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Photonics West Stays the Course
Mar 1, 2003 — If trade shows are indeed barometers of an industry's health, this year's Photonics West indicates that the photonics industry is in a state of cautious optimism. When this will translate into increased capital spending, however, is the question still to be answered. Held in January in San Jose, Calif., the conference and exhibition sponsored by SPIE actually dipped a bit in attendance from last year's show, but event project manager Scott Walker said he had expected that. He reported a...
Research into Helmet-Mounted Systems Continues
Mar 1, 2003 — Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., has received a two-year, $729,996 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the US Army to advance its conformable and transparent display technologies. It will focus on developing active...
UK University Wins Grant for Optoelectronics Research
Mar 1, 2003 — The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council of the United Kingdom has awarded a four-year, $600,000 grant to the Opto-electronics Group of the University of Wales, Bangor, to support its continued research in nanoscale and nonlinear...
Aculight to Demonstrate Laser Technology
Feb 1, 2003 — The US Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., has awarded Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., a three-year, $3 million contract for the development of semiconductor lasers for aircraft defense systems. Aculight will incorporate its...
Advanced Photonix Announces Acquisition
Feb 1, 2003 — Advanced Photonix Inc. of Camarillo, Calif., has purchased the outstanding capital stock of Texas Optoelectronics Inc. for 1 million shares of its common stock and retirement of outstanding debt of $1.2 million. The acquired company, which is...
Artis Sells Assets to RSoft
Feb 1, 2003 — RSoft Design Group Inc. of Ossining, N.Y., has hired the key employees and has acquired the intellectual property assets of Artis. Assets include the OptSim software for simulating optical communications systems and Artifex, a modeling and...
Coherent Purchases Molectron Detector
Feb 1, 2003 — Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has purchased Molectron Detector Inc. of Portland, Ore., for $11.5 million, forming the technology business unit, Coherent Molectron. The acquisition will provide customers with a broad range of laser test and...
Company Advances 1310-nm GSE Lasers
Feb 1, 2003 — Photodigm Inc. of Richardson, Texas, has created a 1310-nm grating-outcoupled surface-emitting (GSE) laser with single-mode output powers of up to 6 mW. The technology provides the performance of a distributed-feedback laser with the advantages of a...
Linos' Defense Segment Receives € 6 Million Order
Feb 1, 2003 — EADS, a European aerospace and defense group, has placed an order worth € 6 million with Linos AG of Göttingen, Germany, for the development and manufacture of optical systems for defense applications. The order was taken through the defense...
Newport Expands Precision Optics Business
Feb 1, 2003 — Newport Corp. has opened a 42,000-square-foot manufacturing facility adjacent to its headquarters in Irvine, Calif., for its precision optics business. The expansion will support the fabrication of standard and high-precision optical products.
Northlight Optronics Acquires Optoelectronic Unit
Feb 1, 2003 — Northlight Optronics AB of Kista, Sweden, has acquired the optoelectronic component business of Ericsson. The unit, based in Stockholm, Sweden, has expertise in the design and production of fiber optic components for telecommunications. Northlight...
Northrop Grumman Buys and Sells
Feb 1, 2003 — Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles has acquired Fibersense Technology Corp. from Audax Group for $44 million. A manufacturer of precision fiber optic gyroscopes, inertial measurement units and sensor components, Fibersense will be integrated into...
Optoelectronics Business Facility to Open in Wales
Feb 1, 2003 — The Welsh Development Agency has unveiled plans for a national facility in St. Asaph, UK, that will foster optoelectronics industry growth. The 82,000-square-foot optronics technology and incubation center, OpTic Technium, will provide support units...
Photonics Manufacturing Steering Committee Established
Feb 1, 2003 — Trade association IPC in Northbrook, Ill., has appointed a steering committee, which will be chaired by Randy Heyler of Newport Corp., to direct the efforts of its Photonics Manufacturing Association Council. Committee member David Bergman, from...
Report Calls for Development of Unmanned Combat Vehicles
Feb 1, 2003 — To develop unmanned ground vehicles for use on the battlefield, the US Army requires increased funding and a plan that includes integrating technologies and design approaches, according to a report from the National Academies' National Research...
TeraXion Acquires Phaethon Communications
Feb 1, 2003 — TeraXion Inc. of Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, a de- signer and manufacturer of dispersion compensators based on fiber Bragg gratings for high-speed optical networks, has purchased the patents, trademarks and technological expertise of Phaethon...
UK Photonic Companies Form National Network
Feb 1, 2003 — A stronger UK network of photonics and optoelectronics companies is the mission of the newly established Photonics Cluster, which was formed by the merger of the Midlands Photonics Cluster based near Birmingham, UK, and the UK Laser and...
Universal Display to Develop Metal Foil for LED Displays
Feb 1, 2003 — The US Army has awarded Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., a $69,850 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop a flexible active-matrix, organic LED display on durable, thin metal foil for use in military applications. The...
Agilent, Photonics Center Collaborate
Jan 1, 2003 — The Photonics Center at Boston University is constructing the Integrated Optics Laboratory and has worked with Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., in equipping it. The center invested a little more than $800,000 in testing devices, and...
Air Force Supports Advancement of Solid-State Laser
Jan 1, 2003 — The US Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Direc-torate has awarded a contract of $16.9 million to Raytheon Co. of El Segundo, Calif., and one of $21.3 million to TRW Inc. of Redondo Beach, Calif., for the development of a 25,000-W...
BTG and INO Join to Broaden Photonic Applications
Jan 1, 2003 — BTG Inc. of Fairfax, Va., and INO of Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, have allied to explore the commercial application of photonics technology. INO will have access to BTG's expertise in intellectual property and technology transfer, while BTG will...
Light Systems Integration Company Relocates
Jan 1, 2003 — Sunrise Instruments Ltd. has moved from Harpswell, Maine, to Hebron, N.H., and has changed its name to Sunrise Instruments LLC. The company integrates custom light measurement systems for the LED industry and designs and manufactures specialty light...
Optomec to Develop Abrasion Repair Technology
Jan 1, 2003 — Under a contract from the Naval Air Systems Command, Optomec Inc. will use its Laser Engineered Net Shaping technology to develop a technique for leading-edge rollover abrasion on T700 US Navy aircraft engine parts. The shaping process would allow...
Optra Wins Grant to Produce Optical Spectrometer
Jan 1, 2003 — The US Air Force has awarded Optra Inc. of Topsfield, Mass., a $700,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to deliver a low-cost, open-path Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. Optra will use the device as an air-quality monitor...
Palomar Technologies Acquires Nanopositioning Products
Jan 1, 2003 — Palomar Technologies Inc., based in Vista, Calif., has acquired the fiber automation division of Axsys Technologies Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif. Renamed Palomar Photonics Automation, the organization will continue its operations in Pittsburgh as a...

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