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High-Reflective Thin-Film Coatings for Laser Applications

Both coatings are designed to minimize group velocity dispersion and third order dispersion, maintaining close to a transform-limited pulse performance in ultrafast laser systems. They are available for 0 and 45° angle of incidence operation, and they are available on 25 and 50 mm diameter fused silica substrates.

17 Dec 2008

Paper Envisions the Future of Lighting - The Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Revolution

A revolution in energy-efficient, environmentally-sound, and powerfully-flexible lighting is coming to businesses and homes, according to a paper in latest special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society'...

17 Dec 2008

Harvesting Sunlight Using Microalgae for Making Biofuel

In pursuing cleaner energy there is such a thing as being too green. Unicellular microalgae, for instance, can be considered too green. In a paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (O...

17 Dec 2008

Solar Cells Produce from Quantum Dots Demonstrate Increased Efficiency Compare to Existing Photovoltaic Panels

Solar cells made from a new class of materials, called quantum dots, could capture much more sunlight than existing photovoltaic panels. If produced in bulk, an upcoming generation of solar technology promises to be chea...

16 Dec 2008

Mobius Photonics Receives Patent for Unique High-Throughput Parallel Laser Processing Solution

Mobius Photonics, Inc. has been awarded U.S. Patent #7,443,903, "Laser Apparatus Having Multiple Synchronous Amplifiers Tied to One Master Oscillator". The architecture described offers a unique way to scale...

15 Dec 2008

Imagine Optic to Integrate Unique High-Power Laser System for Orion High-Power Laser

Imagine Optic, Europe’s leading manufacturer of Shack-Hartmann wavefront metrology and adaptive optics solutions is proud to announce that it has delivered unique laser metrology and adaptive optics systems to Brit...

15 Dec 2008

Australia to Become World Leader in Photonics

The University of Adelaide is poised to become a world leader in photonics and advanced sensing technologies thanks to a major funding injection of $28.8 million from the Australian Government. The government has toda...

14 Dec 2008

Applied Precision Introduce New Super-Imaging System Twice the Resolution of Traditional Microscopes

Applied Precision(R), Inc. a leading provider of imaging, measurement, and analysis systems for the life sciences industries announced today that it will introduce a new imaging system at the American Society for Cell Bi...

14 Dec 2008

Engineers Develop Ultra-sensitive Camera Capable of Measuring Planet Sizes with High Precision

U.S. astronomers and engineers have built a new camera to precisely measure the size of planets moving around distant stars. This camera has been dubbed OPTIC ¡X short for ¡¥Orthogonal Parallel Transfer Imaging Camera.

14 Dec 2008

PI Awarded United States Patent for Piezo Actuator Technology

PI's exclusive PICMA® piezo-ceramic actuators are based on the novel stress reduction and encapsulation technologies which increase lifetime by several orders of magnitude both in static and dynamic applications, addressing key lifetime mechanisms common to other piezoelectric actuators.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 10 Dec 2008