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Laser Industry News 2008 p11:

• OPTOmism call for papers: deadline is Oct. 31
  October 1, 2008--OPTOmism: Photonics for the Green Revolution, is to be held by Laser Focus World (Nashua, NH) and the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA; Washington, DC) at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, May 18-20, 2009, has announced a call for papers: deadline for abstracts is October 31, 2008.
• Avo Photonics expands Canadian operations
  October 1, 2008--Avo Photonics (Horsham, PA), specialists in optical packaging, design, and contract manufacturing, has expanded its services by relocating its Toronto, Canada facility.
• Laser instrument on Phoenix Mars Lander detects snow falling from Martian clouds
  September 30, 2008-- A laser instrument on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander designed to gather knowledge of how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars, detected snow from clouds about 2.5 miles above the spacecraft's landing site. Data show the snow vaporizing before reaching the ground. Spacecraft soil tests have also provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth.
• Northrop Grumman delivers production-line Vesta II solid-state laser to Air Force
  September 30, 2008--Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a compact, stand-alone, 15 kW high-power, solid-state laser developed for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. Called Vesta II, the laser was a sole source add-on to the Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) program contract and leverages Northrop Grumman's scalable technology architecture.
• Penn State Materials Research Institute develops near-infrared method for breast cancer detection
  September 29, 2008---A new imaging method for breast cancer has been developed by a team of scientists from Penn State using encapsulated fluorescent molecules in calcium phosphate nanoparticles and non-toxic near-infrared imaging.
• New bio-imaging center tackles complex systems
  September 29, 2008--Georgia Tech's new Center for Bio-Imaging Mass Spectrometry (BIMS) allows researchers to visualize the spatial arrangement and relative abundance of specific molecules--from simple metabolites to peptides and proteins--in biological samples. The center includes biologists, chemists, and engineers whose goal is to unravel the molecular complexities of biological systems.
• NanoMarkets report says OLED lighting markets will reach $4.5 billion by 2013
  September 26, 2008--According to a new report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets (Glen Allen, VA), the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting market will reach almost $4.5 billion dollars by 2013 and grow to $5.9 billion by 2015. The firm claims that in the past year the prospects for OLED lighting have made great leaps forward due to improvements in OLED performance and manufacturing.
• NeoPhotonics ultra-low-loss ROADM chosen for ECI's optical platforms
  September 25, 2008--New ultra low-loss ROADM meets the requirements for 40 Gbit/s operation in next-generation metro and long-haul networks.
• Army hero credits Edmund Optics for saving lives in Iraq War
  September 23, 2008--An American hero out of the Iraq war recently thanked Edmund Optics (EO; Barrington, NJ) for enhancing the safety of U.S. combat forces through advanced technology. Silver Star recipient Sergeant First Class Sean Bennett pointed to EO's advanced technologies as key contributors to the effectiveness and safety of U.S. ground forces in combat missions.
• Stevens Institute of Technology awarded $2.365 million to investigate multi-spectrum sensor
  September 23, 2008--An interdisciplinary team of professors from Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ) were awarded $2.365 million to conduct research for a U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command Armament Research Center (RDECOM-ARDEC) National Small Arms Center (NSAC) Task Order Sub-Agreement (TOSA), titled "A Standalone/Networked Compact, Low Power, Image-fused, Multi-spectrum Sensor System for Target Acquisitions, Tracking and Fire Control."

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