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Laser Industry News 2008 p10:

• Northrop Grumman and CREOL, FPCE partner on next-generation photonic technologies
  May 27, 2008--Northrop Grumman Corporation is forming a strategic research partnership with the University of Central Florida aimed at facilitating the co-development of advanced optic and photonic technologies. Under the five-year Master Sponsored Research and License Agreement, Northrop Grumman will provide financial support and engineering expertise to the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) and the Florida Photonics Center of Excellence (FPCE).
• Bordeaux, France site of first "Invest in Photonics" convention this winter
  May 23, 2008--Bordeaux, France will be the site of the first international partnering convention "Invest in Photonics" on December 11 and 12, 2008. 150 experts from around the world will gather for the first time to seize a comprehensive perspective on the fast-developing business of photonics and will facilitate the meeting of development-funding-seeking small and medium enterprises, investors, and industrialists.
• Harvard's Xie to receive award for laser and microscopy based research
  May 21, 2008--Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) professor Xiaoliang Sunney Xie is one of the founding fathers of single-molecule biophysical chemistry, specifically single-molecule enzymology; much of his research involves the use of lasers and microscopy.
• Boeing fires laser aboard aircraft for the first time
  May 20, 2008--Boeing has achieved a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program by firing a high-energy chemical laser aboard a C-130H aircraft in ground tests for the first time. The successful laser firing occurred May 13 at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
• Finisar merger creates largest optical components company
  May 19, 2008--Finisar and Optium agree to combine in an all-stock merger.
• EOS sues MCP for U.S. patent infringement
  May 19, 2008--German-based laser-sintering manufacturer EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MCP Tooling Technologies.
• CLEO/QELS & PhAST shows "can do" research attitude
  May 16, 2008--In the Wednesday morning, May 7th CLEO/QELS Joint Plenary Session, the importance of a "can do" attitude for any researcher was summed up well by Ursula Keller, head of research for the Institute for Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich who was presented the Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize for her contributions to the development of ultrafast lasers and semiconductor mode locking.
• Optical Society of America appoints new deputy director and COO
  May 15, 2008--Jayne Somes-Schloesser joins OSA as deputy executive director and chief operating officer.
• IPG reaches into new market with CO₂ gas laser
  May 15, 2008--New novel compact gas laser line expands IPG's reach into new markets and applications.
• Modulight wins $1.1 M contract for high-brightness pump laser
  May 13, 2008--The European Space Agency will use high-power laser arrays for Earth observation.

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