Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Optical Transceiver Industry Well Positioned to Weather Recession

The optical transceiver industry will contract sharply in 2009 but fare better than other industries, reports the latest Market Forecast from LightCounting, the premier optical transceiver company. Data traffic -- the primary industry driver -- continues to grow, requiring optical transceivers to be shipped for new platform deployments and to upgrade existing systems.

2 Mar 2009

We Energies Looks to Control Costs Using LED Streetlights with Advanced Lighting Controls

BetaLED is testing two leading forms of lighting control systems with its LEDway streetlights. Eleven LEDway streetlights installed along 92nd Street in Sturtevant, Wis., were recently outfitted with either a power line communication system or wireless radio frequency (RF) system as part of a side-by-side demonstration of lighting control technologies available for LED streetlights.

27 Feb 2009

OSA, IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE ComSoc Partner on New Optical Journal

The Optical Society (OSA), IEEE Photonics Society (formerly IEEE LEOS) and IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) today announced they are partnering to combine two existing publications into one, called the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN).

27 Feb 2009

Carl Zeiss Microscopes to Travel Across Europe

Carl Zeiss is sending its latest microscope systems on a tour of universities and institutes throughout Europe. The ZEISS on Your Campus Tour gives microscope users the opportunity to become familiar with the systems and the latest microscopy techniques and methods in several- day workshops and try them out on site.

27 Feb 2009

LOT-Oriel Announces Availability of New Complete IV Curve Measurement System

The first class Solar Simulators and probe stations of Abet Technologies are combined with high quality measurement instruments and the ReRa Tracer software. This has resulted into a complete IV curve measurement system.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 27 Feb 2009

Oerlikon Solar and Tokyo Electron Join Thin Film PV Forces

Tokyo Electron (TEL), a leading global supplier of innovative semiconductor production equipment, has announced a strategic cooperation with Oerlikon Solar, the world's leading supplier of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) production equipment.

26 Feb 2009

Layer of "Dark Cells" in the Retina Has Been Imaged for the First Time

A layer of "dark cells" in the retina that is responsible for maintaining the health of the light-sensing cells in our eyes has been imaged in a living retina for the first time.

26 Feb 2009

Seoul Semiconductor Announces Its Position on Fundamental Indium Gallium Nitride-Based LED Patent

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Seoul") announced today that the companies manufacturing or packaging blue, green, white or UV light emitting devices made from the semiconductor indium gallium nitride may be subject to patents owned by Seoul.

26 Feb 2009

Using GaN, Researchers Created Horizontally Aligned Network of GaN Nanowires

Researchers at Northeastern created a network of nanowires that can be scaled up more efficiently and cost-effectively to create displays such as the NASDAQ sign in New York City's Times Square.

26 Feb 2009

Carl Zeiss Initiates Landmark Development Project with University of Ulm

Carl Zeiss SMT today announced the creation of a technology development project that represents one of the most ambitious electron microscopy development efforts to be undertaken in recent years.

25 Feb 2009

LiteLED Introduces SL Series Linear LED Luminaire Addressing Under-Cabinet, Cove and Refrigeration Lighting Applications

UK lighting manufacturer LiteLED has released the SL Series linear LED luminaire, a strip light that is smaller, longer lasting, and provides superior task efficiency compared to the neon or fluorescent lamps commonly used today. The SL Series was designed to address the specific demands of under-cabinet, cove and refrigeration lighting applications.

25 Feb 2009

Vanderbilt Scientists Invented World's Smallest Periscope

A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.

25 Feb 2009

Engravers Get More Room with Larger Engraving Bed on Entry-Level System

From the ARA International Awards Market in Las Vegas, Epilog Laser, the leading producer of CO2 and fiber laser engraving, cutting and marking systems, today announced the launch of the Zing 24, the newest addition to the company's entry-level product line.

25 Feb 2009

world's Top Laser Experts to Speak at Upcoming Annual Conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

The world's top laser experts will gather in National Harbor, Maryland to share innovations in lasers and emerging technologies at the 29th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY (ASLMS).

25 Feb 2009

Ability of Plants to Turn Sunlight into Energy has Been Successfully Mimicked by Scientists

The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of solar cells.

25 Feb 2009