Kodak Broadens Role in OLED Industry
Jan. 31, 2006
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2006 -- In an effort to promote commercialization of OLED (organic...
Edmund Optics Buys Rythmx Software
Jan. 31, 2006
BARRINGTON, N.J., Jan. 31 -- Edmund Optics, a manufacturer and distributor of optics, optical...
Level 3 to Acquire Progress Telecom for $137M
Jan. 31, 2006
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 31, 2006 -- Level 3 Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire all of the...
LG.Philips Display Unit Files Bankruptcy
Jan. 27, 2006
HONG KONG, Jan. 27, 2006 -- LG.Philips Displays Holding BV announced today that due to worsening...
Intel Invests in Xtreme UV Sources
Jan. 26, 2006
GOTTINGEN, Germany, Jan. 26 -- Xtreme technologies GmbH, the technology joint venture between...
PWest '06: Nanotech Markets Will Evolve
Jan. 25, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2006 -- Nanotechnology and nanophotonics have a world of potential but...
PWest '06: Si Lasers on Horizon
Jan. 25, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2006 -- Silicon lasers are coming, and there will be many exciting...
PWest '06: Nanotech Markets Will Evolve
Jan. 25, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2006 -- Nanotechnology and nanophotonics have a world of potential but...
PWest '06: Si Lasers on Horizon
Jan. 25, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2006 -- Silicon lasers are coming, and there will be many exciting...
MEMS, MOEMs PWest Plenary Topics
Jan. 24, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2006 -- It was standing-room only for the first plenary session of...
Prism Funding Round Nets $500,000
Jan. 24, 2006
NISKAYUNA, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2006 -- Prism Solar Technologies Inc. (PST), a Niskayuna, N.Y.-based...
Sandia, Sharp to Work on Fuel Cells
Jan. 24, 2006
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 24 -- Sandia National Laboratories and Sharp Corp. recently signed a...
Research, Products Photonics West Focus
Jan. 23, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2006 -- Technologists, engineers and scientists will unveil 2800...
Ocean Optics Teams Up With Centice
Jan. 23, 2006
DUNEDIN, Fla. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 23 -- Ocean Optics, a Florida-based supplier...
Photonics West Spotlights Research, Products
Jan. 23, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2006 -- Technologists, engineers and scientists will unveil 2800...
Southwall Closing Palo Alto Facility
Jan. 20, 2006
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 20, 2006 -- Southwall Technologies Inc., a global manufacturer of thin-film...
Emcore Corp. Acquires K2 Optronics
Jan. 20, 2006
SOMERSET, N.J., Jan. 20 -- Emcore Corp., a provider of compound semiconductor-based components and...
Konica Minolta Shutters Camera Business
Jan. 20, 2006
TOKYO, Jan. 20, 2006 -- Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. said yesterday it will withdraw from the...
Astronomers Find Huge 'Superbubble' of Gas Blowing out of Milky Way
Jan. 19, 2006
GREEN BANK, W.V., Jan. 19, 2006 -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Robert C....
PixelOptics' SuperVision Gets $3.5M
Jan. 19, 2006
ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 19, 2006 -- PixelOptics Inc. (Pixel), a developer of electronic eyewear,...
API Moves Microfab Ops to Michigan
Jan. 19, 2006
CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 19, 2006 -- Taking advantage of over $1 million in tax credits and expected...
ILX Lightwave Donates Controllers to Cal Poly
Jan. 19, 2006
BOZEMAN, Mont., Jan. 19 -- ILX Lightwave recently donated $10,000 worth of LDC 3700B series...
Kailight Photonics Funding Round Raises $4.5M for TASR Line
Jan. 18, 2006
DALLAS, Jan. 18, 2006 -- Kailight Photonics Inc., a developer of optical modules for the global...
Ikanos Buys Line from Analog Devices
Jan. 18, 2006
FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 18, 2006 -- In a move the company says will help it capitalize on the...
Gold Glitters Differently at the Nanoscale
Jan. 17, 2006
ARGONNE , Ill. Jan. 17, 2006 -- Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National...
WAM Buys Cerac for $25M
Jan. 17, 2006
CLEVELAND, Jan. 17, 2006 -- Precious, non-precious and specialty metal products maker Williams...
First New Coherent Light Source in 50 Years Discovered by LLNL, MIT Researchers
Jan. 17, 2006
LIVERMORE, Calif., Jan. 17, 2006 -- For the last 50 years, the only fundamental ways to produce...
Learning Factory Creators Lauded
Jan. 16, 2006
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2006 -- Jens E. Jorgensen,, John S. Lamancusa, Lueny Morell, Allen L. Soyster...
UK Firm Making Astra Gemini Mirrors
Jan. 16, 2006
KINGSTON, England, Jan. 16, 2006 -- Optical Surfaces Ltd., a Surrey, England-based provider of...
Texas Instruments Sells Sensors & Controls Business for $3B
Jan. 16, 2006
DALLAS, Jan. 16, 2006 -- Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has agreed to sell its Sensors & Controls...
Ocean Optics Helps Examine Hope Diamond
Jan. 16, 2006
DUNEDIN, Fla., Jan. 16, 2006 -- Equipment and personnel from Ocean Optics, a Florida-based...
Voltaix Funds to Boost SiGe Technoloy
Jan. 13, 2006
NORTH BRANCH, N.J., Jan. 13, 2006 -- Voltaix Inc., a manufacturer of specialty gases and chemicals...
Agilent Names Semiconductor Spinoff
Jan. 13, 2006
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 13, 2006 -- "Verigy" will be the name of Agilent Technologies Inc.'s...
Dalsa Awarded Display Contract
Jan. 13, 2006
WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan. 13, 2006 -- Dalsa Corp. announced it has received contracts totaling CDN...
Voltaix Funding to Boost SiGe Technoloy
Jan. 13, 2006
NORTH BRANCH, N.J., Jan. 13, 2006 -- Voltaix Inc., a manufacturer of specialty gases and chemicals...
Heinz Lossau, PI Co-founder, Dies
Jan. 13, 2006
AUBURN, Mass., Jan. 13, 2006 -- Heinz G. Lossau, a co-founder and longtime senior partner of Physik...
IR Solar Cell Record Set
Jan. 12, 2006
EWING, New Jersey, Jan. 12, 2006 -- Global Photonic Energy Corp. (GPEC), a developer of organic...
Ethernet Alliance Formed
Jan. 12, 2006
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 12, 2006 -- The Ethernet Alliance was created this week to "accelerate...
CU-Boulder Develops Laser for ARPES
Jan. 11, 2006
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 11, 2006 -- Researchers have developed a new application for lasers in the...
StockerYale to Realign Operations
Jan. 11, 2006
SALEM, N.H., Jan. 11, 2006 -- StockerYale Inc. announced Tuesday it will realign its operations...
Bell Labs Awarded Technical Grammy
Jan. 10, 2006
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Jan. 10, 2006 -- Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent...
Alliance Bids for Army Sourcing Program
Jan. 10, 2006
MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 10, 2006 -- Defense contractor Raytheon Co. is teaming up with Boeing Co. and...
Motorola, Kodak Announce Partnership
Jan. 9, 2006
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2006 -- Motorola Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co. have announced a 10-year global...
New Products, Technology Unveiled at CES
Jan. 6, 2006
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2006 -- The 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's...
DoD Awards Edmund Optics $2.8M
Jan. 6, 2006
BARRINGTON, N.J., Jan. 6, 2006 -- Edmund Optics, a Barrington, N.J., producer of optics, imaging...
Latest Products, Technology Unveiled at CES
Jan. 6, 2006
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2006 -- The 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's...
CCD Inventors Win NAE's Draper Prize
Jan. 5, 2006
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Jan. 5, 2006 -- Former Bell Labs researchers Willard S. Boyle and George E....
OIDA Expects 'Vibrant' Market Growth
Jan. 5, 2006
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2006 -- The optoelectronics industry is showing "vibrant growth," said Michael...
CEA: 2005 DTV Revenues Grew 60 Percent
Jan. 5, 2006
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 5, 2006 -- High-definition television (HDTV) will outsell analog TV set units...
CCD Inventors Win NAE's Draper Prize
Jan. 5, 2006
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Jan. 5, 2006 -- Former Bell Labs researchers Willard S. Boyle and George E....
OIDA Expects 'Vibrant' Market Growth
Jan. 5, 2006
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2006 -- The optoelectronics industry is showing "vibrant growth," said Michael...
Theory 'Stands Self-Assembly on Its Head'
Jan. 4, 2006
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 4, 2006 -- A scientist at Princeton University is proposing a theory that...
Theory 'Stands Self-Assembly on Its Head'
Jan. 4, 2006
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 4, 2006 -- A scientist at Princeton University is proposing a theory that...
New Optical Modulator Could Make Communications 100 Times Faster
Jan. 4, 2006
ATLANTA, Jan. 4, 2006 -- By using electromagnetic waves instead of electrical current for...
Irvine Sensors Acquires Optex Systems
Jan. 3, 2006
COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2006 -- Irvine Sensors Corp. announced today it has purchased 70...
NY Nanotech Research Institute Planned
Jan. 3, 2006
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 3, 2006 -- A $435-million Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and...