Corning demonstrates 13,288 km, 40-channel fiber-optic transmission
05/11/2012
A group at Corning Incorporated has demonstrated ultralong-haul fiber-optic transmission spanning more than 10,000 km in two different experiments—both of which involve 112 Gbit/s non-return-to-zero polarization-multiplexed qua...
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OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS: Few-mode fiber amplifiers assist spatial-division multiplexing
05/04/2012
Researchers at CREOL—The College of Optics & Photonics at the University of Central Florida—and NEC Laboratories America have developed a method for controlling modal gain in a few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier (FM-EDFA...
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NASA laser communications satellite payload contract awarded to Loral
05/04/2012
Washington, DC--NASA awarded $3 million to Space System/Loral to host a space laser communications relay demonstration terminal payload aboard a Loral commercial satellite. |
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Photonic integrated circuit development in Russia part of NeoPhotonics' investment proceeds
05/01/2012
San Jose, CA--NeoPhotonics Corporation received a $39.8 million dollar investment from RUSNANO and plans to use a portion of the proceeds to establish design and production capabilities in Russia by mid 2014. |
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CLEO/Laser Focus World 2012 Innovation Awards
05/01/2012
The 2012 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Awards program is designed to honor the most timely, groundbreaking products in the field of photonics and laser science. The awards are sponsored by Laser Focus World and the Conferen...
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NONLINEAR OPTICS: PPLN upconversion advances single-photon detection
05/01/2012
Long-wavelength pumped, periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides upconvert single photons, allowing efficient, low-noise silicon avalanche photodiodes to detect the signal. |
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CLEO show to move to June in 2013
04/26/2012
Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013. |
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US military awards Nufern contracts for fiber laser amplifiers
04/13/2012
East Granby, CT--Nufern has been awarded multiple contracts on competitively-bid programs to build a total of 46 compact, >1 KW fiber amplifiers in support of multiple government laser efforts. |
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Kotura, Nissho Electronics ink Japanese distribution agreement
04/03/2012
Monterey Park, CA, and Tokyo, Japan--Silicon photonics technology developer Kotura and high-tech Japanese distributor Nissho Electronics have signed a distribution agreement where Nissho will distribute Kotura's entire suite of...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Fiber cables to span the Arctic Ocean
04/02/2012
The demand for better connections between Tokyo and London is driving construction of the first submarine fiber-optic cables to span the Arctic Ocean. |
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BioPhotonic Solutions wins 2012 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award
04/02/2012
Washington, DC--BioPhotonic Solutions is the winner of this year's CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award. |
The Photonics Lifestyle
04/01/2012
Education and fashion are two sometimes related topics of interest to the general public and—as we show in this issue—the photonics community. |
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High-Power Solid-State Lasers for Military Applications
In this live web event contributing editor Jeff Hecht describes the leading approaches to high-power solid-state lasers, including fiber lasers, thin disks, ...
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200-kHz Swept Light Source for OCT Imaging
NTT-AT introduces new swept light source for OCT imaging.
- High-speed: 200-kHz A-line rate
- Voltage-controlled sweeping formats: k-linear scan available
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Scalable High-Power and High-Brightness Fiber Coupled Diode Laser Devices - Photonics West 2012
In this paper we present a detailed characterization of different diode laser sources based on the scalable modular concept. The optical output power is scal...
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Design and Test of Fast Laser Driver Circuits
In industrial laser systems and measurement applications, the designers are challenged with the very demanding task to design and verify fast driver circuits...
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The laser -- its past, present, and future
Invented a half-century ago, the laser was first thought of as "a solution without a problem." However, the effectiveness of coherent light as a to...
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OCT: noninvasive imaging for many purposes
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) takes advantage of the properties of coherent light to create 2D or 3D noninvasive images of turbid or otherwise semitrans...
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