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Soraa's LED Lamps Illuminate Natural Beauty of Mineral Formations in Saalfred Fairy Grottoes

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaNTM LED technology, announced that its LED lamps have been installed to illuminate the natural beauty of the mineral formations found in the Saalfred Fairy Grottoes in Thüringen, Germany.

26 May 2016

Samsung's Test Lab for LED Packages and Modules Qualified for UL Total Certification Program

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced component solutions, today announced that its test lab for LED packages and modules has been qualified by UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a widely-recognized global safety science organization, to operate the UL Total Certification Program (TCP), one of the highest levels of testing and qualification under the UL Data Acceptance Program (DAP).

26 May 2016

ESO Signs Contract with ACe Consortium for Construction of E-ELT Dome and Telescope Structure

At a ceremony in Garching bei München, Germany on 25 May 2016, ESO signed the contract with the ACe Consortium, consisting of Astaldi, Cimolai and the nominated sub-contractor EIE Group, for the construction of the dome and telescope structure of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).

26 May 2016

Two New Optical Devices Could Potentially Accelerate Disease Diagnosis

Two new optical devices could reduce the need to take tissue samples during medical examinations and operations and to then send them for testing - potentially speeding up diagnosis and treatment and cutting healthcare costs.

26 May 2016

EMCORE Awarded $4.7 Million Purchase Order to Supply RFoG Optical Networking Units for Cable TV Market

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber optics market, announced today that it has been awarded a $4.7 million dollar purchase order to supply RFoG Optical Networking Units (ONU) to a major U.S. supplier of network infrastructure solutions for the Cable TV market. The products are expected to be shipped over the next year.

26 May 2016

Researchers Present a Way to Use Optical Atomic Clocks for More Accurate Timekeeping

GPS-based navigation, communication systems, electrical power grids and financial networks all rely on the precise time kept by a network of around 500 atomic clocks located around the world.

26 May 2016

Breakthrough Research Could Make Infra-Red Technology Easy-to-Use

A breakthrough by an Australian collaboration of researchers could make infra-red technology easy-to-use and cheap, potentially saving millions of dollars in defence and other areas using sensing devices, and boosting applications of technology to a host of new areas, such as agriculture.

26 May 2016

Excelitas Introduces iFLEX-Agile CW Optical Parametric Oscillator

High-power OPO Offers Broadband Wavelength Tunability with Exceptional Beam Quality

From Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG 26 May 2016

Z-Axis Microscope Focus Blocks Offer Precision Positioning

Prior Scientific has launched the FB series of Z-axis motorised focus blocks which offer precise and repeatable positioning of loads with a weight of up to 14 kg.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 26 May 2016

Light Microscopy Rivals AFM for Electro-Mechanical Testing

Studying electrical and mechanical properties under strain provides unprecedented insights into the behaviour of thin film devices, with a new Olympus application note detailing how confocal laser scanning microscopy challenges AFM in reinventing flexible electronic design.

25 May 2016

Light Microscopy Rivals AFM for Electro-Mechanical Testing

25 May 2016

ADVA Optical Networking Becomes Part of Telecom Infra Project

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that it has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and plans to support the newly created Open Optical Packet Transport project group. The new group has been specifically established to develop an open DWDM system that will help the TIP community rapidly expand network deployments and meet the fierce growth in global data demand.

25 May 2016

Perimeter’s OTIS 1.0 Optical Coherence Tomography System Earns FDA Clearance

Perimeter Medical Imaging, Inc., an innovative medical imaging company whose mission is to revolutionize tissue removal surgery for surgeons and patients, today announced receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its OTISTM 1.0 Optical Coherence Tomography System.

25 May 2016

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Achieves Another Significant Milestone

Northrop Grumman Corporation's delivery of the fully integrated Optical Telescope Element (OTE) for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope marks another major milestone toward the October 2018 launch of the largest telescope ever built for space.

25 May 2016

Sharp Announces Two New LCD Display Modules

Today, Sharp announced two new LCD display modules that deliver stunning Full-HD (FHD) images. FHD performance is complemented by crisp definition via a high 1500:1 contrast ratio (typical). The combination enables viewing of high detail in the most challenging ambient lighting situations.

25 May 2016