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OFC/NFOEC Features Breakthroughs in Next-Generation Metamaterials and Optical Communications

The world's largest international conference on optical communications begins next week and continues from March 22-26 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) is the premier meeting where experts from industry and academia intersect and share their results, experiences, and insights on the future of electronic and wireless communication and the optical technologies that will enable it.

17 Mar 2009

Acquisition of LED Technology Leader Demonstrates Cooper's Ongoing Commitment to a Key Strategic Technology and Growth Platform

Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) today announced the acquisition of Irvine, CA-based Illumination Management Solutions, Inc. (IMS). IMS is a leader in specialized optics and system design for light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

16 Mar 2009

Project to Develop New More Cost-Effective Materials for Solar Cells

A new EU-funded project is turning to nanotechnology in a bid to dramatically ramp up the efficiency of solar cells. Called ROD-SOL ('All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solar cells on glass').

15 Mar 2009

New Organic Material may Speed Internet Access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes will have filled every vacant space between and around the bricks.What you will see, says Ivan Biaggio, resembles a phenomenon that, when it occurs at the smallest of scales on an integrated optical circuit, could hasten the day when the Internet works at superfast speeds.

15 Mar 2009

Light-Bending Particles Could Lead to Optics Breakthroughs

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

13 Mar 2009

Webb Mirrors Coming Together

Mirrors are a critical part of any space telescope, and the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors are made of a special element that will enable it to withstand the rigors of space and see farther back in time/distance than any other telescope now in operation.

12 Mar 2009

Revolutionary Telescope Providing a New Way to Look at the Sky

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced that it will manufacture the secondary mirror substrate for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The 8.4-meter LSST is a ground-based facility that is expected to see first light from Cerro Pachón, Chile, in 2014.

11 Mar 2009

Analyzer Fills the Gap of Amplitude and Phase-Modulated Optical Signal Analysis

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the industry's first time-domain based optical modulation analyzer offering in-depth analysis of amplitude and phase-modulated optical signals. This optical test instrument was developed in close cooperation with Agilent Laboratories, the central research arm of Agilent Technologies.

10 Mar 2009

National Taiwan University Orders AIXTRON MOCVD Tool for White LEDs

AIXTRON AG today announced that in the fourth quarter 2008 the National Taiwan University (NTU), based in Taipei City, Taiwan, ordered one Close Coupled Showerhead 3x2" wafer Research Platform MOCVD system. It will be used for research and development on GaN and related materials and devices and it will be delivered in the third quarter 2009.

10 Mar 2009

Optics Balzers Expands Global Presence

Optics Balzers (SWX:OERL) is forging ahead at a fast pace to expand its international sales network. The company, a leading global pioneer of customized optical components and assemblies, is redefining its market position.

9 Mar 2009