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Navitar Acquires Manufacturer of Optical Assemblies

Navitar, a global leader in the design, manufacturer and distribution of precision optics and opto-mechanical assemblies for the machine vision and digital projection industries announced today the acquisition of Special Optics.

From Navitar Inc. 3 Feb 2008

Pirelli Forms New Photonics Company

Pirelli announces that it will soon incorporate a new Group company which will operate in second generation photonics based on nanotechnologies.

2 Feb 2008

Scientists Turns Pure Aluminum Gold, Blue and Gray

Using a tabletop laser, University of Rochester optical scientists have turned pure aluminum, gold.

1 Feb 2008

Syneron Unveils Laser-Assisted Lipolysis System at Dermatology Meeting

Syneron Medical Ltd., an innovator in the development, marketing and sales of elos combined-energy medical aesthetic devices, today announced the company will preview two new technologies at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in San Antonio, Texas on February 2-4: the Matrix RF and a laser-assisted lipolysis system.

1 Feb 2008

GfK Asia Releases Optic Retail Audit Data Covering Major Cities

GfK Asia released its premier retail audit data on the 2007 Optics industry in China covering the contact lens market in three major cities: Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.

30 Jan 2008

APD Chip Provides Affordable Solution for Fiber-to-the-Home Networks

JDSU today announced that it is now shipping an avalanche photo detector (APD) chip designed for gigabit passive optical networks (GPONs) that enable data transmissions for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) offerings. The new APD chip provides high functionality at a low cost, making it ideal for FTTH deployments.

29 Jan 2008

Fiber Slim Taps Supports Industry's Move to LC Connectors

Net Optics, Inc. announced a new family of Taps that support direct cable connections using LC connectors, for ATM, Gigabit, and 10Gigabit fiber networks. With these new Taps, customers no longer need LC to SC cables to deploy their application and security monitoring tools.

29 Jan 2008

AMI Semiconductor Enters Collaboration Program to Develop Smart Power Technologies

AMI Semiconductor, a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC - Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics - to develop AMI Semiconductor's future Smart Power Technologies.

28 Jan 2008

Shedding Light on Mysterious Dark Energy

Astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to measure the distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant Universe. This opens fascinating perspectives to better understand what drives the acceleration of the cosmic expansion and sheds new light on the mysterious dark energy that is thought to permeate the Universe.

28 Jan 2008

Zecotek Receives Solid-State Photo Detector Order from Geneva University

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced that it has received an order for its proprietary Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diode (MAPD) solid-state photo detectors from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

27 Jan 2008