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Fiber Sensors Improve Robot Touch Sensitivity
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29, 2015 — Fiber optic sensors could give robots the sensitivity needed to handle delicate objects and work safely alongside humans. A newly developed three-fingered soft robotic hand features 14 embedded fiber optic strain sensors that give it the ability to determine where its fingertips are in contact and to detect forces of less than a tenth of a newton. A new robotic hand features 14 embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors, allowing it to determine where its fingertips are in contact and to
Fiber Industry Group Pushes SWDM for Data Centers
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 22, 2015 — A new industry organization aims to help data centers minimize upgrade costs by exploiting new capabilities of older optical fibers. The SWDM Alliance will promote shortwave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) technology, which increases the...
Opsens Loses Director, Gains VP
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 18, 2015 — Lucien Goffart has resigned as director of fiber optic sensors firm Opsens Inc. "As part of the progression of his career, Mr. Goffart is now involved in projects that are incompatible with his director's responsibilities at Opsens," the company...
Opsens Spins Off Industrial Fiber Sensors Division
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 4, 2015 — Fiber optic sensors developer Opsens Inc. is separating its medical and industrial divisions. Opsens itself will continue to develop and market sensors used to diagnose and guide treatment of coronary heart disease. The newly created Opsens...
Philippe Morin to Become COO at Exfo
QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 31, 2015 — Philippe Morin will become chief operating officer of fiber communications firm Exfo Inc. in November. Morin will leave his post at Ciena Corp. as its senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. He was previously the senior vice...
Thorlabs to Acquire Fiber Firm Vytran
NEWTON, N.J., Aug. 25, 2015 — Thorlabs Inc. next month plans to acquire fiber processing technologies firm Vytran LLC from NKT Holding AS of Denmark. "[Vytran's] expertise and product offering are natural additions to our current fiber draw and cabling competencies," said Alex...
Ultrafast Fiber Laser Boasts Simple Design
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 24, 2015 — Heat and vibration are no problem for an ultrafast laser with a cavity made entirely of polarization-maintaining optical fibers The design emits 220-fs pulses with energies up to 3.5 nJ. Its 1030-nm output wavelength can be multiplied by generating...
Exfo Wins Multimillion-Dollar Fiber-Monitoring Contract
QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 13, 2015 — Fiber communications firm Exfo Inc. said it has received a multimillion-dollar order from an Asia-Pacific government entity for its NQMSfiber monitoring system. The system will be used to oversee a high-speed IP/MPLS network spanning more than 3000...
Eric Lindner to Head FBGS
JENA, Germany, Aug. 12, 2015 — Eric Lindner has been named CEO of FBGS Technologies GmbH, a developer and manufacturer of high-strength fiber Bragg gratings for fiber optic sensing. Lindner has held various leadership positions within FBGS since 2008. He has a master's degree in...
IOP Recognizes Products from M Squared Lasers, Silixa
LONDON, July 10, 2015 — The Institute of Physics (IOP) has presented its Innovation Awards to two U.K. photonics companies. M Squared Lasers Ltd. of Glasgow, Scotland, was recognized for development of a CW Ti:sapphire laser system used to explore quantum and materials...
Frequency Combs Reverse Crosstalk, Extend Range of Fiber Transmission
SAN DIEGO, June 25, 2015 — Frequency combs could eliminate the need for the repeaters necessary for maintaining signals over long distances in today's fiber-optic networks. Developed at the University of California, San Diego, a patent-pending approach using frequency combs...
NKT Photonics Licenses Fiber Laser Technology to Fraunhofer IOF
MUNICH, June 23, 2015 — The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) in Jena has licensed photonic crystal fiber (PCF) technology from NKT Photonics AS of Birkerød, Denmark. The deal cements a research partnership between the longtime...
Earnings Drop While Datacom Revenues Climb at Finisar
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18, 2015 — Demand for data communications equipment drove an 8.1 percent increase in revenues at Finisar Corp. in fiscal 2015. But as the company closed its books May 3, it reported a nearly 90 percent drop in profits. Net income for fiscal 2015 was $11,887,...
Photonic Bandgap Fiber Reaches Telecom Scale
SOUTHAMPTON, UK, June 11, 2015 — New fabrication tools have enabled the creation of an 11-km photonic bandgap fiber that previously could only be manufactured in lengths of hundreds of meters. Its reach, as well as its low loss and a broad transmission bandwidth, make it a...
Tunable Laser Diode Taps NIR for Data Transmission
SENDAI, Japan, June 3, 2015 — Tapping into undeveloped frequency bands, a new ultracompact heterogeneous-wavelength laser diode could enable higher-capacity optical data transmission systems. The device combines silicon photonics and quantum-dot (QD) technology and demonstrates...
Fiber Microendoscope Could Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies
HOUSTON, June 3, 2015 — A low-cost, portable, battery-powered microendoscope developed at Rice University could reduce the need for costly biopsies for many patients undergoing screening for esophageal cancer. That's the conclusion of researcher behind a clinical study...
Kato Named Chairman at AFL
SPARTANBURG, S.C., June 2, 2015 — Takamasa Kato has been named chairman of AFL Telecommunications LLC by its parent company, Fujikura Ltd. of Japan. He succeeds Kenny Nara. Kato joined Fujikura in 1970 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from...
Emcore Appoints Vice Presidents of Sales, Operations
ALHAMBRA, Calif., June 1, 2015 — Fiber communications firm Emcore Corp. has named David Wojciechowski vice president of sales and Shane Mortazavi vice president of operations. Wojciechowski has 20 year of sales experience in the optical communications, semiconductor and renewable...
ALOP: Bringing Optics and Photonics to the Developing World
May 28, 2015 — Teaching introductory O&P courses is very challenging. Teachers must understand math and physics well enough to provide students the requisite understanding of both. They also have to choose the best teaching techniques from options including...
Expanding into Australian Market, AFL Acquires AFC Group
SPARTANBURG, S.C., May 4, 2015 — AFL Telecommunications LLC has acquired the AFC Group Pty Ltd., a manufacturer, designer and integrator of fiber optic and copper communication solutions with operations in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Terms of the transaction were not...
Consumers Demand More, and Photonics Is Up for the Challenge
Apr 24, 2015 — The Consumer Electronics Association forecasts that the U.S. consumer electronics industry – in which photonics plays an enabling role – will generate $223 billion in wholesale revenue during 2015. It’s a mixture of aesthetics,...
Facebook, Infinera to Create 8 Tb/s European Optical Network
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 1, 2015 — Facebook Inc. is preparing to deploy an intelligent transport network developed by Infinera Corp. to create a 3998-km optical network route across Europe with a capacity of up to 8 Tb/s. The network connects Facebook’s data center in Lulea,...
Data For The Masses
Mar 26, 2015 — Hindsight is 20/20. In February of 1995, Newsweek published an article titled “The Internet? Bah!” wherein the author deemed the hype surrounding an online future to be a large helping of “baloney.” Twenty years later, fiber...
OFS Joint Venture Opens Fiber Optic Cable Factory in Russia
VORONEZH, Russia, March 24, 2015 — OFS and SviazStroy-1 have opened a new optical fiber cable factory in central Russia. “With the extra capacity of the new factory, we can better serve the growing demands of our customers developing transcontinental telecommunications...
Higher-Order Modes Speed Up Fiber Conveyor Belt (with video)
OKINAWA, Japan, March 19, 2015 — Evanescent waves bleeding out of optical fibers can be used to trap and move microparticles like a conveyor belt, a phenomenon that could be useful in drug delivery, cell research and even quantum computing. While the effect has been demonstrated...
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