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Single-Mode Nanowire Laser Offers High Mode Quality and Low Lasing Threshold

Researchers from the Peking University in Beijing and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou have published the outcome of their research on a single-nanowire laser, which operates in a single mode, in Nano Letters issue.

14 Mar 2011

Boston Researchers Receive Funds to Develop Nanoscale Optical Microscope

W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to researchers at Boston College to develop a new microscope called the nanoscale coaxial optical microscope (NCOM).

9 Feb 2011

Download a Free Trial of Lumericals' Latest Nanophotonics Design Software

Lumerical Solutions, Inc., a global provider of nanophotonics design software, today announced the immediate release of FDTD Solutions 7.5. This release features a concurrent computing capability which allows users to easily distribute simulations on multiple independent computer resources.

From Lumerical Solutions, Inc. 13 Jan 2011

Surrey NanoSystems Announces Sale of NanoGrowth-Catalyst System for Optoelectronics Applications

Surrey NanoSystems has sold its latest nanomaterial growth system to the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the École Polytechnique of Montreal for optoelectronics and other applications.

12 Jan 2011

Pixtronix, CMI Develop PerfectLight MEMS Display Technology

Developer of display products, Pixtronix has developed the PerfectLight MEMS display technology for mobile applications, in collaboration with Chimei Innolux (CMI).

9 Nov 2010

New MEMS Optical Switch from DiCon Fiberoptics

DiCon Fiberoptics, manufacturer of high-quality optical switches, has introduced a new MEMS optical switch that is developed with a multimode 50 µm core fiber.

From DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. 19 Oct 2010

Bruker Acquires Veeco’s OIM and AFM Businesses

Bruker, a provider of scientific devices, has purchased the optical industrial metrology (OIM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) instruments businesses of Veeco Instruments, for $229.4 million.

15 Oct 2010

Hitachi Displays, Pixtronix Co-Develop PerfectLight MEMS Display Technology

Hitachi Displays and Pixtronix have collaboratively developed the PerfectLight MEMS display technology.

5 Oct 2010

Multi-System Order for Ultratech Laser Spike Annealing Tools

Provider of laser-processing systems, Ultratech announced that it has obtained a multiple-system order from a logic foundry in Asia, for its laser spike annealing (LSA) system.

30 Sep 2010

ORION Plus Helium Ion Microscope Allows Research in Nano-Fabrication

Researchers are exploring the applications of Helium Ion microscopy in the field of nano-patterning. The Helium Ion technology has the potential to become a useful alternative in printing finer features.

23 Sep 2010

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