Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that anyone could install it.
V.I.O. Inc., the leading innovator of hands-free video technology, announced today a direct funding collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to perform research and development of specialized wearable video technology for military and law enforcement applications.
Gooch & Housego PLC today announced the launch of a new company that brings together five leading players in the photonics industry under the Gooch & Housego brand name. The new offering, launched at Photonics West 2008 (stand #1013), will deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customised optical components to the global industrial laser, bio-medical, defense and metrology market places.
MTI Instruments, Inc., a worldwide leader in precision measurement solutions and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) (NASDAQ: MKTY), announces the expansion of their Microtrak II laser triangulation product family with the addition of a Stand Alone Laser ("SAL") system.
At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Luxtera Inc. today announced its demonstration of the world’s first DisplayPort optical interconnect based on its breakthrough Silicon Photonics technology. As part of the Video Electronics Standards Association’s (VESA) DisplayPort™ TechZone, Luxtera is showcasing its long reach optical solution for digital home and digital signage applications.
Ondax, a leading manufacturer of Volume Holographic Gratings, expands its product portfolio with the introduction of Wavelength Stabilized 405nm Laser Diodes. The stabilized lasers have a single-mode, narrow linewidth, very low temperature dependence and a coherence length of 1 meter. The lasers exhibit stable interference fringes after greater than 6 meters path length difference.
Researchers are developing new technology that could replace the household light-bulb within three years.
The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Goodrich Corporation to develop next-generation night vision sensor technology for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications.
Moritex has announced new software, for its popular Triplesense skin counselling monitor, to assist cosmeticians maximise the effectiveness of their advanced skin counselling sessions.
ASML Holding NV (ASML) and Carl Zeiss SMT (Zeiss) today announce that each has signed an agreement with Canon Inc. (Canon) for the global cross-license of patents in their respective fields of semiconductor lithography and optical components, used to manufacture integrated circuits, or chips.
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