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August Sunday Experiment to Explore NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Aug. 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. It's a free afternoon for elementary school-aged children and their families with a look at how NASA sends and receives its data.

12 Aug 2013

Full Motion Video Spectral Imaging System (FMV-SI) From Surface Optics Corp.

Conventional hyperspectral imaging systems simultaneously capture two of the three dimensions (x, y, λ) of a hyperspectral cube, but require the third dimension to be captured over time.

From Surface Optics Corporation 12 Aug 2013

Zygo to Produce High Precision Assemblies for Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer

Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments and high precision optical systems, today announced that its Optical Systems Division has received an order valued at $2 million from a semiconductor equipment manufacturer to produce high precision assemblies.

From Zygo Corporation 7 Aug 2013

New Forecast Report on Global Optical Amplifiers Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Optical Amplifiers: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019" to their offering.

1 Aug 2013

Toshiba’s New Photocouplers Combine High-Speed Communication with Low Power Consumption

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has launched photocouplers, “TLP2361” and “TLP2161”, that combine 15Mbps high-speed communication with low power consumption. Mass production is scheduled to start in August, 2013.

29 Jul 2013

New Forecast Report on Optical Components Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Optical Components: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019" to their offering.

29 Jul 2013

Dell’Oro Group Releases New Optical Transport Forecast Report

In a newly released Optical Transport forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, total optical packet product revenues are forecast to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 percent over the next five years, approaching $11 billion by 2017.

19 Jul 2013

New Report on Visible Light Communication, Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Visible Light Communication (VLC)/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics (FSO) Market (2013-2018) - By Component (LED, Image Sensor, Opto-couplers), Application (Indoor Networking, Underwater Communication, Location Based Service, ITS) & Geography" report to their offering.

18 Jul 2013

NASA to Test Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science Communications Technology

NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen transmission of scientific data.

12 Jul 2013

Azteca Installs 12,000 km of Fiber Optic Cable in Colombia

TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world, announced today that it has installed 12,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable in Colombia, as part of a telecommunications project that will include a 19,000 kilometer network. Current coverage includes 452 municipalities, with the final goal of 753.

9 Jul 2013