| Innolume Debuts Pump Source LD for Raman-amplified GPON July 26, 2010...Innolume, a maker of Quantum dot-based diode lasers with headquarters in Dortmund, Germany announced that it has begun sampling the LD-12xx-series laser platform for a new generation of pump laser. The LD-12xx-series is based on the company’s proprietary Quantum Dot epitaxial technology.
The company says that the series is designed as a pump source for O-band Raman amplification, and it... George Lucas' Legal Team Issues Cease and Desist Order to Producers of LaserJuly 19, 2010...The creator of the Star Wars movies, George Lucas, has asked a company called Wicked Lasers to cease and desist production of it extremely dangerous blue laser "toy".
Lucas, who owns the trademarks and copyrights of all things Star Wars contends that the blue laser being sold by Wicked Lasers looks very much like the "Light Sabers" wielded by the Jedi... Nichia Begins Sample Shipments of Green Laser DiodeJuly 12, 2010...Nichia Corpopration of Japan reports that it has succeeded in deleloping green GaN-based laser diode, The company says it will start its shipment from August. Nichia estimates that the green laser diode has a life time 10,000 hours with the condition of 50mW in continuous-wave operation at 60°C, case temperature.
Nichia notes the advantages of its green laser diode include: low... Laser Turns 50May 17, 2010...It was 50 years ago on May 16, at the Hughes Research lab in Malibu, California when Theodore Maimen demonstrated the first laser that flashed a bright red spot onto a photo-detector. Hughes Lab later went on to become the defense and military research company, Raytheon. The word LASER is an acronym for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of... IXYS Colorado Introduces PCX-9000 Series High Power Laser Diode DriversMay 5, 2010...IXYS of Fort Collins, Colorado USA, a power electronics company introduced its PCX-9000 Series high power diode laser drivers. The series consists of five distinct instruments and features an intuitive new user interface designed to make it easy to operate. The PCX-9000 Series can provide up to 600A of pulsed current. The company say it is designed to drive the... European Project Demonstrates Long-Wavelength VCSELs for Telecommunication NetworksFebruary 15, 2010...The European project MOSEL,a three-year joint research program lead by CEA-Leti, developed efficient and reliable long-wavelength VCSELs (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers). The project is to address the ever-growing demands for bandwidth in telecommunication networks. The researchers point out that, VCSEL technology offers low power consumption (from five to 10 times less than the conventional edge-emitting lasers) and can be manufactured in... MIT Researchers Demonstrate First Room Temperature Germanium LaserFebruary 8, 2010...MIT’s Electronic Materials Research Group developed what they say is the first room temperature germanium laser. Another claimed first of the researchers is that the laser is the first germanium laser to produce light in wavelengths that are useful to optical communications.
One of the key benefits of a laser made out of germanium is that unlike other semiconductor materials... II-VI Incorporated Announces Agreement to Acquire Photop Technologies, Inc.December 30, 2009...II-VI Incorporated of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Photop Technologies, Inc. (Photop).
Photop of Fuzhou, China deals in optics, lasers, fiber optics and photonic crystal materials.
The initial consideration for the acquisition consists of cash of approximately $45.6 million and approximately 1,150,000 shares of II-VI common stock. Also, the...
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... MiaSolé of Santa Clara, California USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels announced an indepedently confirmed 14.3 percent efficiency for its 1 square meter modules. According to Miasole, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory confirmed the results. Miasole says that 14.3 percent module efficiency is the highest independently confirmed efficiency... 
