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Optical Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Fiber Optic Communications

In just a few decades, new optical technologies have transformed the way we communicate. This year we celebrate Sir Charles Kao, 2009 Physics Nobel Prize winner, who 50 years ago discovered that a laser beam traveling down a single strand of low-loss glass optical fiber, has the ability to transfer the entire contents of a 1TB hard drive in about 31 milliseconds.

26 Mar 2016

Researchers Develop Closed Formula Meant to Reduce Camera Motion Blur

Whether taking photos recreationally or professionally, photographers understandably want their snapshots to appear sharp and clear. Image clarity is dependent on exposure time, or the amount of time that a camera's sensor is exposed to light while a photograph is being taken. During this period, the shutter opens and the camera counts the number of photons emitted by the subject.

25 Mar 2016

Diodes Introduces AL1697 LED Driver

Diodes Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today introduced the AL1697 LED driver.

25 Mar 2016

Panasonic Revamps Technology in Petersen Automotive Museum with Projectors and Professional Displays

Panasonic played a pivotal role in the renovation of the Los Angeles-based Petersen Automotive Museum, which reopened in December. The 14-month long project placed a significant focus on technology and making the exhibits relevant from an experiential point of view.

25 Mar 2016

ADVA Optical Networking Leads Silicon Photonics Enabling Exascale Data Networks Project

ADVA Optical Networking today announced that it is leading the Silicon Photonics Enabling Exascale Data Networks (SPEED) project. The project creates a platform for development, manufacturing and packaging of application-specific electro-photonic integrated circuits (ePICs) in silicon. ePICs combine electronic and optical functions on a single semiconductor chip, delivering better performance, smaller footprint and lower cost than competing solutions.

25 Mar 2016

EVT’s EyeVision Image Processing Software Now Supports Dino-Lite Digital Microscopes

The EyeVision image processing software by EVT now supports the digital microscope Dino-Lite. This combination is unbeatable when it comes to machine vision. The Dino-Lite Edge microscope with 5 Megapixel is especially designed for superior image quality, compact form factor, and ease-of-use.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 25 Mar 2016

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Announces Private Technology Demonstration at OFC 2016

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of high-performance RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced a private technology demonstration at OFC 2016, featuring a complete electronics chip-set utilizing PAM-4 technology and enabling a 56Gbps per lane data rate.

24 Mar 2016

OFC 2016: Mellanox Technologies Demonstrates 50Gb/s Silicon Photonics Optical Modulators and Detectors

Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end intelligent interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems announced a demonstration of 50Gb/s silicon photonics optical modulators and detectors at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) conference.

24 Mar 2016

Applied Optoelectronics’ New Products on Display at OFC 2016

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet data center, and fiber-to-the-home markets, will be demonstrating a 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) link using its proprietary transceiver technology at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) conference that is taking place on March 22-24, in Anaheim, California at booth #1415.

24 Mar 2016

EVT Eye Vision Technology Presents Calibration Tool for 3D Scanner

With the MCT3D (Metric Calibration Tool) EVT is presenting a calibration tool for 3D scanner. The tool is available not only for the EyeVision 3D programming software, but also as stand-alone Lib, which can be integrated into a C++ application.

24 Mar 2016

Infinera Launches Infinite Capacity Engine Multi-Terabit Optical Subsystem

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced the introduction of the Infinite Capacity Engine, a multi-terabit optical subsystem enabling a step function in optical wave division multiplexing (WDM) performance. The Infinite Capacity Engine is the first optical subsystem in the industry to offer network operators the combined benefits of delivering optical super-channel capacity up to 2.4 terabits per second (Tb/s) and reach up to 12,000 kilometers in a single small package.

24 Mar 2016

NASA Announces Completion of Key Milestones for James Webb Space Telescope

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just got a little closer to launch with the completion of cryogenic testing on its science cameras and spectrographs and the installation of the final flight mirrors.

24 Mar 2016

Compact HD Zoom Lens to Help Monitor Nuclear Transients

Resolve Optics reports that the application entry from the Krsko Nuclear Power Plant (Krsko, Slovenia) has been selected as the winner of its recent 'Win a Z10 HD zoom lens' competition.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 23 Mar 2016

ADVA Optical Networking Unveils New MicroMux Module

ADVA Optical Networking today unveiled its new MicroMux(TM) module - the latest addition to its FSP 3000 CloudConnect(TM) solution. The module provides unprecedented client port flexibility for data center interconnect (DCI) applications without compromising power, space or spectral efficiency. The active QSFP28 adapter has been specifically designed to convert 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) client ports into either 10 x 10GbE ports or 2 x 40GbE ports.

23 Mar 2016

Superior Essex Debuts EnduraLite Indoor/Outdoor Loose Tube Optical Fiber Cable

Superior Essex announces the launch of its EnduraLite™ Indoor/Outdoor Loose Tube optical fiber cable. Robust and flexible, the EnduraLite cable is uniquely designed to handle tough weather conditions in applications that require a transition of optical fiber between indoor and outdoor environments.

23 Mar 2016