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Emcore to Consolidate Fiber Optics Engineering and Design Centers

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, today announced the consolidation of its North American fiber optics engineering and design centers into its three main operating sites.

2 Sep 2007

World's First Live Cryotherapy and Laser Procedures Symposium

The first interactive symposium on minimally invasive techniques in urology to feature live cryotherapy and laser surgery takes place today in Paris, one day prior to the prestigious SIU (Société Internationale d’Urologie) Congress. This innovative educational symposium is sponsored by Galil Medical, in collaboration with the equipment donors Lisa Laser Products and Karl Storz.

2 Sep 2007

Machine Vision System Allows Monitoring of Conveyor Belt Production Lines via Ethernet

Firstsight Vision has announced the availability of a new machine vision timing controller that allows accurate timing control for a variety of events in production line machine vision systems. These include component sensing, camera triggering and reject gate control.

2 Sep 2007

High Power LED Lighting Solutions for Domestic Applications

Depending on the lens used, the new Golden Dragon from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is a strong light source for medium or flood beam characteristics with white or colored light. The special feature of this LED is that it makes it much easier to construct luminaires and therefore opens up a much wider range of design options. Minimal dimensions will inspire luminaire designers to create exceptional products for accent lighting or as reading lights that consume only a few watts.

2 Sep 2007

OSRAM LEDs Used in Street Lights

As communities with a commitment to environmental protection, Diex and Hörbranz (Austria) place great value on solar energy and low power consumption for their street lighting. This does not mean that brightness has to be compromised, however, as brilliant street lights equipped with Golden Dragon Oval LEDs amply demonstrate. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed special oval lenses for this application that direct the light accurately onto the street.

2 Sep 2007

Gerresheimer Manufacture Xenon Lamp Holders Using Liquid Crystal Polymer

Gerresheimer Wilden Group is one of the first companies in the world to process liquid crystal polymer in series production. Xenon lamp holders are manufactured for Osram in a sophisticated, fully automated production process. These durable, highly illuminating lighting systems are becoming increasingly successful as they improve nighttime visibility conditions.

31 Aug 2007

New Peltier Coolers For Lasers, Photonics and Sensors

Micropelt
GmbH, manufacturer of thin film thermoelectric devices,
announces a significant technology advancement in its ultra-small,
microchip thermoelectric coolers (TECs). The new MPC-D303 Series, one
of Micropelt’s smallest TECs with a cold side area of only
0.98 square millimeters (mm2), supports a
maximum temperature difference (delta T) of over 60 Kelvin (K). This
increased delta T opens possibilities for laser and photonic sensor
manufacturers whose applications require a large bandwidth of thermal
control.

30 Aug 2007

First Epitaxial Structures for Blue and Green LEDs by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy HVPE

Technologies and Devices International, Inc., (TDI), the leading developer and supplier of compound nitride semiconductor materials, today announced another major breakthrough in Gallium Nitride (GaN) compound semiconductor material technology by fabrication of the first epitaxial structures for blue (450 – 490 nm) and green (490 – 510 nm) light emitting diodes (LEDs) grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE).

30 Aug 2007

Nikon Offers New Stereo Zoom Microscopes

The Nikon SMZ range of stereo zoom microscopes has been further extended with the launch of the new SMZ445 and SMZ460 models. With fixed inclination angles of 45 and 60 degrees, these latest additions provide a new entry-point into the high quality optical performance that defines the SMZ range.

30 Aug 2007

High Resolution XRF Imaging Microscope from Horiba Jobin Yvon

HORIBA Jobin Yvon is pleased to offer the XGT-7000, the latest system in the XGT series of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) microscopes. This ground breaking instrument offers fast, high sensitivity qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis and imaging, transmission x-ray imaging, unique dual vacuum modes, and dedicated imaging acquisition/analysis software.

30 Aug 2007

Photonic Quantum Technology Research Gets Needed Boost

Photonic quantum information science could soon move out of the laboratory and be used in future technologies like quantum computers thanks to a grant of over £1 million.

29 Aug 2007

Ultima IV X-ray Diffractometer Introduced By Rigaku With Small Footprint and Cross Beam Optics

Rigaku Americas Corporation announced the introduction of the Ultima IV X-ray diffractometer, an advanced general purpose X-ray diffraction

29 Aug 2007

Additives Enhanced Laser Marking and Laser Welding of Clear Plastics

The marking and transmission welding of transparent plastics is an interesting subject which is of increasing importance for many plastic products.

29 Aug 2007

Laser Microdissection for Life Science Applications with the Carl Zeiss PALM Microbeam IV

Carl Zeiss introduces the PALM MicroBeam IV, a system designed to cleanly extract even the smallest biomaterials from heterogeneous tissue and cell colonies. The patented Laser Microdissection and Pressure Catapulting (LMPC) process at the core of the PALM MicroBeam provides a pure and contact-free optical technique that is gentle enough to facilitate microdissection and manipulation of even living cells in culture.

29 Aug 2007

IPG Photonics to Supply US Navy with Fiber Lasers

IPG Photonics Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a $3.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to supply the Naval Warfare Surface Center with a 44 kilowatt fiber laser system.

29 Aug 2007