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Industry's First 8 Gb/sec SFP+ LR Optical Transceivers for Fibre Channel

Avago Technologies today announced availability of the industry's first 8 Gb/sec SFP+ LR (Long Reach) optical transceivers for Fibre Channel applications. The company is a leading supplier of interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications.

7 Oct 2008

JDSU Introduces New Pump Laser to Support FTTH Networks

JDSU(R) today announced the new 4900 Series pump laser product that provides twice the power, improved efficiency and a package that is 70 percent smaller than previous offerings for deployment in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks.

7 Oct 2008

AMO to Debut New Dual Combination Packs Featuring Dispersive and Cohesive Healon Products

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., the global leader in advanced refractive technologies for eye care professionals and patients, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval (PMA) of Healon D® viscoelastic, a clear dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) for use as a surgical aid in cataract extraction, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, corneal transplant, and glaucoma filtration surgery.

7 Oct 2008

Paving the Way Towards Optical Sensing Foils

IMEC's associated laboratory at the Ghent University, INTEC, has made the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate. The links include optical waveguides, light sources, and detectors. With this technique, it becomes possible to make foils that sense changes in pressure. Such sensing, skin-like foils could be used for monitoring irregular or moving surfaces, e.g. in robots, pliable machinery, or as an artificial skin.

7 Oct 2008

Solyndra Announces More Than $1.2 Billion in Customer Contracts

Solyndra, Inc. today announced a new solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra's PV system is designed to generate significantly more solar electricity on an annual basis from typical low-slope commercial rooftops with lower installation costs than conventional flat panel PV technologies. Commercial rooftops represent a vast, underutilized resource and huge opportunity for generating solar electricity.

7 Oct 2008

TAITRONICS Enters New LED Era

It's TAITRONICS time! That's right the days when every hotel room is booked out, and parking space is taken. This event, its 34th cycle, unfolds at the brand new TWTC NANGANG Exhibition Hall from October 7 to 11.

6 Oct 2008

World's Largest LED Screen

Standing out in the Majan district of Dubailand, Podium from Tameer Holdings sets the bar high on a perfect symbiosis between architecture and technology. Its one-of-a-kind facade, boasting a 100 meter tall L.E.D. screen, elevates Podium to the rank of world-famous commercial landmarks. The giant screen will be the largest screen ever constructed.

6 Oct 2008

CVI Melles Griot Launches New Compact Laser Head and Universal Controller System

CVI Melles Griot announces the release of its new 26-CRH series compact laser head and universal controller system. In addition to a 50% reduction in footprint over previous versions, this new laser features: three beam size options to simplify optical system design; a true "off" in modulation; and the new Universal Controller and power supply.

6 Oct 2008

Launch of HiPER Project Heralds New Era of Laser Science and Energy Research

A new international research project which could one day lead to a new source of safe, abundant clean energy for Earth was launched today by scientists, engineers and Ministers from across Europe, at a special event and press conference at the Science Museum in London.

6 Oct 2008

Wireless Communications Technology Based on Visible Light

Boston University's College of Engineering is a partner launching a major program, under a National Science Foundation grant, to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead of radio waves. Researchers expect to piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power light emitting diodes, or LEDs, to create "Smart Lighting" that would be faster and more secure than current network technology.

6 Oct 2008

New Graduate Program in Optical Sensing and Imaging Being Established at CU-Boulder

A new graduate program in computational optical sensing and imaging is being established at the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall with the awarding of a $3.2 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation.

6 Oct 2008

New Center will Pursue Innovations in Smart Lighting

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the establishment of five new NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) for the development of interdisciplinary research and education programs in partnership with industry. The NSF ERCs share the goal of advancing knowledge, technology, and innovations that address significant societal problems and provide the workforce and technical foundation for economic competitiveness. NSF will invest approximately $92.5 million in the centers over the next five years.

6 Oct 2008

Extracting Water from the Moon and Mars by Shooting Microwave into their Surface

When astronauts land on the Moon in the not too distant future, it's possible they will be visiting an outpost where they can pick up some fuel and a refreshing container of liquid.

6 Oct 2008

New VFL Field Instrument Quickly and Easily Locates Damages in Optical Fiber

JDSU today announced the release of the pocket-sized FFL-050 (fiber fault locator) and the ruggedized FFL-100 Visual Fault Locators (VFL) for installing and troubleshooting fiber optic cable.

6 Oct 2008

World's First Quantum City

Physicists at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Quantum Technology are all set to install a quantum communication security solutionover the eThekwini Municipality fibre-optic network infrastructure propelling the City of Durban to become the world's first Quantum City.

6 Oct 2008