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Optoscribe Expands With Move to New Facilities

Optoscribe, a global supplier of 3D waveguide technology for optical communications, today announced its plans to expand with a move to new facilities.

19 Mar 2014

Growing Demand for Smartphones Drives Optical Coatings Industry

According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research "Optical Coatings Market (Anti-Reflective Coatings, Filter coatings, Transparent Electrodes, Reflective Coatings and Others) For Electronics, Defense/security, Infrastructure, Solar and Others Applications: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2013 - 2019", the global demand for the optical coatings was valued at USD 6.47 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 10.39 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 7.2% between 2013 and 2019.

18 Mar 2014

Spectra-Physics Launches Talon 355-15 Q-Switched Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers

Spectra-Physics®, a Newport company, introducesTalon 355-15, a new addition to its Talon family of disruptive cost-performance Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers. The new laser delivers >15 W UV power, >300 µJ pulse energy, wide-repetition-rate range of 0 to 500 kHz, and excellent beam profile and stability.

From Spectra-Physics 18 Mar 2014

Long Island Technology Hall of Fame Inducts Senior Brookhaven Lab Scientist

Senior Scientist Ralph James of the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has been inducted into the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame. One of three innovators honored at a ceremony held at the Garden City Hotel on March 12, James was recognized for his key achievements in the development of advanced radiation detectors and imaging systems.

17 Mar 2014

Optical Link Constructed from Aurrion Photonic Components Demonstrates Error-Free for 30Gb/s Data Rates

The highest serial data-rate for a full silicon photonics optical link is being reported by IBM, in collaboration with Aurrion Inc., demonstrating the reach, power consumption, and cost needed for next-generation datacenters. This work will be presented on March 13, 2014 as part of the post deadline session at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference in San Francisco, California.

14 Mar 2014

OMS Introduces Hand Tools for Measuring Hi-Lo Gaps in Steel Catenary Risers

Two hand tools for measuring Hi-Lo gaps in SCRs (Steel Catenary Risers) and other fatigue-sensitive pipes are now available from oil & gas pipe measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS). The tools are easy to use and provide greater accuracy and repeatability than traditional Hi-Lo gap measuring methods.

13 Mar 2014

NeoPhotonics Introduced New Configurations of its Multicast Switch (MCS) Modules

NeoPhotonics Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, based modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high speed optical communications networks, today introduced new configurations of its multicast switch (MCS) modules, which are designed to be combined in a modular fashion to increase the number of degrees or directions supported by a ROADM node, reducing initial costs and providing a “pay as you grow” model to scale with network growth.

13 Mar 2014