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UV Light Could Prevent Waterborne Disease Outbreaks

A major public health issue and economic problem has been addressed in experiments carried out by researchers from the University Denis Diderot in Paris, and the VEOLIA Research Center in Maisons-Laffitte (France).

18 Oct 2007

BTI Photonic Changing Name and Plans to Open a New Design Centre

BTI Photonic Systems is changing its name to BTI Systems and has plans to open a new design centre in Marlborough, Mass.

18 Oct 2007

New Way of Laser Marking Substrates by Laser Energetics

Laser Energetics, Inc. announces that it has invented a new laser process which encompasses a new way of laser marking substrates (pills, gum, batteries, etc.) of most any type, through its plastic container, or packaging. The Company has filed a patent application in the U.S.

18 Oct 2007

New Approaches to Diagnosing and Treating Coronary Artery Disease

Prescient Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company dedicated to reducing deaths from heart attacks, has unveiled a unique, new catheter-based diagnostic tool, the vPredict(TM) Optical Catheter System, and a new treatment, the vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield, for use in the cardiac catheterization lab.

18 Oct 2007

World's Largest Digital Camera Will Soon Be Scanning the Sky

A colossal 1.4 gigapixel digital camera has just been deployed on the Pan-STARRS-1 (PS1) telescope in Maui, Hawaii. The PS1 is the first of four identical telescopes that make up a $100 M project designed to search the sky for potentially hazardous asteroids.

18 Oct 2007

Plastic Laser Has Come One Step Closer

The plastic laser has come one step closer, with researchers in the US and Japan developing a new way to make luminescent semiconducting polymers emit and confine polarized light. The results could lead to brighter polarized sources for products with LED-type displays, such as portable computers and mobile phones.

18 Oct 2007

Two-Color Two-Photon Absorption Has Been Used to Image Blood Vessels

A US team has developed a technique to image hemoglobin in red blood cells with micrometer resolution, but without the need to inject external contrast agents or dyes into the blood. The method might also differentiate between oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, which would be a crucial step in cancer studies. (Optics Letters, 32, 2641).

18 Oct 2007

nLight Continues its Rapid Growth with Acquisition of Fiber Manufacturer

nLight of the US has announced the acquisition of Liekki, the Finnish fiber manufacturer. The acquisition, which will be completed by the end of the month, will enable nLight to expand its product portfolio to supply a complete chain from semiconductor lasers and fibers to optical modules.

18 Oct 2007

Alma Lasers Continues to Stand Behind Product

Alma Lasers Ltd., a global leader in the development and commercialization of innovative aesthetic laser, light-based, and radiofrequency systems, filed a response last week denying all Lumenis' patent infringement claims. Alma Lasers will vigorously defend its position.

18 Oct 2007

Tomophase OCT System Designed to Visualise Cross-Sectional Images of Human Bronchial Tissue

Tomophase Corporation announced today that it will display the first cross-sectional images of excised human bronchial tissue using their patented optical coherence tomography ("OCT") system at the CHEST meeting in Chicago, October 22nd through October 24th.

18 Oct 2007

Philips Awarded Contract to Develop New Light Test System

Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, the entity formed by Philips' recent acquisition of Boston's Color Kinetics Inc., has been awarded a $250,000 contract by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

18 Oct 2007

Cree Hoping to Spread Word About LED Technology with New Partner

A new partnership with Duke Energy has Cree hoping to spread the word about its light-emitting diode technology.

18 Oct 2007

'Seeing in the Dark' Internet Telescope

It appears that video games are not the only hot item in the cosmos. In its first month of operation, the Seeing in the Dark Internet Telescope (SIDIT) has shot images of distant galaxies and nebulae in response to requests from more than 1,000 students around the world.

17 Oct 2007

Modulight Announced Arrival of High-Power Laser Chip Housed in 9-mm TO-Can

Modulight, Inc., a manufacturer of high- performance optical semiconductor components, today announced the arrival of its laser family's newest member: the high-power, single-emitter 1550 nm laser chip housed in a 9-mm TO-can. The product code is ML1470.

17 Oct 2007

JDSU Formed Partnership with Optical Transport Systems Company to Provide 40G to Telecom Industry

JDSU today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Mintera, a high bit-rate optical transport systems solutions leader, to provide a complete 40 gigabits per second (40G) solution set to the telecom industry.

17 Oct 2007