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Next Generation Optical Storage Systems using Electrically Powered Semiconductor Laser Diodes

Scientists have developed electrically powered semiconductor laser diodes that operate at a shorter wavelength than any others used today. The lasers, described online this week in Nature Photonics ("A 342-nm ultraviolet AlGaN multiplequantum-well laser diode"), could be used for the next generation of optical storage systems following today's Blu-ray disks, and will have applications in biomedicine, materials processing and microchip manufacture.

28 Jul 2008

Harvard University Demonstrates Highly Directional Semiconductor Lasers

Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller beam divergence than conventional ones. The innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications. Harvard University has also filed a broad patent on the invention.

27 Jul 2008

Pirelli Group Forms Strategic Alliance in Integrated Photonics

The Pirelli Group and CyOptics, Inc. announce the formation of a strategic alliance in integrated photonics.

25 Jul 2008

Lambda Photometrics Announces Two New Tunable OPO Laser Systems from Opotek

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce two new tunable OPO laser systems from Opotek, the high-repetition rate Opolette HR and the high-energy Opolette HE.

24 Jul 2008

Astron Clinica to Distribute Palomar's Range of Aesthetic Imaging Products

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, announced today that it has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Astron Clinica, Ltd. to distribute a range of aesthetic imaging products in the United States and Canada.

23 Jul 2008

New Laser Diode Driver Gives Customers Greater Flexibility in SFP Module Designs

Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched a new 4.25Gbps FP/DFB Laser Diode Driver. The SY88422L is a single 3.3V supply, small form-factor laser driver capable of delivering up to 90mA modulation current and 100mA bias current.

23 Jul 2008

Leader in Laser Vision Correction Celebrates More Than Half a Million Lives Transformed

LCA-Vision Inc., a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus(R) brand, today announced that one million laser vision correction procedures have been performed at its LasikPlus(R) vision centers. LCA-Vision opened its first laser vision correction center in Cincinnati, Ohio shortly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the technology to perform procedures in October 1995.

23 Jul 2008

Extracting Quantitative Image Information from Hyperspectral Images

Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate a new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT in Bldg. 897 on Kirtland Air Force Base. This patent-protected and patent-pending technology has been combined with Sandia's unique and proprietary multivariate algorithms and software to form a complete system for the extraction of quantitative image information from hyperspectral images.

22 Jul 2008

Lambda Photometrics Now Supply Replacement RGB Lasers for Durst Lambda 130

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce that we can now supply replacement red, green and blue lasers for the Durst Lambda 130 digital photo imager system.

22 Jul 2008

MicronViewer Extremely Useful for Applications Requiring High-Quality Imaging Performance

Electrophysics has introduced a new near-infrared imaging camera for use with spectroscopy, laser beam profiling and infrared analysis in the wavelength range from visible to 2 microns. The new MicronViewer 7292M is extremely useful for R+D applications requiring high-quality imaging performance, flexibility for image analysis and maximum stability.

22 Jul 2008