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Harnessing "Force of Light" to Drive Machines

Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun's light. But, the forces of sunlight are too weak to fill even the oversized sails that have been tried. Now a team led by researchers at the Yale School of Engineering + Applied Science has shown that the force of light indeed can be harnessed to drive machines - when the process is scaled to nano-proportions.

26 Nov 2008

Blind Via Measurement in Si and GaAs using CHRocodile IT

With semiconductor devices becoming smaller and smaller and between-level interconnects requiring the production of blind vias with high aspect ratios there is a need to be able to perform measurements on such features.

25 Nov 2008

Laser Technology Enhances Metallurgical Properties and Extends Product Life

Laser Cladding Services, Inc. today announced the introduction of LaserHeatTM Pinpoint Treating, a high-powered laser pin-point heat treating process, to their vast array of laser capabilities that extends the lifecycle of critical parts.

24 Nov 2008

Olympus Water Immersion Objective Offers Unprecedented Performance for Multiphoton Imaging

A 25x, NA 1.05 water immersion (WI) objective specifically designed for multiphoton imaging offers researchers unprecedented performance when used with the Olympus FluoView® FV1000-MPE multiphoton microscope system.

24 Nov 2008

Microvision Recognized for development of PicoP for New Automotive Display Applications

Frost + Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, is pleased to present Microvision Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS) with the 2008 North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award for development of its ultra-miniature laser projection display engine, PicoP(TM), for new automotive display applications.

24 Nov 2008

Powerful New Software for Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Applications

The Olympus ASW v2.0 Software Suite is designed to maximize performance and ease-of-use for the new line of FluoView® FV1000 confocal and FV1000-MPE multiphoton laser scanning microscope systems.

21 Nov 2008

Unlocking the Secrets of Plasma

University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.

21 Nov 2008

Daylight Solutions Awarded Phase 1 SBIR from DARPA for High Power Mid-Infrared Laser System

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of molecular detection and illumination solutions in the mid-infrared, announced today that the company has been awarded a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This award will be used to advance Daylight's compact, high power ECqcL technology for infrared countermeasures (IRCM).

21 Nov 2008

First Observation of Two Resonant Dispersive Waves on Both Sides of the Emitting Soliton

A research team led by Fetah Benabid, University of Bath, has observed for the first time the simultaneous emission of two resonant dispersive waves by optical solitons (waves that maintain their shape while traveling at constant speeds). By designing a special fiber with an extremely small waveguiding feature located in the photonic crystal fiber cladding, the researchers were able to bring the theoretical prediction into the experimental demonstration, creating waves on both sides of the pump. This research appears in the current issue of the Optical Society's Optics Letters.

20 Nov 2008

PennWell Launches Photovoltaics World Magazine

PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it will launch Photovoltaics World magazine to address the rapidly growing global photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing industry.

20 Nov 2008

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