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Invisible Wires Hold the Key to Making Solar Cells More Affordable

Millions of nearly invisible wires may hold the answer to making solar cells a more affordable source of alternative energy.

26 Jan 2008

New Family of Very High Brightness Single Emitter Laser Engine Chips

Intense Ltd., developer of next generation lasers, has announced the Power Core 808, a new family of very high brightness, single emitter laser engine chips that are easily customized to a wide variety of optics applications.

24 Jan 2008

Intense Announces Expansion of High Power QCW Arrays

Intense Ltd., developer of next generation lasers, has announced an expansion of the Hermes family of high power QCW (quasi-continuous wave) arrays at Photonics West 2008.

24 Jan 2008

Intense Releases High Power Fiber-Coupled Laser Modules

Intense Ltd., developer of next generation lasers, has announced the Power Pack 630 high power, fiber-coupled laser modules at Photonics West 2008.

24 Jan 2008

New Solar Cell Materials Lead to Efficiency Gains and Lower Costs

Two grants to ASU for development of new solar energy technologies show how ASU’s solar energy research has grown in new and important ways.

24 Jan 2008

Zecotek Photonics Launches New Computerized High-Resolution Laser Spectrometer

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today officially announced the launch of its new computerized, high-power, high-resolution laser spectrometer. The device was specifically developed to meet a rapidly growing demand for higher precision spectrometry in nano- and bio-technological applications.

24 Jan 2008

Spire Dedicates 50,000 Square Foot Facility to Manufacture Solar Concentrator Cells

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor, will provide dedicated, large-scale contract design and manufacturing capabilities to manufacturers of solar concentrator cells within its 50,000 square foot facility in Hudson, New Hampshire.

From Veeco 24 Jan 2008

Northrop Grumman Awards Optical Filter Contract to PPGI

Photonic Products Group, Inc., announced today that its INRAD business unit received a follow-on production contract for proprietary ultra-violet (UV) waveband optical filter elements from Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division based in Rolling Meadows, IL. This award is the largest PPGI has received to date from this customer, covering monthly deliveries from February 2008 through July 2009 at double last year's production rate.

23 Jan 2008

Resolve Optics Secure Leadership Position as Supplier of Radiation-Resistant Optics

Resolve Optics Ltd. is a leading designer and supplier of radiation-resistant (non-browning) optics for the electro-nuclear industry and research reactors.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 23 Jan 2008

New Solution Speeds Electromagnetic Simulation of Image Sensors by Up to 20 Times

Acceleware Corp., a leading developer of high performance computing (HPC) applications, and Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced a new hardware solution that enables up to 20-times faster electromagnetic simulation of optoelectronic devices such as CMOS image sensors.

22 Jan 2008