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SOHO Captures Images of Sun’s Earth-Directed Coronal Mass Ejection

On March 15, 2013, at 2:54 a.m. EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space and can reach Earth one to three days later and affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground.

16 Mar 2013

Engineers at Stanford Design High-Resolution, Micro-Endoscope

Engineers at Stanford have demonstrated a high-resolution endoscope that is as thin as a human hair with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design.

15 Mar 2013

Imec’s New Silicon Photonics Platform Provides Cost-Efficient Solutions to Integrated Photonics Products

Imec announced today the launch of its fully integrated silicon photonics platform through a cost-sharing Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) service via ePIXfab. The platform enables cost-effective R&D of silicon photonic ICs for high-performance optical transceivers (25Gb/s and beyond) and optical sensing and life science applications.

From imec Inc. 15 Mar 2013

UB Engineers Create Rainbow-Colored Polymer Using Holographic Lithography Method

An easy-to-make rainbow filter that could help users identify the true color of everything from paint to medicine has been named to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) list of 2013 Innovations that Could Change the Way You Manufacture.

15 Mar 2013

Intensive Workshop on LED and OLED Lighting Applications

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will hold a four-day, hands-on seminar May 14-17, 2013, to teach industry professionals how to incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) into lighting applications.

15 Mar 2013

Scientists Use X-ray Laser to Observe Actions of Catalysts at Molecular Level

An international team under the leadership of Hamburg scientists has observed a catalyst in action on the molecular level with the world's strongest X-ray laser. The study shows surprising details of a chemical reaction and opens up the possibility to see live pictures of these ultrafast processes.

15 Mar 2013

PG&O to Highlight Thin Film Optical Solutions at SPIE DSS

Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O), global experts in optical manufacturing and precision thin film coatings, offers complete turnkey optical solutions for military and defense applications.

15 Mar 2013

Innovative Software Improves Quality and Field of View of Ultrasound Images

Innovative software has been developed that greatly enhances the detail quality and field of view of conventional ultrasound images. It could improve the diagnosis of heart disease and deliver big savings for the NHS.

14 Mar 2013

Oclaro Highlights 100G Networking Leadership at OFC/NFOEC Show

Oclaro, Inc., a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, today announced that it will be highlighting its 100G networking leadership at the upcoming OFC/NFOEC show with a live demonstration of its LR4 CFP2 at Oclaro booth #2701, several new product introductions, and participation in six panel discussions and various technical paper presentations.

14 Mar 2013

Aleddra Announces Availability of Star Highbay LED Luminaire for North American Market

Aleddra LED Lighting, a business unit of Lightel Technologies, Inc., today announces its high-performance Star Highbay LED luminaire is available in the North American market as an energy-efficient solution for high bay lighting application.

14 Mar 2013

Avago Technologies Unveils New 100G CFP2 Optical Transceiver

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced a new 100G CFP2 optical transceiver, the AFBR-8420Z. The device is a 10-channel pluggable, multi-mode parallel optic transceiver module designed for high-density 100G Ethernet and Optical Transport Network (OTN).

14 Mar 2013

P&P Optica to Participate in Canadian Technology Accelerator Program

P&P Optica Inc., a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance optical spectrometers, has been selected as one of eight Canadian companies to participate in the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) program in Boston.

14 Mar 2013

Attendees of Largest Astronomy Lesson Learn Secrets of Cosmos Using Light and Color

Looking up through hundreds of colored filters and spectral glasses, 526 people shattered the record for the Largest Astronomy Lesson. Under the Texas night sky, students were instructed on the lawn of the Long Center for the Performing Arts at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin on Sunday, March 10, 2013.

14 Mar 2013

Vytran to Highlight CAS-4100 Optical Fiber Splicer at OFC/NFOEC Conference

Vytran, an innovative supplier of optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, will demonstrate its compact, high-performance "CAS-4100" optical fiber splicer, and show a selection of other precision fiber processing equipment, at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) 2013, booth #2109. The OFC/NFOEC exposition will be held March 19-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

14 Mar 2013

Telecom Leaders Convene for Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition

Next week, leaders from telecom, datacom and computing will convene for the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC)—the premier optical communications event where experts from industry and academia share their results, experiences, and insights on the future of hot topic areas such as cloud and datacenter networking, software-defined networks, photonic integration and more. More than 12,000 attendees and an exhibit with 550 companies are expected.

13 Mar 2013