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Nextreme Thermal Releases Latest Ultra-High Packing Fraction OptoCooler Module

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, announces the availability of a new thermoelectric module - the Ultra-High Packing Fraction (UPF) OptoCooler module - that addresses the latest cooling and temperature control requirements for optoelectronics, electronics, medical, military and aerospace applications.

17 Jan 2008

Using Semiconductor Nanowires to Increase Efficiency of PV Technology

Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cleanfield Energy Corp, has developed a strategic partnership with McMaster University's Department of Engineering Physics by way of a research collaboration agreement dated December 18, 2007 between Cleanfield, McMaster and the Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.. The project is being partially funded by OCE's Centre for Photonics. OCE is a not for profit organization partially funded by the Government of Ontario.

16 Jan 2008

QPC Lasers Showcases Next Generation Products at SPIE Photonics West Conference

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it will showcase its next generation products and technologies at the SPIE Photonics West Conference and at the Biomedical Optics (BIOS) Exhibition on January 19-24th in San Jose, CA.

16 Jan 2008

Turnkey Solution Dramatically Increases Efficiencies of Solar Cells

Braggone, the optoelectronics materials company, has signed a joint development agreement with equipment supplier Beneq that offers a turnkey solution to provide a custom matched material and toolset for the maximum manufacturing efficiency and product performance of solar cells.

16 Jan 2008

Licensing Agreement Enables Nemotek to Offer Full Range of Cost-Efficient Camera Solutions

Tessera Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, today announced that it has licensed its OptiML™ Wafer-Level Camera (WLC) technology and SHELLCASE® Wafer-Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP) solutions to Nemotek S.A. The combination of these consumer optics technologies enables Nemotek to offer a full range of cost-efficient camera solutions from wafer-level packaging of image sensors and wafer-level lenses to fully-integrated camera modules.

From Tessera North America 16 Jan 2008

RIO Expanding Fiber Optic Sensor Market Portfolio

RIO today announced product availability of a narrow spectral linewidth, low phase noise laser, housed in an industry-standard 14-pin butterfly package, specifically designed for fiber optic sensing applications.

16 Jan 2008

PennWell Officially Launches its Latest Venture

Looking to capitalize on the rapidly growing market for optical technologies and instrumentation in the life sciences, PennWell Corporation has officially launched its latest venture, BioOptics World. The new magazine and web site are now live and available at www.bioopticsworld.com.

15 Jan 2008

ColorChip Announces the Release of Triplexer Transceivers for FTTH Market

ColorChip, a leading developer and provider of fiber optics components based on PLC technology, announced today the release of a GEPON (EPON) PX10 Triplexer transceivers for the FTTH market.

15 Jan 2008

ColorChip Releases Meteor II GPON Diplexer Transceiver for FTTH Market

ColorChip, a leading developer and provider of fiber optics components based on PLC technology, announced today the release of the Meteor II GPON Class A+ diplexer transceiver for the FTTH market

15 Jan 2008

New Laser Diode Bar Offers More Than 60W of Power

Bookham, Inc., a leading manufacturer of optical components for industrial applications, today announced the launch of its next generation 808nm multi-mode high power laser diode bar portfolio, with the fully qualified products delivering in excess of 60W in continuous wave operation for pumping and fiber-coupled applications.

15 Jan 2008