Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Acuity Brands’ Area/Wall Light LED Luminaire Obtains Lighting for Tomorrow Award

At the annual American Lighting Association (ALA) Conference, Acuity Brands’ Lithonia Lighting brand product, OLAW23 LED Area/Wall Light has secured the Lighting for Tomorrow Award.

By Andy Choi 13 Oct 2011

CVB 2011 CameraSuite MultiOS For Different Operating Systems

CVB 2011 CameraSuite MultiOS, the latest version of STEMMER IMAGING’s high-performance and easy-to-install development environment for GigE Vision cameras, can now be used with a variety of operating systems. In addition to the 32-bit versions of Windows (XP, Vista, 7), the new CVB2011 CameraSuite MultiOS now also supports 64-bit Windows 7 and 64-bit Linux (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint).

12 Oct 2011

Maxim Integrated Products Launches Offline LED Driver with Flicker-Free Dimming Feature

Maxim Integrated Products has launched an offline LED driver, the MAX16841, that offers flicker-free dimming from the highest light intensity down to the lowest or zero intensity with both trailing-edge (transistor) and leading-edge (triac) dimmers.

By Andy Choi 12 Oct 2011

Openreach to Use Wavelength Division Multiplexing System from ADVA Optical Networking

ADVA Optical Networking has declared that BT Group’s infrastructure division, Openreach will use the ADVA FSP 3000 as the basis for its innovative optical spectrum access (OSA) product in its optical spectrum product series.

By Andy Choi 12 Oct 2011

Researchers Develop New Optical Signal Processing Device for High-Speed Networks

As part of the European Union Framework 7 PHASORS project, a team of researchers led by Professor David Richardson at the University of Southampton have developed a new optical signal processing device which can be used for various applications such as high speed optical sensing and measurement.

By Andy Choi 12 Oct 2011

Magnachip to Deliver AMOLED Display Driver ICs for Samsung’s Galaxy S2 LTE Smartphone

Korean company Magnachip Semiconductor, specialising in the design and manufacture of mixed-signal semiconductor and analogue products has announced that it will supply its display driver ICs to be used in the AMOLED display panels in the Galaxy S2 LTE Smartphone from Samsung.

By Andy Choi 12 Oct 2011

G4S Technology to Design and Build Long Fibre Optic Network for HIEM

G4S Technology which specialises in systems integration and project management of electronic security systems and communication networks will design and construct underground and aerial optical fibre network for a distance of 90 mi. for the Health Information Exchange of Montana (HIEM).

By Andy Choi 12 Oct 2011

Ciena Installs Eastern Europe’s First 100G Optical Network with Eurotranstelecom

Ciena and Eurotranstelecom (ETT) have declared that they have jointly installed a 100G network based on the 6500 packet optical platform from Ciena across Eastern Europe.

From Ciena 12 Oct 2011

Imec Realizes High-Speed SiGe:C Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors

Imec, a nanoelectronics company, has demonstrated a high-speed SiGe:C heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) device designed for large volume millimeter-wave low-power circuits in applications for automotive radars.

From imec Inc. 12 Oct 2011

Banner Engineering Introduces L-GAGE LH Series Laser Sensor for Quality Control

US based Banner Engineering has launched the L-GAGE LH Series laser sensor to measure thickness and displacement on all kinds of materials such as rubber, ceramic, wood, metal and plastic.

From Banner Engineering Corp. 12 Oct 2011

IES Chooses Kenall Lighting’s Products for its 2011 Progress Report

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has selected the TekDek luminaire and SmartSense Control from Kenall Lighting in its Progress Report for the year 2011.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

Sofradir Launches Uncooled Thermal Imaging Camera with High Resolution

US based company Sofradir has introduced the ATOM 1024-DF100/300 uncooled thermal imaging camera of a very high resolution. This is the first uncooled camera that has been made available for commercial purposes.

From Lynred USA 11 Oct 2011

HKTDC’s Lighting Trade Fair to Showcase Eco-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Lighting Products

The 13th edition of the International Lighting Fair organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will be held from October 27 to 302011 at the Hong Kong Convention Exhibition Centre.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

OIF Approves Micro Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly Implementation Agreement

Members of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) have given their approval to the Micro Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly (ulTLA) implementation agreement (IA).

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

B&W Tek Release Next Generation Handheld Raman Spectrometer

B&W Tek, an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, is proud to introduce the NanoRam, a new class of small, handheld instruments for materials identification and verification within cGMP compliant facilities.

10 Oct 2011