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Superlens Nears Development, in Theory
HOUGHTON, Mich., Jan. 11, 2012 — Using surface plasmons, metamaterials can be stretched to refract lightwaves from the infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths, a model created at Michigan Technological University suggests. Such materials could be used to build superlenses so inexpensively that they could become as ubiquitous as cell phone cameras.
2011 Prism Award Finalists Announced
Jan 1, 2012 — The finalists for the 2011 Prism Awards for photonics innovation have been announced in nine categories by co-sponsors Photonics Media and SPIE, and feature a wide range of products, from eyeglasses that automatically change focus to the first...
Chemically assembled metamaterials pave way for superlenses
ITHACA, N.Y. – A new metamaterial can self-assemble 3-D structures with nanoscale features, a feat that could make “superlenses” to image proteins, DNA and viruses. Metamaterials offer new ways to manipulate light via negative refractive indices...
FEI Buys Till Photonics
Jan 1, 2012 — Scientific instruments maker FEI has purchased 15034%%Till Photonics GmbH of Munich for €14.5 (about $20 million). Till provides digital light microscopes and high-speed imaging systems for live-cell fluorescence microscopy. FEI’s...
Imra America Partners with MagArray
Jan 1, 2012 — Imra America Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., and MagArray Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., are collaborating to develop MagArray’s magneto-nanoparticle immunoassay technology, which is based on research from Stanford University. The companies will develop...
Leica Acquires Labindia Unit
Jan 1, 2012 — Leica Micro-systems of Wetzlar, Germany, a provider of microscopy systems and histology solutions, has purchased the microscopy and histopathology business of Labindia Instruments Pvt. Ltd., a Delhi, India-based company that has distributed...
Lighthouse Imaging Secures Patent
Jan 1, 2012 — Lighthouse Imaging Corp. of Portland, Maine, has announced that a key element of its Endolume endoscopic testing device has been issued Patent No. 8040496 by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is for the company’s Optical Bridge,...
Mass-Market Imaging Systems Cut Time, Cost, Size
Jan 1, 2012 — “Smaller,” “cheaper” and “faster” seem to be the current buzzwords in the imaging industry – and some of the imaging components on the horizon may allow us to enjoy industrial capabilities in our everyday...
Navitar Licenses Technology to Carl Zeiss
Jan 1, 2012 — Optical technology provider Navitar Inc. has agreed to license its Hoffman Modulation Contrast (HMC) to German optics manufacturer 17822%%Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH. Zeiss will manufacture objectives, modulators, slit apertures and condensers...
Optim Acquires Company
Jan 1, 2012 — Endoscope manufacturer Optim LLC has acquired Precision Endoscopic Technologies, formerly Max Endoscopy of Mentor, Ohio. The new company, called Precision Endoscopic Technologies LLC, will operate as a division of Optim and will be collocated at its...
Oxford Instruments Buys Company
Jan 1, 2012 — Oxford Instruments plc of Abingdon, England, has acquired Platinum Medical Imaging LLC of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Vacaville, Calif. Oxford Instruments said it was attracted to Platinum Medical because of growth in the third-party service market...
Surprising Surges, Cautious Expectations, Positive Outlooks
Jan 1, 2012 — A Q&A roundtable on the state and future of the photonics industry The economy grew tremendously in 2010, according to leaders of companies in all areas of photonics – lasers, optics, imaging and beyond – who report high expectations...
Who Has the Conn?
Jan 1, 2012 — The “conn” is the area of the submarine from which the rudder is controlled and where the periscope is located. Fans of sub movies – and any submariners among our readers – know that “Who has the conn?” is never...
Zygo Receives Order, Contract
Jan 1, 2012 — The Optical Systems Div. of Zygo Corp. has been awarded a $4 million order from a major medical device manufacturer to produce high-precision assemblies used in an ophthalmic medical instrument. The devices will be manufactured at its Electro-Optics...
FDA Clears Cataract Surgery Laser
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 30, 2011 — OptiMedica Corp., a global ophthalmic device company, received FDA 510(k) market clearance for its Catalys laser, a next-generation cataract surgery system. Catalys combines a femtosecond laser, integrated optical coherence tomography imaging and...
Two-Photon Microscopy Reveals Skin-Allergen Connection
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 30, 2011 — Two-photon microscopy has shown that the skin absorbs various substances differently, depending on what they are mixed with. These differences may determine whether a substance causes contact allergy. “We have also been able to identify...
FDA Approves Handheld Brain Injury Detector
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2011 — The first handheld device intended to aid in the detection of life-threatening bleeding in the skull has been approved by the FDA. The device, called the Infrascanner Model 1000, can help health care providers identify patients with critical head...
Alfano First Recipient of Britton Chance Award
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 21, 2011 — Robert Alfano, distinguished professor of physics at City College of New York, has been selected to receive the first SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award. Alfano, a longtime SPIE conference chairman and committee member, and a member of the...
Nanophotonic Endoscope Gently Probes Single Cells
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 21, 2011 — A newly developed nanophotonic endoscope can take high-resolution images of the inside of a single living cell and deliver therapeutic drugs and other cargo without injuring or damaging the cell. Fluorescence confocal image of a single living...
PhotOral Licenses Technology
BOSTON, Dec. 21, 2011 — Life sciences startup PhotOral has licensed patented technology from Harvard-affiliated Forsyth Institute to develop a novel intraoral device that uses blue light for targeting and obliterating potentially harmful dental plaque microorganisms, the...
Plasma Expands Under Ultrafast Beams
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 20, 2012 — New insight into the behavior of ultrafast laser pulses could improve their performance in manufacturing, diagnostics and other research. A laser's pulse at durations of 100 fs, or quadrillionths of a second, causes electrons to reach...
Capsule Endoscope Forges Precise Path Through the Body
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 19, 2011 — Tiny capsules guided by magnetic steering are set to do the work of bulkier endoscopes, perhaps leading one day to less invasive, yet more powerful, imaging and drug delivery inside the body. At Tel Aviv University, Gabor Kosa devised a method...
Technique Combines Optical Fibers, Silicon
COLLEGE PARK, Pa., Dec. 19, 2011 — A technique for depositing a noncrystalline form of silicon (hydrogenated amorphous) into the long, ultrathin pores of optical fibers has been developed — making the optical fibers more flexible and efficient. The first of its kind, this...
Affymetrix to Acquire eBioscience
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2011 — Affymetrix Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire eBioscience Inc. of San Diego, a privately held flow cytometry and immunoassay reagents company, for $330 million in cash subject to certain customary adjustments. Subject to customary...
Cascade Lasers Made More Powerful
WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 16, 2012 — New mid-infrared gallium arsenide (GaAs) -based cascade lasers with a pulse three times stronger than previous versions could prove useful for industrial and medical applications. The Institute of Electron Technology (ITE) has developed...
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