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Researchers Study Photolyase by Using Ultra-Fast Laser Light Pulses

Researchers at Ohio State University have found a new way to study how enzymes move as they repair DNA sun damage -- and that discovery could one day lead to new therapies for healing sunburned skin.

29 Jan 2010

Acuity Brands and Samsung LED Collaborate for Development of LED Products

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) and Samsung LED Co. Ltd today announced they have agreed to collaborate in the development of leading products utilizing light-emitting diode (LED) technology that will establish a new standard for performance in solid-state lighting systems.

29 Jan 2010

ECD and Enfinity Partner to Develop 10MW of Rooftop Solar Systems in Ontario

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER) and Enfinity Corporation today announced plans to collaborate on the development of a 10MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in Ontario, Canada.

29 Jan 2010

UBS Deploys Kodak Printing Systems and Digital Production Color Press

Swiss global financial services company, UBS has streamlined its printing operation by installing two Kodak Versamark VL2000 Printing Systems and a Kodak NexPress S3000 Digital Production Color Press. The investment means the company no longer has to outsource some of its graphical color printing volume, and can instead produce complex, full-color transactional documents in-house.

29 Jan 2010

Concentrix Solar's CX-75 FLATCON CPV Module Earns IEC Certification

Concentrix Solar, a leading supplier of Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) systems and a new division of the Soitec Group (Euronext Paris), the world's supplier of engineered substrates, announced today that the company has received IEC certification 62108 for its CX-75 FLATCON(R) module generation.

29 Jan 2010

IMC Networks Adds New Ethernet Copper/Fiber Switch Modules to iMcV-Switch Line

Featuring Priority Queuing, Flow Control and Viewing Status

29 Jan 2010

Oclaro Introduces 7W 808nm Single Emitter Pump Module for Nd:Yag Lasers

Oclaro, Inc., a provider of optical components for industrial applications, today announced a powerful 7W 808nm single emitter pump module

29 Jan 2010

Centronic Releases New Infrared Photodiodes Line for 1 to 2.4 µm

Centronic announced at Photonics West 2010 a new series of infrared photodiodes for the wavelength region 1µm to 2.4 µm

29 Jan 2010

Varioptic Announces Liquid Lens for Mobile Phone Optical Image Stabilization

Varioptic, the liquid lens company, today announced that it has developed its first liquid lens, A316S, offering Optical Image Stabilization functionality to mobile phones.

29 Jan 2010

New Ultrafast Laser Amplifier from Coherent Delivers Highest Power Output

A new Ti:Sapphire ultrafast laser amplifier from Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) delivers over twice the power of any comparable product. Specifically, the Legend Elite Duo-HP offers over 15 Watts of output power, and the highest pulse energy (up to 10 mJ) currently on the market for a kHz class, thermoelectrically (TE) cooled amplifier. Legend Elite Duo-HP can be configured to provide output pulse durations of <25 fs, <35 fs, <130 fs, or 0.5 ps to 2 ps with repetition rates in the range 1 kHz to 10 kHz.

29 Jan 2010

Coherent Expands Sapphire Series CW Visible Laser Line with 532nm Lasers

Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) has expanded their Sapphire™ family of compact CW visible lasers with 532 nm (green) lasers based on the company’s unique OPSL technology.

29 Jan 2010

Coherent Launches Verdi G7 Low-Noise CW Laser

Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) has launched the Verdi™ G7, delivering the highest power level yet for the company’s unique Verdi G family of low-noise CW lasers based on next-generation optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technology.

29 Jan 2010

AIXTRON to Build New Research and Development Facility

AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) today announced an important step in the implementation of its accelerated Research and Development strategy by building a new state of the art R&D campus at its premises in Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid in support of the company’s Research and Development strategy.

29 Jan 2010

Gigahertz-Optik Introduces New Hand-Held LED Spectrolightmeter

LEDs measured on the test bench can produce different photometric and color results in actual operation mounted on the PC board. Also measuring slight color and flux differences between discrete LEDs mounted in a module is not possible with typical LED measurement set-ups.

28 Jan 2010

Ophir-Spiricon Launches Two New Laser Beam Dumps

Ophir-Spiricon, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced two new Laser Beam Dump products for high power applications, the BD5000W-BB-50 and the BDFL500A-BB-50.

28 Jan 2010