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CMOS vs. CCD: Maturing Technologies, Maturing Markets CCD and CMOS image sensor technologies were invented in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the time,...	Free-Electron Lasers Come of Age Free-electron lasers in 2005 are where airplanes were in 1925: well established as a useful new tech...
Measuring the Spectral Response of IR Cameras In the research and development and government test range communities, the need for calibrated, scie...	Using the Modulation Transfer Function on the Factory Floor Although resolution has historically been a dominant parameter of image quality, it is clear that co...
Silicon Photodiode Integrated Circuits Ready for Mass-Market Applications The ever-increasing data rates of modern telecommunications networks demand low-cost optical interco...	Packaging Advances High-Power White LEDs High-power white LEDs are in high demand for automotive use and are a potential replacement for the ...
Material May Enable Single-Source White LEDs White LEDs are commonly made by mixing blue light from an LED chip with yellow light from a stimulat...	Multicolor LEDs Get a Boost from Quantum Dots Much attention in research communities is focused on generating light using semiconductor nanocrysta...
Optical Microscopy Reveals Benefits of Strain for Spintronics In experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Scott A. Crooker and Darryl L.G. Smi...	Laser Enables Resolution of Nanomagnet Flipping At the University of California, Santa Cruz, researchers have demonstrated an optical method to watc...
Optically Active Quantum Dots Embedded in Nanowires Investigators at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have reported the fabrication o...

Two Imaging Elements Create One Multipattern Mask Inspired by a species of thousand-eyed, ocean-dwelling brittle star, investigators at the University...	Measuring Microholes by Measuring Shadows Measuring microscopic holes may benefit from a light touch, according to researchers from the Nation...
Ultrathick Nanostructured Diamond Films Produced Diamond films are attractive for use as optical windows and in other applications requiring strength...	Optical Data Stored on Fingernail Researchers at the University of Tokushima and at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, both in Japan, hav...
InAs/GaSb Superlattice Photodiode Offers Uncooled Mid-IR Operation Scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., the Missile Defense Agency in Washington ...

Thales Group Repositions Operations In France, the international Thales Group, based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, has linked its subdivisions T...	Companies Form Limited Distribution Agreement Melles Griot of Carlsbad, Calif., has agreed to be the global distributor for a number of products i...
CVI Augments Prototyping Capabilities with Acquisition CVI Laser LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., has purchased Optical Components Inc., enabling it to better mee...	Quintessence Photonics Wins Contract Quintessence Photonics Corp. of Sylmar, Calif., has received development and multiyear production co...
Dalsa Licenses Philips CMOS Sensor Technology Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has signed an agreement to license CMOS image sensor techn...	Bausch & Lomb Expands Rochester Plant The fields of optics, imaging and photonics appear to be thriving in the city of Rochester, N.Y., ho...
Custom Aspheric Manufacturing Unit Opens Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has installed a custom aspheric manufacturing unit at its Pe...	Coherent Acquires TuiLaser AG Coherent Inc. has purchased the privately held TuiLaser AG for approximately $27.2 million, net of c...
NP Photonics Continues Work on Image Amplifier NP Photonics of Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 Small Business Innovation Resea...	ILX Lightwave Will Donate $100,000 in Equipment ILX Lightwave of Bozeman, Mont., plans to donate $100,000 in equipment to colleges and universities ...
Harris Awarded Airborne Ladar Contract Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Fla., has received a $6.6 million contract from the US Army Communication...	Brysen Optical Integrated into Flir Systems Brysen Optical Corp. of Safety Harbor, Fla., has become a unit of Flir Systems Inc., a commercial in...
Axsys Receives Order for Thermal Weapons Sights Axsys Technologies Inc. of Rocky Hill, Conn., has received its initial infrared lens production orde...	MEMS Industry Is Analyzed Based on analysis of the 2004 sales figures of 30 manufacturers of microelectromechanical systems (M...
EO Technics Represents nLight NLight has named EO Technics of Anyang, South Korea, as exclusive distributor in Korea of its CW and...	First-Quarter Laser Shipments Climb 29% Totaling $158.5 million, shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North America and f...
Atmel and Tower to Develop CMOS Technology Atmel Corp. and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will work together to develop CMOS image sensor-related pro...	Heimann Picks UDT as North American Agent UDT Sensors Inc. has begun a partnership with Heimann Sensors GmbH of Dresden, Germany, in which it ...
Photop and Pavilion Join to Develop Lasers Photop Technologies Inc. and Pavilion Integration Corp. will jointly develop and manufacture red, gr...	Ocean Optics to Distribute Polychromix Spectrometers Expanding its offerings of spectroscopy products, Ocean Optics of Dunedin, Fla., has reached an agre...
Danaher Acquires Motion Control Business Danaher Motion of Wood Dale, Ill., has acquired G&L Motion Control Inc.’s operations in...	Alfalight Selects Agent in China Alfalight Inc. of Madison, Wis., has appointed Sanetronic Co. Ltd. as its distributor in China. Base...
Unaxis Licenses Color Management Technology Unaxis Optics of Balzers, Liechtenstein, has licensed its patented ColorWheels technology to a Taiwa...	Schott and Zett Optics to Advance Light Sources In Germany, Schott AG’s fiber optics unit in Mainz and Zett Optics GmbH of Braunschweig...
JDS Uniphase to Acquire Acterna JDS Uniphase Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held Acterna Inc...	Cedip Opens Company in the UK Cedip Infrared Systems of Croissy-Beaubourg, France, has opened a subsidiary, Cedip Infrared Systems...
M-Flex Acquires Assets of Applied Optics Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. (M-Flex) of Anaheim, Calif., has entered into an agreement with Appli...	Organizations to Develop AFM Probe Tips Veeco Instruments of Woodbury, N.Y., CEA Leti of Grenoble, France, and Team Nanotec GmbH of Villinge...
Telops Augments Sales Network in Europe Optronic test systems supplier Telops of Quebec City has selected ficonTec GmbH as a distributor in ...	Cognex and DEK Join Forces Under a multiyear OEM agreement, Cognex Inc. of Natick, Mass., will supply machine vision systems fo...
Machine Vision Companies Collaborate PPT Vision Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn., will supply Automated Assemblies Corp. with its Impact serie...

Combined Software Tools Model Effects of Optics on Ultrashort Pulses Researchers and optical systems designers at Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechan...	Beam Profiling Improves Laser Welding Welding with CO2 lasers is common in all kinds of manufacturing environments. Despite its general re...
Femtosecond Laser Brings 3-D to Microfluidics Microfluidic devices have submillimeter channels designed to control the flow of very small volumes ...	Laser Technology Identifies Counterfeit Currency Counterfeiting currency is neither a new problem nor is it limited to any one country or currency. F...

Textile Marker Approaching Commercial Reality Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are confident that a textile marking system...	Optoelectronic Tweezers Manipulate Microparticles In the July 21 issue of Nature, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, report the ...
White-Light Interferometry Exhibits Error A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., has dete...

Holey Fibers Connect to Conventional Fibers with Low Loss Holey fibers have several characteristics that make them useful in numerous applications, including ...	Ultratiny Silicon Modulator Achieves Gigahertz Speeds Silicon, the material of choice for electronic circuits, is not ideally suited for electro-optical a...
Fiber Ring Laser Is Wavelength-Switchable Around 1.5 µm Multiwavelength lasers are useful for interrogating fiber optic sensors and for testing fiber teleco...	Surface Plasmons Enable Subwavelength Lithography A pair of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have found that the way to subwavelength ...
Thermal Compensator Polarizes Nd:YAG Laser Most of today’s conference presentations and journal articles dealing with solid-state lasers...	Nanoscale Structures Route Light In a development with promise for the realization of nanoscale integrated photonic systems, investig...

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