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New Research Work Paves Way for Large, Affordable Holographic Video Displays

Holographic video displays, featuring three-dimensional images, are about to "go large" and become a lot more affordable at the same time, thanks to the work of a team of Brigham Young University (BYU) researchers and their collaborators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

4 Feb 2015

RIT Competes for Multimillion-Dollar Federal Investment in Regional Photonics Center

Rochester Institute of Technology is among the leaders of a consortium named as one of three finalists in the country competing for a multimillion-dollar federal investment in a regional photonics center.

31 Jan 2015

National Photonics Initiative Commends Three Consortiums for Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation

The National Photonics Initiative (NPI), a collaborative alliance seeking to raise awareness of photonics and increase US funding and investment in key photonics-driven fields, today commended the three consortiums led by University of Central Florida, University of Southern California and the Research Foundation for the State University of New York selected by the US Department of Defense (DOD) to submit full proposals to secure the Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IP-IMI).

31 Jan 2015

Fujitsu Honors JDSU with 2015 Distinguished Partner Award

JDSU today announced that Fujitsu, a leading electronics corporation, granted JDSU the 2015 Distinguished Partner Award at its recent supplier event that included more than 600 attendees in Tokyo, Japan.

29 Jan 2015

QED Optics to Manufacture Precision Optics for Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

QED Technologies (QED), pioneer and provider of Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF®) polishing and Subaperture Stitching Interferometry (SSI®) metrology platforms for the precision optics industry, announces that the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) has awarded QED Optics a contract to manufacture precision optics for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST).

28 Jan 2015

Finisar Releases WaveShaper 1000/SP 1µm Programmable Single-Polarization Filter

Finisar® Corporation today announced the release of the WaveShaper™ 1000/SP 1µm Programmable Single-Polarization Filter. This new module shapes femtosecond and short picosecond optical pulses in fiber laser systems in precision micromachining, medical and spectroscopy applications, for example.

28 Jan 2015

VITRONIC to Showcase Optical Inspection Systems at Battery Japan 2015

In different stages of battery production, optical inspection systems from VITRONIC are taking over demanding inspection tasks to optimize production processes and guarantee final battery quality output.

27 Jan 2015

Forecast Report on Global Photometer and Calorimeter Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Photometer and Calorimeter Market by Type, Application, and Geography - Global Forecast 2013-2020" report to their offering.

27 Jan 2015

New Technique to Generate More Powerful, Energy Efficient and Low-Cost Pulsed Lasers

Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to generate more powerful, more energy efficient and low-cost pulsed lasers.

23 Jan 2015

Optogenetics Helps Control Swimming Behaviour of Sperm

Scientists from the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar) in Bonn, an Institute of the Max Planck Society, have succeeded for the first time in controlling the function of sperm by optogenetics. They inserted a light-activated enzyme for cAMP synthesis into mouse sperm that lacked the endogenous enzyme.

22 Jan 2015

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