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Liquid Fiber Displays Combining Optical Fiber Array With LCD and LED Display Sign Technology

Liquid Fiber Displays, a company spun out of research conducted in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, has combined a uniquely woven optical fiber array with current LCD (liquid crystal display) and LED (light-emitting diode) display sign technology. The hair-thin optical fibers replace over 90 percent of the blue, green and red LED's required by conventional LED displays.

14 Oct 2007

World's Most Advanced DTS Technology Developed by SensorTran

SensorTran Inc., a developer of the world¡¦s most advanced distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology, today announced PerfectVisionTM, a revolutionary technology that enables unprecedented temperature measurement accuracy and repeatability regardless of changes in optical fiber condition, simplifies set up of DTS systems, and also dramatically extends the life and usefulness of optical fiber in DTS deployments.

13 Oct 2007

First Nonpolar Blue-Violet Nitride Laser Diodes Were Reported by Rohm and UCSB

Last week¡¦s 7th International Congress of Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-7) in Las Vegas, NV, USA saw reports of the latest progress in nonpolar laser diodes from the likes of University of California Santa Barbara and Japan¡¦s Rohm Co Ltd.

13 Oct 2007

Spartanics Announces Introduction of Laser Cutting Control Relying on Smart Sensing Mechanisms

Spartanics announces the introduction of the Spartanics Laser-Smart?Control System, an integrated system for laser cutting control that relies on smart sensing mechanisms. The Spartanics Laser-Smart Control System allows single operators to manage all laser cutting related operations simultaneously.

12 Oct 2007

New Type of Electronic Ink Based on Photonic Crystals Under Development

The Toronto based Start-Up Company Opalux has developed a new type of electronic ink, based on photonic crystals called P-ink. The new crystal-based e-paper can display colors in a way that current technology has not enabled until now. This promising technology, which is just taking its first steps, could become commercial within the next two years, promising low power consuming, low cost, color rich, electronic paper displays.

11 Oct 2007

KU and K-State Will Use Dark Fiber For Expansion of Network Systems

A new agreement between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University provides researchers, students and faculty access to an unused fiber optic cable that runs alongside Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas.

11 Oct 2007

QPC Developed Green Laser For Potential Display Applications

QPC,” a world leader in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it has demonstrated a green laser based on QPC’s proprietary BrightLase® semiconductor laser technology.

11 Oct 2007

As Demand for Fiber Optics Takes Off, Investors Cashes In

Despite the countless miles of unused fiber-optic cable laid during the dot-com bubble, demand for the high-capacity lines has been rising. And that bodes well for the stocks of companies that produce not only the cable but also the equipment that runs it.

10 Oct 2007

BTI Named Third Fastest-Growing Company in Canada in 2007

BTI Photonic Systems, a global supplier of Agile Optical Edge microWDM networking solutions for the delivery of gigabit services, today announced that it has been named the third fastest-growing company in Canada in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 - a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years. This is BTI's second consecutive year to be included.

10 Oct 2007

Konarka Technologies Awarded Advanced Technology Program to Develop Transparent Flexible Solar Modules

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has been selected, along with Air Products (NYSE:APD), by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Advanced Technology Program (ATP), to conduct research and development on transparent, flexible solar modules for windows and other building integrated applications.

10 Oct 2007