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06th December 2006
OPTEK Fiber Optic LED Transmitters
For Datacoms Equipment
OPTEK Technology has developed a series of fibre optic LED
transmitters for integration into data communications equipment.
Designated the OPF670 Series, the LED transmitter family consists
of the OPF670 in a TO-46 package, the OPF672 in a standard
profile metal housing, and the OPF673 in a low profile metal
housing.......... more
06th December 2006
EMCORE Strategic Investment
in Terrestrial Solar Company WorldWater & Power Corp.
EMCORE and WorldWater & Power Corp., developer and marketer
of photovoltaic systems for terrestrial power generation including
proprietary electrical motor drive technology for water pumping,
jointly announced that EMCORE has agreed to invest $18 million
in WorldWater in return for an amount of convertible preferred
stock and warrants of WorldWater, equivalent to an approximately
31% equity ownership in WorldWater, or approximately 26.5%
on a fully diluted basis.........
more
06th December 2006
NOCTREL First With Truly
Transparent Solid-State Lighting Element
After the Luxembourg State visit to China, NOCTRON started
negotiations with a major Chinese Solid-State Lighting (SSL)
manufacturer and both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding
in China........ more
06th December 2006
PATENT NEWS: MOCVD Susceptor
for Nitrides from Nakamura & DenBaars of Cree
In recent US Patent #7,122,844, Shuji Nakamura, Steven DenBaars,
Max Batres and Michael Coulter; (Santa Barbara, CA) of Cree,
Inc. (Goleta, CA) describe an improved susceptor for MOCVD
growth of nitride and other epilayers.......
more
30th November 2006
Nortel Networks Wins Major
Fibre Optics Contract in Iraq
Iraq Telecommunications & Post Corporation (ITPC), Iraq's
sole fixed-line operator, has awarded Nortel a US$20 m contract
to build a nationwide optical backbone to deliver high-quality
high-bandwidth data, video and multimedia services for personal
and business communications. Nortel was selected by ITPC as
the prime contractor for the Iraq national optical backbone
following a public tender process.......
more
30th November 2006
Fraunhofer Scores Big Award
for Laser Diodes, Alternative Energy Sources and Carbon Based
Coatings
American subsidiary of Germany's largest R&D organization,
Fraunhofer USA, recently won four major awards amounting to
$2.9 m from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation
for laser diodes, alternative energy sources and carbon-based
coatings..more
30th November 2006
Osram Opto Launches LED Headlamp
Products
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors launched its new OSTAR Headlamp.
With the launch of the OSTAR Headlamp, and the upcoming launch
of OSTAR Headlamp Hot Spot, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will
target vehicle forward lighting applications based on both
reflector and projector systems. Systems designed with OSTAR
Headlamps produce bright, white light and are ideal for applications
such as high and low beam headlights, fog lights, daytime
running lights and Adaptive Front lighting Systems (AFS)......
more
30th November 2006
UTEK Corporation Completes
Technology Transfer with Cyberlux
Cyberlux Corporation announced that Cyberlux has acquired
SPE Technologies, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK Corporation
in a restricted stock transaction. Cyberlux also showcased
its Covert/Visible solid-state semiconductor security lighting
systems and made 21 claims awarded by the US Patent Office
for Emergency Safety Lighting to accelerate pursuit of providing
long-term solutions for interim and emergency lighting in
hotels.... more
30th November 2006
First LED for Resistor Drive
Applications
Philips Lumileds announced its new SnapLED 150 LEDs which
are specifically designed, qualified, tested and binned for
use in automotive dual drive-current applications such as
rear combination lamps that provide both stop light and tail
light functionality. The company says that SnapLED 150 parts
simplify the engineering process and remove the need for more
costly pulse-width modulation (PWM) circuits and eliminate
the “flicker” that can be seen in some lamps when
this type of circuit is employed......
more
21st November 2006
Cree & Arrow Electronics
LED Distribution Agreement
Cree, Inc., announced a global distribution agreement with
Arrow Electronics, Inc., to sell and support Cree XLamp products
worldwide. The agreement gives Arrow’s over 130,000
customers ready access to Cree’s latest commercially
available technology and a growing family of XLamp products.
It also gives Cree’s customers access to one of the
world’s largest and most efficient distributor supply
chains....... more
21st November 2006
Ground-Breaking 100 Gigabit
Ethernet Demonstration Across 4,000-km Live Network
A first-ever demonstration of 100 Gigabit Ethernet
(100GbE) technology by a team of industry leaders, including
Finisar, Infinera, Internet2, Level 3 Communications, and
University of California at Santa Cruz, shows that 100GbE
technology is viable and capable of implementation in existing
optical networks with 10 Gbit/s wavelengths.
This breakthrough trial also highlights how next-generation
technology can address the emerging bandwidth needs of network
providers and their users as advanced Internet-based applications
continue to proliferate.......
more
21st November 2006
Auto Industry First: LED
for Resistor Drive Applications
Philips Lumileds announced its new SnapLED 150 LEDs which
are specifically designed, qualified, tested and binned for
use in automotive dual drive-current applications such as
rear combination lamps that provide both stop light and tail
light functionality. The company says that SnapLED 150 parts
simplify the engineering process and remove the need for more
costly pulse-width modulation (PWM) circuits and eliminate
the “flicker” that can be seen in some lamps when
this type of circuit is employed......
more
21st November 2006
Avago Launches New
Components at Electronica – including half-watt LED
for vehicles
At the Electronica show in Munich, Avago Technologies was
amongst the many chip companies launching major new additions
to their opto lines. In particular, introduced the industry’s
first half-watt (0.5-W) high-brightness red-orange and amber
LEDs in an automotive-industry-standard PLCC-4 surface-mount
package...... more
13 th November 2006
Broadband White LED Light Engine
Opto Technology recently introduced its new OTLA-0130 broadband
white LED light engine for applications requiring the full,
UV to red spectrum.Potential instrumentation applications
for the OTLA-0130 broadband white LED include: fluorescence,
absorbance, transmittance, reflectance and colour metric measurements.
The OTLA-0130 integrates a white LED with additional monochromatic
LED die to expand the unit's spectral output.......
more
13 th November 2006
MEAD - MEMs Applications for Defence
QinetiQ, acting as the prime and in partnership with 21 other
organisations from industry, academia and the UK defence supply
chain, has formed the MEMs Applications for Defence (MEAD)
consortium. Its remit is to take a new approach to developing
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology for defence
purposes in an MoD backed project worth £3.2m over three
years....... more
13 th November 2006
QinetiQ Optical Technology
For Smaller Micro-satellites
TopSat, the micro-satellite designed and built by a QinetiQ-led
consortium of British firms, was crowned as the Aviation and
Space Grand Award Winner at Popular Science’s 2006 Best
of What’s New Awards in New York City. TopSat received
the Aviation and Space Grand Award – the top award for
aerospace technology, from Popular Science, the best selling
science and technology magazine in the world. The magazine’s
editors sifted through thousands of entries before concluding
that TopSat, which provides high resolution images of the
earth at low cost, is an innovation that has the potential
to change satellite and space reconnaissance technology......
more
13 th November 2006
Sofradir MBE Fab for MCT
Grenoble-based Sofradir has received permission to construct
a new €9m ($11.5m) factory that will allow it to almost
double its production area (from 5500 - 9000 sq m, one third
cleanroom) and to mass produce 'third-generation' IR detectors
made from mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) starting in late
2007.
Sofradir will upgrade from 2-inch to 4-inch MCT wafers, at
the same time becoming the first European manufacturer to
produce IR detectors using MBE and the only company, worldwide,
to do so on an industrial scale. .....
more
- 06th November 2006
World's Smallest, Fully Integrated
Flash LED Driver
At the Electronica trade show in Munich, Germany, from November
14-17,. National Semiconductor Corp., will showcase what it
reckons is the world's smallest fully integrated flash LED
driver. The LM2754, featuring low input noise, adjustable
output power control and automatic LED shutdown, delivers
up to an 800 mA load in handheld applications. .....
more
- 06th November 2006
OMRON Acquires Optical Communications
Components from NHK
OMRON Corporation has finalized its agreement with NHK Spring
Co., Ltd. and completed the screening process of the Japan
Fair Trade Commission to acquire NHK Spring's FTTH optical
coupler business on November 1, 2006. From November 1, the
FTTH optical coupler business, which was based in NHK Spring's
Yokohama head office, will be operated from OMRON's Kusatsu
Factory. OMRON will maintain the existing supply chain for
the immediate future to ensure a stable supply of products.....
more
- 06th November 2006
Side-View LED Chips Enable
Thinner Displays for Mobiles
BridgeLux, Inc., released its new BSV Series side-view LED
chip product line. With the addition of the BSV series to
its product portfolio, BridgeLux brings leading-edge performance
and cost-effectiveness to the industry-standard side-view
approach used in backlighting applications.....
more
- 06th November 2006
OSTAR Version For Rear Projection
Television
OSRAM has developed the OSTAR Projection RPTV (rear projection
television) specifically for rear projection television. This
efficient high-power LED light source is suitable for all
projection systems, offers vibrant colours and is dimmable.
It also has a long life (20,000 to 50,000 hours depending
on the operating conditions) and short switching times. OSTAR
Projection RPTV is suitable for all projection systems, whether
they are based on DMD, LCoS or LCD technology. It has been
developed specifically for imagers of 0.85 to 0.95 inches
used in systems with an aperture size of 2.0 to 2.4....
more
- 06th November 2006
Vitesse Smashes Bandwidth
Barriers with Record 1.5 Terabit/s Switching in Single Device
Vitesse Semiconductor has unveiled the world’s highest
capacity semiconductor device with breakthrough 1.5 Terabit
per second (Tbps) switching capacity and advanced Signal Integrity
technology. This, it says will lay the groundwork for new
broadband services such as HDTV, Video-on-Demand and Fiber-to-the
Home (FTTH)... more
- 30th October 2006
Firecomms Publishes
Reliability Data on RCLED and VCSEL Products
Firecomms Ltd., of Cork, Ireland, has published significant
data on the reliability of its core RCLED and VCSEL compound
semiconductor devices. The new test data for the RCLED device
indicates that the company’s RCLED, in various packages
and integrations, has proven to operate stably within specification
in excess of 400,000 hours. Firecomms RCLED devices are integrated
in Ethernet, MOST, and 1394 transceivers with applications
in consumer, industrial, and automotive markets...
more
- 30th October 2006
PhlatLight RGB Chipset
for Microdisplay TVs
Woburn, MA, USA, based Luminus Devices, Inc., announced
that its PhlatLight PT120 chipset is being sampled to its
microdisplay projection television customers. The red, green
and blue LEDs in the PT120 chipset combine to produce more
than 1,500 white lumens under normal operating conditions,
enough brightness to illuminate RPTVs up to 62 inches with
a single RGB chipset.....
more
- 30th October 2006
Luxtera Demos Single-Chip
CMOS 40-Gbit/sec WDM Technology
Carlsbad, CA, USA, based Luxtera Inc., the CMOS photonics
specialist, announced its new technology that multiplexes
four 10Gbps wavelengths onto a single fibre, on a production
CMOS die – resulting in a single fibre 40Gbps link.
This advance reduces cost for high bandwidth interconnect
over traditional parallel fibre solutions and paves the technological
way for next generation 100Gbps Ethernet data centre connectivity....
more
- 30th October 2006
Spectrolab Produces
Two Millionth Multi-Junction Solar Cell
Boeing announced that Spectrolab,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has produced its two millionth
multi-junction, GaAs-based solar cell. Spectrolab, the industry-leading
solar cell producer, pioneered this type of cell in 1983,
perfecting the technology for production several years later.
Spectrolab?s advancements gave satellite operators the option
of doubling satellite power and increasing potential revenue
or controlling costs by reducing spacecraft size without sacrificing
capability... more
- 23rd October 2006
Firecomms Ethernet FOT for
POF enables IPTV services through Netopia gateway
The Cork, Ireland, based Firecomms Ltd., announced
that its RCLED-based 650 nm Fast Ethernet FOT (fibre optic
transceiver) is the light source chosen by Netopia for its
next-generation high-performance MiAVo residential gateway
to deliver bandwidth-intensive, QoS-reliant services such
as IPTV, video and VoIP over plastic optical fibre (POF)...
more
- 23rd October 2006
Mintera funds to accelerate
deployments of 40 Gbps optical transmission systems
The Acton, MA, USA, based Mintera Corporation has raised $10m
of venture capital financing co-led by investors Polaris Venture
Partners and RRE Ventures. Also participating in the round
are existing investors including Court Square Ventures, Star
Ventures and Portview Communications Partners. This financing
brings the total amount raised by Mintera to more than $54m...
more
- 23 October 2006
Cascade design deal with
oil giants
CASCADE Technologies has signed a £4m deal to
design and supply emissions monitoring systems for BP Marine.
The latter has invested in Cascade Technologies to gain access
to the Stirling company's quantum cascade laser (QCL) technology,
a system for detecting drugs, explosives and hazardous compounds.
The three-year deal with BP involves Cascade design QCL-based
supply emissions monitoring systems for use in the marine
industry.... more
- 23 October 2006
Platinum Dragon LED - more current, more light
The Platinum Dragon LED produces white light at 75 lm from
an operating current of 700 mA (30 lm/W), making it the brightest
single-chip high-power LED in the Dragon series from OSRAM
Opto Semiconductors. In terms of its design and dimensions,
the package is the same as for the Golden Dragon but can withstand
twice the output and therefore a higher operating current.
This means more light in the same space....
more
- 22 September 2006 -
Bookham iTLA underpins
next generation tunable technology - European debut for fully
qualified iTLA at ECOC 2006
Bookham, Inc. was amongst the leaders in laser components
making major product launches at ECOC. It announced that its
integrable tunable laser assembly (iTLA) is now fully qualified
and in full volume production from the company’s manufacturing
facility in Shenzhen, China. The product, which will be featured
at ECOC next week, is also underpinning the next generation
of tunable technology with its incorporation into two ground-breaking
new products... more
- 21 September 2006 -
Alcan Showcases Prototype
of Vanguard Flat LLED Aluminium Lighting System at "ALUMINIUM
2006" Essen
Alcan, one of the major exhibitors at the "ALUMINIUM
2006" industry trade fair in Essen, Germany, is presenting
the prototype of a vanguard FLAT LED lighting system that
combines aluminium components and LEDs in an innovative sandwich
construction. Among a number of superior attributes, the system
greatly reduces heat generation and reducing assembly cost,
when compared with traditional LED systems... more
- 20 September 2006 -
III-Vs & Silicon
Come Together: New Hybrid Silicon Laser from Intel and the
University of California, Santa Barbara
Researchers from Intel and the University of California,
Santa Barbara (UCSB) have built the world's first electrically
powered Hybrid Silicon Laser using standard silicon manufacturing
processes. They were able to combine the light-emitting properties
of InP with the light-routing capabilities of silicon into
a single hybrid chip... more
- 18 September 2006 -
Big hitters get behind
OLEDs for lighting in R&D project
AIXTRON will participate in an R&D project with its
Organic Vapor Phase Deposition (OVPD) technology platform
in a consortium together with OSRAM, Philips, BASF and Applied
Materials. The final goal of this project, called OPAL 2008
(Organic Phosphorescent lights for Applications in the Lighting
market 2008), is the development of an OLED production technology
capable of achieving the cost target of a few Euro cent per
cm2 for a high performance white OLED device... more
- 15 September 2006 -
Mitsubishi Electric
Develops 10 Gbps DWDM Transceiver Module for Optical Communication
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a 10 Gbps
transceiver module for optical communication. This module
is the first compact optical transceiver in the world to comply
with the DWDM system under the 10 Gbps Form-factor Pluggable
Extended Multi-Source Agreement (XFP-E MSA), the industrial
standard for 10 Gbps optical transceivers. Sample shipment
will begin on October 1... more
- 13 September 2006 -
Research InP selective
area epitaxy
Selective area epitaxy (SAE)
is an important technique for electronic and photonic device
fabrication, and for the monolithic integration of these devices.
In Microelectronics Journal [Vol 37, Issue 10, Pages 1056-1063]
a large-scale parametric study of InP deposition on patterned
substrates is detailed by Jonathan E. Greenspan, Dept of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada...
more
- 13 September 2006 -
Opto Mid-Week Round-up
There have several significant developments in optoelectronics
in the past few days. After aperiod of quiet another patent
infringement litigation has been revealed. Meanwhile, two
of the datacom component majors have published demonstrations
as to their commitment in areas which will likely affect all
the other players in due course. Firstly, Bookham qualification
labs achieved International Standard ISO/IEC 17025 and second,
JDSU has received Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Growth Strategy
Award for IP Video/IPTV. Finally, HelioVolt and NREL take
the next step in developing nanomaterial-based solar cells...
more
- 07 September 2006 -
Oki Group World's First
Thin-Film-Bonding Technology in Volume
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., and OKI Printing Solutions
(the brand name for Oki Data Corporation), have developed
"Epi Film Bonding" (EFB) technology in which thin
films are released and bonded on dissimilar materials. Oki
Group is the world's first to succeed in high volume production
of LED printheads using the EFB technology... more
- 06 September 2006 -
NeoPhotonics Acquires BeamExpress
NeoPhotonics, a supplier of fibre optic component and
module solutions for long-haul, metro and FTTX networks, announced
a significant expansion of its product line for high-capacity
enterprise networks via the acquisition of BeamExpress, Inc.
of Sunnyvale... more
- 05 September 2006 -
Research: Nanoindentation
of GaN-on-sapphire for improved optoelectronics
In a recent issue of Materials Chemistry and Physics journal
a ‘pop-in’ phenomenon during nanoindentation in
epitaxial GaN thin films on c-plane sapphire substrates was
reported... more
- 04 September 2006 -
New GaN UV Sensor
is Highly Versatile
Hong Kong based, Orion Semiconductor, a leader in the
design and manufacture of UV sensors and sensor modules, has
unveiled the OS100 GaN UV sensor... more
- 04 September 2006 -
Cree Launches EZBright
for Lighting Applications
Cree's new EZBright LED power
chip are said to be twice the brightness of its current power
chips. The EZBright1000 power chip is designed for general
lighting applications, such as home and office lighting, auto
headlamps, streetlights, and garage and warehouse low bay
lighting, as well as consumer applications including flashlights,
camera flash and projection displays... more
- 31 August 2006 -
GE Invests $100 Million
to Grow its LED Lighting Business
The General Electric Company
(GE) through its Consumer & Industrial business and the
Nichia Corporation announced a strategic alliance agreement
to support GELcore, LLC, based in Cleveland, Ohio. GELcore,
formed in 1999, was previously a joint venture between GE
and the Emcore Corporation of Somerset, NJ. GE purchased Emcore's
49% interest in the joint venture for $100 million, demonstrating
its ongoing commitment to invest in LED technology and the
future of lighting...
more
- 31 August 2006 -
Strong sales mean SiGe Semiconductor completes $19.5m expansion
round
SiGe Semiconductor has raised US $19.5m in an expansion
round of financing. The investment will fund new product development
from conception to launch, as well as the growth of operations
in support of the company's expanding global customer base...
more
- 30 August 2006 -
CDT UK DTI-Supported OLED project for flexible displays
on track
Cambridge Display Technology
(CDT) is underway with new collaborative work on a metal deposition
project which is expected to be important in the field of
flexible displays. This is one of a number of projects which
CDT expects to be able to announce in the near future which
together will make a major contribution to the development
of flexible displays...
more
- 29 August 2006 -
Cree XLamp LEDs Power New Grote Vehicle Interior Lights
Cree, Inc., announced that
Grote Industries, a designer and manufacturer of vehicle safety
systems, is building its new line of interior dome lights
with white Cree XLamp power LEDs...
more
- 22 August 2006 -
Jenoptik to develop diode laser stacks for space LIDAR
Jena-Optronik GmbH and JENOPTIK
Laserdiode GmbH are to develop a pumping source for the laser
which will be at the core of a new atmospheric LIDAR* (ATLID)
system. The system is part of the European Space Agency's
Earth observation program and will contribute toward a better
understanding of the interaction between clouds, radiation,
and aerosol processes...
more
- 17 August 2006 -
Companies team to produce record breaking red phosphorescent
OLEDs
At the International Society
of Optical Engineering (SPIE) Optics and Photonics 2006 conference
in San Diego, CA...
more
- 16 August 2006 -
Avago Technologies smallest, most advanced 1.3Mp image
sensor helps cellphone OEMs
Avago Technologies introduced
the ADCC-3100, the first one-fifth inch optical format, 1.3-megapixel
small form factor (SFF) CMOS image sensor with advanced image
processing, including spot metering capabilities...
more
- 20 July 2006 -
Tunability and single-frequency performance combined
in new dfTune OEM laser
At this year’s OPTATEC exhibition in Frankfurt,
TOPTICA Photonics presented its new OEM laser module dfTune...
more
- 20 July 2006 -
Silicon-on-diamond device research award for sp3
Global provider of diamond-based solutions for electronics
thermal management, sp3, a has been awarded a Phase II contract
from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the development
of silicon-on-diamond (SOD) devices... more
- 20 July 2006 -
'Bulb Buster' for the KO Family of Power-LED Chips
Sunnyvale, CA, USA, based BridgeLux, Inc. (formerly
eLite Optoelectronics), a supplier of energy saving, power-LED
chips, introduced the KO family of LEDs, including the only
60-mil chip available in production volumes today... more
- 23 June 2006 -
Avago Technologies enters high-power LED market
The world's largest privately held semiconductor
company, Avago Technologies, announced its first series of
1W, high-power LEDs in one of the thinnest packages available.
This new LED offers brighter illumination, greater reliability
than competing products and can be installed easily... more
- 22 June 2006 -
Comms opto component market to beat $6.6bn by 2011
A new report from Charlottesville, VA, based market
research firm Communications Industry Researchers, Inc. (CIR)
estimates that the market for optical components used in telecom
and datacom networks will grow from $1.5bn this year to exceed
$6.6bn in 2011... more
- 22 June 2006 -
Fibre to copper converter is cheap and simple
Mahwah, NJ, USA based RAD Data Communications has
released a new ETX media converter which converts from fibre
optic to copper media for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet
services... more
- 22 June 2006 -
Firecomms fibre optic transceiver drives new connector
system
Firecomms Ltd. has announced that its RCLED-based 650nm Fast
Ethernet fibre optic transceiver (FOT) is the light source
used in the new Electronic Links International connector system
for IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet communication links over plastic
optical fibre (POF)... more
- 22 June 2006 -
Vishay transceivers target fast infrared
Amongst the new component offerings from Vishay Intertechnology,
Inc. are new infrared transceivers with the fast infrared
(FIR) 4Mbit/s data rate required by IrSimpleShot. The new
Vishay TFDU6300 and TFDU6301 infrared transceivers support
the IrDA high-speed IrSimpleShot protocol for beaming digital
pictures directly from camera phones to TVs, printers, and
other enabled camera phones... more
- 12 June 2006 -
Avago Technologies’ first colour controller
with integrated RGB photosensor
Avago Technologies announced the industry’s
first colour controller with an integrated color photosensor
for backlighting LCDs for a variety of portable display devices...
more
- 12 June 2006 -
Bookham unveils "ZoroLight" LED multiplexer
module for LED-based projectors
Bookham, Inc. has launched an innovative new solution for
LED multiplexing called "ZoroLight". The LED multiplexer
module is designed to support next-generation rear projection
television (RPTV) and pocket projectors that use LED illumination
instead of conventional UHP Lamps... more
- 12 June 2006 -
Optilon advanced composite reflector improves LCDs
DuPont has launched DuPont Optilon Advanced Composite
Reflector (ACR), a new product designed to significantly improve
the performance of LCDs... more
- 12 June 2006 -
Philips Lumileds' LUXEON Flash beats Xenon for camera
phones
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company has demonstrated
LUXEON® Flash performance that exceeds any phone-based
Xenon flash performance. With light output of 1.0 lux sec.
at 3 m, compared to 0.67 lux sec. for a Xenon solution, LUXEON®
Flash LED technology delivers the necessary light for high
quality imaging... more
- 5 June 2006 -
World's first compact 10Gbps widely tunable transponder
Two companies based in Petah Tikva, Israel, ECI Telecom and
Civcom, announced the world's first compact 10Gbps widely
tunable transponder designed to bring significant cost and
performance benefits to both metropolitan area and long haul
ROADM networks... more
- 5 June 2006 -
Timothy Franey joins Quintessence Photonics
Quintessence Photonics Corporation, the subsidiary of QPC
Lasers, Inc., manufacturer of high brightness, high power
semiconductor lasers, announced that Timothy Franey has joined
QPCI as Vice President of Manufacturing as of May 1, 2006...
more
- 5 June 2006 -
Catalyst Semiconductor Delivers Simple, Small White
LED Driver Optimized for High-Volume 3-LED Applications
Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. further expanded its family of
LED drivers with the CAT3603; a tiny, simple-to-use, high-efficiency
fractional charge pump... more
- 25 May 2006 -
Zarlink bags Primarion Optical I/O Group
Zarlink Semiconductor is to augment its fibre optic modules
capabilities with the addition of the optical I/O (in/out)
business of Primarion, Inc., the Torrance, CA, USA, headquartered
supplier of digital power conversion ICs... more
- 22 May 2006 -
AlN LEDs enter the deep UV zone
Workers at NTT Basic Research Laboratories have reported light
emission at 210-nm wavelength from aluminum nitride (AlN)
LEDs. They state that this is the shortest wavelength ever
observed from any semiconductor, and confirms the long-held
theoretical expectation that AlN could emit light in the deep
ultraviolet (DUV) region (wavelengths from 200- to 300-nm)...
more
- 17 May 2006 -
Quintessence Photonics acquired and becomes QPC Lasers
Sylmar, CA, USA, based Planning Force Inc. has changed its
name to QPC Lasers, Inc. and acquired substantially all of
the outstanding shares of Quintessence Photonics Corporation
in a reverse merger transaction. At the closing of the transaction,
the Company replaced its officers and directors with officers
and directors of QPC. The Company has applied for a new OTCBB
trading symbol and expects the new symbol to be issued in
about 10 days... more
- 12 May 2006 -
JDSU demonstrates optically powered USB interface
JDSU announced that its Photonic Power Business Unit will
be demonstrating an optically powered USB data link at the
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
conference in Seattle... more
- 11 May 2006 -
Spire's Bandwidth Semiconductor to offer GaAs concentrator
PV for terrestrial applications
Bedford, MA, USA, based Spire Corporation says that its wholly
owned subsidiary Bandwidth Semiconductor LLC, is now offering
custom GaAs concentrator solar cells for terrestrial applications...
more
- 11 May 2006 -
Cree & Seoul Semiconductor forge LED supply agreements
In one of the biggest deals of its type this year,
US-based GaN LED specialist Cree, Inc. proudly announced that
it has signed a 5-year supply agreement with Seoul Semiconductor
Co., Ltd., a strategic LED chip customer headquartered in
South Korea... more
- 9 May 2006 -
Vitesse launches new products at Interop
At Interop in Las Vegas, Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., showcased
products from its Ethernet, Networking and Storage groups,
including the new E-StaX-34 switch-on-a chip product, the
first 400 mW integrated Gigabit Ethernet PHY technology demonstration,
the complete end-to-end NexSAS storage solution, and the latest
in high-speed signal integrity and 10GbE transceiver solutions...
more
- 8 May 2006 -
Cyberlux LEDs approved for defence
Cyberlux Corporation has gained approval from the US General
Services Administration (GSA) for its advanced solid-state
lighting systems under Federal Supply Schedule 56 for Specialty
Lighting products... more
- 4 May 2006 -
True blue LEDs
Marktech Optoelectronics is now the UK distributor for the
range of TSB 'true blue' LEDs from Cotco of Hong Kong... more
- 4 May 2006 -
Charge pump WLED drivers
California Micro Devices added a compelling and differentiated
family of fractional charge pump WLED drivers to its PhotonIC
family of white LED drivers for wireless handset applications...
more
- 4 May 2006 -
World's first digital, near-UV camcorder
Oculus Photonics LLP Goleta, CA, USA, has introduced the world's
first digital, near-ultraviolet (300-400nm) camcorder... more
- 4 May 2006 -
Avensys acquires ITF Optical
Montreal, Canada, based Avensys Inc., is to acquire assets
of ITF Optical Technologies Inc. (ITF), Montreal, Québec
based designer and manufacturer of advanced photonic solutions
based on proprietary all-fibre technology... more
- 4 May 2006 -
DuPont materials promise OLED expansion
OLEDs are beginning to penetrate key applications in small
displays such as cellphones and MP3 players. With a new technology,
DuPont OLEDs can compete in a larger range of products...
more
- 28 April 2006 -
Plastic transceiver conforms to Wake-on-LAN
Cork, Ireland based Firecomms has introduced a fully integrated
RCLED-based 650nm fibre optic transceiver (FOT) and highly
sensitive receiver FOT to conform fully to the IEEE 1394 and
IDB-1394 Wake-on-LAN specification... more
- 26 April 2006 -
LED prototype achieves 15% of the power of standard
65 W incandescent lamp
Morrisville, NC, USA, based LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (LLF)
proudly announced that an independent third-party's testing
confirms that LLF's recessed luminaire has an efficacy of
73 lumens per watt. It describes this as "a staggering
gain in efficacy of 35% over test results of its predecessor
just two short months ago". This is important because
it paves the way for wider acceptance of LED technology in
the lighting market worth some $12 bn annually. LLF used LEDs
supplied by Cree, Inc... more
- 26 April 2006 -
FTTH boom ahead?
Research and Markets's new work 'FTTX Concepts and
Applications' says that companies such as Verizon, SBC, and
Bell South plan to spend several billion dollars on new Fibre-to-the-Premises
(FTTP) in the next few years and already have started the
proposal process for that... more
- 20 April 2006 -
DARPA funds next-generation power lasers
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DARPA - has awarded Alfalight, Inc., the Madison, WI, USA,
based manufacturer of high-power diode lasers, $4.7 m to develop
the next generation diode laser . . . more
- 19 April 2006 -
Kodak licenses OLED technology to Univision
Technology
Eastman Kodak Company, one of the pioneers in the
area of organic LEDs (OLEDs), has formed a licensing agreement
with Univision Technology of Taiwan. Univision plans to incorporate
Kodak’s OLED technology in future generation flat panel
passive-matrix displays. To date, more than 15 companies have
licensed organic display technology from Kodak . . . more
- 18 April 2006 -
Compact InGaAs SWIR camera on show
Sensors Unlimited, Goodrich Corp., has launched
a new shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera . . . more
- 13 April 2006 -
OptiLED broadens distribution via EECOL
Electric of Canada
OptiLED, the global manufacturer of innovative LED
lighting systems,
announced a partnership with EECOL Electric, a member of the
Independent Electrical Distributors Limited Partnership of
Canada,
further expanding OptiLED's global reach into western Canada
. . . more
- 11 April 2006 -
Industry-first read-only laser diode driver
IC for HD-DVD/Blu-ray players
Atmel Corporation has announced its new ATR0885
laser diode driver IC
for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, CD players and PC
CD-ROM
drives. HD-DVD and Blu-ray are new disc standards, which will
offer
significantly more storage capacity than today's DVD standards.
Since
the new ATR0885 is available in very small packages, it is
particularly suitable for small SLIM drives used in notebook
computers, as well as for half-height drives used in desktop
PCs and
consumer DVD players. The ATR0885 is the industry's first
available
product for such applications and enables outstanding
cost-effectiveness, an important factor for high-volume consumer
products . . . more
- 05 April 2006 -
LED news summary
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors was named a 2006 Automotive
News PACE Award
winner at a gala ceremony in Detroit, MI last night. The prestigious
award recognizes automotive suppliers for superior innovation,
technological advancement and business performance. This is
the first
PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence)
award
win for the solid-state lighting division of OSRAM Gmbh .
. . more
- 04 April 2006 -
LED lighting giants share LED-related
patents
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., and Lumileds Lighting International
BV, have formed an agreement to allow the companies (including
subsidiaries) to use each other's patents for specific technologies
in Group III-V semiconductor LEDs, which include blue LEDs
and red LEDs . . . more
- 03 April 2006 -
Unaxis Optics dichroic filters enhance
LED lighting
Unaxis Optics, the manufacturer of thin film optical
components, recently announced new dichroics filters/mirrors
specifically optimized for LED applications. These LED ColorDichroics
efficiently reflect and transmit random polarized light from
individual high brightness power LED sources of different
colours. Applications of LED ColorDichroics range from Projection
Display illumination optics to various uses in solid state
lighting and instrumentation . . . more
- 30 March 2006 -
Cyberlux LEDs selected for US Air Force
security lighting system
Cyberlux Corporation says it has completed the contract
requirements associated with the advanced solid-state LED
security lighting system developed by Cyberlux for the US
Air Force. Based on the demonstration results of the Portable
Covert Illumination System, the Air Mobility Battlelab completed
the project briefing with A7 Air Mobility Command senior leadership
and successfully transitioned the Watchdog System from field
trials to . . . more
- 29 March 2006 -
Opto news summary:
Highlight of the opto news in the past week has been
the prospective marriage of two of the systems majors: Swedish
telecoms equipment maker Ericsson is likely to make a counter-offer
for Lucent, which has been approached by French telecoms equipment
provider Alcatel. If it goes through, such a merger would
create the world’s biggest telecoms equipment company
having total sales of over £12.6 bn and 90,000 employees
. . . more
- 28 March 2006 -
National Semiconductor drops inductors
from white LED drivers
National Semiconductor Corp has introduced three
new inductor-less white LED drivers for display backlighting
in mobile phones, PDAs, portable gaming devices and MP3 media
players. Having no external inductors, the LM27951, LM27952
and LM27964 significantly reduce the size of LED lighting
solutions, while providing highly efficient switched-capacitor
technology to extend battery life in portable devices . .
. more
- 27 March 2006 -
Ovum says annual opto trend remains positive
According to newly-published market research, opto
components sales grew 11% in 2005. This was down 1% for 4Q05
with JDSU remaining the market leader. However, Finisar is
ahead on grounds of profitability amongst the publicly traded
companies; reporting its second consecutive profitable quarter
. . . more
- 27 March 2006 -
Vishay exceptionally small white LED suits
power apps
Vishay Intertechnology Inc is addressing the rising
demand for white surface-mount (SM) LEDs by releasing an exceptionally
small and bright . . . more
- 24 March 2006 -
Violet lasers see success in print industry
The focus of media attention has been on the application
of violet laser diodes to optical data storage. Considerable
discussion is being aired as to the respective merits of these
components for next-generation high-definition DVD - Blu-Ray
versus HD, the matter has yet to be resolved . . . more
- 23 March 2006 -
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' TOPLED targets
variable message applications
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc has added some enhancements
to its Power TOPLED line of LEDs. In particular, the addition
of OSRAM's advanced thin-film chip technology within these
TOPLED packages now produces a new and significantly higher
brightness. The company has also refined the offerings for
its lensed Power TOPLED portfolio . . . more
- 20 March 2006 -
Barco optimises LED displays for US TV
sports
Barco has launched its own sports perimeter LED solution
optimized for
TV broadcast, the Barco SP-10 . . . more
- 15 March 2006 -
Advanced Photonix consolidates and relocates
Vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturer
of optoelectronic solutions, high-speed optical receivers
and Terahertz instrumentation, Advanced Photonix, Inc., has
received final approvals for tax abatements from the City
of Ann Arbor in connection with the consolidation of its semiconductor
micro-fabrication operations and relocation of its corporate
office to Ann Arbor, MI, USA . . . more
- 10 March 2006 -
Milestone 100 Gbit/s Ethernet-Over-Optical
In a paper presented to the Optical Fiber Communication
Conference & Exposition (OFC), Bell Labs, R&D arm
of Lucent Technologies, announced the first reported optical
transport of electronically multiplexed 107 . . . more
- 9 March 2006 -
High brightness in industry-standard die
attach from Cree
Cree, Inc., released its new EZBright LED chip platform
which it describes as a major advance in LED chip technology.
This is because they have Cree's highest brightness levels
but in a new, easy-to-die attach chip. This means that for
the first time Cree's brightest chips can be assembled into
LED packages using industry-standard processes . . . more
- 7 March 2006 -
OFC-NFOEC News Update
3 Gbit/s BERT
Agilent Technologies Inc., announced a low-cost 3
Gbit/s BERT (Bit Error Ratio Tester) that enables transceiver
manufacturing test at one-third the price of the existing
N4906B BERT . . . more
- 6 March 2006 -
GPON triplexer family for FTTP
Emcore Corp has introduced its GPON triplexer product
line designed specifically for FTTP applications. Conforming
to G.984 ITU FSAN requirements, the triplexer will be on display
at the OFC/NFOEC this week . . . more
- 6 March 2006 -
LED driver chips offer more in smaller
packages
Allegro MicroSystems Inc., is amongst a growing cadre
of chip companies releasing new devices for the LED driver
sector. Its new charge pump white LED driver - the A8435 offers
a white LED driver solution for portable electronics display
applications . . . more
- 6 March 2006 -
Cost-effective XFP transceiver testing
At OFC/NFOEC 2006, Daito Test Services is demonstrating
the first all integrated MSA optical transceiver test instrument,
revolutionizing verification and manufacturing test processes
of any type of XFP MSA transceiver . . . more
- 6 March 2006 -
Bookham acquires VCSEL specialist Avalon
Bookham Inc., is to acquire Avalon Photonics, the
Zurich, Switzerland, based supplier of single-mode and multimode
VCSEL chips. Avalon Photonics' VCSEL chips, arrays and subassemblies
are used in the datacoms, sensing and measurement markets
. . . more
- 5 March 2006 -
NEC InP Signal -Reshaping LSI enables
40 Gbit/s
At the Optical-communication Fiber Conference, NEC
Corporation has developed a signal-reshaping LSI chip that
it says facilitates a 40 Gbit/s fibre optic transmission system.
It significantly enhances the quality and length of 40 Gbit/s
based WDM long-haul transmission as compared with conventional
systems, due to its ability to compensate for signal distortion
resulting from fibre optic impairments, says NEC . . . more
- 3 March 2006 -
Photonics leaders in the spotlight at
OFC/NFOEC
The next big show for the photonics industry is the
OFC/NFOEC 2006* exhibition and conference which takes place
from the 7th to the 9th of March at the Anaheim Convention
Center, USA. As usual there were many news releases timed
for the event - too many to cover individually so this summary
intends to provide a taster of what will be on show next week.
Web links are provided for additional information follow ups
. . . more
- 3 March 2006 -
Aeluros to demonstrate integrated EDC/10G
PHY at OFC/NFOEC
Aeluros, the supplier of low-power CMOS based 10G
PHY solutions, announced its next generation 10GbE PHY/SerDes
devices with integrated electronic dispersion compensation
(EDC) capability . . . more
- 28 February 2006 -
Key win for LED phosphor technology
Adding to recent industry wins, phosphor experts,
Intematix Corporation of Fremont, CA, USA, has demonstrated
another key addition to its customer list by announcing that
it will provide its industry-leading line of patent-backed
phosphors to Taiwan's Kingbright Electronic Co. Ltd . . .
more
- 27 February 2006 -
Nuclear Filter Technology awarded licenses
for fibre optic hydrogen sensors
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that Nuclear Filter Technology
(NucFil) has been awarded licenses to manufacture fibre optic
hydrogen sensors . . . more
- 23 February 2006 -
Bookham to showcase new products at OFC/NFOEC
Bookham Inc promises to unveil widely expanded product
portfolios, focusing on components for reconfigurable networks,
tunability and pluggability, at next month's OFC/NFOEC show
in Anaheim . . . more
- 23 February 2006 -
JDSU software enables networks carrying
triple-play services
JDSU has released the latest versions of its industry-leading
fiber characterization PC software analysis solutions: Optical
FiberCable v4 and Optical FiberTrace v6 . . . more
- 22 February 2006 -
Marubun to represent Polatis in Japan
Polatis Inc has formed a distribution agreement
with Marubun Corporation whereby Polatis' optical switches
will be available to Marubun’s network of sales channels
for the Japanese telecom market . . . more
- 21 February 2006 -
DARPA Program to develop 50% efficient
PV for terrestrial
EMCORE Corporation signed a subcontract to participate
in the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Very High
Efficiency Solar Cell (VHSEC) program to more than double
the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the next
. . . more
- 20 February 2006 -
Goodrich gives army better night vision
At the Asian Aerospace 2006 Show in Singapore, Goodrich
Corporation revealed that it has been awarded a contract from
the US Army's RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors
Directorate to design, develop and deliver an InGaAs technology
for use in high-definition . . . more
- 19 February 2006 -
Fibre optics news update: Fujitsu, Avanex
and others
Looking out across the telecom landscape there are
many signs for encouragement. Many were looking forward to
the New Year with fingers crossed. Thanks to Photonics West,
not a few exciting new product launches have been filtering
down and market watchers are predicting a better year ahead
. . . more
- 17 February 2006 -
Cree hits record 350 mA for brightness
and efficacy
Cree Inc announced general availability of the industry's
highest efficacy white power LEDs at 350 mA. The white XLamp(R)
7090 power LED package achieves a typical efficacy of 47 lumens
per watt at a drive current of 350 mA, and 57 lumens of typical
light output . . . more
- 17 February 2006 -
NIST helps optimize light-emitting semiconductors
Physicists at JILA have demonstrated an ultrafast
laser technique for "seeing" once-hidden electronic
behaviour in semiconductors, which eventually could be useful
in more predictable design of optoelectronic devices, including
semiconductor lasers and white LEDs . . . more
- 16 February 2006 -
LED & OLED news round-up
Every week the LED’s pervasiveness increases.
Portable electronics have become the biggest end-use market
for LEDs and not only is this likely to continue but also
further diversify. Today, displays are a billion dollar market
for LEDs but that is not to say other portable applications
are being neglected. One of the other segments with great
potential is portable illumination, with many millions of
flashlights sold already; filament light bulbs seem to be
doomed if recent developments are factored in . . . more
- 15 February 2006 -
Spire to develop thermophotovoltaics
Bedford, MA, USA, based Spire Corporation has received
a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop
a new type of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power cell. The grant
is from NASA's John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH,
USA; neither the size of the grant nor . . . more
- 14 February 2006 -
Avago Technologies photo sensor supports
slimmer mobile phone designs
Avago Technologies' new lower height and shorter
analog-output ambient light photo sensor, targets mobile,
consumer, commercial and industrial products. The APDS-9003
sensor is supplied in a miniature six-pin ChipLED lead-free
surface-mount package with dimensions of 1.6 mm x 1.5 mm x
0.55 mm . . . more
- 14 February 2006 -
DTI funds UK InP photonics programme
The Department of Trade and Industry in the UK has
awarded funding to a collaborative project to develop advanced
InP-based photonic materials and devices as part of its Technology
Programme . . . more
- 03 February 2006 -
Finnish contract to develop high-power
laser diode bars
Modulight has received a $1.8m contract from Finland's
Tekes to develop high-power laser diode bars for solid-state
pumping, to be delivered by the end of 2006 . . . more
- 03 February 2006 -
First XFP 10 Gb/s DWDM transceiver launched
Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories
Ltd have jointly developed what they claim is the first commercial
10 Gb/s small form factor pluggable (XFP)-type optical transceiver
for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) . . . more
- 02 February 2006 -
Finisar launches DWDM SFP pluggable transceivers
Fibre-optic component and subsystem maker Finisar
Corp has launched dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)
small form factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers . . . more
- 25 January 2006 -
OCP to close long-wavelength VCSEL plant
Optical Communication Products Inc is to close its
facility in Broomfield, CO, USA, which makes dilute nitride-based
long-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs)
. . . more
- 24 January 2006 -
Record 22 W cw output for 975nm laser
Alfalight has achieved a record continuous wave
output power of 22 W from a 975nm wavelength single-stripe
multimode diode laser operating at 25ºC, 47% up on the
previous record . . . more
- 16 January 2006 -
Emcore acquires K2 Optronics for $4.8
million
Component and subsystem manufacturer Emcore has
acquired the remaining stake of K2 Optronics Inc for $4.8
million . . . more
- 16 January 2006 -
Cree's XLamp LEDs chosen by lighting designer
for Winter Olympics
Lighting designer and manufacturer Space Cannon
is buying $5.4 million worth of Cree's XLamp power LEDs, to
be used for all its future solid-state lighting installations,
including February’s Winter Olympics in Turin . . .
more
- 12 January 2006 -
Avanex cuts revenue guidance
Optical component manufacturer Avanex Corp of Fremont,
CA, USA expects net revenue of $35-37m for its fiscal Q2/2006
(to end-December 2005), well below previous guidance of $41-45m
. . . more
- 11 January 2006 -
AOI adds new R&D centre
Applied Optoelectronics Inc, which makes lasers,
photodetectors, and modules for fibre-optic communications,
has appointed Chien-Yu Kuo as senior vice president to lead
its new R&D team in the San Jose, CA area . . . more
- 6 January 2006 -
Civcom launches 10 Gb/s tunable transponder
Civcom of Petah-Tivka, Israel has launched the Free-Light
Compact high-performance, long-reach 10 Gb/s tunable transponder
for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) applications..
. . more
- 6 January 2006 -
Firecomms opens North America and Asia
offices
Firecomms Ltd of Cork, Ireland, which develops high-speed
visible lasers and LEDs for optical data communications for
small area networks, has opened new regional offices in the
US and Japan. . . more
- 4 January 2006 -
Fairchild sells LED lines to Taiwan's
Everlight; retains optocoupler and IR lines
Fairchild Semiconductor of South Portland, Maine,
USA has sold its LED and LED display product lines to Everlight
International Corp., a US subsidiary of Everlight Electronics
Co. Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan, which is already a foundry manufacturer
of LED products for Fairchild. However, Fairchild is
retaining its optocoupler and infrared product lines.
. . more
- 22 December 2005 -
CIP launches reflective SOA for WDM passive optical
networks
The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP), based at Martlesham
Heath, Ipswich, UK, has developed a monolithic InP-based reflective
semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) offering highly optimized
performance for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) passive
optical network (PON) applications . . . more
- 22 December 2005 -
Cyrium gains $3 million in funding for quantum dot-based
PVs
Ottawa-based Cyrium Technologies Inc., a developer of GaAs
quantum dot-based high-efficiency photovoltaic solar cells
for the space and terrestrial markets, has closed a $3 million
round of financing. Pangaea Ventures Fund LP led the financing
and was joined by existing investors Business Development
Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture Capital and Chrysalix Energy
II US Limited Partnership . . . more
- 29 November 2005 -
Hybrid silicon-InAlGaAs evanescent laser developed
at UCSB
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara
have developed a novel laser by bonding InAlGaAs-based optical
gain layers directly to a silicon laser cavity (H. Park et
al, Opt. Express 13 (23), 9460-9464 (2005)). The hybrid laser
offers an alternative to silicon Raman lasers and is an order
of magnitude shorter. The laser is optically pumped, operates
in continuous-wave mode, and only needs 30mW of input pump
power . . . more
- 29 November 2005 -
Flash LED for digital camera auto-focusing in low
light up to 3 metres
Agilent Technologies has introduced a high-brightness light-emitting
diode (LED) designed to provide the illumination required
to operate the automatic focus function of a digital still
camera under low-light conditions, and at a range up to 3m.
Agilent claims that the ASMT-FJ10 is the brightest auto-focus
LED on the market (light output is typically 18 candela at
20mA) and has the industry's smallest package footprint (4.80mm
x 4.80mm) . . . more
- 22 November 2005 -
Osram licenses white LED
technology to Lednium
Germany’s Osram GmbH has licensed white LED technology
developed by its Osram Opto Semiconductors subsidiary to Lednium
of Melbourne, Australia (a subsidiary of Avatar Industries
Ltd) for use in its Lednium series of LED lamp products, which
include three-dimensional multi-chip geodesic dome-shaped
LED lamps . . . more
- 22 November 2005 -
Kopin's Chinese LED chip
joint venture ready for mass production
Kopin Corp of Taunton, Massachusetts has officially opened
the new campus of its China-based joint venture KoBrite Corp,
which will mass produce gallium nitride-based blue-spectrum
light-emitting diode chips . . . more
- 14 November 2005 -
Lumileds asserts patents
against UEC and Epistar
Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC of San Jose, CA, USA has initiated
litigation for patent infringement against Epistar Corporation
and United Epitaxy Co., Ltc. . . . more
- 14 November 2005 -
SDK launches GaN-based near-ultraviolet
and green LED chips
At the Inchem Tokyo 2005 international exhibition at Tokyo
Big Sight on November 15-18, Showa Denko K.K. is launching
its proprietary gallium nitride-based near-ultraviolet and
green light-emitting diode (LED) chips for use in general
white lighting and backlighting of large LCD . . . more
- 3 November 2005 -
Laser-based item monitoring
system award
Of three technologies developed at the Department of Energy’s
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Laser-Based Item Monitoring
System has received an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award
from the Southeast Region of the Federal Laboratory consortium...more
- 2 November 2005-
AOI puts fibre into home
optical components
Applied Optoelectronics Inc is introducing optical modules
for Passive Optical Networks (PONs). It is offering bi-directional
and tri-port optical blocks for Gigabit-PON (G-PON) and Ethernet
PON (E-PON) applications...more
- 28 October 2005 -
GaN lightens fuel cell
technology
GaN crystals studied for such uses as light sources
for future DVD devices is part of a research project of the
Japan Science and Technology Agency...more
- 27 October 2005 -
Silicon and germanium modulator
Research published by engineers at Stanford University in
California details a newly invented silicon chip component
that solves a major difficulty in using light instead of electricity
to carry data among chips in electronic devices...more
- 27 October 2005 -
Alfalight aims for 80% conversion
efficiency
Alfalight Inc of Madison, Wisconsin, has been awarded $1.4m
in funding for Phase II of the Super High Efficiency Diode
Sources (SHEDS) program, sponsored by DARPA...more
- 25 October 2005 -
Lightweight
visible and IR lighting system
Cyberlux Corporation has been selected to provide an
advanced solid-state LED security lighting system for the
US Air Force, Air Mobility Battlelab...more
- 24 October 2005 -
OIDA roadmap for InP foundry model
The US Optoelectroinics Industry Development executive
director D Michael Lebby shared the roadmaps developed by
the OIDA with peers from the International Coalition of Optoelectronic
Industry Associations...more
- 24 October 2005 -
BOET distributed and service
JPSA in China
Beijing Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. (BOET). has entered
into a partnership agrement with J P Sercel Associates (JPSA)
whereby BOET will sell and service JPSA laser systems in China...more
- 22 October 2005 -
Two processes for QD
fabriatieon patented
Univrsity of Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics
and Biophotonics have filed a patent on the methods used to
produce quantum dots for bioimaging and photovoltaic applications...more
- 21 October 2005 -
Combo white LED driver
minimises board space
Linear Technology has the LT3466-1 dual step-up DC/DC
converter: a white LED driver and a boost converter in a low
profile 3mm x 3mm DFN package. The LED driver channel can
drive up to 10 white LEDs from a single cell Li-Ion input
at up to 83% efficiency...more
- 21 October 2005 -
Nano CdSe and CdTe for
solar cells
Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of
California, Berkeley, have developed the first ultra-thin
solar cells comprised entirely of inorganic nanocrystals and
spin-cast from solution...more
- 21 October 2005 -
Evident Technologies expands
for QD demand
Evident Technologies has added
a top sales executive and expanded both its own sales force
and its global distribution network...more
- 21 October
2005 -
Lehigh University grows optical
facilities.
Lehigh University's Center for Optical Technologies has added
a three-story facility housing a high-tech manufacturing space
where students and faculty will produce devices such as lasers...more
- 18 October 2005 -
Aculight's mid-IR laser
award
The developer of innovative laser technologies, has
been awarded a new contract under the SBIR program. The $200,000
Phase I award from the National Institutes of Health is funding
a joint effort with Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
to develop a compact, low-cost, optical neural stimulator....more
- 17 October 2005 -
TFT LCD makers drive and
evade indium shortage
III-Vs Review predicted indium shortages and price
rises at the start of 2005 and again in June. Now it appears
that the TFT LCD panel makers aggressively ramping capacity,
means ITO (indium-tin-oxide), a key component for colour filters
is expected to be in short supply by 2007...more
- 17 October 2005 -
Kit offers failure analysis
and micromachining for laser-cutting systems
New Wave Research has introduced StageLaze, an accessory kit
for the QuikLaze laser-cutting product family...more
- 14 October 2005 -
IR wavelength key to
slower skin ageing
Research at the UK University of Sunderland looks be leading
to a major breakthrough in the multi-billion pound anti-ageing
industry. They found that a certain IR wavelength kept white
blood cells alive in adverse environmental conditions and
protects against UV...more
- 14 October 2005 -
Dimmable LEDs light
up kitchens
Permlight Products Inc has begun shipping its Enbryten Under
ENBU series of dimmable LED under-cabinet lighting fixtures
for residential applications...more
-13 October 2005 -
On night vision, IR, costs and production
Shephard's two day Night Vision conference USA had
a keynote address by Ed Bair, PEO Intel, EW and Sensors for
the US Army, who enthused over night vision but said doubt
existed whether ‘performance’ and acceptable ‘cost’
could be kept in line much longer...more
- 13 October 2005 -
Fox Group shifts CTO and CEO places
The Fox Group Inc has made a transition from technology
development to the sales of its product successfully. Since
this focused phase of development is effectively over, Heikki
Helava has resigned as CEO and moved to CTO...more
-10 October 2005 -
THz PORTRAIT gets £2m
development
University of Essex researchers have been awarded almost
£1.2m in a programme in collaboration with academics
from University College London, the Universities of Bath and
Leeds, and the Centre for Integrated Photonics Ltd in Ipswich.
to develop portable, handheld THz radiation detectors ...more
- 10 October 2005 -
Single photon detection teams with avalanche
photodiodes
Princeton Lightwave has licensed IBM’s single-photon
detection (SPD) technology. An SPD is the keyl component of
quantum cryptography systems, which enables extremely secure
communications...more
- 10 October 2005 -
Silicones for LEDs
In his paper, "Silicone Materials for LED Packaging,"
Dow Corning's Maneesh Bahadur presents new data on the photothermal,
mechanical and application properties of silicones and discuss
new developments ...more
- 4 October 2005 -
Laser Optics wins business
for InSb components
The Laser Optics business unit of Photonic Products Group
Inc has recently expanded its production capacity for sets
of waveband optical components used in state-of-the art, imaging
system assemblies produced by Raytheon...more
- Oct 4 2005 -
US-Spanish study reappraises structure of cubic
GaN
Newly published research from Ohio and Barcelona
University published in the Sept. ...more
- 4 October 2005 -
Shin-Etsu licenses SiGen NanoTec for opto substrates
Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen) has entered into a broad
intellectual property license agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical
Co.,
Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan ...more
- 30 September 2005 -
High Tech Optics escapes
from Thales
Thales High Tech Optics (HTO) activities in the UK,
US, Singapore, Germany and Hungary have been acquired by Candover
for a total E220m ( $264.4m),
payable in cash...more
- 30 September 2005 -
Sensors Unlimited looks to
$4.5m contract
Sensors Unlimited Inc has been awarded a contract by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency, to develop a 1280x1024
pixel, dual-wavelength, visible and shortwave infrared focal
plane array....more
- 30 September 2005 -
Laser-based corded and gaming mice
Based on Agilent's patented LaserStream technology
two reference designs are being offered: one for high-end
corded mice and one for high-performance gaming mice...more
- 29 September 2005 -
Proprietary single crystal UV filter business
The INRAD business unit Photonic Products Group Inc.
has been awarded a series of follow-on production contracts
from ATK Missile Systems' Clearwater, FL facility for over
5500 of two types of UV waveband optical filter elements...more
- 28 September 2005 -
Netherlands' Nuon
Solar leading in World Solar challenge
In the 1,870-mile World Solar
Challenge race down Australia, "Nuna 3," was just
short of 300 miles from Adelaide. Australia's Aurora
Vehicle Association about 100 miles behind, followed by U.
of Michigan's "Momentum" and Ashiya U. of Japan's
"Sky Ace Tiga"...more
- 28 September 2005 -
Vishay's new GaAs IR phototriac
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.is
offering the VO3062 and VO3063, two new zero crossing 1.5-kV/s
dV/dt phototriacs designed to isolate low-voltage logic from
ac voltages up to 380V...more
- 26 September 2005 -
Fluorescent LIF detection
for LPA
Agilent US and Picometrics SA
France have a nonexclusive co-marketing agreement for Picometrics'
Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) detection systems with Agilent's
Capillary Electrophoresis system...more
26 September 2005
Infineon's VCSELs are
now Alight
Alight Technologiess has reached a definitive agreement with
Infineon to acquire Infineon's 1300nm GaInNAs VCSEL platform
including manufacturing equipment and IPR rights, as well
as 1300-nm wafers....more
- 26 September 2005 -
Improved performance, cuts
maintenance
The MRC Optics subsidiary of the Photonic
Products Group Inc was awarded a contract for precision optical
components from Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles Control
divison for its Lot II production of the Arrowhead Electro-Optical
System...more
- 25 September 2005 -
Three laser diodes for
ranging applications
Opnext Inc, an Hitachi spin-off,
has developed three new laser diodes for information and industrial
applications...more
- 25 September 2005 -
Room temperature LET
from InGaP/GaAs and QW
Illinois professors Milton Feng,
Nick Holonyak and colleagues have developed and run a new
laser-emitting transistor at room temperature which could
radically change microchip technology and its capabilities
in the market...more
- 26 September 2005 -
MONA to join up photonics and nanotech
The European Commisision's goal is to leverage synergies in
photonics and nanotechnologies, to increase the impact and
efficiency of investment on EU R&D...more
-26 September 2005 -
Olsen researches MOP,
LBPE & Sample in space
A science agreement with the European Space Agency
for a research program is to be performed with Dr Greg Olsent
as a test subject for three experiments of ESA’s onboard
research program...more
- 23 September 2005 -
SiC at heart of super
lens
Physicists at the University of Texas in Austin ha |