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Photonics.com Weekly: Surf's Up! (5/28/2015)

Photonics.com Weekly: Surf's Up!
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Metamaterial Hyperlens Breaks Diffraction Limit
Metamaterial Hyperlens Breaks Diffraction Limit Developed at The State University of New York at Buffalo, the new device relies on a nonresonant, waveguide-coupled design to overcome the losses previous hyperlenses suffered at optical wavelengths.
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L-3 KEO to Upgrade Submarine Periscopes under $48.7M Navy Contract
The contract is part of the Block 4 Low Profile Photonics Mast (LPPM) program, the purpose of which is to reduce the signature of the periscope, making it less identifiable as a U.S. Navy submarine because it appears similar to existing periscopes.
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Glowforge Raises $9M to Bring Laser Cutter-Engraver to Consumers
The funding round was led by Foundry Group of Boulder, Colo., and True Ventures of San Francisco, with participation from Bre Pettis, cofounder and former CEO of desktop 3-D printer manufacturer MakerBot Industries LLC, and Jenny Lawton, former CEO of MakerBot.
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Solar Sail Spacecraft Begins Test Voyage in Orbit
Solar Sail Spacecraft Begins Test Voyage in Orbit The flight is a test of The Planetary Society’s LightSail, which the organization said could change how satellites and even larger spacecraft move around the solar system.
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Laser Guide Star System Installed at Very Large Telescope in Chile
The first of four laser guide star systems developed by Toptica Photonics AG of Germany and MPB Communications Inc. of Canada has been installed and brought online at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile.
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New American Institute of Physics CEO Has Optics Background
Robert G.W. Brown previously served as the chief sensor scientist at the Advanced Technology Center of Rockwell Collins Inc. and worked concurrently as an adjunct full professor in the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic of the University of California, Irvine, and in UC Irvine's department of computer science.
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Photonics Media's Weekly Newscast This week on Light Matters:

Two new projects hang 10 on some gnarly electromagnetic waves.
Ocean Optics Appoints Vice Presidents of Technology, Finance
Steven Frey will drive development of technologies for next-generation applications of miniature spectroscopy, and Tony Keller will be responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting, information technology and office administration.
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Liquid Crystal Compound Lens Eyed for 3-D Imaging
Liquid Crystal Compound Lens Eyed for 3-D Imaging Liquid crystal can be controllably formed into compound lenses similar to those found in insects, a team from the University of Pennsylvania has demonstrated.
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Ashgari Joins Mellanox as VP for Silicon Photonics
Mehdi Asghari has more than 20 years of research and product development experience within the silicon photonics industry. Previously, he was chief technology officer at Kotura Inc., which was acquired by Mellanox in 2013.
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Researchers from around the world will present their latest work at “Biophotonic Imaging for Medicine: A Digital Conference.” The online event will feature a series of 15- and 30-minute talks, each followed by a brief question-and-answer period.

Presentations will focus on a range of light-based imaging and microscopy techniques for diagnosing and assessing illness, and for studying other attributes and functions of biological tissue in a medical context. Topics include photoacoustics, adaptive optics, light-sheet microscopy, optical coherence tomography, spectroscopy for biomedical research and image-guided procedures.
Industry Events
Sensors Expo & Conference 2015 - June 9-11, 2015 · Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif.
Sensors Expo & Conference 2015 Photonics Media will chair an Optical Sensing & Detection education track on Thursday, June 11. The track will feature speakers on a range of optical sensing technologies including MEMS-based acoustic and optical sensors, fiber optic position sensors, 3-D optical deformation and strain measurement and more.
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CALL FOR ARTICLES!
Call For Articles
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazines (Photonics Spectra, Industrial Photonics, BioPhotonics and EuroPhotonics). Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Group Publisher Karen Newman at [email protected]
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