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GigaBeam Expands Wireless Fiber Optics into Australian Market

GigaBeam Corporation, deploying WiFiber "wireless fiber optics" technology to economic centers across the globe, announced today that it has received an order for three 100 megabit WiFiber links from Australia.

23 Aug 2007

ESO Launch New Near Infrared Imaging Capacity and Advance Astronomy

Europe's flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new 'eye' to study the Universe. Working in the near-infrared, the new instrument - dubbed HAWK-I - covers about 1/10th the area of the Full Moon in a single exposure. It is uniquely suited to the discovery and study of faint objects, such as distant galaxies or small stars and planets.

23 Aug 2007

Commercial Solutions for Solar Cell Manufacturers from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. has introduced a line of new production-scale PV-Series(TM) Thermal Deposition Sources, enabling copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar manufacturers to more quickly transition from pilot to full scale solar cell production. Veeco's new line of thermal deposition sources for CIGS includes PV-Series SUMO(R) (for copper, indium and gallium) and PV-Series Valved (for selenium and sulfur) for R & D and production environments.

From Veeco 23 Aug 2007

Ionatron Awarded Military Contract for Counter-IED Technology

Ionatron, Inc., the Laser Guided Energy (LGE) Company, today announced that they have received a $1,027,000 contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN for development activities relating to Counter-IED technology.

22 Aug 2007

World's First Mode-Locked Silicon Evanescent Laser

The research provides a way to integrate optical and electronic functions on a single chip and enables new types of integrated circuits. It introduces a more practical technology with lower cost, lower power consumption and more compact devices.

21 Aug 2007

Veeco Next Generation Surface Profiling System for Semiconductors from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc., today announced the release of its latest generation of industry-leading SP products for backend semiconductor metrology. The Wyko(R) SP9900(TM) Surface Profiling System performs critical measurements that support high yield and device reliability for advanced high-density interconnect (HDI) packages.

From Veeco 21 Aug 2007

Silicon Nanoparticle Film Added to Silicon Solar Cells Boosts Power, Reduces Heat and Prolongs Cell Life

Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell's life, researchers now report.

20 Aug 2007

High Power Laser with Single Mode Beam for Seeding Fiber and Solid State Lasers

AMS Technologies introduces Quintessence Photonics’ (QPC) new laser designed to deliver high power in a single mode beam for seeding fiber and solid state lasers and for use in direct applications. The seed las...

20 Aug 2007

Astronomical Thermal Emission Camera Unveils Extremely Distant Galaxy

By combining the capabilities of several telescopes, teams of scientists, including University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomers, have spotted extremely bright galaxies hiding in the distant, young universe.

9 Aug 2007

Biological Imaging with Fourth-Generation Light Sources

Most people think of Sir Isaac Newton as the father of gravity.
But for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist Henry Chapman and his colleagues, Newton's 'dusty mirror' experiment served as a launching pad for them to keenly watch the X-ray induced explosion of microscopic objects.

9 Aug 2007