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ColorChip Releases Meteor II GPON Diplexer Transceiver for FTTH Market

ColorChip, a leading developer and provider of fiber optics components based on PLC technology, announced today the release of the Meteor II GPON Class A+ diplexer transceiver for the FTTH market

15 Jan 2008

New Laser Diode Bar Offers More Than 60W of Power

Bookham, Inc., a leading manufacturer of optical components for industrial applications, today announced the launch of its next generation 808nm multi-mode high power laser diode bar portfolio, with the fully qualified products delivering in excess of 60W in continuous wave operation for pumping and fiber-coupled applications.

15 Jan 2008

New Capabilities Enhance Astronomers' Views of the Universe

Starting January 19, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii's planetarium will be the first in the world to have 3D stereoscopic capabilities, revolutionizing the planetarium industry. The new system heightens general audience entertainment experiences, but more importantly becomes a tool for astronomers' research by allowing them to see how celestial bodies are situated and how the universe is changing.

15 Jan 2008

VueMetrix Releases Latest High-Power Low-Noise Laser Diode Controller

VueMetrix Inc. today announced the release of the Vue-MV-40 laser diode controller with DiodeGuard.

14 Jan 2008

Global Market for OCT Systems to Top $800 Million by 2012

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a unique imaging modality that is fast becoming the most successful optics technology to date in the field of disease diagnostics. Invented at MIT in the early 1990s and first commercialized for medical imaging applications by Carl Zeiss in 1996, OCT offers the promise of fast, high-resolution diagnostic images for a variety of clinical applications. In fact, OCT has the potential to supplant existing imaging technologies in some medical specialties.

14 Jan 2008

Astronomers Discovers Life-Forming Amino Acids in a Galaxy Far Far Away

Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide – two ingredients that build life-forming amino acids – in a galaxy some 250 million light years away.

14 Jan 2008

Proven Filter Technology to Underpin Compact LED Multiplexing Module

Bookham, Inc., a leading provider of optical components for industrial applications, is to enter the biomedical market with its ZoroLight(tm) LED multiplexing technology. The compact LED combining module, which utilizes proprietary Bookham filter technology, is designed for bio-analytical applications and medical instrumentation.

14 Jan 2008