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Holograph Optical Technologies' Kickstarter Campaign to Introduce Voxbox and Voxbox Pro

Holographic Optical Technologies of Augusta, Georgia, innovator in the field of holographic medical imaging, is entering the world of consumer electronics with the announcement of its Kickstarter campaign. Launching on April 20th, 2015, the campaign will introduce the company's new Voxbox and Voxbox Pro.

30 Mar 2015

Meadowlark Optics Acquires CRi's Line of Liquid Crystal SLMs

Meadowlark Optics (Meadowlark) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) product line.

From Meadowlark Optics Inc 30 Mar 2015

Onefive Femtosecond Laser Origami Helps Achieve Record Low Relative Intensity Noise Frequency Comb

Dr. Steve Lecomte and his team at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnique (CSEM) in Switzerland achieved record low relative intensity noise frequency comb and carrier-envelope offset frequency stabilization using the Onefive femtosecond laser Origami - 10.

26 Mar 2015

Tektronix Introduces Optical Test Solution with Signal Sensitivity Sufficient for 100GBASE-SR4 Specification

Tektronix, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced a new high sensitivity Clock Recovery Trigger Pickoff (CRTP) option for its 100G broad wavelength 80C15 Optical Sampling Module for use with DSA8300 Digital Serial Analyzer sampling oscilloscopes. This configuration is the first and only test solution with signal sensitivity sufficient to test optical devices and perform clock recovery required by the recently approved 100GBASE-SR4 (IEEE 802.3bm) specification.

20 Mar 2015

Optical Analyzers Developer, Precisive, Acquired by MKS

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announces the acquisition of Precisive, LLC, for $13 million in an all-cash transaction that closed yesterday.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 19 Mar 2015

Oclaro Announces Sampling of New Dual Micro-ITLA with DS-DBR Wideband Tunable Laser Technology

Oclaro, Inc., a leading provider and innovator of optical communications solutions, today announced the sampling of a new dual micro-ITLA featuring a 25 percent reduction in size and 1 Watt lower power consumption compared to two discrete micro-ITLAs.

18 Mar 2015

ViewSonic Commences Shipment of LightStream™ PJD6350 Networkable Projector

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, announces the LightStream™ PJD6350 Networkable Projector is now available. The LightStream Networkable series of projectors delivers true-to-life colors in just about any lighting condition.

17 Mar 2015

New Technique to Attach Silicon Photonic Chips Directly Onto Processors

The computing and telecommunications industries have ambitious plans for the future: Systems that will store information in the cloud, analyze enormous amounts of data, and think more like a brain than a standard computer. Such systems are already being developed, and scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated what may be an important step toward commercializing this next generation of computing technology. They established a method to integrate silicon photonic chips with the processor in the same package, avoiding the need for transceiver assemblies.

17 Mar 2015

Solar Wind Sherpas to Use 14 Specially Adapted Cameras to Study Sun's Atmosphere During the Eclipse

Scientists from Aberystwyth University will be heading to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard later this week to study the total eclipse of the sun on Friday 20 March.

13 Mar 2015

OFC 2015: Novel Largest-Scale Silicon Photonic Switch with Lowest-Energy Loss to be Presented by UC Berkeley

Today's explosion of video and Internet data is driving unprecedented traffic demand within datacenters. With data transfer rates exceeding 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), communication between servers requires optical switches with faster switching time (micro-to nano-second level), broader band operation, larger capacity for switching elements and lower energy consumption.

12 Mar 2015