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Lens Manufacturers Benefit from Taylor Hobson’s Optics Metrology

Drastic manufacturing yield improvements are being gained by manufacturers of high precision optics.

14 May 2010

Semrock Introduces New Quad-Band Set Comprising Hard-Coated Optical Filters

Semrock announces the first complete quad-band fluorescence filter set for simultaneous four-color imaging by eye or with a color camera using broadband illumination.

14 May 2010

Major Breakthrough in 3D Super-Resolution Imaging

With the help of a highly sensitive Andor iXon+ EMCCD camera, US researchers have developed a super-resolution, 3D imaging technique that can resolve single fluorescent molecules with greater than 10 times more precision than conventional optical microscopy.

14 May 2010

Abrisa to Showcase Optical Coating Solutions at SID 2010

Abrisa, a global leader in complete glass and coating solutions for display applications, will be showcasing a wide variety of front glass, optical coatings for display, silkscreened glass panels, precision-machined glass edges, and other lenses and glass at the 48th annual SID International Exhibition, May 25-27, 2010 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA.

14 May 2010

Single Rubidium Atom Controls Light Transmission Through Optical Cavity

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) describes the effect, that the interaction of an atomic medium with a weak laser field can be controlled and manipulated coherently with a second, strong laser field.

14 May 2010

Golden Anniversary of Laser

The first laser was small enough to hold in the palm of your hand. But in the 50 years since Theodore Maiman successfully built and fired the first laser, the technology has made enormous changes in the way we live our lives. This Sunday marks the golden anniversary of the invention that kicked off a major industry and paved the way for numerous life-enhancing advances.

From SPIE 14 May 2010

BIOLASE Releases New Animated Episode on Laser Dentistry at CDA 2010

BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLTI), the world's leading dental laser company, today announced that it is taking advantage of the large dental audiences at the California Dental Association 2010 CDA Presents Meeting in Anaheim, CA, to formally release a new episode of the animated educational program ToothTales.

14 May 2010

ScanLife Mobile Barcode Technology Now Available to Verizon Customers

Verizon Wireless said today its customers can get one-click access to product information, including application downloads, consumer reviews and more, using ScanLife, a free downloadable app found on more than 30 devices...

14 May 2010

AFM Probe Records Sounds Originating from Insects

A team of Clarkson University scientists led by Prof. Igor Sokolov are using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to record sounds emanating from inside living insects like flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs.

14 May 2010

Camtek Secures Order for its Automatic Optical Inspection Systems

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT) ("Camtek"), announced today that a leading assembly and test supplier in Asia has selected the Falcon, Camtek's Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) system, for a 2D and 3D metrology and inspection solution.

14 May 2010

Physicists Discover Exotic Atomic Collisions Using Optical Lattice

The experiment starts by cooling a dilute cloud of hundreds of thousands of atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero, approximately -273 degrees Celsius.

14 May 2010

UCSD Researchers Develop New Sensor to Locate Chemical Hazards

A tiny silicon chip that works a bit like a nose may one day detect dangerous airborne chemicals and alert emergency responders through the cell phone network.

14 May 2010

Raman Scattering Helps to Detect Rotavirus Strains and Genotypes Within a Minute

Using nanotechnology and a patented signal enhancing technique developed at the University of Georgia, UGA researchers have discovered a rapid, sensitive and cost-effective method to detect and identify a number of rotavirus strains and genotypes in less than one minute with greater than 96 percent accuracy.

14 May 2010

CIR’s New Report Discusses Volume Opportunity for Optical Interconnects

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "New Revenue Opportunities for Optical Interconnects: A Market and Technology Forecast" report to their offering.

14 May 2010