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High Quality Lenses and Optical Systems for Security and Surveillance Applications

Resolve Optics Ltd. is a leading designer and supplier of high quality, high-resolution lenses and optical systems for security and surveillance applications.

27 May 2008

Sun 2000 Dramatically Increases Percentage of Photons Reaching the Work Plane

The "optical engine" of Sun 2000 Solar Simulators from LOT - Oriel Ltd. The Abet Gen II, patent pending, optical design dramatically increases the percentage of photons reaching the work plane.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 23 May 2008

ilumisys Launches Patented Light Emitting Diode Tubes

ilumisys, Inc. has launched the first product in a series of patented light emitting diode (LED) tubes, designed to directly replace standard T-8 and T-12 fluorescent tubes.

22 May 2008

Veeco Acquires Manufacturer of Web Coating Systems for Flexible Solar Panels

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced that it has extended its thin film solar equipment product line with the acquisition of Mill Lane Engineering, a privately held manufacturer of web coating systems for flexible solar panels.

From Veeco 22 May 2008

Companies Determined to Dominate Astronomy Market with Wide Range of Products

Celestron®, one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes and related accessories, along with Synta Optical Technologies announced the addition of Sky-Watcher USA to its already well established and well respected product offering.

22 May 2008

X-Ray Burst Recorded from Normal Supernova at Moment of Shock Breakout

The lucky capture in January of an X-ray outburst from the very beginning of a supernova allowed astronomers around the world to quickly follow up with ground-based telescopes and collect a wealth of new information on early processes in stellar explosions.

21 May 2008

Elbit Systems to Supply Thermal Imaging Systems for Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (Elop) has been recently awarded three contracts valued in a total amount of approximately $87 million from a customer in Asia for the supply of cooled Thermal Imaging systems for reconnaissance and target acquisition applications.

21 May 2008

Quest for the Ideal Photonic Crystal

Researchers have been unable to build an ideal "photonic crystal" to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the shimmering, iridescent green scales of a beetle from Brazil.

20 May 2008

Physicists Developed New Near-Infrared Broadband Laser Materials

A team of physicists in the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed new near-infrared broadband laser materials with tunability ranges around triple those of earlier crystals.

19 May 2008

A Great Compliment to Special Optics Current High N.A. UV Line

Special Optics, Inc., a Navitar company and manufacturer of high precision ultraviolet (UV) optical systems, has expanded their broad range of UV lenses to include a high N.A. UV microscope objective with a numerical aperture of 0.90.

19 May 2008