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Fellows of the Optical Society of America Awarded to Two Brookhaven Lab Scientists

Ralph James and Trevor Sears, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, have been named Fellows of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Limited to ten percent of the total OSA membership, Fellows of the organization have served with distinction in the advancement of optics. The two scientists will each receive a Fellow plaque and a pin at an OSA meeting in San Jose, California, in May 2008.

20 Nov 2007

Verizon's Fastest FiOS Internet Services

Verizon continues changing the definition of "fast" for Delaware broadband users by introducing a new, symmetrical Verizon FiOS Internet service for consumers, featuring upstream and downstream connection speeds of up to 15 megabits per second (Mbps).

20 Nov 2007

Telecommunications Manufacturers to Benefit from Photonic Crystals

Smaller, faster, more efficient: BASF research scientists are helping to revolutionize the future world of telecommunications – with the aid of three-dimensional photonic crystals. In a three-year project, BASF is researching into the development of these crystals together with partners such as Hanover Laser Center, Thales Aerospace Division, Photon Design Ltd., the Technical University of Denmark and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne.

20 Nov 2007

Miniaturized Organic Lasers - Key Components of Future Integrated Photonic Devices

Efficient organic lasers with small footprint structures demonstrate the key components of future integrated photonic devices for both, communication and sensing applications. Furthermore, they offer an attractive packaging possibility for light-emitting arrays coupled to high-density optical interconnects.

19 Nov 2007

UK Research Council Invests £5m in Silicon Photonics

Silicon photonics could benefit from a research partnership between UK academia and industrial allies Intel and QinetiQ.

19 Nov 2007

Congress Approves to Equip USAF with Latest in Tactical Lighting Technology

Cyberlux Corporation, a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, reported today that the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations legislation contains $8 million to equip the States Air Force with the Company's BrightEye Visible and Covert Portable Illumination Systems.

19 Nov 2007

Radlink Announces New Family of Digital Imaging Products

Radlink, Inc., a supplier of affordable medical imaging systems to healthcare providers, today announced the new family of hardware and software products they will be introducing to the marketplace at RSNA 2007, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

19 Nov 2007

QinetiQ Launched New Buried Cable Fibre-Optic Sensor Solution

Protecting borders, pipelines, underground cables and critical infrastructure against accidental damage or malicious attack is particularly demanding due to the distances involved and the scale of the challenge. Protection of essential services is also high on the political agenda.

19 Nov 2007

Quantum Optics: From Photons and Atoms to Molecules and Solid State Systems

In the past years the field of quantum optics has begun to expand from its original domain covering basic photon(ic) and atom(ic) systems into the realm of molecular and solid state physics. Theory and experiment have progressed to the point where the traditional boundaries between the different areas have become less pronounced.

19 Nov 2007

New Way to Manipulate Light a Million Times More Efficiently Than Before

Using a special hollow-core photonic crystal fibre, a team at the University of Bath, UK, has opened the door to what could prove to be a new sub-branch of photonics, the science of light guidance and trapping.

17 Nov 2007