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FreeBeam Series Temperature Stabilized Diode Laser Module Available from RGBLase

RGBLase, LLC, a leading manufacturer for OEM laser modules and photonic total solution provider, today announced the introduction of a new product family: the FreeBeam series of free space semiconductor laser module. The FreeBeam series combines high performance semiconductor laser diode, optical collimation and beam correction system, high efficiency temperature control electronics, laser power monitoring and laser diode drive electronics into a compact size.

17 Jan 2008

Aesthetic Lasers Announces Partnership with Laser Manufacturer

Aesthetic Lasers, Inc., today announced a strategic partnership with the internationally popular Aesthetic and Dermatological laser manufacturer, Fotona. Under the new agreement ALI will take over all import and distribution responsibilities for Fotona medical laser products sold in the US.

17 Jan 2008

Nextreme Thermal Releases Latest Ultra-High Packing Fraction OptoCooler Module

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, announces the availability of a new thermoelectric module - the Ultra-High Packing Fraction (UPF) OptoCooler module - that addresses the latest cooling and temperature control requirements for optoelectronics, electronics, medical, military and aerospace applications.

17 Jan 2008

Crystalix Enters Asset Purchase Agreement with U.C. Laser

CRYSTALIX GROUP INTERNATIONAL, Inc. and its subsidiary Lazer-Tek Designs are excited to announce that on December 29, 2005 they entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with U.C. Laser, Ltd. of Israel (DBA Crystal Impressions).

17 Jan 2008

LightPath Enters Venture Agreement with China's Largest Optical Glass Manufacturer

LightPath Technologies, Inc. announced that on January 8, 2008, it entered into a joint venture agreement with CDGM Glass Co., Ltd. LightPath and CDGM will each own a 50% interest in the joint venture which will be organized under the name "LightPath CDGM Chengdu Optical Co., Ltd." and located in Chengdu, China. The initial capital contribution of each party to the joint venture will be a cash investment equivalent to five million U.S. dollars.

17 Jan 2008

Fluorescence Imaging System Receives FDA Clearance for Use in Organ Transplant Surgery

Novadaq(R) Technologies Inc., a developer of medical imaging systems for the operating room, announced today that it has received 510(k) pre-market notification clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its imaging system for use during organ transplant surgery.

17 Jan 2008

Contact Lens with Imprinted Electronic Circuit and Lights

Contact lenses with metal connectors for electronic circuits were safely worn by rabbits in lab tests.

17 Jan 2008

Using Sunlight to Produce Hydrogen

ASU intends to develop in a new program that uses bacteria and sunlight to generate hydrogen, a clean fuel that produces no greenhouse gases.

16 Jan 2008

Beautiful Colour on Butterfly Wings May Help Create Impressive Optic Effects in Paint

Nowhere in nature is there so much beautiful colour as on the wings of butterflies. Scientists, however, are still baffled about exactly how these colours are created.

16 Jan 2008

Photon Dynamics Receives Order for Flat Panel Display Test and Repair System

Photon Dynamics, Inc., a global supplier utilizing advanced machine vision technology to provide market leading Liquid Crystal Display yield enhancement systems and high performance digital imaging systems for defense, surveillance, industrial inspection and medical imaging applications, today announced that it has received an order for its market leading ArrayChecker"! flat panel display test and ArraySaver"! repair system from Plastic Logic Limited for their new flexible electronic paper display manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany.

16 Jan 2008

Pixelplus to Supply SoC Image Sensors for Mobile Camera Phones

Pixelplus Co., Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company in Korea that designs, develops, and markets CMOS image sensors for various consumer electronics applications, today announced that the Company has secured a strategic design win to supply its PO4010 CIF 'System-on-a-Chip' ("SoC") image sensors ("PO4010") for use in upcoming mobile camera phones of Pantech.

16 Jan 2008

Using Semiconductor Nanowires to Increase Efficiency of PV Technology

Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cleanfield Energy Corp, has developed a strategic partnership with McMaster University's Department of Engineering Physics by way of a research collaboration agreement dated December 18, 2007 between Cleanfield, McMaster and the Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.. The project is being partially funded by OCE's Centre for Photonics. OCE is a not for profit organization partially funded by the Government of Ontario.

16 Jan 2008

QPC Lasers Showcases Next Generation Products at SPIE Photonics West Conference

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it will showcase its next generation products and technologies at the SPIE Photonics West Conference and at the Biomedical Optics (BIOS) Exhibition on January 19-24th in San Jose, CA.

16 Jan 2008

New Therapeutic Laser Technology Sets Clinicians Apart

Chiropractors, athletic trainers, physical therapists and other medical professionals are expanding their practices with affordable therapeutic laser devices that combine super pulsed laser, infrared, visible red light and magnetic field. FDA 510(k)-cleared therapeutic laser devices, such as TerraQuant® developed by Multi Radiance Medical, deliver photons to targeted areas of the body to relieve pain and swelling.

16 Jan 2008

Turnkey Solution Dramatically Increases Efficiencies of Solar Cells

Braggone, the optoelectronics materials company, has signed a joint development agreement with equipment supplier Beneq that offers a turnkey solution to provide a custom matched material and toolset for the maximum manufacturing efficiency and product performance of solar cells.

16 Jan 2008