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Rigid TV Screens and Still Image Posters are to be a Thing of the Past

Rigid television screens, bulky laptops and still image posters are to be a thing of the past as new research, published today, Thursday, 2 October, in the New Journal of Physics, heralds the beginning of a technological revolution for screen displays.

1 Oct 2008

Physicists Unveil Novel Process that Promises to Kick-Start Quantum Technology Sector

For years, physicists have been heralding the revolutionary potential of using quantum mechanics to build a new generation of supercomputers, unbreakable codes, and ultra-fast and secure communication networks.

25 Sep 2008

AMS Technologies Announces Availability of HyBoard Hybrid PIC Platform Throughout Europe

CIP Technologies (CIP) has officially launched the HyBoard(TM) hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) platform, which is available from AMS Technologies throughout Europe.

25 Sep 2008

Quantum Dots-Based Laser Technology Receives 2008 Frost + Sullivan Award

Innolume announced today that it received the 2008 Frost + Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award. The Award was presented at the 2008 Growth Excellence Awards Banquet on September 16, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

24 Sep 2008

Laser Energetics Acquires Light Transmitter Technology

Laser Energetics, Inc. announced today that the Company has completed the acquisition of a strategic light transmitter technology. The technology, which is referred to as TRT, has a superior way of transmitting and diffusing light which is utilized in consumer products, ranging from mobile phones, and PDA's to computer screens, as well as signage applications.

23 Sep 2008

Hitachi and Opnext Achieve 43Gbit/s Transmission over 10km Optical Fiber

Hitachi, Ltd. and Opnext, Inc. today announce the development of its next generation semiconductor laser for 40 Gbit/s optical transmission. The new uncooled optical modulator integrated laser which does not require temperature control, has provided the world's first successful 10km single mode fiber transmission with a transmission speed of 43Gbit/s. This transmission was achieved during a test trial within a wide temperature range from 25°C to 85°C.

23 Sep 2008

StockerYale Opens State-of-the-Art LED Manufacturing and R+D Facility

StockerYale, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today opened a state-of-the-art facility in Cork, Ireland.

23 Sep 2008

Dual-Use Housing Provides Multi-Lane and Multi-Vehicle Speed Enforcement

An innovative next-generation solution from VITRONIC now enables police forces to provide fixed and mobile speed enforcement from a single solution. The 'dual-use' housing system consists of LIDAR (laser-based) technology which captures speeding vehicles on up to 3 lanes in a single direction.

23 Sep 2008

Applied Optoelectronics Announces Pluggable Transceiver for WDM-PONs

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), a leading manufacturer of laser diodes, photodetectors, and optical modules for fiber optic communications systems, today announces a small form-factor pluggable transceiver designed for operation in colorless Optical Networking Terminals (ONTs) used in Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Networks (WDM-PONs).

22 Sep 2008

CO2 Laser Scalpel Provides Surgeons with No-Touch Surgical Tool For Precision Brain and Spine Surgery

OmniGuide, Inc., announced today the introduction of the new BeamPath NEURO(TM), the first flexible CO2 laser scalpel for neurosurgery. The BeamPath NEURO fiber provides surgeons with a precise, no-touch microsurgical tool for various central nervous system (CNS) procedures, including intracranial tumor surgeries, spine tumor surgeries and transnasal pituitary surgeries. BeamPath NEURO is designed for operating near critical structures, for accessing difficult to reach regions of the brain and for minimizing thermal injury to adjacent healthy tissue of the brain or spine.

22 Sep 2008