http://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?TID=4 This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. Manufacture of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a backplane support frame (BSF) that is the largest optically st http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54191 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Integrated circuit maker TowerJazz said Wednesday it will move into high-volume, commercial infrared wafer manufacturing and expand its presence in so http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54188 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A new venture capital fund has made its first round of investments in companies seeking to commercialize technology related to nanophotonics, metamate http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54185 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Laser Quantum Ltd. has moved its Stockport headquarters to a new building not far from its old facilities, the diode-pumped solid-state and ultrafast http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54176 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT BAE Systems has completed initial deliveries of its Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) laser jammer systems ahead of schedule and has received a $ http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54175 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Optics and optoelectronics manufacturer Zeiss has announced that it will acquire 3-D x-ray microscope provider Xradia Inc. of Pleasanton and will rena http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54174 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Headwall Photonics Inc. is expanding into Europe and has hired Kevin Lynch as European sales manager to support customers and partners in the region. http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54164 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT UAB Altechna, a manufacturer and distributor of laser optics, optoelectronics and laser components, has purchased a major share of Vilnius-based optic http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54163 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Space Photonics Inc. has partnered with Schott North America Inc. and Harris Corp. to further develop its LaserFire laser communications technology un http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54159 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Light-based identification and diagnostics solutions provider Visualant Inc. has completed a funding round in excess of $5 million led by Special Situ http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54158 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brimrose Corp. has received two US Army contracts to develop chemical detection sensors based on imaging systems and quantum dots, the global photonic http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54147 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Peter Call has been named field sales manager at LED lighting products manufacturer CoolLED Ltd. Call brings to the position microscopy and imagi http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54146 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Metal fabrication company Noble Industries Inc. has added a two-laser Mazak flexible manufacturing system (FMS) to its line of laser-cutting products. http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54145 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Trumpf Laser Marking Systems AG has opened a 35,500-sq-ft production facility in Switzerland to accommodate the 70 percent increase in orders for mark http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54138 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michael Tenalio has been named director of global product management for the Melles Griot Optical Systems Group, parent company Idex Optics & Phot http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54137 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems division has received a €5.5 million order from Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf, Germany, to supply 62 http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54136 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Optical Society (OSA) has commended the progress made by international optics and photonics leaders in having 2015 declared the International Year http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54135 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has delivered the first phase of laser range finder upgrades for use on the US Army’s Apac http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54126 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Chromatic-based identification and diagnostic solutions provider Visualant Inc. has entered into the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, a global http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54125 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Precision micro-optics manufacturer PowerPhotonic has appointed Jason Alexander head of its North America operations. Alexander will manage the g http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=54100 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT