Optoelectronics Report articles from June 2004

Optoelectronics Report archives from June 2004

Airborne Laser behind schedule, over budget.
June 15, 2004... WASHINGTON, DC -- The Pentagon's first effort to build a usable high-energy laser weapon is running far behind schedule and well over budget. No date is yet in sight for "First Light," the first integrated trial of all six modules of the...

Merrill Apter joins nLight Photonics.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... VANCOUVER, WA -- Merrill Apter has left Coherent to join nLight Photonics as vice president of sales and marketing. Apter brings to nLight more than 15 years of experience in the high-power diode-laser market. Prior to joining nLight, Apter...

Patent lawsuit.(Dominant Semiconductors )(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... Patent lawsuit: Osram Opto Semiconductors (San Jose, CA) has filed a complaint against Dominant Semiconductors with the United States International Trade Commission. The complaint alleges that Dominant, a Malaysian manufacturer of...

Partners.(Kailight Photonics)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... Partners: Sanmina-SCI Corporation (San Jose, CA), a global electronics contract manufacturing services (EMS) company, and Kailight Photonics, developers of all-optical signal regeneration and wavelength conversion technology, are partnering...

Study claims laser therapy does not improve acne.
June 15, 2004... ANN ARBOR, MI -- Additional research is needed before laser therapy can be recommended as a treatment for acne, according to a study in the June 16 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association(JAMA). Acne is a common disorder...

Halma acquires Ocean Optics.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... AMERSHAM, UK -- Halma, a leading safety and environmental technology group, is acquiring Ocean Optics (Dunedin, FL), a supplier of optical sensing and electro-optics systems. The purchase price includes an initial cash consideration of $25.0...

Pandatel buys 100% of Lightmaze Solutions.
June 15, 2004... HAMBURG, GERMANY -- Pandatel AG, a copper line and optical fiber network access and transmission specialist, has acquired 100% of Lightmaze Solutions AG, a company that specializes in communication solutions for the introduction of...

ISO certification.(High Power Devices )(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... ISO certification: High Power Devices (HPD; North Brunswick, NJ), a manufacturer of high power IR and visible laser diodes and laser diode systems, has been qualified for registration to ISO 9001:2000 as of June 1, 2004 by SGS certification...

Sensor contract.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... Sensor contract: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has awarded ITT Industries (White Plains, NY) Aerospace/ Communications Division a $20 million contract for formulation phase work on an advanced sensor. The sensor, a hyperspectral...

NEMI roadmap.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... NEMI roadmap: The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI; Herndon, VA) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its electronics manufacturing roadmap with a special banquet the evening of June 22 at NEMI headquarters in Herndon....

New subsidiary.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... New subsidiary: WaveLight Laser Technologie (Erlangen, Germany) has established a new subsidiary in Spain. The laser specialist has acquired a majority interest in the Spanish company Tetramedic S.A., which will now operate under the name of...

New biometrics firm to commercialize INO technology.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... QUEBEC CITY, CANADA -- INO, Canada's largest center of expertise in applied optics and photonics, has signed a transfer agreement for the use and commercialization of its optical correlation and recognition technology with Opto Biometrics, a...

NJIT to be homeland-security technology center.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... NEWARK, NJ -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been designated as the state's homeland-security technology-systems center. NJIT is to develop prototypes of integrated homeland-security systems for testing, demonstration and...

Optoelectronics report 40.(Illustration)
June 15, 2004... Optoelectronics Report 40 Company Ticker June 1 June 14 ADC Telecom ADCT 2.56 2.55 Agere Systems AGRa 2.55 2.20 Agilent A 25.80 25.81...

SBIR award.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... SBIR award: MetaMateria Partners (MMP; Columbus, OH), subsidiary of nanomaterials developer NanoDynamics (Buffalo, NY) has received a $750,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the US Navy to make nanosized ceramic...

Brain monitor.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... Brain monitor: CAS Medical Systems (Branford, CT) has been awarded a phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, entitled "Adult Optical Non-Invasive Brain Oxygenation Monitor." This...

Newport to buy Spectra Physics for $300M.(Newport Corp. acquires Spectra-Physics Lasers Inc.)
June 1, 2004... IRVINE, CA -- Newport Corporation has signed a definitive agreement with Thermo Electron Corporation to purchase Spectra-Physics for $300 million. The acquisition is expected to create a company with $420 million in sales in FY2005. The...

OFC and NFOEC to merge.(Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition)(National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, DC -- The executive management of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) are combining the two events into a single conference and trade show, OFC...

Microscopy deal.(Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.; Carl Zeiss Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Microscopy deal: Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA), a developer of confocal microscopy and multi-photon technology, sold its confocal microscopy business (Hemel Hempstead, UK) to Carl Zeiss (Jena, Germany), effective June 1. Terms of the...

Data storage.(JDS Uniphase acquires E2O Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Data storage: JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) has acquired E2O Communications (Calabasas, CA) for $60 million in cash. Through this purchase, JDS Uniphase expects to strengthen its position in the optical data communications market with an...

CLEO conference reflects industry momentum.(Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics)
June 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Nearly 6000 people attended the 2004 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/ IQEC), up 6% from last year, according to Colleen Morrison, media relations manager for the...

Display market bristles with killer apps.(flat-panel displays)
June 1, 2004... SEATTLE, WA -- Large, flat-panel display (FPD) televisions are the looming killer application driving a strongly optimistic flat-panel display market with liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma display panel (PDP) plants running at capacity....

Free seminars.(Image Processing and Optical Technology (IPOT))(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Free seminars: Image Processing and Optical Technology (IPOT) is partnering with Photonics Cluster (UK) to sponsor a series of free seminars at the NEC show in February 2005. IPOT is an established trade event that will be held at the...

New CEO.(The Infotonics Technology Center (Canandaigua, NY))(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... New CEO: The Infotonics Technology Center (Canandaigua, NY), a New York State Center of Excellence in Photonics and Microsystems, announced a transition in its leadership. Duncan Moore, who has served as CEO at the Center since 2002 while on...

New CFO.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... New CFO: Aculight Corporation (Bothell, WA) has named Mark Hatlen chief financial officer. Hatlen's appointment is the latest in a series of executive moves that include naming former SeaMED executive Donald Rich president and CEO, and...

Mobile displays.(Universal Display Corp. wins L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. contract)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Mobile displays: Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, NJ), a developer of organic light emitting device (OLED) technologies for flat panel displays, lighting, and other opto-electronic applications, has been awarded an initial subcontract...

Bookham to buy Onetta for $23 million.(Bookham Technology PLC acquires Onetta Inc.)
June 1, 2004... OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND -- Bookham Technology entered into an agreement to acquire Onetta (Sunnyvale, CA), a provider of optical amplifier modules and subsystems for communications networks. Specifically, Onetta designs and manufactures...

Optoelectronics Report 40.(Illustration)
June 1, 2004... Optoelectronics Report 40 Company Ticker May 14 June 1 ADC Telecom ADCT 2.30 2.56 Agere Systems AGRa 2.31 2.55 Agilent A 25.60...

Distribution partners.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Distribution partners: Synrad (Mukilteo, WA), a manufacturer of CO2 lasers, has formed a new distribution partnership with Laser 2000 Benelux CV in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Synrad said it chose to partner with Laser 2000 to...

Online presence.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Online presence: Gamma Scientific (San Diego, WA), an optical radiation calibration laboratory and manufacturer of precision light measurement instruments, has launched its new website. Located at www.gammasci.com, the new website provides...

Big order.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Big order: GSI Lumonics (Billerica, MA) has received a $5 million order for multiple Wafer Trim M310 systems from a US-based integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer. The systems will be delivered in the second quarter of 2004. "With...

Exclusive distributor.(High Q Laser)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Exclusive distributor: High Q Laser (Boston (MA), has formed an exclusive distribution agreement with APE (Berlin, Germany) for their picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) LEVANTE inside the United States and Canada. High Q Laser and...

Design center.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Design center: Optocap (Livingston, Scotland), a design center established to provide a critical link in the commercialization of Scottish microelectronic and optoelectronic research, is open for business. Established by economic development...