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Laser Industry News 2008 p11:

• Lumera polymer modulators pass Telcordia testing; stock soars
  June 24, 2008--Photonic communications component manufacturer Lumera Corporation (Bothell, WA) successfully completed Telcordia standard reliability testing of its packaged polymer-based electro-optic modulators. News of the result caused its stock to soar 38% early in the day, and settle back to an approximate 24% gain to $1.07 by end of day. Lumera also announced that activities associated with its proposed merger with GigOptix, LLC are progressing.
• Laser Focus World and OIDA announce "green" optics conference, OPTOmism
  June 23, 2008--Laser Focus World and the OIDA have announced a new conference and exhibition: OPTOmism: Photonics for the Green Revolution, to be held May 18-20, 2009 in Santa Clara, CA.
• 2008 Arthur L. Schawlow Award in Laser Science and Engineering bestowed on Eckhard Beyer
  June 20, 2008--Eckhard Beyer, professor at the University of Technology Dresden and Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Germany, joined the "who's who" list of extraordinary laser pioneers by recently being awarded the highly distinguished 2008 Arthur L. Schawlow Award for his outstanding contributions to laser science and engineering.
• NASA seeks Nd:YAG laser partner for ICESat II mission
  June 20, 2008--Under Solicitation Number ICE-SatIIRFI2008, (posted on June 13, 2008; required response date June 30, 2008), the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Laser and Electro-Optics Branch is currently seeking an industry partner to assist with the laser development on the upcoming ICESat II mission. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit specific capability information from industry/aerospace on diode-pumped short-pulse Nd:YAG laser suppliers for capability assessment.
• Fraunhofer cooperation speeds roll-to-roll fabrication of OLEDs and solar cells
  June 17, 2008--The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), a leading research institute in the field of organic-based materials and devices, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP), a leader in large-area vacuum deposition on flexible substrates, have joined forces in the development of a technology for an organic devices roll-to-roll production process.
• Tellabs sues Fujitsu for patent infringement
  June 17, 2008--Optical networking company Tellabs (Naperville, IL) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Network Communications in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Tellabs seeks both monetary damages as well as an injunction against Fujitsu to prevent Fujitsu's future infringement of Tellabs' intellectual property.
• Wales to host SPIE Europe Remote Sensing and SPIE Europe Security and Defence
  June 16, 2008--SPIE will combine two conferences into one to enable closer collaboration between security and remote sensing communities.
• Laser Focus World brings video to its website
  June 13, 2008--Laser Focus World has embarked on a new mission to supplement its current online and print capabilities: video (follow the VIDEO link at the top navigation bar of www.laserfocusworld.com). With a dedicated staff videographer and assistants ramping up production capabilities at the PennWell home office in Tulsa, OK, Laser Focus World is now able to bring video to its online audience directly from the trade show floor or from a manufacturer's production floor.
• Research project launched for laser that improves eye condition
  June 13, 2008--The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research launched a new project, which was selected as the winner of the "Innovation Competition for the Advancement of Medical Technology" by the ministry, aimed at implementing an exact dosage of laser radiation for each individual eye during retinal procedures by ensuring that the laser automatically adjusts to the optimal temperature needed for a specific treatment.
• NanoGram's solar cell manufacturing process wins DOE award
  June 11, 2008--A laser-based silicon-deposition technique developed by NanoGram Corporation (Milpitas, CA) for solar cell manufacturing has won an Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The process reduces solar cell cost to the level of thin-film photovoltaics while delivering high efficiency, according to NanoGram.

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