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Laser Industry News 2008 p2:

• Sofradir acquires IR detector company Electrophysics
  October 6, 2008--Ranked #2 worldwide in infrared (IR) detectors, Sofradir agrees acquisition will accelerate its development in the North American market.
• 2008 Innovationspreis winners receive awards
  October 3, 2008--Winners of the 2008 Berthold Leibinger Foundation Innovation Prize received their awards last month during a standing-room-only ceremony at Trumpf headquarters in Ditzingen, Germany. For 2008, the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung presented a total of four awards and a "special prize."
• DILAS Diodenlaser forms new industrial laser business unit
  October 3, 2008--Laser manufacturer DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH (Mainz, Germany) formed a new business unit, DILAS Industrial Laser Systems. The independent business unit within DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH will focus on developing and manufacturing turnkey diode laser systems, driven by the success of its COMPACT Series fiber-coupled systems with power levels up to 500 W.
• DOE invests $17.6 million in photovoltaic initiative
  October 2, 2008--The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded US$17.6 million to six early-stage photovoltaic technology projects, part of the Solar America Initiative.
• Global solar market to grow to $100 billion by 2013
  October 2, 2008--Lux Research predicts that the price of solar technology will drop by 2009, making it harder for companies to profit. But the rocky road will still lead to a $100 billion market.
• OPTOmism call for papers: deadline is Oct. 31
  October 1, 2008--OPTOmism: Photonics for the Green Revolution, is to be held by Laser Focus World (Nashua, NH) and the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA; Washington, DC) at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, May 18-20, 2009, has announced a call for papers: deadline for abstracts is October 31, 2008.
• Avo Photonics expands Canadian operations
  October 1, 2008--Avo Photonics (Horsham, PA), specialists in optical packaging, design, and contract manufacturing, has expanded its services by relocating its Toronto, Canada facility.
• Laser instrument on Phoenix Mars Lander detects snow falling from Martian clouds
  September 30, 2008-- A laser instrument on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander designed to gather knowledge of how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars, detected snow from clouds about 2.5 miles above the spacecraft's landing site. Data show the snow vaporizing before reaching the ground. Spacecraft soil tests have also provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth.
• Northrop Grumman delivers production-line Vesta II solid-state laser to Air Force
  September 30, 2008--Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a compact, stand-alone, 15 kW high-power, solid-state laser developed for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. Called Vesta II, the laser was a sole source add-on to the Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) program contract and leverages Northrop Grumman's scalable technology architecture.
• Penn State Materials Research Institute develops near-infrared method for breast cancer detection
  September 29, 2008---A new imaging method for breast cancer has been developed by a team of scientists from Penn State using encapsulated fluorescent molecules in calcium phosphate nanoparticles and non-toxic near-infrared imaging.

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