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Revolutionary Laser Treatment for Glaucoma Surgery

Prof. Ehud Assia and Dr. Ami Eyel of IOPtima are testing a new laser surgery device specifically designed to make glaucoma procedures safer, simpler and faster.

19 Sep 2007

Oncore Power Systems Launches Fiber-Optic Cable

Oncore Power Systems, of Newport Beach, CA, began producing a line of fiber-optic network cables and cable assemblies. The assemblies can be purchased in 10-Gbit laser-optimized or standard 50-µm multi-mode, 62.5/125 multi-mode, single-mode, and mode-conditioning cables.

18 Sep 2007

Scientists Create Inexpensive Technique Which Forces Luminescent Polymers to Give Off Polarized Light

UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers.

18 Sep 2007

Revolutionary Optical Technology Reveals New Possibility

MEMSCAP, the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology, today announces that it caters for the majority of the optical MEMS market needs worldwide.

17 Sep 2007

Molecular Positronium - Next Generation Gamma-Ray Laser

Physicists at UC Riverside have created molecular positronium, an entirely new object in the laboratory. Briefly stable, each molecule is made up of a pair of electrons and a pair of their antiparticles, called positrons.

15 Sep 2007

Smartlipo - Lunch Hour Liposuction Treatment

Dr. John Bergeron of the Skin & Vein Laser Center is proud to be one of the first doctors in the country trained and certified in the "Smartlipo?quot; procedure and also one of the first to bring the innovative treatment hailed the "lunch hour lipo" in the cosmetic industry to the Houston area.

15 Sep 2007

Optics and Photonics Plays an Important Role in Nano and Solar Technology

"Optics + Photonics is proceeding on the right track with its emphasis on nano and solar technologies, which are immensely important to our future," said Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder professor of engineering science and mechanics at Pennsylvania State University and editor-in-chief of SPIE's Journal of Nanophotonics. Lakhtakia continued, "But this emphasis on the nano and solar future has its feet firmly planted in the past glories and ongoing research in optics and photonics, a foundation from which all future technologies emerge."

13 Sep 2007

Wavefront-Guided Laser Vision Correction for Nearsighted Patients

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Advanced CustomVue(TM) Monovision procedure, the first wavefront-guided laser vision correction procedure for the visual correction of myopic (nearsighted) presbyopic patients, with and without astigmatism.

12 Sep 2007

New Platform Technology for Small Animal Functional Imaging

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. will announce the introduction of a new platform technology using opto-acoustics for small animal functional imaging at the Joint Molecular Imaging Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, September 8-9.

12 Sep 2007

VueMetrix Appoint Laser Lines as Their Distributor for Laser Diode Controllers in the UK

VueMetrix Inc. today announced that it has named Laser Lines Ltd. as the sole distributor for its line of laser diode controllers in the United Kingdom. Laser Lines is the premier distributor for a wide range of innovative products used in laser-based applications in both medical and industrial markets.

12 Sep 2007