| Event News |
| Microphotonics expert Rajbenbach receives SPIE Europe award |
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Henri Rajbenbach, European Commission Scientific Project Manager, will be presented with the 2008 SPIE Europe Recognition award at the opening ceremony of SPIE Europe's Photonics Europe symposium...>More... |
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| ‘Instant’ cost reduction key to fastener show success |
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The Fastening & Assembly Solutions Exhibition offers the biggest choice of cost-saving manufacturing opportunities to be found anywhere in the UK in one place at one time...>More... |
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| Call for exhibitors to the 6th Optics Valley Exhibition 2008 - Wuhan, China |
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The event takes place from 25-28 April 2008 and it is an important international platform of exchange, cooperation and development for the optoelectronic industry. The last OVC EXPO saw the participation of a total of more than 1200 exhibitors, 35% of them from abroad. EU exhibitors will benefit from an “all included package”...>More... |
| Industry News |
| Corning opens new LCD glass plant in China |
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At the end of March, fibre maker Corning hosted a grand opening ceremony for the company’s new LCD glass substrate manufacturing facility in China. The plant, located in the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area, is the company’s first TFT-LCD glass production facility on the China mainland...>More... |
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| Optical interconnect development will challenge electronic links |
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The US Government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has commissioned Sun Microsystems to develop a microprocessor interconnect that will transmit data by light rather than electricity...>More... |
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| Business excellence awards from Scottish Enterprise for Gilden |
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Gilden Photonics Ltd, a start up company specialising in optical spectroscopy has been recognised in the Business Excellence Awards by Scottish Enterprise. Gilden was nominated in two categories - Innovation & Creativity - for its revolutionary fluoroSENS instrument and the Business Growth through International Activity Award... >More... |
| Research News |
| Getting warmer – Leeds research brings terahertz closer to everyday use |
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A collaboration between the Universities of Leeds and Harvard (Cambridge, Ma., US) has turned the heat up on terahertz technology, bringing a handheld terahertz device a step closer to reality...>More... |
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| Silicon photonics is forecast to ‘ramp’ |
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A new forecast from industry analyst Heavy Reading has predicted that silicon photonics will be the hottest trend in optical components this year. The report is entitled Photonic Integration & the Future of Optical Networking...>More... |
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| Firing photons up 1500km advances space communications |
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Physicists have been able to identify for the first time individual returning photons after firing and reflecting them off of a space satellite in orbit almost 1,500km above the earth. The experiment has proven the possibility of constructing a so-called "quantum channel" between space and Earth...>More... |
| Product News |
| Fast & affordable - LED measurement from Pro-Lite |
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Pro-Lite Technology has released an LED measurement system that stands out as being both highly affordable as well as quick and easy to use. Based around the USB4000 CCD spectrometer from Ocean Optics ...>More... |
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| Specialist lenses & optical systems for the Broadcast TV and Film industry |
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Drawing upon over 20 years experience Resolve Optics has built a strong reputation for specialist lens design and manufacture of production quantities of high quality, high-resolution lenses and optical systems for use in TV, high definition TV, film, teleconferencing and video applications...>More... |
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| New Optimal Cleanline installed at SLS Optics |
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SLS Optics has installed a new 7-stage Ultrasonic Cleaning System for batch cleaning substrates prior to coating. The UCS120 manufactured by Optimal Technologies is another example of SLS's policy of continued investment in the latest production technology...>More... |
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| Miniature, back-thinned FFT-CCD detector spectrometers |
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Ocean Optics, the industry leader in miniature spectrometers has introduced the Maya2000 family of high-sensitivity back-thinned 2D FFT-CCD spectrometers. The un-cooled Maya2000 and the Maya2000Pro are particularly suited to low-light level applications such as fluorescence, DNA sequencing and Raman analysis due to their high quantum efficiency, high dynamic range and excellent UV response...>More... |
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| New compact vision system with GigE Vision interface |
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Firstsight Vision has announced the availability of the new IPD VA61 compact machine vision solution. The VA61 contains all the processing power in a rugged enclosure, instead of the camera head. This approach allows small cameras to be used, while the unit itself can be readily integrated into factory environments alongside other automation controllers...>More... |
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| Ophir-Spiricon introduces highest accuracy USB CCD cameras |
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Ophir-Spiricon, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced two new USB 2.0 Silicon CCD Cameras designed specifically for laser beam measurement applications. The SP503U and SP620U cameras accurately capture and analyse wavelengths from 190nm - 1550nm, both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed mode... >More... |
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| Fabry Perot Etalons to suit your application |
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Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading international supplier of Fabry-Perot etalons in a range of shapes and sizes up to 150mm in diameter with matching accuracies to lambda/300. Etalons are widely used in telecommunications, lasers and spectroscopic applications to measure the wavelength of light. Recent advances in fabrication technique allow the creation of very precise tunable Fabry-Pérot interferometers... >More... |
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| Microvision demos laser-based mini-projector, handheld barcode scanner |
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As it launches its new range of laser-based projection systems, US company Microvision is saying 'goodbye to squinting at mobile phone displays' and 'hello to pocket-sized laser projectors'...>More... |
