standard 50-µm multi-mode, 62.5/125 multi-mode, single-mode, and mode-conditioning cables.

18 Sep 2007

Fiber Optic Emergency Stop Button Provides Extremely Reliable Protective Measures

anner Engineering Corp. announces the PICO-GUARD(TM) Fiber Optic Emergency Stop Button for use with Banner's PICO-GUARD safeguarding system. The PICO-GUARD E-Stop Button works in conjunction with the PICO-GUARD Controller and other optical elements in personnel safety and equipment protection applications. The E-Stop Button is used with Banner's plastic fiber optic cable and offers a simple, quick means of connecting and disconnecting the fiber. Models are available with fiber entry/exit from either the same side or opposite sides of the housing. When paired with the PICO-GUARD Controller, the E-Stop Button meets Safety Category 4 applications (per ISO 13849-1) and is certified for use in harsh and potentially explosive environments.

18 Sep 2007

Scientists Create Inexpensive Technique Which Forces Luminescent Polymers to Give Off Polarized Light

UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers.

18 Sep 2007

Small Hill Country Town Outfitted with Extensive Fiber Optics

Rural phone cooperative GVTC Communications has installed fiber-optic lines directly to buildings in the business district of Boerne, placing the small Hill Country town among a small percentage of U.S. cities outfitted with extensive fiber optics.

17 Sep 2007

Submarine pump to make European Debut

Bookham, Inc., a leading provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, today announced that its OceanBrightTM submarine pump module has achieved full qualification. The product, which is used in erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), has commenced volume shipments and is actively deployed in undersea cable systems around the world. It will be shown for the first time in Europe on the Bookham stand (number 17094) at ECOC 2007.

17 Sep 2007

Pioneer Carbon Nanotube-Based Transparent Electrodes

Unidym, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that U.S. Patent No. 7,265,174 has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. With respect to transparent conductive films, Clemson University has exclusively licensed this patent to Unidym. Unidym is a leader in the development and manufacture of carbon nanotubes for applications in the electronics industry. Unidym, which recently merged with Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI), possesses a foundational patent portfolio that covers nearly every aspect of carbon nanotube manufacturing and processing.

17 Sep 2007

Revolutionary Optical Technology Reveals New Possibility

MEMSCAP, the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology, today announces that it caters for the majority of the optical MEMS market needs worldwide.

17 Sep 2007

So long to Old Cable, All-Digital FiOS TV Service for New Jerseyans

Tens of thousands more New Jerseyans now have a prime opportunity to say "so long" to their old cable company after Verizon announced today that it is expanding its all-digital FiOS TV service to consumers in parts of 24 additional communities in the state.

16 Sep 2007

Rugged Military Fiber Optic Cable for the United Kingdom

Optical Cable Corporation today announced that its ground tactical fiber optic cable has been fully qualified by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ("MoD") -- a significant milestone in Optical Cable Corporation's continuing pursuit of excellence as a long-time supplier of rugged military fiber optic cable for the U.S., U.K. and other allied militaries.

16 Sep 2007

Molecular Positronium - Next Generation Gamma-Ray Laser

Physicists at UC Riverside have created molecular positronium, an entirely new object in the laboratory. Briefly stable, each molecule is made up of a pair of electrons and a pair of their antiparticles, called positrons.

15 Sep 2007