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Short-Pulse Lasers Help Expand Capabilities of Terahertz Sources

Yet it has the potential for numerous applications. In Physical Review Letters, scientists at Jülich together with their international partners present a new concept that uses short-pulse lasers to expand the capabilities of terahertz sources currently being developed. An important part was played by calculations performed on Jülich's supercomputer JUQUEEN.

26 Jun 2015

TSIC and Coriant Demonstrate Flexi-Rate Technology That Supports 400G Optical Transmission Speeds

TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) and Coriant, a global vendor of SDN-enabled end-to-end transport networking solutions, today announced the successful completion of a field trial demonstrating innovative flexi-rate technology that supports the dynamic and cost-efficient provisioning of optical transmission speeds up to 400G per channel based on application-specific bit rate, reach, and modulation requirements.

26 Jun 2015

ESI Introduces Jade High-Volume-Production Laser Micromachining Platform

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., an innovator of laser-based manufacturing solutions for the micromachining industry, today introduced JadeTM, the new low-cost, high-volume-production laser micromachining platform adaptable to a range of configurations for different applications including cutting, marking, drilling and engraving.

25 Jun 2015

Digital Lumens' Intelligent LED Lighting System Implemented at Quality Bicycle Products Outfits New Distribution Facility

Digital Lumens today announced that Quality Bicycle Products (QBP), the largest and most widely known bicycle parts distributor to the cycling industry, outfitted its new Lancaster, PA warehouse and distribution center with Digital Lumens' Intelligent LED Lighting System.

25 Jun 2015

Molex Introduces Wet-Location-Rated Woodhead LED Wide-Area Portable Magnet Light

Molex Incorporated announces the availability of its wet-location-rated Woodhead® LED Wide-Area Portable Magnet Light. This durable solution offers contractors and maintenance, manufacturing and quality personnel a light that consumes just 40 watts of power to produce 2700 lumens output lasting 50,000 hours.

25 Jun 2015

UNIVERSAL LASER SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICE PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATORS

No Cost Lasers to Support Field Installations. Universal Laser Systems, a leading global developer of laser technology, announces its new service program. The OEM Service Laser program enables integrators to have serv...

From Universal Laser Systems Inc 25 Jun 2015

Revolutionary Laser Technology Debuted at Laser World of Photonics Three Wavelengths in One Beam

Universal Laser Systems, a leader in innovative laser solutions presents its ground-breaking Multiwave Hybrid Technology at the Lasers in Manufacturing Congress June 24, 2015 in Munich, Germany. Joseph T. Hillman, Uni...

From Universal Laser Systems Inc 25 Jun 2015

ADVANCED CO2 LASER TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED AT LASER WORLD OF PHOTONICS

World’s First 250w and 500w Air-Cooled Lasers Setting Industry Standards. Advancing air-cooled, CO2 laser technology to higher and higher levels, Universal Laser Systems adds to its line of integrated, air-coole...

From Universal Laser Systems Inc 25 Jun 2015

NKT Photonics Receives Volume ROD Fiber Order for Industrial Ultrafast Lasers

NKT Photonics’ aeroGAIN-ROD fibers have long been the benchmark of high performance ytterbium gain fibers for ultrafast lasers. With their extremely large cores and diffraction limited output, they can handle peak pow...

From NKT Photonics A/S 25 Jun 2015

Winners of First-Ever PHOTONICS Award Rewarded

At STARTUP WORLD – part of the LASER World of PHOTONICS trade fair in Munich, Germany – winners have just been announced in the two categories of the first-ever PHOTONICS Award. The competition seeks to re...

24 Jun 2015

Two New High-Powered Laser Modules by PicoQuant

PicoQuant has introduced the picosecond pulsed laser platforms VisIR-765 “STED” and VisUV at the Laser World of PHOTONICS 2015 in Munich (June 22-25, 2015).

From Picoquant GmbH 24 Jun 2015

Novel Display Technology Harnesses Natural Ambient Light

Using a simple structure comprising a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of light, researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, have developed a display technology that harnesses natural ambient light to produce an unprecedented range of colors and superior viewing experience. An article describing their innovative approach appears today in The Optical Society’s new high-impact journal Optica.

24 Jun 2015

Cyan to Provide Software-Defined Packet-Optical Network to Telecom Provider, Kordia

Cyan, a leading provider of SDN, NFV, and packet-optical solutions for network operators, today announced it has been selected to provide the Z-Series Packet-Optical Transport Platforms (P-OTPs) for Australia and New Zealand-based telecommunications provider Kordia.

24 Jun 2015

Ekinops Technology Enables Full-Scale Multi-Terabit Transmission on Orange Optical Fiber Infrastructure

For the first time, tens of terabits per second (Tbps) were transported over 762 km (472 miles) on the Orange network, setting a transmission record. The transmission, along the Lyon-Marseille-Lyon link, was made possible by Ekinops’ ultra-high capacity optical transmission technology.

24 Jun 2015