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World's Leading Manufacturer of High Power LEDs Selects Veeco MOCVD for Production Ramp

Veeco Instruments announced today that Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, has selected Veeco's TurboDisc K465 gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to support its LUXEON LED production ramp.

From Veeco 20 Aug 2009

Ultrathin LEDs Creating New Class of Lighting and Display Systems

A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to achieve with existing technologies.

20 Aug 2009

Training Quantum Dots to Display Magnetic Functions at Room Temperature using Light as Trigger

That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and large, processing information on your computer or cell phone.

20 Aug 2009

Cost-Effective TDI Cameras Ideal for Flat Panel Display, Electronics and Web Inspection

DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA), today announced the availability of a new line of Piranha ES cameras for machine vision applications. With various models in the ES line, these new Piranha cameras deliver cost-effective solutions with Time Delay and Integration (TDI) technology; the same leading edge technology used in DALSA's HS (High Sensitivity) TDI cameras.

20 Aug 2009

DOE Grants Finelite Two Luminaire Categories

The DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Quality Advocates program recently granted Finelite, Inc. the Lighting Facts Label for its LED task lighting, PLS (Personal Lighting System).

20 Aug 2009

Improved Chip and Package Technology Makes It Easier to Address ENERGY STAR Applications

Philips Lumileds continues to advance its core LED technology and recent breakthroughs implemented in the latest LUXEON Rebel LEDs for illumination applications improve efficacy and light output performance at luminaire operating temperatures.

20 Aug 2009

Resolve Optics to Attend Photonex 2009 and VISION 2009 Exhibitions

Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced its presence at the forthcoming Photonex 2009 and VISION 2009 exhibitions.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 20 Aug 2009

Berkeley Lab's ALS Receives $11.3 Million To Enable New Types of Scientific Inquiry

A lot! Scientists using the powerful beam lines at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source in recent years have conducted breakthrough research on platinum-nickel alloys as a catalyst for fuel cells, made a discovery about the Ebola virus structure that could lead to a vaccine, and crafted a new technique for guiding self-assembly of nanostructures that should open up vistas for entirely new applications.

19 Aug 2009

Discovery Could Lead to Useful Applications in Lasers

Researchers in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK have discovered new electron properties that could lead to useful applications in computers and lasers.

19 Aug 2009

Using Light to Manipulate Cell Movement

Recent breakthroughs have uncovered how different cellular proteins are turned 'on' or 'off' at the molecular level, but much remains to be understood about how protein signaling influences cell behavior.

19 Aug 2009

Life+Gear Introduces New Line of LED Glow Handled Flashlights

Life+Gear, the developer and manufacturer of life saving emergency preparedness products, presents its new line of LED glow handled flashlights as an environmentally friendly alternative to the often toxic, one-time use chemical glow sticks so prevalent at special events.

19 Aug 2009

New Way to Clinically Assess Condition of Tooth Enamel Using Lasers

A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. As described in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, by measuring how the surface of a tooth responds to laser-generated ultrasound, they can evaluate the mineral content of tooth enamel -- the semi-translucent outer layer of a tooth that protects the underlying dentin.

18 Aug 2009

World's Tiniest Laser

Researchers have modified nanoparticles known as "Cornell dots" to make the world's tiniest laser -- so small it could be incorporated into microchips to serve as a light source for photonic circuits. The device may also have applications for sensors, solar collectors and in biomedicine.

17 Aug 2009

Universities Granted License for Long-Persistence Glow Materials

The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF) and the University of Puerto Rico have granted an international, non-exclusive license for a portfolio of glow-in-the-dark pigments that can be designed to emit light in any color of the visible spectrum for nearly a day. Performance Indicator, LLC, of Lowell, Mass., acquired the license.

17 Aug 2009

CERAM Introduces Mini Version of its CCSII Colour Standards

CERAM, the materials technology consultancy, is pleased to announce that it has produced a mini version of its CCSII Colour Standards - CCSII Mini Colour Standards. The new format consists of 1cm square wafers of the twelve CCSII Colours plus a Black and a White Standard, embedded in a protective assembly that holds them in an area that is the size of a credit card.

17 Aug 2009