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Alan Willner Elected OSA VP
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2013 — Alan E. Willner of the University of Southern California has been elected as The Optical Society’s (OSA) 2014 vice president. Three directors at large were also chosen at this year’s election, held at the society’s annual meeting in Orlando this week. By accepting the vice presidency, Willner makes a four-year commitment to serve on the OSA board of directors; he will serve one year as vice president and one year as president elect. That means he will serve as president du...
Oclaro Sells Micro-Optics Business to II-VI
PITTSBURGH, & SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2013 — Optical communications components maker Oclaro Inc. announced Thursday that II-VI Inc. has exercised a previously announced option to buy its fiber amplifier and micro-optics business for $88.6 million. Under the deal, which is expected to close...
Laser Companies Nominated for German Science Prize
MUNICH, Oct. 10, 2013 — Scientists from laser makers Trumpf and Coherent are among the three teams nominated for the final round of the 2013 Federal German President’s Award for Innovation in Science and Technology, the Deutscher Zukunftspreis, the country’s...
LightPath Secures $2M Line of Credit
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 10, 2013 — Optical components maker LightPath Technologies Inc. has secured a $2 million line of credit, half of which it will use to purchase equipment, the company said recently. The remaining $1 million of the credit, financed through Avidbank Corporate...
Zygo Team Wins Engineering Award for Metrology
MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., Oct. 10, 2013 — The Zygo Automotive Precision Optical Metrology team has won the 2013 Paul F. Forman Engineering Excellence Award from The Optical Society (OSA), the company recently announced. In presenting the award at the Frontiers in Optics (FiO 2013) meeting...
DigitalOptics Gets First Order for Smartphone Imagers
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 9, 2013 — DigitalOptics Corp. (DOC) has received the first volume production purchase order for its smartphone imaging system from an OEM in China, the company said Tuesday. DOC’s mems|cam module uses MEMS technology to provide fast imaging to...
Edmund Optics Names Inspiration Award Winner
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 9, 2013 — For work that will help lower the cost of high-resolution imagery by negating the need to launch such equipment into space, Dr. Craig Mackay of the University of Cambridge has received the 2013 Norman Edmund Inspiration Award from optical components...
Sofradir, Onera Partner on IR Technology
CHÂTENAY-MALABRY & PALAISEAU, France, Oct. 9, 2013 — A new partnership between IR detector maker Sofradir and an aerospace and defense research organization in France aims to develop disruptive technologies in IR detection. The five-year project between Sofradir, which makes IR detectors of military,...
Exelis Wins $28M Night-Vision Goggles Order
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 8, 2013 — Exelis has been awarded a $28 million contract to provide night-vision goggles equipped with GPS viewing, text messaging, video import and export, and other capabilities to an international customer, the aerospace and defense company announced...
Judges Named for Olympus BioScapes Competition
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 8, 2013 — Four widely respected researchers in the fields of microscopy and imaging have joined the judging panel for the 10th annual BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition, Olympus announced last week. A panel including James E. Bear, Ph.D., of...
Photonic Laser Thruster Garners More NASA Funding
TUSTIN, Calif., Oct. 8. 2013 — Y.K. Bae Corp. has been awarded $500,000 from NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II program to further develop its photon-based space propulsion technology, the company announced Monday. The two-year research-and-development...
Adept Technology Names Halio CFO
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 7, 2013 — Adept Technology Inc., a provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, has named Seth Halio chief financial officer, effective Oct. 3. Halio, who received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Bucknell...
Cascade Microtech Acquires ATT Systems
BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 7, 2013 — Semiconductor test equipment manufacturer Cascade Microtech Inc. has acquired thermal systems provider ATT Advanced Temperature Test Systems GmbH for €8.4 million in cash (about $11 million), approximately 1.6 million shares of Cascade...
CVI Laser Optics Exclusive Source for PulseLine Products
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 7, 2013 — Optical systems manufacturer CVI Laser Optics has been named sole distributor of Semrock and Advanced Thin Films’ ultralow-loss PulseLine line of laser optics, specifically designed for femtosecond lasers and associated applications.
Flir Awarded $50M Navy Contract
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Oct. 4, 2013 — Thermal imaging and detection systems maker Flir Systems Inc. has been awarded a $49.9 million Navy contract to supply maritime electro-optical/IR imaging systems to the Navy and Coast Guard. The contract, awarded by the US Naval Surface Warfare...
Teledyne Adds Partner for Space Imaging Platform
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2013 — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) will develop an instrument for Teledyne Technologies Inc.’s digital imaging platform for the International Space Station, Teledyne announced Thursday. Partnering with Teledyne’s Huntsville, Ala.,...
Arkansas Photonics Alliance Holds First Conference
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 3, 2013 — Economic development through the growth and strengthening of the state’s 13 photonics companies was the focus of the Arkansas Photonics Industry Alliance’s first statewide conference on Sept. 25, which was attended by industry...
LightPath Adds Capacity to Meet Demand for Aspheres
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 3, 2013 — Optical components maker LightPath Technologies Inc. will build 12 new molding stations for its China operations in response to accelerating market demand for its molded aspheric lenses. The investment, announced Tuesday, will increase the...
Nanosys Quantum Dots Pass Production Milestone
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013 — Advanced materials supplier Nanosys said it has passed a major production milestone that represents a "significant step forward" in adopting quantum dot technology for displays. The shipment of more than 2000 kg of its Quantum Dot Concentrate, used...
Biophotonic Solutions Closes $1M Funding Round
EAST LANSING, Mich., Oct 2, 2013 — Biophotonic Solutions Inc. (BSI), a provider of automated laser pulse compression technology, has closed a $1 million Series A funding round led by the Michigan Angel Fund, the company announced this week. "The Series A capital shores up BSI’s...
Photonics Supporters Carry Message to Congress
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2013 — Dozens of photonics industry representatives from throughout the country visited congressional offices on Capitol Hill in late September as part of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI). The NPI, a collaborative alliance among industry, academia...
3 Questions Interview
Oct 1, 2013 — Light is critical to life day in and day out, but John Dudley leads a group that wants to celebrate light for the entire year of 2015. Dudley, from South Auckland, New Zealand, holds Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. degrees from the University of...
Collaborations
Oct 1, 2013 — Bandgap Engineering Inc.’s nanotextured silicon solar cell has demonstrated a 0.3 percent efficiency boost over standard solar cells and is expected to be 1 percent more efficient when fully optimized. Made in collaboration with Georgia...
Congress meets photonics
Oct 1, 2013 — As part of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI), Rep. Ron Barber met with students, faculty and local business leaders at the University of Arizona in Tucson for a day this summer to discuss the benefits of photonics and the role that the...
Gigaphoton, Mitsubishi Develop CO
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Drive Laser
OYAMA, Japan, Oct. 1, 2013 — Lithography light source manufacturer Gigaphoton Inc. has developed a high-power CO2 drive laser for extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light sources with Mitsubishi Electric Corp., the company announced Monday. The laser demonstrated an average output level...
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