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A cooperative project hosted by Florida State University, Molecular Expressions explores the world of optics a...
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: Activity grants benefit thousands of students
OSA Foundation grants to OSA student chapters and local sections benefit students throughout the world....
TUNABLE SOURCES: Telecom laser investments pay off in near-IR instrumentation
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An ancillary benefit of improved telecom sources has been in other areas requiring tunability such as measurem...
PHOTONICS INDUSTRY NEWS
Raydiance closes $20 million funding round for ultrafast laser development
November 21, 2008--Ultrafast laser manufacturer Raydiance (Petaluma, CA) secured $20 million in Series ...
Avo Photonics to manufacture Luna's MEMS-based tunable laser
November 21, 2008--Optoelectronic packaging company Avo Photonics (Horsham, PA) has been selected to ma...
Edmund optics lands night-vision defense contract for $2.32 million
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November 20, 2008--Defense order will boost night-vision techniques to "see in the dark."...
Product Highlights
Northrop Grumman releases FIRESTRIKE solid-state laser weapon
November 13, 2008--The world's first weaponized solid-state laser for U.S. military services is ready f...
Bookham introduces compact single-wavelength laser controller
November 10, 2008--The New Focus low-cost compact laser controller enables Bookham to target Raman spec...
Texas police department adopts 3D laser scanner for crime scene investigation
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November 6, 2008--Leica ScanStation measures crime scenes with high resolution to provide valuable thre...
Technology News
Asteroid camera uses 1.4 gigapixel detector from MIT
November 18, 2008--Silicon chips developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Cambridge, MA) are at the heart o...
Attosecond laser pulses steer hydrogen molecules
November 17, 2008--Physicists at Kansas State use ultrafast lasers to control electrons in hydrogen mol...
Rensselaer A-R coating improves solar-cell absorption
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November 6, 2008--A "near-perfect" antireflection coating for silicon solar cells will improve the effi...
