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Stratosphere Detected on Massive, Blazing-Hot Exoplanet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive and blazing-hot exoplanet known as WASP-33b.

12 Jun 2015

Larson Electronics Introduces 800W Quadpod Mounted LED Work Area Light

Larson Electronics has added to its extensive range of industrial grade lighting equipment with the release of an 800 watt quadpod mounted work light. Built to provide a high power lighting solution that requires minimal setup time, the WAL-QP-2X400LTL-LED-100 provides operators with an ideal lighting solution that features a quadpod with solid wheels for portability and two 400 watt LED light heads.

12 Jun 2015

Laser World of Photonics: II-VI Infrared to Highlight FiberLight and FiberMate

II-VI Incorporated – II-VI Infrared, the world leader in laser optics, today announced that it will introduce the most compact and versatile 1um SHEET METAL CUTTING HEAD in its class as well as its innovative FiberMate - industrial laser collimator.

12 Jun 2015

Laurent Lombez Will Present Hyperspectral Characterization of Various Types of Solar Cells at the 42nd IEEE PVSC Meeting

Photon etc has developed a hyperspectral imaging platform (IMA) for solar cell’s analysis in collaboration with IRDEP (Institute of Research and Development on Photovoltaic Energy, France). Image Credit: Shutte...

From Photon etc 11 Jun 2015

Astronomers at ESO Observe Early Stages of Butterfly-Like Planetary Nebula

From striking images obtained through ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have identified, for the first time, what seems to be the initial stage of a butterfly-like planetary nebula formation from an ageing star.

11 Jun 2015

LENSAR Laser System Granted CE Mark for Five New Performance Application Upgrades

LENSAR, Inc., a global leader in next-generation femtosecond laser technology for refractive cataract surgery, today announced it has received the CE Mark from European Union regulators for a suite of five new application technologies integrated into the company’s flagship product, the LENSAR® Laser System.

11 Jun 2015

WDM & Next Generation Optical Series to Take Place 22-25 June at the Acropolis, Nice

This year's flagship event of the WDM & Next Generation Optical series covering Europe, Asia, USA, Africa and the Americas will take place at the Acropolis, Nice from June 22nd to the 25th. The conference is going to be bigger and better than ever featuring 115 different service providers from 65 countries, and over 750 delegates.

11 Jun 2015

Avlite Introduces Autonomous Solar Portable Airfield Lighting System Trailer

Avlite Systems today announced the next generation of its Solar Portable Airfield Lighting System trailer (Solar PALS). Avlite's PALS trailer is a convenient, fully transportable, autonomous lighting system for easy, rapid deployment supporting temporary or long term operations for both civil and defence aviation: fixed and rotary operations. The trailer can be supplied to meet ICAO or FAA standards.

11 Jun 2015

Laser World of Photonics 2015: II-VI Infrared to Launch Fused Silica Asphere Laser Optics

II-VI Incorporated II-VI Infrared, the world leader in laser optics, today announced that it will introduce customized fused silica aspheres for direct diode and fiber or disk laser applications at powers greater than 1kW.

11 Jun 2015

Mauna Kea Technologies’ Cellvizio Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Granted CE Mark for use in Interventional Radiology

Mauna Kea Technologies, inventor of Cellvizio®, the multidisciplinary confocal laser endomicroscopy platform, announced today CE mark for the use of Cellvizio in interventional radiology indications. This new regulatory milestone positions Cellvizio as a unique adjunct to important therapeutic procedures that are in great need for direct and real-time image-guidance.

11 Jun 2015

iLuv Releases Smartphone-Controlled Bluetooth Multicolor LED Light Bulb

iLuv Creative Technology announces the company's first app-enabled, Bluetooth® smart LED light bulb, Rainbow7™. Rainbow7™ is an easy-to-use, energy efficient LED bulb that allows owners to control their lighting wirelessly through their mobile devices.

11 Jun 2015

EXFO Unveils NetBlazer v2 Series Portable 10G Quad-Port Test Solution

EXFO Inc. today unveiled its new NetBlazer v2 series, the industry's smallest portable 10G Quad-port test solution designed to turn-up next-generation Ethernet services and manage multiple technologies with ease of use and simplicity. The NetBlazer v2 series leverages a highly intuitive interface backed by ultra-powerful processing to empower operators in greatly improving time to revenue.

From EXFO Inc. 11 Jun 2015

Micro-Epsilon Introduces Smartphone-Compatible, Self-Contained Optical Laser Micrometer

The optoCONTROL 2520 high performance, self-contained optical laser micrometer from Micro-Epsilon has been upgraded with several new features that simplify user set up and configuration.

11 Jun 2015

Highly Sophisticated Interference Filters Available from SCHOTT

Specialty glass expert SCHOTT develops and manufactures high-quality customized interference filters for use in a growing number of high-end research and industrial applications. SCHOTT can design sophisticated filters with extremely low tolerances that allow passage and blocking of differing wavelengths to meet any customer requirements, including new applications.

From SCHOTT North America, Inc. 10 Jun 2015

Ophir Optics to Demo Series of New Lenses for Use With High-Power Fiber Lasers at LASER World of PHOTONICS

Ophir Optics, a leading designer and manufacturer of precision infrared and laser optics, have developed a series of new collimating lenses, focusing lenses and protective windows for use with high-power fiber lasers that will help avoid thermal lensing and focus shift.

From Ophir Optronics Group 10 Jun 2015