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PPG Industries Appoints Augen Optics as Distributor of NXT Rx Performance Sunlenses

Intercast Europe, S.r.l, a business of PPG Industries, has appointed Augen Optics as an authorized distributor of NXT Rx performance sunlenses.

15 Oct 2008

Researchers to Develop Solid-State Laser Design Based on Synthetic Diamond

Researchers at the Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, have started work on a 3.5 year project to develop a novel solid-state laser design incorporating CVD (chemical vapour deposition) diamond manufactured by Element Six Ltd. Element Six leads the world in the field of CVD diamond synthesis and its application.

14 Oct 2008

AOptix Technologies Awarded the 2008 Frost + Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

AOptix Technologies, Inc., a leading edge developer of advanced biometric iris recognition systems, has been awarded the 2008 Frost + Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation in the field of non-invasive biometrics. "Improvements in security require far superior and convenient biometric recognition. Through its innovative concept, AOptix Technologies has introduced the ability to automatically find and then accurately identify a subject's iris within seconds at a 2 meter stand-off distance," explained Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Deepa Rangarajan.

14 Oct 2008

JMAR Technologies Awarded Contract for Custom RGB Lasers

JMAR Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced laser, photonics and detection technologies, today announced that the Company has been awarded a contract by Zebra Imaging, Inc. of Austin, Texas, to provide custom RGB (Red/Green/Blue) lasers for use in a holographic imaging product currently under development.

13 Oct 2008

Fianium to Develop Advanced Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers

A consortium led by ultrafast fiber laser manufacturer Fianium is to develop and evaluate advanced white-light (supercontinuum) fiber lasers for biomedical imaging applications.

13 Oct 2008

Device Allowing Imaging at Scales Previously Impossible for Optical Instruments

Researchers in Japan have developed a design concept for a device that allows imaging at scales previously impossible for optical instruments. Their advance is based on novel imaging techniques that allow optical imaging in the subwavelength regime, where the wavelength used is larger than the smallest features of the object being imaged.

10 Oct 2008

High-Resolution Umaging using Light in the Terahertz Region

Contrary to textbook wisdom, the unusually long illuminating wavelength of 118 µm did not at all preclude researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) to resolve details as small as 40 nm (= 0.04 µm). This was made possible by the use of extreme THz field concentration at the sharp tip of a scanning atomic force microscope (AFM).

9 Oct 2008

The Eventual Power of Thirty Meter Telescope

Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues used a rare cosmic alignment and modern adaptive optics to image a distant galaxy with similar exquisite resolution promised by the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).

8 Oct 2008

Joining Forces to Enable High-Volume Production of PicoP Display Engines and Accessory Pico Projectors

Microvision, Inc., a global leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display and image capture products for mobility applications, and Asia Optical Co., Inc., a leading manufacturer of electro-optical components, today announced they have entered into a Supply Agreement for Asia Optical to produce products based on Microvision's proprietary PicoP(TM) technology.

8 Oct 2008

European Researchers are Shaking Up the Way R+D is Carried Out on Optical Chips

By working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical chips.

7 Oct 2008