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Paving the Way to A New Approach Using Sunlight to Split Water

An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

17 Aug 2008

New Approach to Optical Nanopatterning Meeting Air Force Needs

An AFOSR-funded, Princeton-based professor, Dr. Craig Arnold, has been researching a new approach to optical nanopatterning, the forming of nanometer scale patterns on a substrate. This technology will have an impact on a variety of current and future Air Force needs.

17 Aug 2008

How Light Input from the Eye can Affect Activity and Sleep Patterns

Biologists at the University of Virginia have discovered a switching mechanism in the eye that plays a key role in regulating the sleep/wake cycles in mammals.

16 Aug 2008

Coating Uses Light to Clean Building

Green Earth Nano Science, Inc., a nanotechnology solutions provider and global supplier of proprietary photocatalyst* coatings, recently introduced its newly improved, easy to apply, green, environment friendly, transparent self-cleaning coatings for exterior applications distributed globally under the SolarStucco brand.

16 Aug 2008

Spire to Showcase Spi-Sun Simulator 4600SLP at Conference

Spire will highlight the Spi-Sun SimulatorTM 4600SLP. This system will be fully operational at the conference located in Hall One, Booth A29 and available for customers to bring their modules and cells for testing.

15 Aug 2008

Company Cited for Driving Growth and Profitability Through Innovation Strategy

Corning Incorporated announced today the company has received the 2008 Outstanding Corporate Innovator Award by the Product Development + Management Association (PDMA), the leading global advocate for product development and innovation.

15 Aug 2008

Diguang to Supply 18,000 Indoor LED Lighting Units for Project in Nanchang

Diguang International Development Co., Ltd., an emerging, China-based leader in CCFL and LED backlights and LED general lighting technology, today announced an over $1 million contract to supply 18,000 indoor LED lighting units to a commercial customer for a project in Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi.

15 Aug 2008

IRIDEX IQ Laser Systems Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance

IRIDEX Corporation announces receipt of FDA 510(k) clearance for its Family of IRIDEX IQ Laser Systems. This clearance covers the IRIDEX IQ 532, IQ 577, IQ 630-670, and IQ 810 Laser Systems and their associated delivery devices to deliver laser energy in either CW-Pulse(TM), MicroPulse(TM) or LongPulse(TM) mode. These Laser Systems are intended for a wide range of specific applications in the medical specialties of ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat (ENT)/otolaryngology and dermatology.

15 Aug 2008

100G Long Distance DWDM Transmission Project Defined at Meeting

With a record number of members in attendance, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) outlined details for its 100G long distance DWDM transmission project at the Q3 meeting in Montreal. During the joint session, carriers, along with system and component vendors, identified Dual-Polarization - Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DP-QPSK) as a modulation technique for integrated photonic components.

14 Aug 2008

StockerYale Receives Follow-On Order for Pulsed Thulium Doped Fiber Laser

StockerYale, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today announced it had received a follow-on development order from one the world's largest defense contractors for the Company's pulsed Thulium Doped Fiber Laser (TDFL).

14 Aug 2008

Propelling the LED Driver IC Market into the Future

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "LED Driver ICs: Application Drivers, Technology Developments + Product Introduction Trends" report to their offering.

14 Aug 2008

Beijing Olympic Games Truly Showcased the Full Potential of LEDs

According to the latest report form tootoo.com, the wonderful lighting effects that contributed to the luminous opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games truly showcased the full potential of LEDs. The LEDs, which are often used in live performances, were able to reach their full potential for the first time, in part, because of the improvements in the development of bigger, better battery cells.

13 Aug 2008

Company Signs Over $15 Million in Contracts for Visible Lasers

QPC Lasers Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor lasers, today announced that it has received an order from an undisclosed global leader in digital information equipment, including copiers, scanners, printers, projectors and other electronic devices.

13 Aug 2008

Konica Minolta licenses Universal Display's Proprietary UniversalPHOLED and OLED Technologies

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., a company that leads the way in creating new value in the field of imaging, and Universal Display Corporation, a major force behind today's evolving displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent OLED technology, today announced the signing of an OLED Technology License Agreement.

From Konica Minolta Sensing Americas 13 Aug 2008

Silicon Photonics Market is Potentially Enormous

First-generation silicon photonics products are now available from a handful of suppliers, a development that promises to have major implications for a wide range of telecom and networking technologies, according to the latest report from Light Reading Insider, a paid research service of TechWeb's Light Reading.

13 Aug 2008