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LASER SPECTRUM ANALYZERS
Bristol Instruments Inc.
FIBER-COUPLED DIODE LASER BAR
Dilas
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
FEI Co.
SPECTROMETER ADAPTER
Ocean Optics Inc.
MACHINE VISION SOFTWARE
Cognex Corp.
4-MEGAPIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA
Vision Research Inc.
VGA CAMERAS
Basler Vision Technologies
INFRARED LASER
Coherent Inc.
STEREOSCOPIC FILM
3M
SOLAR FAULT DETECTIONS
Andor Technology plc
TELECENTRIC LENSES
Edmund Optics Inc.
MULTIMODE DIODE LASERS
JDSU
LED DRIVER
austriamicrosystems AG
SPOT LAMP
Dymax Corp.
RAMAN ANALYSIS
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
REFLECTANCE PROBE
Axiom Analytical Inc.
SCAN HEAD
Scanlab AG
EMCCD CAMERAS
Princeton Instruments
LED SPOTLIGHT BULB
LEDtronics Inc.
COOLED CAMERA
Spot Imaging Solutions
SINGLE EMITTER
Bookham Inc.
PHOTOVOLTAIC INSPECTION
Dalsa Corp.
X-RAY CAMERA
Rad-icon Imaging Corp.
3-D SURFACE MEASUREMENT
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Nd:YAG LASER
Litron Lasers Ltd.
NIR PHOTODETECTORS
Voxtel Inc.
CALIBRATION CIRCUITRY
TT Electronics Optek Technology
MIRROR COATINGS
Acton Optics & Coatings
LEAD SELENIDE DETECTOR
Cal Sensors Inc.
CONVERTER
Highland Technology Inc.
VNIR SENSOR
Headwall Photonics Inc.
DETECTOR
Carl Zeiss SMT
ABERRATION-CORRECTED STEM
JEOL USA Inc.
MOBILITY TESTER
Lehighton Electronics Inc.
THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA
LumaSense Technologies
REFLECTOMETER
Luciol Instruments SA
TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTER
Lightwaves2020 Inc.
CCD CAMERA
Prosilica Inc.
FIXED-FOCUS LENSES
Resolve Optics Ltd.
LED MODULES
Luminus Devices Inc.
YTTERBIUM FIBERS
nLight Corp.
9-MEGAPIXEL SENSOR
OmniVision Technologies Inc.
CAMERA SOFTWARE
SVS-Vistek GmbH
GAS ANALYZER
Picarro Inc.
NIR DYE
Li-Cor Biosciences
JOULEMETER
Spectrum Detector Inc.

Editorial
The More Things Change …
In an opinion poll about the economy, our readers said they opposed government protection for the...

FastTrack (Business News)
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Laser China trade show: Here we grow again
Keeping in line with China’s status as a growth market, Laser World of Photonics China was bigger...
Photonics applications highlight Munich
Photonics applications will be the headliners when Laser World of Photonics 2009 convenes next...
LLS: A next-gen for machine vision
Longer life, lower energy consumption, higher performance: These features are always in demand for...
Auto displays: Hitting the high road
Despite economic woes in the automobile industry, the automotive display market remains a...
Cooperative microfluidics
Suss MicroTec of Munich and iX-factory of Dortmund, both in Germany, have agreed to work together...
Unmanned aircraft services
Prioria Robotics Inc. of Gainesville, Fla., has created a UAS (unmanned aircraft system) Services...
Frequency Control Agreement
In Mansfield, Texas, Mouser Electronics Inc. has signed another worldwide distribution agreement....
Shielding Orion
Armstrong Optical Ltd. of Northampton, UK, and Sydor Optics Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., have been...
Preferred Supplier
Meiji Techno of Axbridge, UK, a supplier of light microscopes and accessories, has appointed...
Optical Merger
Linos Photonics Inc. of Milford, Mass., has merged with Qioptiq Imaging Solutions of Fairport, N.Y....
Security Award
Axcess International Inc. of Addison, Texas, has won a $3.5 million competitive procurement...
Research Call
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a research call to DOE and federal laboratories for...
Microscopy Development
In Germany, Carl Zeiss SMT AG of Oberkochen has created a technology development project for...
German Merger
InnoLight GmbH and Lumanova GmbH, both of Hannover, have merged. The combined companies will...
Licensing Agreement
Murata Power Solutions of Mansfield, Mass., has signed a licensing agreement with Lineage Power...
Accelerometer Partnership
Micronor of Regensdorf, Switzerland, an automation components supplier, is partnering with...

Feature Articles
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The View from Wall Street
To turn an old adage on its head, if things go down, must they come up? For stocks, the answer has...
Can Remote Sensing Find bin Laden?
Despite seven years of espionage and the offer of a $25 million reward, Osama bin Laden remains at...
The Shapes of Things to Come
They can be in the form of rods or rice, cups or cubes, spheres, stars – even shells. No, they’re...
Making Laser Safety a Priority
Writing in an online forum, “Franz” confides that he injured his eye when installing an infrared...
Clothing is not just becoming smarter, but healthier
Clothing serves many purposes – it keeps the wearer warm, protects skin from the sun’s damaging...
Czeching out photonics from Prague to Kiev
Within the central and eastern European regions, photonics research is strong in various countries,...
Fiber Lasers Cut Into New Industries
In all lasers, a substance is stimulated to make the laser beam. This substance is called the...
Smart Cameras image a better Laser Weld
Laser welding has long played a role in auto manufacturing. Rapid control of the laser’s output...

Greenlight
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Don’t give up on solar
While the global economy may be taking a nosedive, it surely does not spell doomsday for the solar...
Backing for solar ripens in Napa Valley
One way developers are getting around the credit crunch is by financing their own projects. The...
Agents of change
Solar panels produce DC power that must be converted to AC to feed into the electrical needs of a...
Solar research marches on
Lowering the cost and increasing the performance of solar cells is the solar industry’s holy grail....
Art meets solar
It seems obvious, pairing stained glass with solar cells. It’s a wonder it hasn’t been done more. A...
Camera makers find a niche in the solar market
Imperfections in solar cells often can’t be seen with the naked eye, but they can cause real...

New Media
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PROTEIN ANALYSIS
Wyatt Technology Corp.
ANALYTICAL PRODUCTS
Alfa Aesar
LASER SAFETY
Laser Institute of America
CONFORMAL COATING
Asymtek
FLUOROPHORES POSTER
Omega Optical Inc.
NANOPOSITIONING
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP

Peregrinations
To a tee
If you still haven’t achieved that perfect golf swing, advanced vision technology soon could be...

Slices from the Breadboard (Patent News)
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Buying and selling shares outweighs patenting
According to a study performed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology, more...
Rudolph Wins Patent Infringement Verdict
A jury has awarded Rudolph Technologies Inc. of Minneapolis approximately $6.8 million in a patent...
US Patent Issued to Brookhaven Lab, BioSet
Brookhaven Science Associates, which operates and manages the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven...
Seoul to Protect InGaN LED Patent
Companies manufacturing or packaging blue, green, white or UV LED devices made from semiconductor...
Austriamicrosystems files lawsuit against Melexis
Global analog integrated circuit designer-manufacturer austriamicrosystems AG of Unterpremstätten,...
MorphoSys Strengthens European Patent Position
MorphoSys AG of Martinsried/Munich, Germany, a biotechnology company that generates fully human...

Technology
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Camera chips survive bus blast and tell a tale
After the bus blew up, the search was on for survivors. However, the goal was not to rescue people....
Building better optical components using plasmonics
A team of European researchers has demonstrated what could be the basis of novel photonic...
Smart homes take care of their elderly residents
In the future, instead of leaving the comfort of home, the elderly may be able to live on their own...
No more buffing: self-healing coatings
We’ve all had it happen at least once. You make your way out to the parking lot, figure out where...
Energy-efficient microchip provides fresh slate for students in India
According to the District Information System for Education, which tracks statistics on education in...
Passive optical networks, higher power lasers keys to broadband service in rural areas
The benefits of high-speed Internet – videoconferencing, high-definition television, interactive...