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Scientists Produce New Type of Acoustic Laser

It was an idea born out of curiosity in the physics lab, but now a new type of 'laser' for generating ultra-high frequency sound waves instead of light has taken a major step towards becoming a unique and highly useful 21st century technology.

17 Jun 2009

Fluoptics' Industry-First Optical Imaging System Enhances Detection and Helps Surgery

Leti, a leading global research center committed to creating and commercializing innovation in micro- and nanotechnologies, announced today that it has launched a new company, Fluoptics, that will improve surgery of some types of cancers.

17 Jun 2009

Oclaro Introduces New Focus 1064nm High Power Laser

Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) , the newly named optics and photonics company following the merger of Bookham and Avanex, has introduced a 1064nm capability to its portfolio of New Focus(TM) high power SWL-7500 single wavelength lasers for Raman spectroscopy.

17 Jun 2009

Nemotek's Wafer-Level Optics Solutions are Fully Qualified and Available to Customers

Nemotek Technologie, manufactures customized Wafer-Level Cameras for portable applications, today announced its Wafer-Level Optics (WLO) solutions are fully qualified and now available to customers. Producing thousands of lenses simultaneously on a single wafer, Nemotek Technologie streamlines the manufacturing process delivering a more cost effective and miniaturized wafer level based on reflow compatible materials.

16 Jun 2009

Increasing the Power of X-Rays

Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of Russian institutes.

16 Jun 2009

Scientists Break Light Modulation Speed Record

Researchers have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz held by a light-emitting diode.

15 Jun 2009

NKT Photonics Will Build Lasers That Can See in the Infrared Spectrum

Imagine that you could detect gases far in the distance or detect fat content in real-time on the spot instead of going through the tedious process by first taking a sample out and then placing it under a microscope in a remote lab.

15 Jun 2009

New Generation Provides More Efficient Fiber Coupling

The new generation of mini laser bars from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors offers exceptional brilliance in the wavelength range from 910 to 1020 nm.

15 Jun 2009

Zecotek Photonics Announces Market Response to New Continuous Wave Narrow-Band Ti: Sapphire Laser

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that the market response to its new Continuous Wave Narrow-Band Ti: Sapphire Laser, the Tisarius-D-scan narrow-line laser, endorses Zecotek's growing reputation as a provider of leading edge photonic research tools.

15 Jun 2009

Lightwave Logic Re-Confirms Previous r33 Test Results of its 'Next Generation Electro-Optic Material Platform'

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG), a development stage company, moving toward prototype demonstration and commercialization of its high-activity, high-stability organic polymers for applications in electro-optical device markets, announced today current tests results support the earlier results (r33) of its Perkinamine class materials.

14 Jun 2009