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High-Performance IR Lenses from Resolve Optics

Resolve Optics announced that it has developed different types of new high performance IR lenses to OEM customers who do not compromise on the components for their sensors, thermal cameras and instrument systems.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 31 May 2010

Qioptiq Unites All Brands Under One Umbrella Brand

Qioptiq, designer and manufacturer of photonic products, reported that it has integrated all of its brands under single name and logo.

From Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG 31 May 2010

Reflecting Telescope Used for Astronomical Science Observations

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint program by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, achieved a major milestone May 26, with its first in-flight night observations.

29 May 2010

Europe’s Photonics Industry Gains Innovative Edge Through Strategic Collaboration

The photonics industry in Europe is reporting gains in innovation and competitiveness through a strategy of future-scoping and collaboration among industry, research institutes, and universities.

29 May 2010

ReVision Optics Begins PresbyLens Clinical Studies in the U.S.

A California-based company, ReVision Optics (RVO) has secured $35 million dollars in capital funding.

28 May 2010

Corneal Associates Offers Advanced iFS LASIK Refractive Surgery

Dr. Theodore Perl, Medical Director and Surgeon of Corneal Associates of New Jersey, has introduced an innovative refractive surgical procedure called the iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser.

28 May 2010

FFT’s Advanced Intrusion Detection Technologies Exhibited at Tradeshows Was a Resounding Success

FFT is pleased to announce that all tradeshows were a tremendous success with some valuable information and feedback gained from attendees and delegates.

28 May 2010

New Self-Assembly Method Creates Nanoshells with Unique Optical Properties

Scientists from four U.S. universities have created a way to use Rice University's light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures that could find use in chemical sensors, nanolasers and bizarre light-absorbing metamaterials.

28 May 2010

Leica to Distribute Hamilton’s Laser Products in North America

Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (TSX-V: HTL), a leading provider of advanced laser systems and instruments for the stem cell research and fertility clinic markets, today announces a vendor partnership agreement with Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, a leading global designer and producer of innovative high-tech precision optics systems for the analysis of microstructures.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 28 May 2010