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Samsung Raises Light Efficacy for Chip-on-Board Family of LED Packages

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced component solutions, announced today that it has raised the light efficacy for its chip-on-board (COB) family of LED packages to the highest in the industry. Samsung’s LC013B, LC026B and LC040B feature a compact light emitting surface (LES) with high light output that is designed for use in high performance LED products.

29 Jan 2014

SPIE Photonics WEST 2014: Clemson Professor to Present at ‘Pioneers of Fiber Optics’

Clemson professor Roger Stolen was selected to present at a special session titled "Pioneers of Fiber Optics" at SPIE Photonics WEST 2014, the world's leading biomedical optics, optical microelectromechanical systems, photonics and industrial laser conference and exhibition.

29 Jan 2014

Silicon Photonics for Mass Markets

Researchers from the University of Southampton have been awarded over £6m to bring silicon photonics to mass markets and revolutionise a wide range of applications in computing, communications, domestic appliances and healthcare.

29 Jan 2014

Technology Forecast Report on 400 G, OTN and Next-Generation Transport Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "400 G, OTN and Next-Generation Transport: A Market and Technology Forecast" report to their offering.

29 Jan 2014

IDS Imaging Introduce New UI-3580CP-C Industrial Cameras

IDS Imaging Development Systems, a global leader in medical vision and machine vision technology, has positioned itself for leadership in the USB 3.0 category with the introduction of its UI-3580CP-C industrial cameras offering the new Aptina 5 Megapixel CMOS sensor.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 28 Jan 2014

UMass Amherst Mathematician Recognized for Work on Nonlinear Waves and Wave Equations

Mathematician Panayotis Kevrekidis at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently won two international prizes that recognize his work on nonlinear waves and wave equations, which marries mathematics and physics to better understand how fiber optics communication systems work, for example. It may eventually help to make them more stable and robust.

28 Jan 2014

Soitec Lighting Releases T8 LED Tube Product Family for North American Market

Soitec Lighting, a division of Soitec (Euronext) serving the commercial, industrial and institutional sectors by selling efficient LED lighting solutions, has unveiled its new T8 LED tube product family for the North American market. This line of solid-state replacement products for fluorescent T8 tubes compliments Soitec's existing European tube series.

28 Jan 2014

Green Bank Telescope Reveals River of Hydrogen Flowing Through Space

Using the National Science Foundation’s Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomer D.J. Pisano from West Virginia University has discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space. This very faint, very tenuous filament of gas is streaming into the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 and may help explain how certain spiral galaxies keep up their steady pace of star formation.

28 Jan 2014

New Optical Imaging Technique Helps Better Understand Facelift Complications

Millions of people each year remove wrinkles, soften creases and plump up their lips by injecting a gel-like material into their facial tissue. These cosmetic procedures are sometimes called "liquid facelifts" and are said to be minimally invasive.

28 Jan 2014

Amerlux Enters Lighting Manufacturer Partnership with Sensity Systems

Amerlux LLC, a global leader in lighting solutions, and Sensity Systems, the pioneer of Light Sensory Networks (LSNs), today announced that the two companies have entered into a lighting manufacturer partnership for Amerlux to deliver LSN-ready luminaires—helping to establish Sensity’s NetSense platform as the LSN industry standard.

28 Jan 2014

Polymicro Technologies to Exhibit Enhanced FDP Optical Fiber at SPIE BiOS/Photonics West

Polymicro Technologies, a subsidiary of Molex Incorporated, will showcase the recently announced improvements to its FDP optical fiber at SPIE BiOS/Photonics West, February 1-6, booth 8323/323. The latest enhancements improve solarization resistance of the fiber in deep UV applications (190 – 325 nm).

28 Jan 2014

Larson Electronics Releases New Bar Clamp Mounted LED Spotlight

Larson Electronics has announced the release of a new Bar Clamp Mounted LED Spotlight. This Bar Clamp Mounted Spotlight offers high output in a durable, low profile housing and provides an ideal lighting solution for golf carts, boats, ATVs and UTVs.

28 Jan 2014

SPIE Photonics West to Feature Element Six’s Paper on Single-Crystal Diamond for Optical Components

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today announced that Principal Research Scientist Dr. Andrew Bennett will present a paper on the topic of single-crystal diamond for optical components at the 2014 SPIE Photonics West conference and exhibition.

From Element Six 28 Jan 2014

Altera to Exhibit Innovative Solutions at DesignCon 2014

Altera Corporation will discuss how its innovations in semiconductor design are paving the way for its Generation 10 products to enable the evolution of next-generation networks at DesignCon 2014.

28 Jan 2014

EXFO Expands Portable Fiber-Optic Test Equipment Portfolio

EXFO Inc. today announced the addition of the FIP-430B Fully Automated Fiber Inspection Probe to its portfolio of portable fiber-optic test equipment.

28 Jan 2014