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Laser Product Highlights 2008 p2:

• Curved display changes solo viewer's world
  May 21, 2008--Although not suited for a large audience, an ultra-wide curved display from Ostendo Technologies (Carlsbad, CA) creates a more-immersive world for one or a small group of close-up viewers.
• Microvision to unveil PicoP-based products at SID 2008
  May 16, 2008--Microvision (Redmond, WA), provider of ultra-miniature projection display and image capture products for mobility applications, will showcase multiple PicoP-enabled pre-commercial prototypes and engineering demonstrators representing recent developments it has made in collaboration with its manufacturing and supply-chain partners at the Society for Information Display (SID) annual conference in Los Angeles, CA May 19-23.
• UniPixel will debut TMOS display prototypes at SID 2008
  May 16, 2008--Uni-Pixel (The Woodlands, TX), developer of a color display technology called time-multiplexed optical shutter (TMOS), plans to showcase its TMOS display prototypes at SID's DisplayWeek 2008, May 19-23 in Los Angeles, CA, marking the company's first public demonstration of the TMOS flat-panel display prototypes.
• PerkinElmer launches new detectors and SMD thermopiles
  May 13, 2008--The latest sensor innovations improve system performance needed by OEMs.
• Bird-X develops first bird-deterrent laser
  May 9, 2008--In another example of the growing use of lasers and photonics for consumer applications, Bird-X (Chicago, IL) has developed a compact green laser system to combat the expense, unsightliness, and disease associated with birds and their droppings.
• Coherent introduces first fiber-based high-power picosecond laser for industrial applications
  May 8, 2007, San Jose, CA--At CLEO, Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) launched their first fiber-based laser--a high-power picosecond laser for micromachining.
• Bookham acquires laser controller from Precision Photonics for New Focus product line
  May 5, 2008, San Jose, CA--Bookham has acquired the LB1005 High-Speed Servo Controller product line from Precision Photonics Corporation (PPC). Through the New Focus product line, the LB1005 will be available immediately to the scientific laser community, adding to the company's established line of tunable and single- frequency lasers.
• Corning introduces new ruggedized industrial fiber
  March 27, 2008, Corning, NY--Corning single-mode and multimode polyimide-coated fibers are specifically designed for oil and gas, aerospace and defense, and industrial processing.
• ThruVision introduces terahertz system to 'see' concealed items under clothing at extended outdoor ranges
  March 11, 2008, Oxford, England-- ThruVision, a spinout company of the Science and Technology Facility Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), has developed an imaging technology that can "see" explosives, liquids, narcotics, weapons, plastics and ceramics hidden under clothing from 25 m. The T5000 passive terahertz imaging system should drastically improve security at high-profile sites and uniquely, at outdoor venues such as sporting arenas.
• Luna announces the Phoenix 1000 tunable laser based on the former Iolon "Apollo" laser
  March 7, 2008, Blacksburg, VA--Luna Technologies announced its Phoenix 1000 tunable laser at OFC/NFOEC 2008. Luna's microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based, external cavity laser is based on the former Iolon 'Apollo' class of tunable lasers and offers low noise and precise tuning capability over the C-band. Luna Technologies is a division of Luna Innovations (Roanoke, VA).

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