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Intevac Photonics to Develop Advanced Raman spectroscopy Systems under DoD Contract

Intevac Photonics, a division of Intevac, Inc., announced today that its DeltaNu business unit has been awarded a $1.029 million contract from the Department of Defense to develop advanced Raman spectroscopy systems for both military and civilian applications.

30 Jul 2008

Zygo Corporation Introduces New UltraSphere Transmission Sphere

Zygo Corporation have introduced the NEW UltraSphere Transmission Sphere to enhance its range of transmission spheres for its laser Fizeau interferometer systems.

29 Jul 2008

Leading Solar Cell Manufacturer Places Order for Veeco's MOCVD Deposition System

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that during the recently completed second quarter the Company received a multi-unit order for its TurboDisc K-475 As/P (arsenic phosphide) metal organic chemical vapor (MOCVD) deposition systems from Boeing Spectrolab Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of space solar cells and panels.

From Veeco 29 Jul 2008

Zecotek Signs Extensive Distribution Agreements With T.E.M. Incorporated of Japan

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced it has signed broad ranging distribution agreements with T.E.M. Incorporated ("T.E.M."), a leading Japanese distributor of laser and electro-optical products. The agreements cover the distribution of Zecotek's fiber and solid state lasers, MAPD photo detectors, RFO vanadate crystals and patented LFS Scintillation material in Japan.

28 Jul 2008

Saving Time and Space by Enabling One Optic to Handle Multiple LEDs

Future Lighting Solutions announced today the availability of the new Linear Optic 210 from Polymer Optics Limited designed specifically for linear arrays of LUXEON Rebel LEDs.

28 Jul 2008

Elbit Systems to Supply MARS to Israeli Defense Forces

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. was selected by the Israeli Defense Forces as the supplier of Mars - an innovative thermal imaging and target acquisition system.

28 Jul 2008

Next Generation Optical Storage Systems using Electrically Powered Semiconductor Laser Diodes

Scientists have developed electrically powered semiconductor laser diodes that operate at a shorter wavelength than any others used today. The lasers, described online this week in Nature Photonics ("A 342-nm ultraviolet AlGaN multiplequantum-well laser diode"), could be used for the next generation of optical storage systems following today's Blu-ray disks, and will have applications in biomedicine, materials processing and microchip manufacture.

28 Jul 2008

Harvard University Demonstrates Highly Directional Semiconductor Lasers

Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller beam divergence than conventional ones. The innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications. Harvard University has also filed a broad patent on the invention.

27 Jul 2008

Pirelli Group Forms Strategic Alliance in Integrated Photonics

The Pirelli Group and CyOptics, Inc. announce the formation of a strategic alliance in integrated photonics.

25 Jul 2008

Hubble Space Telescope Providing Scientists With Largest Sample of Distant Galaxies

By using the gravitational magnification from six massive lensing galaxy clusters, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided scientists with the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date. Some of the newly found magnified objects are dimmer than the faintest ones seen in the legendary Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which is usually considered the deepest image of the Universe.

24 Jul 2008