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Laser Technology News 2002 p4:

• Sandia Launches Solid-state Lighting Website
  Albuquerque, NM, April 22, 2002 -- The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories has launched a new website lighting.sandia.gov that will offer comprehensive information on semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) - solid-state lighting
• Hydrogel Nanoparticles Form Optically Tunable Photonic Crystals
  Atlanta, GA, April 15, 2002 -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a family of hydrogel-based nanoparticles that can be used to form photonic crystals whose optical properties can be precisely tuned by thermally adjusting the particles' water content
• Jenoptik & Lambda Physik Receive Funding for Nanotechnology Joint Venture
  Jena/Gottingen, Germany, April 15, 2002 -- The research and development activities of the Jenoptik AG and Lambda Physik AG joint venture, XTREME technologies GmbH, will be funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The purpose of this strategic research partnership is to develop light sources in the extreme ultraviolet range (EUV) for future production of even more efficient chip generations
• Picvue and Nemoptic Sign Cooperation Agreement
  Paris, April 5, 2002 -- Picvue, the Taiwanese LCD manufacturer, and Nemoptic, the French R&D company specialized in advanced LCD technologies, signed a Cooperation Agreement for the BiNem (Bistable Nematic) LCD technology of Nemoptic
• Schott Lithotec Acquires Photoblanks Unit of DuPont Photomasks
  ROUND ROCK, TX and JENA, Germany, April 1, 2002 -- Schott Lithotec USA Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German company Schott Lithotec AG, has acquired DuPont Photomasks' photoblank business unit. Additionally, DuPont Photomasks entered into a long-term supply agreement with Schott, to provide continued reliable access to commercial photoblanks
• SCT Gains Another Calcium Fluoride Technology Patent
  Gilbert, AZ, March 25, 2002 -- The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Single Crystal Technologies (SCT) another patent, extending further its intellectual property portfolio for next-generation materials technology for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Patent 6,352,588 and its follow-up patents cover materials purification and materials synthesis
• Furukawa and Mitsui to Produce High-power 980nm Laser Chips
  Tokyo, March 25, 2002 -- The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, has announced the development of a joint venture with Mitsui Chemical to produce high power 980nm laser chips. The joint venture will leverage Furukawa's expertise in output signal stabilization and Mitsui Chemical's semiconductor chip technology to create a Decoupled Confinement Heterostructure (DCH) chip capable of more than 300mW in output power
• DGE Market Will Climb to $451 Million by 2006
  San Mateo, CA, March 21, 2002 - According to a new ElectroniCast study, the global commercial consumption of Dynamic Gain Equalizers (DGE), standalone plus integrated components, in 2001 was $12 million, and is forecasted to reach $451 million by 2006, with an average annual growth rate of 107 percent per year
• Zia Commercializes Quantum Dot Lasers
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Zia Laser, Inc., a developer of Quantum Dot (QD) laser technology for data and telecommunications networks, has achieved four technical milestones crucial towards manufacturing QD lasers which redefine network economics through nanostructure technology
• Gas Sensors Are Based on Porous Silicon
  A new type of sensor based on porous silicon and a unique metallization process could offer enhanced sensitivity, reduced power demands and lower cost compared to existing technologies for detecting gaseous compounds important in environmental, food and biomedical applications

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