Optics & Photonics News

DataCenter.BZ Enters Deal to Bring DubLink's Dark Fiber to its Ohio Facility

DataCenter.BZ, a Tier IV, carrier-neutral data center announced today it entered into an agreement with the City of Dublin to bring DubLink's dark fiber to the DataCenter.BZ facility located in Worthington, Ohio.

Case Study on the Installation of the SunMizer DC Power Optimizer

'Selective Installation' on Residential PV System Recovers Over 50% of Power Loss Due to Shade

Solar Panels Plus Introduces First USA-Made Evacuated Tube Collector

Solar Panels Plus (SPP), designer and manufacturer of innovative solar water heaters, solar air conditioning/heating systems and photovoltaic solar panels, today launched the SPP-30a, the first USA-made evacuated tube (ET) collector for solar water heaters. The SPP-30a is an important addition to the SPP product family, enabling distributors, dealers and contractors to offer a high-quality ET solution that complies with the “Buy American Act” section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Mellina Chooses Greenlight Initiative to Install LED Lighting at Marco's Pizza Restaurants

Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced the successful installation of a complete LED-based lighting system for the first of a number of new Marco's Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia. Mellina LLC, the design builder for the Georgia projects reports this first installation has been well-received in terms of quality and energy-savings, and represents the first of 80 new locations over the next 3 years to be lit entirely with GLI’s qualified LED lighting solutions.

Oclaro Introduces New VCSEL Laser for Intel Light Peak Technology

Oclaro (Nasdaq: OCLR), a leading supplier of optical components and modules for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the availability of a new VCSEL laser for the rapidly-developing Intel Light Peak technology market, designed to leverage optical technology to connect electronic devices such as peripherals, workstations, displays, disk drives and docking stations. Intel's Light Peak technology is bringing optical technology to the mainstream, and offers Oclaro the opportunity to further expand the applicability of its products into new markets such as computing and consumer electronics devices.

Mindspeed Technologies' CPE Processor Chosen by Hitachi for Ultra-Low-Power Home Gateway

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that the company’s Comcerto customer premise equipment (CPE) processor has been selected by Hitachi to create an ultra-low-power home gateway that features 2Gbps routing performance with concurrent WiFi and carrier-grade Voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities. Hitachi’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) gateways are being deployed by Japan’s largest service provider in its rapidly growing FTTH access network.

STAAR Surgical CAST Announces Significant Assessments from First Phase of nanoFLEX IOL Project

STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products today reported that the Collamer Accommodating Study Team (CAST) formed by the company in late 2008 has provided very promising initial patient vision assessments from the first phase of the project. The CAST is comprised of eight prominent cataract/refractive surgeons from across the United States who since June 2009 have implanted more than 300 eyes with the STAAR nanoFLEX intraocular lens (IOL) for the treatment of cataracts.

New Lightning-Fast Dark Fiber Network System to be Laid to Connect the Coasts

It’s not just the St. Joe Valley Metronet that’s big on the high-speed, dark-fiber optic technology that permits it to transmit massive amounts of data in the blink of an eye.

AU Optronics to Demonstrate Solar Modules at Solar Power International 2009, California

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) will participate in Solar Power International 2009, scheduled to be held from Oct. 27 to Oct. 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, U.S. The U.S. market is regarded as a rapidly growing market for the solar PV (photovoltaics) industry, and AUO actively joins the exhibition by demonstrating its unique operating model and mono-crystalline and multi-crystalline PV modules with high module efficiency.

Foundation Patent on PureDepth's MLD Technology Granted in US

PureDepth, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PDEP), the creator of Multi-Layer Display (MLD) technology and a leader in new visualization experiences, today announced that one of its foundation patent applications has been allowed in the United States further expanding upon its worldwide protection. US application 10/048,966, filed by PureDepth with an international priority date of August 19, 1999, covers PureDepth's unique method of displaying data or images on a multi-level screen display, providing the earliest and broadest protection for almost all current and envisaged uses of MLD.

Fingerprint Technology from University of Warwick Tops in Tough Tests

Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world’s two toughest technical fingerprint tests

UC Santa Barbara Researchers Announce New Acheivements in Synthesis for Organic Solar Cells

Professor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara's Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS) today announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells. Bazan's team:

• reduced reaction time by 99%, from 48 hours to 30 minutes, and


• increased average molecular weight of the polymers by a factor of more than 3.

Caltech Scientists Discover Physical Mechanism to Grow Nanoscale Pillars in Numerous Patterns

Research paves way for new 3-D lithography method

Canon USA to Highlight New Hybrid Digital Retinal Camera at AAO

The CX-1 is the First Fully Hybrid Digital Retinal Camera from Canon and the World’s First Digital Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera to Take FAF Photography

IRIS Wins Schedule for Photographic Equipment from GSA

FLEETWOOD, PA Firm Receives Prestigious Government Wide Contract IRIS LTD., Inc., a provider of photo ID equipment and related supplies, today announced the award of its GSA schedule for Photographic Equipment (Photo ...