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Korean Memory Supplier Places Order for ESI IR Laser Systems

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for micro-engineering applications, today announced that a major Korean memory supplier has placed a follow-on, multiple system order for ESI Model 9850 infrared (IR) laser link-processing systems.

12 Mar 2008

Integration of Five Leading Companies in the Photonics Industry

Five leading companies in the photonics industry have been integrated under the "Gooch and Housego" brand name. Although they were all previously owned by Gooch & Housego Plc, they had operated under separate names.

11 Mar 2008

QPC Lasers Showcaes High Power Eye-safe and Visible Lasers

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it will showcase its next generation products and technologies at the SPIE Defense & Security conference.

10 Mar 2008

Finding the Key to Gold’s Chemical Reactivity

In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble metal is a surprisingly good catalyst.

10 Mar 2008

Laser Treatment for MDF

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have devised a way of using a laser that transforms MDF giving it a surface finish that looks like some of the most expensive wood grains.

10 Mar 2008

Providing New Level of Precision for World’s Most Widely Used Glaucoma Perimeter

Carl Zeiss Meditec, a leader in glaucoma care, announced the release of the Humphrey Field Analyzer II-i (HFA II-i) with new Guided Progression Analysis(TM) (GPA) software that accurately determines the stage of disease.

8 Mar 2008

Educational Program Shines the Light on Cutting-Edge Laser Research

The world's top laser experts will gather in Kissimmee, Fla., to share innovations in lasers and emerging technologies at the 28th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY (ASLMS).

6 Mar 2008

World's Most Accurate Clock

An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single mercury atom. Both clocks are at least 10 times more accurate than the current U.S. time standard.

6 Mar 2008

LIDAR Technology for Wind Energy Applications

Wind energy is currently regarded as the most important source of renewable energy. The optimal operation of the newest generation of large wind turbines is possible through the reliable measurement of the wind inflow characteristics.

6 Mar 2008

Free Vision Correction Surgery for Spinal Cord Injury Patients

A Dawsonville, GA man who was left paralyzed from an auto accident 13 years ago is now living without his glasses thanks to Dr. George O. Waring, M.D., a surgeon at InView, a leading laser surgery center in Atlanta, GA.

5 Mar 2008