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A Better Way to Take the Measure of Seawater
Time and tide wait for no man, the old saying goes. That presents a problem for those investigating...
Optical Aerosol Characterization
Although it weighs literally nothing, light packs a punch, and it can push particles around. A trio...

Bright Ideas (Innovative Products)
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IMAGING, ANALYSIS
Mercury Computer Systems Inc.
3-D OPTICAL PROFILER
Zygo Corp.
FIBER POLISHER
Krell Technologies Inc.
SPECTRAL ENGINES
BaySpec Inc.
FTIR SPECTROMETER
Bruker Optics Inc.
MULTIANODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES
Voxtel Inc.
METROLOGY SUITE
Nanometrics Inc.
LASER MODULES
3S Photonics SA
INTERFEROMETER
Martin, Froeschner & Associates
FIBER LASER MODULE
Crystal Fibre A/S
DETECTOR MODULES
IRnova AB
MOTION CONTROL
Maxon Precision Motors Inc.
TUNABLE FILTER
Photon etc. Inc.
CAMERA LINK CABLE
Northwire Inc.
CHANNEL MONITOR
Lightwaves2020 Inc.
DIODE LASER BAR
Coherent Inc.
ACTIVE FIBERS
Nufern
EDGE FILTERS
Semrock Inc.
MULTIBAR MODULES
Dilas Diode Laser Inc.
FIBER-COUPLED LASER
Visotek Inc.
IMAGE SENSOR
CMOS Sensor Inc.
INTERFEROMETER
4D Technology Corp.
FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION
Automation Engineering Inc.
COLD PLATE
Elite Thermal Engineering
UV COATING
Agilent Technologies Inc.
SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER
SensL
BONDER
Finetech GmbH & Co. KG
POINTING STABILITY
StockerYale Inc.
NANOTECH SPECTROMETER
Zecotek Photonics Inc.
PATTERN GENERATOR
Holo/Or Ltd.
FEMTOSECOND LASER
Imra America Inc.
LIGHT SOURCE
Seoul Semiconductor
SOFTWARE/WORKSTATION
Acceleware Corp.
ULTRAFAST DIGITAL CAMERA
Vision Research Inc.
ROTATION STAGE
Newport Corp.
CCD CAMERA
SVS-Vistek GmbH
DETECTION MODULE
id Quantique SA
LASER MARKING
Scanlab AG
LARGE-AREA CAMERA
Andor Technology
CAMERA SYSTEM
Optikos Corp.
MULTILINE LASERS
Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH
DIGITAL SLIDE SCANNER
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc.
ALKALI-FREE GLASS
Schott North America Inc.
PUMP DIODES
Alfalight Inc.
STEPPER DRIVER
Applied Motion Products
RADIOMETERS
Spectrum Detector Inc.
VIOLET-BLUE LASER
CrystaLaser
THERMAL IMAGING
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
ACHROMATIC LENSES
Edmund Optics Inc.
MACRO LENS
Coastal Optical Systems Inc.
YELLOW LASERS
CVI Melles Griot
IMAGING AND MILLING
JEOL USA Inc.
DESIGN SOFTWARE
Breault Research Organization
DIGITAL MICROSCOPE
Keyence Corp. of America
FIBER LASER MARKING
Trotec Laser Inc.
BANDPASS FILTERS
Barr Associates Inc.
TEST SYSTEM
ILX Lightwave Corp.
PHOTODIODE-PREAMPLIFIER
Opto Diode Corp.
LASER MODULE
Power Technology Inc.
MOTION CONTROL
Technosoft SA
ASPHERIC MEASUREMENT
Taylor Hobson Ltd.
NANOMATERIALS
NanoGram Corp.
FIBER-COUPLED LASER
Intense Ltd.
LENS SYSTEM
Qioptiq Imaging Solutions Inc.
BLUETOOTH INTERFACE
Ophir-Spiricon Inc.
DIODE LASERS
Jenoptik Laserdiode GmbH
HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS
Headwall Photonics Inc.
SPECTROMETER
A2 Technologies
SOLDERING SOFTWARE
Seica Inc.
WHITE-LIGHT LASERS
Toptica Photonics AG
EXTENSION LINE
Qosina Corp.
MICROSCOPE CAMERA
MIS Inc.
SPECTROMETER
Ocean Optics Inc.
Q-SWITCH
Gooch & Housego
OSCILLATOR
Advanced Optical Technology (AOT) Ltd.
STAND-ALONE LASER HEADS
MTI Instruments Inc.
LASER DIODE DRIVER
OptiSwitch Technology Corp.
LINE SENSORS
LMI Technologies Inc.

FastTrack (Business News)
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LEDs Expected to Light More Automobiles
The market for LEDs in automobiles is expected to grow in the coming years as global manufacturers...
Solid-State Lighting Funding Announced
The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory recently announced 13...
Automotive LEDs Now in Headlights
At long last, cars are driving off the assembly line with full LED headlights. According to a...
Industrial Laser Orders Increase in Fourth Quarter
The “Laser Market Data Survey” released by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) shows...
ZC&R, Abrisa Produce Display Glass
ZC&R Coatings for Optics Inc. of Torrance and Abrisa Industrial Glass Inc. of Santa Paula, both...
Goodrich Creates Business Unit
Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., has created ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)...
Isra Vision Supplies Nakan with Inspection Systems
A supplier of machine vision systems for surface inspection and robot guidance, Isra Vision AG of...
Micron Technology Launches Aptina Imaging
Micron Technology Inc. of Boise, Idaho, has created Aptina Imaging, which represents a separate...
Agilent Technologies Secures Companies
Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has acquired Colloidal Dynamics, a Warwick, R.I.,...
Organizations Develop Molded Aspheres
Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has formed a cooperative agreement with Clemson University...
KLA-Tencor to Acquire ICOS
KLA-Tencor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., and ICOS Vision Systems Corp. NV of Leuven, Belgium, have...
DRS Technologies Receives Contracts
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has received two contracts from the Missiles and Fire...
LED Company Created
LEDRunLights LLC of Mission Viejo, Calif., is a manufacturer of LED module and light products for...
Schneider Group Expands in Asia
Lens supplier The Schneider Group of Bad Kreuznach, Germany, has opened a subsidiary in Hong Kong...
Luminos Signs Agreement with University
Luminos LLC of Ann Arbor, Mich., has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the...
Schott Solar, ersol Form Alliance
In Germany, ersol Thin Film GmbH, a subsidiary of ersol Solar Energy AG, based in Erfurt, and...
PPG Industries Acquires NanoProducts
PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh has acquired the assets and intellectual property of NanoProducts...
ICP Solar and Ibersolar Enter into Partnership
A supplier of solar panels and products, ICP Solar Technologies Inc. of Montreal has formed an...
Triumph Acquires Stake in High Tech Plastics
Royal Philips Electronics of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has sold a 90 percent stake in its High...
Ionatron Changes Name
Ionatron Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., a developer and manufacturer of lasers, high-voltage electronics...
ITT Receives US Army Contract
ITT Corp. of White Plains, N.Y., has been awarded a contract by Alion Science and Technology of...
Gigaphoton Opens US Subsidiary
Gigaphoton Inc. of Oyama, Japan, a lithography light source manufacturer for the semiconductor...
Pirelli Presents PGT Photonics
Pirelli & C. spa, the parent company of the Pirelli Group, has introduced PGT Photonics, based...
Laser Energetics Wins Contract
Laser Energetics Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has been awarded a contract worth $481,268 from ITT Corp....
Koheras to Market Oscillators for Aculight
Aculight Corp., a developer of laser technology in Bothell, Wash., and Koheras A/S, a manufacturer...
Oki Optical Partners with Kotura
In California, Oki Optical Components of Sunnyvale and Kotura Inc. of Monterey Park have partnered...
Emcore Receives $39 Million in Orders
Emcore Corp. of Albuquerque, N.M., a provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for...
LPKF Relocates to Larger Quarters
LPKF Laser & Electronics of Tualatin, Ore., has moved to a larger facility, where it has gained...
LightWorks Opens Production Facility
LightWorks Optics Inc. of Tustin, Calif., a developer of integrated optical systems, has opened a...
Rockwell to Acquire Segment of Cedes
Rockwell Automation Inc. of Milwaukee has agreed to acquire the safety and automation business of...
Quantel Creates Branch
The Quantel Group of Les Ulis, France, a provider of laser solutions to the industrial, scientific...
Zecotek and Fujikura to Collaborate
Zecotek Laser Systems Singapore Pte Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zecotek Photonics Inc. of...
Seiko and Varioptic Sign Agreement
Seiko Instruments Inc. of Chiba, Japan, a manufacturer of semiconductors and flat panel displays,...
Increase in German Laser Sales Predicted
The German Industry Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronical Technologies has released...
Battelle Buys Optimer Photonics
In Columbus, Ohio, Battelle has acquired the intellectual property and other assets of Optimer...
Infotonics Technology Center Expands
Infotonics Technology Center Inc. of Canandaigua, N.Y., a nonprofit corporation that operates New...

Feature Articles
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Solid-State Lighting on the Fast Track
One thing true in the semiconductor industry is that, when a problem is well-defined, the solution...
Performance Metric for Lighting Fixtures
As the performance of white LEDs has improved, general lighting has become one of the next target...
LED Backlighting in Large-Screen Displays
LEDs have been the standard backlighting source in mobile devices for several years. Now...
LED Characterization for Production Quality Control
LEDs have evolved rapidly from use as simple indicator lights to use in more complex arrays and...
Watching What Happens During Attoseconds in Solids
New insight into ever-smaller structures of matter and their ever-faster dynamics holds great...
Laser Beams Aren’t the Only Hazards in the Laboratory
The ANSI Z136.1 standard has a sizable section about non-beam hazards in the photonics laboratory....

LED Focus
Coming Attractions: Holographic Movies
Moving 3-D displays may no longer be science fiction, thanks to researchers from the University of...
Want a White Light? Print It.
It someday may be possible to produce white organic LEDs via printing, courtesy of researchers from...

Microscopy Focus
Making Movies with Nanoscale Resolution
In an example of an extreme movie close-up, researchers have used a subwavelength-resolution...

Nanophotonics
Flexible LED Fashioned with Inorganic Nanowires
An inorganic LED that is flexible and potentially stretchable has been developed with ZnO nanowires...
Carbon Nanotube Spheres Fabricated with Light
As more potential photonic applications are being explored for carbon nanotubes, which are valued...

New Media
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IMAGING PRODUCTS
Matrox Imaging
ONLINE OPTICS FORUM
Edmund Optics Inc.
THIN-FILM COATING
Reynard Corp.
LASERS, OPTICS
Newport Corp.
PHOTONICS PRODUCTS
Hamamatsu Corp.
MODELING SOFTWARE
RSoft Design Group
SPECTROSCOPY
Intevac Inc.
METROLOGY SITE
TEST, MEASUREMENT
Keithley Instruments Inc.
LIGHT ENGINES
ALGORITHMS
MACHINE VISION
Navitar Inc.
PHOTONICS RESOURCE
Azure Photonics Co. Ltd.
THz SPECTROSCOPY
CRC Press
OPTICAL ENGINEERING
CHEMICAL WEB SITE
Voltaix LLC
INTERFERENCE FILTERS
mso jena GmbH
THIN-FILM DESIGN

Peregrinations
Math as Muse
The inspiration of Dutch artist M.C. Escher lives on.The famous graphic artist was known for...
Microbes Beware
Your throat is parched, and you could drink a gallon of water, but you’ve just arrived at a faraway...

Presstime Bulletin
A Tiny Diamond Ring
Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia have produced a very tiny diamond ring (see...
A Step Toward More Efficient Plastic Solar Cells
In the world of solar cells, those fabricated from plastic are regarded as an attractive...

Research
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Large Binocular Telescope Captures First Light Images
A giant telescope that resembles a pair of binoculars is up and running atop Mount Graham in Graham...
Super-Tiny Mach-Zehnders Assembled with Nanofibers
Mach-Zehnder interferometers find application in fields ranging from telecommunications to medical...
Putting Optical Communications in the Black
The computers in an office someday might be networked with light, if recent research on black...
Silicon Raman Laser Cascades Toward Mid-IR Spectral Region
The mid-IR spectral region, often defined as wavelengths between 2 and 5 μm, is important to...
A Continuously Variable Optofluidic Aperture
Optofluidics technology brings to photonics the advantages of easily fabricated and inexpensive...

Solar Photonics
Lasers Support Emerging Solar Industry Needs
Despite its multibillion-dollar size, the solar industry exhibits many characteristics of an...
Sunlight, Dyes and Inexpensive Semiconductors
In recent decades, the photovoltaic market has experienced tremendous growth — about 20 to 25...
Improving Solar Efficiency with Organic Dyes
Although many people regard solar power as a near-perfect form of energy, investigators first will...

Spectroscopy Focus
Fluorescence Shows How Cheeses Change Properties After Exposure to Light
Have you left the cheese out on the kitchen counter again? You may wish that you hadn’t — cheeses...
River Organic Matter Changes with the Seasons
The vast amounts of dissolved organic matter that flow through the Amazon River and its network of...

Technology
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Plant Leaves Reveal Clues About Crop Health
For many farmers, the possibility of crop failure from diseases such as root rot is an ever-present...
Visualizing a Laser’s Polarization
One of the oldest tricks in the book is checking a laser beam’s polarization with a microscope...
Making a Microlens Array with Micromirrors
The best way to make a microlens may be to use a micromirror, according to researchers from the...
Microscopic Flow of Non-Brownian Systems Probed
Understanding the microscopic dynamics that occur between a flowing fluid and an elastic solid,...