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Main Light Industries Rolls Out LED-Powered LightStar Fibre Optic Illuminator

Main Light Industries has unveiled the LightStar fibre optic illuminator with LED light engine. It is a part of the company’s FiberLamp product series.

5 Mar 2011

Aston University Researcher Secures $2.4 Million to Improve Fiber Laser Technologies

European Research Council (ERC) has granted an Advanced Investigator Grant worth $2.4 million to Sergei Turitsyn, an engineering professor at the Aston University, in recognition of his research work in the enhancement of nonlinear photonic technologies.

5 Mar 2011

B+W Tek Rolls Out Quest Series Fiber Optic Spectrometers for LED Binning Applications

B&W Tek has unveiled the latest Quest series of compact fiber optic spectrometers that provide quicker readout speed of more than 2 MHz and have a low thermal drift spectrum.

From m-oem 3 Mar 2011

Ekinops Installs Optical Networking System for Vaultas

Vaultas, broadband service and data center provider, has selected Ekinops, developer and supplier of optical equipment, to deploy an optical networking system for its Midwest fiber route. Ekinops’ technology enabled Vaultas to increase its network capacity and maximize its return on investment.

3 Mar 2011

Penn State Researchers Develop Optical Fibers that Allow Effective Light Manipulation

Heading the team at Penn State University, Professor John Badding stated that unlike optical fibers with a glass core, the advanced optic fibers with zinc selenide core allows for transportation of light over longer wavelengths, especially those in the mid-infrared range.

3 Mar 2011

Alcatel-Lucent to Build Taiwan’s First Gigabit Passive Optical Network

Chunghwa Telecom, a telecommunications provider based in Taiwan, has entered into an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy Taiwan’s first gigabit passive optical network (GPON).

2 Mar 2011

Wave2Wave Launches WDM Passive Optical System for Rapid Network Expansion

Wave2Wave has launched a advanced wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) passive optical system for rapid optical network expansion.

28 Feb 2011

Near-Infrared Laser Treatment Safe and Effective for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

According to a report published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, the near-infrared laser illumination (NILI) is a safe and reliable technique to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, an inflammation of the nasal cavity. The laser procedure does not affect ciliary motility.

28 Feb 2011

3ality Digital Selects Telecast’s Transceivers to Deliver Fiber Connectivity to Australian Sports Events

Telecast Fiber Systems’ advanced camera-mounted transceiver has played a key role in 3D broadcasts of the National Rugby League (NRL) Grand Finals and the Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Finals, two major sporting events in Australia.

28 Feb 2011

Telecom Namibia Deploys Fiber-Optic Cable for High-Speed Broadband Connectivity

Telecom Namibia is set to link the southern African country to the consortium submarine system called West African Cable System (WACS) that links Africa to Europe.

28 Feb 2011