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GigOptix Announces Sample Availability of GX62474 Linear Quad-Channel Mach-Zehnder Modulator Driver

GigOptix, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced high speed semiconductor components for use in long-haul, metro, Cloud connectivity, data centers, consumer electronics links and interactive applications, through optical and wireless communications networks, today announced sample availability of its newest GX62474 linear quad-channel Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) driver for low-power 100 Gbps DP-QPSK coherent long-haul transmitter applications.

24 Jun 2014

New Line of Energy-Efficient Integrated LED Recessed Downlights from VOLT Lighting

VOLT® Lighting announced today the addition of a new line of energy-efficient integrated LED Recessed Lighting. These LED fixtures are designed to replace existing incandescent or halogen bulbs and the recessed reflectors and rings that house them.

24 Jun 2014

Researchers Develop Novel Three-Dimensional X-Ray Optics

In the future, this kind of novel X-ray optics should be available to users at the BESSY II synchrotron source. Among many applications, the improved resolution permits investigations on ultrastructural features in biological specimens as well as studies on nanostructures in novel battery systems.

24 Jun 2014

Study Results Favor LEDs to Improve Greenhouse Artificial Lighting Systems

In Canada, where outdoor growing seasons are limited, sales from greenhouse fruit and vegetable production operations still surpass $1.1 billion annually.

24 Jun 2014

DILAS COMPACT-EVOLUTION Diode Laser System at 1.2kW

Mainz, Germany, June 23, 2014 – DILAS, the diode laser company expands its COMPACT-EVOLUTION diode laser system to deliver 1200 watt output power from a 300µm (0.22NA) fiber at 976nm. The product line COMP...

24 Jun 2014

New Temporary Construction LED String Lights from Larson Electronics

Industrial lighting specialist Larson Electronics reveals their new temporary construction LED string lights. The ten 25 watt LED lamps on this work site light set provides higher quality light than 150 wattage PAR38 lamps while creating less heat and using less power.

23 Jun 2014

InfoComm 2014: -Samsung Received Three Awards for Leadership in Commercial Display Technology

Samsung Electronics America today announced that it received three awards at InfoComm 2014, an annual event for the professional audiovisual and information communication industries, held June 18-20 in Las Vegas.

23 Jun 2014

Musco to Deliver Cutting-Edge LED Lighting Solution for LakePoint’s Multi-Field Sports Complex

LakePoint Sporting Community, the world’s largest sports vacation destination, has partnered with the leading innovator of sports lighting solutions, Musco Lighting, to provide a LED lighting system for enhanced playability and energy efficiency. LakePoint is the first multi-field sports complex to use Musco’s cutting-edge lighting solution harnessing LED technology to direct more light onto the playing surface.

23 Jun 2014

Fiberguide Industries will Exhibit its New Square Core for Fiber Arrays for Star Mapping at SPIE

Fiberguide Industries will exhibit its new Square Core for fiber arrays for star mapping applications, along with specialty optical fibers and high power assemblies at the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2014, booth 201. The show takes place June 25-26, 2014 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

23 Jun 2014

American Laser Skincare Offers Advanced Skin Rejuvenation Technologies at Clinics in Miami and West Palm Beach Areas

American Laser Skincare announced today that it is introducing a full assortment of Envy Medical products and treatments to its Miami and West Palm Beach, Fla., area clinics. The additions to the portfolio include the SilkPeel® Dermalinfusion® System, Lumixyl® Brightening System, and ClarityMD™ Acne Solution. These products and treatments are being rolled out immediately in Miami and West Palm Beach, and are anticipated to be available in every American Laser Skincare clinic by September 2014.

23 Jun 2014

New Research Report on Optic Cables Market in Russia and the CIS

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fiber-optic Cable in the CIS: Production, Market and Forecast (2nd edition)" report to their offering.

23 Jun 2014

CABLExpress Reduces Diameter, Weight of Skinny-Trunk Fiber Optic Trunk Cables

CABLExpress announced today at NY Tech Summit that it has reduced the diameter and weight of its Skinny-Trunk® fiber optic trunk cables to allow for increased capacity and ease of cable management in data center infrastructure systems.

23 Jun 2014

Dual-Mode Imager Combines Near-Infrared Fluorescent and Visible Light Reflectance Imaging for Better Tumor Identification

Before they excise a tumor, surgeons need to determine exactly where the cancerous cells lie. Now, research published today in The Optical Society's (OSA) journal Optics Letters details a new technique that could give surgeons cheaper and more lightweight tools, such as goggles or hand-held devices, to identify tumors in real time in the operating room.

From Optical Society Of America 20 Jun 2014

Hubbell Lighting Offers High Output Versions of LUNABAY LED High Bay

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that Hubbell Industrial Lighting’s modernly styled LUNABAY™ LED High Bay is now available in high output versions. While still providing excellent efficacy of up to 95 lumens per watt, the LUNABAY™ can now deliver up to 23,650 lumens.

20 Jun 2014

Spitzer Space Telescope Measures Candidate Size for NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have measured the size of an asteroid candidate for NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a proposed spacecraft concept to capture either a small asteroid, or a boulder from an asteroid. The near-Earth asteroid, called 2011 MD, was found to be roughly 20 feet (6 meters) in size, and its structure appears to contain a lot of empty space, perhaps resembling a pile of rubble. Spitzer's infrared vision was key to sizing up the asteroid.

20 Jun 2014