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New Report on China Fiber Optics Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fiber Optics Markets in China" report to their offering.

4 Jun 2015

Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Partners Commit Over $500 Million for Construction of Extremely Large Telescopes

The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization has announced today that its 11 international partners have committed more than US$500 million to begin construction of the first of a new generation of extremely large telescopes. Once it is built, the Giant Magellan Telescope is poised to be the largest optical telescope in the world.

4 Jun 2015

Windstream to Connect to Allied Fiber's Network-Neutral Dark Fiber Route from Miami to Jacksonville

Allied Fiber, the United States' first open access, integrated, network-neutral colocation and dark fiber superstructure, today announced that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide, has executed an Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) agreement and lease for dark fiber and neutral colocation to expand its network between Miami and Jacksonville.

4 Jun 2015

GE Launches Bright Stik 60W CFL Replacement LED Light Bulb

GE today unveiled Bright StikTM LED, a redesigned, entry point 60-watt replacement LED, accelerating consumers’ transition from CFL to LED lighting—according to GE industry estimates.

4 Jun 2015

Advances in Skin Laser Resurfacing to be Presented at 23rd World Congress of Dermatology

Sciton, Inc. today announced that Julia Carroll, MD, FRCPC, a board certified dermatologist and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, is presenting “Advances in Skin Laser Resurfacing” at the 23RD meeting of the World Congress of Dermatology (WCD), June 8 – 13, at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia.

4 Jun 2015

Hubble Reveals Chaotic Rhythm of Pluto’s Moons

If you lived on one of Pluto's moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows that two of Pluto's moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably.

4 Jun 2015

Sharp Introduces New 7.0-Inch Class Industrial LCD Panels

Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) has introduced new LCD display modules in its Industrial Application (IA) TFT LCD line-up in the popular 7.0-inch (diagonal) size class. The company's new 7.0-inch class industrial LCD products include an out-of-the-box, high-performance IA product and a "Value IA" LCD panel for cost-sensitive applications, plus ability to add-on PCAP touch, high brightness, and other features.

4 Jun 2015

Researchers Analyze Intact Virus Particles Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometer

Carnegie Mellon University chemists, led by Mark Bier, have separated and weighed virus particles using mass spectrometry (MS). This is the first time that researchers successfully used matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization MS to analyze a mixture of intact virus particles.

4 Jun 2015

Groundbreaking Fiber-Optic Laser System for Sealing Corneal Transplants

Some 30,000 years ago, prehistoric man wielded animal bones as needles to suture otherwise lethal wounds. This tactic has been used, and improved upon, over time and remains the basis of surgical procedures conducted today.

4 Jun 2015

Alice Far-Ultraviolet Spectrograph Reveals Electrons as Cause of Water Molecules Breakup on Comet Surface

A close-up of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by NASA's ultraviolet instrument surprised scientists by revealing that electrons close to the comet's surface -- not photons from the Sun as had been believed -- cause the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules spewing from the surface.

4 Jun 2015

Sub-Cycle Waveform Synthesizers Working at Optical Frequencies Could Overcome Limitations of Ultrafast Amplifiers

Ultrashort light pulses are a valuable achievement. They make it possible to observe chemical reactions, opening up the field of femtochemistry. Other current and/or future applications include high capacity telecommunications systems, photonic switching devices, optical coherence tomography, and high precision surgical cutting.

3 Jun 2015

Jenoptik to Highlight Lasers and Laser Machines at LASER World of PHOTONICS

The Jenoptik Lasers & Material Processing and Optical Systems divisions are presenting at LASER World of PHOTONICS, the world’s leading trade fair for the laser and photonics industry, from 22nd to 25th June 2015 in hall A3 at booth 235 of the Munich trade fair centre.

From JENOPTIK AG 3 Jun 2015

Global Free–Space Optical Communications Market Expected to Reach $501.1 Million in 2019

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS: The global free–space optical communications market was valued at $41.9 million in 2013 and $59.2 million in 2014. This market is expected to reach $501.1 million in 2019, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 53.3% from 2014 through 2019.

3 Jun 2015

Innovations in Optics Introduces LED Driver/Controller for its High Power LED Light Engines

Innovations in Optics, Inc. introduces the Model 5000A-100 LED Driver/Controller for powering its patented and patent-pending High Power LED Light Engines. The 5000A-100 LED Driver provides constant current in continuous, pulsed or pulsed width modulation (PWM) modes. An embedded system adds network control with 10/100Mbps Ethernet connectivity.

From Innovations In Optics, Inc. 3 Jun 2015

CLEO 2015: FBH Demonstrates Single 1cm Laser Bar That Can Deliver 2kW of Optical Output Power

The FBH presented the latest results from their project CryoLaser at CLEO 2015, demonstrating for the first time that a single 1-cm laser bar can deliver at least 2 kilowatt (kW) of optical output power, when cooled to 203 Kelvin.

3 Jun 2015