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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Back in Business

Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147.

30 Oct 2008

New Systems Capable of Precision Polishing Optics up to Two Meters in Size

QED Technologies (QED), the pioneer and unique provider of revolutionary optical manufacturing solutions, Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF®) and Subaperture Stitching Interferometry (SSI®), expands its line of standard MRF polishing systems with the introduction of its Q22-2000F. The Q22-2000F is capable of precision polishing large monolithic or light-weighted optics up to two meters in size and can polish a wide range of geometries including planos, spheres, aspheres, freeforms, prisms and cylinders.

30 Oct 2008

COMEDD Unifies Two Fields of Innovation: Microsystems Technology and Optics Technology

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft opened its "Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden"(COMEDD). The purpose of the center is the development of processes for organic semiconductor devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic solar cells.

30 Oct 2008

Optics and Computer Vision Make Key Copying Easy

UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.

29 Oct 2008

Optical Firewall Aims to Clear Internet Security Bottlenecks

European researchers are developing the world's first optical firewall capable of analysing data on fibre optic networks at speeds of 40 gigabits per second. Their work promises to save the internet from the looming threat of network security bottlenecks.

28 Oct 2008

Nanoscale Dimensioning Is Fast and Cheap with New NIST Optical Technique

A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity.

28 Oct 2008

Novel Optical Fiber Enabling Transmission of Ultrashort Light Pulses with Low Degree of Distortions

Researchers of the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have developed a novel optical fiber that enables transmission of ultrashort light pulses with an unprecedented low degree of distortions.

28 Oct 2008

Practical Optical Fiber with a Silicon Core

Scientists at Clemson University for the first time have been able to make a practical optical fiber with a silicon core, according to a new paper published in the current issue of the Optical Society's open-access journal, Optics Express. Led by Professor John Ballato and including fiber pioneer Roger Stolen, the team of scientists was able to create this new fiber by employing the same commercial methods that are used to develop all-glass fibers, making silicon fibers viable alternatives to glass fibers for selected specialty applications.

28 Oct 2008

Resolve Optics Announces New Technical Datasheet Describing Model 304 Motorised Zoom Lens

Resolve Optics Ltd has announced a new technical datasheet describing its Model 304 Motorised Zoom Lens which provides users with true high definition imaging throughout its range of operation.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 27 Oct 2008

OC Oerlikon Sells Optics Business Unit at Balzers

OC Oerlikon is selling its Oerlikon Optics business unit at the Balzers site to the unit's management, supported by local private investors. The corresponding contracts were signed on Friday, October 24, 2008.

27 Oct 2008