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World Record Set for Optical High-Speed Signals

A world record in the measurement of optical high-speed signals was announced at the Europea Conference on Optical Communication, held last month in Berlin. Researchers with the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and spinoff company PicoSolve Inc., said they have "used the best optics capability and combined it with the best electronics capability to circumvent bandwidth bottlenecks."

29 Oct 2007

JDSU Introduces Latest Generation of MTS/T-BERD Fiber Optic Test Line

JDSU today announced the latest generation of its MTS/T-BERD fiber optic test line, the MTS/T-BERD 6000 LITE. A highly integrated, non-modular, compact Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) ideally suited for the construction, fault location and troubleshooting/maintenance of FTTx and access networks, the MTS/T-BERD 6000 LITE offers even inexperienced field service technicians a high-performance tool for broadband network quality and reliability.

29 Oct 2007

II-VI Announces Expansion of Laser Optics and Components Product Lines

II-VI Inc. announced this week it will expand its laser optics and components product lines and enter the fiber laser market by acquiring 74.9 percent of HighYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH for an undisclosed amount of cash.

29 Oct 2007

EMBARQ Logistics to Deliver Fiber Optic Broadband System Communication Company

EMBARQ Logistics and Wave7 Optics today announced here at the TelcoTV Conference and Expo that customers of McClure Telephone (McClure, Ohio), an Independent Operating Company serving parts of Henry and Wood Counties in Ohio, will soon enjoy the ultimate in broadband "triple play" communications services.

28 Oct 2007

PI Offers New Brochure on Piezo Ceramic Linear Motors

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. a leading manufacturer of ultra-precision motion-control and sensing equipment for bio / nanotechnology, photonics, semiconductor and life science applications -- offers a new brochure on pie...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 28 Oct 2007

EPSRC Has Awarded Group of Researchers to Work on Silicon Photonics

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded a grant valued at ?m to a consortium of researchers in the UK, led by the University of Surrey, to work on Silicon Photonics.

28 Oct 2007

Wanted: Salmon Sperm - To be Used for Light Research

A University of Cincinnati professor is doing research for the U.S. Air Force, attempting to bring salmon sperm into the mix of biological materials used to intensify light-emitting diodes.

28 Oct 2007

SMI Receives Funding to Develop a Fiber Optic Etalon Pressure System

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) reports that it has received NASA Phase I SBIR funding to investigate and develop a fiber-optic etalon pressure sensor system with high thermal and mechanical stabilities.

27 Oct 2007

Cutting-Edge Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility Available to Researchers

A $41 million national research facility to provide cutting-edge microscopy and microanalysis capability to all Australian researcherswas launched by the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, at the University of Sydney today (27 September 2007).

27 Oct 2007

ApNano Materials Announces New Line of Nanotechnology-Based Non-Reflective Optically Black Coatings

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced a new line of nanotechnology-based non-reflective, optically black coatings. The new coatings will be used, in the first phase, in solar energy systems and optical application such as high performance optics and lenses.

26 Oct 2007