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Golden DRAGON Oval Plus LED with Integrated Lens Ideal for Street Lighting Applications

The Golden DRAGON oval Plus LED from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors provides ideal illumination for energy-efficient street lighting without the need for secondary optics due to the new integrated lens.

5 May 2009

IMAX 3-D Cameras Return to Space to Document One of NASA's Most Complex Space Shuttle Operations

NASA, the IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced Monday that IMAX 3-D cameras will return to space to document one of NASA's most complex space shuttle operations -- the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

4 May 2009

Consortium Lights the Way for Photonics Research

An umbrella group set up to give direction to Europe's emerging photonics community has proposed a programme of strategic research and is calling for action to address a looming skills shortage. The photonics industry is not new but the idea of it is rather novel. Many companies have been working on the applications of photons - the particles of light - for decades. They have brought us lasers, optical fibres, flat-panel TV screens and many other innovations.

30 Apr 2009

Novel Continuously Running Camera that Captures Images Roughly 1000x Faster than Any Existing Conventional Camera

Ultrafast, light-sensitive video cameras are needed for observing high-speed events such as shockwaves, communication between living cells, neural activity, laser surgery and elements of blood analysis. To catch such elusive moments, a camera must be able to capture millions or billions of images continuously with a very high frame rate. Conventional cameras are simply not up to the task.

30 Apr 2009

Integrating Plasmon-Based Nanophotonic Circuitry with ICs

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute, reports a method to integrate high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects. Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures that are much smaller than conventional optic components.

30 Apr 2009

Compact Lasers Suitable for Mass Production are Now Within Reach

Compact lasers which can work in formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum and are suitable for mass production are now within reach, thanks to pioneering work by a European consortium.

29 Apr 2009

New Line of Vacuum Based Tubes and Camera Systems for Photon Detection now Available from AMS Technologies

The products from Photek Ltd. are now available from AMS Technologies AG in Germany. Photek is a specialist manufacturer of vacuum based tubes and camera systems for photon detection.

28 Apr 2009

Lighting the Way for LED Innovation

What do automobiles, traffic lights, Christmas trees, ultrasound machines and the Statue of Liberty all have in common? The answer, surprisingly, is LED illumination. Today, LEDs power many of the products we use and the future for LEDs is very bright indeed. In fact, LEDs are poised to become the dominant source of our lighting in the future.

28 Apr 2009

Zecotek Receives Order for MAPD Solid-State Photo Detectors from CERN

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that the NA61 Experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland, has submitted purchase orders for Zecotek's proprietary third generation Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes (MAPD-3N).

28 Apr 2009

Radeka Honored for Detector Development

The IEEE's Long Island Section has honored Veljko Radeka, head of the Instrumentation Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with the Harold Wheeler Award.

28 Apr 2009