News Briefs
Sep. 30, 2005
Two BAE Systems 70-mm laser-guided rockets, developed for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons...
Brion Joins Crolles2 Alliance
Sep. 30, 2005
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 30 -- Brion Technologies, a Santa Clara-based developer of products for...
News Briefs
Sep. 29, 2005
Physicist Gregory H. Olsen, co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc. (SUI), will be on...
News Briefs
Sep. 28, 2005
Kodak said today it has agreed to sell its assets used to produce precision glass molded aspheres,...
Kodak to Divide Photography Unit
Sep. 28, 2005
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 -- Eastman Kodak Co. is announcing a structural change to its consumer...
EU's MONA Project Will Coordinate Optics, Nanotech Research
Sep. 28, 2005
GRENOBLE, France, Sept. 28 -- The European Commission (EC) has launched a new project, Merging...
Diverse Topics on OSA Meeting Agenda
Sep. 27, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Einstein, attosecond-speed cameras and the mysterious moon Titan will be...
News Briefs
Sep. 27, 2005
Kopin Corp.'s president and CEO, John C.C. Fan, will participate in a panel discussion on homeland...
Harris Demos Satellite Antenna Feed
Sep. 26, 2005
MELBOURNE, Fla., Sept. 26 -- Harris Corp. has completed field demonstrations of a satellite antenna...
CTC To Acquire Connecticut Broadband
Sep. 26, 2005
WALTHAM, Mass. & NORTH HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 26 -- CTC Communications announced last week it will...
New Optical Polishing Machine Will Help Scientists Build Better Telescopes
Sep. 26, 2005
DENBIGHSHIRE, North Wales, Sept. 26 -- A £1million ($1.77 million) state-of-the-art optical...
News Briefs
Sep. 26, 2005
Vitex Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif., a provider of encapsulation films used in the production of...
Beijing Using Remote Sensors to Clean Air for 2008 Olympics
Sep. 23, 2005
SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 23 -- Officials with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB) will...
'Watt Method' May Ease Effort to Redefine the Kilogram
Sep. 23, 2005
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 23 -- A leading experimental method for defining the kilogram in terms of...
NSF Buys Glimmerglass Switch for LambdaRail
Sep. 23, 2005
SAN DIEGO & HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 23 -- Glimmerglass, a provider of automated fiber management...
New Applications Debut at Ethernet Congress
Sep. 23, 2005
BERLIN, Sept. 23 -- Twelve vendors demonstrated Ethernet access applications at the Carrier...
Transponder Manufacturers Develop Joint Optical Multisource Agreement
Sep. 22, 2005
GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 22 -- Optical communications companies Essex Corp. of Columbia, Md.,...
L-3 Communications to Acquire EOTech
Sep. 22, 2005
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 -- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems provider L-3...
News Briefs
Sep. 22, 2005
Bedford, Mass.-based Spire Corp., a supplier of photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing equipment...
Laser System Shows Potential for Treating Kidney Tumors
Sep. 22, 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Recent animal trials conducted by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic...
L-3 Com to Acquire EOTech
Sep. 22, 2005
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 -- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems provider L-3...
News Briefs
Sep. 21, 2005
Novalux Inc., a solid-state RGB lighting manufacturer based in Sunnyvale, Calif., announced that...
SBC California Workers to Help Rebuild Telecommunications in New Orleans
Sep. 21, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21 -- SBC California announced it is sending more than 45 California-based...
Nanoscale Conference Attracts 200
Sep. 20, 2005
WOODBURY, N.Y., Sept. 20 -- More than 200 scientists from 20 countries attended the third annual...
Laser Scientist Named MacArthur Fellow
Sep. 20, 2005
CHICAGO, Sept. 20 -- Claire Gmachl, a laser engineer and associate professor of electrical...
Ocean Optics Spectrometer Used in Cancer Detection System
Sep. 20, 2005
DUNEDIN, Fla., Sept. 20 -- A spectroscopy system from optical sensing specialist Ocean Optics forms...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Cameras Help Search for Katrina Survivors
Sep. 20, 2005
GULF COAST, Miss., Sept. 20 -- Providing the benefits of speed, portability and access, a pair of...
Argon ST to Acquire Radix
Sep. 19, 2005
FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 19 -- Argon ST Inc. announced an agreement to acquire the outstanding stock of...
Nanotechnology Facilities Near Completion
Sep. 19, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 19 -— A two-story-high, 450-ft-long wall surface hewn from rock -—...
Dow Corning Sets Sights on Optoelectronics Market
Sep. 16, 2005
MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 16 -- Dow Corning Corp. announced this week that its photonics business...
ATN Completes Acquisition of Commnet
Sep. 16, 2005
ST. THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, Sept. 16 -- Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. (ATN) announced that it has...
Digital Mammogram Benefits Revealed
Sep. 16, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Preliminary results from a large, clinical trial of digital vs. film...
KVH Awarded $3.2 M Raytheon Order for Torpedo's Fiber Optic Gyro
Sep. 15, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Sept. 15 -- KVH Industries Inc., a manufacturer of fiber optic products with...
Exhibit Illustrates Art-Science Link
Sep. 15, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Artist Jonathan Feldschuh said he was a junior at Harvard, studying physics...
L-3 CE Imager to Be Installed on the Navy's Fastest Ship
Sep. 14, 2005
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 -- L-3 Communications, a provider of intelligence, surveillance and...
Sabeus Acquires Aragon
Sep. 14, 2005
CALABASAS, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Sabeus Inc., a manufacturer of acoustic sensing and fiber optic...
New World Network to Expand
Sep. 13, 2005
MIAMI, Sept. 13 -- New World Network, the principal owner of the America's Region Caribbean...
Ocean Optics Offers Office, Lab Space to Firms,
Students in Katrina Zone
Sep. 13, 2005
DUNEDIN, Fla., Sept. 13 -- Ocean Optics is offering assistance to optics and photonics businesses...
Katrina Relief — Photonics Firms Donate Funds, Equipment, Services
Sep. 13, 2005
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 13 -- Photonics-related companies are contributing to Hurricane Katrina...
One-Pot Syntheses Developed For Quantum Dots
Sep. 13, 2005
BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 13 -- Efficient and highly scalable new chemical synthesis methods developed...
LIA Forms Northeast Chapter
Sep. 12, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12 -- More than 50 members of the Laser Institute of America (LIA), a...
Brazil Opens Semiconductor Fab Facility
Sep. 12, 2005
BELO HORIZONTE, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sept. 12 -- Brazilian authorities have announced plans to...
Finisar Alleges Agilent Infringement
Sep. 12, 2005
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 12 -- Finisar Corp., a maker of gigabit fiber optic solutions for...
eBay to Acquire Skype
Sep. 12, 2005
LONDON, Sept. 12 -- Online auction provider eBay Inc. has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype...
Epion Partners with Taiwan's Marketech
Sep. 9, 2005
BILLERICA, Mass., Sept. 9 -- Epion Corporation, a commercial developer of gas cluster ion beam...
Firms Donate Funds, Technology to Relief Efforts
Sep. 9, 2005
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 9 -- Telecommunications companies are continuing to participate in...
FairPoint Completes Bentleyville Acquisition
Sep. 9, 2005
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 9 -- FairPoint Communications Inc., a provider of communications services to...
Photronics Sponsors Seminar on Nanoimprint Lithography
Sep. 9, 2005
BROOKFIELD, Conn., Sept. 9 -- Photronics Inc., a manufacturer of photomasks, announced that it will...
Epion Partners with Marketech
Sep. 9, 2005
BILLERICA, Mass., Sept. 9 -- Epion Corp., a commercial developer of gas cluster ion beam (GCIB)...
Berkeley Lab Offers Research Aid to Scientists Affected by Katrina
Sep. 8, 2005
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 8 -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will make its...
JDS Uniphase to Acquire Agility
Sep. 8, 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 8 -- JDS Uniphase, a provider of communications test and measurement...
Lockheed to Buy CTI
Sep. 8, 2005
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 8 -- Lockheed Martin Corp. announced today a definitive agreement to acquire...
Verizon Hurricane Fund Tops $5 Million
Sep. 8, 2005
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- Verizon has raised over $5 million for Hurricane Katrina survivors and is...
Srico to Develop Optical Modulators
Sep. 7, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- Srico, a Columbus-based photonics company, was awarded a $750,000 Phase...
DARPA Continues Cubic's Research with $6.1 Million R&D Contract
Sep. 7, 2005
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7 -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Cubic...
Goodrich to Acquire Sensors Unlimited
Sep. 7, 2005
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 7 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc. (SUI) today accepted a $60 million cash offer to...
Korber Foundation Honors Scientist for His Photonic Fiber Research
Sep. 7, 2005
HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 7 -- The 2005 Korber European Science Award has been presented to Philip...
Zhone Completes Paradyne Acquisition
Sep. 6, 2005
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 6 -- Zhone Technologies Inc., a network equipment manufacturer, announced it...
'Nanotechnology for Dummies' Released
Sep. 6, 2005
LITTLE FALLS, N.J, Sept. 6 -- Richard Booker, a doctoral student at Rice University working under...
New X-ray Imager Could Lead to Improvements in Breast and Kidney Cancer Detection
Sep. 6, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 6 -- In a development that researchers say could help usher in a new kind...
Bookham Inc. Unveils Its Optical Technology in China
Sep. 5, 2005
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 5 -- Bookham Inc., a San Jose, Calif-based manufacturer of optical...
Bookham Inc. Unveils Its Optical Technology in China
Sep. 5, 2005
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 5 -- Bookham Inc., a San Jose, Calif-based manufacturer of optical...
Applications Now Accepted for Laser Light Innovations Contest
Sep. 2, 2005
DIZINGEN, Germany, Sept. 2 -- Applications and proposals are now being accepted for the 2006...
Ifos Acquires Oluma Inc.
Sep. 2, 2005
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 2 -- Ifos Inc., a developer of advanced optical sensing systems, announced...
Thorlabs Makes 50-Legged Optical Table for Max-Planck
Sep. 1, 2005
ELY, England, Sept. 1 -- The Thorlabs optical table unit has a range of standard optical tables and...
Accent Unveils New Etch Process
Sep. 1, 2005
BEND, Ore., Sept. 1 -- Accent Optical Technologies, a supplier of process control tools for...