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Zygo to Acquire Optics Facility Zygo Corp. announced Wednesday it will buy ASML US Inc.'s optics facility in Richmond, Calif., for as much as $10 million.
US Elbit Subsidiary Receives Head-Up Display Contract Elbit Systems of America LLC of Fort Worth has been awarded a five-year, $68 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the US Army Contracting Command in Huntsville, Ala.,...
Atrenta, CEA-Leti Sign Multi-Year 3-D Contract Atrenta Inc. announced Wednesday that it has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with CEA-Leti, the Electronics and Information Technology Laboratory of the French Atomic Energy Commission....
Arrow, Cree to Host West Coast Lighting Fair Arrow Electronics Inc. and Cree Inc. of Melville and Durham, respectively, have teamed with leading manufacturers of complementary components to host a lighting design seminar and solutions fair Dec....
New England Just Got Greener Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO) recently celebrated the completion of the largest solar energy facility in New England. The 1.8-MW project, at the William Stanley Business Park on...
Mobius Photonics, Tratech Fiberoptics Ink Licensing Deal Fiber optic cable maker Tratech Fiberoptics of Bend, Ore., will manufacture and distribute Meight optical fiber connectors and associated components under a licensing deal with Mobius Photonics, the...
NanoIntegris Signs Contract with Kanto NanoIntegris Inc., a supplier of 99 percent pure semiconducting and metallic carbon nanotubes, announced its entrance into a distribution contract with Kanto Chemical Co. Inc. of Portland, Ore., a...
Princeton Taps New Sales Engineers, OEM Business Manager Princeton Instruments announced recently the appointment of two new regional sales engineer positions in the US for physical science sales. In addition, the company has hired for regional positions,...
e2v Awarded Image Sensor Contract The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded e2v Technologies plc a contract to develop a new CCD imaging sensor for the Euclid space science mission. The aim of the mission, through the Euclid...
Elbit Wins $45.5M Contract for Night Targeting Defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned US subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, received a $45.5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity...
Photon Energy, Solyndra Partner for Prague PV Project Solyndra Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large commercial rooftops, and Photon Energy a.s., announced that Photon Energy has signed an engineering, procurement and...
KHV Wins $1.1M FOGS Contract for Javelin KVH Industries Inc. announced it received a $1.1 million contract award for its high-performance fiber optic gyros (FOGS) for use in the Javelin Basic Skills Trainer (BST) produced by a US defense...
Varioptic Hires New CEO Liquid lens provider Varioptic announced the appointment of Hamid Farzaneh as its chief executive officer in its plans to commercialize its liquid lens technology. With expertise in leading...
Hybrid Halogen-CFL Light Bulb Unveiled A new hybrid incandescent-shaped light bulb that combines the instant brightness of halogen technology with the energy efficiency and longer rated life of compact fluorescent (CFL) technology, will...
Nobel Winners Used Keithley Keithley Instruments Inc., which specializes in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, congratulates Drs. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, scientists at the University of Manchester in...
Spectra-Physics Veteran Joins Heason Technology Heason Technology, a motion control and systems specialist, announced the appointment of Jason Breslin to head up its technical sales teams as part of the company’s continued strategy to...
National Semi, Suntech to Develop ‘Smart Panel’ Technology National Semiconductor Corp., manufacturer of high-performance analog semiconductors, announced it is collaborating with Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., the world’s largest producers of...
Corning Promotes Schneider and McRae Corning Inc. has named Pamela C. Schneider as executive vice president and operations chief of staff, and Lawrence D. McRae as executive vice president of strategy and corporate development. Both are...
QD Vision’s Coe-Sullivan Named to NRC Committee Quantum dot company QD Vision announced that Dr. Seth Coe-Sullivan was selected as a member of the National Research Council Committee. The committee was set in place to develop a research...
Heard to Head JDSU Comm. Test & Measurement Segment Enabling broadband and optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets, JDSU announced Monday that it named David Heard as president of its communications test and...
Kuenssberg to Chair Photonics Startup in Scotland Newly established spinout company from the University of Strathclyde, mLED Ltd. announced the appointment of Professor Nick Kuenssberg as its chairman and investor director. Kuenssberg’s...
Rice Camera, Telops Team for Imaging Systems Rice Camera Technologies Inc. entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Telops Inc. of Quebec. It will support US customers by providing Telops’ infrared cameras and hyperspectral...
Prysm Channel Partners to Promote LPDs Prysm Inc., a provider of laser phosphor display (LPD) technology for large-format applications, has announced that 15 channel partners will promote, sell and support its display panels in North...
JK Laser Integrated into Orwin Battery Welding System Industrial automation specialist Orwin announced it has integrated a JK Laser laser into its twin station laser welding system, which was designed to assemble and weld elements within a multicell...
Asylum Research to Take AFM on Tour Asylum Research, a manufacturer of scanning probe and atomic force microscopy (SPM/AFM) equipment, has announced that it will conduct a tour throughout the UK and Ireland over the coming months to...
Thermo Fisher Forms Advisory Board Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a company that strives to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer, announced the formation of a scientific advisory board to formalize the two-way exchange of...
Early Melanoma Detection Device Completed Spectral Molecular Imaging Inc. (SMI) said it recently completed development of its initial product, SkinSpect, aimed at early detection of melanoma through SMI's proprietary form of hyperspectral...
ATLAS Collaboration at CERN Unveils Giant Mural The ATLAS collaboration at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research’s laboratory for particle physics, unveiled a giant mural recently depicting the ATLAS particle detector, which...
Coherent Invests in SiOnyx Harvard photonics spinoff SiOnyx Inc. announced Wednesday that its latest, $12.5 million funding round includes its strategic partner, laser giant Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., among its new...
DTU, UIUC Collaborating on Fiber Lasers DTU Fotonik Department of Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) are partnering to develop a multicolor femtosecond...
Astri Licenses Camera Phone Tech The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (Astri) has formally licensed its antishaking compact camera module technologies to AP Photonics Ltd. (APP), a newly established...
U of I Physicist Named Packard Fellow Benjamin Lev, physics professor at the University of Illinois, has been named a Packard Fellow in science and engineering. He is among 17 early career researchers honored by the David and Lucille...
RadTech Hires Cameron RadTech International North America announced the recent hire of Chuck Cameron to help lead its member efforts to promote the ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) technology market. In his new...
Light Blue Optics Raises $13M Light Blue Optics (LBO) announced that it has raised $13 million in funding, enabling it to continue building out market opportunities for its Gen 1 products – Light Touch and Light Work...
Opsens to Develop System for PTRC Fiber optic sensor supplier, Opsens Inc., has been chosen by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) to design and construct a state-of-the-art transient pressure testing system for the...
IME, Fujikura Partner on Next-Gen Optical Modulators The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and Fujikura Limited in Japan, have announced a research collaboration...
Bridgelux Offers 5-Year Warranty on LED Products Bridgelux Inc. announced the introduction of a five-year warranty, effective immediately, on all of its integrated LED arrays and light sources sold worldwide. The new warranty boosts standard...
Zecotek Appoints Director Zecotek Photonics Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Jalil Ali to its board of directors. Ali will act as independent director, advising on industry trends as well as providing additional industry...
OSI Receives $3.9M Optoelectronics Order OSI Systems Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the security and healthcare industries, announced that OSI Optoelectronics has been...
Veeco Investing $25M in Asian Expansion Veeco Instruments Inc., a maker of equipment used to manufacture LEDs, solar panels and hard disk drives, will significantly expand its presence in Asia to better support the rapid growth of the LED...
Spectrometer Improves Dental Curing A spectroradiometrically calibrated USB4000 spectrometer from Ocean Optics is helping dentists to use curing lights more effectively to harden the white resin composites used to fill cavities. The...
FEI Offers Electron Microscopy Guide FEI Co. has released “An Introduction to Electron Microscopy,” an all-new edition of its well-known primer about electron- and ion-beam microscopy. The booklet is available for no charge...
Quality Vision Opens Larger Arizona Facility Three divisions of vision metrology company Quality Vision International Inc. (QVI) recently completed a move across Tempe into a larger, more modern facility, the company announced this week. The...
Lambda Research to Sell ScatterScope3D ScatterMaster LLC announced Lambda Research Corp. of Littleton, Mass., as the new worldwide distributor for its ScatterScope3D scatterometer. Ideal for research labs and manufacturing lines,...
Sydor Optics Completes 1st Half of $4M Expansion Flat glass optics manufacturer Sydor Optics announced the completion of the first half of its $4 million acquisition in double-sided polishing and metrology equipment, with a second half of expansion...
Automated Polishing Boosts Euro Tooling Market An international consortium of companies and R&D centers have launched a €3.9 million ($5.5 million) 3-year-project called poliMATIC aimed at opening new market opportunities for the...
A New Benchmark in Photon Counting Laser Components formed a strategic partnership with PicoQuant GmbH to produce photon counting modules with the highest quantum efficiency and record-breaking dark count rates, said the company. The...
UGent, imec Launch Si Photonics Spinoff Ghent University (UGent) and imec announced the creation of Caliopa, a spinoff from their Photonics Research Group. An initial €2 million ($2.8 million) in funding was raised from Baekeland,...
Emcore Hires CFO Emcore Corp. announced yesterday that the board of directors appointed Mark Weinswig as its chief financial officer, effective Oct. 11, 2010, when he started at the company. Weinswig will be...
Heliatek, IAPP Set OPV Efficiency Record The Institute of Applied Photophysics (IAPP) at Dresden University and Heliatek GmbH of Dresden have again set an efficiency record for organic photovoltaic cells (OPVCs). An efficiency rate of 8.3...
Hamamatsu Photonics Europe Established Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. announced the establishment of Hamamatsu Photonics Europe GmbH as a 100 percent owned European headquarters at Herrsching, in the southwest of Munich, Germany. The...
Governor, State Rep to Tour Power Technology With the launch of their “More and Better Jobs for Arkansas Initiative,” Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe and State Representative Shane Broadway toured Power Technology Inc. of Alexander, a...
Broadband Pioneer Awarded Honorary Degree A Nobel laureate who helped create the technology that made the Internet possible has been presented with an honorary degree by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Charles Kao received...
JDSU Delivers 1 Millionth Pump Laser JDSU announced that San Jose, Calif.-based ADVA Optical Networking is the recipient of JDSU's one millionth 980 nm pump laser. Pump lasers are used to power erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, a...
Millimeter-wave Camera to be Demo’d In collaboration with microcontroller supplier Renesas Technology, Walleye Technologies demonstrated its millimeter wave camera technology at Renesas developers’ conference in Garden Grove,...
Opto Engine to Rep Laserpoint in US, Canada Scientific and laboratory laser distributor Opto Engine LLC announced an agreement with Laserpoint Srl of Milan, Italy, a laser measurement sensors and instruments provider. Under the terms of...
AFL Opens Fiber Optic Facility in UK AFL Telecommunications has opened its second fiber optic facility in Swindon, UK, to support the European region with customized optical fiber interconnect cables for communication applications. The...
Zygo Gets $3.5M Large Optics Test Systems Order Zygo Corp., a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments and high precision optical systems, announced that its Metrology Solutions Division has received orders for $3.5 million for large...
Edmund Optics Expands Japan Facility The Saito Optics division of Edmund Optics, has expanded its precision optical manufacturing capability to serve the growing Japanese markets for semiconductor manufacturing, robotics, and solar...
GigOptix Ups Q3 Guidance GigOptix, Inc. increased its revenue guidance for the third quarter of 2010. The company supplies high performance electronic and electro-optic components that enable next-generation 40 and 100 G...
Spectranetics CEO to Retire Spectranetics Corp. announced today that Emile J. Geisenheimer will retire from his position as chairman, president and CEO, effective Nov. 1, 2010. Geisenheimer will continue to serve on the...
Exfo Life Sciences Div. Acquired The Riverside Co. announced the acquisition of the Life Sciences and Industrial Division of Quebec-based Exfo Inc., a test and service assurance solutions provider. To be renamed the Lumen Dynamics...
Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates Electronic design automation provider Synopsys Inc. announced Thursday that it has extended its engineering software capability into optical design and analysis by acquiring privately held Optical...
Indium Hires Product Support Specialist Premier materials supplier Indium Corp. announced that Brook Sandy was hired as a product support specialist. Based at the global headquarters in Clinton, Sandy will serve as a liaison between...
Thompson Group Acquires AIT The Thompson Group announced Tuesday that it has acquired process analytical instruments maker Applied Instrument Technologies (AIT) of Pomona, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. AIT, a...
Dymax Appoints Sales Manager for Europe Dymax Corp. announced the appointment of Luis Kowalewski as its new sales manager for Europe. In his new position, Kowalewski will manage European sales, sales channel partners and the customer...
Entech Begins Certificate Testing of CPVs Entech Solar Inc. announced that it will submit its latest concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) product called SolarVolt for independent certification testing this fall. This milestone is a key step in...
NoblePeak Vision Assets to be Liquidated NoblePeak Vision, a once-promising developer of camera cores that integrate germanium photodetectors with silicon circuits, will see its assets liquidated on Nov. 5 to pay off creditors, the...
Land-locked Laser Burns Boat Across Potomac Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. reports its maritime laser system now shows "higher lethality" at longer ranges, after a system test resulted in several laser burns through small sections...
Potomac Photonics Buys Coherent Excimer Laser Microfabrication company Potomac Photonics announced Friday that it purchased a Coherent Inc. excimer laser for its contract laser micromachining unit. Suitable for rapid prototyping and production...
Bridgelux Adding Green Jobs in Calif. LED lighting technologies and solutions manufacturer Bridgelux Inc. announced the dedication of its new headquarters in Livermore, and its plans for the addition of California-based green jobs as the...
OSA Foundation Launches New Website The OSA Foundation (OSAF) announced recently the launch of a newly designed and enhanced website, www.osa-foundation.org, which provides an online resource for philanthropic programs created on...
MIRTHE Center at Princeton Starts Investment Focus Group Working with regional venture capitalists and led by Princeton University, The National Science Foundation MIRTHE (Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment) has created an Investment...
Oclaro Opens Design Center in Tucson Oclaro Inc., an optical communications and laser products manufacturer, announced recently the opening of its new design center in Oro Valley, Ariz., near Tucson. Located in “Optics...
UNL Gains Grant to Expand Laser Research The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received nearly $2 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Science Foundation for renovations to expand its high-power laser research capabilities....
Laser Components, SemiNex Begin New Partnership Laser Components (UK) Ltd. announced a distribution partnership with Peabody, Mass.-based SemiNex Corp, a diode laser supplier. The US company will deliver the UK-based company’s...
Sensor Company Announces New Website Columbia Research Laboratories Inc. has launched a new website that provides access to technical information about its various lines of sensor products, including fiber optic sensors. According...
Microvision Raises $12M Through Equity Financing Microvision Inc., a provider of ultraminiature projection display technology, announced that it has raised $12.375 million pursuant to a previously announced equity financing facility with Azimuth...
Rofin-Sinar Acquires Lasag from Swatch Industrial laser maker Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. said Friday that it has acquired Switzerland-based laser maker Lasag AG from The Swatch Group Ltd. for an undisclosed amount of cash. ...
Research & Technology
H2O May Hold Answer to Graphene Nanoelectronics Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for using water to tune the band gap of the nanomaterial graphene, opening the door to new graphene-based transistors,...
NIST Sensor Detects Heartbeat Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the German national metrology institute have used NIST’s miniature atom-based magnetic sensor to successfully...
Research Bridges Light and Smell Research Bridges Light and Smell COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Oct. 28, 2010 — A team co-led by neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has shed light — literally — on...
Sterilizing with Fluorescent Light The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections is well-known, causing an estimated 19,000 deaths yearly in the US and $3 billion to $4 billion in health care costs....
IR Telescope Images Buckyballs in Space Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an enormous amount of buckyballs in space. They used the infrared observatory to find the little carbon spheres throughout the...
Trapping Charged Particles with Laser Light In the past decades, setups for trapping single particles have played a key role in high precision quantum measurements because they allow for an ultimate control of all important experimental...
Online Atlas Shows Brain in Sharp Detail Highly detailed magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a mammalian brain are now available to researchers in a free, online atlas of an ultra-high-resolution mouse brain, thanks to work at the Duke...
Leti Advance Enables More Efficient Optoelectronics CEA-Leti, a European research and development institute in the field of silicon photonics technology, announced that it has demonstrated the efficient integration of silicon photonic devices with...
Surprising Gases in Moon Impact Plume NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sophisticated suite of instruments have determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shaded soils on...
Copernicus Project Developing Photonic Crystal Technology European scientists and engineers have joined forces to pursue a visionary concept to employ photonic crystals for ultrafast signal processing with integrated optical circuits. The Copernicus...
IR Tech Displayed in IFV Systems Sofradir and its subsidiary, ULIS, announced that IR technologies from both firms will be on display on a Nexter VBCI, a French infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), at AUSA, in Washington, DC, today...
Tabletop Source of High Power Coherent X-rays A tabletop instrument that produces synchrotron X-rays, whose energy and quality rivals that produced by some of the largest X-ray facilities in the world, has been created by researchers from...
Faster, Less Damaging Cell Imaging Recently published research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may breathe new life into the use of a powerful, if tricky, diagnostic technique for cell biology....
Hybrid Halogen-CFL Light Bulb Unveiled A new hybrid incandescent-shaped light bulb that combines the instant brightness of halogen technology with the energy efficiency and longer rated life of compact fluorescent (CFL) technology, will...
The Science of Lasers and Skin Rejuvenation Laser treatment has become common practice for beauticians and dermatologists who use laser pulses to introduce heat into the skin, which promotes skin cells to produce more collagen – the...
Spectra-Physics Veteran Joins Heason Technology Heason Technology, a motion control and systems specialist, announced the appointment of Jason Breslin to head up its technical sales teams as part of the company’s continued strategy to...
1st Successful Ignition Experiment at NIF The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) recently completed its first integrated...
Birth and Growth of Nanocrystals Observed For the first time scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation. Nanoparticles’ performance depends on their structure, composition and...
Tracking Device Fits on the Head of a Pin Optical gyroscopes, also known as rotation sensors, are widely used as navigational tools in vehicles from ships to airplanes, measuring the rotation rates of a vehicle on three axes to evaluate its...
IR-LED Detects Drivers in Microsleep A new infrared light-emitting diode (IR-LED) is being used to help recognize microsleep episodes in motorists. This new fatigue detection system requires a camera with a CMOS sensor that detects IR...
’Molecular Fingerprinting’ Improved for Gas Detection Scientists have demonstrated a laser-based “molecular fingerprinting” technique that can differentiate billions of hydrogen-containing and other molecules from one another in gas in just...
Asylum Research to Take AFM on Tour Asylum Research, a manufacturer of scanning probe and atomic force microscopy (SPM/AFM) equipment, has announced that it will conduct a tour throughout the UK and Ireland over the coming months to...
Army Tests Wrist-Mounted PHOLED Displays Universal Display Corp. has delivered eight wrist-mounted phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) displays built on thin flexible metal foil to the US Army Communication Electronics Research and Development...
DTU, UIUC Collaborating on Fiber Lasers DTU Fotonik Department of Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) are partnering to develop a multicolor femtosecond...
Laser Under Development to Find Life on Mars Scientists of the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) are currently developing a laser suitable for use in outer space for the so-called Exomars mission. With the help of this laser, hopes are high...
Cell Phones Facilitate Spectrometry University of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical chemistry...
Microscopy with Self-reconstructing Laser Beams Researchers at the University of Freiburg are working to overcome a key problem of light microscopy in cell biology -- light-scattering cell clusters, which repeatedly destroy the laser beam’s...
Color of Single Photons Changed The conversion of near-infrared 1300-nm-wavelength single photons emitted from a true quantum source — a semiconductor quantum dot — to a near-visible wavelength of 710 nm was demonstrated for the...
Guo Gains Grant for Semiconductor Laser Arrays The National Science Foundation has announced funding for Dr. Yi Guo's research at Stevens Institute of Technology into a rigorous mathematical approach to the analysis and control of coupled...
Red Crystals May Boost Plastic Solar Cells Physicists at Rutgers University have discovered new properties in a material that could result in efficient and inexpensive plastic solar cells for pollution-free electricity production. The...
FILAS Deadline Fast Approaching The deadline for submitting research and work to the new Optical Society of America topical meeting Fiber Laser Applications (FILAS) is Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, noon EDT (16.00 GMT). The Optical...
Spectrometer Improves Dental Curing A spectroradiometrically calibrated USB4000 spectrometer from Ocean Optics is helping dentists to use curing lights more effectively to harden the white resin composites used to fill cavities. The...
Postage-stamp-sized Displays Move Closer University of Michigan scientists using AFOSR-funding have created the smallest pixels available that will enable LED, projected and wearable displays to be more energy efficient with more light...
Altered Heart Cells Controlled with Light Using a method called photostimulation, scientists at the University of Bonn have altered cardiac muscle cells to make them controllable with light. They were able to use directed blue light to cause...
IR Laser Pulses ID Regenerative Drugs Using a new laser surgery technique, MIT engineers have successfully delivered drugs that regenerate nerve cells in living animals. Scientists have long sought the ability to regenerate nerve cells,...
Artificial White Light is Eye-friendly A newly discovered class of organic substances that emit white light with a continuous spectrum is providing experimental evidence that only single component luminophore will be necessary to...
Laser Light Could Impact Drug Delivery Researchers at Queen’s University have discovered how molecules in glass or plastic are able to move when exposed to light from a laser. The findings could one day be used to facilitate...
Plasmonic Nanobubbles Kill Cancer Cells Plasmonic Nanobubbles Kill Cancer Cells HOUSTON, Oct. 6, 2010 — Rice Plasmonic nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, can detect and destroy cancer cells in vivo...
Optical Sensor Used to Research Synthetic Fuels Using an optical sensor to decode laser light that measures the temperature and composition of broken down biomass, or gasifiers, researchers at Purdue University are hoping to learn about the...
Ultrafast Mid-IR Laser Scalpel Leaves Tiny Scars Ultrafast Mid-IR Laser Scalpel Leaves Tiny Scars TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2010, — A new laser technique that could significantly reduce scarring after surgery has been discovered by researchers at The...
NoblePeak Vision Assets to be Liquidated NoblePeak Vision, a once-promising developer of camera cores that integrate germanium photodetectors with silicon circuits, will see its assets liquidated on Nov. 5 to pay off creditors, the...
Land-locked Laser Burns Boat Across Potomac Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. reports its maritime laser system now shows "higher lethality" at longer ranges, after a system test resulted in several laser burns through small sections...
Photon Color Barrier Broken in Fiber The color of single photons in a fiber optic cable has been changed for the first time. The laser-tweaked feat could be a quantum step forward for transferring and receiving high volumes of secured...
Horizontally Grown Nanowires Yield ‘NanoLEDs’ While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an unexpected bonus — a new way to create...
Bridgelux Adding Green Jobs in Calif. LED lighting technologies and solutions manufacturer Bridgelux Inc. announced the dedication of its new headquarters in Livermore, and its plans for the addition of California-based green jobs as the...
Graphene Pioneers Share Physics Nobel Two Russian expatriates who discovered graphene — the thinnest and strongest form of carbon known — were honored Tuesday with the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Nanoneedle Delivers QDs to Cells Getting an inside look at the center of a cell can be as easy as a needle prick, thanks to University of Illinois researchers who have developed a tiny needle to deliver a shot right to a...
UNL Gains Grant to Expand Laser Research The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received nearly $2 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Science Foundation for renovations to expand its high-power laser research capabilities....
Beetle Scales Could Help Speed Computers Research that began as a high school science fair project involving a shiny Brazilian beetle may ultimately help advance the pursuit of ultrafast computers that manipulate light rather than...
Cluster to boost silicon photonics transfer A number of European research and development project consortia have clustered to facilitate the transfer of silicon photonics technology from the research stage to industrial development. The 10...
acquisitions
Zygo to Acquire Optics Facility Zygo Corp. announced Wednesday it will buy ASML US Inc.'s optics facility in Richmond, Calif., for as much as $10 million.
Exfo Life Sciences Div. Acquired The Riverside Co. announced the acquisition of the Life Sciences and Industrial Division of Quebec-based Exfo Inc., a test and service assurance solutions provider. To be renamed the Lumen Dynamics...
Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates Electronic design automation provider Synopsys Inc. announced Thursday that it has extended its engineering software capability into optical design and analysis by acquiring privately held Optical...
Oclaro Opens Design Center in Tucson Oclaro Inc., an optical communications and laser products manufacturer, announced recently the opening of its new design center in Oro Valley, Ariz., near Tucson. Located in “Optics...
Rofin-Sinar Acquires Lasag from Swatch Industrial laser maker Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. said Friday that it has acquired Switzerland-based laser maker Lasag AG from The Swatch Group Ltd. for an undisclosed amount of cash. ...
Products
MINI Hawk Imager RENTON, Wash., Oct. 29, 2010 — Microscan has announced a 3-megapixel-resolution configuration in the popular MINI Hawk series of compact direct part mark (DPM) imagers. The autofocus imager reads small DPM marks straight out of the box. Designed for reading small 2-D direct part marks, the instrument is used in the medical device and electronics manufacturing industries. Electronic components such as printed circuit...
Omron Microscan Systems Inc.
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TechSpec Germanium IR Lenses BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 29, 2010 — Edmund Optics has introduced its TechSpec germanium infrared aspheric lenses, available in standard and hybrid configurations. The hybrid versions provide diffraction-limited focusing...
Edmund Optics
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Custom Optics, Coatings & Fabrication PG&O will showcase a variety of custom optical components for biomedical, imaging, laser, digital cinema, military, aerospace, astronomy, and solar applications. We provide standard and custom...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O)
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MadPLL Instrument Package MADISON, Wis., Oct. 28, 2010 — Mad City Labs Inc.’s MadPLL is a fully integrated instrument package that allows the user to create an inexpensive, high-resolution resonant scanning probe microscope using the company’s...
Mad City Labs Inc.
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FluoView FV1000 and FV1000MPE HAMBURG, Germany, Oct. 28, 2010 — Extending confocal and multiphoton functionality, Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has introduced advanced laser-sharing and dual-port SIM (simultaneous) scanning capabilities to its FluoView FV1000...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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iXon X3 EMCCD Cameras BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct. 28, 2010 — Andor Technology PLC has introduced the iXon X3 dedicated, high-end yet accessible ultrasensitive electron-multiplying CCD scientific camera platform. The quantitative scientific digital...
Andor Technology
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TracePro 7.0 Design Software LITTLETON, Mass., Oct. 27, 2010 — TracePro 7.0, the new 3-D optomechanical design software released by Lambda Research Corp., increases ray tracing speeds by up to 10 times over the company’s 6.0 version using new...
Lambda Research Corporation
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Piezo Motor Controller AUBURN, MASS., Oct. 27, 2010 — For actuators, micropositioning systems and microscope stages, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has introduced the C-867, a two-axis digital controller for ultrasonic high-stability piezo motor stages...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Industrial Femtosecond Lasers O’FALLON, Mo., Oct. 27, 2010 — The JenLas D2.fs are diode-pumped thin-disk medical and industrial femtosecond lasers available from RPMC Lasers Inc. at 4 and 10 W with pulse widths as short as 400 fs at repetition rates up to 200...
RPMC Lasers Inc.
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CCD Research Microscope Cameras Especially when working with low-light specimens, the high sensitivity of the color and monochrome cameras in the Jenoptik ProgRes® CCD research range warrants brilliant images. For detailed...
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH
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Scientific Cameras/Software STRATFORD, Conn., Oct. 26, 2010 — Oriel, a Newport Corp. Brand, has introduced scientific cameras, the InstaSpec ISX CCD and the InstaSpec ISX IR. They are available with new InstaSpec Pro software which provides complete system...
Newport - Oriel Instruments
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Oslon Black Series LEDs SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2010 — Osram Opto Semiconductors has expanded its Oslon LED family with the Oslon Black Series. The first member of the new series has a metal lead frame that provides thermal stability, a compact package...
Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
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Ultrafast Fiber Laser VICTOR, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2010 — Toptica Photonics Inc. has announced an ultrafast fiber laser with short pulse durations. The tunable “ultra compressed pulse” (UCP) model of the FemtoFiber pro series provides a...
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
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TroublePix200 MONTREAL, Oct. 25, 2010 — NorPix Inc. has released its TroublePix200 high-speed 200-fps VGA-resolution troubleshooting system with a ruggedized laptop. Providing the ability to record for more than 2 h in high-quality...
NorPix Inc.
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GigE uEye Industrial Cameras OBERSULM, Germany, Oct. 25, 2010 — The new GigE uEye CP industrial cameras from Imaging Development Systems GmbH render a separate power supply cable obsolete. Measuring 29 × 29 × 41 mm, the cameras feature Power over...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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MEGALux Interference Filters BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Oct. 25, 2010 — A new range of high-performance interference filters has been released by Omega Optical Inc. The MEGALux optical coatings offer good spectral characteristics on a wide variety of substrate materials...
Omega Optical
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Is VC Really Necessary for Microscopy? Get the answer and see our latest solutions for Life & Health Science, including the Mai Tai®HP DeepSee™ Laser, the Excelsior® Laser, and the NEW Vision IsoStation™...
MKS/Newport
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TechSpec Large-Format Lenses BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 22, 2010 — Edmund Optics Inc. has released its high-resolution TechSpec large-format lenses that offer high contrast and sharpness, even at maximum aperture. The imaging lenses are designed for line-scan and...
Edmund Optics
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labSens Microscopy Software HAMBURG, Germany, Oct. 22, 2010 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has launched labSens – an intuitive and adaptable software package for clinical and research imaging microscopy workflow and digital documentation. The work...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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1024 x 768 Hi-Res Uncooled IR Camera The ATOM™1024 Uncooled IR Micro camera incorporates an advanced short time constant 17µm XGA microbolometer that delivers extremely high resolution infrared images in a small housing....
Lynred USA
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New PMT Technologies Visit booth 1313 to see Hamamatsu's latest PMT technologies including the micro-PMT, a new type of PMT that is easy to mass-produce. It has the high gain and low noise of conventional PMTs in an...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Sapphire Optical Domes PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 21, 2010 — Meller Optics Inc. has introduced sapphire and spinel optical domes that provide front surface protection to electronic sensors and detectors in harsh aerospace and industrial environments. ...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Heliophor Light Engine BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 21, 2010 — A subsidiary of Chroma Technology Corp., 89 North has released the Heliophor, a pumped phosphor-based light engine designed for a wide range of quantitative fluorescence imaging applications. It...
89 North
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K-Alpha Spectrometer MADISON, Wis., Oct. 20, 2010 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has launched a new version of its K-Alpha x-ray photoelectron spectrometer, a fully integrated, monochromated small-spot surface characterization tool designed for use...
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Pyrocam III Camera LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 20, 2010 — Manufactured by Ophir-Spiricon Inc., the Pyrocam III is a solid-state array camera with a 1000:1 linear dynamic range for accurate profiling. It creates clear and illuminating images of a laser beam...
MKS Ophir, Light & Measurement
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Direct Diode System SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 20, 2010 — For organic LED (OLED) frit welding, plastic welding and soldering applications, Coherent Inc. has introduced the HighLight FAP (fiber array package) 60/810, a fiber-delivered, turnkey diode laser...
Coherent Inc.
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Long-Wavelength Spectrometer WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England, Oct. 19, 2010 — Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd. has introduced the newest member of its TG series mini spectrometers, the C11118GA. The near-infrared spectrometer has a high-sensitivity low-noise InGaAs linear image...
Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd.
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DMI6000 B Inverted Microscope Wetzlar, Germany. Oct. 19, 2010 — For imaging of dynamic processes in living cells, Leica Microsystems GmbH has developed the DMI6000 B inverted microscope with adaptive focus control (AFC) for use by researchers who demand...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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AR Coatings for Optical Fibers OLCHING, Germany, Oct. 18, 2010 — Laser Components GmbH is now offering antireflection (AR) coatings for its optical fibers for use when high power has to be transmitted across optical fibers using a laser. These coatings...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Triton331 Laser Micrometer FAIRBORN, Ohio, Oct. 18, 2010 — LaserLinc has released a three-axis laser scan micrometer, the Triton331. With a 30-mm measurement window, it can make 12,000 measurements per s (4000 per axis). The higher scan rate enables...
LaserLinc Inc.
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GigE Vision Grasshopper2 RICHMOND, British Columbia, Oct. 18, 2010 — Point Grey Research Inc. has launched its high-performance and cost-effective Grasshopper2 GigE Vision digital camera series. The first available Grasshopper2 GS2-GE models incorporate a...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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High-Damage-Threshold Mirrors BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 15, 2010 — REO is offering a wide range of high reflectors for pulsed solid-state lasers operating at 1064, 532 and 355 nm, as well as for use with multispectral laser systems. The high-damage-threshold mirrors...
Research Electro-Optics Inc. (REO)
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VBG-Stabilized Red Lasers PENNINGTON, N.J., Oct. 14, 2010 — PD-LD Inc. has introduced the high-power, Volume-Bragg Grating (VBG)-stabilized multimode 647-nm red laser series. This product line represents the first red-wavelength range lasers to be stabilized...
Necsel IP Inc.
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Calibration-Grade Lenses BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 14, 2010 — TechSpec calibration-grade precision aspheric lenses manufactured by Edmund Optics Inc. improve the efficiency of low-light-level detection systems and provide good off-the-shelf performance. ...
Edmund Optics
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ImagEM 1K EMCCD Camera WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England, Oct. 14, 2010 — Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd. has introduced the ImagEM 1K C9100-14 EM (electron-multiplying) CCD camera that offers high-resolution, high-sensitivity and high-speed imaging. Because of its...
Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd.
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Romer Arm Products NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Oct. 13, 2010 — Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the complete new line of Romer Absolute Arms, which includes, in addition to the previously released six-axis arm for tactile and tube inspection, two seven-axis...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
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NIR-MPX800-LN Series BESANCON, France, Oct. 13, 2010 — The NIR-MPX800 series phase modulators, manufactured by Photline Technologies and available through Laser Components, are suitable for use in applications including quantum optics, fiber sensors,...
Laser Components SAS
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RGB SPNovaLED MELAKA, Malaysia, Oct. 12, 2010 — Dominant Opto Technologies Sdn. Bhd. has introduced the high-intensity RGB SPNovaLED model NMRTB-WSG, which replaces the existing NMRTB-USD device. The RGB technology of this LED also allows driving...
DOMINANT Opto Technologies
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Pulse High-Speed Laser UITGEEST, Netherlands, Oct. 12, 2010 — The Pulse is a high-speed diode laser manufactured by Technobis Mechatronics that combines good beam quality (due to spatial filtering) and high-speed analog modulation with full analog intensity...
PhotonFirst
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Confocal Height Sensor IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2010 — Newport Corp. has announced that a confocal height sensor is now available for use with its MRSI dispense systems. The chromatic confocal sensor allows measurements in a single axis, providing access...
MKS/Newport
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High-Resolution SWIR Camera ROBERTSBRIDGE, UK, Oct. 8, 2010 — Photonic Science Ltd. has introduced a high-resolution InGaAs short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) camera for high-throughput solar cell inspection using laser-induced fluorescence. Other applications...
Photonic Science and Engineering Ltd.
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Cyclops Laser Combiners UITGEEST, Netherlands, Oct. 8, 2010 — Technobis Mechatronics BV’s Cyclops laser combiners are systems in which different wavelengths of laser light are combined and coupled into a broadband polarization-maintaining single-mode...
PhotonFirst
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BrightSite Optical Agents LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 8, 2010 — The IRDye 800CW HA optical probe for in vivo imaging is the latest addition to the BrightSite optical agent family from Li-Cor Biosciences. Hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid, or HA) is an extracellular...
LI-COR Biosciences, Biotechnology
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OPB200 Slotted Optical Switch CARROLLTON, Texas, Oct. 7, 2010 — Providing machine and automation design engineers with a reliable means of noncontact interruptive object sensing, TT electronics Optek Technology has developed a low-profile switch designed with a...
Optek Technology, Industrial Sensing & Control
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MicroPulse Syringe SKOKIE, Ill., Oct. 7, 2010 — Laser technology researchers can now use a higher accuracy alternative to mechanical syringes. InterTech Development Co.’s MicroPulse provides a solid-state means of producing small, short...
InterTech Development Co.
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Integrated Coherent Receiver TORINO, Italy, Oct. 7, 2010 — For 100-Gb/s dense wavelength division multiplexing coherent transmission systems, NeoPhotonics Corp. has announced the general availability of its integrated coherent receiver. The integrated...
Lumentum
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Q-Series UV Magnifier Lamp WESTBURY, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2010 — The Spectroline Q-Series ultraviolet magnifier lamps manufactured by Spectronics Corp. facilitate laboratory analysis. Twelve models with different combinations of long-wave UV, short-wave UV and...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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BX3 Research Microscope Systems HAMBURG, Germany, Oct. 6, 2010 — Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has launched the BX3 upright research microscope systems that let users define their own working environments: from the microscope and imaging components, to software work...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Laser Diode Control Kits IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2010 — Laser diode control kits that include a laser diode driver, a temperature controller, a laser diode mount, cables and accessories have been launched by Newport Corp. They enable quick set up for...
MKS/Newport
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P03 Laser Eye Shields SAINT PAUL, Minn., Oct. 5, 2010 — Laservision offers a wide variety of laser safety glasses and goggles in a variety of styles to meet any laser requirement or application. The P03 models are sterilizable eye shields that are...
Laservision USA
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Sol2.2A NIR Spectrometer NEWARK, Del., Oct. 4, 2010 — B&W Tek Inc. has announced its newest near-infrared spectrometer, the Sol2.2A, with a spectral range from 1100 to 2200 nm. It features a built-in AutoZero function that results in very low noise...
B&W Tek LLC
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CO2 Mirrors CHELMSFORD, England, Oct. 4, 2010 — The industrial application of CO2 lasers often involves material abrasion, which produces dirt and dust. Beam delivery components are used to seal the optical path in such applications and protect...
Laser Components (UK) Ltd.
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SIMS/SNMS Workstation WARRINGTON, England, Oct. 4, 2010 — Hiden Analytical Ltd. has upgraded its SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry)/SNMS (sputtered neutral mass spectrometry) workstation for high-sensitivity static and dynamic surface analysis....
Hiden Analytical Ltd.
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** NEW ** M3-L Micro-Motion Modules M3-L is a miniature high-resolution positioning module for precise applications such as photonic/RF tuning, optical instrumentation, hand-held devices, aerospace controls and biomedical systems. M3-L...
New Scale Technologies Inc.
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BragGrate Filters ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 1, 2010 — OptiGrate Corp. has launched BragGrate, a line of ultranarrow notch and bandpass filters for Raman spectroscopy applications. The filters have a bandwidth of <10 cm-1, which the company says is...
OptiGrate Corp.
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SpecVette Disposable Cuvettes RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif., Oct. 1, 2010 — The SpecVette disposable cuvettes manufactured by Aline Inc. feature a short path length and fit standard spectrometers. Available in path lengths of 250, 500 and 1000 µm, they exhibit UV...
ALine Inc.
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E-709 Controller AUBURN, Mass., Oct. 1, 2010 — PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has introduced the E-709 piezo nanopositioning controller that provides digital functionality for the price of analog, in the size of a paperback book. Fifth-order...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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