News Articles http://www.photonicsonline.com/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:34:33 GMT ASU scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/New-Imaging-Technology-Advances-Fingerprint-D-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:34:33 GMT On 4th March 2010, e2v charged coupled device (CCD) imaging sensors were launched into space by NASA from Cape Canaveral, Florida onboard a Delta IV rocket, carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P). http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Boeing-Built-GOES-P-Satellite-Launched-With-e-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:00 GMT In the future, getting a broadband connection might be as simple as flipping on a light switch. In fact, according to a group of researchers from Germany, the light coming from the lamps in your home could one day encode a wireless broadband signal. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/From-The-Desk-Lamp-To-The-Desktop-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:00 GMT Photovoltaic energy is currently more expensive than conventional, higher-carbon energy sources, but it's getting cheaper. Over the next five years, as photovoltaic module production capacities continue to grow and economies of scale are achieved, the cost of photovoltaic-based power generation is expected to fall to the same levels as peak-rate electricity from conventional sources. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/ABBs-New-Inverter-To-Feed-Photovoltaic-Power-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:22:00 GMT IBM scientists unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Computer-Chips-Communicate-Using-Pulses-Of-Li-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:15:59 GMT A Lab technology that originally was developed to make computer chips smaller, faster and more powerful is now being used in space to take images of the sun every 10 seconds with 10 times better resolution than high-definition television. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/EUV-Multilayer-Mirrors-Fly-On-NASAs-Solar-Dyn-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:26 GMT Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions that Make, Manage, and Measure LightSM, announces the latest offering in their SmartTable OTS optical table system family, the OTS-LSC Laser Safety Curtain. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Newport-Introduces-OTS-LSC-Integrated-Laser-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:24:00 GMT Customers and interested parties in the areas of electronic, flat panel as well as photovoltaics and automotive can test and further develop production processes and lasers. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Jenoptik-Opening-Laser-Application-Center-In-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:53:00 GMT Materials such as paper, paint, and biological tissue are opaque because the light that passes through them is scattered in complicated and seemingly random ways. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/How-To-See-Through-Opaque-Materials-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:15:00 GMT The first experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) have demonstrated a unique physics effect that bodes well for NIF's success in generating a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Initial-NIF-Experiments-Meet-Requirements-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:54:00 GMT At Photonics West the Diode Lasers business unit of the Jenoptik Lasers & Material Processing division showcased its high-brightness fiber-coupled diode laser modules up to 65 W optical output power at 105 µm fiber core diameter and a numerical aperture of 0.15. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Jenoptik-Presents-Diode-Lasers-With-High-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:42:00 GMT Purdue University researchers have developed a miniature device capable of converting ultrafast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency signals, a step toward making wires obsolete for communications in the homes and offices of the future. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Making-Wires-Obsolete-Miniature-Device-Conver-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:27:54 GMT Solar cells made from silicon are projected to be a prominent factor in future renewable green energy equations, but so far the promise has far exceeded the reality. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Trapping-Sunlight-With-Silicon-Nanowires-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:20:00 GMT Munich-based Instrument Systems GmbH has taken over the light measurement division of X-Rite Inc., effective January 1, 2010. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Instrument-Systems-Acquires-X-Rites-Light-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:26:00 GMT Custom fabricated sapphire optics for applications in harsh environments involving high pressure, chemicals, acids, strong alkalis, and blowing dirt and sand are available from Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Sapphire-Optics-Withstand-Extreme-Conditions-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:37:54 GMT Vytran, an innovative supplier of fiber fusion splicing, assembly and fiber-based glass processing solutions, has hired Jim Tracey as Sales Engineer for North America. Tracey will primarily focus on developing Vytran's business in the sensing, medical and research markets. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Vytran-Hires-Sales-Engineer-For-North-America-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:33:00 GMT A line of larger CO2 focusing lenses for industrial steel cutting lasers that are stocked in a variety of sizes and focal lengths for 24-hour delivery is available from Laser Research Optics of Providence, Rhode Island. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/CO2-Laser-Focusing-Lenses-As-Field-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:18:00 GMT European experts in nanotechnology, optoelectronics and quantum physics have advanced the generation, detection and manipulation of single photons in semiconductors. Their discoveries bring practical single-photon and quantum applications significantly closer. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Single-Photons-Step-Into-The-Slow-Light-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:23:26 GMT Zecotek Photonics Inc., a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, recently announced that Chile's prestigious Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile, has ordered the Company's proprietary third generation Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diode (MAPD-3N) for use in high-precision calorimeters for its participation in CERN's NA-61 experiments. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/MAPD-Solid-State-Photo-Detectors-Ordered-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:24:00 GMT Edmund Optics® (EO), the premier provider of optical components, introduces its new TECHSPEC? Single Axis Crossed-Roller Translation Stages. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Edmund-Optics-Introduces-Single-Axis-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:02:00 GMT