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New Total Access 1600 Series Extends ADTRAN’s Line of FTTH

ADTRAN, a supplier of advanced networking solutions, currently supplemented the series of the industry’s foremost Fiber to the Home (FTTH) portfolio with the Total Access 1600 series.

From ADTRAN, Inc. 6 Jan 2012

Neonode Declares Launch of Premier Single Chip Optical Touch Controller

Neonode, a supplier of leading optical touch screen technology has declared the launch of NN1001, a premier ultra-low power single-chip optical touch controller. Neonode and Texas Instruments (TI) together developed NN1001.

5 Jan 2012

Maxim Integrated Products Introduces Integrated Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor

Maxim Integrated Products has launched the MAX44000, an infrared proximity and digital ambient-light sensor that detects light like the human eye.

5 Jan 2012

Introduction of UBC550L Series by ATC for Optical High-Speed Data Communications

ATC is a pioneer in producing millimeter-wave, microwave, and RF passive components. An ultra-broadband capacitor (UBC) has been developed for optical high-speed data communications signal integrity markets by ATC.

5 Jan 2012

Researchers Set New Benchmark in Non-Linear Optical-Limiting Behavior

Graphene has the tendency to stack together to form graphite. A method developed by scientists from the University of Cambridge, DSO National Laboratories and the National University of Singapore (NUS) prevents graphene sheets from re-stacking by bonding alkyl surface chains on them, while maintaining the characteristics of their nano-graphene pockets.

2 Jan 2012

Surmet's Low-Cost Fabrication of IR Optics Stimulated by Army's SBIR Phase I Award

Surmet’s economic production of ALON and spinel Optical Ceramics is motivated by a new Phase I SBIR award, presented by the Army.

31 Dec 2011

Development in Aerial Applications through ASE Optics’ Engineering Techniques

ASE Optics, a company based on optical engineering services, intends to upgrade the efficiency of the lens system for aerial applications through novel techniques to prevent vibration.

From ASE Optics, Inc. 30 Dec 2011

Meller Optics Launches Sapphire Windows and Lenses

Custom fabricated sapphire windows and lenses of about 10in diameter in size have been launched by Meller Optics. This sapphire material has the ability to remit from the UV to the IR and is resistant to most chemicals, impurities, water, and sand.

From Meller Optics, Inc. 29 Dec 2011

Optical Material Technology Can Decrease Power Usage of Data Centers

A Bloomberg News Service story dated 13 December 2011 has described the vast power costs required for cooling data centers across the world.

27 Dec 2011

Technique for Improving Flexible Optical Fibers

An international team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States have developed a new chemical process, where a non-crystalline form of silicon is embedded into the long, ultra-thin pores of optical fibers.

26 Dec 2011