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Laser Technology News 2006 p4:

• Rice scientists create plasmonic nanoeggs
  July 25, 2006, Houston, TX--Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family of plasmonic nanoparticles (see www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/252462). A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are asymmetric specks of matter whose striking optical properties can be harnessed for molecular imaging, medical diagnostics, chemical sensing, and more.
• Cedip launches airborne target signature analysis system
  July 17, 2006, Croissy-Beaubourg, France--Cedip Infrared Systems, an international supplier of high-end systems for IR target signature analysis, and its subsidiary Polytech AB, have launched the new Flytherm Airborne Target Signature Analysis system.
• Northrop Grumman develops Skyguard laser-defense system
  July 12, 2006, Redondo Beach, CA--Northrop Grumman Corporation has taken the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL), a testbed deuterium fluoride (DF) laser weapon, and further developed it into a laser-based air defense system the company calls Skyguard.
• HPDFO patent increases CO2 laser power density
  July 7, 2006, Scottsdale, AZ--Universal Laser Systems, manufacturer of CO2 lasers and laser systems, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,060,934 for its High Power Density Focusing Optics (HPDFO) that effectively increases the power density of a CO2 laser beam to produce the effects of a much higher power laser. The effective spot size produced by HPDFO can be as small as one-quarter the size of the spot produced by a standard 2.0 inch focusing lens.
• UCLA announces breakthrough in silicon photonics
  July 3, 2006, Los Angeles, CA--Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in silicon photonics, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a novel approach to silicon devices that combines light amplification with a photovoltaic or solar panel effect.
• UCLA Engineering announces another silicon photonics breakthrough
  June 30, 2006, Los Angeles, CA--Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in silicon photonics, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a novel approach to silicon devices that combines light amplification with a photovoltaic effect.
• Nano-sized pH meter may monitor living tissues and cells
  June 29, 2006, Houston, TX--Using unique nanoparticles that convert laser light into useful information, Rice University scientists have created a nano-sized pH meter.
• STEM imaging reveals atoms within crystal molecules
  June 26, 2006, Ithaca, NY--Researchers at Cornell have modified a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to get a closer-than-ever look at individual atoms within crystal molecules -- allowing them for the first time to see the polarity of those constituent atoms and to get a view of the smaller atoms.
• NL Nanosemiconductor announces broadband quantum-dot laser
  June 16, 2006, Dortmund, Germany and San Jose, CA--NL Nanosemiconductor has developed a laser chip that will enable cost-effective WDM solutions for optical communications using silicon photonic technology including silicon-based arrayed waveguides (AWGs) and light modulators. A single-mode quantum-dot CW laser with spectral width of > 20 nm and spectral wavelength between 1200 and 1320 nm is currently being put into production at NL Nanosemiconductor's facilities in Germany.
• Philips and Novaled announce record white LED performance
  June 8, 2006, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Dresden, Germany--Royal Philips Electronics and Novaled announced that in a joint research effort between Philips Lighting, Philips Research and Novaled, an unsurpassed record combination for efficiency and lifetime of high-brightness white OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) has been achieved.

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