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Laser Industry News 2005 p15:

• Bookham licenses silicon photonics technology to Kotura
  March 7, 2005, San Jose, CA--Bookham has non-exclusively licensed a portfolio of patents on silicon photonics to California-based Kotura, a manufacturer of silicon photonic components.
• Industry loses veteran Ralph Swaine
  March 3, 2005, Santa Clara, CA--Industry veteran Ralph Swaine passed away suddenly on February 19, 2005. He was a major contributor to the laser industry for more than 25 years, starting his career at Spectra Physics, then moving to Continuum, and spending the last 10 years with Coherent as senior sales engineer, based in Loveland, OH.
• Strong attendance marks first-ever global FPD summit
  March 3, 2005, Tokyo, Japan--The inaugural Global Flat Panel Display Partners Conference (GFPC) achieved extremely promising progress in promoting cooperation among executives within the FPD industry, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI).
• DARPA details requirements for high-energy laser-diode initiative
  March 01, 2005, ARLINGTON, VA--Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are moving ahead with a program to develop a 100-kW weapons-grade laser-diode system capable of destroying military targets.
• Northrop Grumman awarded $142 million Airborne Laser contract
  February 28, 2005, McLean, VA-- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $142 million follow-on contract for systems engineering, planning and logistics support for its Airborne Laser boost phase missile defense program.
• Cambridge and Toppan initiate phase two of joint program
  February, 24, 2005, Cambridge, United Kingdom--Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and Toppan Printing (Tokyo, Japan) have announced the commencement of Phase Two of their joint program to explore alternative printing processes for the fabrication of displays based on light emitting polymer (PLED) technology.
• Candela to pay more royalties on cooling device
  February 21, 2005, Wayland, MA--An arbitrator has ordered medical-laser manufacturer Candela Corporation to pay additional royalties to the the Regents of the University of California. Candela licenses certain patent rights from the Regents relating to technology incorporated in Candela's dynamic cooling device (DCD).
• DALSA to acquire Coreco
  February 17, 2005, Waterloo, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, Canada--DALSA and Coreco announced that they have entered into an arrangement agreement, pursuant to which DALSA will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Coreco, subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approvals.
• Konarka collaborates on first solar working fabric
  February 17, 2005, Lowell, MA--Konarka Technologies is developing photovoltaic fabric with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL; Switzerland). The photovoltaic fibers and textiles based on nanotechnology programs is expected to yield the first fully integrated woven photovoltaic material.
• Bookham announces new chairman and chief operating officer
  February 16, 2005, San Jose, CA--Bookham announced today that Dr. Andrew Rickman, its founder and chairman, has stepped down as chairman and a member of the board of directors following 17 years of service with Bookham. The board of directors has appointed Dr. Peter Bordui to succeed Rickman as chairman of the board.

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