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With Integrated Optical Service, Life Becomes Simpler

Verizon is now making available to its service provider customers the same super-efficient networking technology that Verizon uses to concentrate data streams from multiple transport protocols over high-capacity secure networks.

25 Feb 2008

Company Creates Industry’s First ROADM Device Based on DLP Technology

Nistica, a global supplier of agile optical modules to leading telecom system OEMs, announced today the launch of its new FULL FLEDGE subsystem to meet growing demand for cost-effective Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Modules (ROADMs) in core network nodes.

25 Feb 2008

Clearance Opens Door For Home Use In The Anti-Aging Market

Light BioScience(R), LLC, the leader in the science of LED (light emitting diode) Photomodulation, announced today that it has become the first company to receive a 510(k) over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of periorbital wrinkles.

25 Feb 2008

New Technology Improves Bending Performance of Optical Cables

Supporting multiple dwelling unit (MDU) and in-home wiring applications, the ground-breaking EZ-Bend Technology addresses the critical need to speed and simplify installations by allowing cables to be bent and routed in ways never before feasible using traditional optical drop cables to facilitate rapid deployment of fiber to and within the residence.

25 Feb 2008

Manipulating Light Using Optical Fibers

OFS, designer, manufacturer and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products, today announced research developments from OFS R&D that further advance fiber optic technology. The 18 papers being presented at OFC 2008, February 26-29, highlight advanced concepts in optical fiber design and applications.

25 Feb 2008

Developing World's Most Advanced CdTe Solar Cells

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. are in the process of developing the most advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. The top experts and leading institutions in the world for CdTe now reside with the companies.

25 Feb 2008

Yingli Green Energy Signs Supply Agreements with Leading Chemicals Producer

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has signed two polysilicon supply agreements with DC Chemical Co., Ltd., a leading Korean chemicals producer.

25 Feb 2008

GaAs Solar Cell Achieves Record Conversion Efficiency

IMEC has realized a single-junction GaAs solar cell on a Ge substrate with a record conversion efficiency of 24.7%. The efficiency was measured and confirmed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US). GaAs solar cells are used in satellite solar panels and earth-based solar concentrators.

25 Feb 2008

SyntheSys Research Introduces New Lightwave Test Set

SyntheSys Research, Inc., introduces the new BERTScope Lightwave Test Set (LTS) 8500A – the first flexible stress solution to offer 850 nm receiver jitter tolerance testing (stressed eye) to 8x Fibre Channel and 10 Gb/s Ethernet Short Reach (10GBASE-SR) standards for transceiver types such as XFP and SFP+.

25 Feb 2008

Installation of Six COIL Modules on ABL Aircraft

The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a significant milestone for the revolutionary Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program with the installation of all six chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) modules on the ABL aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

24 Feb 2008

Testing Parallel Optical Devices in Communications Networks

The new MPO Loopback Series provides a convenient, compact device for looping back 8-to-12 fibers within a small compact housing for testing of optical links on PC blades, parallel optical devices and the new QSFP modules for higher-density SFP solutions.

24 Feb 2008

Photovoltaic System Designed to Complement One of London's Most Iconic Buildings

The solar panels on the roof of London's City Hall were officially unveiled today. City Hall now has a unique photovoltaic system designed to complement the rounded shape of one of London's most iconic buildings.

24 Feb 2008

Bringing Incredibly Unique and Stunning Light Fixtures Back to the Present

Elegance can often be defined as the utmost beauty and grace in both movement and form. Technology refers to the application of science toward industrial or commercial objectives. These two radically different yet complementary ideas unite with the advent of the fiber optic chandelier, a fixture that employs state-of-the-art lighting technology to stunningly beautiful effect.

24 Feb 2008

Future of Photonic Integration for Telecom Networks

Infinera will unveil its vision of the future of photonic integration for telecom networks at next week’s OFC/NFOEC 2008, the annual trade show and conference for the optical networking industry.

23 Feb 2008

Lab Demonstrations with Significant Implications for the Future Development of PIC

Infinera is today announcing the results of two lab demonstrations with significant implications for the future development path of photonic integration and high-capacity optical networks.

23 Feb 2008