Optics and Photonics News

RSS

Fabless Manufacturing Model for Optical Integrated Circuits

VLC Photonics, a spin-off company from the Technical University of Valencia, has announced that it has made significant advances in optical integration. A unique “fabless” manufacturing model for fabricating optical chips has been developed.

11 Sep 2012

Synopsys Releases Latest RSoft Optical Communication Design Suite with OptSim v5.3

Synopsys, a global provider of electronic design automation technology, has released its latest version of RSoft Optical Communication Design Suite with OptSim version 5.3 and ModeSYS multimode companion tool.

10 Sep 2012

General Dynamics SATCOM and Stratosat to Deliver 64 Radio Antennas for MeerKAT Telescope Array

General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies, a provider of radio astronomy, tactical, strategic and emergency satellite communications equipment, has entered into a partnership with Stratosat Datacom to deliver 64 radio antennas for South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope array.

10 Sep 2012

IME and MOSIS Collaborate to Promote Silicon Photonics Research

Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has entered into a MOU with MOSIS. Under this partnership, IME will offer MOSIS’ customers its multiple-project wafer (MPW) service. This unique collaboration targets at minimizing the cost limitations lying underway to promote extensive adoption of silicon photonics devices within the industry.

4 Sep 2012

Ultrathin, Flat Lens of Silicon and Gold Focuses Light without Distortions

An ultrathin, flat lens that offers a perfect image has been created by physicists belonging to the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The lens focuses light without distortions.

24 Aug 2012

Researchers Break Light Resolution Limit at Nanoscale

Scientists from King's College London together with AMOLF and ICFO have successfully mapped the interaction of light with complex photonic materials by breaking the light resolution limit at the nanoscale. This was done by employing a new technique that integrates optical detection and electronic excitation.

21 Aug 2012

Heptagon Places Order for Heidelberg Instruments’ DWL 2000 System to Produce Micro Optical Components

Heptagon has placed an order for a sophisticated DWL 2000 system with advanced Gray Scale Exposure capability from Heidelberg Instruments, a designer, developer and manufacturer of maskless lithography systems.

21 Aug 2012

Photonic-Plasmonic Microcavity Can Detect Proteins at Unprecedentedly Low Concentrations

Measuring proteins in real-time down to fM solution concentration
levels, corresponding to only a few thousand of protein molecules, has
been demonstrated for the first time using a hybrid photonic-plasmonic
Whispering Gallery Mode biosensor. Its unprecedented sensitivity is due
to optical trapping of proteins at highly sensitive plasmonic hotspots.

17 Aug 2012

U.S. Patent Office Issues Notice of Allowance Related to Data Acquisition for PET Scanners

Zecotek Photonics declared that it has received U.S. Patent Allowance for data acquisition for positron emission tomography (PET) scanning devices. The patent portfolio of Zecotek will become powerful, and the company anticipates being positioned as a well-established patent holder within the photonics technology environment.

From Zecotek Photonics 16 Aug 2012