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Netherlands Energy Research Centre Approves Mitsubishi Electric's Compact Wind Lidar

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has conducted tests to validate and subsequently approve Mitsubishi Electric's compact wind lidar as complying with European wind measurement standards.

29 May 2014

Gimbal-less MEMS Mirrors Manufacturer, Mirrorcle Technologies, Moves to Larger Headquarters

The all-new, 7000 square foot facility at 4905 Central Ave., Ste. 200 houses the company’s operations, R&D and manufacturing departments, Mirrorcle Technologies, Inc. (MTI) announced today. The move to the new, larger headquarters of the leading manufacturer of gimbal-less microelectromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors was prompted by the significant growth in 2013, by the subsequently expanding engineering and manufacturing teams, and by the continuously increasing customer demand.

28 May 2014

NASA Utilizes Crowd-Sourced Digital Imagery for 3.2-Billion-Pixel Sized Earth Day Global Selfie Mosaic

For Earth Day this year, NASA invited people around the world to step outside to take a "selfie" and share it with the world on social media. NASA released Thursday a new view of our home planet created entirely from those photos.

23 May 2014

Competitive Landscape Report of the Military Electro Optical Infrared Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Global Military Electro Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Market 2014-2024 - Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights: Market Profile

23 May 2014

Photonex Scotland Roadshow to Take Place 4 June, 2014 at Heriot-Watt University

Photonex Scotland Roadshow includes an in-depth conference on the latest techniques and instrumentation available in subjects such as: the application of super-resolution microscopy to observe single molecule organisation and dynamics; Progress in CMOS single photon sensors for the life sciences; and Fast fluorescence lifetime imaging techniques for solid-state single-photon imagers.

22 May 2014

China-based Telecom OEM Places Follow-on 100G Orders with Advanced Photonix

Picometrix®, LLC, an Advanced Photonix® company, announced today that it has received follow on orders from a leading China provider of telecommunications equipment and networks solutions to supply the CR-100D for their 100G optical transport network equipment. These orders total approximately $700K to be delivered over the next three months.

20 May 2014

Avago Technologies Announces New Line of 14.2mm Optocoupler Devices

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced a new family of 14.2mm optocoupler devices, the ACNT-Hxxx, designed for high voltage applications.

20 May 2014

Ball Aerospace to Build High-Spectral-Resolution-Lidar for Aerosols Winds and Clouds

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has received a contract from NASA to build a High-spectral-Resolution-Lidar for Aerosols Winds and Clouds - Using the Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar (HAWC-OAWL) to help scientists better understand how the wind transport of aerosols and water vapor affect air quality and cloud formation.

From BAE Systems 20 May 2014

Picometrix Announces Sample Availability of Avalanche Photodiode Receiver Optical Sub-Assembly

Picometrix®, LLC, an Advanced Photonix® company and the leading independent supplier dedicated to the design and manufacture of high performance optical receiver components for communications networks and test equipment, today announced sample availability of its avalanche photodiode (APD) receiver optical sub-assembly (ROSA). General product availability is planned for the third quarter of 2014.

19 May 2014

OWIS Introduces UNOH 65 Universal Optic Holder for SYS 65 Beam Handling System

Following the successful launch of the UNOH 25 and UNOH 40 last year, the universal optic holder UNOH 65 is now also available for the proven beam handling system SYS 65.

From OWIS GmbH 16 May 2014