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Excelitas Technologies Introduces High-Repetition Rate LINOS Double BBO Pockels Cells for Fast Q-switching Lasers

Two Crystals in Optical Series Enable the Fastest Possible Switching Rates Available Today!

From Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG 19 Feb 2016

Precision Optics Manufactured by ZYGO Enable Scientists to Confirm Detection of Gravitational Waves

Zygo Corporation congratulates the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for its successful detection of gravitational waves and thereby confirming one of the major predictions of Albert Einstein's 1915 General Theory of Relativity.

From Zygo Corporation 19 Feb 2016

ZTE Researchers Set New Capacity Record for Optical Fiber Link

The amount of data traffic on the internet and between servers in datacenters has exploded in the past few decades and shows no signs of slowing down.

19 Feb 2016

Musco’s LED Lighting System to be Installed in Houston Astros

When Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros take the field on April 11 against the Kansas City Royals at Minute Maid Park, it will be under Musco’s cutting-edge SportsCluster Green™ LED system. As part of continued upgrades to Minute Maid Park, the new lighting system will provide unprecedented levels of energy efficiency and enhance the spectator experience at the ballpark.

19 Feb 2016

OIF Approves Implementation Agreement on Pluggable Coherent Optics Modules for Industry Applications

The membership of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has approved an Implementation Agreement (IA) on pluggable coherent optics modules for industry use.

19 Feb 2016

Avid’s Newest US Office Installs Cree LED Lighting with SmartCast Technology

Avid Solutions, an international automation, industrial IT and smart manufacturing engineering firm, selected Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) LED lighting with SmartCast® Technology to deliver intelligent light for its newest U.S. office in Winston-Salem, N.C.

19 Feb 2016

CANYVAL-X Mission Demonstrating Virtual-Telescope Tech Expected to Launch in Mid-2016

NASA engineers Neerav Shah and Phil Calhoun will realize a long-held ambition later this year when a Space-X launch vehicle deploys two tiny satellites that will fly in a precise formation to create, in effect, a single or "virtual" telescope benefitting a range of scientific disciplines.

19 Feb 2016

Soraa’s New Flicker Free MR16 LED Lamp Eliminates Stroboscopic Effect Problem

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced today that it has incorporated advanced digital drivers into its award winning MR16 LED lamps—making them flicker free.

From SORAA 19 Feb 2016

Ricoh Imaging Americas Launches Compact and Lightweight HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6ED DC WR Lens

Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation today announced the HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6ED DC WR lens. This new, compact and lightweight zoom lens provides the most frequently requested focal-length range for general photography, from wide angle to medium telephoto.

18 Feb 2016

ESI Introduces Garnet Adaptable Laser Micromachining Platform for High-End Production Applications

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., an innovator of laser-based manufacturing solutions for the micromachining industry, today introduced the Garnet™ adaptable laser micromachining platform for high-volume cutting, marking, drilling or engraving applications.

18 Feb 2016

Tri-State LED Installs LED Lamps & Fixtures at Lattimer Group Facility

Tri-State LED, a division of Revolution Lighting Technologies, today announced it has provided LED lighting solutions for Lattimer Group's offices and manufacturing facilities located in Vineland, N.J. The retrofit installed LED lighting solutions to reduce lighting energy use by 70%, saving more than $27,000 annually, while significantly improving light levels.

18 Feb 2016

U.S. Retail Giant Places Order for Energy Focus’ Tubular LED Products

Energy Focus, Inc., a leader in LED lighting technologies, today announced that it has received initial orders for 25 stores for its tubular LED products for Kohl’s, the second largest department store chain and the 23rd largest retail chain in the U.S. by sales with over 1,100 stores.

18 Feb 2016

Meller Optics Introduces Sapphire & Ruby Balls for Creating Short Focal Length Micro Lenses

Meller Optics, Inc. has introduced a line of sapphire and ruby balls which can be precision ground into lenses featuring short focal lengths for micro air vehicles or fly-sized insect drones used in military surveillance.

18 Feb 2016

UAH Scientists Use Lidar to Measure Ozone Caused by Lightning

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have used UAH’s Rocket-city Ozone (O3) Quality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3QET) Lidar to measure ozone that was chemically produced by summertime lightning over the United States, research that could be important to air quality prediction and assessment once it is developed further.

17 Feb 2016

Filmetrics Introduces Low-Cost Optical Profiler that Measures 3D Surfaces with High Accuracy

Filmetrics has announced the release of the world’s first low-cost optical profiler. With an entry price of only $25,000, the Profilm3D significantly increases the accessibility of profilometry equipment.

17 Feb 2016