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1. Opto Diode’s New 16-Element Photodiode For Electron Detection
   5/20/2013

   Opto Diode, a division of ITW, and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, introduces a highly reliable, 16-element photodiode that is ideal for UV/EUV or electron detection.

2. New Series Of Sapphire Lasers From Coherent, Inc
   5/17/2013

   Formerly, this wavelength was only available from inefficient, low-power HeNe lasers, or from diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers utilizing complex frequency-mixing schemes.

3. Liquid Lens Shrinks Laser Measuring Device
   5/17/2013

   Lasers are widely used in many areas of science, industry and medicine and the quality of the beams they produce needs to be measured to make sure they perform correctly.

4. Coherent Launches OPSLs At 594 nm For Life Sciences
   5/16/2013

   A new series of Sapphire lasers from Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) at 594 nm are ideal for fluorescence-based applications in life sciences.

5. New USB Mini Camera Brings Consumer Convenience To Industrial Applications
   5/16/2013

   Numerous automatic functions, normally only found in digital cameras for the consumer market, deliver exceptional user friendliness and also produce an excellent image quality even under difficult lighting and ambient conditions.

6. New Method Proposed For Detecting Gravitational Waves From Ends Of Universe
   5/16/2013

   A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos. Their paper describing the device and process was published in the prestigious physics journal Physical Review Letters.

7. Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Kotura, Inc.
   5/15/2013

   Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of end-to-end interconnect solutions for servers and storage systems, announced its intent to acquire privately held Kotura, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of advanced silicon photonics optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking applications.

8. Fast Axis Collimators Ideal For Laser Diode Collimation
   5/14/2013

   Edmund Optics (EO), the premier provider of optical components, introduces new Fast Axis Collimators. These versatile lenses are designed for beam shaping or laser diode collimation applications.

9. ULIS Launches Thermal Sensor Array Product Line, Within Scope Of European MIRTIC Project
   5/14/2013

   ULIS, a manufacturer of high quality infrared (IR) imaging sensors for thermography, security and surveillance, automotive and military applications, announces recently it will conclude the first of two phases in the MIRTIC (Micro Retina Thermal Infrared) project with the launch of the Micro80P thermal sensor array.

10. NIST Demonstrates Significant Improvement In The Performance Of Solar-Powered Hydrogen Generation
    5/14/2013

    Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a micrometer scale, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shed new light on what may become a cost-effective way to generate hydrogen gas directly from water and sunlight.