More Photonics News

	JILA named American Physical Society 'physics historic site' on its 50th anniversary 07/11/2012 Boulder, CO--JILA, the research institution that is a collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder, will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this week.
Dr. Jan Meiß awarded UMSICHT science award for work on organic solar cells 07/11/2012 Dresden, Germany -- On July 4^th, 2012, scientist Dr. Jan Meiß was awarded the UMSICHT Science Award 2012 for his thesis "New Material Concepts for Organic Solar Cells."
Navitar adds sales and engineering staff 07/11/2012 Rochester, NY -- Manufacturer of precision optics and imaging system components, Navitar, Inc., has announced the addition of several employees to its sales and engineering departments.
Scientists develop optically switchable chiral terahertz metamolecules 07/11/2012 Los Alamos, NM--Scientists have created the first artificial molecules--metamolecules--that hold potentially huge possibilities for the application of terahertz technologies.
	Zinc oxide white-light LEDs are printed directly on paper 07/10/2012 Norrköping, Sweden--In his doctoral thesis, Gul Amin of Linköping University shows how white LEDs made from zinc oxide and a conducting polymer can be manufactured directly on a piece of paper.
	Smart headlights from Carnegie Mellon University let drivers see through rain 07/10/2012 Pittsburgh, PA--Carnegie Mellon University researchers invented a smart headlight system that they say improves visibility when driving at night in a rainstorm or snowstorm.
Abound Solar suspends operations 07/10/2012 Loveland, CO – Manufacturer of thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic modules, Abound Solar, has announced that the company intends to file a petition for protection under U.S. Bankruptcy Code in Delaware.
SPIE launches new suite of website tools 07/10/2012 The international society for optics and photonics has launched a new suite of tools on its website in order to make submitting abstracts, reviewing manuscripts, and organizing conferences more simple on its website, SPIE.org.&...
	Interactive three-color laser display will fill 24 stories in a hotel atrium this fall 07/09/2012 Ann Arbor, MI--Stratus 10, a tricolor laser art projection, will be located at the JW Marriott hotel in Grand Rapids, MI this September, an entry in the 2012 ArtPrize competition.
Record EUV energy conversion efficiency demonstrated by Gigaphoton 07/09/2012 Oyama, Japan--Gigaphoton announced extreme ultraviolet (EUV) conversion efficiency (CE) results of a maximum of 5.2% with an average of 4.7%--a new industry record.
Report forecasts slower growth for machine vision 07/09/2012 Wellingborough, United Kingdom -- IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) estimates the world market for machine vision was worth nearly $2.9 billion in 2011.
Phase Focus raises £3.2 million for new imaging and microscopy technology 07/09/2012 Sheffield, United Kingdom -- Phase Focus Limited has announced that it has raised £3 million from the Ombu Group and £220 k from Fusion IP plc in an equity based funding round to accelerate revenue generation of its revolutiona...
ULIS announces new infrared sensor facility 07/09/2012 Veurey-Voroize, France -- Manufacturer of high quality infrared (IR) imaging sensors, ULIS, has announced on its tenth year anniversary a EUR 20 million investment in a new state-of-the-art facility to meet increasing market de...
TU Delft calculations for luminescent solar absorber show where improvement is needed 07/06/2012 Delft, The Netherlands--Jan Willem Wiegman, a graduate student at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), has done calculations showing how much electrical power can be generated from windows that contain luminescent sol...
	IN MY VIEW: This is not your grandpa’s planetarium 07/06/2012 So it’s July and the kids are getting restless and the tree-house chatter turns to the so-called “theme parks” that are scattered across the country.
Finisar to acquire RED-C Optical Networks, primarily for amplification technologies 07/06/2012 Sunnyvale, CA--Finisar Corporation entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in RED-C Optical Networks.
	BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: Random laser produces speckle-free images 07/06/2012 A team at Yale University who last year made random lasers with low spatial coherence has now used those low-coherence lasers for speckle-free imaging.
	ASTRONOMY: Multicore fiber becomes ‘photonic lantern’ filter 07/06/2012 When fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are written into all 120 cores of a multicore optical fiber, great things can happen.
High-concentrating photovoltaics market to register a 31% compound annual growth rate 07/06/2012 Boston, MA -- High‐concentrating photovoltaics (HCPV) – a decades‐old technology to tap more of the sun’s energy than other solar methods – is poised to finally hit its stride, with a 31% compound annual growth rate until 2017,...
	OPTICAL TWEEZERS: LC allows optical trapping of high-index nanowires 07/06/2012 A team of scientists from the University of Colorado, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Gothenburg is pursuing an approach that allows optical...
New Fraunhofer Institute founded 07/06/2012 Dresden, Germany -- A new Fraunhofer Institute, the Fraunhofer COMEDD, has been opened in Dresden, Germany.
	Optical absorption imaging shows shadow of single atom in visible light 07/06/2012 Brisbane, Australia--Scientists at Griffith University have captured images of the shadow cast by a single ytterbium atom in near-UV (369.5 nm) light.
Ocean Optics offers R&D grants 07/06/2012 Dunedin, FL -- Ocean Optics has opened the application period for the second year of its highly successful Blue Ocean Grants program (www.blueoceangrants.com).
	BUSINESS FORUM: Patents, projects, and prototypes pose problems 07/05/2012 A big competitor has filed a frivolous patent infringement lawsuit against us. Should I file a petition for summary judgment to dismiss the case, or file a countersuit for unfair business practices?
	AUTOMOTIVE FIBER: Automobiles make the ‘MOST’ use of plastic optical fiber 07/05/2012 Plastic optical fiber (POF) has been used in automotive networking systems since 1998, spurring introduction of the Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) standard.