Optoelectronics Report articles from July 2005

Optoelectronics Report archives from July 2005

SEMICON West: consumers key to next upcycle.(semiconductor industry's forecasts and consumer relations)
July 15, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The telecommunications industry started saying it a few years ago, when the bottom fell out of the dot-com market, and now the semiconductor industry has joined the chorus: the consumer is the key. In fact, according to...

Executives debate future of chip manufacturing.(Panel Discussion)
July 15, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Executive panel discussions at this year's SEMICON West addressed a number of key issues in the chip manufacturing industry, from globalization to design-for-manufacture (DFM), next-generation materials and processes, and...

50-50 partners.(Ushio Inc. acquires shares of Lambda Physik in Xtreme Technologies Gmbh)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... 50-50 partners: The technology joint venture XTREME technologies (Jena and Gottingen, Germany) has a new shareholder. USHIO (Tokyo, Japan) acquired all of Lambda Physik's shares in XTREME technologies. The Jenoptik subsidiary JENOPTIK Laser,...

Medical diodes.(Quintessence Photonics Corporation has won a contract)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Medical diodes: Quintessence Photonics Corporation (Sylmar, CA) has won a multi-year production contract for high brightness, direct diode, semiconductor lasers from a major medical-laser manufacturer. QPC's proprietary technology will be...

FITEL laser monitors space shuttle Discovery.
July 15, 2005... PEACHTREE CITY, GA and OTTAWA, ON, CANADA -- Who can forget the replayed image of a piece of foam striking the shuttle Columbia during liftoff, and the disintegration of the shuttle upon re-entry in February 2003? In response to the tragedy,...

SAES Getters to buy part of Scientific Materials Europe.(SAES Getters S.p.A.)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... CHIBA, JAPAN -- At InterOpto 2005 this month, SAES Getters S.p.A. (Milan, Italy), the parent company of the SAES Getters Group, revealed that it will acquire a 30% shareholding in Scientific Materials Europe S.r.l (Tortoli-Arbatax, Italy), a...

Green is good.(Melles Griot Laser Group cconcentrates on environment)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Green is good: The Melles Griot Laser Group (Carlsbad, CA) produces lasers of many wavelengths, but soon they will all be green. In an effort to conserve natural resources and restrict or eliminate hazardous substances from their products,...

Night vision.(Obzerv Technologies has been awarded contract from French Army Parisian Expertise Center )(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Night vision: Obzerv Technologies (Quebec, Canada), a manufacturer of laser range-gated night vision surveillance systems, has been awarded a contract to deliver such a system for the French Army Parisian Expertise Center (DGA/DET/CEP)....

Laser radar.(Aculight contracts with Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Laser radar: Aculight (Bothell, WA) has been awarded a $1.08 million contract from Lockheed Martin to develop a rugged, compact, diode-pumped solid-state laser. Commissioned for the U.S. Army's Non Line-of-Sight Launch System Science and...

Telecom funding.(Redfern Integrated Optics secured financing )(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Telecom funding: Redfern Integrated Optics (RIO; Santa Clara, CA), a developer and manufacturer of optical transmitters for the telecommunications and data transmission markets, secured $6.2 million in financing. The financing was provided by...

Optoelectronics report 40.(Illustration)
July 15, 2005... Optoelectronics Report 40 52-week Company Ticker Jun. 30 Jul. 14 Low High ADC Telecom ADCTD 21.77 23.28 12.25 23.77...

Patent license.(Imra America Inc. licensing agreement with University of Michigan)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Patent license: As part of a comprehensive program to provide customers with new solutions in precision material processing applications, IMRA America (Ann Arbor, MI) signed a license agreement with the University of Michigan providing IMRA...

EUV partners.(Intel Corp. contracts with Corning)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... EUV partners: Intel (Santa Clara, CA) and Corning (Corning, NY) have entered into an agreement to develop ultra-low thermal expansion (ULE) glass photomask substrates required for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology. These...

Nano investment.(Honeywell Inc. investing in Albany Nanotech)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Nano investment: Honeywell (Sunnyvale, CA) intends to invest at least $5 million during the next five years into laboratory equipment and research activities at Albany NanoTech, one of the largest centers for nanotechnology research in the...

Nanophotonics education.(Laboratory for Nanophotonics of Rice Univesity awarded contract for National Science Foundation's )(Brief Article)
July 15, 2005... Nanophotonics education: The Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) at Rice University (Houston, TX) has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant for a program to prepare students in the design and fabrication of nanoscale optical components...

'The world's most important meeting place'.(Laser 2005)(JDS Uniphase )
July 1, 2005... MUNICH, GERMANY -- By the time the lights went down in the Neue Messe Munchen on June 16, more than 23,000 visitors had passed through the halls of the Laser 2005 event according to show organizers, who seemed well pleased with the 10% gain...

NIF again faces uncertain future.(National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
July 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Senate is expected to approve an appropriations bill that would delete $146 million for further construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL; Livermore, CA)....

InP future.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... InP future: OIDA, the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (Washington, DC), released a roadmap for the indium phosphide (InP) technology market, including recommendations on ways to improve the current conditions in this...

Lebby energizes OIDA as new executive director.(Michael Lebby )(Optoelectronics Industry Development Association )
July 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, DC -- Most recently serving as director of corporate and technical strategy for Bookham Technology (San Jose, CA), Michael Lebby is well qualified to energize the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) as the...

New strategy.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... New strategy: Thales Group (Orsay, France), a manufacturer of electronic and optoelectronic systems with 65,000 employees, is reinforcing and repositioning its laser strategy by linking Thales Laser to its Device Hardening Instrumentation &...

Grand prize.(Optical Society of America, Bookham New Focus awarded prize for Gretchen Campbell)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Grand prize: The Optical Society of America (OSA;Washington, DC)) and Bookham New Focus (San Jose, CA) awarded the grand prize of the 2005 OSA--Bookham New Focus Student Award to Gretchen Campbell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Pigeon feather facades foil brand and currency forgery.
July 1, 2005... SANTA ROSA, CA -- Inspired by the colorfully pastoral imagery of abalone shells, butterfly wings, soap bubbles, mallard ducks, humming birds, peacocks and pigeons engineers in the Flex Products subsidiary of JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) are...

CIPS 2005 highlights MIT photonics research.(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Integrated Photonic Systems)
July 1, 2005... CAMBRIDGE, MA -- At its 2005 annual meeting in May, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Integrated Photonic Systems (MIT CIPS) once again brought researchers from around the world together with the MIT photonics community....

LED partners.(Research and Opto System Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Research (Fremont, CA), a manufacturer of laser-based systems for flat-panel display repair, semiconductor failure analysis and micromachining, and Opto System Co., Ltd, a premier Japanese manufacturer of inspection and manufacturing...

Expanding.(Toppan Photomasks plans to expand its Korean facility)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Expanding: Toppan Photomasks (Round Rock, TX) announced plans to expand its Ichon, Korea, facility. The expansion includes new clean room space and plans for the installation of an advanced e-beam pattern generator and associated support...

New name.(Leister Process Technologies changes its brand name)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... New name: Leister Process Technologies (Sarnen, Switzerland) will market its Microsystems Products under a new brand name: AXETRIS. According to the company, the launch of a new brand for the microsystems business reflects the maturity of its...

Optoelectronics report 40.(Illustration)
July 1, 2005... Optoelectronics Report 40 52-week Company Ticker Jun. 14 Jun. 30 Low High ADC Telecom ADCTD 21.44 21.77 12.25...

Distribution pact.(Melles Griot Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Distribution pact: Melles Griot (Carlsbad, CA) signed a limited global distribution agreement allowing for distribution of some of Coherent's Laser Measurement and Control (LMC) Product Line. Products include a wide range of LMC's power-,...

Sales and support.(Xtera Communications' new centers opened all over world)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Sales and support: Xtera Communications (Allen, TX) has opened five sales and support centers around the globe. According to the company, the new sales and support centers demonstrates Xtera's commitment to create a premier global support...

Sky blue.(Universal Display Corporation introduces a sky blue (474-nm peak emission) PHOLED)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Sky blue: Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, NJ) says it has achieved a fundamental technical advance in the development of its blue phosphorescent OLED technology: a sky blue (474-nm peak emission) PHOLED with over 15,000 hours of...

Sensor contract.(e2v technologies gets contract from European Space Agency)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Sensor contract: e2v technologies (Chelmsford, England) has been awarded the flight-phase contract to supply the European Space Agency (ESA) with CCD imaging sensors for the primary scientific instrument on its high profile GAIA space...