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NeoPhotonics as Top Supplier of Optical Components

NeoPhotonics today announced in conjunction with the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) that sales figures from 2006 thru 2Q 2008 have established the company as a top supplier of optical components -- for fiber access, metro and long-haul optical network equipment -- to Huawei, one of the world's largest suppliers of telecommunications network equipment (Huawei reported contract sales of US $16 billion in 2007).

2 Sep 2008

Project Astronomers and Engineers Say LSST Mirror Blank is Perfect

The LSST, or Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a large survey telescope being built in northern Chile, requires three large mirrors to give crisp images over a record large field of view. The two largest of these mirrors are concentric and fit neatly onto a single mirror blank. The single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank emerged from the oven at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab in Tucson, AZ, where team members gathered to celebrate this major milestone.

2 Sep 2008

Monitor UV-VIS Reflectivity Spectra of Individual Layers During OLED in-Line Evaporation

In collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in Dresden, Germany, LayTec has adopted its spectral reflectometer EpiR DA to an OLED in-line evaporation system to monitor UV-VIS reflectivity spectra of individual layers during production process.

28 Aug 2008

Astronomers Made Stunning Discovery using Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Two UC Santa Barbara astronomers are part of a team that has made a stunning discovery using the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, it was announced today by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

27 Aug 2008

NASA Rename GLAST to Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

NASA's newest observatory, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its revolutionary instruments passed their orbital checkout with flying colors.

27 Aug 2008

New Microlens Focuses Infrared Light at Telecommunication Frequencies

Using semiconductor nanotechnology, Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, and his team of researchers from the university’s Electronic Materials Research Institute have created a new microlens that focuses infrared light at telecommunication frequencies

27 Aug 2008

Resolve Optics Announces Presence at Photonex 2008 and VISION 2008 Exhibitions

Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced its presence at the forthcoming Photonex 2008 and VISION 2008 exhibitions.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 27 Aug 2008

Cambridge Research + Instrumentation Announces Release of Maestro EX In Vivo Imaging System

Cambridge Research + Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) announces the release of the Maestro(TM) EX In Vivo Imaging System. The new system incorporates CRi's state-of-the-art FLEX technology and becomes the entry-level instrument of choice for in vivo fluorescence imaging.

26 Aug 2008

Research and Markets Announces Availability of Opticians + Optical Goods Market Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Opticians + Optical Goods Market Assessment 2008" report to their offering. This Market Assessment report provides an analysis of the opticians and optical goods market, which includes spectacles, contact lenses and solutions, laser eye treatment, private sight tests and general ophthalmic services. It updates a previous Opticians & Optical Goods Market Assessment report published in 2006.

25 Aug 2008

Veeco's FastFlex Offers Excellent Performance for Flexible Thin Film Solar Cell Production

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today the introduction of its FastFlex(TM) line of Web Coating Systems ideally suited for manufacturing CIGS solar cells (those using copper, indium, gallium and selenium). Veeco's advanced FastFlex web deposition platform offers high throughput and excellent performance for flexible thin film solar cell production, contributing to a lower cost of ownership, due to its high quantity of deposition zones in a compact footprint.

From Veeco 25 Aug 2008