Optoelectronics Report articles from October 2005

Optoelectronics Report archives from October 2005

Nanophotonics highlights Stanford meeting.
October 15, 2005... PALO ALTO, CA -- The challenge for nanophotonics is not simply one of fabricating nanostructures, according to Frank Schellenberg, a strategic marketer for photolithography software at Mentor Graphics (San Jose, CA). Chemists have been...

Applied materials exits photomask business.
October 15, 2005... SANTA CLARA, CA -- News reports in mid-October indicate that Applied Materials is shutting down its Etec Systems (Hayward, CA) subsidiary and getting out of the electron-beam and laser pattern-generation equipment markets. The company told...

LED partners.
October 15, 2005... LED partners: Expanding the scope of its visible LED business into the solid-state lighting marketplace, Optek Technology (Carrollton, TX) signed a joint research and development, manufacturing and marketing relationship agreement with...

Laser guidance.
October 15, 2005... Laser guidance: Raytheon Company has been awarded a $45.5 million contract for the U.S. Air Force's fiscal year 2005 procurement of Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits. The Paveway bomb kits turn conventional "dumb" bombs into precision-guided...

Noninvasive glucose monitor gains patent.
October 15, 2005... SYRACUSE, NY -- To address the problems of invasive blood glucose testing, Professor Joseph Chaiken, of the Department of Chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, has developed the LighTouch, which accurately...

European research initiative targets thin-disk lasers.
October 15, 2005... TAMPERE, FINLAND -- A group which includes European research institutions and companies has launched an initiative aimed at technologies around semiconductor thin-disk lasers, also known as Optically Pumped Semiconductor-Vertical External...

Industrial markets stronger than expected.
October 15, 2005... NASHUA, NH -- Good news concerning activity in the global industrial laser market comes from financial reports of those pubic companies that are among the leaders in supplying lasers and systems for manufacturing applications, according to...

DARPA contract.
October 15, 2005... DARPA contract: Sensors Unlimited Inc. (Princeton, NJ) has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office to develop a 1280 x 1024 pixel, dual-wavelength, visible and short wave...

U.S. office.(Sherwood Technology )(Brief Article)
October 15, 2005... U.S. office: Sherwood Technology (Widenes, Cheshire, England) plans to further expand into the U.S. market in early 2006 by opening a new Eastern U.S. headquarters to support existing and new customers and partners in North America. The new...

LIBS SBIR.
October 15, 2005... LIBS SBIR: JMAR Technologies (Carlsbad, CA) has been awarded a Phase I SBIR Grant from the U.S. Army to support research leading to the development of a compact laser system capable of real-time spectro-chemical hazard analysis in the field,...

U.S. distributor.
October 15, 2005... U.S. distributor: IMM Me[ss]technologie GmbH (Unterschlei[ss]heim, Germany) appointed Electro Optical Components (Santa Rosa, CA) as its exclusive distributor for the USA, Canada, and Mexico. IMM products include laser diode modules, laser...

Optoelectronics report 40.
October 15, 2005... Optoelectronics Report 40 52-week Company Ticker Sept. 30 Oct. 14 Low High ADC Telecom ADCTD 22.86 18.51 12.88 ...

DoE funding.
October 15, 2005... DoE funding: NovaWave Technologies (Redwood Shores, CA) has secured two Department of Energy SBIR Phase II Research Grants with a total value of $1.5 million to develop middle infrared gas sensors based on the company's novel infrared laser...

Oncology subsidiary.(Light Sciences Corp.'s deal with Essex Woodlands Health Ventures)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2005... Light Sciences Corporation (Seattle, WA) has entered into an agreement with a venture syndicate led by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures relating to a $35 million investment in one of LSC's three therapeutic-focused subsidiaries, Light Sciences...

Fiber-laser funds.
October 15, 2005... NP Photonics (Tucson, AZ), a supplier of single-frequency fiber lasers for optical-sensing applications in the oil and gas, security/military, medical imaging, and general research markets, received an additional Series A2 funding close of...

Expanded production.(Photonic Products Group )(Brief Article)
October 15, 2005... The Laser Optics business unit of Photonic Products Group (Northvale, NJ) recently expanded its production capacity for sets of specialty waveband optical components used in state-of-the art, imaging system assemblies produced by Raytheon....

Ironies mark colorful life of laser inventor.(In memoriam)
October 15, 2005... In mid-September, barely three weeks before the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three optics and laser scientists, Gordon Gould died at the age of 85 in Lenox Hill Hospital (New York, NY). It's not hard to imagine that Gould, who...

Thales sells High Tech Optics group.
October 1, 2005... LONDON, ENGLAND -- Multinational defense giant Thales and Candover Investments plc have agreed on the sale of Thales High Tech Optics (HTO) operations. Candover has acquired the businesses, regarded as non-strategic for Thales, for a cash...

Mood upbeat at ECOC 2005.(optical communications)
October 1, 2005... GLASGOW, SCOTLAND -- With attendance about even and the show a little smaller than last year, the mood at this year's European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) was nevertheless good. For the first year since the telecom boom, none...

IR acquisition.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... IR acquisition: Infrared Solutions (Plymouth, MN) has agreed to the sale of Infrared Solutions Inc. to Fluke Electronics (Everett, WA), an electronics manufacturer. Infrared Solutions was founded in 1994 by a group of former Honeywell...

Photonic crystals.
October 1, 2005... Photonic crystals: The Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) has been awarded a grant totaling $4.16 million for photonic and phononic (the photonic crystal's acoustic equivalent) crystal research by the Office of Naval Research...

SPI Lasers sets sights on London stock exchange.
October 1, 2005... SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND -- Fiber laser specialist SPI Lasers is seeking admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. At the launch, estimated to be in late October or early November, "SPI Lasers plc" will...

Chinese O/E firms tout FTTH capabilities.
October 1, 2005... SHENZHEN, CHINA -- With the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) market heating up in China, several companies from that country took advantage of last month's China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE) in Shenzhen to show off their wares. For...

MONA to coordinate optics and nanotechnologies.
October 1, 2005... GRENOBLE, FRANCE -- The European Commission (EC) has launched a new project within its 6th Framework Programme that will contribute to the coordination of research in photonics and nanotechnologies. The MONA project (Merging Optics and...

IR thermography.(Joint European Torus contract with CEDIP Infrared Systems )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... IR thermography: The Joint European Torus (JET) research group (Abingdon, England) has placed an order with CEDIP Infrared Systems (Croissy-Beaubourg, France) to supply an advanced IR thermography system for monitoring the temperature of...

Lens supplier.
October 1, 2005... Lens supplier: Kodak has reached agreement with Rochester Precision Optics (RPO; Rochester, NY) to sell RPO the assets used to produce precision glass molded aspheres, spherical lenses, and lens assemblies. RPO will provide precision molded...

Series D.(Capella Photonics closes financing round)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Series D: Capella Photonics (San Jose, CA), a developer of wavelength selective switch (WSS) modules for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications, announced the closing of $10...

New distributor.
October 1, 2005... New distributor: JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) has appointed Elliot Scientific (Hertfordshire, England) to distribute all of their commercial lasers throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Following JDSU's acquisition of Lightwave...

Image sensor sales to top $4 billion in 2005.
October 1, 2005... MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- The image sensor and module market will exceed $4 billion in 2005, led by the camera phone application, according to a new report from market research firm Strategies Unlimited. The report, "Image Sensor Market Review and...

Fiber Laser Forum debuts at Photonics West.
October 1, 2005... NASHUA, NH -- Fiber lasers and their potential in commercial, industrial, and medical markets will be the focus of several talks at the annual Laser and Photonics Marketplace Seminar, to be held January 23, 2006, at the Fairmont Hotel in San...

Optoelectronics Report 40.
October 1, 2005... Optoelectronics Report 40 52-week Company Ticker Sept. 14 Sept. 30 Low High ADC Telecom ADCTD 21.46 22.86 12.53 27.14...

Multi-line filters.(Ondax Inc.'s contract with National Science Foundation )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Multi-line filters: Ondax (Monrovia, CA), a developer of volume holographic gratings and wavelength stabilized laser solutions, has been awarded a twoyear, $500,000 Phase II SBIR grant by the National Science Foundation to develop and produce...

New VP.(Alfalight)(Rajesh Nair )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... New VP: Alfalight (Madison, WI), a manufacturer of high-power diode lasers, named Rajesh Nair as vice president of operations. Nair will lead Alfalight's production and engineering teams to drive manufacturing excellence and accelerate...

Bragg gratings.(Quintessence Photonics gets new contract)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Bragg gratings: A leading U.S. defense contractor has awarded Quintessence Photonics (Sylmar, CA) a fixed-priced contract for delivery and performance testing of BrightLase semiconductor lasers with internal Bragg gratings associated with an...

OLED SBIR.
October 1, 2005... OLED SBIR: Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, NJ) has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 SBIR Phase II contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a novel white OLED light source featuring the company's proprietary TOLED...