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Nanotechnology: Opportunities for Photonics
Dec 1, 2002 — In his keynote address at the NanoTech Venture Fair in La Jolla, Calif., in September, F. Mark Modzelewski, founder and executive director of the NanoBusiness Alliance in New York City, predicted that nanotechnology would add $1 trillion to the economy in the next 15 to 20 years. He believes that the integration of biology and electronics will be the most significant development in the field. At the event, potential investors viewed some of the most progressive commercial ventures in the...
NIST Supports Laser-Based Medical Implant Technology
Dec 1, 2002 — Optomec Inc. of Albuquerque, N.M., has received a $2 million Advanced Technology Program award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its Laser Engineered Net Shaping system. The award will stimulate further development of the...
Optoelectronics Packaging Programs Funded at RIT
Dec 1, 2002 — The Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly at Rochester Institute of Technology has received financial backing for two optoelectron-ics packaging programs. The Infotonics Technology Center of Rochester has invested $120,000 for a project...
Osram and Rohm Sign Patent License Contract
Dec 1, 2002 — Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany, has granted Rohm Co. Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, a license for its solely owned patents concerning the manufacture and sale of LEDs. Developed by Osram Opto Semiconductors, the technology produces white LEDs using...
Schott Invests in VCSELs, Restructures Optovance
Dec 1, 2002 — Raising its share to 52 percent, Schott Corp. of Yonkers, N.Y., has acquired majority ownership of university spin-off U.L.M. Photonics GmbH of Ulm, Germany, which has built and developed research, design and manufacturing facilities for...
Schwartz Awarded Government Contracts for Laser-Based Systems
Dec 1, 2002 — Schwartz Electro-Optics Inc. of Orlando, Fla., has agreed to supply its Advanced Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems Plus simulated combat training programs to Bechtel Bettis Nevada, Argonne National Laboratory and BWX Technologies. The...
Scottish Photonics Company Gears Up for WDM Developments
Dec 1, 2002 — Helia Photonics Ltd. has purchased the optical coatings division of Terahertz Photonics and will offer high-volume coating and characteristic finishing services for laser diode producers for wavelength division multiplexing telecommunications. A...
Sensors Unlimited Regains Private Ownership
Dec 1, 2002 — The management of Sensors Unlimited Inc., a supplier of InGaAs photodiode arrays and cameras, is assuming most of the company's assets and liabilities from its parent, Finisar Corp., for $6.1 million in cash. The Princeton, N.J.-based company will...
Tektronix Sells Optical Test Products Line
Dec 1, 2002 — Tektronix Inc., headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., has agreed to sell select optical test products and related assets to Digital Lightwave Inc. of Clearwater, Fla., as part of its plan to realign resources. Digital Lightwave supplies products,...
Verrillon Acquires ADC Group
Dec 1, 2002 — Verrillon Inc. of North Grafton, Mass., has acquired ADC's passive photonic components business in Canberra, Australia. ADC has transferred the division's development, production and testing capabilities for tap couplers, splitters, combiners,...
Advanced Photonix Purchases Silicon Sensors
Nov 1, 2002 — Advanced Photonix Inc. of Camarillo, Calif., a supplier of OEM silicon-based electro-optic products, has acquired privately owned detector manufacturer Silicon Sensors LLC of Dodgeville, Wis., for $1.7 million. Silicon Sensors, which had been in...
Boeing LTS Wins High-Energy Laser Research Contract
Nov 1, 2002 — Under a multiyear, $25.5 million contract from the US Air Force, Boeing LTS of Albuquerque, N.M., will work to advance laser development and vulnerability-effects testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Laser Div. at Kirtland Air Force Base,...
Collaboration Aims to Lower Cost of Fiber Optic Component Assembly
Nov 1, 2002 — EM4 Photonics of Burlington, Mass., and Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif., have signed a letter of intent concerning joint development of photonic device manufacturing equipment and processes. As part of the deal, Newport will receive exclusive...
Company to Enhance Systems for Processing Cables
Nov 1, 2002 — Flexon AG in Horgen, Switzerland, is now part of Schleuniger, based in Thun, Switzerland. The subsidiary, renamed Schleuniger Flexon AG, will develop and produce fully and semiautomatic systems for processing cable types such as plastic optical...
Firms Combine Prototype and OEM Manufacturing Technology
Nov 1, 2002 — Two New York state companies have formed a partnership to assist customers with the transition from prototype manufacturing with Optimax Systems Inc. of Ontario to OEM production with Photonics Solutions Inc. of Rochester. The latter's services...
General Dynamics Unit Wins Army Contract for Telecom Upgrade
Nov 1, 2002 — General Dynamics Network Systems of Needham, Mass., has received four orders totaling $15.2 million from the US Army, which will expand its telecommunications infrastructure at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and upgrade data networks and infrastructure at...
Industrial Laser Shipments Rise
Nov 1, 2002 — Shipments and exports of North American industrial laser equipment and systems rebounded in the second quarter, advancing 47 percent over the figure for the first three months of 2002, according to the Laser Systems Product Group of the Association...
Lehigh's Center for Optical Technologies Gets Financial Backing
Nov 1, 2002 — The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development has awarded Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., $15 million for its Center for Optical Technologies. The center, which also has received a comparable investment from the university...
Media Cybernetics Buys Assets of Definitive Imaging
Nov 1, 2002 — Image analysis software provider Media Cybernetics Inc. of Silver Spring, Md., has purchased the intellectual property and related assets of Definitive Imaging Ltd., which is a supplier of software for metallographic and materials science quality...
Nanosys Pursues Nanolaser Technology
Nov 1, 2002 — Nanosys Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the regents of the University of California for semiconductor nanowire-based lasers. The license will enable the company to develop products such as laser-powered...
NEMI Works to Improve Fiber Splicing
Nov 1, 2002 — A little-appreciated economic tenet of any market downturn is that vital resources become available for critical projects that previously sat on the back burner. By redeploying these resources to precompetitive research areas, it may be possible to...
New Focus to Develop Laser for Cesium Atomic Clocks
Nov 1, 2002 — New Focus Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has agreed to develop laser technology for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Based on the company's 852-nm tunable laser technology, which is suitable for extreme environments, the...
NFOEC 2002 Presents the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Nov 1, 2002 — Like the hackneyed joke, the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), which took place in Dallas in mid-September, presented some good news and some bad news. On the plus side were signs that 40-Gb/s fiber optics technology and other...
Optics Consulting Service Established
Nov 1, 2002 — Optics for Hire of Arlington, Mass., and Lviv, Ukraine, has formed an optics consulting firm. The company will market a Ukraine-based engineering team with collaborative experience in designing optomechanical systems for optical disc, biomedical,...
Task Force to Revamp Photonics Education
Nov 1, 2002 — Three organizations have joined forces to develop the second level of photonics standards and curriculum modules. The results of their efforts are scheduled for publication in 2003 as "Science and Technological Education in Photonics (Step II)." The...

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