Ultrafast Pulsed Industrial Lasers
Ultrafast Pulsed Lasers are enabling new micro-processing applications as they do not deform material due to heat. These lasers are now becoming available on the market for industrial use. In... Read More
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ISRA Acquires GP Solar, GP Inspect to Expand...
ISRA VISION is expanding its range of production automation and quality inspection technology products by taking over GP Solar and GP Inspect, and in doing so it is branching out into the photovoltaic industry. ISRA's range... -
GT Advanced Technologies Acquires Thermal...
GT Advanced Technologies, today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the business of Thermal Technology LLC for purchase consideration. Thermal Technology develops and sells a wide range of high... -
Houston Community College Northeast’s...
Houston Community College (HCC) Northeast is partnering with the US National Centre for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to offer a new Photonics workforce program that will be infused into the Electronics Engineering... -
FLIR Systems Awarded US Army Contract to Support...
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a two-year blanket purchase agreement from the US Army to support the medical evacuation (MedEvac) program. The blanket purchase agreement is valued at $81 million (USD) and... -
Laser 2013: VDMA presents "Photonics Industry...
"Photonics have changed from a niche existence to a worldwide accepted key enabling technology, which is a driver for innovation and plays a decisive role for many end users”, explains Thilo Brodtmann (pictured... -
Laser 2013: Schott and Research Electro-Optics...
Schott Advanced Optics and Research Electro-Optics (REO) are now strategic partners, which allows them to provide a single source for a broad array of coated precision optical components, including lenses, prisms and windows. In... -
CVI Laser Optics Announces Expanded Relationship...
CVI Laser Optics announces an expanded European relationship with its distributor, Acal BFi, which has signed a distributor agreement. The agreement covers sales and support of optical components and assemblies in Austria,...
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HELIOS Program Develops Supply Chain for Integrating Photonics with CMOS Circuits
CEA-Leti announced that Europe is strongly positioned to design and manufacture volume silicon photonics devices because of the success of the recently completed HELIOS program. The €8.5 million EUR (~$11 million USD) European Commission... -
Wallenberg Prize to Derek Gray for Nanocrystalline Cellulose Study
The 2013 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is being awarded to Professor Derek Gray of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, for his pioneering study of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC). The official announcement is made by the Executive Secretary of the... -
Doping Quantum Dots Produces Vivid Colours
Quantum dots are tiny nanocrystals with extraordinary optical and electrical properties with possible uses in dye production, bioimaging, and solar energy production. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to... -
Imaging Technique Helps Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
Approximately 1.7 million people in the US receive traumatic brain injuries every year. The most common forms of traumatic brain injury are suffered by athletes, members of the military and those involved in motor vehicle collisions or occupational... -
2013-2014 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Announced
The Optical Society (OSA); SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics; and the Materials Research Society (MRS) today announce their 2013-2014 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows. Carly Robinson, a PhD candidate at the... -
Display Week 2013: Fraunhofer and Von Ardenne present filter-less colour OLED microdisplays
Fraunhofer Institute for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices (COMEDD) has been working for several years on the integration of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in silicon. The OLED-on-silicon technology is key in the production of... -
Photonics West 2014: Call for papers
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, issued a call for papers for the 2014 Photonics West conference and exhibition, taking place 1 to 6 February 2014 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California (US). Organizers...
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Automated Testing of Photovoltaic Panels
Solar cell and solar module testing during manufacturing and prior to installation has become highly important as more and more individuals and businesses look to lower their carbon footprints. Newly introduced to the UK by Armstrong Optical Ltd.,... -
Intelligent LED Forward Lighting for Greater Safety
Adaptive forward lighting (i.e., glare-free camera-controlled headlamps that react instantly) will help drivers even more in the future thanks to additional intelligent functions. The key to this complex functionality is the integration of... -
International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2013: Trumpf partners with Tom Dixon
Trumpf Inc. will partner with British lighting and furniture design brand Tom Dixon for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) 2013 on 18-21 May at the Jacob J. Javitz Convention Centre (booth 1318/1424) in New York, New York (US). In... -
RadTech Asia 2013: Phoseon Technology showcases UV LED curing solutions
The 13th International Conference on Radiation Curing in Asia (RadTech Asia 2013) will be held on 20-24 May in Shanghai, China, and will see the continuing evolution of light-emitting diode (LED) technology from Phoseon for ultraviolet (UV) LED... -
ResolutionMD 3.2 Software Manages Medical Images on a Variety of Devices
Calgary Scientific Inc. announced the launch of ResolutionMD 3.2, an updated version of ResolutionMD software that enables doctors to securely view patient images from a wide array of computers and mobile devices, collaborate with other... -
Defense, Security + Sensing 2013: LaserMotive demos laser-over-fibre powered aircraft system
LaserMotive, an independent company specialising in delivering electric power via lasers, unveiled InvisiTower, a tethered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft system powered by laser over optical fibre. This portable system can power any... -
Defense, Security + Sensing 2013: Rubicon presents process for large optical-grade sapphire windows
Rubicon Technology, Inc., a provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, semiconductor, and optical markets, announced that Dr. Jonathan Levine, Director of Technical Business Development, will be speaking tomorrow about the...
