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Automation Boosts Low-Cost Fiber Pigtailing The explosive increase of fiber optics in communications, materials processing and medicine is drivi...	A Bright Future for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Organic materials are part of our everyday life, but only recently have photonic devices begun to ex...
CMOS Imaging Approaches Stage Three in its Evolution Proving that imaging based on complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) could compete with CCD...	We Need to Curb Conflicts in Global High-Tech There is remarkably little multinational cooperation for the development of new, commercially releva...
Laser Fusion: An Old Dream Nears Realization When completed in 2002, the National Ignition Facility will culminate more than a decade of research...	IR Imaging Arrays Turn to Quantum Wells A new semiconductor-based infrared detector technology for mid- and long-wavelength instruments is r...
Long-Period Gratings: Next Generation of Fiber Sensors Fiber optic sensors, thanks to their size, flexibility and survivability advantages, continue to gai...	Microlasers Can Anticipate Expanding Market The air-cooled argon-ion laser remains the most widely used source OEM applications requiring blue o...
Modular CCDs: Building Blocks for Large-Area Sensors Using the concept of a jigsaw puzzle, the latest generation of high-resolution imagers is built up f...	Microscopy: Old Technology Gets New Life Over the last 150 years of microscope development, an impressive array of innovations has come to li...
Micro-Opto Electromechanics Could Revolutionize Photonic Systems Advances in micro-optics have led to the development of large-volume and batch-processed diffractive...	PC-Based Laser Analyzers: New Uses Require Improved Devices Over the past few years the beam-profile quality of lasers has risen dramatically. Nevertheless, com...
Raman Spectroscopy: Ready to Meet New Challenges Once the realm of a few theorists, Raman spectroscopy has surged in popularity during the last decad...	Replica Molding: Complex Optics at Lower Costs Researchers at Harvard’s Chemistry Department are exploring new ways of fabricating complex, optical...
Smart Lightpipe Designs Provide Cost-Effective Optics For a technology that doesn’t get much respect, lightpipes are undergoing remarkably rapid...	Optical Software Undergoing Dramatic Change Lens design software once was characterized by large, expensive and user-unfriendly programs running...
All Solid-State Lasers: An Industry Option with Big Potential Improvements in the size, power, lifetime and ruggedness of solid-state lasers has truly improved th...	The Proactive View From Germany As part of a joint presentation on Germany’s drive to keep pace in global, high-tech competition in ...

Two-Photon Therapy Holds Promise as Cancer Treatment OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- A two-photon laser technique holds the promise of treating deep-tissue cancers s...	Laser Dissection Aids Pathologists, Patients WASHINGTON -- Researchers battling cancer and other debilitating diseases will soon have a new weapo...
Alice’s Restaurant at the End of the Universe INNSBRUCK, Austria -- Physicists are approaching a practical application for a remarkable property o...	Chromium-Doped Crystal Shows Near-Infrared Tunability at Room Temperature Scientists at the City University of New York have grown a chromium-doped laser crystal that they sa...
New High-Rejection Optical Filters Aid in Comet Exploration Scientists at the University of Wisconsin and Acton Research Corp. of Acton, Mass., have developed t...	US Commerce Department Revises Directory of Standards Activities The 1996 edition of Standards Activities of Organizations in the United States (SP 806) from the US ...
Fiber Brings ’Live’ Response from Ocean Floor TUCKERTON, N.J. -- In a scene that would make Jules Verne happy, scientists at Rutgers University an...	Holographic Light-Diffusing Technique Could Improve Flat-Panel Displays A novel holographic light-diffusing technology promises to improve lighting in flat-panel display an...
Firms Look for Partners in Deep-Ultraviolet Lithography Research ASM Lithography of Tempe, Ariz., and IMEC, a research and development organization in Leuven, Belgiu...	MSX Galaxy Maps Yield Highest Resolution The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) observatory-class satellite delivered mid-infrared maps of the ...
Optical Fingerprint Recognition Could Have Applications in Bank, Internet Security GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have c...	New Phosphor View Promises Display Advances ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A fresh insight into the nature of phosphors promises brighter, more colorful d...
High-Resolution Technology Opens the Door to New Displays SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- A fundamentally new approach to display technology may revolutionize those alph...	Russian Laser at Duke University Pumps out UV, Gamma Rays DURHAM, N.C. -- After settling in at Duke University, the Russian free-electron laser (FEL), has bee...
Summit Technology Wins FDA Approval for Further Clinical Tests Waltham, Mass.-based Summit Technology Inc. will expand clinical trials of its excimer laser system ...	White-Light Device Measures Warpage of Printed Circuit Boards ATLANTA -- A new technique using a broadband white-light source will enable electronics manufacturer...

Bright Days Seen Ahead for Optical Coating Industry NORWALK, Conn. -- Steady growth through the turn of the century is the forecast for the worldwide op...	Chrysler Stays Ahead With High-Power CO-2 Lasers KOKOMO, Ind. -- With Chrysler Corp.’s recent purchase of 11 14-kW CO2 lasers from Convergent...
dpiX Wins Military Contract to Develop High-Resolution LCD Technologies The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $2.75 million contract to dpiX, ...	Competition Drives Baby Bells to Sell Bellcore to Defense Firm TRENTON, N.J. -- After more than 18 months of negotiations, a San Diego-based defense technology con...
Rofin-Sinar Joins with German Laser Institute on Industrial Laser Development An exclusive cooperative development project between Rofin-Sinar Inc. of Plymouth, Mich., and the Fr...	Eastman Kodak Ships Mirror Assemblies, Optical Bench for Satellite System Eastman Kodak Co.’s Commercial & Government Systems delivered its high-resolution mirror...
Laser Diode Market Heading Toward $1.2 Billion Mark MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The worldwide market for short-wavelength laser diodes is headed for the bi...	LeCroy, Fluke Swap Technology for Royalties Under DSO Licensing Pact Under a technical licensing agreement signed by LeCroy Corp. of Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., and Fluke Corp...
Monroe Community College Receives CNC-Optics Systems from LOH Germantown, Wis.-based LOH Optical Machinery Inc. has lent a Spheronorm CNC-controlled precision opt...	SpecTran-Corning Fiber-Supply Agreement Grows to $28 Million SpecTran Corp. of Avon, Conn., has increased by $11 million the value of its contract to provide Cor...
Uniphase to Sell Ultrapointe Subsidiary SAN JOSE, Calif. -- To concentrate its resources on the telecommunications industry, Uniphase Corp. ...

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Imager Helps Standardize Process Transfers In the advanced materials processing arena, the use of low-pressure gas discharges is on the increas...

Coherent Expands with Purchase of Finnish Wafer Processor Stock In a move to expand its capabilities and market share in the semiconductor laser industry, Coherent ...	Entries Sought for Advanced Technology Program Competition The US Department of Commerce is seeking entries for R&D awards under its Advanced Technology Pr...
Pentagon Doles Out $570,000 in Research Grants to Aculight The US Air Force Wright Laboratory Armament Directorate has awarded a $400,000 Small Business Innova...	Hughes to Build Redesigned Infrared Missiles for Navy The US Navy has awarded a $169 million contract for its new Sidewinder AIM-9X missiles to Hughes Mis...
Thermo Optek, Laser Science Walk Away from Acquisition Deal Thermo Optek Corp. of Waltham, Mass., has retracted its bid to acquire Laser Science Inc. of Newton,...

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