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Automated Optimization Techniques Improve Illumination
A group at the Institute of Solid State Physics at Technische Universität Berlin in Germany is...
Hybrid Sampling Identifies Floral Sources of Honey
Not all honey is created equal. When bees feast on the pollen from different flowers, they produce...
Dual-Luminophore Paint Detects Pressure and Temperature
Wind tunnels, University of Florida, dual-sensor film that measures pressure and temperature...
Fiber Lasers Used in Medical Stent Manufacturing
The use of medical stents is now common practice in minimally invasive surgery. Inserted into the...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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WAFER BONDING
Suss MicroTec AG
EXCIMER LASER
Coherent, Inc.
SPECTRAL LIGHT-MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
Labsphere, Inc.
MICRO-OPTIC ASSEMBLIES
Precision Photonics Corp.
OEM INFRARED CAMERA MODULES
Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme
LOW-PHASE-NOISE DFB LASER
Sabeus, Inc.
IR SPECTROSCOPY
Aspectrics, Inc.
LASER MODULES
BEA Lasers, Inc.
MICROSCOPE ADAPTER
Melles Griot
I/O MODULE
Data Translation, Inc.
THERMOGRAPHY CAMERA
Infrared Solutions, Inc.
SOLID-STATE LASER
CryLas GmbH
FOCUSING LENSES
Laser Research Optics Inc.
SCAN HEAD
Asylum Research
HV POWER SUPPLY
Ultravolt, Inc.
FIBER-COUPLING SYSTEM
Linos GmbH & Co. KG
IMAGE PROCESSING
Wolfram Research, Inc.
SHORT-PULSE DIODE LASERS
High Power Devices, Inc.
NANOPOSITIONING STAGES
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
ZOOM OPTICS
Thales Optem, Inc.
AFM SAMPLE CHAMBER
Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc.
UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETER
Thermo Electron Corp.
INDUSTRIAL LASERS
GSI Group, Inc.
MICROSCOPE STAGES
Prior Scientific, Inc.
HIGH-POWER DIODE LASERS
Laserline GmbH
THERMAL SENSOR MODULE
Armstrong Optical Ltd.
POWER SUPPLIES
Deltron, Inc.
ACQUISITION SOFTWARE
Media Cybernetics, Inc.
COMPACT RINGLIGHTS
Vision & Control GmbH
ANGLE-MEASURING EYEPIECE
Titan Tool Supply, Inc.
SPECTRAL IMAGING
Spectral Imaging Ltd.
RGB LED
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
AVALANCHE DIODE
Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
MACHINE VISION CAMERAS
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
FIBER-COUPLED LASERS
Point Source Ltd.
FRAME GRABBERS
MuTech Corp.
LINE-SCAN BACKLIGHT
StockerYale, Inc.
LASER DIODE DRIVER
Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH (Limo)
INTELLIGENT 3-D CAMERA
Sick, Inc.
OPTICAL SOFTWARE
Optical Research Associates
SMART CAMERAS
Matrox Imaging
PPMgOLN CRYSTALS
Spectralus Corp.
BROADBAND GENERATION
Crystal Fibre A/S
PHOTONIC DESIGN SOFTWARE
Optiwave Systems, Inc.
FO CONNECTOR TESTING
Promet International, Inc.
COMPACT GREEN LASER
Oxxius SA
LIVE-CELL IMAGING
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc.
PHOTON COUNTER
SensL
PROTOCOL ENGINE
Pleora Technologies, Inc.
MOTION CONTROL
Technosoft SA
VISION SYSTEM CAMERAS
Panasonic System Solutions Co.
MICROSCOPY MODULES
Veeco Instruments, Inc.
BEAM SHAPER
Newport Corp.
LINEAR LIGHT
Innovations in Optics, Inc.
Nd:YAG LASERS
Lee Laser, Inc.
AMPLITUDE MODULATORS
Nova Phase, Inc.
LASER ENCODER
Renishaw, Inc.
MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE
Olympus Scientific Equipment Group
RED DIODE LASERS
nLight Corp.
NIR SPECTROMETERS
Spectral Evolution
VIBRATION PROTECTION
Kenitic Systems, Inc.
GAUSSMETER
Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc.
CCD CAMERA
Prosilica, Inc.
LOW-LINEWIDTH MOPA
Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH
ETHERNET TESTING
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering, Inc.
PULSED LASER DIODES
Laser Components IG, Inc.
IEEE-1394a CAMERA
Point Grey Research, Inc.
MOTION ANALYSIS
Mikrotron GmbH
NANOPOSITIONER
Mad City Labs, Inc.
LED WAFER SCRIBING
J. P. Sercel Associates (JPSA)
MEASUREMENT SENSOR
LMI Technologies (USA), Inc.
LASER DIODE MODULES
Photonic Products Ltd.
ASPHERIC LENSES
Kaleido Technology ApS
CMOS CAMERA
Cohu Inc., Electronics Div.
FIBER LASER
Koheras A/S
MICROSTEPPING DRIVER
Intelligent Motion Systems Inc.
REFERENCE DESIGN TOOLS
austria microsystems AG
POWER DETECTOR
Gentec Electro-Optics
MINI CCD CAMERAS
CIS Corp.
LASER BEAM PROFILER
Coherent, Inc.
OPTICAL SOFTWARE
Lambda Research Corp.
STEPPER MOTOR DRIVES
Applied Motion Products
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Allied Vision Technoogies GmbH
DIGITAL DATA SYSTEMS
American Fibertek, Inc.
MIRROR COATING
CVI Laser LLC
CCD SENSOR
Dalsa Corp.
SILICONE ELASTOMER
NuSil Technology LLC
SCANNING MICROSCOPE
Jmar Technologies, Inc.
VISION SENSOR
Cognex Corp.
CO2 LASER
Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH

FastTrack (Business News)
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Fire Damages Optoelectronics Research Centre in UK
On the morning of Oct. 30, a fire partially destroyed the Mountbatten Building on the Highfield...
Dow Corning Forms Light Management Group
Dow Corning Corp. of Midland, Mich., will move its Photonics Solutions business development program...
Dalsa Garners Contract for Custom Chips
Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has won a contract valued at approximately $2 million...
Photop Technologies Doubles Coupler Capacity
Photop Technologies Inc. of Fuzhou, China, has doubled its capacity to produce couplers, which are...
Quest Innovations Allies with Pleora
Quest Innovations BV of Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands, has signed an OEM licensing agreement with...
Kotura Moves Packaging Assembly to China
A provider of silicon photonic components, Kotura Inc. of Monterey Park, Calif., has transferred...
NASA Selects Phase II Projects
NASA’s 2004 Small Business Innovation Research program Phase II awards are designed to help small,...
European Group Focuses on VECSELs
A group of European research institutions and companies has launched Nano-Photonics Materials and...
Invitrogen Acquires Nanotechnology Companies
Invitrogen Corp. of Carlsbad has purchased Quantum Dot Corp. of Hayward, both in California, and...
LMI Technologies Joins Forces with QMC
Supplier of three-dimensional machine vision technology LMI Technologies Inc. of Vancouver, British...
European Group Studies Device Packaging
A European research-and-development initiative, Encaps (enabling chip and package level photonics...
Laser Optics Increases Production Capacity
The Laser Optics business unit of Photonic Products Group Inc. of Northvale, N.J., has expanded its...
Thales Divests Noncore Operations
The international electronics and systems group Thales has sold its Thales High Tech Optics...
MRC Optics Wins Contract from Lockheed Martin
MRC Optics, a subsidiary of Photonic Products Group Inc. of Northvale, N.J., has received a...
NASA Selects Innovative Ideas for Study
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts in Atlanta has selected five fellows to receive its 2005 Phase...
Sensors Unlimited to Develop IR Array
Sensors Unlimited Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from the...
kSaria Awarded Contract from US Navy
To support its migration to fiber optic technology in aeronautical applications, the US Navy has...
Aculight Contractsto Produce Medical Device
Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., and Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn., have received a...
Cree Subsidiary Opens in Hong Kong
Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., is opening Cree Asia-Pacific Ltd. at the Hong Kong Science Technology...
Universal Display Receives Contract for White Lighting
Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 Small Business...
New Project Aims to Coordinate Research
Merging Optics and Nanotechnologies is a project begun by the European Commission to maintain...
Princeton Lightwave Licenses Single-Photon Detector Technology
Princeton Lightwave of Cranbury, N.J., has licensed single-photon-detection technology from IBM...
nLight Signs Dynotechas Distributor in India
NLight Corp., a manufacturer of high-power semiconductor lasers for industrial, defense, medical...
Quintessence Receives US Defense Contract
A US defense contractor has awarded to Quintessence Photonics Corp., based in Sylmar, Calif., a...
SensL Selects Sales Representative
SensL Technologies Ltd., a provider of low-light detection modules and imaging products, has chosen...
Fluke Acquires Infrared Solutions
Infrared Solutions Inc.’s board of directors has agreed to the sale of the company to Fluke...

Feature Articles
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CMOS Technology Brings New Opportunities for Consumer Imaging
Although CCD sensors had been the technology of choice for imaging devices for years, CMOS-based...
Optical Profiler Technology Enables High-Magnification Measurement Through Transmissive Materials
For decades, high-performance optical profilers have been evolving to adapt white-light...
Reducing Uncertainty in Precision High-Brightness LED Measurements
Dramatic improvements in the performance of LEDs and other solid-state lighting sources over the...
Application-Specific Optical Fibers Are Cost-Effective
Application-specific optical fibers are designed to perform a particular function or set of...
Highly Birefringent Fiber Has Layered Core
At the University of Bath in the UK, researchers have produced an optical fiber that they believe...
High-Bandwidth, Rugged Fiber Finds Novel Automotive Applications
In the rapidly developing field of fiber optics, the life span of any product is often measured in...
One-Dimensional Holey Fiber Is Highly Nonlinear
Typically, holey fibers are composed of glass, with a microstructure of tiny airholes surrounding...
Advanced Specialty Fibers Are the Key to Fiber Laser Success
High-power fiber lasers are rapidly becoming an alternative to bigger, bulkier and less...
Fiber Sensor Provides Real-Time, Continuous Monitoring
By growing a porous material on the end of an optical fiber, investigators at the New Mexico...
Improving Nanopositioning Resolution
Nanopositioning is a basic requirement in virtually all areas of nanotechnology research. And,...
The Best Defense Is a Bright Diode Laser
Throughout history, military applications have employed state-of-the-art technologies as...
Jobs in Photonics
When Photonics Spectra conducted its annual European salary survey, it found a shift in pay that...

LED Focus
‘Magic Size’ Crystals Prepared for LED Lighting
According to the US Department of Energy’s Technology Roadmap, half of the money spent on...
Conference Brings Together Solid-State Lighting Suppliers
For six years, Intertech Corp. of Portland, Maine, has sponsored a conference for representatives...

Microscopy Focus
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Microscopy of Mother-of-Pearl Suggests Novel Formation Mechanisms
The iridescent substance called nacre, or mother-of-pearl, is of particular interest to materials...
Optical Tweezers Study Alters Einstein’s Theory of Motion
Brownian motion, first described theoretically by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, is the concept...
Microscope Setup Rapidly Images Plasmon Sensor Array
When it comes to genomic and proteomic arrays, researchers want fast measurements and techniques...
Tip Design Offers Aperture and Apertureless Advantages
A design for a metallic tip probe for scanning near-field optical microscopy promises the benefits...

Nanophotonics
Nanosheets Might Make Microlasers
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have created planar clusters of CdSe...
Photoluminescence/Raman System Images Nanotubes
Using a setup that enables simultaneous high-resolution photoluminescence and Raman imaging,...

New Media
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CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE
Olympus Life and Material Science Europa GmbH
METROLOGY SOFTWARE
Fisba Optik LLC
OPTICAL METROLOGY
Engineering Synthesis Design Inc.
PHOTOMETRY STANDARD
CO2 LASER OPTICS
Laser Research Optics
MACHINE VISION
JAI Pulnix Inc.
VOICE CODER DEMO
GAO Research Inc.
DESIGN TOOLS
Optiwave Systems Inc.
OEM PROTOTYPES
Prior Scientific
LED ASSEMBLY
Heatron Inc.
MICROSTRUCTURES
Präzisionsoptik Gera GmbH
COLOR IMAGING
Cambridge Press
STOCK OPTICS
Comar Optics Inc.

Peregrinations
Bat Patrol
Those who feel that the world is going a little batty over airport security measures may actually...
BeeLine for Color
Bees have long been the subject of biological interest, not only because they are makers of that...
The Picture of Health
Researchers at the University of Bath in the UK are investigating a therapy in which patients look...

Presstime Bulletin
Hyperentangled Photon Pairs Produced
Investigators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the University of Queensland...
Quantum Chaos Observed in Photoionization
Using a modern variant of the experiments at the dawn of quantum physics that probed the...
Butterfly Features Structurally Enhanced Fluorescence
Reporting in the Nov. 18 issue of Science, researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK...

Research
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Fiber Laser Generates 1.6 W in Single Longitudinal Mode
Researchers at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences in Tucson have generated 1.6...
More Bandwidth from Molecules of Light
At Universität Rostock in Germany, researchers may have found a way to squeeze more bandwidth out...
Cone-Shaped Brewster Surface Produces Radially Polarized Beam
Radially polarized laser beams — in which the electric-field vector is always oriented in the...
Silicon-Based Laser Emits in Visible
Although much of the excitement about silicon lasers in this year has centered on silicon Raman...
Tiny Ring Resonator in Silicon Is a Wavelength Converter
Wavelength converters perform the important function of changing an optical signal from one...

Technology
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Near-Field Solid-Immersion Mirror Records Data Optically
Investigators at Seagate Technology’s research laboratory in Pittsburgh have demonstrated a...
Maskless Photolithography May Offer Cost Advantage
Conventional lithography achieves sub-100-nm features by using short-wavelength light, immersion...
Optical Switch in Silicon Relies on Photonic Crystal
All-optical switching — in which light in a “control” beam switches light in a “signal” beam on or...
Single-Mode Fiber Laser Generates 125 W Tunable over 20 nm
Powerful single-frequency lasers are required for many scientific and engineering undertakings,...
Photonics Examines Pharmaceuticals at Environmental Interfaces
With the increased use of antibiotics, hormones, herbicides and pesticides in agriculture, the...
Multimode Fiber Thinks It’s Single-Mode
In an unusual intersection of fiber optics and astronomy, a collaboration of British and Australian...
Technique Auto-Aligns Fiber to a Waveguide
The high cost of actively aligning components in photonic devices is one of the major barriers to a...
Silica Nanotubes Loaded with Laser Dyes
A team of scientists in South Korea has used a sol-gel process to fabricate color-tunable silica...