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IPG’s YLR-Series of High Power Lasers to be Used in Door Welding Applications

IPG Photonics Corporation, the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today announced that its German subsidiary, IPG Laser GmbH, has received a major order for multi-kilowatt, continuous wave Ytterbium fiber laser systems totaling 63kW in power from the BMW Group in Munich, Germany.

15 Jul 2008

Performance and Benefits of QPC’s Patented Chip-Based Laser Technology

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor chip-based lasers for the consumer electronics, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced the company's technical marketing team recently published a technical paper in the prestigious laser industry trade magazine Laser+Photonics.

15 Jul 2008

Proven Record in Manufacturing High Precision Telescope Spectrograph Optics

Benefiting from a unique stabilised production environment Optical Surfaces Ltd has developed a reputation for designing and manufacturing high precision telescope spectrograph optics (aspheres, mirrors, prisms, lenses and flats) that would stretch the limits of conventional optical fabrication techniques.

15 Jul 2008

Resolve Optics Develop Innovative High Performance OEM Lenses for Customers

Resolve Optics Ltd. has established an international reputation for custom design and manufacture of optimised single and multiple element lenses, zoom lens and beamsplitters that operate in the Infrared (IR) region (1-14 microns).

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Jul 2008

GOBI-384 Delivers High-Performance Thermal Imaging for Demanding Industrial and Security Applications

XenICs, Europe's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors and customized imaging solutions from the LWIR to the visible realm, now offers the GOBI-384, an uncooled microbolometer camera covering the LWIR 8 to 14µm.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 14 Jul 2008

Ultra-Bright LED Lighting Systems Offer Rapid Design and Integration Opportunities

Lamina Lighting Incorporated (Lamina), the world leader in the development and manufacturer of high-power LED light engines, today announced the introduction of a new line of ultra-bright LED lighting systems that offer fixture manufacturers and lighting designers rapid design and integration opportunities.

11 Jul 2008

Examining Stars and Star Clusters at the Farthest Reaches of Space

A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted since the "big bang," and may provide insights into the earliest stages of star and galaxy formation almost 14 billion years ago.

10 Jul 2008

New Laser Platform Designed Specifically for Photovoltaic Applications

Deep Photonics Corp., an innovative technology company manufacturing deep ultraviolet fiber laser solutions for the semiconductor, electronics and photovoltaic marketplace, today announced the introduction of the FLP-266-PPP, a 2 watt Picosecond 266 nm fiber laser featuring adjustable pulse width, pulse burst packets, and variable pulse packet frequency.

10 Jul 2008

Advance Could Lead to Next-Generation Solar Cells

MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods.

8 Jul 2008

New Breakthrough in the Field of Nanophotonics

Led by Sri Sridhar, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, a team of researchers from the university's Electronic Materials Research Institute has published research that has resulted in a new breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, the study of light at the nanoscale level. Utilizing nanomanufacturing processes, the researchers were able to develop an optical microlens with a step-like surface, instead of a smooth surface, that has the capacity to operate at infrared frequencies using the novel phenomenon of negative index refraction.

7 Jul 2008