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Novel Terahertz Transmitter Could Open New Frontier in Wireless Communications

Hiroshima University, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Panasonic Corporation announced the development of a terahertz (THz) transmitter capable of signal transmission at a per-channel data rate of over ten gigabits per second over multiple channels at around 300 GHz. The aggregate multi-channel data rate exceeds one hundred gigabits per second. The transmitter was implemented as a silicon CMOS integrated circuit, which would have a great advantage for commercialization and consumer use.

12 Feb 2016

Fulham Introduces HotSpot Plus All-in-One LED Driver and Emergency System for Commercial Builders

Fulham Co., Inc., a leading supplier of lighting components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications, today announced the availability of its new HotSpot Plus™ All-in-One LED Driver and Emergency System. Combining a dimmable LED driver, emergency LED driver and replaceable backup battery, the HotSpot Plus delivers a complete LED emergency system in a small, efficient and cost-effective package that completely eliminates the need for a separate emergency system.

11 Feb 2016

RVLT's Operating Division to Provide High Efficiency Lighting Solutions for Mill Creek's Multi-Family Project

Revolution Lighting Technologies, a leader in advanced LED lighting technology solutions, today announced that its division, Value Lighting, has been awarded a $1,050,000 project with Mill Creek Residential Trust for the installation of lighting infrastructure, including LED lighting, throughout one of Mill Creek Residential Trust's newest properties in northern New Jersey.

11 Feb 2016

Digital Lumens’s DLE Intelligent LED Fixtures Now Qualify for DLC Premium Status

Digital Lumens, the market leader in intelligent LED lighting systems, today announced that its DLE intelligent LED fixtures now qualify for DLC Premium status on the Design Lights Consortium’s Qualified Products List. Products designated as DLC Premium have higher efficacy, quality and reliability than those on the standard qualified products list. The highly selective DLC Premium designation is reserved for the highest quality products and represents a mere 3.5% of the Design Lights Consortium’s Qualified Products List.

11 Feb 2016

Planar to Feature Cutting-Edge OLED and 4K LCD Displays at ISE 2016

Planar, a Leyard company and global leader in display and digital signage technology, today announced it will feature its broadest range of displays to date at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2016, including next-generation LED and LCD video wall technology, a newly-launched transparent OLED display and cutting-edge 4K LCD displays. The innovations featured at ISE 2016 include an expanded range of display products following Leyard’s acquisition of Planar in November 2015.

11 Feb 2016

Control4 Expands Custom and Retrofit Lighting Opportunities for European and Asian Markets

Control4 Corporation, a leading global provider of smart home solutions, today announces and begins delivery of its new line of intelligent Square Wireless Lighting products, expanding custom and retrofit lighting opportunities for Control4 dealers in Europe and Asia. The new line, which consists of a Wireless Dimmer, Wireless Switch, and Wireless Keypad, all offer reliable intelligent wireless lighting automation performance in a compact square form-factor to fit a variety of wallboxes common in European and Asian homes.

11 Feb 2016

Research Results Open Up New Outlooks on Time-Domain Ghost Imaging Technique

Research results recently presented in the distinguished Nature Photonics journal open up new outlooks on ghost imaging in the time domain.

11 Feb 2016

Cree’s CXB High Bay LED Fixtures Break Performance and Efficiency Records

Cree, Inc. continues to break performance and efficiency records with the next generation of its CXB High Bay LED luminaire, offering improved reliability and greater value than ever before. Improving upon the first LED fixture designed to compete directly with traditional high bay luminaires installed in North America, the newest Cree® CXB Series LED high bay fixtures have advanced to offer even better light performance, lower operating costs and longer life as the ideal LED replacement for high ceiling applications.

11 Feb 2016

New Industrial Housing with Integrated Illumination for Machine Vision Cameras

Machine Vision solutions need sometimes several components. In addition to the camera the user also needs light and lens. To save the user the search for the components so that they can immediately start with capturing images, EVT has developed a housing with already integrated lighting and lens.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 10 Feb 2016

2 W of High Power Tunable Green-Yellow Lasers Introduced

TOPTICA’s frequency-doubled diode lasers now reach 2 Watts output power at 560 nm wavelength with several nanometers tuning range, allowing to use diode laser-based technology around 560 nm with high power.

From TOPTICA Photonics 10 Feb 2016

Nikkiso America Announces Availability Next-Generation Deep UV LEDs

Nikkiso America announces general availability of 50mW deep UV LEDs, utilizing the firm’s well-established manufacturing process technology. The VPS173 series UV LED product range delivers approximately 1.7 times the power level of the previous generation, with demonstrated operating lifetimes in excess of 10,000 hours at 350mA drive current. Initial 50mW deep UV LED availability will include 285nm components in a surface mount device (SMD) configuration, with pending releases of products from 265nm to 300 nm.

10 Feb 2016

UAlberta Researchers 'Weld' Neurons Together Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses

A research team based in the Faculty of Engineering has developed a method of connecting neurons, using ultrashort laser pulses—a breakthrough technique that opens the door to new medical research and treatment opportunities.

10 Feb 2016

Holger Müller Redesigning Atom Interferometer for Precise Measurements of Distance and Gravity

Holger Müller applied for his first patent at age 14 — an invention to boost TV resolution. “There was a shop that fixed TVs near where we lived in Munich, and they had thrown one away,” he recalls. “I schlepped it home and realized that inside they had a complete schematic.

10 Feb 2016

UTA Electrical Engineer Awarded NSF CAREER Program Grant to Develop Optofluidic Laser for Cancer Detection

An electrical engineer at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing an all-liquid optofluidic laser that could better detect cancer in the comfort of a doctor’s office.

10 Feb 2016

Dr. John Holdren Recognized with 2016 OSA Advocate of Optics

The Optical Society (OSA) today presented the 2016 OSA Advocate of Optics recognition to Dr. John Holdren, director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The Advocate of Optics award recognizes Dr. Holdren’s leadership in the field of optics and photonics, especially his work on the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative and in helping to create the Integrated Photonics Innovation Manufacturing Institute (IP-IMI), now known as AIM Photonics.

10 Feb 2016