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Laser Components and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Announce North American Franchise Agreement for Distribution of Semiconductor Laser Products

Laser Components IG, Inc., a leading NAFTA distributor of high technology semiconductor pulsed lasers, detectors, high power laser optics and polarizers; and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Inc., one of the worldwide leaders in semiconductor diode laser technology; today announced a franchise distribution agreement throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico effective May 1, 2007.

27 Jul 2007

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Presents High-Power Portfolio at Laser Fair 2007

In addition to the world's smallest and first surface-mountable high-power laser for continuous wave mode (cw mode), OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will be presenting water-cooled vertical laser stacks and laser bars in standard “CS mount” casings for the first time in Europe in Hall B1, Stand 402.

27 Jul 2007

Smallest Continuous Wave Laser in the World

This tiny 2.5 mm high laser has a footprint of only 6.0 x 4.5 mm². The dustproof, electrically insulated package has an impressively small thermal resistance of just about 2.5 K/W. This tiny unit is designed for ...

27 Jul 2007

New Metamaterial May Bring Better Optics

Engineers at Purdue University are the first researchers to create a material that has a "negative index of refraction" in the wavelength of light used for telecommunications, a step that could lead to better communications and imaging technologies.

24 Jul 2007

University of Central Florida and Holochip Announce Global Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents

The University of Central Florida has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a portfolio of technologies that will allow zoom lenses, such as those used in digital cameras and camera phones, to be manufactured at a dramatically smaller size without compromising clarity.

22 Jul 2007

Spectacular Imaging from Leica Microsystems

This year, Leica Microsystems, a Wetzlar, Germany-based optics manufacturer, is presenting sensational fluorescence images at the world's largest industry trade show for solutions in the fields of analytics, laboratory technology and life sciences.

21 Jul 2007

New Products for Medical Applications from Leica Microsystems

Leica Microsystems' user base is growing all the time, ranging from research scientists and doctors to lab assistants.

21 Jul 2007

New Leica M620 F18 Microscope for Eye Surgery

Although modern medical technology has reduced the time it takes to perform ophthalmic surgery, the workload has steadily increased as more operations are performed per day with less time between cases.

21 Jul 2007

Leica Microsystems Develops Stefan Hell's Award-Winning STED Microscope

On November 23, 2006, Professor Stefan Hell, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, was presented with the prestigious German Future Award by Federal President Horst Köhler.

21 Jul 2007

Veeco and Leica Microsystems to Collaborate

Veeco Instruments and Leica Microsystems GmbH, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical microscopy imaging systems, have finalized a collaboration to drive research in biological and nano-medicine communities.

From Veeco 21 Jul 2007